Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2139 Operation Generator

Both Lin Zhu and Ben Field left on warships. The merchant ships were gone, and they were all conscripted by the British government to evacuate the Anglo-French coalition forces from Dunkirk.

The situation has gotten so bad that it cannot be worsened.

At this time, Dunkirk was attacked on three sides. On the south side was Guderian's 19th Armored Army, on the north side was Reinhardt's 41st Armored Army, and dozens of infantry divisions were approaching. If the German army completes the encirclement, The 40 Allied troops at Dunkirk would be lost.

Britain had anticipated the defeat of France, and formulated the "Dynamo Plan" to withdraw the Allied forces on May 5. At this time, the French army had lost 19 divisions, and the British had lost 30 divisions. The Allied forces could not afford more. If there are too many losses, it is necessary to withdraw as many troops as possible to the British mainland and strengthen the local defense.

At this time, no one dared to say a counterattack on the European continent. Even the most optimistic people can only predict the extent of defending the English Channel.

"Britain's new aircraft are concentrated in the mainland, and excellent pilots have not been used in French operations. Coupled with the powerful Royal Navy, it should be no problem to defend the English Channel." Martin still has confidence in the British army, but his confidence is limited.

"The British are always like this. When you cooperate with them, you must be [-]% vigilant." Angie is very dissatisfied with the British. If London goes all out, the British and French coalition forces will not even have the power to fight back.

In fact, the Anglo-French coalition forces are regrouping.

After the German army broke through the Ardennes Forest, Ganmaling resigned without waiting for Paris to be held accountable.

The French government had no time to hold Gan Molin accountable. This man was the chief culprit for the defeat of the Anglo-French coalition forces. For more than half a year, Gan Molin had countless opportunities to stop Germany's crazy expansion, but he did nothing.

The sit-in war not only resulted in the loss of the allies of Britain and France, which greatly boosted the ambitions of the Germans, but also caused the British and French allied forces to lose their morale. The 70 British and French allied forces stationed on the Maginot Line had no chance to evacuate, and only a very small part of them fled to In Switzerland, more people voluntarily lay down their arms after the French government surrendered.

This is in line with the European tradition.

Maxime Weygand, who had served as Foch's chief of staff in the last world war, succeeded Ganmaling as the commander-in-chief of the French army.

Maxim Weygand patched together, organized 49 French divisions plus 2 British divisions, organized into 3 legions, and formed the Weygand Line of Defense about 300 miles from east to west on the Somme and Aisne Rivers.

Weygand did not dare to move the Anglo-French coalition forces in the Maginot Line, and Army Group C under Loeb's command was eyeing them. Once Weygand mobilized troops from the Maginot Line, the coalition forces might be irretrievably defeated at any time.

It's dangerous enough now.

The Anglo-French coalition forces in Dunkirk faced the air force led by Guderian, Reinhardt and Goering.

The Weygand line faced Rommel.

The Desert Fox continues to perform very well in the hills of northern France.

In the previous phase of the battle, Guderian performed the best among the German generals.

Now it was finally Rommel's turn.

At dawn on June 6, Army Group B led by Bock took the lead in launching a full-line attack on the right flank. On the same day, Rommel's 5th Armored Division crossed the Somme first.

On the 7th, the 7th Armored Division led by Rommel cut off the French 10th Army defending the front line of Abbeville-Amiens, and broke through the defense of the British and French allied forces.

On the 8th, Rommel arrived on the banks of the Seine.

On the 10th, the 7th Armored Division turned around and headed north, advancing 50 miles in one day, completely cutting off the retreat of the French 9th Army and the British 51st Division that were retreating to the coast.

On the 12th, the French 9th Army and the British 51st Division were forced to surrender to Rommel.

"Have our people in St. Roque been completely withdrawn?" Roque was not worried about the fate of the British and French coalition forces in Dunkirk, and said that Mustache deliberately let the British go. It's all nonsense.

Mustache really wants to wipe out all the Anglo-French allied forces in Dunkirk, and to leave hope for future peace talks. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to capture all the Anglo-French allied forces in Dunkirk as a bargaining chip?

There are many rivers around Dunkirk, and they are all swamps after all, which is very unfavorable for the actions of armored troops.

On the day Guderian's Panzer Corps arrived at Abbeville, the Allies organized a counterattack involving two infantry divisions and a tank brigade.

It was this counterattack that made the German High Command notice that Guderian's armored army was in danger of being surrounded by the Allied forces.

At this time, Goering asked Mustache for orders, hoping that Mustache could hand over the task of destroying the Allied forces in Dunkirk to the Air Force.

Goering vowed that the German Air Force is fully capable of completing this task.

Judging from the performance of the British and French Allied Air Forces in the previous stage of operations, the German Air Force is indeed fully capable of completing this task.

Goering underestimated the courage and determination of the Allied forces when they were desperate.

Also underestimated the shamelessness of the British.

The United Kingdom did not go all out in the previous stage of combat, leaving the elite air force in the home defense. The German Air Force's advantage over the Allied Air Force is really not as great as it was shown on the French battlefield.

