Standing on the beach of Crete, the commander of the 12th Infantry Division of the 112th German Army looked at the Greek defending officers standing in front of him, and did not know what to say. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Sir, our government surrendered to your country a week ago. So we now lay down our arms and stop resisting. When the Greek officer said this, he looked right.

He paused, then continued to speak to Herman, the commander of the stunned 112th Division: "We were carried away by the British army and retreated to Crete, but since the surrender of Greece to Germany, we have refused to carry out any combat missions. ”

Listening to the other party's introduction to Crete, the basic configuration of more than 10,000 Greek defenders, as well as the direction of control, and the number of the troops that surrendered to the Germans, Herman felt like crying.

Just a few hours earlier, his troops had moved on the sands of Crete. In the chaos of the landing, the Germans lost at least 100 men.

As a result, their hypothetical enemy has long since surrendered...... The reason why there was no prior notification was explained that the British army did not allow it.

Everything seems so natural, and everything is so laughable. Herman didn't know if what awaited him was a disciplinary order or a certificate of honor for promotion.

Judging by the results of the battle, his troops should be commended for capturing the beaches of Crete and cleanly completing the scheduled tasks.

But he had captured an unguarded line, and in the absence of an enemy, he had lost a company of soldiers in vain—and when the news got out, he Herman had no need to be a man.

After thinking about it, he decided to wait for orders from the Supreme Command and the Army General Headquarters. Until then, he was to take over the defense line on Crete and completely occupy the island in the hands of a third of the soldiers who had surrendered in Greece, as well as the soldiers who had surrendered to the British.

"The Führer is still waiting for our operational report, and apart from the sand in our shoes, we have hardly encountered any difficulties in landing...... How is this written? The chief of staff looked at his boss and asked depressedly.

"How else can you write it? Write down all the problems we encountered, we are already ashamed enough, if we write two less sins, can we still pick up some face? Division Commander Herman said to his chief of staff depressedly with his hands behind his back.

"General Student has just arrived at the airport on a glider...... The paratroopers found some amazing big guys at the airport. The chief of staff looked at his division commander and said something else.

"According to them, the planes on the airfield seem to be new American bombers, and almost 600 American pilots have been taken prisoner." Seeing that the division commander was very interested, the chief of staff added another sentence.

Sure enough, the division commander was very interested - only not in the kind that the chief of staff understood: "Hell! Everything good was taken away by the paratroopers, and we, the 112th Division, are about to become a joke for the entire 12th Army. ”

At the same time, the capital of the United States, the White House in Washington.

Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, looked at his staff in shock, and Marshall stood there with an ugly face, not knowing how to comfort his president.

"Repeat what you just said!" It took a long time for Roosevelt to come back to his senses and speak angrily to Marshall.

Marshall had no other choice but to bite the bullet and speak: "Mr. President, the news just came that the British defenders had lost Crete two hours ago. ”

"Is it accurate to get the news so quickly?" With a hint of luck, Roosevelt pressed his hands on the armrests of his wheelchair and asked earnestly.

He hoped that the news was false and that someone else had spread rumors. And he also sketched other assumptions in his mind that he used to convince that things were not as bad as they could have been on the island of Crete.

Marshall's reply, however, once again ruined Roosevelt's luck: "Mr. President, the telegram was sent back by our pilot commander...... They have already decided, after this telegram, to choose to surrender. ”

"Our pilots? They did not leave Crete before the arrival of the enemy? When Roosevelt heard the news, his mood was even worse.

Even though he already knew that his plan to bomb Libya's oil fields had been completely destroyed, he was still not reconciled.

At that moment, Roosevelt was still fantasizing that the American pilots at the Cretan airfield could fly their planes out of that dangerous place before the island fell.

But now, Marshall has confirmed the most tragic result - the capture of American pilots by German paratroopers, and possibly even the capture of American bombers.

"The runway was damaged by the bombing the day before, and they couldn't take off and leave...... Marshall's face was also ugly, because he was in charge of the plan.

Although he was not directly responsible, he voted in favor of this action at the beginning. As a result, now Bye Bye sent more than 500 pilots to be prisoners, a responsibility he could not afford.

