Ironside drove through the city of Paris, past a convoy of cars stuck in traffic and out of sight. It was all a convoy out of town, with cars, trucks, and horse-drawn carriages, all of which were piled with luggage and filled with people! The panicked French! The French who don't want to fight at all!

This is in stark contrast to the scene of countless soldiers on buses when the German army approached Paris in the last world war.

Can this generation of French people compare to their brave fathers? The unsettling question kept flashing through Ironside's mind.

The Germans only announced that they were coming to bomb Paris, and sent a few Ju88s to drop leaflets, but not a single bomb actually fell, and the whole city was panicked. If the German tanks had reached the banks of the Marne, wouldn't these French have fallen to their knees and surrendered?

"Did you see that?" Gan Molin shook his head and said, "Everyone is terrified, 10,000 tons of bombs!" 10,000 tons! The Germans are going to blow up Paris! How can they do that? This is Paris! ”

This French commander-in-chief was also terrified! Ironside remembered Xia Fei, who was known for his sluggishness, and although Xia Fei was not smart enough, he was definitely a strong-willed general. But did Gammelin have that will?

"Rest assured, soon there will be a British fighter squadron to defend the skies of Paris." "We're also going to bring the most advanced radar to France so we can get a head start in air combat." ”

Now the French Air Force is being beaten by the Luftwaffe in air battles on the front line, in addition to the poor performance of the aircraft, it is due to the absence of radar! Radar stations deployed in Saarland and Freiburg, Germany, could detect hundreds of kilometers of sky behind the Maginot Line, which was very bad for France.

"Morris, we just got a great victory!" Ironside struggled to squeeze out some smiles, "We have surrounded the Scharnhorst in the Porto do Heroísmo in the Azores!" The German battleship had already suffered heavy damage, and it could not escape. In addition, we are still pursuing and encircling the German aircraft carrier 'Seydlitz', which will not be able to escape either. Because we have occupied Iceland and the Faroe Islands, the return of the 'Seydlitz' has been completely sealed! ”

"By the way, I remembered when you mentioned Iceland and the Faroe Islands," said Ganmarin, touching his chin, "and when I came to the airport, I heard that the Kingdom of Denmark was going to accuse you of the League of Nations, and that the Italian leader Beni Mussolini, the Japanese Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, Molotov, and the President of the United States, Roosevelt, issued statements condemning your aggression. ”

The condemnation of the British Empire is, of course, a very decent thing, which shows that the country is strong and is not afraid of British retaliation. Therefore, only the Soviet, Italy, and Japan, among the six hooligans of the League of Nations, and the US imperialists, who have not joined the League of Nations, stand up and condemn now.

Because Germany is now at war with Britain and France, Dr. Goebel condemns Britain and France every day, which is no longer a problem. And France and Britain are allies, and of course they have to support the British Empire.

As for other countries, there is no squeak for the time being, and they are all waiting to see how things develop.

Of course, a country that condemns Britain does not mean that it is an enemy of Britain. It's just that because these countries are all first-class powers in the world, and now that there is "red fruit" aggression in the world, they always have to show a posture.

When Germany attacked Poland and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, they were also condemned. Britain and France also proposed a resolution in the League of Nations to impose international sanctions on Germany, but because the resolution had not yet been voted on, Poland had already made peace with Germany, so it was not resolved.

And this time, the British Empire is not afraid of any international sanctions, because no country dares to really sanction Britain.

The only thing that really worried the Chief of General Staff of the British Empire was France, an ally that did not seem as reliable as it did more than two decades ago.

Now I wonder if these French are willing to follow the British Empire to occupy Norway? Ironside glanced at the long line of escapees out of the city, and always felt a little unsure in his heart.

……

"Chancellor, the Germans' fleet has all left Wilhelmshaven!"

First Sea Secretary Pound pushed open the door to Churchill's office and told the Admiralty Secretary what he had just received.

"All?" Churchill was stunned.

"Yes, all! Including the 'Gneisenau', the 'Deutschland', the 'Count Hippe', the 'Scheer' and the 'Seckert', as well as 5 light cruisers and 10 destroyers, all sorted! ”

Dumping the nest, this is to be desperate? Churchill frowned, "What do the Germans want to do?" ”

"Probably trying to save the Seydlitz." Pound frowned, and said uncertainly, "It could also be to seize Iceland or the Faroe Islands!" ”

Qiu Fatzi stood up suddenly, and his face darkened suddenly. He sent only 2 disgruntled battalions to occupy Iceland and the Faroe Islands, which were successfully occupied without firing a single shot, because the governments of Iceland and the Faroe Islands did not dare to confront the British Empire.

