"The follow-up forces of the French army are widening the gap, and the National Guard on our defensive line can't stop it!"

The staff officer's near-wailing report made Goth a little desperate.

If the gap continues to widen, it will not be the crisis that can be filled by this counterattack force.

That could be a disaster!

"Commander!" The Chief of the General Staff in the London Command made a bold suggestion to Goth with some eagerness: "In this case, it's time to send our Royal Regiment of the Prince of Wales in the London Theater to war!" ”

In terms of armored strength, the British army under the city of London still has a certain strength. The Royal Regiment of the Prince of Wales in the mouth of the Chief of the General Staff is already an absolute elite unit.

It was adapted from a Queen's Royal Hamilshire Regiment Armoured Infantry Battalion formerly part of the 1st Mechanized Brigade of the 3rd Division, a Light Infantry Battalion of the Queen's Royal Hamilshire Regiment under the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 4th Division, and a homegrown battalion of the Queen's Royal Hamilshire Regiment under the London Garrison of the 4th Division.

This reorganized tank regiment has one squadron directly under the regimental headquarters and three tank squadrons, each of which includes 52 "cruiser tanks" and 10 reconnaissance vehicles, with 575 officers and men. In addition, there are a total of 1,455 infantry detachments that work together with tanks.

This is the strongest armored force in London, and it is the most complete and complete super-strength formation. The officers and men are well-trained and their combat effectiveness is first-class.

Once this armored force is put into Greenwich, it is an absolutely powerful killer weapon against the French army, which only relies on sea transportation to get some German assault guns and lacks tanks!

Moreover, the Triple Alliance Army in the south was not equipped with any armored troops, even if it was all infantry, at most it was infantry equipped with enough firepower and artillery. Even if you add those paratroopers of the German army, it will not change the essence of their infantry.

It's just that......

"No! It is impossible to cut the armored forces of London! Lord Gott resolutely rejected the chief of staff's proposal for support: "The main force of the German army that landed at Portsmouth, they have a strong armored force of no less than one division, and we must maintain sufficient armoured strength to deal with them." ”

"Commander, the main force of the German army has just captured Guildford, and there is still some distance from us......" The chief of the General Staff still wants to fight for it.

"No! The other side has armored troops, and the advance will be very fast, and at any moment it may cross the Thames and appear to the west of London, and I must guard against them! Gort stubbornly shook his head and said: "It's no secret that this German army has submersible tanks, I don't know the specific situation of this tank, but they have this kind of tank, maybe it will be easy to break through the Thames." ”

"I can't wait for the Germans to make a breakthrough and prepare, or there will be another disaster like in Dunkirk!" Gort recalled bitterly.

"Let Greenwich's new 4th Division split two regiments to counterattack from the left flank of the gap, and the 1st Armoured Battalion of the Dorset Regiment counterattacked from the right flank of the breach. After they tightened the gap, the counterattack forces of the 3rd Division and the Davenshire Armored Battalion were able to annihilate the front of the French army that had broken through the defensive line! ”

Lord Gott, once again, has increased the size of the reserves.

"But in this case, the whole of Greenwich will have ...... mobile forces that can be mobilized," said the Chief of Staff, looking at Gott worriedly.

......

"Report that the two regiments of our army's forward have advanced to a position less than 3 kilometers from the castle of Herstmunsugu."

In the joint headquarters of the German-French-Norwegian forces, a French staff officer faced the French commander Weygand, the German commander Student, and the Norwegian commander Alfred.

This Alfred is also a battle-hardened Norwegian general with rich combat experience (relatively speaking).

Alfred previously commanded a Norwegian volunteer battalion, participated in the Finnish campaign with the Swedish and Danish Nordic forces, and then led his troops back home to join the counterattack against the British. In Norway, he is also one of the generals with the most experience in commanding operations.

As the commander of the original Norwegian 5th Division, Sundro, was promoted to Commander-in-Chief by Guisling, Alfred also took over the position of commander of the most elite 5th Division in the Norwegian Army. And his previous adjutant Marven naturally became the commander of the reinforced battalion before Alfred.

Now Alfred came to British soil with the only main division of the Norwegian Army that was not defeated in the counterattack against the British, plus the reinforced battalion that was replaced with German weapons after Marven took over, and began the revenge war belonging to Norway.

It's a pity that even Norway's best general, Colonel Alfred and his henchman Major Marvin, still can't see the direction of the situation on the battlefield.

Seeing through everything, it was the French veteran general Wei Gang, and the German army general Student, who had gone through the military academy system.

"In this way, the British Lord Gott has only three options left." Bootdent looked at the battle diagram marked with red and blue arrows, and said with great interest.

In his opinion, no matter which way Gort chooses to deal with it, the final outcome is actually not much different.

"I still know a lot about the British army's election of Lord Gort, the commander of the home defense." Wei Gang, who had barely cooperated with Goth in the French campaign before, said leisurely at this time: "He has a certain level of command, but the level is very limited. Faced with such a situation, he generally chooses the most cautious and prudent way. ”

The safe way? Is there a safe way for today's British army?

The truly safe way exists only for the dominant side. If you have to ask the inferior side what is the right way to do it, it is only to fight a defensive war in a rigid manner.

If there is no basis for defense, a foundation is created. For example, if the defense line is broken, it will be blocked immediately.

......

"Leave it alone with mobile forces, after plugging the gap and annihilating the vanguard of the French army, we will naturally be able to free up mobile forces."

In the headquarters, Goth spoke his way of dealing with it: solve the current problems first, and then free up your hands to solve the future problems.

"Plug the gap, and then fill it with the gathered National Guard rout, and replace our counterattack force." Gort's thinking is becoming clearer and clearer: "At most, leave one infantry regiment to assist in the defense, and the rest of the counterattack troops can be retreated to become a reserve......"

.......

"Are we going to split up our forces too?

Greenwich, Division Commander Bob of the newly formed 4th Division of the British Army, was puzzled by the latest order.

The 3rd Division had just been sent out, and now his 4th Division was also asked to send 2 regiments to see the counterattack. Bob was a little puzzled, didn't there only one regiment of troops left in the whole of Greenwich as a reserve?

Mobile forces will be empty to the extreme!