Braving German planes, submarines, and artillery, he shuttled back and forth between the Channels to bring groups of Allied officers and soldiers back to the British mainland. The British used all forces on the ground, at sea and in the air to support this retreat,

Bad weather in the Dunkirk area on June 28 prevented German air strikes and nearly 17,000 people were evacuated. After the start of the retreat, the Germans intensified their ground offensive and attacked the Anglo-French convoys from the air and sea. The British did their best to hold their eastern and western flanks in order to maintain the retreat to the shores of the Channel, and intensified the boarding of their troops, using various small boats as ferries and sinking trucks into the sea as boarding trestles for the extension of the beach.

The bombs dropped by the Germans exploded on the beach by the sea. On 29 June, 47,000 men were evacuated, while an estimated 2,000 non-commissioned officers were sent off the French coast every hour. On 30 June, fog caused a reduction in visibility and again prevented German air strikes, and the coalition withdrew nearly 50,000 troops. On June 31, the number of evacuees reached 68,000.

The encirclement of Dunkirk gradually narrowed, but the Germans could not prevent the Allied forces from withdrawing their troops from the sea. In order to cover the ground retreat, the British Air Force dispatched a total of 2,739 fighter sorties for air cover, an average of 300 sorties per day, effectively resisting the German air raids. Despite heavy losses under the Luftwaffe attack, more than 60,000 men were withdrawn on 1 June.

As a result of German air strikes and artillery fire approaching Dunkirk beach, the retreat began on 2 June to be carried out at night. For the next three days, the coalition used the cover of darkness to evacuate 26,000 men a day to Britain. On June 4, the Germans captured Dunkirk, and 40,000 French troops, who had not been able to evacuate in time, were captured.

The retreat began on June 26. It lasted 9 days until June 4. A total of 338,226 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to Britain, including about 216,000 British troops, about 96,000 French troops, and about 33,000 Belgian troops. The United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands used 1,861 ships of all kinds at the same time, including small vessels such as fishing boats, passenger ferries, yachts and lifeboats. In just 10 days, this unprecedented "Dunkirk fleet" saved 340,000 troops from the death crisis, preserved a large amount of vital combat strength for the Allied counteroffensive in the future, and created a huge miracle in the history of World War II.

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After understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Li Mo determined that it was impossible for Britain to negotiate peace with Germany. And Hitler's wishes were wishful thinking. With Britain losing a large number of elite troops, Li Mo can be sure that Britain's war potential will be greatly reduced, and the British population will be in the tens of millions. It is also possible to organize a few million new troops. But there are no recruits led by veterans. How much combat power there will be, is really an unknown.

Later generations are also exaggerating the story that Britain lost 300,000 troops in Dunkirk. Britain as the number one colonialist country, also has a population of 47 million, plus the population of the colonies is 400 million, a large number of colonies, American aid, etc., Li Mo can be sure that even if Britain loses the 300,000 elites in Dunkirk, it will also choose to resist, and will also arm a large number of troops in a very short period of time, and Britain has the support of the United States, it has this strength, there is no doubt about this.

It is already June 23rd, according to the report of the meteorological department, from the 28th of this month, there will be bad weather in the English Channel, and then all the planes will not be able to take off because of the bad weather, if they do not attack at this time, all British ships will appear in the port of Dunkirk with swagger five days later.

The time is only five days, and now the strength of the British aircraft is not weak, because of various reasons, the air force of the British and French forces has not played much of a role, and now all the planes of the British and French forces will be concentrated in the Dunkirk area, so that the air strength of the British and French forces will be greatly strengthened, not in the previous scattered use, and the air force of the British and French forces, with the strong support of the United States, is much stronger than the Soviet Union, that is, at this time, the British and French have more than 3,000 aircraft, and the German planes because of some losses in the war, and more than 2,800 of them went.

Of course, the German BF109 is a little more advanced than the aircraft of these two countries, but the American jet P38 and the British Spitfire are also very good, and the German aircraft replenishment speed is not even a fifth of that of these three countries.

In this case, Li Mo also understood Hitler's painstaking intentions, if it wants to fight the Anglo-French forces in the Dunkirk encirclement, it means that Germany must put more than 2,800 of its entire air force into the Dunkirk area and the Anglo-French air force for a strategic decisive battle, and at the same time all tanks, armored vehicles, and infantry launched a comprehensive onslaught on the Dunkirk area at the same time, annihilating all the Anglo-French forces in the Dunkirk area in one fell swoop.

It is the extent of the losses that will be the key point, because Hitler ordered Limer not to attack Dunkirk.

And Li Mo, as a former enemy commander, is determined to fight, that is, to directly resist Hitler's orders, anyway, Li Mo is not the first to disobey orders, if Li Mo wins, and pays very little price, what Li Mo has nothing to do, in addition, Li Mo has suffered heavy losses, whether he wins or loses, Li Mo's life will not be easy, and falling into the well is the strength of the turtle grandsons in the command.

On the morning of June 23, Li Mo, who had not slept all night, sent a telegram to Hitler:

"The great and sacred Führer, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy on the Western Front, reported that the Ministry had decided to launch a final and devastating battle against the Anglo-French forces in the Dunkirk area on June 23, 1940.

Long live Germany, long live the Führer. ”

Hitler was also angry when he saw Li Mo's telegram, this kid couldn't understand himself, this kid didn't seem to be able to reflect his great military exploits if he didn't disobey his orders, Li Mo's telegram Hitler didn't reply, the meaning is obvious, you kid can do whatever you want, I can't protect you if something happens.

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At eight o'clock in the morning of June 23, the German troops on the Western Front, excluding those used to guard other directions, launched a full-scale attack on Dunkirk with a total of 500,000 troops, more than 2,400 tanks, and more than 1,000 aircraft.

The air force and infantry were basically attacking at the same time, Catherine divided her group into three groups, and continued to attack and bombard the Dunkirk area, while the other two groups rested and took on the task of guarding, and when the first wave of attacks was completed, the second wave began.

Not to be outdone, the British and French forces gathered all the fighters and bombers of the two countries to launch a counterattack on the German air and ground, thus breaking out the largest air battle in the history of the world, and more than 5,000 planes of the two sides engaged in a fierce air duel in an area of several hundred kilometers around Dunkirk.

…… (To be continued......)

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