End of August 1938, Hanover.

Lin Youde raised his head in surprise: "How did you say he died?" ”

"Killed by a lightning strike." The fox shrugged, "I'm shocked too. When he opened the window, it was just as a thunderstorm was coming, and the thunder fell directly on the window and hit him, and then he fell from the window downstairs, whether it was a lightning strike or a fall from the building, it was enough to kill him instantly. ”

Lin Youde shook his head lightly, with an embarrassed look.

The fox looked down at the report in his hand and continued: "The French government army collapsed immediately after Raymond's death, and the two French goddesses fled to England, leaving one man to fight until the last moment in Paris, and died of exhaustion, obviously deliberately begging for death. The German goddess who stayed in France confirmed that two were dead, and one fled to England. The two who died, Xia Li, have a detailed report, saying that Lily Marlene was going to Germany, but was killed by her companions, and then Xia Li killed Lily Marlene's murderer. ”

Lin Youde couldn't help frowning.

The sound of the fox smacking his lips reached his ears.

"To tell you the truth," she said, "I personally think that Lily and Marlene must be hell-bent on messing with France, and Charlie must be lying." ”

"It doesn't matter." Lin Youde shook his head, "It doesn't matter what the truth is, Xia Li is an ally we just obtained, give her a face, and release the news as she said." Lily Marlene is a hero, and we have to prepare a grand ceremony to welcome her back to Germany and be buried at Les Invalides. ”

"You'll have to tell little Viola about this." The fox spread his hands.

Lin Youde glanced at Viola, who was sitting opposite him: "Hey, did you hear that?" ”

"Yes, yes, I heard it." Viola didn't raise her head, and responded in a perfunctory tone.

At this time, Oh Sauce jumped into the office from the window, glanced at the people in the room, ran to Lin Youde's side, put a box of biscuits on the table, turned back without looking back, jumped out of the window and disappeared.

"What a fragrant biscuit." The fox directly picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth, "Well, it seems to be the product of the dim sum shop two blocks away, but you can't eat this box just to be safe." ”

After saying that, the fox picked up the biscuit and put it on the cabinet next to it.

It is difficult for Shenji to be poisoned, especially the type of Shenji like Fox and Sissi, the poison resistance is almost full, and she can eat and play with arsenic. But Lin Youde is not a god, he will still die if he should be poisoned, unless the poison is fed to him by the god - so theoretically he can eat the food that has passed through Oh sauce's hand to him, but his wives are all against Lin Youde taking this risk.

So Lin Youde could only secretly eat the food that Oh Sauce didn't know where to get it.

"She just brings you food every day, and she doesn't come to drill your bed," the fox looked out the window, and then turned back to look at Lin Youde suspiciously, "You really did it?" ”

"Really, I can see the blood clearly. And at a glance, you can see that the intimacy between Oh-chan and me has increased significantly, right? ”

"It's improved, but the smell of youth reminds me of those novels that depict young love," the fox said thoughtfully with his hands crossed over his chest, "such as "Ott? Heidelberg ......"

"Meyer? Forster's work? You actually look at such an unpopular thing......" Lin Youde raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it usually like this to use the more famous "The Troubles of Young Werther" or something?" ”

"Is that a romance novel?" Viola suddenly joined the conversation between the two, "Could it be that my definition of a romance novel deviates so much from yours?" ”

"Uh......"

Lin Youde groaned, and was about to brew a tirade that would reflect his literary accomplishments, when the fox ended the completely off-topic discussion: "None of this matters, ladies and gentlemen. Let's get back to the topic of war. Yesterday and the day before yesterday, air reconnaissance showed signs of a retreat of the British troops to the German-Dutch border, which was confirmed from the side by the Army's infiltration reconnaissance teams and from our intelligence points in the occupied areas. I think the offensive actions of the British troops on the outskirts of Hamburg were just a bluff. ”

"Yesterday I ordered Task Force 141 to go in and arrest a few senior officers to confirm this." Lin Youde looked at the fox and tapped the table with the pen in his hand, "But I can't be wrong, now unless the British high-level are stupid, they should all realize that this battle can't be fought." In fact, the British not only knew that they could not continue fighting, but they also knew that they had to retreat. The question now is when and how the British will retreat. ”

Theoretically speaking, at this time, Britain can still continue to entangle with the Human Innovation Alliance in Europe, because on paper, although the Human Innovation Alliance has added a lot of French gods, the area that needs to be guarded by gods has also greatly increased. And the place where the British need to put the gods has not changed, but there are three more gods in vain.

