A somewhat dilapidated off-road vehicle sped towards the outside of a makeshift camouflage tent at the Dunkirk military port.

The large tent was erected next to the wreckage of a dilapidated building, cleverly camouflaged on the side of a dilapidated wall that had been bombed by the German Stuka. In this way, if the German fighters in the sky did not pay special attention, it would not be easy to find this big tent.

A colonel officer of the British Expeditionary Force pushed open the door of the off-road vehicle and jumped out of the car. Immediately, he greeted several guards outside the tent and quickly got into the tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, the colonel was taken aback by the blazing atmosphere inside the tent.

I saw that the topographic map of Dunkirk spread on the table was messily filled with drawing pens, compasses, distance gauges, and scale pressure plates....... On the map, the locations of the various areas that are densely circled have been sniper points outside Dunkirk.

Under the lighting of more than a dozen light bulbs hanging from the roof of the tent, more than 20 senior officers and staff officers of the headquarters were chattering and discussing the situation on the front line.

Some of them were pointing in a circle around the table where the battle diagram was placed, and some were standing a little farther away shaking their heads and waving their hands, and the volume in people's voices was not high, and there was an indescribable heaviness.

Nearly 24 hours have passed since the generator program began. During this time, only a small number of logisticians were taken away. And the number is only more than 1,300. At this rate, it would take more than a year to transport all the coalition forces in Dunkirk!

The Germans would not have waited a year, in fact, their armored forces had waited less than 24 hours for some reason unknown to the Anglo-French forces before going on the offensive. Now, it is estimated that it has rushed to Montgomery's sniper line.

Speaking of Montgomery, Gort, the commander of the expeditionary force, admitted that he was an extremely good general.

Montgomery's forces were not only the only ones that did not fail after a fight with the Germans, but managed to keep a large force after the Battle of Lucca. Moreover, after the surrender of the Belgian Army, he led his troops to jump into the first line of encirclement built by the German army using the Belgian positions overnight, buying time for the sniper line on the perimeter of the Dunkirk withdrawal operation.

These days, it has been Colonel Allen who is in charge of serving as the liaison officer between the Expeditionary Force Headquarters and the 3rd Division. Now, seeing Alan stride into the tent, several senior staff officers gathered around Goth immediately rushed over and shook hands with him.

"Allen, what's going on with the 3rd Division?!" The colonel's staff officer at the head was the first to ask.

After hearing about the heroic exploits of the 3rd Division, the colonel became a big fan of Major General Montgomery. Now seeing Allen's arrival, he is naturally the first to wait to hear the news he brought.

"yes, did Major General Montgomery surprise us with anything else?" Another staff officer who admired Montgomery also stepped up and asked curiously.

At the moment when the coalition forces were defeated all the way and turned back, Montgomery can be said to be the only shining general in the coalition army.

These senior officers and staff officers in the British command no longer believed that their commander Gott was able to turn the tide, but they expected Montgomery, the small division commander, to bring some kind of miracle.

This is the luck and glory of Montgomery, and the misfortune and shame of Lord Goth!

The commander of the dignified British Expeditionary Force was not trusted by his subordinates. The fate of nearly 200,000 expeditionary troops can only be pinned on the success or failure of a division.

It's a pity that it backfired, and the news brought by Alan was not what everyone expected........

"General Montgomery....... The division headquarters is retreating towards Dunkirk. Alan swallowed his saliva and swallowed: "However, the large forces of the 3rd Division are still scattered and deployed on the sniper line and continue to carry out sniper missions. According to General Montgomery's last telegram, his troops could only hold off the Germans for less than 36 hours. ”

"What?!" This news made all the officers present stunned, and even Lord Gott, who was standing in the distance and pretending to be reserved, trembled violently.

Montgomery has always been their hope, although it is very humiliating, but Gort also knows in his heart that the only opportunity that he, the commander of the expeditionary force, can think of, is really only Montgomery's 3rd Division to hold on to resistance for ten days and half a month.

Without the resistance of the 3rd Division, Gott really couldn't think of any way to survive until the day when the expeditionary force was all gone.

Rely on those French backs to be cannon fodder to buy time? Pull it down, these French can play the role of a fart, if only they didn't add to the mess.

"Didn't General Montgomery just finish deploying the sniper line? Why did it withdraw so quickly! ”

"It can't be! I have also studied the serial sniper positions of the 3rd Division, and the deployment is very perfect, and it can definitely be relied on for a long time! ”

"Could it be that even General Montgomery and our most elite 3rd Division could stop the Germans? How can this battle be fought?! ”

Everyone, every word you and I said, was filled with irrepressible shock and doubt. They really couldn't figure it out, and they didn't want to figure out why their troops were so vulnerable.

"That's the case," Allen said in a deep voice, also bowing his head, "the telegram was sent by Major General Montgomery himself. In his telegram, he was convinced that the troops' will to fight was far lower than he expected, and that it was not enough to accomplish the set operational objectives. In order to prevent the division headquarters from being captured by the Germans, General Montgomery could only let the division headquarters retreat first. ”

Heavy sighs rang out one after another in the tent. Everyone's face was bloodless blue and white. In the cold light of the tent, there was a dead silence.

"It's over, it's all over now." The commander of the 2nd Army, Brooke, was distracted, Nan Nan said: "The last chance is gone. ”

An atmosphere of sadness spread with Brooke's emotions. Prior to this, Montgomery and his troops had become the spiritual backbone of the expeditionary force.

But not long after the pillar was erected, it collapsed with a bang.

It's cruel!

"At least, General Montgomery bought us 24 hours more." As the commander, Goth forced a smile on his face: "This is an unexpected 24 hours, and we should be thankful for it." Moreover, the large forces of the 3rd Division remained in their positions and continued to hold on, and only one division headquarters was withdrawn. ”

Clapping his hands, Goth cleared his throat and said loudly: "Now we still have time to prepare, isn't this also good news?" At least, we're not completely lost. ”

In response to Gort, there was a dead silence. His encouragement, it seems, didn't have much effect.