Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 109: The longest 1 night (1)

The German* team is advancing vigorously. In the vast area from Dover to Folkestone, the main German forces are divided into assault groups from battalion to regiment level, and follow the marching route marked on the map toward their respective attack targets. go ahead. www.geiliwx.com

Guderian has brought his war wisdom and field command skills to the extreme. Under his command, the German* team is like a huge octopus, stretching out strong tentacles in all directions, swarming and grabbing it to touch All objects. At the same time, some keen tentacles began to extend to every corner of the war zone, exploring the surrounding environment, looking for hidden dangers. When all the preliminary work is completed, this strong octopus will contract its strong arms and legs to entangle the largest prey, then squeeze, knead, shred, and send it into the sharp mouthparts inch by inch. Chew into pieces. Although it sounds weird, this is indeed the most vivid description of the German army's mode of action at the time.

With the advancement of these tentacles, a series of small-scale battles broke out in this area. The circuitous defense forces on the outermost line encountered several British reinforcements that were advancing to the Dover theater. The Germans The famous right uppercut has always been fierce and tyrannical. The task of this strengthened assault force is the wristband on the right uppercut arm. They are ordered to destroy all obstacles encountered, and use all means to isolate the war zone from the outside traffic and protect Live on the back of the main force, so when these reinforcements appeared in the sight of the Germans, they were immediately crushed to pieces without mercy.

The First Armored Division of the British Army no longer has to worry about their missing follow-up units. These poor guys marched slowly on the highway in long marching formations, and they were ambushed by the powerful German troops unsuspectingly.

A battalion of lightly armored German troops came out from the woods on the side of the road. These wheeled off-road armored vehicles acted swiftly and tactically. Before that, they had poured unprotected light infantry and heavy trucks from start to end with on-board machine guns and machine guns. The trucks of heavy soldiers and artillery had been machine guns. Many people have no time to escape from the vehicle and were killed in groups in the truck compartment.

This huge convoy stretched for 20 kilometers forward and backward. A mechanized infantry regiment of the German army and a light tank company split into three attacks. They were used to this type of road ambush in France. Pinching the head and beheading the waist and tail, the small team interspersed and surrounded. These tactics have long been extremely proficient.

The performance of the British* team is not much better than that of the French Army. Their resistance only lasted for a short five minutes. In the early days, the infantry were still able to rely on the cover of vehicles and road bases to shoot at the Germans tenaciously under the panic, and even several infantry companies and platoons bravely launched a continuous bayonet charge against the German infantry. But when several command vehicles in the middle of the team and the officers on the vehicle were screened together, the battle situation immediately turned into an irreversible total collapse.

Even if some lower-level officers tried to regain command, the main force of the army has fallen into a complete chaos. The soldiers abandoned their weapons and vehicles, screamed like a woman and fled, and the fields were covered with brown clothes. The figure of the British Army uniform, abandoned guns and helmets, backpacks and various sundries can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road.

Some light vehicles rushed down the road in a panic, and they didn't have much off-road capability, even with full throttle, they could only stagger forward in the soft fields, so they became the best targets for German tanks. The commanders of the second and third tanks follow their preferences. Turn these thin goals into bonfires in the fields.

There are some expensive fuels. For example, a tank platoon leader swore that he saw a brand-new Rolls-Royce Phantom, but he didn't wait for him to order the arrest. That beautiful car was hit continuously by 20mm cannonballs, and the shiny car body was suddenly covered with holes with a big mouth, and the tank platoon leader had to gritted his teeth at the scrapped vehicle and filled it in angrily. A shuttle of tracer incendiary.

It took much more time to capture British prisoners than previous operations. This gave German soldiers a specific understanding of the current combat capabilities of the British Army. Many of them had fought British troops on the borders of Belgium and France. Compared with those stubborn enemies on the French beaches. The batch in front of them is almost like two world creatures.

It took a lot of energy for the German soldiers to catch up with some of the defeated soldiers. Only more than 500 British soldiers died in the battle. In the end, more than two thousand people were captured, and the German army estimated that at least one thousand people had escaped their pursuit.

