Chapter 480: Churchill's Fury

Chairman Mao squinted his eyes and said, "The French still underestimate Hitler too much, our ancestors said that arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and the French are arrogant soldiers." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info lying on the credit book of the last war and eating decades of old books, if you don't work hard, how can you not be defeated? ”

Mr. Zhu and the others nodded and agreed.

When Chairman Mao and others were speaking, the troops in France were staging their own legends.

In fact, France had previously obtained the news through the intelligence organization that the German army would not directly attack the front of the French army, but the front was not attacking, and the French army had not figured out where the main direction of attack was, and later got the news that it was necessary to learn from the direction of Belgium and the Netherlands that the German army marched on the front line of the last war, and the French army believed it, after all, this was based on evidence.

Hundreds of thousands of troops climbed across the Ardennes Forest to the weak flanks of the French army, and these Germans dispatched nearly 400 bombers to bombard the French positions and artillery groups on the south bank of the Maas River for five hours in batches, and paralyzed the spirit of the French army. Successfully crossed the Maas River, known as the antenna, in one day.

As soon as the Maas River defense line was lost, the road to Paris and the English Channel was open, and the main British and French forces were still on the front line and did not understand the situation, but the British already knew that something was wrong, and he immediately concentrated all his planes and pounced on the Maas River, hoping to stop the German attack by air force.

The Germans looked at the British aircraft flock like a flock of birds, and sincerely expressed their appreciation for the British aviation industry, and then took out all kinds of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to show that their country's military industry was not bad, and more than five wings of German fighters took to the air to intercept, and each side invested more than 500 aircraft. From noon to dark, the guns and artillery on the landing ground were incessant, and the fighters of both sides flew up and down, chasing each other; from time to time, planes were hit by bullets and caught fire, dragging black smoke down, and bombs dropped by British and French planes indiscriminately exploded one column of water after another on the river surface. Not to be outdone, the German anti-aircraft guns continued to shoot British and French planes that infiltrated at low altitudes with heavy fire. The dense network of ground-to-air firepower turned the British and French planes into moths to the fire, breaking in batches and devouring them in batches. The scuffle continued until nightfall, when the British and French planes, which had suffered heavy losses, were defeated, and the German pontoon bridges crossing the river were mostly intact. In this battle, the Germans shot down hundreds of British and French planes, of which the German Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment alone arranged 112 planes. The planes sent by the British lost 60%. The RAF History said: "There is nothing more distressing than the toll of such suicidal fighting." "This day is called by the Germans "Fighter Day". After that, the British and French air forces only dared to take to the air at night, and the air supremacy in the theater was firmly controlled by the Germans.

If the air force interception fails, the army interception is even more impossible, and the German armored cluster once again informed the world of his power, and any French army on the road can only be described as a mantis arm as a car, Paris is in front of you, and the situation is precarious.

At this time, it was not yet a week before the German-French exchange of fire, and Hitler took a week to achieve the strategic state that the German army had not achieved in the last major war, which had not yet been shaken in his hands, Hitler was excited and nervous, he looked at the speed of Guderian's wind-like advance, and said with some anxiety, "Should we let him wait, I am always a little worried." ”

Manstein said comfortingly to Hitler, "Yes, we have to worry about how we are going to take care of so many French prisoners of war, and we don't need to worry about the rest." ”

Manstein was not wrong, now due to Guderian's crazy assault, many French prisoners have become a burden to him, he ordered these French prisoners to leave the road and concentrate on themselves, manage themselves by themselves, and wait for follow-up notices, and even made the prisoners chase after the German army.

Hitler listened to Manstein's joke, his nervousness eased somewhat, he waved his hand and said, "I'm just a little worried that there will be some conspiracy in France.... I just don't know how to give the order. ”

"There are still a large number of French and British troops fighting, they have not yet surrendered and collapsed, I think we need to occupy the Dunkirk area immediately, plug the gap in the bag, and then we can sit on the sofa and slowly eat up the remaining Anglo-French forces." ”

Hitler hummed and said, "You're right, then give the order as such." ”

Hitler was elated on one side, and the Anglo-French command on the other side was like a catastrophe.

