At noon on the 25th, three guano boats anchored in the waters of Dunkirk.

The ships of the Naval Resistance Army did not dock at the port of Dunkirk, and Li Guang learned in later history that the harbor was blown up by the Germans. Don't look at the fact that it is still intact now, and it is impossible for Li Guang to remember clearly the date of the German bombing of the seaport, who knows when the German devils will go crazy, the port and wharf have always been the focus of the opponent's bombing, and Li Guang is not willing to go there to touch the mold.

The landing site chosen by the Maritime Resistance Force was southeast of Dunkirk Beach, where large ships could not dock, and eight landing craft quickly docked like swimming fish. The first to be sent ashore were not the Naval Resistance Army, but more than 200 British naval officers and men, who were responsible for getting in touch with the Allied commanders on the shore.

Soon a crowd of French soldiers rushed up. I only saw that it was written on the ship that the British army was dedicated to retreating.

The more than 200 British navies that Li Guang rescued in the North Sea came into play, Major Smith ran back and forth to contact the command, and ordinary British soldiers were also responsible for helping to maintain order.

Li Guangyou explained that the British sailors were not stupid, and if they could save the British, who would rescue the French. Speaking of the coalition forces, the British soldiers still knew that it was more appropriate to save their own people. A few landing craft, turning a corner, immediately stopped at another beach where British troops were accumulated. The British sailors were also very clever to change places, and the British soldiers swarmed up, and the French soldiers who were in a hurry at this situation scolded one after another.

On this day, before the British [***] ships and British merchant ships failed to arrive, the four merchant ships of the Maritime Resistance Army took the lead in shipping.

To the surprise of the British and French forces, the Naval Resistance Army's mode of transportation was as well-trained and well-organized.

Twenty-four armored tracked vehicles (small Polish tanks with turrets removed) streamed down from the landing craft and pulled a line of separation perpendicular to the beach. Pedestrian lines on the left side of the separation line, weapons placed on the right.

The soldiers are neatly dressed, with Chinese and English written on their chests - China, and behind them is rescue. These English fonts are obviously handwritten, even crooked, but at this moment in the eyes of the British GIs this is simply an angel.

Soon the beach was divided into different areas by fighters with striking ribbons. Separately marked, machine gun, anti-aircraft gun, cannon, etc.

The eight landing craft organized by the Maritime Resistance Army, but Li Guang borrowed from the US landing craft in the movie. The eight ships dispatched this time are all the largest, and they are designed according to the Tiger One tank, which can carry two Maritime Resistance Forces. The spacious open cabin made it possible for eight boats to transport more than 800 people in one trip.

Since the landing craft had a flat bottom and could be directly approached the shore, the soldiers boarded the ship at a very fast speed. A round trip, plus the embarkation and disembarkation time, is only an hour.

After the refit, the guano ship was not divided into comfortable cabins, but was equipped with two decks, which expanded the manned space several times, and was enough to transport more than 2,000 people. It takes more than two hours to fill a ship, which is like an assembly line.

Eight hours later, three guano boats, escorted by two submarines, left the coast and sailed quickly to the British mainland in the darkness of night.

The sea route was drawn up by the British army, and the voyage was intended for the northern British port of Felixstowe.

This road is not the nearest sea route, but it is the safest.

The closest sea route between France and England was only thirty or forty nautical miles across the English Channel, but this route was threatened by German shore artillery and the other route was heavily mined. When Li Guang led the PC to the Baltic Sea, there were still no waves here, and only a month later, the English Channel was already covered with thunder nets in many places. The British did not fight very well, but the route of retreat was quite scientific.

The English Channel is not deep, and the route has been discovered for hundreds of years of seafaring history. Dunkirk faces three reef areas in the English Channel. Three mature routes: one to the southeast of the reef zone, one in the middle of the reef zone, and the other to the northwest of the reef zone.

The route now sailed by guano ships is northwest of the reef area, a sea route that is 90 nautical miles long and takes six or seven hours for guano boats to sail.

The hidden position of the free wheel was discussed by a staff officer under Li Guang and the British Navy. This location is at the southernmost point of the reef area, in fact in the middle of the shortest route.

There were no mines here, and it was unlikely that there would be German submarines, after all, German submarines had to pass through the other two routes to get here, not to mention the British warships patrolling the northwest route, and the middle route was a large number of mines secretly laid by German submarines, so it was quite safe. As for the battleships, the Germans were busy slashing at the British Navy in Norwegian waters at this time, and it was impossible to rush to the southern end of the English Channel.

Choosing this location as a secluded spot for the freewheels is generally considered to be the safest area in the English Channel. If there is a threat, it should be said that it is mainly from the Luftwaffe.

