Battle of the Third Reich

Vol 3 Chapter 37: Life-saving plan

"No! Operation Generator cannot be cancelled!" Churchill shouted at Secretary Beckhausen.

"Now we haven't reached the point of failure, we haven't lost Dunker Ker. Gott still insists there, he is still leading the brave British soldiers to fight. And you, you, have lost four or five The transport ship wanted to abandon them." Churchill shouted angryly at the naval officers.

"Are you still a glorious British Navy? You actually want to throw 200,000 British Army officers and soldiers to the brutal Germans."

"But we can't safely rescue Lord Gott's army now. The Germans' heavy artillery has blocked the port. They have deployed hundreds of heavy artillery on each side of Dunkers. They Almost all of their heavy guns were taken to Dunkel. They were determined to eat the expeditionary force. Our transport ship could not even enter that port." Beckhausen defended.

"This is your problem, you are responsible for solving it! I am the Prime Minister, and I am thinking about how to get our empire out of this crisis. Britain must not lose the expeditionary forces, otherwise it will be a disaster! And how to save the expeditionary forces It’s your navy’s responsibility. You must make a plan now, no matter what materials and troops you need to use, no matter what method you come up with, I only need one result, and I want to see my expeditionary troops return in the UK. If you fail, you must bear your responsibility for the destruction of the Expeditionary Force." Churchill replied coldly and expressionlessly.

"Prime Minister, what to do with Lord Gott now, their ports and beaches are filled with German time bombs. The soldiers have suffered a lot of casualties, and now Gott has marked some areas as dangerous areas and barred troops from entering. They Now I am looking for ways to exclude those bombs, but the number is too large, and because the Germans mixed a lot of erbium with those bombs, the engineers were seriously damaged.

"Also, their ammunition and supplies are almost running out, and they have now begun to ration the soldiers’ food and ammunition. Gott said he can continue for two days, and the expeditionary forces will run out of their supplies after two days. He does not Know how long his soldiers can last when they are hungry. Now due to the German blockade, there have been sporadic soldiers defecting to the Germans in the expeditionary force. And although most British soldiers still keep Morale and loyalty are not enough to fight. If those Germans attack, the British Expeditionary Force will collapse immediately."

"This is what the Germans want to see now! They don’t launch an offensive just to let the expeditionary forces collapse themselves. They want to force the brave British Army to surrender to these barbaric German squads. This is the mean Shameless Hitler likes to see it the most. No! I must not allow that to happen! I must not tolerate Hitler's wish to succeed!

Your navy and army must work out a plan, at all costs, even if you kill a **** road, you must rescue the expeditionary forces. This is not just for guarding our islands and guarding our empire. This has to do with the honour of our British Empire, our face in front of our allies and the capital that they support. Yesterday I went to meet US ambassador Kennedy, and he told me that the US government is very worried about the current situation. He told me in private that if the expeditionary forces were annihilated, then the United States would be likely to reconsider its weapons assistance program. Those Americans only care about who will win and who can guarantee their interests in Europe. I suspect that if our expeditionary forces fail, they may stop supporting us. Worse still, their parliament may fall to Germany. "Churchill said excitedly.

"Prime Minister, our admiralty originally formulated a plan for the current situation, but this plan requires the assistance of the Air Force, but our Air Force Commander Sir Douding firmly disagreed to let his Air Force participate in this plan. If we do not have the support of the Air Force , Then we will never be able to realize that plan, and we will never be able to rescue our army, so we only ask you to stop the generator action when there is no way." Beckhausen reluctantly explained that his eyes were staring at the front fiercely. The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force, Hugh, who had been silent on the side. Douding.

"What kind of plan hasn't been reported to me." Churchill asked anxiously when he heard the navy made the plan.

"We have developed a forced assault plan, and if successful, we will withdraw those expeditionary forces from Dunkerque in three days. We are ready to focus our naval forces on the Germans with our large-caliber ship artillery in the middle of the strait. Dunkel engraved two-wing positions, suppressing their heavy artillery outside the Germans' range, for which we also specially cleared a safe shelling channel.

We have fully considered the feasibility of doing so, and after discussion among all members of the staff, we have determined that this plan can be successful. The Germans simply cannot threaten our naval battleship. The warships of the German Navy are still in German ports far away from there. Even if they are not opponents of our powerful fleet there, their surface ships cannot pose a threat to our plan. We also considered the threat that German submarines might pose to our giant ships, so we plan to use a large number of destroyers to **** the warships to deal with those German submarines. The large-caliber guns of the German Army can never cause damage to our warships, even if their largest 210 mm heavy artillery can't reach our warships.

When the heavy firepower of Germany was suppressed by our large-caliber ship guns, we immediately dispatched a large number of small ships to rush into the port and the beach at high speed, carrying the soldiers of the expeditionary army, and then reprinted to our high-speed destroyer to withdraw United Kingdom.

