Chapter 631: The Next Famous General
The Soviet-German offensive and defensive war will kill anyone, and no one can see the signs for a while. Fastest updates
The Soviet offensive was fierce, and the German defense was watertight. The current situation is that Zhukov did not care about human life and sacrifice at all to fill the German defense area with troops, while the German army used the fortifications built in advance, coupled with the coordinated and efficient land and air cooperation, with a fairly good battle loss ratio, to deal with the Soviet offensive with ease.
However, compared with the direct confrontation between the two great powers of the Soviet Union and Germany, the British Empire, as a once great power, has no suspense in the war with the emerging power Germany.
With Lord Gott's initiative to abandon Greenwich, 2 infantry divisions and 2 armored battalions were withdrawn. The remaining 60,000 or so National Guards suddenly became outcasts, buying time for the army units to escape and becoming cannon fodder.
The National Guard, which had lost its army position, was outflanked by the Franco-Norwegian army that broke into the gap that night, and finally chose to surrender.
In addition to the more than 60,000 prisoners captured this time, the Allied forces have attacked and captured about 250,000 National Guard soldiers since they landed in Britain, and have also routed and annihilated about 50,000 to 80,000 British troops.
"The British have sneak attacked, so we no longer need to attack."
Georg, who was ready to attack the annex of the ancient castle, inexplicably received an order to stop the operation, and then heard even more news that he couldn't believe.
"Our mission is over, and General Alfred, who is meeting with the Norwegian troops, will send a Norwegian reinforcement battalion to take over the ancient castle position." Ellis said to Georg in a smug voice: "Our regiment only needs to escort the captured National Guard back to the prisoner of war camp in the rear after handing over the position, and there is no other task. ”
"It's that simple?!" Georg couldn't believe that the battle would end so easily.
Before the airdrop, the mobilized Major Ming Ming emphasized many times that this was the last British city that the Triple Alliance needed to conquer before attacking London. Once you've won Greenwich, the next target is London, the capital of the United Kingdom!
And if London is defeated, the war on British soil is basically not far from over.
It was such a city that was advertised as extremely critical, and it basically changed hands completely just in the twilight hours of the day after the German paratroopers carried out the airdrop.
"I heard that not only us, but also the British militia on other fronts have basically surrendered and disarmed." Ellis continued: "It seems that the British military hierarchy withdrew the army units deployed in the city, causing the British militia to travel in a mass panic and then surrender in droves. ”
The battle for Greenwich was almost over, and the militias in Britain, who called themselves the National Guard, finally collapsed as quickly and simply as civilians should behave.
After a long pause, Georg slowly came back to his senses and replied to Ellis's self-questioning in a refirming manner, "In that case, we should be preparing to take the capital of the British next, right?" ”
"That's how it should be." Ellis didn't bother at all about Georg's failure to borrow a gun before, but shared his opinion very generously: "But before that, I guess I will have to wait for the allies of France and Norway to fight the British for a while." We're going to go, and it should be a few days away. ”
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"My paratroopers can rest for a while."
In the headquarters of the Triple Alliance, Student smiled to the French commander Wei Gang through a translator with satisfaction: "I thought that my paratroopers would need part-time temporary infantry for a few days, but I didn't expect the British army to give up Greenwich so easily, and they also left us more than 60,000 prisoners. ”
"yes, I didn't expect Gott to give up on Greenwich so simply." Wei Gang sighed with some emotion.
Wei Gang also has a certain understanding of Gort, a former ally he once partnered with.
At Dunkirk, Gort left his expeditionary force behind and fled back to the British mainland with several generals and his command.
Compared with the Battle of Dunkirk, which left 200,000 elite British Army troops at one time, Greenwich left more than 60,000 National Guard militiamen, which seems to be inferior.
But this time is different from Biri.
At that time, even if about 200,000 elite troops were lost, the British mainland was still very safe.
After all, it is separated by an English Channel, and the French allies are still on the front line as substitutes. The Germans would not have crossed the English Channel to land at that time.
Not to mention the 200,000 elite army, even if there is not a single army on the mainland, under the conditions at that time, the British mainland will not take the slightest risk.
But now that the Allied forces have landed on the British mainland and the English Channel has completely lost its isolation effect, every British soldier has become the most valuable asset.
Gott needed to guard every city, every town, every village in the British Empire......
There are too many places to garrison, but there are few troops in hand.
The British Army originally had a large total strength, but they lost too many elites in the French theater, lost a number of army troops in the Norwegian theater, pinned down a large number of troops in the African theater, and retained some troops in the Asian theater.
The title of the empire on which the sun never sets is not only a pure gain, but also a burden, dispersing the strength of the British army.
"When Admiral Ernst's Sixteenth Army arrives, it will be able to launch the conquest of London with us. According to their speed, in 3 days at most, the 16th Army should have arrived. At this time, Spudent looked forward to his German colleague, General Ernst.
Although there were also four infantry divisions of the Ninth Army under Admiral Adolf Strauss, they also fought on British soil. However, the position of the Ninth Army was still a long way from London, and it would not be able to catch up with the London Conquest in a short time.
Or, by the time they arrived, London might have already been taken.
Wei Gang also nodded after hearing Student's words: "When the main force of the German army under the command of your general Ernst arrives, there will basically be no suspense about the fate of London." With his armoured division, the coalition was able to make it all the way to the city of London and to the banks of the River Thames. ”
"Then my paratroopers will be airdropped to the other side of the Thames and take all of London in one fell swoop." Bootdent shook his fist and answered excitedly.
Student and his paratroopers have become the brightest stars of the British campaign. If nothing else, after this battle, the paratroopers who completed the final blow to London will surely go down in history.
And he is the next world-famous general in the German Third Reich!