noveltune Third Reich Episode 424
Third Reich Episode 424
But it doesn't matter if you don't cheat. Churchill, who values the number of troops, urged Gott to find a way to rebuild, but he couldn't come up with the corresponding weapons and equipment.Apart from tricking Churchill into a dream, Gott couldn't think of any other way to conjure up the nine infantry divisions.
"Then what should we do?" De Gaulle worried in a cold sweat after realizing that Churchill, who was living in a dream, and himself, a bystander, were not at the same level of seriousness.
"It's really not possible. I'll find the navy to transport you to the Isle of Man for deployment." Lord Gort, who caused this consequence, said to de Gaulle with some embarrassment: "Leader de Gaulle, you can take away 5 people first." A thousand soldiers and a few civilians, leaving 2 soldiers on the banks of the Thames."
"I understand, thank you." Of course De Gaulle also knew that under such circumstances, it was impossible for him to take everyone away.Leaving a group of people to continue to garrison in place, so that Gott can continue to deceive Churchill, as if all the troops of Free France are there.
Gott's ability to do this has moved de Gaulle a lot.
What is the Isle of Man? It is an island in the sea between England and Ireland. From a more precise geographical point of view, the Isle of Man is located at the center of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Although the area is very small, only 572 square kilometers.However, the Isle of Man is also known as one of the British Isles together with the British Isle and the Irish Isle. It has a population of 8 and a complete government operating system.
As long as it is transported there, de Gaulle's Free France can live another stable life away from the battlefield for a while.
Let it go, there is actually only so much that de Gaulle can strive for now.
As for what to do in the future, it depends on whether Churchill is willing to move to Northern Ireland or Canada.
Text Chapter 639 Prime Minister's Anger
Gott has been arguably Britain's most popular general lately.
This is not because of his outstanding achievements and how good he is at commanding operations.Gott's popular truth comes from another aspect-helping others.
That’s right, it’s about helping others.
Gott first interceded with the Royal Air Force for Montgomery and sent him to the relatively safe North African battlefield.Immediately afterwards, he asked the Royal Navy to intercede for Charles de Gaulle, and gave the Free France 6 places. The transport ships under the control of the navy took the relatively safe internal route of Ireland and transported them to the Isle of Man.
Of the 6 places, 5 were given to soldiers under the Free France, and the other 1 were some officials under the Free France.
However, since de Gaulle expected to take away less than 800 French officials, more than 200 more places were allocated to some British nobles and capitalists on the British island so that they could go to the Isle of Man together. .
Altogether, the 6 men who were given the opportunity to stay away from the battlefield basically all praised Lord Gort's exploits, describing him as the greatest and most enlightened general in Britain, even though Gort always lost the battle.
After sending these people away, the city of London seemed even more empty.
Because Charles de Gaulle took away 5 French troops, only 2 French troops were left on the Thames River Defense Line, which was originally garrisoned by the Free French forces, and the defense power plummeted.
However, these are not important anymore.Just this morning, a tentative attack by Norwegian forces has broken into the outskirts of London.Soon, London will completely become a city of the dead!
What Gott wants to do now is to let Churchill know how corrupt the real situation is, let him see the reality clearly, and seriously prepare for the next move.
Britain has an advantage over Poland and France.That's what de Gaulle said, they still have Northern Ireland to fall back on.
The Irish Sea is 210 kilometers long, 240 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of about 10 square kilometers.The average water depth is 61 meters, the deepest is 272 meters, and there is a big island like Marne as the central fortress.
It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Beihai Strait in the north and the St. George Strait in the south. Although it is not as good as the English Channel, it is also a natural danger.
Gort sent de Gaulle's men to take refuge on the Isle of Man, on the one hand to further force Churchill to recognize the reality of London's weak defenses, and on the other hand to allow the French to garrison the Isle of Man after the British government moved to Northern Ireland , playing an outpost for the British government on the island of Ireland, blocking the channel between the island of Ireland and the island of Great Britain.
Now, all the preparations have been made. In the name of escorting Charles de Gaulle and his party, the navy has mobilized more than 30 warships, including coastal defense ships, gunboats, and torpedo boats. Travel to the island of Ireland.
As for the air force, as long as Churchill finally nods, the remaining nearly 6 aircraft of various types can take off from the British Islands and fly to various airports in the six counties of Northern Ireland.
All the preparations are in place, what Gott has to do now is to convince the current Prime Minister of the British Empire, Churchill.
