Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 95: Good news

At six o'clock in the morning on d, Churchill woke up from above, he pressed the side bell. According to the usual habits of Baidu's search for Geli Literature.com, the first thing he wakes up every morning is to listen to the confidential secretary's latest situation report, and then choose whether to continue to rely on or wash and eat breakfast according to his mood.

The dedicated lady encountered the worst situation in her career. The Prime Minister drank too much last night and woke up too early in the morning. As soon as the confidential secretary entered the door, he felt the almost freezing low air pressure in the room, and the prime minister was suffering from a hangover and insomnia. The shrewd confidential secretary did not dare to slack off. After having had several terrible experiences, she knew very well that any small mistake at this time would trigger a terrible thunderstorm.

Churchill was sitting with his back on his head, the quilt pulled to his chest, and two pillows under his waist. He twisted his body laboriously, picked up the ashtray on the cupboard and placed it on his stomach, then picked out the half cigar from the ashtray that he had not smoked last night. The confidential secretary hurriedly walked over and picked up a box of matches from the cupboard. To him.

"Thank you, Miss Christine. I have any good news today. I think I have never needed good news like I do now." Churchill lit his cigar, shook out the match in his hand, and threw the soot. In the tank. He has a terrible headache now, like an awl is constantly poking his brain. Over the past few weeks, the pressure of war has forced him to work hardly sleepless day and night, resting for less than three hours a day, but the situation in Britain has not improved at all. , But it gets worse and worse.

The Germans made several huge cuts in the arteries of the British Empire. The sunless giant is losing blood quickly, and there is no way to deal with it.

The Army has worked very hard to restore its strength. They have undertaken 90% of the tasks of the homeland defense project. The efforts and sacrifices made by the commanders and generals are obvious to all, but the final result is getting more and more chilling. The lack of weapons and equipment, the shortage of officers and non-commissioned officers, the reduction of training time for soldiers, and the expansion of the age range of conscription. . Although there is no shortage of soldiers, the army formation speed just cannot increase. The War Department put a bunch of empty shell units with famous names in an attempt to confuse the Germans. Churchill can only use awards and promotions to boost the morale of these rookies. In the end, Churchill is no longer interested in what kind of effect he can achieve. He only hopes that these young soldiers can fight for the honor of the British Empire like their predecessors.

Dowding of the Air Force disappointed him. That kind of cowardly performance is simply blatantly advancing the enemy, but Churchill not only cannot punish him, but also defends him in the cabinet. He must protect his most loyal subordinates, especially in this critical moment. Cohesion is the most important thing. Once people's hearts are dispersed, then everything is over.

The performance of the Royal Navy is simply unsightly. Churchill has served as Secretary of the Navy for two terms. During his tenure, he constantly introduced the latest technology and equipment, and studied the latest tactics. He promoted a group of young admirals and worked hard to eliminate the staleness of the British Navy. It can be said that the modern Royal Navy was completely built by him. But it is obvious that his reforms did not succeed, or that the stubborn forces in the Navy were deeply rooted. The Royal Navy seems to have an incredible instinct to restore, waiting until he left the position of Minister of the Navy. The interior of the navy will immediately return to its original state, and his efforts will only bring some new toys to the navy. With his downfall, the equipment development plan has all stalled.

Now the British Royal Navy has eaten the bitter fruit they planted themselves, and the Germans have caught up with and surpassed them in equipment and technology. Although a large part of the fiasco at the Battle of Dunkirk was caused by human error, especially since he played the most important role in promoting it, he was not prepared to shirk his responsibility, but the subsequent series of Atlantic **** wars Failure, this is entirely the Royal Navy's own problem.

The high-level navy of the Cannon Giant Ship faction had a terrible short-sightedness in submarine technology and tactics. After experiencing the painful lessons of World War I, they still did not want to make progress, did not conduct special research on them and carried out some research. Targeted equipment development. The destroyers of the Royal Navy are still using the equipment developed during World War I. It has been proved that these things can not suppress the German submarine attacks.

But the victory of World War I blinded the eyes of the British. They were intoxicated in the halo of victory. The German surrender proved that the submarine was just a crooked way, and the artillery ship was the key force in determining the outcome of the war. Now these crooked ways have once again choked the British pipes, and the artillery ship has no effect on this.

The destruction of the Somerville Fleet once again dealt a heavy blow to him. Prior to this, Churchill had been very arrogant. He believed that the plans he made were perfect and the strategic directions were correct, but his subordinates were implementing them. There were some deviations in the process, and some obstacles that had never been encountered before. The failure was just luck, and it did not mean that there was any problem with the plan. Gallipoli’s landing and Dunkirk’s retreat were completely achievable in theory. It was only poor luck that led to the final disastrous defeat. But this time Somerville's failure severely hit Churchill's self-confidence. This time, he worked out the plan alone, without anyone else participating. He was the first to introduce aircraft into the Royal Navy, and he also developed an aircraft carrier with his support. Churchill thought no one would be better than him. Knowing this kind of ship and how to use her, I didn't expect that it would be a blow in the end.

