If you look at the map, the area of Britain is not large, and the German tank forces, once they land on the British mainland, seem to be just a matter of one foot on the accelerator.

However, this is not the case, although the land area of the United Kingdom is not large, however, the United Kingdom is not the same as France, the Netherlands, these countries, the United Kingdom is mountainous.

France, the Netherlands, and Belgium are all low-lying countries, with flat terrain suitable for the rapid advance of tank troops.

However, Britain is full of mountains.

The terrain of the United Kingdom is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. Its northwest region is dominated by plateaus; while the east and southeast are predominantly lowland.

England occupies the largest part of southern Great Britain, where the terrain is gentle, mostly plains, hills, and marshes. The east coast of England, in particular, has fertile land suitable for farming.

Mostly mountainous, lochs and islands, Scotland has three natural regions: the northern highlands, the central lowlands and the southern hills.

To sum it up simply, the northern part of the island of Great Britain is mountainous, and the southern part is divided into two parts, the eastern part is plain, and the western part is still mountainous.

This is also the reason why the British judged the German landing at Dover, which was the closest to the capital London, and at the same time, it was the easiest to circumvent the mountains and gallop through the flat east of England.

On the Cornish Peninsula, the terrain is still quite steep. (The geography of East China is not good, does this peninsula refer to that small corner in the southwest of England, or is it a large area in the whole southwest of England?) Let's follow this big story here. ）

So, to London, it can only be along the road along the Cornish peninsula, which is the fastest.

And now Germany, what it needs is to attack quickly along the road!

The Marines were the first to land, with two divisions in force, but they did not engage in the war on land, but continued eastward to attack Torbay Harbour, east of Plymouth.

With Plymouth, it is said that Germany already has solid logistical supplies, but the port of Torbay is no less significant, after all, the northwest side of the English Channel is still controlled by the British, what if the British launch a counteroffensive from here?

The 1st Waffen-SS Panzer Division, which had come down first, was already charging at a rapid pace, and for them it was their task to advance, advance at all costs, and rush to London before the British line of defense had been set up.

Now, they are still fighting a blitzkrieg, so that the British cannot react!

Joseph Dietrich, a leading general in the German army, would have had the opportunity to enter the joint command of the three armies in Berlin after the last French campaign, just like Schellner.

However, Dietrich did not like to be a staff officer in the rear, he preferred to fight at the front.

Just past the combat effectiveness, he rushed to the front, chasing Montgomery's troops, all the way to Calais, where the Panther 3 tanks lined up in a wall and pushed the British army into the sea like a bulldozer.

That scene has always been in Dietrich's mind, it was the most hearty battle he fought!

Defeating Britain is the mission given to him by history, before the British react, rush to London, when the Panther 3 tank drives in front of Downing Street, it will be an even more heart-warming scene!

Rush, don't worry about the back, there are naturally newly landed troops behind you, protect yourself! Don't worry about the two wings, the terrain around it determines that it is difficult to deploy an ambush on both flanks, and at the same time, there are no more troops here, there are very few reserves even on the second line, and there is no strength to block the advance of German tanks!

In front of him, the first target, was Exeter.

Just look at the map, Exeter, located on the road from Plymouth to London, the city, can only be beaten down, not bypassed.

It is located in the east-central part of Devon, on the eastern bank of the River Aix, at the foot of a steep mountain. The city is also located in an open plain at the mouth of the Aix and Creti rivers.

It is a major transportation artery, a necessary route, and at the same time, it is also the meeting point of railway lines.

The first railway to pass through Exeter was the Bristol and Exeter railway line of the Great Western Railway in England, and in 1844 St Davids railway station in the west of the city was completed. Later, the South Devon Railway extended the line west to Plymouth.

If this place is not defeated, then the small force of British guerrillas who constantly haunt here hides in the nearby mountains, and it is enough for the German logistics supply team to be busy.

Once the British had come over and occupied the city, they would have choked their throats, and the vanguard of the German army might even be lost on the road to London.

Mechanized troops, the need for logistics is quite large, once the rear road is cut off, the tank is out of fuel, there are no shells, no matter how powerful the army is, it will collapse in an instant.

Tanks can't go around, it's a mining area since ancient times, and the history of mining here can even be traced back to the Stone Age.

For example, there are resources such as tin, lead, zinc, silver, copper and china clay, which are important pillars of the mining economy. In the 50s of the 19th century, the production of tin and red copper here accounted for almost half of the world's mining, and it was one of the most important production areas of tin in the world.

After years of excavation and mining, a large number of abandoned old pits were left here, and it was simply impossible for the tank troops to open a new path.

You can't get around, you can only fight down!

Just as the German army was rapidly rushing towards Exeter, Exeter also sounded the horn of battle.

There are not many garrisons here, only a few hundred people, all of them are second-line troops, but there is just a military column transporting soldiers passing here, and these soldiers happen to be from Plymouth!

The commander of the 27th Brigade, Bernard Oduud, who had been drawn from Plymouth, had been in a hurry in the direction of Dover, but as a result, they waited for an hour or two at the railway station to reach the military train, and after that, they were still grinding until now, and they were not a hundred kilometers from the place of departure.

At Exeter train station, their train stopped for another half hour.

Many people jumped on the platform, after all, it was too uncomfortable inside the stuffy tanker, they were smoking on the platform, waiting for the signal to drive, this time on the battlefield, many people were worried.

As soon as Bernard threw away his cigarette fart and stepped on the platform, he saw the bearded stationmaster running over in a hurry.

"Big Jim, is our train about to start?" Bernard asked.

"No, please get your troops out of the car at once and go into battle, the Germans are coming up soon!" The stationmaster said anxiously. 21010