Although Canterbury had to face the attack of German armored forces, after all, it also had armored forces to support it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In Dover, the British infantry had to face an attack by the German 112th Division, which had just fought bravely on the beach.

Although the 112th Division was not well known in history, it was strengthened, and after becoming the main German force by mistake, the equipment and personnel quality of this division were no worse than those of the famous German main forces in the future.

Even because it is a landing force, it is not equipped with many trucks and armored vehicles, but in other equipment, it is not sloppy at all.

In the ruins outside Dover, a newly unloaded No. 3 assault gun was using its short 75mm gun to bombard a barricade where the British army was stationed.

Almost instantaneously, with a loud bang, the barricade collapsed, and the British defenders behind were killed and wounded, and countless people fell.

Because there were no heavy weapons in their hands at all, the British soldiers stationed in Dover had no way to deal with this mechanized advance of the German army.

The clumsy can only be filled with life, and heaped with people. Many British soldiers carried explosive packs or grenades in the hope of taking out the steel monsters that were helping the German infantry advance, but most of their efforts failed.

The German grenadiers, or rather the infantry covering the tank attack, were not vegetarians, and they eliminated a large number of British infantry trying to get close to the assault guns, and few of them slipped through the net.

Of course, even the most airtight defenses will inevitably have vulnerabilities. Two blocks away, the wreckage of a flaming No. 3 assault gun is the British infantryman's record.

Unfortunately, the price paid for such a record was too high, and by half past nine o'clock in the battle, the British soldiers guarding Dover were consumed.

What has to be mentioned here is that the West and the East, or the pre-war and the post-war, the countries participating in the war have different understandings of urban street fighting.

In real history, in the middle and late stages of World War II, including the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Berlin, important city battles would actually turn the city itself into ruins, and the face was unrecognizable and miserable.

But this kind of thing rarely happened in the early stage, and before Germany entered Paris, not a single shot was wasted, and the time to sweep through France was not as long as the time to hit Stalingrad.

The scorched earth policy is not always adhered to in all countries, and it will change from time to time. For example, China once fought hard in Taierzhuang and other cities, but also gave up many large and medium-sized cities.

Germany fought against the Soviet Union in many areas, but when it withdrew from Paris, the gentleman's refusal to blow up the bridges in Paris.

Obviously, the British, having fought on their own soil, were much more heroic in the Dover area than in the Dunkirk area.

The fearless British soldiers launched a counterattack on the 112th Division without hesitation. The sappers braved the strafing of the planes and desperately tried to blow up the dock facilities in the port of Dover.

The battle lasted for a full hour, until the British forces were driven out of the city center of Port Dover and the British defenders were completely surrounded in Dover, and they chose to surrender with dignity.

Absolutely a decent surrender: these British soldiers would be immediately escorted back to Germany by boat, where they would have a delicious lunch.

In order to secure a larger landing ground as soon as possible, Herman, who was not very good at negotiating, even promised that the surrendered British soldiers would not serve in concentration camps, and would not be sent to Poland like other prisoners of war, but would be imprisoned in France.

In any case, Hermann, when he arrived at 10:21 that day, completely occupied the port of Dover, and on the roofs of many buildings in the port, the red flag belonging to the Third Reich was unfurled.

"Send a telegram to the Führer, to the High Command, and to the Army General Command...... Tell them the good news that we have managed to take control of Dover! Herman excitedly walked to the rubble of Dover Town Hall, looked at the British guard of Dover who had committed suicide by swallowing a gun, and opened his mouth to give such an order.

It was as if he was demonstrating against the corpse, as if telling the dead British general that he was the true master of the land.

Dover, handed over to the Germans, was almost in ruins. Except for some parts of the city where soldiers from both sides were fighting, the rest of the city was blown up by the British themselves.

There were several small docks, including the harbor docks, which had either been destroyed by previous German bombers or had just been bombed by British sappers today.

The cranes on the pier were crookedly paralyzed, and the important artillery parts on the anti-aircraft gun positions that had been arranged had been dismantled and destroyed.

The shore defense artillery positions were all piles of scrap metal, either the cannons that had been scrapped after too many shells, or the garbage that had been blown up into the state of parts.