What's more, there is still a country behind those goddesses in France, and Lin Youde can't support them as he wants. The three gods in exile in Britain are all exiles, regardless of their nationality, and those who eat others have to help others and work hard.

It is foreseeable that in the future, the British will have three new forces that can be used as gunmen, and the French gods and goddesses are expected to deliberately reserve some strength.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, Britain does not suffer in terms of the power of the gods, and can continue to face the alliance in Europe, but in fact, it is impossible for Britain to maintain the war on the European continent.

Although the British had captured cities such as Rotterdam and The Hague, and used the Divine Queens to force the Luftwaffe back from the airfield near Amsterdam, forcing the German bomber group to withdraw to the German mainland, the British shipping capacity could not afford to supply the expeditionary forces fighting in the Netherlands and northern Germany for a short time.

Britain is an island nation, and it needs a merchant fleet to transport supplies from all corners of the world to maintain the operation of the country, so it is impossible to requisition all these merchant ships to maintain the supply of the expeditionary force in Europe, right?

Therefore, after Charlie decided to turn to the Alliance, the purpose of the British attack on the Netherlands became "to open a way home".

The high commands of both countries were well aware of this, but the propaganda departments of both countries were engaged in propaganda that echoed each other: the British continued to clamor for the occupation of Hamburg, and the Germans called on the people every day to stand up and defend their homeland and drive the invaders out of German soil.

These are not listed for the time being.

The high commands of both countries knew what the other was going to do, and now the actions of both sides were aimed at the specific time and manner of the retreat: the British wanted to hide their specific retreat time, and Lin Youde desperately wanted to figure out the details of the British retreat plan.

Therefore, Lin Youde once again told the fox: "Any information about the British retreat plan, whether it is true or not, must be sent to me, and I will personally judge the truth or falsehood of this information." ”

"No problem."

"I don't know how Heinz's First Panzer Corps is resting." Lin Youde leaned back in his chair and changed the subject, "It doesn't feel too reliable to rely on those inexperienced troops of the Second Armored Army to attack. ”

"You'll have to ask your generals and Sissi, who oversees them. Although the Eye of Odin also monitors the situation of his own side, the staff still knows much more about the supply plan than we do. ”

Lin Youde nodded.

At this time, Viola, who had not interjected, raised her head: "I'm wondering, is it time for us to fly up and put a little pressure on the British?" ”

"No, it's too early. If you want to put pressure on the British, you have to wait for the French to take up positions in northern France. You have to appear near the demarcation line between the two armies with Xia Li and the others to put enough pressure on the British. And I personally think it's best to have Margaret, who has adapted to the new armor, take to the air with you. ”

In the battles so far, the alliance side has adopted a conservative strategy because of the disadvantage of the divine queen's strength, and rarely let the divine queen rise into the air.

On the contrary, Britain was forced to use the power of the god to support the operation of the conventional forces.

But now with the addition of the French goddesses, Lin Youde can finally have the capital to use the power of the gods to put pressure on the UK.

Only with the Divine Princess's pressure on the formation can the regular troops be free to carry out combat operations.

"All in all, we still have to wait now." Lin Youde grinned at Viola, "Anyway, we can afford to wait, and for every day the British army waits, their troops in Germany will have less supplies." ”

After the British entered the Netherlands, in order to maintain the supply of the British troops fighting in the Netherlands, the supply of British troops in Germany became even worse. Insufficient supplies have a direct impact on the morale of the army, which in turn affects the efficiency and resilience of the troops in combat.

After listening to Lin Youde's words, Viola nodded.

"I understand, I'll leave the military affairs to you, but I still want to remind you that at first our propaganda said that you can have a celebration banquet in two months, and now it's been more than two months. It's just that the domestic military and civilian battles are on the rise, so no one cares about these. ”

"As long as we can win by October, I don't think anyone will be able to count a few months." The fox interjected.

"Gobel said the same thing, so it shouldn't be a big problem." Viola said and turned her gaze to the text in front of her again, and began to read it carefully.

Lin Youde looked at Viola and asked with curiosity: "What is the situation in production now?" ”

"I expect that by the end of October this year, we will be able to basically complete the conversion of domestic civilian industries, and the task of expanding production capacity is also in progress. With the information and experience from the last war, this job is much easier. However, there are some problems that plagued us in the last war that we have not yet found a solution to. ”

"For example?"

Viola shrugged her shoulders and replied lightly, "Don't worry, I'll figure it out." Concentrate on your quest for victory, my dear. ”

Lin Youde stared at Viola for a few seconds, and then glanced at the fox beside him.

"Isn't that good," said the fox, "to have a queen who can take charge of your own affairs." ”

"yes, that's great." Lin Youde replied frankly.