Instead of feeling sorry for the brand-new B-17 bombers, or about the well-trained pilots, Roosevelt was thinking about how much of an impact this would have.

First of all, if the Germans are making a big deal about it, what will he have to do to dispel the criticism of the Reichstag and other departments.

It's not a trivial matter of supporting a few planes or sending a few ships. 50 bombers of the latest American model, plus more than 500 pilots...... That's not a small number.

"Now...... We have to think carefully and not expand this matter indefinitely. Roosevelt looked at Marshall and instructed, "I don't know how much evidence has been found on the German side." ”

Hearing Mr. President say this, Marshall was also extremely depressed. He thought for a moment and comforted the president: "Mr. President, I think they should have the opportunity to destroy their identification before surrendering. ”

"Hmm...... If they do destroy all the evidence, there will be much less pressure on our side. Roosevelt wiped his face twice with his hands to keep himself more awake.

When he heard the news of the fall of Crete, he became nervous. Now that I'm calming down, I'm starting to really think about what to do.

After adjusting his mentality, Roosevelt looked at Marshall: "Germany doesn't want to pull the United States into the water now. If they really force us to go to war, it won't do them any good. ”

After analyzing this, he completely calmed down: "Hurry up and send a message to our people in Congress and the two houses, so that they can get ready and push everything to Britain!" ”

"It's settled, let's just say that those American pilots who are of British origin are all voluntarily returning to China to participate in the war!" Once Roosevelt regained his composure, his political judgment was still very accurate.

As long as these pilots are bitten and voluntarily return to China to participate in the war, then Germany will not gain anything if it wants to climb on the United States.

Sometimes countries are so shameless with each other, as long as there is an explanation internally, externally it is just a war of words and disputes with each other.

When this matter is debated and a result is reached, the war may be over. At that time, no matter who wins or loses, there will be no need to quarrel anymore.

In this kind of diplomacy, the United States is quite mature. So now it looks like the situation is in crisis, but in fact it is really not a big deal.

"The point is, those planes are now in the hands of the Germans, which is not good news for us!" Roosevelt said gloomily.

Originally, in the design of the 4-engine bomber, the technical engineers of the Luftwaffe had shortcomings. Now the United States has taken the initiative to send the most advanced and the best strategic bomber in the whole of World War II, which is simply the enemy......

Of course, sending more than 500 pilots would be even more tragic -- many well-trained pilots in the United States are now serving in the British Air Force on a "voluntary" basis.

At this time, the United States was not the previous peaceful years, and the United States at this time was already in tension with Japan in the Pacific Ocean.

At such a critical moment, with the deployment of hundreds of skilled pilots, the overall strength of the US Army Air Force will of course be damaged.

The American pilots who flew to Crete were all veterans of the bombers. Most of them have the ability to fly and navigate at night, so to speak, the elite of the elite.

Fortunately, the packing was sent directly to the German prisoner of war camp...... How could Roosevelt not be heartbroken, how could Marshall not be depressed?

"The first thing, change the telegraph cipher of the front as soon as possible, so many planes, several cipher machines on the island of Crete, we can't risk it!" After Roosevelt's flesh hurt, he finally decided to deal with the thorny problem at hand first.

Marshall also nodded hurriedly: "Yes!" We're already doing that. There are also technical aspects of the B-17, which I have also ordered to deal with. ”

"Anyway, we lost this base in Crete...... Against Libya's oil fields, there is almost no way to do it now. Remembering the failure of this strategic plan, Roosevelt was once again entangled.

Without the advance base of the Third Reich, it was no longer possible to prevent Germany from stockpiling its own resources, and the cage that the United States had set up before the war to trap Germany seemed to have been broken by Germany.

"Now we have no way to suppress Germany, we can only take a step back to save Britain and save the decline little by little." Marshall spoke bitterly to Roosevelt.

Roosevelt nodded helplessly, and temporarily agreed with Marshall's statement: "Now it seems that it can only be like this!" Next, let's do our best to support the UK mainland! ”

After all, he still became Hitler's transport captain...... Roosevelt thought depressedly in his heart.