According to this procedure, we can guarantee that the 200,000 people will be withdrawn within three days. But we have to get the assistance of the Royal Air Force. German large-caliber artillery can’t intercept those boats, but the German Air Force can, they already have the air power of Dunkerque. So when those boats rushed into the German Air Force's sphere of influence without air cover, they would face a massacre. Therefore, we must need the full cover of the Royal Air Force. Our fleet and fleet need the support of the Air Force, otherwise all this is just fantasy. "

"Why use small ships? Can't you use large ships?" Churchill asked.

"Because the sinking of several transport ships blocked the channel of the port yesterday afternoon, and the water on the beach is very shallow, now we can only use a small boat to complete this task. Admiral Ramsey has collected 200 Small boat."

"I don't think the quantity is enough. It is time to issue a national mobilization order."

"Yes, Lord Prime Minister, but now we are sending aid from the Air Force."

Churchill turned his head to the side and asked: "Sir Douding, what are your reasons for opposing your Air Force's cover for this operation?"

Douding answered calmly: "Prime Minister, our air force has suffered a great loss in France. If we are to cover such a huge operation, we must use the main force of the local air force. Our intelligence shows Germany has concentrated their most elite Air Force Wings in that area. I think even if this plan succeeds, the main force of our Royal Air Force will be seriously hurt. Then you will need me to use what to protect the air safety of the British mainland."

"Are you going to give up our Army's 200,000 soldiers in order to preserve the strength of your Air Force? If the Army didn't rely on your aircraft to resist the German attacks? You are afraid that your Air Force will be seriously injured, then our Army should take all The army was wiped out?" Dent jumped when he heard Dowding's words.

"You are afraid that your air force will lose. Our navy has lost so many good sailors and officers. We have lost dozens of ships to save those army soldiers." Beckhausen also shouted.

"Calm down! Gentlemen."

Churchill stood up and glanced coldly at the generals and ministers. Then he asked Dent: "Mr. Dent, how long can Gott last?"

"He told me three days, up to four days. If they hadn't resupplied or retreated at that time, they would only have to surrender and go."

Churchill nodded and asked coldly to Beckerson: "Mr. Admiral. When will your artillery fleet and fleet reach the departure point?"

"I can prepare these in twenty hours, because I was already mobilizing those warships when I made this plan. But the Air Force..."

Churchill shook his hand to interrupt the Admiral. He turned his head and asked coldly to Doudin: "Sir Doudin, do you still insist that your Air Force will not participate in this retreat plan?"

"Prime Minister, I think this plan is still too risky, if this is a trap for the Germans..."

"Enough!" Churchill interrupted Douding violently.

"Sir Douding, you know, whether the Air Force, the Navy, or the Army exist to protect our great British Empire. Now if those Army soldiers do not withdraw to Britain, then the British Empire will be in a dangerous desperation. It is impossible for you to defend the German offensive by your air force. Please bear in mind that it is worth the loss and cost for the safety of the empire.

And your current performance makes me feel that you have completely lost the dedication, fearlessness and sacrifice spirit that you have to be an English leader. So I now have to consider whether you are still fit to continue serving the empire in your post. Now I give you one last chance. I order you to command your Air Force to cooperate with the implementation of this plan at all costs. Do you understand it? Commander-in-Chief, Air Force? "

"Bright...understand."

Douding listened to Churchill's words and knew that he could not persuade the Prime Minister to change his mind anyway this time. If he continued to object, he would really be ignorant of practice.

Now he finally understands that Churchill has lost his eyes. As long as there is any way to save the current crisis, he will agree to use it, not to mention that the Navy's method is indeed good. It seems that there is indeed hope to successfully rescue the British team. Churchill would of course desperately grab this life-saving straw.

Douding can now almost see his air force being besieged by the German Air Force in Dunker, but he still decided to succumb to the Prime Minister's orders, at least much better than an infamous removal.

"Mr. Dent."

Churchill said to the Secretary of the Army: "Your Army Department will immediately report to Gott, so that at any cost he must be prepared for all evacuations within two days, including clearing the boarding area and organizing the guards, etc. This matter I’ll leave it to your Army Department. If you have any problems, you can find a solution. Remember to prepare within two days. And tell Gott, I won’t allow him to surrender anyway.”

"Observe the order, Prime Minister."

"The current task of the Admiralty is to discuss the details of this action plan with the Air Force again. At the latest, we must carry out this plan on the 31st, so you still have two days to prepare. I still have to find a way to ship some supplies to Gott. If you have any problems to solve, you will now give this plan to you. Now gentlemen!"

Churchill picked up the papers on the table.

"You are here to discuss your problem. I'm going to see His Majesty the King now. See you later, gentlemen." Then Churchill turned and strode out of the meeting room.

The meeting room was quiet for a while, and then there was a noise again. ;

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