In fact, this decisive battle at sea had an advantage over Britain: the German navy had not yet been fully formed, and this was one thing; Britain had just expressed its pacification and support for Germany through Turkey, which played a role in confusing the German army in a certain way.

However, Churchill was still under a lot of pressure, because after all, it was the first major operation he had organized since taking office, and because he did not inform the British politicians who wanted Germany to go to war with the Soviet Union. He bet all his chips on the victory of destroying the German High Seas Fleet in one fell swoop.

But just when the British Royal Navy was looking for the main force of the German High Seas Fleet on the vast seas, it was at an inconspicuous railway station in Germany. It was crowded with soldiers of the 1st Panzer Corps transferred from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. The tanks of the 1st Panzer Division were fastened to flatbed wagons, and the carriages were filled with soldiers at this moment.

Several officers were allowed to get out of the car to smoke while they were parked, and in order to increase their capacity, officers below the regimental commander were crammed into the soldiers' compartments, and many did not even have seats. But compared to the years of fighting in Poland, the time in Germany can be described as enjoyment.

There is a hot meal every day, and there is no need to nibble on those hard compressed biscuits and salty and bitter dried vegetables. That's already a good treat. Although the carriage was crowded, everyone could finally get a good night's sleep, because there was no need to worry about Polish partisans throwing grenades into the barracks.

General Guderian did not have his own separate train car at this moment, but was crammed into a car with the staff and the guard company, and through the window, he saw two tanks on the freight platform, and it seemed that they were ready to board the train here, but unfortunately there was really no extra place for this train.

"Looks like our hero has nowhere to get on the bus. Guderian smiled at his adjutant, then pointed out the window and said, "You get out of the car and call General Rundstedt of Army Group A and ask him to help arrange it." After all, we're under his command now, so it's not a problem. ”

The adjutant followed Guderian's gaze and looked out of the car window, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "I said who made the commander worry so much, isn't this our big star crew? Tank No. 113, this is our number one tank ace." ”

"Don't talk about it, let's go. Guderian smiled and said, "He is also half my student, and I gave them the first lesson on tank tactics." It's been almost 7 years since this parting. ”

Time flies, 7 years ago the German armored forces were still hidden, and now, they are famous all over the world. They became famous in Poland and became super aces in the hands of Germany.

On the platform, looking at the chaotic train and the platform staff, Wren leaned on his tank very comfortably, chewing the fragrant chocolate in his mouth. These were gifts that the Führer had deliberately found for him, some of them high-end chocolates made in Germany, some of them luxury goods imported from the United States, but now they were in the storage compartment of Tank 113, and some were in the polished tin box in Wren's breast pocket.

"Do you regret not staying in Berlin......" Andrei walked over with a cigarette in his mouth, his shiny Iron Cross on his chest.

"I regret it. Wren replied with a smile: "I regret not throwing you in Berlin." ”

Andrei laughed, and Bruce, who was sitting on the turret in the car, laughed too, they were so happy now, they didn't have to worry about death, they didn't have to worry about starvation, and Bruce even brought a lot of bottles of champagne, so he also took up the storage space of four shells.

Nearly half of the German troops were moving westward, overcrowding the already slightly redundant German rail transport system. Hundreds of thousands of infantry, thousands of cars and motorcycles, and thousands of tanks, these troops drove to the Western Front, and everyone knew that the battle between Germany and France was about to break out.

Therefore, everyone enjoyed the relatively good time of peace unscrupulously, and the commanders of the troops temporarily ignored the indiscipline of their soldiers, and even indulged in drinking or gambling to relieve the tension and pressure before the war.

"Hey, big head, who told you to park your tanks here?" said an arrogant railroad soldier with a carved iron badge on his chest, reminiscent of a knight in the Middle Ages.

"Oh, we're from Berlin and we're waiting here to get on the bus. Andrei looked back and said.

The SS railroad soldiers saw clearly the uniforms worn by these soldiers, and regretted their arrogance a little. After all, the SS's black uniform and the SS lightning badge on the collar were very special: at least in Germany, the SS's task was not to fight, but to search and interrogate.

"The SS can't disrupt transport either! This is wartime! Behind the railroad soldiers, an officer of the 1st Panzer Division who was smoking glanced at Wren and the others, snorted with a cigarette and said, "What's so special, you are from the 3rd SS Panzer Division, right?"

