On the contrary, the morale of the British army was greatly boosted by strong support from the sea and air, and they launched successive attacks regardless of casualties, capturing large areas of position. The remnants of the German army, which were forced back to the beachhead and swept by the British naval guns, were already exhausted by this time, and they had no choice but to lay down their arms and surrender to the British, and their remaining strength was less than 10,000 at this time

It is true that Britain also paid a huge price for this long-lost victory, with more than 80,000 casualties (Note 1), 17 ships of all types, and 245 aircraft, which was not much smaller than that of the Germans, and even Churchill privately admitted that it was a "Pyrrhesque victory" (a Western proverb meaning a crushing victory). ）。 However, this victory is of great political significance, it not only shattered the myth of "the invincibility of the German army" since the outbreak of the European war, greatly boosted the morale and confidence of the British military and civilians and even many allies, but also made the US government see that Britain is not a dou that Britain cannot support, and began to increase its aid to Britain

On November 29, 1941, Churchill took advantage of the opportunity to regain sea supremacy and sailed to meet with US President Roosevelt on the warship Augusta in the Agin Xia Bay of Newfoundland in the northern Atlantic. As the situation in the anti-fascist war was still very serious, it took only three days for the two sides to reach an agreement, and on December 3, the Atlantic Charter signed by the conference was made public.

Unlike the Atlantic Charter in history, Germany in this time and space has not yet invaded the Soviet Union, and Britain is in a much worse position than it has historically. At the same time, Britain was still at war with the rapidly rising new China, so there was a big difference in details, and its influence was much worse than the historical Atlantic Charter.

"However, the core part is still the same, the US government took advantage of this opportunity to fall into the ground, forcing Britain to fully open up its homeland, the member states of the British Commonwealth, and its colonies, and in the future, whether the United States imports raw materials or dumps goods from the territory of the British, it will not be hindered by anything such as trade barriers." After reading the provisions of the "Atlantic Charter," Hu Weidong sighed to himself with some envy and jealousy, if only China had such treatment in the future. Up to 10 years. Western countries, including the United States, will be overwhelmed by China's high-quality and inexpensive products.

But this sincerity is not enviable, even if it is as strong as the United States, it is only by taking advantage of the great opportunity of the outbreak of World War II that it is finally initially realized. It's about extending the rule to a global scale. Even the strongest period in history of the United States failed to do it. However, as soon as the Atlantic Charter was issued. On the contrary, it gave the Chinese government a reason to put full opening up as an additional condition for the peace negotiations with Britain, if it could export goods without restrictions to earn foreign exchange and import jishu, equipment and personnel from the United States and Britain. Even if China severes its cooperation with Germany, the pace of industrialization will only be faster than it is now. Moreover, although Britain fought a Jedi counterattack, compared with the time when the Chinese army withdrew from Mumbai, the situation of Britain now can only be said to be even worse, which is naturally not a bad thing for China

Moreover, Hu Weidong also realized that because the situation in Britain is far more dangerous than in history, the United States must also provide greater assistance. As a result, just as he expected, the day after the "Atlantic Charter" was announced, the US government announced in a high-profile manner that it would immediately sell 20 active ships, including four battleships, to Britain, and also promised to convert 30 Liberty ships into escort aircraft carriers within a year to a year and a half to sell them to the British government to enhance the British Royal Navy's anti-submarine capabilities, and these were just the beginnings.

In view of the difficult situation of the British Government, the US Government has given great preferential treatment, and the British Government can not only make loans to US banks without collateral under the guarantee of the US Government in accordance with the "Lend-Lease Act," but the US Government will also send a fleet to "deliver these ships to the door" and send these ships to the British mainland all the way, and unless Germany declares war on the United States, no matter how powerful their submarine force is, there is no way to stop it

The mustache was furious when he learned about the consequences, but he still couldn't make up his mind to start a war with the United States in advance before destroying Britain, and the failure of landing on the island of Great Britain also reminded him of the road map that Hu Weidong secretly drew up for Germany, so he decided to follow this road map to first clear the periphery of Britain and weaken its strength, and then whether it was to destroy Britain first or fight with the United States and Britain at the same time, Germany's situation would be much more favorable than it is now.

Although the German navy, which is currently only one combat patrol available, has once again lost its naval supremacy in the North Atlantic, after the occupation of the Shetland Islands, Germany has acquired a large number of airfields close to the British mainland, and after the previous emergency repairs and two or three days of transfer, the total number of aircraft has reached more than 300. If all the more damaged airfields and other facilities in Shetland were to be repaired over time, and if a new airfield was built on the Faroe Islands (and some of the Shetland Islands) over time, it would not be long before more than 1,000 warplanes could be accommodated, and the British Navy would not be able to move an inch in the North Atlantic, even if it was restored

In the face of a huge fleet of aircraft composed of at most two or three hundred planes and capable of flexibly using the tactics of low-altitude horizontal bombing and high-altitude dive bombing, the British Admiralty believes that it is necessary to have at least 200 large-caliber anti-aircraft guns to form a regional anti-aircraft fire network in order to ensure safety. Without capital ships, at least 25 are needed to ensure the safety of the fleet. In this way, no matter how many warships the British Navy had, it was unable to blockade the entire North Atlantic, and in the face of the leaky defense of the British Navy, the German Navy, although it was outnumbered, was still capable of completing landing operations on some islands in the North Atlantic, of course, excluding the British Island, which had already suffered great losses for the German army

Note 1: About 15,000 of them were killed, and if they had fought slowly, the British army's losses would have been much smaller, but the fighting on home must end as soon as possible, so as not to shake the hearts of the people at home. (To be continued......)