The panting German infantry said that they couldn't catch up with the remaining British. The group of guys took off only a pair of trousers and ran faster than rabbits. You stop to load the bullet, and when you look up, you find that the guy running wild in front has become a small dot on the horizon.

These soldiers are scattered in the fields and bushes within a radius of more than ten kilometers. The sky has begun to dim. In the end, the German * team can only stop searching, and the companies return to the highway to clean the battlefield and count the weapons and materials they have seized. To establish a night line of defense.

From the beginning of the German attack, dozens of large and small battles before and after, many British soldiers have fled the battlefield. Although the German army has been working hard to continue the time of the battlefield intelligence concealment, it has reached this point. The existence of London has been exposed, and London can no longer be kept in the dark. Then, what is waiting for the Germans must be the craziest counterattack of the British. Guderian and Bock have reached a consensus. The first night after the landing is very important. For many people, it will be a sleepless night. Know how many people may never see the sunrise the next day.

When Churchill received the first British Army report, he was happily inspecting his new command post. The underground shelter in Downing Street proved to be unable to withstand the direct hit of the German 250 kg aerial bomb. The head office must find a stronger and safer place to work.

The new command post was set up in a concrete government office building near Stoly Gate. British constructors filled the first floor of the basement with high-grade cement, leaving only the stairway leading to the second underground floor. This is equivalent to laying a five-meter-thick concrete roof on the top of the second underground floor. The German aviation bombs with the largest tonnage cannot cause damage to them. They also installed a one-foot-thick armored door at the entrance of the basement in order to withstand the inhumane incendiary attack of Germany, which is made of special armored steel. The manufactured door can last for three hours at a high temperature of 2,000 degrees, and will not deform after cooling down, and can be opened and closed smoothly. This was already a very high-end technology at that time.

The space in the underground shelter is very spacious. The small hole in Downing Street cannot be compared with it. The bright lighting system and powerful ventilation system make it impossible to feel that you are deep underground. The British-style interior is combined with snow-white walls and smooth floors. This shelter does not have the depressive feeling of ordinary air-raid shelters.

All this made Churchill feel refreshed. While he was proud of Britain’s advanced civil air defense engineering technology, he ordered the immediate start of preparations for the relocation. He plans to move all the cabinet and the Ministry of War to work here.

Churchill liked this place very much. He decided that he would not go anywhere before the end of the war. He would stay here. He would lead the British people to finish this cruel war. Churchill was full of confidence in this. He estimated that with the generous help of the United States, this process would not be very long, perhaps only a short two years. Just like the last war, the Germans would kneel down again and beg for mercy. Then he will be able to return to Downing Street. . . . Do not. He will stand on the steps of the German Chancellery in Berlin and accept the surrender of the blond boy.

Just as Churchill was sitting in the underground lounge with the smell of wall paint spraying clouds and fog, an army major brought the intelligence that the Army Command had just obtained. Judging from his pale face and the sweat on his face, this would never be the news that Churchill wanted to see.

"This is utter nonsense, at best a few German paratroopers." Churchill dismissed what was written in the report.

"While encountering German infantry attacks, the Germans are equipped with large-caliber artillery. This is simply a fantasy. I have never seen such an absurd report. Can the Germans fly over the strait with cannons? We went deep inland without knowing it. Go behind the Dover fortress to attack a small anti-air security post?" Churchill sneered and threw the report on the table.

"But Prime Minister, this is reported by soldiers who escaped from the post. The Army Command believes that this information should be true. They did encounter the Germans..."

"I think it’s more like a group of deserters making up lies for their absence." Churchill was very dissatisfied with the major’s attempt to overthrow his inferences. He stood up and walked towards the lounge door. Go, after two steps, he suddenly stopped.

"The Army immediately dispatched personnel to investigate the situation in response to this report. Perhaps some German paratroopers have sneaked into the British mainland. I have no doubt that the Germans will do this. They must want to disrupt the rear of the Dover Fortress. Supply line. Once there is a new discovery, report it to me immediately. But you must verify these things before. Don’t just hand in the nonsense of some mentally breakdown soldiers as intelligence. My time cannot be wasted on screening. This information is true and false, this is the job of your army command."

