On the Allied side, the soldiers on board were disciplined, they had been fighting for evacuation for three weeks, they had been retreating, often out of command, isolated, sleepless, hungry and thirsty, yet they remained in formation until they reached the beach, and still obeyed the command. The weary soldiers hobbled across the beach toward the boats; A large number of men and horses waded into the water in the face of bombardment and strafing, and the men in front of them were shoulder-deep, their heads just above the waves that swooped down on the shore, and they did not reach the boat until they were shoulder-deep. The small boat that ferried from the shore to the big boat tilted crookedly because it was overloaded.

Some of the big boats almost washed ashore despite the danger of low tide.

On the beach there is the wreckage of a destroyer hit by a bomb, a abandoned ambulance, all this is reflected against the red background, it is Dunkirk burning. There was no water to put out the fire, and no one had time to put out the fire.

Everywhere there was a terrible field of hell, the artillery kept firing, the artillery was booming, the fire was flashing, the sky was full of noise, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns...... It was impossible for people to speak normally, and those who fought in Dunkirk had an extremely hoarse voice, that is, they had shouted without a voice.

This was the third day of the start of the Dunkirk retreat, and after emergency repairs last night, Allied planes once again appeared over Dunkirk. This time, however, the Germans were smart enough to overhaul a lot of makeshift airfields in France, allowing German planes to stay in the air over Dunkirk for a longer time. In this way, the British did not take advantage of the situation of air battles, but from time to time planes were shot down by German clusters mixed with Hawk-2.

The air battle between the two sides returned to the equilibrium point for the same amount of time. Although the German aircraft and the British aircraft have similar performance, they are also mixed with the Chinese Warhawk-2, which Chen Shao praised as the pinnacle of propeller fighters. At speeds of 750 kilometers per hour, he left Britain's fastest Mosquito fighter behind a lot, and his nimble maneuverability made him an excellent fighter in the air. Instant acceleration, small turning radius, fast climbing, and high ceiling are his main signs.

Although Britain has absorbed a lot of the characteristics of the Chinese Warhawk-1 fighter and greatly improved the performance of its own aircraft, it still lags behind a lot when it encounters the Warhawk-2. Especially in close-quarters air combat, the metal fuselage of the Warhawk-2 is very strong in defense and survivability, and even if it is damaged, it is very likely to fly back to German airfields. And once the British plane is hit by the 20-millimeter cannon on the Warhawk-2, not to mention the Mosquito fighter, even the Spitfire and the Hurricane, it is inevitable that it will crash.

Yesterday, when Hitler learned of the brilliant results of the bombing of London and Dunkirk, he immediately ordered a large number of Warhawk-2 and H-2 from China. Of course, Hitler did not stop urging the domestic research and development of fighter jets, and in Hitler's view, it was necessary to at least make an aircraft with powerful performance and be able to compete with Chinese aircraft. Hitler, who had always thought of the Continental Army, now also desperately wanted the air force to become stronger, because he also saw the importance of air power.

If yesterday there was no bombing of London, the Allied airfields were paralyzed, so that the Allies could not send planes to support Dunkirk. Yesterday the Germans did not have such a great result, and it was a result of great significance. Destroying the heavy defensive weapons of the Allies was more important than killing and wounding tens of thousands of Allied troops. As long as the Allied forces in Dunkirk lost tanks, heavy artillery, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-tank guns, the Allied forces in Dunkirk were scum in front of the German armored clusters, and could not stop the German offensive at all.

Although today the German side did not continue to bomb London, as it did yesterday. But the Germans brought in a large number of heavy artillery from the rear and launched the heaviest shelling of the entire Dunkirk area. And in the rear, a steady stream of heavy artillery was delivered, and trucks carrying shells were carried one after another. Countless shells fell on the heads of Allied soldiers every second, the only port had been blown up, and the approaching ships were blown up from time to time, and countless people died every second.

They may be Allied soldiers, British naval officers, or ordinary people. But without exception, under the shells, all went to God to report.

The British also sent a dozen destroyers over as support firepower. However, the Germans did not lack a navy, and in the English Channel, a number of German submarines had already arrived, and instead of attacking the troop carriers, they targeted the British destroyers.

Submarines and destroyers have always been mortal enemies, like the relationship between vipers and eagles. Once targeted by an eagle, it is difficult for a poisonous snake to escape, and if an eagle is bitten by a poisonous snake, it will also die. The identities of the hunter and the hunted are constantly changing.

The rumbling of cannon on the sea, coupled with the fact that the British sailors did not expect that there were German submarines here. When the Allied soldiers who fell into the water shouted: "There are submarines!" Torpedoes, torpedoes. ”

But it was late, and the noisy sea muffled the countless sounds. By the time the sailors on the destroyer saw the torpedo with a white wake, the torpedo had already collided with the destroyer, and the loud explosion drowned out all the sound.

