Chapter 40
"What? The Germans asked for a truce? The Red Cross flag representing a truce suddenly flew over the Belgian front in full swing, and after Luxembourg was captured by the Germans, the German army, which had occupied half of Belgium, suddenly declared an armistice. Yes, a large Red Cross flag was raised on the positions held by the Allied forces against the German army, and the German army used the excuse that they needed to transfer the Jews in the occupied area, and a large number of Jews in the occupied area needed to be transferred to Bremerhaven immediately, and in order to ensure the safety of these Jews, the German army declared a three-day ceasefire, and the Allied army, which had long been exhausted, was busy adjusting the defensive line during these three days.
Braemerhaven, which had long been empty, was overcrowded by the re-arrival of Jewish refugees, and a large number of Jewish refugees from Belgium and Luxembourg were housed in the camps, and Tian Jing and Karina, who had spent Christmas in Berlin, returned the next day, along with a large number of supplies and medicines. "Oh God" Looking at the overcrowded refugee camp, Karina couldn't help but call out to God, unlike the Jews from Poland and other Eastern European countries, these Jews from Luxembourg and Belgium did not understand the language with Tian Jing, and there were problems in communicating with them, so Tian Jing had no choice but to adopt the advice of the commander of the German guard and select a group of Jews from the refugees for self-government.
The fleet, which had been interrupted for a week, reappeared in the port of Bremerhaven, because of the outbreak of war, there were not many ships that came to evacuate the refugees, and they could not afford to move the Jews elsewhere, so they could only cross the channel to temporarily transfer the refugees to the port of Southampton, where the British Red Cross camp would accept the Jews. Distributing supplies, contacting ships to arrange for refugees to board ships, and contacting the British Red Letter Society to settle refugees, Tian Jing and Karina, who already had experience, began to be busy again.
However, Tian Jing and the others did not know that this group of Jewish refugees from Belgium and Luxembourg was just a trick of the German high command, a trick made for the German troops who were about to cross the sea and land on the British mainland, after the war between the coalition forces and the German army, with the accession of Italy, the British and French navies had already closely monitored the Italian sea, and at present, the only refugee ships flying the red cross flag could still pass through the English Channel, and the German high command needed Jewish refugee boats to transport the German troops crossing the sea. A large number of German troops would land on British soil by boat, posing as Jewish refugees, in preparation for the upcoming sea-crossing operation.
The war was in full swing, and the situation was extremely favorable to the German army, especially after the German lurker troops had captured the British palace and detained a large number of royal family members and government officials, the German troops who were already full of morale were full of confidence. Hitler, who was far away in Berlin, even arranged a group of SS soldiers in the troops that were about to land in Britain, and gave them only one task, to bring Zhao Zhi back to Berlin safely, Hitler hoped that Zhao Zhi from the far east could stay in Germany, and he had even thought of awarding Zhao Zhi the title of count.
Buckingham Palace was captured by the Germans, and there were not a few agents from all over the world gathered in London, and the news was known to all countries in the world at the first time, including the United States. The old Rhodes, who had been secretly following the news of the war, was fascinated, and he did not expect that Zhao Zhi's trip to Germany would have such a result, not only to prevent Germany's expansion and friction against the Soviet Union, but also to persuade the war maniac Hitler to change his strategy and send all his troops to Britain with the help of the Jewish relocation plan. In a war that is related to the life and death of the country, the loss of a few royals and politicians is nothing, but Zhao Zhi's lurker plan almost wiped out the British royal family and high-level officials, and the arrogant British were disgraced this time.
"No, the United States does not participate in the war, this is our consistent policy, we will never participate in this war, the strength of the Germans is not something we can resist, before the Soviets can not make up their minds, the United States will never express its position" Roosevelt's attitude was very firm, Germany spent a huge amount of money at the beginning of the war to order a large number of materials from the United States, once the United States participated in the war against Germany, those enterprises that signed a contract with Germany will immediately go bankrupt, because their warehouses are full of a large number of useless living materials, These things that are useless to the United States are just deposits.
No sooner had the British lobbyists arrived in Washington than the major American conglomerates gathered in Washington to form a private alliance that would have to persuade the president and Congress not to participate in the war until they had received the final payment from the Germans. After all, the war is currently only burning in the English Channel, and it has nothing to do with the United States, let the invincible British and the French fight with the Germans, the Americans are still busy making money. In the face of powerful interests, it is difficult for the arrogant British to convince these consortium families in the United States just by relying on two pieces of mouth.