However, there is also a huge flaw in this position, that is, the eight landing craft need to sail for more than half an hour to arrive. And because the landing craft had to sail about five nautical miles southwest along the coast to avoid the reef during the first half of the voyage, it was threatened by German artillery as it approached Calais, a seaport southwest of Dunkirk.

However, on the 25th, the Germans were still stationed on the periphery of Calais, and there was no attack, and the safety of the landing craft was still quite guaranteed.

For a whole day, not a single senior officer of the Naval Resistance Army came forward. The soldiers in charge of the coastal order only contacted the British with a note in hand, but in fact Major Smith did most of the work. The headquarters of the Anglo-French forces was not in Dunkirk now, and Li Guang did not show up at all in order to reduce trouble.

The fighters in charge of the search for weapons carried out a large-scale operation, and the notes on the first day mostly read: "Anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft shells." ”

There are not many people in the Naval Resistance Army who know English, but there is not a single one. Spreading the word with a slip of paper works quite well. Many British officers volunteered to cooperate in the transfer of anti-aircraft guns and shells to the beach.

Li Guang hid on the free wheel in the distance, happily directing all this.

Rescuing the British and French forces, Li Guang will never forget to reap the benefits of himself. The so-called Lei Feng can only be packaged by propaganda, and Li Guang, who was born in New China and grew up under the red flag, is definitely not one of them.

Li Guang was extremely angry at the weapons and ammunition left on the beach when the British and French forces were defeated. According to historical data, when the British and French troops retreated, they abandoned nearly 1,200 artillery pieces, 750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, 63,000 vehicles, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank guns, and 500,000 tons of military supplies.

It's the equipment of a country.

If these materials are put on the battlefield in China, the effect is simply immeasurable. The military equipment of European countries is not comparable to that of the Chinese army, and the quality of its equipment is not at all at the same level. Taking anti-aircraft guns as an example, the whole of China, before the war, plus the purchase from the Soviet Union and other countries in 38 and 39, did not exceed 100 in total, and many Chinese soldiers did not even see antiaircraft guns during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. And on Dunkirk Beach alone, the Anglo-French army dropped seven hundred and fifty gates.

Not about weapons, just about supplies and ammunition. What is the concept of 500,000 tons? It is said that the army's reserves of materials and ammunition in the past 40 years are only the share of 40 divisions and regiments, which is about 450,000 tons. According to the general ratio, the proportion of ammunition in military materiel is about one-sixth. Of the 500,000 tons of supplies, there are more than 80,000 tons of ammunition.

80,000 tons, what is this concept? Historically, China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression took eight years to consume more than 70,000 tons of ammunition.

In short, both weapons and equipment, materials and ammunition are things that Li Guanghe and China are jealous of. If Chairman Chiang was given a chance, Li Guang believed that even if he paid the price of several divisions, the chairman would ask for this batch of weapons and ammunition.

For the Naval Resistance Army, saving people is only secondary, materials and ammunition are the focus, and every soldier has been instilled, and the whole army attaches great importance to the great significance of this trip.

The staff officers have also done a good enough job, and now the thousands of fighters of the Naval Resistance Army are very clear about the value of all kinds of materials.

The British had no way to communicate with the fighters of the Navy, and many officers thought that the accumulation of supplies in different categories was part of the retreat plan, and unknowingly accumulated nearly 100 artillery pieces on the beach. And the shells and bullets are piling up.

Now Li Guang has an understanding of the prices of various weapons. With weapons of the same caliber, anti-aircraft guns are the most expensive. All shells are priced per unit, except for tungsten core armor-piercing shells, the most expensive are anti-aircraft artillery shells. Second only to anti-aircraft artillery shells are various bullets. And then there are armor-piercing shells.

That night, the eight landing craft did not have a rescue mission, so they desperately transported all kinds of antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft artillery shells, and transported them to the liberty ship one by one. Compared with other weapons and ammunition, anti-aircraft guns and shells are undoubtedly urgently needed by the Naval Resistance Army, not to mention that the anti-aircraft guns on the destroyer Pickup are old and worn, even the number is far from enough. Anti-aircraft fire on four merchant ships is now seriously insufficient.

Li Guang came to Dunkirk to earn benefits, but he didn't come to work hard, let alone give his life. So self-preservation first, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns are, of course, preferred. Of course, you can't be too picky about picking up rags, whether it's machine guns, rifles, anti-defense guns, bullets, shells, grenades, and the Navy's resistance forces will not refuse.

In one night, the Naval Resistance Army put in 800 people to work non-stop. The Naval Resistance Army is not very short of weapons, but the junior officers, especially those who have fought on the domestic battlefield, are well aware of the lack of domestic weapons, and they are simply obsessive with the weapons and ammunition in front of them, and everyone is crazy about transporting supplies.