Chamberlain had already received a no-confidence motion at this time, and King George VI of England still trusted him very much, and asked him who should be the prime minister of Britain next, Chamberlain said unwillingly and arduously, "The next thing should be the war between the Reich and Germany, and at this time we need a very tenacious and capable person, I suggest that Churchill should be the prime minister." ”

George VI expressed his willingness to accept his advice, and the next day summoned Churchill to form a cabinet, and an hour later Churchill met with Labour leader Attlee and invited Labour to join the cabinet and gain support. Of course, the Labour Party, which is the opposite of Chamberlain's Conservative Party, also took the opportunity to sneer at Chamberlain, Chamberlain just smiled and didn't care, in fact, it is undoubtedly extremely irresponsible to blame Chamberlain for the appeasement policy, when Churchill expressed his opposition, not a single member of parliament supported him, it can be said that the entire British Parliament chose the policy of appeasement to Germany, although Chamberlain left the position of British Prime Minister, but has been the leader of the Conservative Party. Although the Labour and Liberal parties encouraged Churchill to remove Chamberlain from the government, Churchill still asked Chamberlain to remain in the wartime cabinet because Chamberlain still had the support of the majority of Conservative MPs. Churchill initially wanted to appoint Chamberlain as Chancellor of the Exchequer, but was strongly opposed by Labour and the Liberals, and eventually appointed him President of the Privy Council, with a significant committee of Privy Council Speakers in charge. It is not to be said that Chamberlain continued to faithfully carry out his work and to provide many useful advisories to the government.

Churchill had just taken office and was confronted with a mess in France, and before he had turned on the heating in the prime minister's office, a phone call sent his heart into the ice cellar.

"Hey... I'm French Prime Minister Paul Renault, and we may lose this battle..."

Churchill stayed for a while, and it took him a long time to realize what had happened, and he hurried to Paris, and as soon as he saw the French Chancellor Renaud and the Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-French Allied Forces, he immediately realized: the situation was much worse than he had imagined - each of them had a gray face. "Churchill asked Ganmalin" where is the strategic reserve? Ganmarin shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "There are no strategic reserves!" Churchill was dumbfounded.

Churchill couldn't believe that in such a big battle, the British and French forces actually pushed all the troops to the front line, and did not even leave a chance to flop himself, he stammered and asked, "Then what else can we stop the German attack now?" ”

Gammelin bowed his head and said, "France is unwilling to surrender its will. ”

I don't care about you!

Churchill was about to turn his face on the spot, and he yelled at the attendant next to him, "Quick! Hurry up and let our children go to Dunkirk, we want to retreat quickly! ”

"Mr. Prime Minister, you can't do this, because in this case, our army will collapse faster." ”

"Is there any difference between a collapse today and a collapse tomorrow? But did you know that there are only a bunch of Boy Scouts on English soil now? If we can't bring our children back, I'll have to consider whether or not the Indians should guard the British! Damn bastard!! Churchill was about to go crazy, he no longer wanted to stay in Paris, and hurriedly flew back to London to prepare for the retreat, and Gammel looked at Renault, who was bowing his head and not speaking, sighed, and took out his resignation letter.

France is coming to an end.

In fact, it is difficult for later generations to understand, three million troops, let alone the army, is three million pigs were disrupted, and they can't be caught back if they don't catch them for a few months, not to mention the army, France lost too quickly, which is to talk about the collapse of the army, since ancient times, the rapid collapse of the army is mostly because of one thing - logistics is broken, the army is a giant beast, and countless supplies are needed every day as supplies, and if this logistics is broken, then let alone three million, even thirty million can only fall apart.

