"Now the French and Norwegian troops are attacking at Dover and the attack seems fierce, but they certainly will not make a large-scale landing in such bad weather. The landing site of Dover was not wrong, but the troops that appeared here were wrong! ”

Churchill speculated: "Since the Germans have not appeared, then Dover's enemies must be feinting." The use of the allies' armies as cannon fodder was a consistent method of the Germans. ”

Wait, about the pit allies, how does the staff officer sent by the army to coordinate and liaise with the prime minister think that he is talking about the British army itself? In previous years, when he was in military school, the colonel had learned from the classic examples of the British Empire's use of allies in the past.

Not noticing the inner workings of the staff officers, Churchill continued: "Although the French and Norwegians are now attacking very fiercely, this is only to attract our defensive forces, and once I transfer more troops, then the forces of the other surrounding cities will inevitably be empty, and then, as the main force, the Germans can take advantage of the weakness and open a second landing battlefield elsewhere to take us by surprise." ”

The staff officer suddenly came to his senses, as if he had just discovered a new continent.

"Hmm." Churchill snorted proudly, in response to the admiring gaze cast by the staff officer.

Although this staff officer did not admire Churchill at all, Churchill still fell for him. As a superior, this staff officer will naturally show all kinds of flattering performances to please his boss.

At this time, he has to learn to play stupid.

Although Dover's side has already made it clear that it is about to collapse. But since Churchill said that it was fine, then this staff officer did not have the courage to go to the trouble and do something to correct the Prime Minister's misplaced speech.

The supreme commander of a country does not need to be around a smart person to be an eyesore here, and the IQ of a person who can become the prime minister will be low?

Like the Italian prime minister, Churchill really only needed someone who could bring out his cleverness.

In Churchill's judgment, only those who sincerely worship themselves are good men.

And feeling the admiring gaze of his subordinates, a sense of intellectual superiority also arises spontaneously.

......

On top of the French position in Dover, two French soldiers seemed to be talking about something.

"Hey, brother, the weather is so bad, it's impossible to attack tonight", a thin man rubbed his hands: "Or, let's go back to the camp headquarters to drink hot and warm up." ”

"Who's to say it isn't, but it's good that in March we couldn't stand it and I don't think the Brits were much better. Let's go, let's go back and rest together. Another tall French soldier replied.

Just when most of the British generals on the Western Front, under the guidance of Churchill, believed that the Germans would not launch an offensive in this bad March, at about 2 o'clock in the morning of the 23rd, the British General Headquarters stationed in London received a report that a German airborne division had landed, which seemed to be a "large-scale operation".

"These Germans, trying to make a noise, this little trick was used when I was still a private," said Lord Gott, commander-in-chief of the British Army, who was dismissive of the Germans' actions, and still drank his coffee leisurely.

"See, they are just trying to attract us somewhere else, and then, share the pressure of this Dover frontal assault on the battlefield, so that our defenses will shrink and we will take advantage of the opportunity to attack. So, we Pisnet ignore them. I'm willing to bet that it was just a small German troop of paratroopers as I did when I fought in Belgium. Just as Lord Gort was talking and pointing at the country, a discordant voice interrupted him.

"But ......"

"Captain, do you have anything to say?" , Lord Gott's face was ruthless, after all, anyone who was talking about his glorious history would be unhappy to be interrupted, not to mention that person was still a captain officer who was a lot lower than himself.

However, this little captain actually dared to interrupt his commander, and there was probably something important.

Lord Gort decided to let him go and forgive him. After all, whoever can sit in the position of commander-in-chief will not be 100% mediocre.

Seeing that Commander Gort motioned for himself to continue, the captain continued to report head-on: "Report to Commander, the reconnaissance training ships of the Home Fleet have sent back a report that a large fleet is heading in the direction of the coast of Dover. ”

The chief of staff saw that the commander-in-chief's face suddenly became very bad, and hurriedly gave the captain a look, and then pandered to the general: "What? In such weather? It must be the Navy people who are mistaken! Maybe a flock of seagulls? ”

The "Boom ......" shook the mountains and interrupted the conversation of the British officers.

"What happened?" Lord Goth hurriedly exclaimed.

At the same time, outside the command department, a major staff officer hurriedly broke in and reported: "Commander, no, the enemy is coming from the other side of the strait!" ”

"What, in such bad weather, they actually have to fight!" Until now, Lord Gott was a little incredulous.

"Boom ......"

However, he didn't make a fool of himself for long, and the experienced Goth immediately commanded: "Hurry! Organize the troops around Dover to meet the enemy, we have enough troops there! ”

"Quick, quick——, contact the Prime Minister and ask him to increase his troops and send an armored division to deal with the German airborne division," Goe continued to yell and shout.

In his opinion, the battle situation was already very dangerous, and if he did not send troops to counterattack, there was a danger that the Germans would set up a landing field.

On the other side, inside Churchill's office.

"Prime Minister, urgent power! Lord Gott sent a telegram saying that the war was tight, and that he was requested to expedite the dispatch of troops to support. ”

When Churchill heard this, he frowned, read the telegram carefully, and after making sure that there was not a trace of error, his brow furrowed even tighter.

"It shouldn't be......"

But the facts are in front of us, and it seems that the Germans really launched a landing operation in March.

"We had enough troops in Dover, and that was the German landing position we had predicted." After Churchill calmed down a little, he said quietly: "Since the enemy has launched a landing there, then we should also deal with it with all our might." ”

"Tell Commander Goth that I will transfer him an armored regiment, plus an infantry division, plus 100,000 militiamen of the National Guard. Let him make sure to give me the main Allied force to withstand Dover. The fate of the Axis powers depends on him! ”

"Yes, Prime Minister!" The staff officer said that, and ran out quickly.