The British did it very thoroughly, as if they knew they would never come back. Such a complete destruction made the division commander Herman, who occupied this place, lose most of his good interest.

Heading north from Dover to Ramsgate, you enter the Jedi. The British forces that wanted to leave the Cape North area had to finally assemble at Chatham.

And now the German vanguard is already attacking Canterbury, the gateway to Chatham. It is not easy to get out of this encirclement calmly.

Although the British, who had developed maritime transportation, could help them retreat from the sea on Shepei Island, it seemed that at this time, the British high-level did not think at all about helping any soldiers stationed in the position to retreat and leave.

What they repeatedly demanded was that they must stay where they were and eliminate as many German soldiers as possible! It's just that no one knows how this order is being carried out now.

Compared with the German 112th Division, which occupied Dover and forced the British soldiers in Margate and other areas, to consider the security behind them, the German 9th Division attacking Folkestone was not so smooth.

Because of the large number of shore defense troops behind him, and the increasing number of British troops approaching along the coastal railway, the plan to attack Folkestone seemed to be much more difficult.

As a result, the comparison of the different fates of the two cities made the British high-level smell of flaws at once.

At his command in London, Sir Deere came up with his own counterattack plan, a plan on which he had high hopes: "The counterattack will begin after noon, and as long as we can hold out until noon, the 9th Panzer Division, which has been transferred from the south, can counterattack north from the coastline." ”

As he spoke, he marked a red arrow in the direction of Folkestone, pointing to the flank of the German-occupied zone.

Then he pointed to the red arrow and explained to Churchill, Charles, Dowding and other generals around the map: "I put in a new armored division to counterattack in an area where the German offensive capability is insufficient, and the Germans will definitely not be able to stop it!" ”

"As long as the attack works, then it means that their landing ground is exposed to my direct attack! By that time, no matter how far they have gone into the hinterland, they will only have to obediently turn around and protect their flanks! He gestured, and was very proud of his clever plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei.

In fact, Churchill also felt that it was more in his character to fight back than to stand by for help. Hearing that Sir Diel, who had been passively beaten, had come up with a plan to fight back, he was quite moved that he had not seen the wrong person.

After all, Sir Dill was his Chief of Army Staff, and if he could come up with a clever plan to turn the tide at this time, he naturally had a light on his face.

Just now, His Majesty the King had made his 27th call to inquire about the countermeasures and plans for the German landing. Now, at last, he had a plan that looked good, and he could come up with to comfort and comfort His Majesty, who was like a frightened bird.

"Now that you have a plan, let's hurry up and let the 9th Panzer Division move towards the predetermined location!" Churchill and several army generals analyzed it and then gave their own opinions.

Hearing that the army was about to counterattack, and that it was possible to further compress the German army, Admiral Charles exhaled deeply, somewhat relieved.

If all hopes are pinned on the Navy's artillery attacks at night, the pressure on the Navy will be too great.

As far as what is happening now, it seems that the Germans have prepared countless whimsical little tricks in the course of the landing. For example, relying on the disassembly method to transport the tank's external armor, or using the floating device to directly wash the tank on the beach.

Of course, counting the damn floating dock, Charles himself did not want to believe that the Germans were not prepared at all for the shelling of British battleships at night.

In this case, he also did not know what kind of hostility his fleet would face. He had conceived of submarine attacks, as well as the jamming of night bombers......

After doing a lot of coping arrangements, Charles still felt very uneasy. He had no way of knowing what kind of new weapons Germany would come up with to create problems for his fleet.

In this case, he did not dare to let the Navy take on the future fate of the entire British Empire, and he himself could not afford such a heavy responsibility.

Therefore, when he heard the news that the army was going to counterattack in the afternoon, he was actually relieved.

At the very least, if the Army can successfully fight back and reduce the pressure on the Navy, then it will be more realistic to cooperate with each other to save Britain's fate.

And the burden on his shoulders has been reduced a lot. This is what he likes to see, and it is also the result that the Navy is willing to see.

"The artillery transferred from other regions should also be concentrated as much as possible...... Since it's a counterattack, we have to succeed at the first time! "The specific arrangements have begun on the Dill side, and all the troops, including the main 9th Armored Division, must immediately assemble in the counterattack area.

---------

There will be a supplement after that