In just one round of attacks, four or five destroyers have already been hit, and some have been directly hit by several torpedoes, turning directly into a piece of scrap metal floating on the surface of the sea and burning.

The other British destroyers immediately reversed course and began to search for German submarines. Everyone knew very well that these underwater ghosts had to be killed first, otherwise the retreat would not be possible at all. Although it is not going well now, it is precisely because of this that we have to work hard.

However, at this moment, on the sea in the distance of the English Channel, a behemoth suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes. The German flag fluttered on the huge mast, and the naval guns sounded, falling directly on the sea where the Allies were retreating. The huge explosion overturned some small sailboats, and the scene on the sea suddenly became more lively.

This is a German Bismarck-class battleship, but it was not built by China with the help of Germany. This Bismarck was built by the Germans themselves, and they have always stayed in Germany, and as for the German fleet, they have always been in hiding with the large Allied ships.

The German Baltic Fleet did not come to just one Bismarck, but sent all the family resources. The pocket battleship Luzo, light and heavy cruisers and destroyers all appeared one after another, muddying the waters of the entire English Channel.

Because Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were occupied by Germany or the Soviet Union one after another, and it was not surprising that the German fleet went out of the Baltic Sea, and the Allies did not know about it. Mainly, the Allies focused on the German fleet pulled back from the Far East, ignoring the German fleet itself.

The huge fleet group appeared directly in front of the eyes of all the Allied forces, and those ships that were still carrying Allied soldiers set sail urgently, for fear that they would not be able to return if it was too late. The Allied planes in the sky wanted to attack the German fleet, but they were entangled by the German fighters and could not get out of it at all.

The emergence of the German Baltic Fleet already heralded the bankruptcy of the Allied "engine" plan, because there was no fleet on British soil that could compete with the German Baltic Fleet.

The remaining dozen or so British destroyers sank quickly under the attack of the German fleet, and there was no time to run away, and the surface and underwater attacked together, and the hope of escape was equal to zero.

Soon, the German fleet blocked the sea outside Dunkirk and began to attack the Allied soldiers and the ships transporting them.

In London, when Churchill learned that the Baltic Fleet on German soil appeared in the English Channel, his fat body sat directly on the ground. He knew very well that there were still more than 300,000 Allied soldiers left in Dunkirk and would not be able to return.

And there was a good chance that London would be bombarded by the worst shelling ever, and he did not believe that Germany would let such a good opportunity go.

But Churchill was not out of options, he also had the Allied fleet, which was not at all weak compared to the German fleet. Without having time to think about it, Churchill was well aware that London must now be kept safe. And the only way to ensure the safety of London was to destroy the German Baltic Fleet.

"Let the Air Force attack the German fleet and leave the Germans alone. Send a telegram to our fleet and tell them to come back quickly, and leave the German fleet alone. ”

With Churchill's orders, Allied aircraft sorties became more frequent. On the German side, the location of the air battle was also changed to the airspace between the German Baltic Fleet and London, intercepting Allied aircraft and protecting the fleet.

But there were more or less planes that broke through the blockade of German planes and attacked the German fleet. However, the number of these planes that broke through was not large, and they could not do any damage to the German fleet at all, and many of them could not even break through the air defense network of the German fleet.

Because the German battleships had to face a large number of British fleets, the design concept was slightly different from that of other countries, and basically several characteristics can be summarized:

The armor is thick, the armor of the German ship is often sacrificed in exchange for firepower, because it is difficult to take into account the firepower, mobility and defense power, the German ship adopts the "heavy armor" doctrine, which will be more advantageous when attacking the crowd with a small number (one more gun may not be able to hit the enemy, and one more inch of armor can make several enemy ships' shells be bounced away at the same time, leaving the green mountains in, not afraid of no firewood) The speed is fast, thanks to the gift of German science and technology, the German ship has the same world-class engine as China, and has an advantage in nature; And because of the disadvantage in numbers, there is a high speed to use the fight-and-run tactics (otherwise the British army will play the "one for one" tactic, the German army will be exhausted) anti-aircraft firepower is sufficient, because the German army only has two aircraft carriers purchased from China, there are no other aircraft carriers, most of the warships are fighting without air cover, so special attention is paid to anti-aircraft firepower. Even the ship's reconnaissance aircraft were equipped with 20mm cannons.

In terms of speed, Germany was the only country that was able to run the speed of destroyers to more than thirty-eight knots, and in terms of speed, it threw off Britain by a lot.

By the time the German Baltic Fleet appeared in the English Channel, the great retreat had already been aborted. In addition to those Allied soldiers who took advantage of the night and luckily escaped German artillery fire, the remaining 300,000 Allied soldiers were directly dumped by the German land, sea and air.

The next step was either to be captured or destroyed, and they had no second way to go unless they could hold out until the Allied fleet returned, but they could no longer hold on to Dunkirk.

In the end, the British only rescued less than 20,000 people in this retreat, and the loss of various ships reached 1,000. The cost is not insignificant.

(To be continued)