"Not yet, we still have a part of our staff stranded in St. Locke. London has mobilized all ships in order to implement the 'Generator Project', including St. Loch's ships." Yang Smozi frowned, Dunker The great retreat of grams was actually not as great as the British later publicized.

The British "Dynamo Plan" initially only planned to withdraw 3 people from Dunkirk.

The Germans were advancing too fast, leaving little time for the Allies.

There are not many ships that the United Kingdom can mobilize. At first, there were only 30 ferries and 12 minesweepers, and they could only evacuate 1 people every day.

British minesweepers are fishing trawlers.

The evacuation was under the full command of Lieutenant-General Bertram Ramsay, commander of Dover Naval Port.

Ramsay hoped to be covered by the RAF.

However, Admiral Hugh Dowding, commander of the British Air Force Fighter Command, stated that fighter jets can only be sent to Dunkirk if the premise of defending the homeland is met.

Mustache's order gave Ramsay a chance.

Ramsey mobilized all the ships that could go to sea, and called on the owners of the ships to drive to Dunkirk through the radio.

British shipowners outperformed British politicians.

These ship owners knew very well what the withdrawal of the expeditionary force meant to the United Kingdom, so they actively responded to the appeal of the Admiralty. Barges, tugboats, cargo ships, passenger ships, fishing boats, motorboats and even private yachts all set out to sea for Dunkirk.

There were 693 British ships and 168 French, Dutch and Belgian ships, a total of 861 ships of various types joined the rescue team.

Southern African civilian ships in San Rocco are no exception.

"Tell Cao Shixiu, no matter what, our people should be evacuated first." Rock didn't want any southern African to fall into the enemy's hands. Now the British government and the French government are still imagining that after the British and French allied forces are captured, they will be treated humanitarianly by the Germans. What about treatment?

Rock doesn't want to see southern Africans being made into soap.

"If more Allied soldiers could be brought back to the British mainland—" Young Smother was the real politician, the cold-blooded kind.

During the war, the role of civilians is definitely not as good as that of soldiers.

Yang Smolts wanted to concentrate more forces and withdraw more Allied forces to Britain.

But that would mean that the southern Africans still stranded in St. Rocco would lose the chance to escape from France.

"Yang, no matter when it comes, I hope you can remember that southern Africa is the priority!" Rock was decisive. Judging from the current performance of the British and French allied forces, Rock didn't think they could play much role in the next battle.

The performance of the British and French allied forces in the retreat was really surprising.

The power of Germany is beyond doubt.

But the British and French allied forces were not helpless.

The number of German No. [-] tanks is very small, mainly No. [-] and No. [-]. Compared with the tanks of the British and French allied forces, their performance is not much better, and they are not to the point of collapse anyway.

After the German army broke through the Ardennes Forest, the Anglo-French coalition forces began to rout.

Large groups of Anglo-French soldiers spread all over the mountains and plains, completely losing their organization. The soldiers could not find the officers, and the officers could not find the soldiers. If they encountered the German army, the soldiers of the Anglo-French allied forces hardly fired a single shot. They threw their rifles at the Germans.

The Germans who were "desperately rushing" had no time to receive the prisoners, nor the ability to take the rifles away, but they could not leave the rifles to the British and French allied forces that had surrendered——

So the Germans threw the rifles under the tanks, and used the tanks to crush all the rifles.

All this made Weygand the most worried about not the German armored forces after he became the commander-in-chief of the French army, but the fear that the coalition soldiers had already developed towards the German army.

This was the last straw that crushed the Anglo-French allied forces.

Such an Anglo-French coalition force, even if they withdraw to the British mainland, may no longer be suitable for combat.

"Yes, my lord, it's my fault." Yang Smother was ashamed, and he was far inferior to Rock in this regard.

Not as good as Cao Shixiu.

Cao Shixiu is a qualified southern African soldier, always focusing on the interests of southern Africa.

Lin Zhu wanted to be the last southern African to leave San Roque, but Cao Shixiu, although he kept silent, proved the courage and responsibility of the southern African soldiers with his actions.

"Keep your eyes open. There are still tens of thousands of people in San Loch who have not evacuated. I will not give you any ships until they all leave San Loch!" Cao Shixiu faced the British who came to coordinate Don't give up an inch.

San Rocco has a strong shipping force.

After the outbreak of the European War, the federal government of Southern Africa mobilized capacity and evacuated the people of Saint-Roch in batches. There are not many people stranded in Saint-Roch now, and most of them are the French and Belgians who poured into Saint-Roch during this period. people.

At present, there are 6 cruise ships and cruise ships in San Rocco alone, and 13 cargo ships that can also be used to carry people in emergencies.

The sum of these ships is enough to take away all the people of Saint Rocco.

What Cao Shixiu needs is time.

"General, compared with the civilians here, the soldiers in Dunkirk are more important—" Colonel Jay Alfred from the command of "Operation Dynamo" said without hesitation.

"Heh, go tell those civilians and see if they will tear you apart!" Cao Shixiu sneered. Southern African civilians are indeed not as important as Allied soldiers in the eyes of the British.

(End of this chapter)