On the sea, there are constantly ships concentrating on Dunkirk from all over the place, and more than 5,000 British and French troops have been transported during the day, but Dönitz has been sitting and watching the ships leave without attacking, he is now like a wolf king, watching the fat sheep run past him, patiently waiting for the best time. He knew www.biquge.info real climax of the transport at night, when there would be no harassment from the German air force, and the night would give him the greatest cover.

It was getting dark, and even the fastest ships had to go back and forth during the day for a distance of 90 nautical miles, and the British army was retreating day and night in order to speed up the retreat, especially because of the arrival of night, the battle gradually ended, and without the pressure in the air, the retreat was faster.

Dönitz finally began to move.

"Order the wolves, all start attacking, your target is all movable objects on the surface of the sea, send them all to the bottom of the sea!" Dönitz shouted loudly, and the telegraph operator next to him immediately began to generate electricity, and the telegram was transmitted to the submarines lurking everywhere with the radio waves, and the wolves began to move.

At this time, the British fleet had been concentrated, and in order to prevent German naval interference, most of the fleet was cruising near the German naval port, but because Dönitz's submarines were diving underwater, the British fleet was completely unprepared for the entry of these submarines.

At this time, the British anti-submarine equipment was still extremely simple sonar, and in front of Dönitz's submarines, they were basically like a deaf person.

A huge cruise ship appeared in Dönitz's eyes, the draft of this cruise ship was already very deep, and at a glance it was full of soldiers, and there was a British destroyer escort next to this cruise ship, which showed the extraordinary nature of this ship. Dönitz waved his hand, and under his command, six submarines came around the ship and surrounded it.

"Hit!" Dönitz said softly, the six submarines slowly adjusted their postures, and almost in three minutes, six torpedoes rushed towards the cruise ship together, what Dönitz didn't know was that he hit the biggest target of the night - the "Lancastria" cruise ship, which was loaded with more than 4,000 soldiers, accounting for a third of the retreat tonight.

There was a violent explosion on the left side of the "boom" ship, and the orange-red fire and shock wave made the ship move a few meters to the right, and then, two explosions also occurred on the right side, six shots and three hits, and the results were so-so and passable.

The cruise ship is not a warship, there is not much defense in the first place, the huge gap makes countless seawater pour into the hull, the hull sinks rapidly, the soldiers and sailors on the ship jump into the sea like dumplings, some lucky can catch some floating objects and swim out, some unlucky ones are directly sucked into the whirlpool caused by the backflow of the sea, and can no longer come out.

The cruiser next to the cruise ship was fully lit, while frantically looking for an opponent who sneaked up on them, while leaning over to save people, but the sea was empty, the cruiser immediately thought that it might be a submarine, and before the cruiser began to throw depth charges around, the left side of the cruiser was also hit by a torpedo, and the cruiser that basically stopped for rescue was basically a live target in the eyes of Dönitz's wolves, and when Dönitz's submarine floated, the cruise ship on the sea was basically completely sunk to the bottom of the sea, And only half of the cruiser next to it is still on the surface.

Dönitz looked at the Anglo-French soldiers who were splashing everywhere, shook his head and said, "They're dead, let's go." ”

What Dönitz didn't know was that his ambush this time became the largest shipwreck in recorded history, with more deaths than the Titanic.

And this is just a pack of wolves, there are too many wolves like this in the strait at this time, there are ambushed British ships everywhere, and by the time the sun rises again, the sea is already full of floating corpses, and when Churchill in London got the news, he sat down in his chair in a daze, not knowing what to say.

"Prime Minister, the generator plan... Do you want to continue? The officer next to him asked.

The generator plan is the name given by the British for the Dunkirk retreat, Churchill is very capable of bearing, he twisted the telegram into a ball and threw it into the wastebasket and said, "Immediately make a statement to the outside world, our retreat yesterday was extremely successful, successfully rescued more than 10,000 British and French soldiers, and the retreat continues in an orderly manner, in addition, let our fleet dig out all those damn submarines for me!" Dig it out!! Churchill clenched his fists, and the fat all over his body trembled, like an angry bear, and the officer quickly nodded and retreated, Churchill squinted at the map and said, "Confidence.... The Empire's confidence in fighting to the end must not be crushed! ”

Dönitz's feast lasted only a short time, and the next day, the British fleet training density was greatly increased, they knew that there were many submarines under the sea, and even began to indiscriminately drop depth charges.

