The Gibraltar Naval Base is home to the British Navy's H Fleet and most of the Mediterranean Fleet. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIt is heavily defended, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has always been a key overseas military base operated by the United Kingdom.

This small peninsula jutting out of the mainland is topography of the most impressive - this small peninsula is separated from Spain by a large mountain.

Straddling between Gibraltar and the Spanish mainland, the mountain is like a huge wall, which acts as a defense and barrier.

For many years, the war of attacking Gibraltar from the Spanish direction ended in a British victory. The topography of Gibraltar is a reliable guarantee that Gibraltar will never fall.

Inside the command in Gibraltar, Sir Somerville tossed aside the telegram from home with a look of disdain on his face: "What are you kidding? Churchill was simply insane and chose to believe the nonsense of the Germans. ”

Beside him, Cunningham, whose face was full of embarrassment, said with a wry smile: "It's not a bad thing for me to return to China immediately." ”

Churchill's telegram to Gibraltar said nothing. The above is just for Cunningham to go home and go to some places to give a few inspirational speeches.

After all, he was a combat hero, a great commander who led the Mediterranean fleet to the victory of the attack on Benghazi, and it was reasonable to make two speeches.

Only, because Dudley? Pound then sent another telegram, making Churchill's telegram a huge joke.

Dudley? Since Pound was ready to give Churchill a little color to the mess everywhere, he had no intention of keeping it a secret for Churchill.

The admiral got the matter straight to the ground, and told His Majesty the King, Cunningham and Somerville on the other.

Somerville was originally commanding the H Fleet to guard Gibraltar, and the pressure was already very high, and after hearing the news, he really became angry.

The arrival of the Mediterranean Fleet, Cunningham, the preeminent commander, shared the pressure on Somerville. Now that Cunningham is going home, Somerville, of course, scolds the streets.

If it is discussed, Pound's doing this is indeed a bit of a futile matter, and it can be said that it is a matter of deli? Pound's telegram, in fact, is still below.

At the end of the message, General Pound wooed Cunningham and Somerville, inviting both of them to "support" him in times of need and to take the necessary measures against the prime minister.

Cunningham hasn't said anything yet, but Somerville is a little moved. Because in the eyes of the naval commander, who has been stationed in Gibraltar for a long time, the Prime Minister has indeed gone too far lately.

The espionage investigation against the Navy has created a miasma within the Navy; Immediately after that, before the Navy could find out the reason, the same thing happened to the Air Force; In the end, the intelligence agencies themselves were in chaos, and the entire top brass was in danger, and the strategic confrontation was always half a beat slower than the enemy.

As a soldier, Somerville was truly disappointed in this war.

Look at the war so far, what kind of things have been fought: sit back and watch the Germans take out Poland, and in the battle of the three Low Countries, the main force was almost wiped out.

Norway was not kept, and Denmark was also occupied. The supply of iron ore, which was originally in his hands, turned into German trophies.

Finally, he retreated at Dunkirk and fled back to his homeland, leaving France alone to be defeated by Germany, and almost all of Europe was given to the Germans......

The Mediterranean is now lost, the Balkans are also in a passive retreat, and the Suez Canal is now the fat on Rommel's lips.

The mainland was bombed into ruins by German planes, and the sea lines of communication were turned upside down by German submarines!

It is difficult to say that this kind of war from beginning to end has nothing to do with the clumsy command of Mr. Prime Minister. Somerville was very supportive of Pound's idea that if the war did not end, it would be a different person to lead Britain.

"An order is an order, and I'm still going back." Cunningham didn't have Somerville's mood anymore, and with a hint of helplessness, he said lonely.

In fact, he also remembered his brother in a German prisoner of war camp. If he continued to command the British fleet, it would inevitably have some adverse effects on his younger brother.

Cunningham felt compelled to relinquish command of the Mediterranean Fleet and return home to do work that was relatively more acceptable to all.

"What are you going back for? If I were you, say I'm sick. Somerville opened his mouth and persuaded: "Anyway, here I am, I will testify to you!" ”

Somerville was well-intentioned, but Cunningham was a little disheartened. He took the Mediterranean Fleet from birth to death, all the way to Gibraltar, and what awaited him was not flowers and applause, but doubts and defense.

are all generals who lead troops all year round, who does not have three points of fire. Cunningham really wanted to go back and meet Churchill and ask him why he would rather trust an enemy he had never met than his own generals.

