Chapter 471: The Turn of Dunkirk

Once again, belossal butterfly bombs littered the beaches and harbors. And the rocket artillery sent the cold of the blizzard to the back of the Anglo-French army, and the port was even more crowded.

Chaos sounded again in the thick fog, shouting, cursing, and cries mixed in the thick fog and churned, but when the dense gunfire pierced through the thick fog, making people's hearts tighten, all kinds of sounds were an octave. But soon after, all kinds of noisy voices sounded again in the other direction. The dense fog not only obscured their whereabouts, but also made management more difficult. If it weren't for the fact that the people of London had long been accustomed to the sins of the fog, I am afraid that the situation would be even worse.

But the good opportunity to retreat was wasted, and on the 28th, although there were more than 7,000 people transported out under the shelter of fog, it was less than half compared to the original 17,804 people in history, which was also the credit of the increase in civilian ships.

On the afternoon of the 29th, the weather began to clear, and the Germans, who knew about the change in the weather through the weather forecast, had been prepared for a long time. As soon as the weather cleared, German planes flew over the harbor and the strait, and began the heaviest attack since the beginning of the war. Although the tank units had been withdrawn and were ready to be put into the red plan to attack the rest of France, there were rocket artillery to open the way, a large number of demoralizing the Anglo-French forces, and the ground troops were advancing all the time, and they could already look out to sea.

The British also knew that when it was most dangerous, in times of crisis, there were always people who stood up and fought hard, but more people lost their resistance and fled backwards. In the end, the darkness saved them, and when it was nightfall, the Germans, who felt that victory was in their hands, stopped their attack in the dark of night and waited for the British and French forces to surrender.

The British also debated whether to surrender or not, seeing that the Germans were approaching, but less than 20,000 men were evacuated, which meant that the remaining 100,000 British troops could never return home. There is not only a captive camp waiting for them, but it may also be hell. No matter how the people at the top discussed, many people below raised their hands when the Germans attacked. They have lost the confidence to resist, if they can withdraw, they will naturally run backwards, if they can't reach the beach, then simply surrender, and there will be a chance to go home.

While there was constant quarrel above, the evacuation of the seaside was still busy, and tonight there was no mass harassment from the Germans, and the British evacuated nearly 20,000 people in one go.

The British, who immediately changed some of their weak rhetoric and issued a strong statement, planning to refute the Germans after two days, but in the next two days, they still had to negotiate with the Germans to get more people out.

They unleashed all sorts of relations, so that the Germans did relax, and during the entire day of the foggy day on the 30th, the British again evacuated 20,000 men. But such news could not have been concealed from the Germans, who felt fooled and immediately attacked with submarines at night. The Air Force also dropped butterfly bombs with the help of the last remaining signal source, and the passage was once again violently broken. Thanks to the increasingly skilled organization, the Allies also withdrew about 10,000 men that night.

When the 31st of the next day came, the German army began to move forward step by step, once again compressing the space of the British and French forces. This accelerated the retreat of the British, and informed the Germans of the strongly worded statement, and Churchill's stinking tone came to life.

"Attack! Attack with all your might! Lao Xi said angrily, and the door to the last hope for peace talks with Britain and France was closed.

After noon on the 31st, the dense fog began to dissipate again, making the German attack more sharp, and the more the Anglo-French defense line shrank, the more the power of the intensive rocket artillery attack was revealed. The Anglo-French lines began to falter again.

"Hold on, as long as we hold on, the ship of victory will take us home." Montgomery shouted that he had shown tenacity in the battle. But the soldiers under him were already a little frightened. The Germans were approaching, and there was an evacuation channel behind them, and everyone felt like they were evacuating in front of the last ship.

The remaining Allied artillery temporarily blocked the German footsteps with a barrage of bullets, and the German artillery was also constantly returning fire, and the extended artillery fire was also aimed at the large ships in the sea from time to time, and the continuous falling shells caused the German submarines to withdraw. In such a situation, even if you are not injured by the naval guns escorted by the British, you will be hit by various artillery on the shore. The water columns rising everywhere on the surface of the sea make it impossible to avoid it.

In addition to the water column splashed by the shells, the bombs dropped by the German bombers in the sky, the splashed water column was higher. However, the warships that the British had previously destroyed submarines had also suffered heavy losses, which made the British upper echelons directly issue an order to withdraw the latest destroyers to defend the homeland. By the time this battle had been fought, the British army had been greatly damaged, but the British were the most powerful in the navy. As long as the navy is not lost, it is not easy for his homeland to have problems.