However, plans for further troop reinforcements to Iceland and the Faroe Islands have not yet been implemented. The two islands currently consist of several hundred British troops, plus several Beaufort torpedo bombers (six in Iceland and three in the Faroe Islands) and Walrus seaplanes (three each in Iceland and Faroe).

In addition, there are several obsolete old ships (the escort HMS Informham, the light cruiser USS Calidon and an old W-class destroyer) and several submarines.

If the Germans had fought back with their navy, they might have been able to take advantage of the British army's unstable foothold and take away Iceland and the Faroe Islands - looking at the scale of the German fleet's sorties, it would have been easy to take the islands! Once Iceland and the Faroe Islands fell into German hands, the trade routes of the British Empire would be cut off.

Thinking of this, Churchill was already in a cold sweat, "We can't let the Germans seize Iceland and the Faroe Islands!" Absolutely not! He shouted, "Prestige, let Prestige go to the Norwegian Sea at full speed!" ”

After the Hood lay down, the Prestige, with a speed of 28 knots (originally 31.5 knots, was reduced after the overhaul), became the fastest ship in the Royal Navy.

Pound replied: "Chancellor, the Prestige and a couple of heavy cruisers are already on their way to the Norwegian Sea!" ”

"Okay, then I'll be relieved." Churchill wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, the Prestige has six 15-inch cannons, although not as good as the "Hood", but it should also be able to deal with the "Gneisenau".

Can you really rest assured? Admiral Pound looked at the somewhat haggard Churchill and thought: If the main force of the German High Seas Fleet and the "Seydlitz" are united, it will be a two-aircraft carrier formation, with at least 20 dive bombers...... When you look back, you must remind the captain of the "Prestige" that you must not take any more risks.

The British Empire was in desperate need of an inspiring victory.

Now that victory is hard to come by, don't get into another battlecruiser and turn victory into defeat!

……

Field Marshal Hersmann, Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht, did not think of seizing Iceland and the Faroe Islands at this time - Germany would later pay a heavy price for his negligence.

Now Hersman is an integral part of history, not a prophet standing on the outside. The course of history has changed because of him, and therefore he is no longer facing the world war he knew, but a new world war!

This morning, he attended a meeting of the High Command in Berlin to discuss the rescue of the "Seydlitz," the start of the conversion of three cruise ships into aircraft carriers, and the "protection" of Denmark.

The first issue was quickly decided, and the remaining main forces of the German Navy were immediately sent to the Danish Straits.

The conversion of a cruise ship into an aircraft carrier was quickly agreed upon - after all, everyone had seen the value of aircraft carriers and the fragility of battleships (not easy to sink, but too easy to be injured, and it would take a long time to repair a single injury).

The latter discussed for several hours before they came to an agreement: first, to secure a peaceful presence in Denmark, and at the same time Denmark did not need to declare war on Britain and France, and preferably to achieve "neutrality under German protection".

The work of convincing the Danish government would be done by the elderly German Emperor Wilhelm, who would tell the Danish king and government that the war between Germany and England and France would not last long, because Germany would soon force France to make concessions with a big bombing.

Of course, the German emperor believed: such an inhumane bombardment would most likely not have happened, because the German Reich was not very demanding. It is only necessary to recover the reparations previously paid, the colonies, the cantons of compensation (referring to the land ceded to Belgium) and the Lorraine-Alsace lands that are partially buried with iron ore......

After the meeting of the High Command, Hersmann went to meet with the Emperor with Schleicher and Hitler, reported to him about the defeat of the navy in the Atlantic, the British occupation of Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and asked him to intervene to fool the Danes, who had no quarrel with the world.

Then Hersmann hurried back to the General Staff in Tsosen, had a light dinner in the canteen, and then went to preside over a very important military meeting to discuss how to "blow up Paris" flat.

"It is not our goal to blow up Paris, it is to deplete the strength of the French and British air forces." "In addition, the air strikes were aimed at paralyzing France and Belgium and making them think that we only wanted to win by bombing," Hersmann said bluntly at the meeting.

In order to achieve these two objectives, the air raids will not be aimed at the urban area of Paris, but the air force airfields and radar stations east of Paris will be the objects that need to be destroyed, and air operations will be carried out as far as possible within the range that can be monitored by the Saarland radar station and the Freiburg radar station. I estimate that the air raids and air battles will continue for several months until the air power of France and Britain is depleted to a weak level, and then the time will come for us to defeat France! (To be continued.) )