Now that the matter has come to this point, Gott had to make up his mind to meet the Prime Minister who has become more and more eccentric, and try his best to make him issue an order to move the capital.
On the afternoon of the day when de Gaulle was sent away, Gott, who saw the timing right, drove to the basement of the Ministry of National Defense where Churchill had moved, and challenged Churchill.
The reason why Churchill now moved his prime minister's office to the basement of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom is because, on the one hand, it is indeed very complete and solid, and it is not easy to be destroyed by the increasingly frequent air strikes of the German army.On the other hand, it is also because the position of the British Ministry of Defense is just north of the Thames River, separated from the German army in the south by a river, so it is relatively safe.
But this kind of security is not as reliable as the security brought by the Irish Sea.
After de Gaulle's instigation, Lord Gort, who wanted to force Churchill to move his capital to Ireland, did not hesitate to report to Churchill the facts that had been concealed by the military: "Prime Minister, the enemy in the south has completely captured Greenwich, and now the Norwegian troops Heading towards Bodgers Park."
"In the Kennington Park area to the southwest, the French army is also taking action and is fighting fiercely with the two infantry divisions we have withdrawn from the front line."
"Farther to the west, a group of German troops is in the area of Kingston, Slough, and Maidenhead, and will soon cut off our retreat north of London from the side!"
Gott's meaning was very clear. He told Churchill the worst situation as soon as he came up, and then threatened with seven German divisions coming all the way from Portsmouth, making Churchill feel that even the back road would be cut off immediately.
Then, when the back road has not been cut off, it is the most timely time to flee London and move the capital to Ireland.
Unfortunately, Churchill still stubbornly shook his head at Gott: "When Smith launches an attack, everything will get better."
In Churchill's perception, Lieutenant General Smith still has 9 rebuilt old infantry divisions on the banks of the Thames.But in fact, Churchill, who was perfunctory before Gott, would not understand that there were only [-] militiamen lacking military training in Smith's place.
Putting aside the factors of insufficient military training, Lieutenant General Smith's troops also suffer from a serious shortage of heavy weapons. If they attack the main force of the German, French and Norwegian Allied Forces, it is estimated that 2 people are really enough.
Even if they go into battle, they have insufficient manpower and equipment, poor maneuverability, and no support. The effect is nothing more than sending 2 more captives to the Allies to consume their rations.
"Lieutenant General Smith..." Lord Gort hesitated. After all, he was perfunctory to Churchill, saying that Smith was the one who rebuilt the troops lost in Dunkirk.
However, since Gott made up his mind to expose the facts today, he must spread the bloodiest status quo in front of Churchill.
Otherwise, Churchill would continue to dream his sweet dreams.And it is impossible to continue the national destiny of the British Empire just by daydreaming.
Taking a deep breath, Gott raised his voice, trying to wake up a loud report from a dreamer: "Prime Minister, Smith simply can't muster enough forces to launch an attack. He is severely understrength!"
From Gott's words, Churchill could be regarded as hearing the other party's implication-Smith dared not follow the order of his prime minister to launch an attack? !
Churchill's face was ashen, he swallowed hard, and looked at the people in the office below him.
After a long time, he paused word by word with difficulty: "The following people stay in the room. Dowding, Gott, Cunningham..."
Body 6 Chapter [-]: The Prime Minister's Anger
"That's an order!"
"Let Smith attack is an order!"
After most people left, Churchill suddenly cursed hysterically for a moment.
If it weren't for the fact that all the high-level British troops were left behind, they were the people who were most familiar with Churchill's recent state.Perhaps, the prime minister's gaffe can even be compared to the performance of the best actor in a wonderful movie.
I saw Churchill pointing at the nose of the majestic army commander Gott and yelling: "Who do you think you are, dare to risk disobeying my order?!"
In Churchill's view, the reason why Smith dared to disobey orders and not attack was that Gott, the commander-in-chief of the army, must have supported or even acquiesced.Therefore, he who couldn't see Smith could only vent his anger on Lord Gott.
After venting to Lord Gott, Churchill quickly slumped on the chair as if he had lost his backbone, and said dejectedly: "Damn, has the matter reached this point?"
He couldn't believe that the British Empire, the former superpower, the empire with the honor of an empire on which the sun never sets, had come to this step, a step of destruction, under his leadership!
"Ahh... I see, the military has been lying to me, the Army lied to me! Everyone lied to me, even the Navy!"
Churchill, who was born as the Minister of the Navy, trusted the Royal Navy most in the army.And now, because of the lies of Gott and the army, Churchill is not even worried about his most trusted navy.