Chapter 926: Withdraw
When the British troops saw the momentum of Guderian's vanguard attack, they very sensibly abandoned their own defensive positions on the front line.
If the defensive positions of the British army under the command of William Joseph Slim were prepared to block and intercept the area outside Tehran, the capital of Iran, in order to prepare a series of defensive strategies in depth to buffer the menacing offensive momentum of the German army, then they could make the German army's logistics supply lines be blocked and destroyed to the greatest extent.
Of course, this was only their more optimistic plan, but they did not dream that Guderian's mechanized troops, with the support of the sea and air, would simply destroy most of their Iranian strategic agencies as if they were helped.
Although they had been attacked by Guderian, the British had been stationed in Iran for a long time.
But in any case, the British could not have dreamed that they would be defeated by Guderian's German blitzkrieg and lose half of Iran's territory in just a few days.
The German attack was a reproduction of Hitler's blitzkrieg against Poland, and even more swift and powerful.
At the very least, the land, sea and air weapons and equipment used by the German army now, including advanced weapons and equipment such as aircraft, tanks, and aircraft carriers, are not at all comparable to those backward weapons and equipment that Hitler blitzked Poland in those years.
"Commander Slim! What do we do now? The German offensive was simply unstoppable! ”
"We can't compare with them in terms of weaponry or morale."
"So if we don't evacuate the front line right now, I'm afraid our elite troops will all be reimbursed here!"
Adjutant Gibbs hurriedly proposed to William Joseph Slim, whose expression was extremely depressed, with a worried and swollen face.
William Joseph Slim also sighed deeply, looked up listlessly at Guderian's mechanized troops, and occupied most of the front-line positions he now commanded in one fell swoop, with almost no effort.
And once Guderian's German army occupied all the areas here, it was even more convenient for the German army's subsequent long-distance offensive against Tehran.
At least after this battle, the morale of the British army was almost gone, and all the elite units of the British army stationed in Iran would be annihilated by the Germans.
Therefore, if William Joseph Slim does not want all the elite British troops in his hands to be wiped out here in Iran, then he needs to immediately dispatch his few remaining elite troops to immediately move to the combat zone and leave his hole cards.
Otherwise, if they vowed to fight the German army to the death here, then once the British army lost all its elites, the remaining remnants of the troops would have no way to fight again with Guderian's German troops equipped with the latest super-modern weapons and equipment, and they would not even have the courage to fight a war.
If the British army really reached the point of losing their courage, then even if the American and Soviet troops came to support them later, it would be useless.
Because at that time, the British army, which has lost its will to fight, will be like a lost dog, and it will simply flee from the wind.
"I see! Give me the order to evacuate right away! ”
"Our elite troops will definitely not be wiped out here, we must preserve our strength and wait for reinforcements from the Soviet army and the American army!"
After a long time, William Joseph Slim slowly sighed again.
"This ......"
After watching William Joseph Slim seem to have suddenly aged for more than ten years, and giving orders like an old dragon, Adjutant Gibbs stared at William Joseph Slim guiltily for a while, not knowing how to respond.
"Withdraw! Evacuate now! ”
"If we delay any longer, then we won't be able to evacuate here if we want to!"
"As long as we are alive, as long as our elite troops are still alive, then we have the time and place to continue to fight with Guderian's German army, which means that the final winner of this battle is still unknown, and if we don't fight to the last moment, no one knows the final result!"
Seeing this, William Joseph Slim also suddenly seemed to have figured out something, smiled bitterly, and cheered up.
"Yes! Commander Slim! I'll go right away! ”
Seeing William Joseph Slim, who had regained his strength, Adjutant Gibbs immediately became energetic as if he had been beaten with blood, and immediately gave a standard military salute and shouted loudly in response.
In this regard, William Joseph Slim, who was gradually recovering his spirits, also showed a slightly confident smile and nodded lightly in response.