With yesterday's experience, the retreat of this day was faster, although Goering's air force desperately blocked, but the air force units of the Anglo-French alliance also risked their lives to block, in order to retreat, what gentlemanly demeanor was abandoned, as long as the soldiers who were hit or wounded were abandoned to the side, and were given the place to the soldiers who were in good health, the beach was full of corpses and bloodstains, although the Germans constantly propagandized that the transport fleet on the sea was sunk by the Luftwaffe, but no one wanted to believe it, after all, Or is there a constant boat coming to the rescue, isn't it?

Guderian's troops were only twenty kilometers away from Dunkirk at this time, and forty or fifty thousand coalition troops were desperately blocking his attack, Guderian could even see the scene of the air battle in the distant port, he anxiously ordered the assault, but he couldn't break through.

Rommel looked at this battle situation, ran to Guderian's headquarters and said, "This will not work, the enemy army has been compressed by us too much, and they may not even be able to break up." ”

Rommel was not wrong, the current Dunkirk is constantly reorganizing the troops, on the one hand to facilitate retreat, on the other hand to facilitate the enemy, in fact, the enemy opposite them has been routed for two or three rounds, but there are always reinforcements who can block their next attack.

And what worries Rommel even more is that the pursuit war is actually psychological, once the enemy is accustomed to defeat and has resilience, then these people will be extremely difficult troops after returning to Britain and regrouping, and they will not want to get the final victory without killing the last of them.

Guderian asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

Rommel looked at the sky and said, "What we need now is to completely break down the psychological defenses of the Anglo-French forces, what do you think will happen if a unit rushes into the sky and enters their core?" ”

"Paratroopers?" When Guderian heard this, he said, "It's a good idea, it's still too late, let's send a message to the Führer together, and of course, we can't stop." ”

Hitler in the rear got the joint telegram of Guderian and Rommel, and immediately forwarded it to Goering, ordering Goering to attack, Goering laughed when he saw the telegram, now everyone knows that France is going to be finished, then it is time to grab the fruit, and now Guderian is asking for help from himself, isn't it an indirect admission that he can't win the victory without himself? Göring was so satisfied with this that he immediately assembled his paratroopers and prepared for the airdrop.

On this day, the weather gradually began to deteriorate, the wind and waves on the sea surface became stronger and stronger, although Dönitz's wolves could not be as unscrupulous as yesterday, but still found a lot of opportunities for sneak attacks, on this day, the British and French troops successfully retreated 17,000 people, 3,000 people fell on the beach, and tens of thousands of people were drowned on the bottom of the sea, after all, under the immersion of the sea water in winter, there are not many people who can hold on to the rescue of the British fleet, if it is in the summer, it will be much better, you know, in the great retreat in history, some sunken troop carriers, Half of them held out to the end, alive and waiting for other rescue ships.

Hitler, who was in the rear, was also anxious when he watched the rescue of the Anglo-French troops in front of him like crazy, but he had no choice but to watch the stalemate in Dunkirk, but fortunately, everything was still in favor of Germany now.

The next day, the weather was foggy and the plane could not take off, but Dönitz's wolves were active on the sea, and the British rescued nearly 20,000 people that day, and nearly 20,000 people were killed or buried at the bottom of the sea.

On the fourth day of the Great Retreat, it was foggy, but the fighting on the surface and bottom of the sea was more intense, and every hour the transport ships were sunk.

On the fifth day, the weather was fine, and Goering, who had been ready, gave an order, and a brigade of German paratroopers stepped on the morning sun and fell from the sky, and the Anglo-French troops on the ground looked at the German paratroopers who seemed to be heavenly soldiers and generals, and these paratroopers were dropped between Dunkirk and the blocking position, Guderian did not miss this opportunity, and immediately threw all the forces in his hands to assault, and without the manpower support of Dunkirk, the defense line was finally broken.

