By March 10, the Allied Army Group Center's attack on Bedford had lasted for a week, and in the face of less than 60,000 German troops stationed there, they could not open the situation for a long time, but were repulsed by the Germans again and again. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the help of the current facilities in Bedford, the Germans built a relatively complete defense system and set up a number of very powerful fire points.

In World War I, the German Maxim machine gun caused heavy losses to the British army, after decades, Maxim has been somewhat outdated, and this time the German army is equipped with a new type of machine gun, G134 rapid-fire machine gun, alias called the Reaper machine gun.

Six-barrel rotary firing, with a rate of fire of up to 4,000 rounds per minute, and a weight of 20 kilograms, can be carried by a single soldier, and can be operated by a single soldier after installation, which has obvious advantages over the Maxim heavy machine gun in all aspects.

Although the Maxim machine gun is not advanced, it is still equipped in many units such as the German army, and the appearance of the Grim Reaper machine gun directly replaced the position of the Maxim machine gun in World War I.

The G134 rapid-fire machine gun, which is definitely a product of the super era, the emergence of this super era, naturally inseparable from Wei Qidong, the prototype of the G134 rapid-fire machine gun is the M134 rapid-fire machine gun, which was imitated by the German army.

Hitler felt that the M134 rapid-fire machine gun, alias Reaper machine gun, was very distinctive, so he also called the G134 rapid-fire machine gun the Reaper machine gun, although this gun is not comparable to the M134, but compared with the current machine guns, it can definitely be the word Grim Reaper.

Sure enough, the use of the M134 rapid-fire machine gun did not disappoint the German army, and the crossfire points built with this machine gun formed a terrifying fire network, and the attacks launched by the Allies were torn apart in such a terrible strangulation, as if the terrible day of the Battle of the Somme in World War I was repeated, and in just one day, the Allied casualties exceeded 60,000.

Such a high Allied casualty was not only due to the strong German defense, but also to the absolute air superiority of the German army, and it was difficult for the Allies to ensure effective advance artillery preparations due to the German bombing.

Because of this, most of the German fortifications were well preserved, and although the Allies attacked with armor, the Germans had helicopter gunships and rocket artillery, which made the Allies completely restrained by the Germans. Coupled with the difference in the quality of the troops, as well as the backwardness of tactics, it is not too unusual for the Allies to have a superior force and no achievements.

In fact, not only did the Bedford direction not make much progress, but the other directions of the Allied attack also failed to quickly break through the German defense line, and the several armies that came to the rescue with a major mission did not fully pre-set the target, which made the Allied high command feel very embarrassed.

"The Germans continued to build, and London was so close to their landing that they would reach London even faster than we did. We don't have any more time to delay, let's make a decision as soon as possible...... "There is no progress in the battle, and the Allied High Command can only hand over this problem to Churchill and them to deal with, these commanders feel that London is no longer suitable for defense, in order to preserve more strength, the most suitable choice at the moment is to order the defenders of London to abandon the city and break out, and the troops responsible for the rescue cooperate with them to break through.

Giving up London is a very difficult choice for a person with a tough character like Churchill, because he is not a person who gives up easily, and in Dunkelke, he knew that he could not do it, but he still made the decision to rescue at all costs.

Now, in the history of the British Empire, the capital of London, which has never fallen into foreign hands, should it be handed over? The former glory of the empire on which the sun never sets, I am afraid that it will be directly trampled on.

The British have not yet made a decision, the Americans are a little unable to hold on, they are not willing to bury a million troops for an operation that they know they can't do, and the American army does not want to be buried with London. Because of this, there was also some gap between the senior generals of the US army and the British army.

Finally, Churchill compromised, because he knew that once the US military was provoked and the United States cut off its support for Britain, Britain would have no chance of turning over.

"Give up London." How difficult it was for Churchill to give such an order, it was like a man breaking the principles he had always adhered to.

Immediately, the Allies began to formulate a retreat plan, mainly the arrangement of the retreat route, the troops left behind, etc.

On the retreat route, the commanders of the British and American armies had no objections, but the American troops were guests, and the British took the initiative to undertake the task of leaving the broken back. Because they know what the consequences will be when they are left behind.

The withdrawal of millions of troops is naturally not a small move, and the German army also has millions of troops, so the troops left to block the attack naturally cannot be too small, otherwise it will not play a role. In the end, after deliberation, the British army left nearly 600,000 troops to block along the way, buying time for the main force to break through.

The Allied retreat plan was carried out according to the action, but they did not expect that the Germans took advantage of this time to transfer five more elite armored divisions, which were equipped with a rocket artillery regiment and a helicopter gunship battalion on the basis of the original armored divisions.

This kind of equipment will undoubtedly further enhance the combat power of the German armored divisions, so that the blitzkrieg can play a greater role.

When the Germans seized the line from Bristol Bay to Water's Bay, they calculated that the Allies would most likely abandon London and choose to break out. It was precisely because of this calculation that the six armored divisions reinforced by the Germans did not act in a hurry, but tried to cover their tracks as much as possible, even if the Allies gathered a million rescue troops to attack the German lines, they still did not move.

Until, until the Allied breakout operation was officially launched, the Germans began to move quickly.

Several of Guderian's earlier Panzer Divisions, which had been engaged with the Allies, continued to maintain contact with the Allies, delaying their movements.

The six new armored divisions, under the leadership of Rommel, directly crossed the line of Bristol Bay and Waterbay, preparing to go around the retreat of the Allied relief forces, first defeat their reinforcements, and then cooperate with the main forces to surround the main Allied forces that had not yet jumped out of the encirclement.

If this plan succeeds, once the Allied rescue forces are routed first, it will definitely directly affect the morale of the main force breaking through, and also cut off their way, becoming the turtle in the urn of the German army.

In the official history, Rommel's fame and ability are not much different from Guderian's, and he is also a very courageous and excellent general, after all, the name of the desert fox is not for nothing.

Due to the war situation, Rommel naturally did not need to go to Africa to fight, after all, he could directly enter the British mainland, and it no longer made much sense to go to Africa.

At this moment, Rommel led six elite armored divisions and galloped across the land of the British Empire, inserting into the hinterland, so fast that the Allies did not even realize that this terrifying beast was opening its fangs and pounced on them.