These orders in the top level already have the intention of abandoning these soldiers, and anyway, they have already worked hard and evacuated sixty or seventy thousand people, which is enough to explain to the people. And on the other hand, they also felt the threat of the German navy.

The German attack was not only from the air and land, but the fleet of Yamato-class battleships slowly withdrew from the Norwegian side and cruised around Scotland, making the British extremely nervous. The fighting in Norway had largely subsided, and with the exception of parts of the north, which had not yet been captured, the rest of the country was under German control.

On the 21st, a force of more than 20,000 people, consisting of Norwegian, Polish, French and British, under the cover of ships and aircraft, reoccupied Narvik, intending to once again jam the choke point of the German iron ore transport line. But at this time, the Western Front was in danger, and the fleet led by the terrifying Hindenburg began to surround it, which made this coalition force have to abandon Narvik early and voluntarily.

The war in Norway was almost over, and the Yamato-class battleship turned its bow again and led its team to the North Sea. So this time, the British withdrew not only those destroyers, but also some advanced aircraft, just to ensure the safety of the home port first.

However, there were more than 100 British planes in the sky near Dunkirk, covering the passing ships and making them as vulnerable as possible to bombers. But this could not stop the bombing of merchant ships by Stuka and Ju-88. Lao Xi was ruthless, and after resting for a while, the sky was already covered with swastikas.

The relevant news was not concealed for long, and the agents planted by the Germans in the Allied forces also took the opportunity to spread rumors. The news that the high-level has fled by boat or plane is even more chaotic.

Before that, there may not have been much such news, but now that the Germans had forced themselves to the beaches and harbors, and the upper echelons had already planned to abandon them, the soldiers also felt that something was wrong, and a large number of soldiers retreated, heading towards the harbor and the beach, intending to catch the last boat.

On the 31st, the wind and waves became stronger, not as calm as yesterday, which made it more difficult to evacuate, not only those inland river ships were easily overturned by the waves, but even the temporary trestle at the head of the stall was hit by the wind and waves and it was difficult to stop. The difficult evacuation work only added to the anger in the hearts of the confused crowd.

In this case, even if someone wanted to organize, no one listened, and people began to go crazy trying to grab an empty seat on the ship. The philosophical maxim that human nature is inherently evil seems to have been proven at this time. The cries of being crowded in the crowd, the screams of being trampled under the feet of everyone, and the cries for help being thrown into the sea became clearer and clearer in the sound of approaching artillery fire. Even the sound of gunfire could not be suppressed.

The law enforcement team began to raise their guns, but more barrels of guns stuck out from behind the fallen crowd, and the soldiers in the front row fought back as shields. For a while, there was a lot of gunfire, and the cries of the French people who followed were instantly drowned out by the gunshots, but there were more and more wounded people lying on the ground.

"Surrender, we surrender, and we can still go home!" There was shouting in the crowd.

"Deserters are shot immediately!" An officer immediately noticed that something was wrong and shouted loudly.

"The high-ranking officers have fled!" Someone continued to shout.

"Don't believe them, it's a spy who spreads rumors!" Montgomery stepped forward. The appearance of the senior officer calmed the mood of the crowd a little, and the German agent who had just mixed in with the crowd was quickly recognized as one of them, who fell to the ground and was trampled to death after being punched and kicked by the angry crowd.

But as more soldiers were withdrawn from the front, more ships were covered, and the chaos on the harbors and beaches was crowded, and the discontent of the people grew.

"Boom!" Immediately after a loud thunderclap on a sunny day, a huge crater appeared on the beach. As if struck by a meteorite, the charred walls of the crater were covered with some shiny melted dark glass. The soldiers who fell around were all bleeding, and those who were bleeding from their mouths and noses and crawling and shouting were more fortunate than those who never managed to get up again near the pit. The stump and severed arm that remained in the pit were soaked and tumbled, and they were slowly submerged by the blood seeping out from the side, leaving only a few severed fingers facing the sky exposed.

"Naval guns!" The British are very familiar with this kind of loud noise, and some people look in the direction of the sea breeze, and the figure of a huge warship is like a mountain peak rising in the sea in the brilliance of the sunset through the gunsmoke, which looks particularly majestic. But the hideous muzzle of the cannon quickly reminded people that this is a murderous weapon made by modern civilization.