In fact, the question he wanted to ask, Turing also wanted to ask, and there were many, many more generals who committed suicide, and they all wanted to ask a clear question.

The previous frequent investigations and quarantines have exhausted people's patience and enthusiasm. Now everyone has not broken out, it is just that there is no reason to break out.

If Cunningham returns home and gives these people a reason, then these people will definitely support Cunningham and question Churchill's various irregularities for so long.

"What can I do when you're gone? Do you want to see these fools ruining the Navy ships? Look at these plans, it's a mess, and my head hurts when I look at it. Somerville reluctantly threw a document to Cunningham,

It was ordered to transfer the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle of the Mediterranean Fleet, as well as the aircraft carrier HMS Tejour, to return to the field airfield in Gibraltar with a batch of Hurricane fighters!

Using an aircraft carrier as a transport ship - the British Navy's top brass was so personal that they had no friends.

Of course, Churchill's original plan was for these two aircraft carriers to transport fighter jets to the island of Crete.

It was only because of the change in plans that the two aircraft carriers did not have to go to Crete to die. The US side intends to take off the plane from Australia, transfer to Myanmar and India, and fly to the Middle East.

The route was much safer than venturing the Mediterranean, so the British agreed to the plan.

In order to save time, the United States assisted 50 British P-40 fighters, along with 100 B-17 bombers, from distant Australia to Crete.

With new planes to cover American bombers, Churchill decided that adding about 50 Hurricane fighters to Crete was useless, so he was assigned to Gibraltar.

"I heard that the Air Force has a large operation plan on the island of Crete, against the German oil fields." Cunningham looked at the papers, then spoke.

He pointed to the map and made a comparison in the port of Benghazi: "There is a large amount of oil in the port of Benghazi, which is a fact that my air force has discovered. ”

At this point, he turned back to Somerville: "This shows that the Libyan oil fields should not be far from Benghazi." ”

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to Crete in the distance and said: "Crete is not far from Benghazi, and the range of the Americans' long-range bombers should be enough." ”

"Maybe this is good news, but the Germans can't be unguarded." Somerville is pessimistic about this action.

After commenting on his point, Somerville walked to the front of the map and said to Cunningham: "Don't forget, the Germans have a 'shadow'!" ”

The shadow was the first to be discovered by Somerville, and he was also the most direct victim. His battleship Resolve was sunk because of Shadow's intelligence, and the entire trebuchet project failed because of Shadow.

So Somerville was jealous of the shadow, and he went on to Cunningham: "It is quite possible that the Germans know our plans, because the shadows know our plans!" ”

Cunningham was also jealous of the Shadow, as he had been suspected by Churchill of being a member of the Shadow Force. He knew that the shadow had brought a series of failures to the Navy and Air Force, and the same was true for the Army.

Some have already blamed the defeat of the French campaign on the ravages of shadows. The Dunkirk retreat was also rendered as a planned "release" of the Shadow Force to infiltrate Britain.

Many of the officers who have been through Dunkirk have become the subject of key scrutiny. Censorship across Britain is spiraling out of control, and Churchill's actions on all sides have provoked outrage.

If the Germans already knew about the plans on Crete...... Cunningham stood in this position and pushed back, and was stunned for a moment.

He looked back at Somerville and saw the same fear in the latter's eyes! Germany was fully involved in the Balkan war yesterday, and the German armored torrent has rushed into Yugoslavia!

Could it be that all this was actually a defensive response by the Germans after learning of the plans of the Americans? They are trying to eliminate the hidden danger of Triek Island, which is why they stormed the Balkans?

"Hell!" Thinking of this, the faces of both men contorted. The Germans probably really already knew about the plans of the British, knew the secrets of Crete.

"How can this be fought? They know everything, how can this battle be fought? Somerville sat back in his chair and grumbled with tears in his face.

Cunningham was also defeated, and in the face of such an enemy, how easy was it to get a victory? He now knew why he had succeeded in taking the plunge to attack Benghazi - if this decision had been approved by the Home Command, he Cunningham and the Mediterranean Fleet might have sunk into the sea by now to feed the fish!

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