At 12:30 p.m. on May 27, King Leopold III of Belgium, with Britain and France behind his back, sued for peace with the Third Reich on his own, and quickly accepted Reinhardt's demand for "unconditional surrender".

The surrender of Belgium suddenly caused a 20-mile-wide gap in the defense line of the Triple Alliance. This section of the defensive line, which had been the responsibility of the Belgian troops, was left with a dangerous vacuum as a result of the unified disarming of the Belgian Army. That is, German armored units could drive straight into this 20-mile-wide undefended area at any time.

In desperation, the British Admiralty decisively ordered the implementation of the "Generator Plan" to begin.

But the situation was a hundred times more sinister than when they had made their plan. Of the three French ports to be used in the Generator Plan, only Dunkirk can now be used. In addition, the ports of Buren and Calais were occupied by the Germans on the 23rd and on the day of the surrender of Belgium, respectively.

This meant that the only way for the more than 300,000 Anglo-French troops to survive was Dunkirk and its nearby 40 kilometers of coastline.

As the last escape route for the coalition forces, Dunkirk actually developed from an ancient castle with a long history. It has been an important port in northern France since the 9th century AD and was ranked as the third largest port in France in terms of throughput in last year's statistics, with a total of 7 deep-water berths for large ships, 4 docks and 8 km of quays. At the same time, the channel of Dunkirk port has been very well dredged, large ships can enter and exit freely, and the well-established breakwaters and convex piers can also effectively withstand the strong winds and waves of the English Channel, and if these port facilities can be fully utilized, more than 300,000 British and French troops can safely board the ship with all their equipment in just a few days.

However, since two weeks ago, Dunkirk, which has not yet shown great value, has been bombed by the Germans in an inexplicable and focused manner, resulting in the destruction of all four of its docks, the bombing of an 8-kilometer-long pier into rubble, and even the razing of most of Dunkirk's urban area in air raids.

At that time, when the Germans focused on bombing and destroying the port of Dunkirk, the commander-in-chief of the allied forces, General Gan Molin, still felt inexplicable and wondered why the Germans bothered to bother with this ghost port. But now it seems........ I have to say that the strategic prediction of the Germans was too accurate, accurate to the point of frightening!

Far away at the beginning of the war, the two sides were still fighting, and the outcome was still unpredictable. The Germans would have dared to conclude that Dunkirk would play such an important role and significance in two weeks' time.

In Gan Molin's opinion, this has reached an inconceivable level, I can't believe it, and I can't make sense of it!

What kind of commander can be used for this kind of precipitating talent that is close to having a god's perspective? Gammelin even began to wonder if the German Führer was really a gift from God to Germany, a genius who could not be seen in a lifetime?!

However, it is too late to say anything, and the three major ports mentioned in the "Generator Plan" are only one in Dunkirk, and it is still a complete one. The only thing that can be used for boats is an east embankment less than 1,200 meters long, which is improvised by wooden stakes and planks, and is so simple that it can only be passed by up to eight people at the same time. There is also only a concrete pillar on the seaward side, a lighthouse, and some small wooden stakes around the embankment, although it is possible to moor ships in an emergency, but the current is fast, and it will be very dangerous for ships to dock.

There are no port facilities or breakwaters on the coastline near this last passage, and not far from the coast is a deep-water channel parallel to the shore, which, although connected to the Dunkirk port area, is also quite dangerous to navigate.

Gammelin silently picked up the phone, ready to contact Lord Gott of the British Expeditionary Force to discuss countermeasures. In his opinion, this encirclement and annihilation battle of the Germans has reached the last and most important juncture, and this is true for the Germans, for the British, and for the French!

However, as soon as his hand reached out to the phone and touched it, he was stunned.

"I almost forgot, I'm no longer the commander-in-chief of the French Army." Gan Molin smiled self-deprecatingly.

Since a week ago, Prime Minister Reynaud reshuffled the French cabinet in a strong manner, personally concurrently serving as defense minister, and recalled Marshal Petain, who had been excluded by Ganmarin as ambassador to Spain, as deputy prime minister, the situation in which Ganmarin was in charge of the French army alone has been broken.

He still vividly remembered how the Major General named Belante had taken him out of the conference room with a team of guards a week earlier. At that time, the major general didn't keep any love for himself.

"Marshal Petain is back, you shit, get out of here!" These are the exact words of Bironte.

Gan Molin knew how much the major general hated him. To be honest, he had never liked the major general who had worked under Petain.

However, the current situation is that under the new commander-in-chief of the French army, navy, and air force, the famous general Wei Gang, he was immediately reused, and he was ordered to be promoted to lieutenant general in a critical situation, and he was directly involved in the planning of all future combat operations.

And he is a forest ....... Relieved of a real right, he was thrown into the back office and sat in the office where Bronte had been a week ago!

A dog has his day!

I heard that Wei Gang's guy was planning with the British to implement the "Generator Plan". Staying in the empty office, Gan Malin sighed lonely: "Although I hate all this now, I hate you people, but ......... I hope you will succeed. ”

Retracting his hand that had stayed on the phone, Gan Molin silently read in his heart: "Petain and Wei Gang are both famous generals in the last world war, and they are both famous for being good at fighting evil battles in crises. Perhaps, the two of them can really recreate the miracle of the year in Verdun. ”

God bless France!

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In fact, it was neither their Marshal Petain nor their General Weygand who now blessed France, but an English major general named Montgomery.

Originally, Montgomery's 3rd Division of the British Expeditionary Force had been left behind by the large coalition forces because of the loss of the Belgian 13th Division under Major General Lukaku. The Belgian Army's collective surrender allowed the Germans to rush to Dunkirk from the Belgian defense area, and by the way, cut Montgomery's British 3rd Division outside the Belgian defense area, cutting off their road to Dunkirk.

However, Montgomery, the Englishman, was given his first chance to showcase his talent.

He gave the most risky order of his life, and this decision was more risky and bold than any of his future orders!