"God! It's the Hindenburg! Someone exclaimed. Hearing the exclamation, the people who were stunned by the giant ship came to their senses.

"Hindenburg? How dare it sail into the English Channel? "Perhaps the British fleet could not successfully block it, but in the face of the great array of mines all over the strait, ordinary ships were terrified, and the German treasure Hindenburg actually took the risk?

But they didn't hesitate for long, the earth-shaking naval guns sounded again, and the ground seemed to be struck up by Thor's hammer again, and in the crater just now, sand particles continued to roll down, lifting the blood water at the bottom of the pit, and where there were several thick smoke on the beach, there must have been new craters again.

And a cloud of fire once again rose in the direction from which the Germans were attacking, and the scream of the familiar rocket artillery resounded again in a place where flames were rising.

"Surrendered, surrendered. We can't run! Someone shouted, followed by more. Although I don't know how the Yamato-class battleship came over, when his figure appeared in the English Channel, the British and French forces were desperate.

The Hindenburg was still slowly sailing under the escort of several destroyers and torpedo boats, and the ships passing by the British did not have to give way, and pressed directly over, the crunching sound of metal grinding could be heard far away, but the broken pieces of wood were still floating on the sea. The savage ramming of the Yamato-class battleship, a sea tank, against those thin-skinned merchant ships, immediately frightened the transport ships at sea, and immediately two merchant ships blocking the direction of the battleship raised white flags.

The chain of white flags was hoisted one after another, and even most of the coalition forces on the beach and in the port also raised the white flag. At least the Germans treated their captives with a gentlemanly demeanor. After many soldiers gave up resistance, the Germans quickly rushed forward.

At dusk on the last day of May, white flags were planted everywhere, except for a few places where resistance continued.

After the appearance of the Yamato-class battleship in the dusk, it was like the last straw on the back of a camel, which directly caused the collapse of the British and French forces. Not many people thought that they could escape through that mountain-like ship, and surrendering to save their lives became the best choice for the soldiers. As for the country and honor, there is no fear at this time, and the tears of relatives in the cage have weight.

On 1 June, the Germans took Dunkirk in full swing.

"The Anglo-French forces have finally surrendered!" Meng Xiang, who received this information for the first time, breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel a little proud of his decision.

Seeing that the Germans did not have a very good trick for the retreat of the British and French forces, Meng Xiang had to throw out his hidden trick. The third Yamato-class battleship was delivered to the eyes of the Germans, so that Lao Xi finally relented and was willing to send a Yamato-class battleship to deter. The second battleship, which had just been refitted, was under the control of the Germans, and after a short stop in the Belgian port of Antwerp to rest according to the diagram of the mine array provided by the heavens, and the channel that had been broken by the fog until the fog, and then appeared at the passage where the British had evacuated. All at once shattered the confidence of the British and French forces to resist.

"I'll be back!" Montgomery, who had performed well in this battle, was ordered to withdraw to the country with a group of high-ranking officers on the plane that had come to meet them, and before boarding, he looked at the Hindenburg in the distant strait, and then at the last rays of the sunset on the beach, and could not help but whisper. He didn't know that he had stolen someone else's lines, but his mood was a little heavy.

At this point, the Allied army, which had gathered more than 140 divisions and more than 3 million men, ended in defeat. Dunkirk evacuated just over 70,000 soldiers, including only 40,000 British expeditionary forces, and the other 100,000 were imprisoned in prisoner of war camps along with more than a million other Allied soldiers. The vast majority of the Allied armament, as well as a large amount of equipment and military supplies, were left in France and fell into the hands of the Germans. The coalition forces, which fled and surrendered in a hurry, did not even have time to blow up.

The Germans suddenly became famous. With the strength of one country, it is indeed worthy of pride to defeat Britain and France, which are known as the most powerful alliance at this time, in one fell swoop. Even if it later resisted Britain, France, Soviet Russia, the United States and other powerful countries with the strength of one country, and finally lost, in the eyes of the world, it was never crowned as weak.

This time, the Anglo-French army suffered an even worse defeat, which highlighted the prestige of the German army and made history have a greater turning point here.

On 2 June, the Germans began the Red Plan, and the Panzers continued to advance towards the rest of France, devastated along the way, and the French fled without the slightest hint of resistance. Their fighting spirit has been exhausted in the fashion capital. German tanks continued to advance towards Paris.