There was a joke in later generations that the French sold World War II rifles with an advertisement: "Brand new, not a single shot, only one fall to the ground when surrendering." ”

In fact, there were many weapons on the beaches of Dunkirk that did not fire a single shot, which was much better than the weapons obtained by Li Guang and the German trade. Under the temptation of brand-new and shiny weapons, the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army rushed to get lucky. Li Guang didn't even give any urging orders to the soldiers, it was purely conscious labor.

Eight landing craft made six or seven round-trips, and in just one night alone, more than 2,000 tons of various weapons and ammunition were collected. Among them, the most important antiaircraft artillery shells were 200 tons, and there were 30 or 40 antiaircraft guns of various calibers.

And such a huge harvest is due to the fact that the dock is under construction, and it is difficult to transport particularly large heavy artillery to the landing craft.

Of course, the British knew that the movements of the Naval Resistance Army were a bit strange, but these Naval Resistance Army fighters did not know English at all, so they couldn't ask why. In addition, at this time, the people were panicked, and no officers asked about this. Most also thought it was a plan of the coalition command.

There were two companies that landed in the Naval Resistance Army, one was Qin Zhan's armored company and the other was the third infantry company. The infantry did not sit idle on this day, unloading hundreds of tons of cement from the guano boats and entering Dunkirk like a mob to collect building materials. As long as the material is valued, it is directly blown up with explosives. There was no need to rob the vehicles, and the British army discarded quite a few vehicles. The Third Infantry Company has a staff officer of the Staff Department of the Naval Resistance Army with a background in construction to provide special technical guidance.

In Li Guang's plan, this is the most critical part. If a temporary dock capable of carrying more than ten tons of artillery cannot be built, it will be difficult for heavy artillery tanks to transfer from the beach to the landing craft.

Thanks to the generosity of the Germans on the 25th and 26th, there were few warplanes in the sky over Dunkirk, and by the early morning of the 27th, the Naval Resistance Army had built a simple wharf, which was able to allow landing craft to land. And not only to rush to shallow waters.

The three guano boats of the Maritime Resistance Army sailed 90 nautical miles and arrived at the British port in the early morning of 26 July. After the next person. One of the fighters took out a large piece of cardboard with the words "Add coal and water" written in English.

The language is incomprehensible, and not even a single Chinese can be found in this place. There is no shortage of smart British people who immediately understood what this group of Chinese was going to do.

The three boats were treated at the highest level, and the British were not only served with sumptuous food, but also with coal and fresh water.

For the first time, three guano ships enjoyed this kind of treatment, and this was white coal specially prepared for warships, with a high burn value, less smoke, and not much choking. For the first time, guano ships, the cheapest dry bulk carriers, tasted the treatment of noble warships.

At noon on the 26th, the guano ship was ready, but the British did not urge the guano ship to set sail. Vice Admiral Ramsay, who was in charge of directing the retreat, was still very level, and the British intelligence system was quite developed, and he knew that now the Luftwaffe was bombarding the port of Dunkirk, and there was no safety for these ships to go to sea.

The free ships were desperately loading weapons and ammunition, and the three guano boats were not actually empty-handed. On the deck of the steamer were several open boxes with armament belts, grenades, pistols, bullets, steel helmets. After only one trip, the British left a lot of gadgets behind, which was really worth it.

The British army is different from the Chinese army, and the mercenary service system adopted by the British army is, to put it bluntly, soldiers are paid. Under this system, many British officers and soldiers brought their own pistols. In particular, the pistols worn by some officers can no longer be used as a weapon, but as a handicraft. If you take it out and sell it, it's definitely not ten or eight pounds that you can buy.

In China, it seems that the German steel helmet is the most popular, but in fact, the British steel helmet with large eaves is not only of good quality, but also has the same protective effect. Especially for the protection of shrapnel, it is still on top of the German steel helmet.

The steel helmet of the French army looks very strange in comparison, with a convex middle like a cockscomb, and it does not consider a little more decoration to have a little more weight, and it also has more bomb area. Of course, it is not even more considered smooth. The French steel helmet had the same style as the French army, flashy. The fighters of the Naval Resistance Army were all informed in advance that the French steel helmet was the garbage of the garbage. We are garbage pickers, but we are not garbage of garbage.

There are a lot of good things in Britain, even if it is a simple armed belt, the British design and production technology is quite sophisticated, far better than that used by the Chinese army.

The fighters of the Maritime Resistance Army on the guano ship were very excited, and although they did not make the same huge harvest as the Liberty Wheel, it was quite satisfying.