Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2142 God will bless them
The Germans were very sane in St. Rocco and did not attack St. Rocco.

The Germans made no further move to those already in St. Rocco.

But the German tanks did not withdraw, and they stopped at the entrance of St. Rocco. From this moment on, St. Rocco became an isolated island.

After the arrival of the German tanks, Cao Shixiu ordered to close all the roads into Saint-Roch, all the defenders entered a state of first-level combat readiness, and at the same time accelerated the evacuation.

In Dunkirk, which is only 30 kilometers away from Saint-Roch, the generator plan has also begun.

Dunkirk is an ancient castle with a long history. It has been an important port in northern France since the 9th century. In 1939, Dunkirk was the third largest port in France in terms of throughput.

The Port of Dunkirk has 7 deep-water berths for large ships, 4 dry docks and a wharf with a length of 8 kilometers. The channel of the port has been dredged so that large ships can enter and exit freely. The perfect breakwater and convex wharf can effectively resist the English Channel If these port facilities can be fully utilized, the 30 British and French allied forces can safely board the ship with all their equipment in just a few days.

Since the outbreak of the war, Dunkirk has been bombed indiscriminately by the German army. All 4 docks have been destroyed, the 8-kilometer-long pier was blown into ruins, and most of the city was razed to the ground in the air strikes. The only thing that can still berth for ships is an east dike less than 1200 meters long, and it was temporarily erected with wooden piles and planks after the original east dike was blown up.

The temporary east embankment is very simple, with a width of up to 8 people who can pass side by side at the same time. There is only a concrete pillar on the sea side, with a lighthouse, and some wooden piles around the embankment. It can also moor ships in an emergency, but the water flow is weak. Urgent, there is a certain danger when the ship docks.

There are three routes from Dunkirk to the United Kingdom. The Z route is the shortest, only 40 nautical miles, but it is blocked by German artillery and cannot be used.

The distance of the X route is slightly longer, 55 nautical miles, but the British army has laid many minefields along the route, which are difficult to clear and cannot be used in a short period of time.

The only thing that can be used is the Y route with the longest range. The whole journey is nearly 90 nautical miles, and it takes almost six hours to complete the journey. Although there is no threat of German artillery fire, the attention of the German aircraft is all on this route, which is very dangerous. .

The headquarters of "Operation Dynamo", including Commander-in-Chief Ramsey, has only 16 people in total.

Judging from this situation, the British and French governments actually do not have much hope for withdrawing 30 British and French allied forces to the British mainland within a few days.

At the critical moment, the British finally showed commendable courage and will to fight.

On May 5, the first night of Operation Dynamo, only 26 people were evacuated from Dunkirk, and most of them were logistics personnel.

On the 27th, the 3rd Air Force and the 2nd Air Force of the Luftwaffe were dispatched to bombard the Dunkirk port area and beaches, dropping a total of 1.5 high-explosive bombs and 3 incendiary bombs. Almost razed to the ground.

The elite air force that has been used by the British government for Homeland defense since the outbreak of the war is finally deployed.

The British Air Force, which departed from the mainland, fought fierce air battles with the German Air Force. The German 2nd Air Force alone was shot down with 23 aircraft, 64 aircrew were killed, and 7 were injured. The loss exceeded the sum of the previous ten days.

The day of the 27th was therefore called "the day of disaster" by the German army.

On the 27th more British ships joined the evacuation.

In addition to the previous ferry and trawler, 1 cruiser, 8 destroyers and 26 other ships joined. On this day, due to the indiscriminate bombing of the German army, the British and French forces trapped in Dunkirk only withdrew 7669 people.

On the night of the 27th, German Navy submarines, torpedo boats and minesweepers also dispatched from the ports of the newly occupied Netherlands and Belgium in an attempt to use the cover of night to attack the British ships responsible for the evacuation operation.

Guderian's Panzer 19th Army finally began to attack Dunkirk.

But at this time, Guderian's opponent was no longer Gan Molin, but Montgomery, who had just emerged.

Bernard Law Montgomery was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, an alumnus of Winston and Rock, and served in the last World War.

When the European War broke out, Montgomery served as the commander of the third division of the British Army and went to France to fight.

After the Germans broke through the Meuse River defense line, the British [-]rd Division commanded by Montgomery was surrounded by the Germans.

The third division is a rare motorized infantry division in the British army, with a large number of cars.

Montgomery abandoned all his luggage, and divided all his soldiers into 600 vehicles, and retreated to Dunkirk in the dark.

In order to avoid the bombing of the Luftwaffe, the reducers of all Montgomery military vehicles were painted with a layer of reflective paint, which was illuminated by a small light hidden under the rear fender. The driver of the rear car followed closely with this light. The headlights of the entire convoy are turned off and a strict blackout is implemented.

