219 The British army collapsed

readx;?“ How's it going, is there any news of the 15th Infantry Division? ”

"Report, the 15th Infantry Division is still not in contact, according to our estimates, they should have begun to attack Gravesend. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What do you mean by should? I want their specific location and situation! Continue to contact, and if you can't get in touch, ask the people from the Air Force to help find out and see where the 15th Infantry Division is! A division of troops, and the most critical troops, you can't even find anyone, if not, get out of here! ”

Von Bock's roar echoed throughout the headquarters, Li Ling took a sip of tea, there was no way to roar at this time, everything could only be taken step by step, as the most important part of this tactic, if it weren't for the fact that there were really no other troops to choose from, it would not let a 15th Infantry Division that was on the battlefield for the first time carry out such a mission.

Although Von Bock's attitude was so resolute when Li Ling was suspicious of the 15th Infantry Division at the beginning, in fact, he also had no bottom in his heart, especially now that the 15th Infantry Division had completely lost contact less than an hour after receiving the order, and now it was close to eleven o'clock in the morning, and the contact with the 15th Infantry Division had been lost for two full hours!

Rommel's 7th Panzer Division arrived at the village of Mepam at 10 o'clock in the morning and joined up with the 1st and 71st Infantry Divisions, and the 72nd and 4th Infantry Divisions had also arrived nearby, but in the same way, the British troops were also pouring into the village of Mepam, and the battle for the village of Mepam was always going on.

The battlefield in the village of Maypam has become a meat grinder, but this does not mean that the British will take advantage of much, in front of the Germans with a full two tank divisions, the British actually did not have much chance, and finally when the time was close to noon, the British began to appear weak in attack, obviously, they had begun to calculate whether to choose to retreat.

How could Rommel, the famous general known as the Desert Fox by later generations, not see such a situation?

This was obviously the best time to crush the British in one fell swoop, and when the 72nd and 4th Infantry Divisions finally arrived at the village of Mapham, Rommel immediately decided to launch a counteroffensive, and his 7th Panzer Division, together with the 1st Huaxia Division, set out from the village of Mapam at the same time, and attacked in both northeast and northwest directions.

Because the Germans occupied the village of Mepam before the arrival of British reinforcements, and then remained on the defensive, and the focus of defense was all on the battle for the village of Mepam, so when the 7th Panzer Division and the 1st Huaxia Division launched a counteroffensive at the same time, the British did not expect that their positions would be overwhelmed by hundreds of tanks of the two Panzer Divisions almost instantly.

However, something even more unexpected by the British was still to come, they never imagined that these German tanks would rush out directly without too much entanglement with them, which did not seem to be a counterattack, but more like a breakthrough.

But the problem is that the Germans are clearly gaining the upper hand, and new reinforcements have arrived, so they shouldn't choose to break through anyway, right?

However, there was not much time left for the British commanders to think about it, because about ten minutes after these German tanks rushed out, they suddenly changed from back to opposite attack, and in an instant, the German tanks of the whole two divisions changed from the front of the British to the rear of the British, and the 7th Panzer Division and the 1st Huaxia Division together with the 3th Infantry Division in front of the British, the 71st and 72nd Infantry Divisions, all at once completed the encirclement in a small village of Mepham, They didn't even use a series of von Bock's strategic deployments at all!

"Bastard! This bunch of shit! These people should all be sent to hell! This is my general? I see that they only learned to eat and dance with women in military school! ”

Churchill used his shrill voice to express his frustration and anger in his office at 10 Downing Street, ignoring the dust that had been shaken off by the Luftwaffe bombing and the government officials under his command who had long wanted to flee London.

"First of all, let's go!"

"No way, I'm not leaving! I am the Prime Minister of the War Cabinet, I am the Prime Minister appointed by His Majesty the King, I must stand with the British people, I must stay in London, which is the capital of the United Kingdom! ”

Every word of Churchill was still so inflammatory, but his voice, which had become unusually shrill because of something that had happened, had lost his contagion, and the situation facing Britain today, his demagoguery had a kind of pre-doom ridiculousness and pathos.

"His Majesty the King has taken the royal family to Scotland by car today, and I heard that it is going to take a plane from Scotland to Canada, so, Prime Minister, don't insist, let's go!"

"Nope! I'm not reconciled! ”

He slapped his palm heavily on the wheelchair, and then slowly stood up from the wheelchair. Between his empty legs, although he was able to walk normally, he was still reluctant to stand up, and he didn't want to accept the reality that he had to accept.

"Prime Minister, we must leave London, London cannot be saved, if it is really for the future of the British Empire, we should leave London, we should go to Scotland, and then rearm our army and air force there, and there defend the entire overseas empire through our Royal Navy, and with the help of the British Empire a powerful overseas empire can also start again! But only if you have to be good, this country needs you! ”

"Scotland? Hum! ”

Churchill didn't want to leave London, but where could he go?

Is it really possible to go to Scotland as the MP said?

I'm afraid that when I get to Scotland, let alone command the troops, everyone will have to be arrested by that guy in Halifax immediately, and maybe it will be used as a bargaining chip in Halifax's negotiations with the Germans!

Scotland is a place that Halifax has worked hard to run, and there have been too many Halifax supporters who have gone to Scotland during this time, and in today's Scotland, his wartime prime minister is not worth mentioning at all, and they only have Halifax in their eyes!

"I'll leave London, but not now, and it won't be Scotland!"

After saying this, Churchill walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and then suddenly pointed to a member of parliament next to him and said, "Find me supporters, I'm going to give a speech here!" ”

(To be continued.) )

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