And now, Guderian is doing such a thing, his troops are rapidly crossing the French mainland, straight through the English Channel, and the northern coalition forces are in fact surrounded in the Flemish region of northern France. This part of the army does not have to think of retreating, otherwise it will be one or two million troops rushing to England, and Hitler in history will not watch these troops retreat, but now there are only four or five hundred thousand, these troops are a small part in front of all the Anglo-French forces, the German army is pressing step by step from the southwest and east, under Churchill's strict orders, the British and French forces abandoned everything that can be discarded, if the Chinese anti-Japanese army looks at the machine guns, artillery, trucks, and tanks abandoned along the way, You have to jump to your feet and scold your mother, where is it for Churchill, none of this matters, the most important thing is that there is a living force, those equipment, the great Britain can be remade at any time.

When Churchill returned to London, he immediately organized a large number of ships to go to Dunkirk to rescue people, but the question now was, how much time was left, and Churchill was walking around the room smoking a pipe, and he decided to meet the war maniac for a while, and try to see how much he was determined to fight against Britain.

On the European continent, a military tragedy was staged because of the excessive concentration of troops, and on the Asian continent, for almost the same reason, an alternative pursuit was staged... If that's a pursuit.

- Jinan

"How far is our vanguard from the 115th Division?" Okamura Ningji looked at the map and said anxiously, he didn't know how many times he had said this sentence, almost every hour or two he had to ask again, everyone could see how much he wanted all the Japanese troops to put on their wings and fly to the side of the 115th Division, that anxious mood, it was even more anxious than the first date.

"According to the latest intelligence, the vanguard of our army has arrived in Yucheng, and the main force of the enemy army has already left Texas, because the enemy army is nocturnal and day and night, and the local people do not support us, so it is difficult for us to get accurate information." Kawamoto lowered his head and said, he has been scolded a lot in the past few days, at the beginning he said that the Eighth Route Army was going to fight north, but he came to fight Jinan, saying that he was going to fight Jinan, but the result was still north, God knows where this Lin Sanhu will go next, Kawamoto has already seen it, this is a big pit, and it is better for him to talk less.

"Damn it! We are obviously rushing day and night, and the front of the enemy army is constantly blocked by our troops, why is our speed still not as fast as theirs! Don't they need to rest? "Okamura Ningji is simply mad, the Eighth Route Army in order to prevent being attacked by Japanese aircraft, most of the daytime will not appear on the road, although it is now a long night and day, but the Japanese army marches in better time and conditions than the Eighth Route Army, but how can it not catch up.

In fact, Okamura Ningji really wronged the Japanese army on the front line, they are really trying hard to chase, but they can't stand up to Jiang Cheng's big golden finger, the Eighth Route Army basically does not bring logistics grain and grass, Jiang Cheng takes a small number of people to the front section to become grain and grass and wait for the Eighth Route Army to come and get it, this speed is of course much faster than the Japanese army with a lot of things, and even if there is no Jiang Cheng, there are not many troops on this planet that can compare the marching speed of the Eighth Route Army at this time, Jiang intermediary in Chongqing said that he understood very much, when he was chasing the Red Army, God knows how many cups he smashed, and the Red Army at that time was eating leather shoes!

Okamura Ninji looked at the map and said, "Where will they go when they leave Texas?" ”

Kawamoto stubbornly said, "The battle report I just got shows that Ningjin and Shanghe have fallen. ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and said, "To the west... Well, I'm afraid that in the end they will still have to go south, they have gone around such a big circle, they will not just want to escape, order the troops to divide and merge, and be careful of the ambush of the Eighth Route Army! ”

The Japanese army who received Okamura Ninji's order said that they were very entangled, and they had to catch up quickly by themselves, and they had to be careful about the ambush, what should they do? Everyone shook their heads, didn't dare to ask more, and hurried to continue to follow the trail of the 115th Division to the north, and the 115th Division at this time was almost in Cangzhou.

"Cangzhou, the hometown of martial arts, there are not too many martial arts here, Zhang He, the general of the Three Kingdoms period, is a native of Cangzhou, and that Zhang Zhidong is also a native of Cangzhou, an outstanding person." Luo Ronghuan said to Lin Sanhu, Jiang Cheng and others.

"Well, I know, Wei Zhongxian too." Jiang Cheng said with a smile.

"That's not a nice guy." Lin Sanhu said with a smile, "Such a good place can't let the devil stay for too long, order the troops to attack the city!" (To be continued.) )