"The British and the French are already vulnerable." The Japanese reacted first. Their eyes on Southeast Asia are even more eager. Just a million or so prisoners drained most of the remaining forces of Britain and France, and the remaining overseas troops could still focus on stabilizing the colonies?

Seeing that the Germans were advancing all the way through the site of the First World War and approaching Paris, the Japanese also took action. The Japanese forces in Guangxi and Hainan quickly assembled and gradually pressed towards the Vietnamese border. But they couldn't figure out the development behind them, and the Japanese still maintained the last bottom line and did not attack.

Historically, the Japanese invaded Vietnam in September after the establishment of the Vichy government in France. It was only a few days later that the alliance with the Germans was established, the Triple Pact was signed, and the Triple Axis was formalized.

But at this time, the Germans were lukewarm to the Japanese because they needed to win over the vanguard army and copycat companies. So that the Japanese did not rush to take advantage of the fire to rob. He also needed to discern the views of other countries.

In the face of the Germans' powerful display of force, the disgraced Soviet Russia in Finland could not sit still, and originally signed a complementary infringement contract with the Germans, intending to ease the preparations for several years, but unexpectedly, the Anglo-French alliance, which is known as the most powerful in the world, was defeated in a mess. They had to step up their combat readiness and expansion. Because the three Baltic countries occupy the ports of the Baltic Sea, Soviet Russia cannot defend itself well against attacks from the Baltic Sea. If someone lands from Estonia and other three countries, they may directly threaten Moscow.

This kind of unstable factor has always been nipped in the bud by the bitter north wind. If it is not dealt with early, leaving the Germans free from the west, it is not known what will happen.

The Russians also immediately dispatched troops to the border of the three countries. At this time, the Germans could not intervene because of contractual restrictions and the fact that the war on the Western Front was not over. Britain and France could not reach out, and at this time, Soviet Russia could rest assured that raw rice was cooked and matured.

"If London falls, then our republic will also be in a great crisis. Not only economically, but also militarily, our homeland was vulnerable to the Germans. If the Germans had integrated the forces of Europe, their warships and submarines would have sailed directly to New York! Roosevelt patted the armrest of his wheelchair and said in a deep voice.

"It's a pity that many people in China only think about using war to stimulate economic development, but they don't see that the situation is changing too quickly. If we don't support Britain, I'm afraid it will be too late. Roosevelt continued.

Opposite him was Wilji, the Republican Party's presidential candidate who had just come to prominence in 40 years. This previously unknown novice began to criticize Roosevelt's New Deal for its inefficiency, especially since Roosevelt had been re-elected for three consecutive terms, which was also criticized. But Roosevelt's attention was not on him, and this new face was just a microphone.

Although the president of the United States is a knife in the hands of the plutocracy, if the president is entrenched, this knife can in turn hurt those who wield the knife and wield the stick. Many presidents have tried to escape the fate of puppets, but most of them have been injured by stabbing, and the probability of the US president being assassinated makes him as risky as a coal miner.

But after Roosevelt served two terms as president, the power was no longer something that the tycoons could easily operate. At this time, the relationship in the United States was a bit like the relationship between the scholars of the Jin Dynasty in China, the relationship between the major families of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the imperial family of the emperor. When the president's power developed, interest groups formed were eager to replace the old chaebols. Although many American presidents have died, the big chaebols of the United States have also fallen a lot.

And Roosevelt was such a strong president, and even the position of the third president was still in his hands. If it weren't for his mysterious death later, I'm afraid that the United States would also have a lifelong president.

Under Roosevelt's management, the United States is getting stronger and stronger, and it no longer needs the cloak of isolationism, and Roosevelt also has the heart to show the power of the United States to the world in his lifetime.

The rise of great powers is measured in ten years, and the Americans were already the world's largest industrial country long before World War I, and they also made a lot of profits in World War I, but they are still not the world's first power. It continued to develop for twenty or thirty years, and after the baptism of World War II, it ascended to the throne of the world's No. 1. In recent years, due to the interference of Britain, France, Japan, Germany and other powerful countries, the Americans threw off isolationism and devoted themselves to developing the country and stabilizing the domestic market.

But they have never made efforts to fight at the top of the world, and many of the weapons of the Americans in World War II were designed early, not in a hurry.

At this time, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

Americans need a lot of excuses and the right opportunities.

Roosevelt's words at this time were aimed at the best time for Congress to pass the "Export Control Act."