Toothache, migraine, fever, as president, Roosevelt repeated all the illnesses he had in his life in just one week, and the president, who did not want to meet with British lobbyists, excused himself every day to be sick. After CIA agents lurking in London confirmed that Buckingham Palace had indeed been captured by the Germans, President Roosevelt, who had been recuperating from his illness, gained three pounds. The British lobbyists left, and after saying goodbye to the nowhere to go, the Americans did not make a clear statement at all, but transferred their fleets back to the mainland, assuming the appearance of actively defending their own territory.
The British did not get the ideal answer in Moscow, Stalin did not seem to be very interested in the plans of the British, the fierce polar bear was not satisfied with the advantages offered by the British, you must know that the Germans took the initiative to cede part of the Polish territory to the Soviet army after learning that the British lobbyists had arrived in Moscow. The fall of Buckingham Palace has given Stalin a new understanding of the strength of the German army, as far as the Soviet Union has not yet reached the point of making enemies with Germany, he must first deal with the contradictions with the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Far East, and the Germans should let it go first.
Of course, Stalin did not refuse the British, he only put forward a condition that the British had to carefully consider, the Soviet Union could go to war against Germany, but Britain itself had to mobilize more than two-thirds of its planes to rush to Poland to participate in the war, and also had to pay the high military expenses of the Soviet Union. After the fall of the Royal Palace, the fall of Luxembourg, and the loss of half of Belgium, the British had to face the reality that they finally agreed to provide air support for the Soviet Union's imminent declaration of war on Germany in Poland, but unfortunately their agreement with the Soviet Union had not really been signed, and it was interrupted by news from the British mainland.
After the capture of Buckingham Palace by the German SS, British military airfields in various parts of the country were suddenly attacked, and a large number of German-style attackers broke through the airfield and blew up planes and airport facilities, and the attackers disappeared without a trace before rescue troops arrived. According to survivors, the attack on the airfield was carried out by elite German troops, and in the three days after the capture of Buckingham Palace, more than 1,200 military aircraft, most of them fighter jets, were lost in the British mainland, and several aircraft factories were also attacked, and a large number of engineers and mechanics were killed in the fire, but their bodies were never found.
The British mainland forces also launched a search operation, but the attackers seemed to disappear into thin air, and there was no trace of them, but the attack on the airport intensified, and the heavily defended airfields were not spared. The rumors of soldiers are the truest portrayal of the British now, those who live near airports or military facilities have begun to flee, and a large number of British people with their families have begun to flee to places where they feel safe.
A few months ago, the British were mocking the Jews of Eastern Europe for fleeing, but a few months later, they were the ones who had fled, and the once-invincible empire of the sun never set had seen a wave of refugees fleeing from their homeland. Cars, carriages, bicycles, everything that could come in handy was used by the British who had moved their families, and the British, who had just finished Christmas, braved the cold while secretly cursing the damned Germans, complaining about why they couldn't wait for the weather to warm up to go to war.
After the successful attack on the first airfield, Salen and his soldiers changed into British civilian clothes, and if it weren't for the fact that they hid their weapons and covered their hair and faces with felt hats, the British refugees walking beside them would have recognized these stooping guys as Germans. It was not the first time that Salen had done this, and after attacking several targets in a row, the part of the German army under Salen's command was left with only one of the last set targets.
The lack of ammunition was the biggest problem for Salen, and although the Klim gang members who led them on the way also provided some ammunition, Salen still felt the difficulty of supplying ammunition when he was constantly being pursued by the British army. For Salen's attack plan, Zhao Zhi smuggled a large amount of Thomson and explosives from the United States, and the Krim gang also established ammunition storage points near the target airport through various channels at the beginning of the plan. However, after Saren temporarily changed the plan, some anti-aircraft positions were added to the targets they had to face, so Zhao Zhi's ammunition for them obviously didn't look enough.
"Let's rest for a while" Salen left the British with their families far behind, and followed the trail into a forest, according to the map, the next target airfield was 3 miles due south of them, and Salen needed to readjust the firepower before the attack could be launched. A scout squad was sent out by Salen to explore the way, the submachine gunners who were the backbone of the attack were grouped together, and the soldiers, who had long run out of ammunition for their submachine guns, carried British rifles to guard the surrounding movements.