Churchill felt that his good mood was ruined by these stupid army idiots. He frowned and climbed into his special car. His bodyguard Thompson closed the car door for him. This tall former policeman had the skills Agilely bypassed the rear of the car and got into the position of the co-pilot from the other side.

When I returned to Downing Street, the sky had already begun to glow with the pink of the setting sun, and the breeze gently blew across the narrow streets, blowing away the depressing heat on the stone pavement. Churchill dragged a heavy and exhausted body and slowly climbed out of the car. The alcoholism, overeating and staying up late a while ago had severely harmed his health, but Churchill already had a plan. He believed that it had been carefully adjusted and appropriate. He must be able to reawaken his clear and sensitive mind and healthy and powerful body.

When Churchill walked to the door of the underground shelter on Downing Street, he was surprised to find that Marshal Bond, the chief of the Navy’s General Staff, was standing at the door of the shelter to greet him, something that had never happened before. .

"Good afternoon, Marine Marshal." Churchill stepped forward and stretched out his right hand to shake hands with the opponent, but he found that the Marine Marshal, who was always handsome, had a sad expression on his face. The corner of his eyes saw tears flashing.

"What happened, Pound." Churchill stopped. He looked left and right. He saw Pound coming with him, as well as Admiral Thomas Phillips, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy. At that time, the small admiral was also full of sorrow. He lowered his head slightly and carried his big brimmed military hat in his hand.

"Hi Tom, what happened."

"Prime Minister, I just got the report. We think we must let you know this unfortunate news as soon as possible. The British Empire's home fleet was intercepted by the German High Seas Fleet in the strait. The commander of the fleet, Admiral Tovey The heroic battle came to the last moment, and the fleet suffered a lot. We still don’t know the specific situation.

Half an hour ago, a severely injured destroyer fled back to Portsmouth. The base command reported to the headquarters through a communication cable. This destroyer participated in the entire battle and witnessed the entire process. I have Ordered the captain to rush to London immediately for questioning. "Pound said desperately to Churchill. What this news means to the Royal Navy is self-evident. The admiral with the rank of Marshal has tears in his eyes, and hundreds of years of glory are here. Was swept into the dust for a moment.

"Has the news been verified?" Churchill's face turned blue, and the veins of blood vessels burst out of his forehead. He gritted his teeth fiercely, and the muscles around his mandible were tight. Became distorted. He arched his back like an angry lion, ready to launch a violent attack in the next moment.

Churchill paced back and forth at the door. He breathed the cold evening air and forced himself to calm down. Finally, he stood still, turned and said to the two admirals: "Don’t stand at the door, we Go in and say." Then he walked a few steps quickly and took the lead down the stairs of the underground shelter.

At the checkpoint at the entrance, Churchill saw his chief confidential secretary at a glance. She was walking out of the passage with a small handbag.

"Miss Christine." Churchill tried his best to stop his secretary in a tone that he thought was soothing.

"Prime Minister, hello, what's the matter?" The confidential secretary was about to get off work. She had a private appointment during dinner time. The other party was a very handsome civil servant.

"Please issue a notice immediately. I want to convene a plenary meeting of the War Cabinet Military Committee immediately. Please notify the committee members to come here immediately. No excuses are allowed. They must arrive at the command post within half an hour. Order the staff of the armed forces The Chief and the Deputy Chief of Staff attended the meeting at the same time. The situation is very urgent. This is the order of the Prime Minister of the British Empire. Implement it now. Miss Christine~IndoMTL.com~ Churchill issued a call order loudly.

"Yes, your Prime Minister." Christine noticed that Churchill looked very bad, and it seemed that the situation was really urgent. She could only secretly apologize to the civil servant boyfriend, and maybe she could call the other party after she was finished, hoping that she could recognize her explanation and forgive the embarrassing missed appointment.

Churchill walked into his command room with two admirals, where a huge map of Britain hung.

"Tell me what you know, where Tovey fought the last fight." Churchill sat on his special sofa and lit a cigar, which he used to stabilize his emotions again Effective means of thinking.

"According to the report, it should be this sea area. Tovey played tenaciously..." Admiral Phillips picked up a pointer and drew a circle on the strait map. (To be continued)

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