When he received the Navy report, Churchill was utterly depressed. This failure severely damaged his self-esteem and self-confidence. Therefore, the local fleet’s raid plan, Churchill only issued a combat order and proposed a combat goal. He threw all the specific plans and operations to the Royal Naval Command. From beginning to end, he insisted on signing and detaining. Stay honestly in the war cabinet and wait for the final report. Poor Tovey until the moment he died. They all thought that the plans and orders this time were all the same as before. Churchill personally formulated and issued them, and never thought it was the naval command's own plan. He showed it to the dog.

When Churchill started smoking his cigar, the confidential secretary started the early morning briefing. The clever confidential secretary had predicted that this morning would not be well, so he rearranged the order of the report very skillfully. Report some bad news first, then add some slightly better news, and put the best news at the end, so that Churchill will not be bothered by bad news and can keep a good mood and start working.

First, the French Petain government issued a formal protest to the British Empire government. The content of the protest book does not need to be stated one by one. The key is that the French have a very tough attitude. The sentence is extremely fierce, and a lot of space is used to slam the British government's treachery without shame, and ask the British government to give a clear statement to punish those responsible and compensate France for its losses. Otherwise, it will seriously hurt the feelings of the French people, affect the relationship between the two countries, and embark on a path that no one wants to see. Anyway, in the eyes of expert diplomats, this document can be seen as a pre-war notice. Of course, Churchill dismissed this. The person responsible for this incident is himself. Is it possible to punish the person responsible for him to resign? Those prodigal dogs on the mainland really dare to think. Churchill curled his lips, brushed the soot, and motioned for the secretary to continue.

German bombers bombed Oxford again, turning several large estates there to ashes. The local fire department was completely helpless with this special incendiary bomb, which is very difficult to extinguish, as reported by towns on the southern coast. It can even burn in water.

Churchill frowned. This thing has caused him too much trouble. He has ordered someone to take charge of this project, contacting chemistry experts from various universities, and trying to find the way to restrain this flame in the shortest possible speed. method. The military immediately organized experts to arrive at the bombing site to investigate and take samples, but the feedback received was not very good. Because the fuel was burned sufficiently and the site was contaminated by other impurities, it was impossible to obtain fuel samples.

Now I can only pray for a failed unexploded bomb. But it’s simple to say, and it’s not easy to realize it. This thing is filled with incendiary agent. Even if the fuze fails, other incendiary bombs can detonate it. You can only get samples by God’s will. Churchill nodded again and motioned for the secretary to continue.

The next thing is about the German bombing, to be precise, the aftermath of the bombing. Yesterday afternoon, Churchill had learned of the outbreak of refugees along the coast, but the government did not obtain the complete incident report and recorded data until midnight, which really understood the seriousness of the incident.

From noon on that day, it is estimated that between 1.7 million and 2 million people have fled their homes. A large part of them have been dispersed to several large cities near London, and some are still there. Migrating to the north without stopping. Due to the huge number of people, the garrisons and police along the route did not dare to stop them. The Self-Defense Forces along the road just guarded the entrances and exits of their respective villages and towns to prevent the influx of refugees, and the rest would not interfere.

With the arrival of refugees, there are all kinds of weird rumors, most of which are extremely alarmist, but there is a very market for the low-level residents. Many urban residents and villagers have heard those rumors and joined the fleeing. Team. The police arrested some fugitives on the streets for the crime of refugees, but they couldn't stop the group's panic escape. The Police Department interrogated some of them and found that some people actually didn't want to leave their homeland at all, but at that time everyone in the village was preparing to flee. They would starve to death if they stayed there, so they could only follow the brigade. The Metropolitan Police Agency asked the Cabinet to give greater powers to strengthen the control of some refugees entering London.

Until 12 o'clock last night, there were still 600,000 people stranded on the highways leading to the north. What worries the government is that many villages and towns along the southern coast have been deserted, and the local People’s Self-Defense Forces have all fled. It can be said that from 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon until Churchill read this document, most of the southern coast of England is Unguarded.

Hearing this, Churchill was taken aback, but then he thought that it didn’t matter whether there were guards on those coasts. The Germans would definitely choose to land in Dover. As long as the army arrived there in time, it would be fine. Defend the two ports, as long as the Germans repel this landing, there will be no major wars this year. However, some troops must be mobilized to re-establish the coast guard post. Churchill planned to specifically raise this issue at the daily meeting of the chief of staff in the morning.

The confidential secretary continued to report that the war on the European continent had stabilized, and Germany and France had ceased war for a long time. The attitude of the two parties was very good, but the conflict between the French and Italian borders began to heat up. The Italian army launched another fierce attack on the French Alps border defense line the day before yesterday. At the same time, three mountain divisions and two aviation regiments were dispatched. The result was still relaxed by the French army. He fought back. It is said that the Italians were attacked by intensive large-caliber artillery and a large number of automatic weapons, and the frontline troops suffered heavy losses. The Italian Air Force also encountered stubborn resistance from the French Air Force. France claimed to have shot down 47 Italian aircraft. But Italy only admitted that two bombers were missing in the mountains due to trekking.

