"Bastard!"

With a curse, Lord Gort, with a blue face, tore the telegram in his hand to shreds, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it out of the tent fiercely.

The paper flew out of the tent in a parabola, rolled on the ground for a while, and stopped next to a pair of leather boots that had just stepped out of the car.

Montgomery, who had just arrived in Dunkirk with his division headquarters overnight, frowned, and then kicked the crumpled ball of paper casually, causing it to roll to a corner farther away.

He had just arrived outside the tent at the expeditionary headquarters, and before he could get out of the tent, Montgomery heard a roar coming from the tent.

"Commander, I'm back." After showing his military ID to the guards, Montgomery lifted the curtain of the tent and walked briskly to Lord Gott's side to salute and report.

"Commander, I have already brought back the division headquarters of the 3rd Division. However, for the majority of the division, I remained on the outer blocking line and continued to block the Germans. Montgomery reported loudly.

Although he left his troops behind and rushed back early because he did not want to be captured by the Germans, this does not mean that he has done worse than anyone here so far. From the Lucca encounter, to the night into the encirclement, and then the overnight establishment of the blocking line. All this he has done, no one can find fault with it.

If I have to say it, it can only be said that the combat effectiveness of the Germans is too perverted, it is simply off the charts. The Germans have been chasing the Anglo-French army for so many days, and the Germans are not tired, but the Anglo-French army is also tired. As a result, every time they were caught up, no matter how tired their side was, every German soldier was still like that, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they rushed forward with their MP40 submachine guns.

Montgomery still didn't understand why the Germans didn't seem to be tired at all, and they hit as soon as they touched it, and they hit it as soon as they touched it.

"Monty, you're here." Lord Goth glanced at Montgomery and said smugly.

Montgomery was almost startled when he saw Goth. The guy was literally in the water, and even though he was Caucasian, Gort's face was covered with a sickly pale. Montgomery could hardly find the slightest hint of anger in the commander of the expeditionary force, as if he were looking at the face of a dead man.

"Commander, what are you .......?" Montgomery asked tentatively.

Beside them, more than a dozen officers and staff officers, who did not dare to come out, looked nervously at Montgomery who was asking questions.

Lord Goth is still angry, no, he just crumpled the telegram from China and threw it out as waste paper. At this time, to pick on Goth's scar, Montgomery is bold enough!

Inside the tent, the cold-colored light bulbs made Gort's face even more ugly, gloomy and cold. It's the face of the legendary devil, but that's it.

However, as a meritorious man, Montgomery's face is obviously much bigger than that of everyone present. At least, Goth, who had scolded these subordinates countless times, was now answering Montgomery as calmly as possible.

"The Admiralty in China sent a telegram that rejected my request to send more warships and transports, claiming that they wanted to use the assembled naval forces to annihilate the German fleet in the North Sea." Goth's tone was still cold and unwarm, but it was enough for Montgomery to put his heart at ease.

At least, Goth, who was clearly in a rage, didn't lose his temper at Montgomery. You must know that although Montgomery has made great achievements in a row, he has been careful after all, and he left the front line with the division headquarters and retreated. If Gott wanted Montgomery to be confronted, he wouldn't have anything to say.

Fortunately, Gott's original answer was objective. This shows that he does not want to scold Montgomery. At least, not yet.

"Commander, I don't think the Admiralty is trying to fool us. Perhaps, they really said that they were going to concentrate the fleet in the North Sea and engage the Germans. Montgomery thought for a moment and said.

"Of course I know those bastards aren't lying!" Gort's anger had not been extinguished, so he suddenly resurfaced: "The key is that they want to fight the German Navy, and they can wait for the next time." But if we can't leave in time, there will be no chance of starting over! Do these bastards have to fight with the German Navy at this time? Just to pick up the face they lost in the Norwegian naval battle?! ”

Gott's words were a bit extreme, after all, this naval battle was really not provoked by the British Admiralty. Although they were able to passively avoid the war, they sent more warships to Dunkirk as "temporary transport ships". However, wouldn't this make the situation of the Royal Navy even more embarrassing.

What will outsiders think, and what will international public opinion say?

They will say that the British Navy was defeated by the German Navy for a while, and as a result, they were scared out of their hearts. Now that the German Navy is provoking the door, the home fleet of the British Empire does not dare to respond to the enemy!

Originally, Norway was defeated in the first war, and the Royal Navy has been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. Now that this opportunity has come to the door, how can you be a shrunken turtle again. In that case, how can the Royal Navy, which holds up the title of "The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets", continue to hold up this title in the future?!

Montgomery, however, was on the Army's side. Compared with the glory and reputation of the Royal Navy, he actually paid more attention to how Dunkirk's current embarrassing situation should be resolved.

So Montgomery, who agreed with Gort on this point, also said: "The Navy has gone too far, and they have completely failed to consider that our situation is actually more difficult." ”

Seeing that Montgomery and Gort were like-minded and blamed the Admiralty. Many of the officers standing on the side turned their faces away. The Admiralty has already organized a large number of transport ships and sent a detachment to Dunkirk as a part-time "temporary transport ship", what else is there to blame.

Accusing others of not sending enough? I guess even if the Admiralty can really send more ships than it is now, you won't be satisfied, right?

However, this contempt can only remain in the bottom of my heart. On the surface, no one dared to contradict the two in front of them.

"But Commander," Montgomery was calmer and better at dealing with the moment than Gort, after all. He only complained a few words with Gort, and then quickly returned to the topic: "Now we can't count on the navy, or we can only rely on our own troops." I suggest that a number of additional lines of resistance be set up on the periphery as soon as possible, in case an irreparable crisis arises after the German army attacks. ”

Although there were still three lines of French defense on the outskirts of Dunkirk, Montgomery could not expect them to be withdrawn for long.

Of course, even if the British army added blocking lines, these lines would not be able to last long.

However, it is better to have something than nothing.