In order to prevent accidents, Montgomery also set up traffic pickets at intersections and corners where it is easy to get lost, and directed the convoy to move forward——

In this way, the 3rd Division marched 60 kilometers overnight, successfully jumped out of the German encirclement, and rushed in front of the 28th Armored Army commanded by Guderian in the early morning of the 19th to organize a solid line of defense.

As mentioned earlier, one of the most important reasons why Mustache ordered the armored forces to stop attacking is that there are many rivers and swamps around Dunkirk, so it is very difficult to use armored forces to fight.

Montgomery commanded the troops to use the terrain skillfully to carry out tenacious sniper attacks on the German armored forces. Until the Allied forces completed "Operation Generator", the 19th Armored Army commanded by Guderian could not move forward.

While the Third Division commanded by Montgomery was fighting fiercely with the 19th Armored Army commanded by Guderian, Operation Dynamo reached its climax on the East Bank of Dunkirk.

On the 28th, the addition of British civilian ships greatly increased the speed of the Allied withdrawal.

The narrow east embankment is the only way for the Allies to survive. Colonel William Tennant, who has three letters "S·N·O" on his helmet, is the commander who coordinated the boarding. These letters use cigarette cases Colonel Tennant had only 12 officers and 150 soldiers.

"We are the [-]th Carbine Regiment of Myersfield. My children hope to return home as soon as possible, so we must board the ship immediately." On the busy beach, a British officer was rude and asked to cut the line.

At this time, on Dunkirk Beach, there were more than 30 British and French troops stranded, most of them were British expeditionary forces, and the number of French troops was only about a quarter.

This shows how thieves the British are.

You must know that before the start of Operation Sickle, there were only 10 divisions of British troops fighting in France.

After the start of Operation Sickle, Britain continued to increase its troops to France, and the total strength did not exceed one-sixth of the total number of Allied forces on the Western Front.

In other words, the total strength of the Allied forces is 300 million, and the total number of British troops is less than 50.

Among the 40 Allied forces in Dunkirk and its surrounding areas, the total number of British troops is about 30, and the French army, Belgian and Dutch remnants combined have less than 10 troops.

Oh, forgot to mention, the Polish Highland Brigade is also in Dunkirk.

After the Polish Highland Brigade came to France, it received weapons and equipment in Saint-Roch, and it took a period of training before it could go to the front line to fight.

Fortunately, the Polish Highland Brigade escaped the assault of German tanks. Among all the Allied troops in Dunkirk, the Polish Highland Brigade had the most complete organizational system and the most complete weapons and equipment.

敦刻尔克大撤退中，英法联军共丢弃了1200门大炮、750门高射炮、500门反坦克炮、6.3万辆汽车、7.5万辆摩托车、700辆坦克、2.1万挺机枪、6400支反坦克枪以及50万吨军用物资。

"Our troops suffered heavy casualties. There are a large number of wounded in the army. They need to be treated immediately. Please, let our wounded soldiers board the ship first. They are good boys and can still fight the Germans—" a head full The French colonel, with white hair and blood oozing from the bandage on his arm, begged.

There is no way, the situation is stronger than the people, the British are responsible for the evacuation, and the British ships are also responsible for the transportation. The French government is busy moving now, and it doesn't care about the French soldiers on the beach in Dunkirk.

After the Seventh Armored Division commanded by Rommel forcibly crossed the Somme, Paris was already under the threat of the German army.

The Weygand Line was unable to stop the advance of the German armored forces, and the French government had begun to move its capital from Paris to Tours.

Tours was the capital of France in the early Renaissance. During this period, a large number of castles were built in the Loire Valley where Tours is located, so Tours was also called the "French Garden".

Tours is strategically located and is the largest land transportation hub in western France.

However, the French government seems to have overlooked a problem.

Although the location of Tours is good, it is not close to the sea.

Therefore, as the German armored forces advanced, the French government estimated that they would have to move.

Otherwise it would be too late to escape before the Germans arrived.

"We must try our best to withdraw healthy soldiers from Dunkirk. The wounded will be inconvenient to move and will occupy the space of healthy soldiers. God will bless them—" British officers should be devout believers.

But pinning your hopes on God is a bit too far-fetched.

Germans are not gods.

"Shut your mouth bastard, I will never abandon my child, even if he is injured!" The old colonel was furious, people are indeed different.

"Shut up, whether it's a British or a Frenchman, as long as he's an Allied soldier, we should all be responsible for their lives!" Colonel Tennant said hoarsely, his eyes were bloodshot, and "Operation Dynamo" began. For three days Colonel Tennant had slept only four hours.

It was also because of the integrity and persistence of Colonel Tennant that the order of the evacuation was maintained.

On the 28th, 17804 people were evacuated from Dunkirk, 1 more than the previous day.

However, to withdraw all the 30 British and French allied forces from Dunkirk, more transport forces are needed.

The Allies really need God's blessing.

(End of this chapter)