Churchill’s impression of this is that the clown is dying again, and it’s not surprising that the noodles will suffer this fate completely on their own. It is not surprising at all. In contrast, he is still right, France showed in this battle. Pay more attention to their strength. This, on the other hand, confirms that France has indeed secretly made peace with Germany, or has reached a deal. The Germans must be secretly supporting French weapons and equipment, as the intelligence agencies have guessed.

Two months ago, France was still crying that its weapons factories were all in enemy hands and asked Britain to support heavy artillery and aircraft. So where did the weapons used to hang noodles come from? If the French army were so vigorous, it would have fallen to the point where the capital was captured by others.

Churchill decided to meet again with the spy head of the MIB. Menzies seemed to be preparing something on the front line in Dover, just in time for him to come back for a report. By the way, let him step up his efforts to clarify the problems between France and Germany.

Next is the report on Dover, at ten o'clock last night. The reorganized First Armored Division and the Fifth and Sixth Infantry Divisions finally arrived at Dover and Folkestone. However, from eleven o'clock, the large-caliber heavy artillery cluster deployed by the Germans on the Wissant line began to bombard the Fort Dover and the city of Folkestone. It is said that two or three large-caliber artillery shells fall every minute, and German bombers continue to drop bombs at the two places. Since 3 o'clock this morning, Dover has lost contact with us.

Folkestone’s Army units have been using radio to maintain contact with the Kent Command Post, according to Army reports. Local buildings and coastal defense positions were severely damaged, and military personnel suffered heavy casualties. The large forces have already withdrawn from the city, leaving only a small number of soldiers on guard. At present, artillery and air raids are still going on intermittently, and the attacks have not yet weakened. At the same time, no German landing fleet was found on the sea. The last contact was at 6 o'clock in the morning, and no new reports were received after that.

Churchill breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that his judgment is correct. Germany is preparing artillery fire for the landing of the two places. Since the artillery is still going on, it means that the landing has not yet begun. The Germans must launch it in these two days. Land, and discuss it later in the joint chiefs of staff meeting to see what troops can be deployed to strengthen the defensive force there.

The following content is good news for Churchill. The Canadian government finally couldn't bear the pressure of the domestic guardians and passed a resolution to mobilize two infantry divisions at the end of this month to come to the British mainland. Escort. Although far away can't quench the near thirst, but after all, it is the reinforcements that have fallen for nothing. When the German landing is repelled, when there are two more infantry divisions in the hand, then the British mainland will be defended. Churchill sneered at the combat effectiveness of the Canadian soldiers, but he still had some coveting for their weapon supplies. As long as the time comes, the Canadians would not dare to complain.

The last piece of news made Churchill feel more energetic. The secret agreement with the United States was finally signed. Originally, Churchill was mentally prepared to be hit hard. After all, the British had a lot of history and didn't have much credibility. But what is interesting is that Franklin Ross has shown exceptional generosity. Britain has not suffered any loss in the transaction, and it can even be said that it has taken a big advantage.

The United States agreed to the British government's use of British assets in the United States for mortgage loans, and the interest rate is also very low. The United States will provide 500,000 m1917 rifles in stock, five hundred 75mm artillery pieces, and 5,000 Maxim Machine guns, rifles, and machine guns each have 1 million rounds of ammunition, and each gun comes with 1,000 rounds. Among them, 200,000 rifles and 300 cannons have already been shipped. The United States even privately stated that it can send destroyers to help escort, but the destroyers can only fly the British flag. At the same time, the British special mission has begun to discuss the purchase of tanks and aircraft with the United States. The United States said that because it does not have much equipment, it can only resume production. However, if the British * needs urgently, the United States can add its own army equipment. Some are drawn out, and the specific quantity is now being discussed, and the results should be obtained soon.

This is the best news that Churchill has received this month. It seems that his cousin is a little impatient. Churchill knows very well that this transaction is good for both parties~IndoMTL.com~especially for the positive For the other party in trouble, saving Britain is actually saving himself.

"What a wonderful day, Christine, is General Ismay here?" Churchill smiled and put the cigar in the ashtray, then handed it to the secretary.

"It hasn't arrived yet, do I need me to invite him?" The confidential secretary took the ashtray and placed it on the cabinet.

"In ten minutes, invite him to the small restaurant to meet me. What is today's breakfast?"

"Mashed potatoes and fried bacon, and boiled eggs."

"Great, I like bacon."

Churchill lifted the quilt, climbed down, stretched out, and walked towards the bathroom. At this moment, the headache seems to have gone away from him, his mood has never been so comfortable, and Britain's future is full of hope. (To be continued) WWW.GEILIWX.COM Happy reading every day