Chapter 325: The Great Retreat from Dunkirk (2) Hope

Faced with German fighters and bombers, Tommy ordered the converted fishing and passenger ships to move out a light anti-aircraft gun with a target and shoot at the sky with all their might.

The German pilots were frightened by this scene, and one by one subconsciously pulled up the fuselage and made an emergency evasive action, but even so, the wings of three planes were still hit, and they had to stagger and fly towards the land.

"Hell! These are obviously passenger ships and fishing boats, how can they still be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons? ”

"No, this must be their disguise, these are the disguises of the British! Fall back! This news must be reported to Chief Greene! ”

The machine guns on the sea were still blaring, and the German pilots could not figure out the reality of the other side, so they could only temporarily give up entanglement with the other side, return to the ship first, and report the news here.

Tommy took out a monocular and looked into the sky for a while, then raised his hand and said, "Stop shooting~~Full speed ahead~~ Those Germans were scared away by us." ”

Although each of these fishing boats and passenger ships was equipped with only one anti-aircraft machine gun, they could not support a large number, and thousands of small boats were also thousands of machine guns, and if the German pilots insisted on continuing to try to sink these ships, then they would have no return, and they would not be left with scum in the face of the bombardment of thousands of machine guns.

Temporarily safe in the air, Tommy told the ships to put away their weapons and move at full speed.

However, when the first rescue boats approached the coastline of Dunkirk, the sight made people gasp.

I saw that the entire port was shrouded in thick smoke, and the firelight flickered everywhere, and not a single facility on the port was still intact.

A makeshift pontoon bridge built by sappers was in tatters and full of potholes, and many soldiers crowded on it, while others fell into the sea and were constantly struggling.

On the beach, hundreds of thousands of British and French troops waiting to evacuate were killed and wounded, and in the face of the bombing of German planes, they were like a group of helpless children who could only hold their heads and resign themselves to fate, but fortunately, their reinforcement fighters arrived in time and drove those German bombers back, otherwise their casualties would have been even greater.

At the end of the pontoon, a troop transport was already crowded, but the soldiers crowded on the bridge still tried to climb onto the boat, but they were kicked into the sea by the commander in charge of maintaining order.

Paul, Hasson, and York couldn't squeeze onto the pontoon at all, and stood behind in despair watching the scene.

"Hell, the reason why the Germans didn't kill us all is probably to take this opportunity to attack the ships sent by our homeland, they are too insidious!"

Huzen kicked him on the sand, and the sand splashed all over the head of a soldier in front of him, but the soldier stood there as if he didn't notice it, his eyes staring at the dark sea, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Reporter York frowned and looked around on the beach, as if looking for something, and muttered: "It should have arrived according to the agreement, why hasn't it shown up yet?" ”

Paul and Hasson didn't believe what the reporter said, and they didn't think that there were any mysterious Orientals who had prepared a large number of civilian ships to rescue them, and who could mobilize thousands of ships at once? Even if it is a civilian ship, it has to be mobilized by government officials, he is a businessman, why should others listen to him?

At the same time that the two of them were thinking so, the York reporter's eyes gradually widened, and he pointed to the smoky sea and said: "It's coming~~~~The ship that rescued us has appeared~!" Closer to the beach, these boats are relatively small and lightweight, and can be driven into the shallow area, fast! Paul, Hassan, help me tell these soldiers to line up and board the ship in an orderly manner! ”

Paul and Husson looked at each other, dancing in the direction of a child's York, and saw a more upscale private cruise ship breaking through the smoke of the sea and heading for it.

The cruise ship is hung with the flags of Britain and France, and a small pennant embroidered with a golden dragon totem is very strange.

However, just as the two hesitated, several private pleasure boats flying the same flag appeared on the sea covered in black smoke.

Soon, fishing boats of all styles, even sailboats, appeared densely on the sea level and headed towards the beach.

At this moment, a loud horn sounded from a certain ship.

"All the soldiers are lined up in a column and ready to board the ship and retreat~~~Don't crowd ~~~ The soldiers on the scene maintain order according to the rank system, if you want to live, don't mess up~~~ We have mobilized enough ships to take all of you back to the UK, no one will be thrown here, act now ~~~"

Soon, more and more soldiers were attracted by the private fishing boats and cruise ships that appeared at sea level, and also heard the sound of the loudspeaker, and they were like desert lost travelers who met an oasis, grabbed the straw that saved their lives, waved their hands and shouted, and rushed towards the boats on the surface.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and the soldiers looked back in shock, and saw a high-ranking captain firing a shot into the air, shouting at the soldiers beside him: "Everyone line up and get on the boat in turn!" Don't crowd Lao Tzu! You are all warriors, even if you retreat, show something and don't be laughed at by the Germans! ”

Those present were all veterans, and soon according to their ranks, they were under the command of the soldiers of higher ranks, lined up in columns, and waited with patience for the passenger ships and pleasure boats to sail near.

Paul slapped himself in disbelief, he rubbed his cheek and said, "This ...... We're really not dreaming? Hasen, the York reporter didn't lie to us, the boat that took us home really came, and it seemed to be a private boat from the people! ”

Hassan also had his mouth half-open, and it took a while before he reacted: "Don't be stunned Paul, hurry up and get in line!" ”

Gradually, more and more fishing boats and passenger boats sailed towards the Dunkirk Shoal, and they lowered their anchors and beckoned the soldiers who had already lined up to climb into the boat through waist-deep water.

There are also some larger yachts that lay down some inflatable rafts and transport soldiers to the deeper seas to board the larger ships.

This time, Zhou Yu's Dragon Chamber of Commerce and Tommy's Razor Party mobilized a total of nearly 3,000 private ships, and the first batch of private ships arrived more than 500, and the rest of the private ships were on their way to converge.

Among them, there are luxury cruise ships that can carry hundreds of people, and small sailing ships that can only carry a dozen people, but in any case, even an inflatable raft is better than nothing, and each additional ship may save the life of one more soldier, and there is also an additional chance to win the subsequent war.

On the troop carrier at the end of the pontoon, Brandon, the British commander in charge of the retreat, saw this scene and showed an incredible look.

"This ...... Are these all private ships mobilized by Mr. Admiral? It's too fast, isn't it...... Let the soldiers lay down their boats and row over there, and let our troop carriers set sail at once to transport the men to England and return here for a second batch! Hurry up, if the Germans react, they will definitely send more planes to bomb us~! ”