It seems that this matter is complicated again, and the German man Goering is also involved, and now Guderian and Rommel are not too high in rank, a major general and a lieutenant general, not Goering's opponent at all!

Rommel the traverser was determined to take Dunkirk, and he said to a frowning Guderian:

"Brother, why don't we pull General Catherine?"

"Commander of the First Air Force, Catherine? Will he disobey us with us? ”

"It's not for Catherine to disobey us with us! One of his aviation divisions will be transferred to Arras Airport today, we just need to convince Catherine to let this aviation division cooperate with our attack, anyway, their mission is to bomb, and the same is true for bombing the enemy in our offensive route! This is not disobedience. ”

"That's fine! Hurry up and send ......"

Historically, Hitler feared that the Panzer Division would be overwhelmed, so Guderian and Rommel had to stop at the canal line and remain unmoved, while watching the Anglo-French-Belgian Allied forces flee from Dunkirk.

Taking advantage of this fleeting respite, the Allies were able to implement the "dynamo plan" of retreating from the sea, withdrawing 324,000 men from Dunkirk, including 85,000 French troops, and becoming the main force of the future counteroffensive on the European continent.

Hitler's puzzling order is still a mystery to this day. One theory is that Hitler deliberately let the British go, because Hitler had a soft spot for the British, and he once said: "They are a valuable race, the ones with whom I want to make peace." ”

He let the British go this time in order to show the British a favor and leave a way out for future peace talks. Another version is that Hitler was disturbed by the unusually rapid advance of his armored forces, fearing that his beloved armored forces would be encircled by the enemy forces in the north and south.

In any case, Hitler made a fatal mistake here, which affected the future invasion of Britain and enabled the British to continue fighting in Africa and Italy in the future.

To tell the truth, Catherine did not understand the Führer's order to stop advancing, and seeing the collapse of the Anglo-French army, the Führer actually gave such an incomprehensible order. I heard that Marshal Goering wanted the Führer's suggestion, and Marshal Goering actually wanted to use the air force to annihilate hundreds of thousands of British and French infantry, and this joke was a bit big.

Everyone knows that the Air Force is a struggle for air supremacy and destroys extremely valuable targets, if you want to use two or three thousand planes to kill hundreds of thousands of infantry, how is it possible, even if it is a god, you can't do it! In the end, it is up to the infantry to solve the problem.

This Marshal Goering is so arrogant and ignorant, Catherine can be a subordinate of Goering, and it is not easy for him to question Green's orders, Catherine thinks, since I am asked to send the air force to bomb the Anglo-French forces, then I will follow your orders, if there is not much effect, then I will not be blamed.

Just then, a telecommunications officer walked into Catherine's office:

"Report, Rommel of the 7th Panzer Division and Guderian of the 19th Panzer Corps jointly called."

"Bring it to me and show ......"

This telegram was Rommel and Guderian requesting Catherine to send planes to fully cooperate with them in their attack on Dunkirk.

Originally, Hitler gave the order for Catherine to send an aviation division to Arras Airport, and the command of this aviation division was also transferred to Rommel, but when the order was in Rommel's hands, there was no such thing as an aviation division at all. Not to mention the transfer of command of the aviation division to Rommel.

Could it be that someone falsely preached Hitler's orders, who would have the courage to do so? There is really such a person in Germany, that is, Reichsmarshal Goering, Goering's military rank is one level higher than that of Marshal - Reich Marshal, he and Hitler can be said to be comrades-in-arms who share weal and woe, and Hitler also trusted Goering, which is why there is the arrogant and arrogant Marshal Goering.

After receiving the telegram from Rommel and Guderian, Catherine pondered the following for a moment, and immediately thought of the best of both worlds, and immediately sent an aviation division to the airfield of Arras to carry out a bombing mission, and for the accuracy of the air strike, the targets that this aviation division needed to bomb were provided by Rommel.

When Catherine's reply telegram reached Rommel and Guderian, the two immediately understood what Catherine meant, Catherine clearly sent this aviation division to support them in the battle, and where they needed to bomb, they could directly inform this aviation division, and Catherine played a perfect marginal ball.

The 4th Air Division, which had a cooperative relationship with Rommel, was immediately sent to Arras Airport, originally the 4th Air Division only had two BF109 fighter regiments (328 aircraft) and a DO17 bomber group (40 aircraft), Catherine secretly sent an additional Stuka dive bomber group to the 4th Air Division.

Rommel originally planned to launch an attack on the morning of the 17th, but in order to contact all parties to cooperate with his disobedience, it took Rommel a whole day, and it was not until the evening of the 17th that Rommel and Guderian's four armored divisions were ready to make all preparations before the attack.

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Port City of Dover, England: Nelson, as usual, turned on the radio while drinking afternoon tea, and the news of the constant defeat on the front line worries Nelson, because he has a son who served in the British Expeditionary Force, and parents are always worried about their children, all parents in the world, and Nelson is no exception.

At this time, the radio was replaying Prime Minister Churchill's speech "Blood, Sweat and Tears" on the day of his presidency, and although Nelson had stopped three or four times, he still liked to listen to Churchill's speech, because Nelson felt that the more he listened, the more courageous he had to face it:

"Last Friday evening, I was instructed by His Majesty to form a new government. ……

Organizing a government of this size and complexity would have been a major undertaking. But we are at the beginning of a major war rarely seen in history. We are fighting in many other locations - in Norway, in the Netherlands, and we must also be ready in the Mediterranean. The air war is continuing, and a lot of preparations must be made on home soil.

…… I make it clear to the Diet that, as I have made clear to the ministers who have joined the Cabinet, all I can offer is blood, toil, tears and sweat, and what we are facing will be an extremely severe test, a protracted struggle and suffering.

What is our policy? My answer is: fight on land, at sea, in the air. Fight with all our might, with all the strength God has given us, against the unprecedented ferocity in the history of mankind's dark, pathetic sin. That's our policy.

What is our goal? I can answer in one word, and that is victory. Win at all costs - defy all terrors, win - no matter how long or hard the road ahead may be. Because you can't survive without victory.

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