Chapter 595: The British Expeditionary Force Surrenders
"Knock, knock." An HS129 attack aircraft, flying low on the surface of the sea, immediately swooped down when it saw a ship flying the British flag on the sea.
40-mm cannons, roaring on the sea, a private yacht of several hundred tons, was hit in an instant.
On the surface of the sea, a huge flame emerged, and the people who drove the yacht jumped into the water.
Don't say it's civilian ships, now, these ships, all have been requisitioned, for absolute military use! Therefore, there was no restriction on the violation of international conventions in the attack launched by the Germans.
In the morning there was a great air battle, in which the British air force suffered heavy losses, and then the Germans launched another V-2 missile attack, taking out the opposite air base, so that by the afternoon there were almost no British fighters overhead.
In this case, attack aircraft, Stuka bombers, which were not strong in air combat, were dispatched, and they fired mercilessly at the British ships below on the sea, so the British ships were ruthlessly expelled, and they did not dare to cross the center line of the channel at all!
The situation was unfavorable for the British Expeditionary Force.
In a makeshift anti-aircraft fortification, Gott, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, looked at Alexander, the commander of the 1st Army in front of him, with a pale face.
"The Germans, they have given us an ultimatum, and in half an hour, all their firepower will attack us, including thousands of rocket launchers."
Now, the hundreds of thousands of men of the British Expeditionary Force were pinned down in a narrow area by the sea, and if the Germans were to carry out artillery cover strikes, it would be absolutely useless.
What's the use of having a lot of people? Now, if they want to rush out, they can't retreat, and staying here can only lead to a dead end.
"London, for its part, ordered us to hold out until night, and the navy will try to open the breach again and rescue us out." "Can we make it through the night?" Goth said. โ
If there is hope, then they will continue to fight hard, not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, but if there is no hope, their persistence is meaningless.
Can you make it into the night?
Gort's heart is quite conflicted.
"The latest news, Germany launched an attack on our homeland, using new weapons, one of our air bases was almost completely destroyed, and even our capital was bombed."
One bad news after another kept coming, like straws that broke the camel's back.
Gort's face was gloomy, he knew that the decision he had to make now was related to the fate of the entire expeditionary force, whether to continue to fight to the death, or surrender?
Compared with Gort, the Germans on the other side were much more relaxed.
"I hope the British don't surrender, so that we can have a legitimate reason to wipe them all out." Dietrich said.
In Dietrich's heart, the tide was coming slowly, he was quite interested in killing, but at the same time, he also knew Ciric's guidance, every prisoner who laid down his arms was the labor needed by the empire, at least he could drive them to the mines, continue to serve the empire, and pay for their sins.
Therefore, if the other side laid down his arms, Dietrich could not kill prisoners of war indiscriminately, and he hoped that the British would not surrender, so that he would have every reason to kill the British.
Bloody killing is the mission of soldiers!
Compared with Dietrich, Guderian, the chief of the SS, apparently thought more: "It is more important for us to capture the British than to kill them." โ
If the British Expeditionary Force were killed, then the British would be equivalent to killing their own sons, husbands, and fathers, and then the British would definitely take revenge, and their will to fight would be even stronger.
However, if the expeditionary force is only captured, it will not be so strong, and even because of the prisoner issue, the other side will soften its position, at least some of the British will soften, and these prisoners are important pawns to divide the British high-level.
Of course, the decision-making power, in the hands of the British, they have the right to choose their own life and death.
The main forces of the SS, as well as the other armies of the North, so to speak, the main armies of Germany, were already gathered here, and Guderian was waiting, and as soon as the time was up, and the British had not yet surrendered, then resolutely carry out the orders of the Fรผhrer Ciric, and before dark, there would not be a single Englishman alive!
Want to retreat? Dream on!
Time, little by little, the surrounding German troops, were ready for the last moments.
All the tanks were refueled, they were full of ammunition, the infantrymen were well fed, and even took advantage of the break in the battle to squint in the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, and now they were full of strength.
If you look at it from the sky, you can see that all the sides of the British position are German troops, the innermost circle is tanks, then the infantry fighting vehicles, the infantry, and the outermost circle, the suppressive fire.
The multiple rocket launchers are all ready, the barrels are raised, and they are waiting for the final order!
Many of the Waffen-SS ones were tracked chassis, while the rest of the troops were varied, with the most off-road trucks, and the back of the trucks was also equipped with I-shaped launch rails, not launch tubes.
In terms of numbers, there are really thousands of gates, and when they are launched together, they can definitely plow the positions of the British Expeditionary Force thoroughly.
In addition to rocket artillery, there are also many field guns of various calibers, of course, with full firepower.
As for the British in the encirclement, when they retreated, most of the heavy equipment was abandoned, and they had no possibility of counterattacking at all!
Dietrich had already looked at his watch several times, and he couldn't wait to turn the hands of his watch around and hurry to four o'clock, the kind of scene that Dietrich was looking forward to the most!
"It's coming soon." Dietrich looked at his watch again, and it was only a lap of the second hand at four o'clock!
"The British, if you really have to resist to the end, General Guderian, give the order!" Dietrich said.
Guderian raised his arm and looked at his watch, a gold watch made in Switzerland, which was very accurate, and sure enough, it was about time!
"Pass my order, prepare..."Before Guderian's order was finished, an adjutant hurriedly ran in: "Good news, good news, the British on the opposite position, raised the white flag!" โ
The British surrendered? Hearing this, Dietrich threw his cigarette butt to the ground and stomped on it hard: "This is really bad news!" โ