On April 28, 1941, the fifth week of the Allied forces landing on British soil, the area south of the Thames River in London had become an occupied area of the Allies.

Next, the Confederate army was only a block away from conquering North London.

Compared with the south, in fact, the military and political centers of the British government are located in the area north of the Thames. Therefore, as long as the Allied forces have not crossed the Thames, the London government and the London City Defence Command can continue to maintain their fragile presence.

In order to ensure the security of such an important defense of north London, Gort, in the name of Churchill, had ordered the blowing up of all the bridges over the Thames, large and small, and the establishment of a canal barrier.

Without the bridges that had crossed the Thames, it would have been difficult for the Germans to advance into North London. Gott's remaining army troops, more than 30,000 militiamen, and the 2,000 Free French troops left behind by de Gaulle were evenly dispersed on the north bank of the Thames, and issued an order to "stop the Germans from crossing the Thames at all costs!" ”

There was only so little of the army that Gott used as the last defense, and it didn't mean that the army under his command had been annihilated by the German, French, and Norwegian forces in the first five weeks.

He did not even arrange reserves, and did not even leave an armored unit for the north bank of the Thames that could be used to counterattack and drive back the enemy forces.

Yes, in the past five weeks, the continuous huge losses have caused Gort's men to lose their troops and are infinitely close to a deficit. Of course, even in this case, Goth originally reserved 1 infantry division and 2 armored battalions in reserve for the north bank of the Thames from the beginning.

But at the suggestion of de Gaulle, Gott suddenly discovered a new way, he could turn the Thames into the Irish Sea, and transfer the battered London positions to Northern Ireland, where all military facilities and logistics were excellent.

There is an essential difference in difficulty between the same force used to fight the defense of the Thames River and the defense of the island of Ireland.

Without much thought, after losing more than 10,000 soldiers in the south of London, Gott finally gave up the last hope of fighting the defense of the city of London, and instead prepared to transfer his forces to the island of Ireland for redevelopment.

With 1 division of army infantry, 2 armoured battalions, and 50,000 National Guard soldiers, Gott has already transferred such a large force to Northern Ireland.

Tonight, Gott will also conceal from the soldiers fighting on the north bank of the Thames, and quietly arrange for the elite infantry regiment directly under the London City Defense Command, which was originally used to make a last-ditch fight, to be transferred to the northern port and then transported to the island of Ireland.

When the Thames defense line was about to be breached, Gort finally took his headquarters and guard company with him, and completely abandoned London.

The reason why the defense line on the north bank of the Thames was still established was that Gott really did not want to waste the excellent natural defense line of the Thames, and hoped to use the Thames River as much as possible to block the German army.

On the other hand, Goth was also using this line of defense to stall for more time, to move the various government agencies in London, and to transport as many National Guards as possible.

However, there is not much time left for Gort.

With the fall of the south bank of the Thames, the British citizens of north London, who had not yet become an enemy territory, crumbled in fear.

They had never imagined that the war would be so close to them, and until not so long ago they had trusted Prime Minister Churchill and that the British army would be determined to drive the evil Allied forces out of London and back to sea.

However, as the situation got worse and worse, coupled with Churchill, who had been giving various inspiring speeches before, the fire has also been extinguished in the past few days, and there has been no news. The people of London could not hold on any longer.

Taking advantage of the night time when the Germans were not bombing, the British on the North Shore had already held two large-scale anti-war demonstrations in a row, accusing the Churchill government of incompetence and inaction.

These people are fed up with the days of not having enough food and clothing, and they don't know the inside story, and they can't understand why Churchill's henchmen are unwilling to agree to the fact that the German head of state has repeatedly proposed peace and an armistice?

They didn't care how harsh Reinhardt put forward for the armistice, and they didn't understand that the other side Reinhardt actually had no intention of peace talks.

The Germans and their allies had fought too smoothly since the British landings began. If Churchill's army had fought so well, it would have been impossible for Churchill to agree to the enemy's surrender.

So, things are interesting.

Gort wanted to stall for time, but the British people were tired of the war and didn't want it to drag on......

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Berlin, Germany.

After sending Paulus to the Soviet front, the next best person Reinhardt could find to discuss matters was Keitel.

Keitel has the ability, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he panders too much to his superiors, that is, to cater to Reinhardt's intentions, and rarely puts forward opinions that are contrary to Reinhardt. Even if Keitel had a better opinion, he wouldn't have said it if that opinion wasn't what Reinhardt meant.

From this point of view, Keitel is indeed very suitable for being a caring subordinate in terms of personality.

However, during this lifetime, Reinhardt strongly encouraged the generals to come up with suggestions and brainstorm ideas. Therefore, Keitel is also more able to put forward independent opinions and suggestions than in the original time and space.

In the Führer's mansion, Reinhardt, who summoned Keitel, smiled slightly, turned around from the large-scale map by the wall, looked at the first instructor of the "Hanover Cavalry School", was born as a middle-class landowner, and asked: "What do you think about the British side?" ”

"The Führer's arrangements are all correct, and I have nothing to comment on." Kettel stood up and saluted.

"You used to be one of the best military academy instructors in the Empire, and the generals you taught are now decapitated. I also agree with your talent," Reinhardt said lightly with a smile on his face, "Tell me, now is not the time for you to be humble. ”

"Yes!" Keitel nodded respectfully and walked quickly to the map of Britain that Reinhardt had seen before: "From the perspective of my subordinates, the situation on the battlefield in Britain is already a game of chess. We want to attack, the British army has to delay, and what the two sides are fighting for now is time. ”