On the beach, knowing that the Germans had broken through the defensive line, the Anglo-French troops who were rapidly approaching Dunkirk finally panicked, the air force covering them in the sky could no longer make them feel at ease, and the ships that were constantly coming from all over the country could not make them feel safe, when the first German tank appeared on the streets of Dunkirk, everyone ran to the beach like crazy, forcing the commander of the 1st Army, Alexander, to let the gendarmerie move out of the machine gun fire, which suppressed the frantic crowd, and Alexander wanted to continue shooting, A strong hand pressed against him, and when he looked back, it was Montgomery.

Montgomery shook his head and said, "General, there is no chance, the German army is about to arrive, if you can escape, you can escape, the motherland still needs them to protect." ”

Looking at the wounded soldiers wailing everywhere on the beach, the dead bodies, the German planes that swooped down and dropped bombs from time to time, and the disorganized troops, Alexander suddenly covered his eyes, bent down, and cried like a child, for the first time he felt so helpless about the situation.

Montgomery patted him on the shoulder and said, "General, we still have a chance, please let our officers and non-commissioned officers organize and assemble, they are the real soul of the troops, I have asked the soldiers to protect a cruise ship, with it, we can bring at least three thousand non-commissioned officers and officers back to England, they can easily rebuild a unit with combat effectiveness and experience." ”

Alexander raised his head when he listened, nodded and said, "You're right, we still have a chance, I give you the right now, you can let anyone get on the boat, or you can let anyone get off the ship, including me...."

Montgomery nodded and said, "Good! I immediately started organizing. ”

What Montgomery didn't know was that his unit, which was composed of all non-commissioned officers and officers, later became the biggest fortune rescued by the British in Dunkirk, and at this time, Montgomery was just constantly pulling people with officer ranks onto the ship, soldiers... Allow them to find a place to hide and wait for the Germans to come and surrender to them.

Hitler looked at the telegram, smiled and drank a cup of coffee, and said to Manstein and Goering next to him, "Our generals have done a good job, Guderian has already stormed Dunkirk, less than 100,000 people have fled, and the remaining 300,000 have been captured by us, ah.... My headache now is how many prisoner of war camps should be built to house these British gentlemen? Do you think they want us to provide us with Indian tea? ”

The victory made Hitler easily quip, although there were still millions of French troops in the south of France and the Maginot Line, but what did it matter? When to eat those dishes is just a matter of your own mood.

"My Führer, I'm afraid there are not 100,000, don't forget the wolves of Dönitz." Manstein reminded Hitler.

"That's right! That's right.... I'm afraid fifty thousand would be good, our air force sank most of their ships. Goering hurriedly said that the greatest credit was actually for the Air Force, and Hitler nodded, not saying yes or no, but saying, "My generals, I can't wait to see the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, by the way, where do you say we should put the French surrender ceremony?" Well... Where is the train from the last war? ”

"In Paris." Manstein said with a smile that as a German general, he also hated that train very much, and was naturally happy to see Hitler humiliate France in this way.

Hitler was laughing, Churchill was crying, Hitler didn't know how many people Britain rescued, Churchill knew that the British and French forces rescued a total of 68,564 people from Dunkirk, of which nearly 20,000 were French and Belgians or people from other countries, the British were less than 50,000, and lost all the army equipment, which included 1,200 cannons, 750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, 63,000 cars, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, and 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank guns and 500,000 tons of military supplies. Even the UK's deep pockets are feeling the pressure. The sea and the beach were full of the corpses of the British and French troops at this time, and in the later photos, the dense corpses on the sea were like hell, such a tragic situation made the British and French people unwilling to eat sea fish for half a year, and even the fishermen lost the courage to go out to sea to fish. No matter how much Churchill tried to hide it, the world knew that the Dunkirk evacuation was a tragedy, and Hitler even claimed that Churchill was the culprit of such a tragedy - as evidenced by the fact that the Anglo-French troops in the prisoner of war camps were alive and well, and that they could return home to their families at the end of the war.

But these were no longer the concerns of Churchill, and what he had to do now was to prepare for the next German attack - an attack on the British mainland. (To be continued.) )