Wren raised his eyebrows, the code name of the 3rd SS Panzer Division was Skeleton, and all the armored vehicles of the division had a skeleton logo on the fender on the right side of the front of the car, as long as they saw a skeleton, it must be a unit of this division.

"What's wrong with the SS? We're on order to go to Berlin, and you're trying to find fault with that?" said Bruce, who was leaning on the turret, as he got up from the tank and jumped out of it.

No. 113? Isn't it such a coincidence? The face of the officer of the 3rd Panzer Division of the SS who was deliberately disgusted changed all at once, you must know that this 113 is a myth of the German army on the Eastern Front, not only the SS, but even he and his troops are using the No. 113 tank as an idolatry.

"Bruce, salute when you see the chief. Wren swallowed the chocolate in his mouth, stepped forward, stood upright, and raised his right hand: "Long live the Führer." ”

"Long live the Führer!" the officer immediately replied.

The railroad soldier next to him even sweated down: You said that a lieutenant officer, and a sergeant with a knight's iron cross, you two immortals are fighting, what do you have to take me for?

"I'm so sorry I was rude just now. Seeing clearly the half-concealed knight's iron cross on Wren's collar, the confused lieutenant politely apologized: "Is the Berlin trip quite pleasant?"

"Not bad. Wren smiled: "But it still feels better to be able to fight side by side with everyone." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the stationmaster of the town's railway station arrived, and he received a call from Adjutant General Rundstedt, commander of Army Group A and commander-in-chief of the Western Front, asking him to personally arrange carriages for the two tanks and let them reach the Western Front with his troops.

So the lieutenant officer, who had wanted to find fault, returned to his train in a gray manner, and Wren and his tank also boarded the train to the Western Front. Of course, the railroad soldier had a new topic to brag about: he had seen a young tank car commander who commanded a tank with three thick lines and four thin lines drawn on it.

The Führer and the General Headquarters of the Wehrmacht ordered the 1st Panzer Corps, which had experienced a lot of battles, to be secretly transferred to the Western Front, while the Eastern Front was filled with the 4th Panzer Corps, which had not participated in any major battles. As a result, the 1st, 2nd, and 7th Panzer Corps, as well as the 5th and 6th Light Panzer Corps, the most elite German armies, were concentrated on the Western Front, and the German deployment of troops against France was almost complete.

Because of its own problems, it seems that the Soviet Union will not continue to provoke Germany in the short term, and the entire east has ushered in a relatively stable period of confrontation. Taking advantage of this period, Accardo decided to really provoke a world war, just like Hitler did, and first completely drive France, which was not ready, out of the arena of world hegemony.

However, once there is a war with France, it means that it will really tear its skin with Britain, and it will really mean war with the world. The raw materials and various materials that Germany lacked would be blockaded by the British Navy. And that was when Germany was really at its most vulnerable, and it was also when it was really difficult.

He had to calculate every step carefully, because it determined the future of Germany and himself. The attack on France is only the beginning, and the follow-up problems are the most important, and these choices are related to the direction of Germany's main attack in the future, and they must be deployed as soon as possible.

Germany was now once again faced with three choices: first, to take out France and then penetrate the Balkans southward, but this would cause dissatisfaction among its ally Italy; second, to take action in Africa and strive to seize control of the Mediterranean Sea at an early date and to control the Suez Canal, which also clashed with the direction of Italy's offensive; third, to attack the Soviet Union to the east and embark on the road of Soviet-German war.

And now, Accardo had one more option than Hitler, and that option was to land in Britain. Accardo's navy abandoned battleships and heavy cruisers and chose aircraft carriers as the main means of attack, so the naval power in Accardo's hands is now stronger than Hitler's.

So Accardo still has a glimmer of hope now, that is, the German Navy will inflict heavy damage on the British Royal Navy, get a few months of sea control in the English Channel, and protect the landing of the army on British soil in one go. Although this plan had been discussed dozens of times, Field Marshal Brauchitsch still lacked confidence in defeating the French and British expeditionary forces.

So until now, the so-called invasion of Britain has been discussed in the name of a preparatory plan, and although Accardo has always had this plan in mind, it is true that no one except the Führer believed that Germany was capable of accomplishing it.