The Third Reich in Desperation

Compared with Lütjens's First Fleet, Raeder's Second Fleet is larger and stronger.If Lütjens's First Squadron is a collection of pure German warships and aircraft carriers, then Raeder's fleet is mixed with more German warships than Lütjens, and a large number of captured warships have also been added. And in coordination with the main force of the High Seas Fleet of the Norwegian Allied Fleet.

Although Raeder is commanding the Second Squadron, if calculated according to the standards of the First Squadron, his Second Fleet is said to be a squadron, but it actually has the strength of about 3 First Squadrons.And if it is simply calculated based on the number of battleships, this multiple will be even greater!

Therefore, Raeder's Second Fleet is the bottom-line force of the High Seas Fleet.

"Yes! Deputy Commander!" The staff officer stood at attention again and saluted, then quickly turned and left.

Lütjens turned around and glanced at his first mate: "Go and pass on my order to start up our radar-equipped warships. We can also use this time to almost test the working conditions of this batch of new equipment."

Text Chapter 368 The Army scolds the Navy

"asshole!"

With a curse, Lord Gort, with a livid face, tore the telegram into pieces, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it out of the tent.

The ball of paper flew out of the tent in a parabola, rolled on the ground for a while, and stopped next to a pair of leather boots that had just stepped off the car.

The owner of the leather boots, Montgomery, who had just rushed to Dunkirk with the division headquarters overnight, frowned, and then kicked the crumpled paper ball casually, causing the paper ball to roll to a farther corner of the wall.

He had just arrived outside the tent of the expeditionary force headquarters by car, and before he had time to get off the car, Montgomery heard roars coming from the tent.

"Commander, I'm back." After showing his military ID card to the guards, Montgomery lifted the curtain of the tent, walked quickly to Lord Gort and saluted and reported.

"Commander, I have brought back the headquarters of the third division. However, most of the division, I am still staying on the outer blocking line to continue blocking the German army." Montgomery reported loudly.

Although he left the army and rushed back early because he didn't want to be captured by the German army, it doesn't mean that he has done worse than anyone here so far.From the Luka encounter, to entering the encirclement at night, and then establishing a blocking line overnight.No one can find fault with everything he has done.

If you have to say it, you can only say that the combat effectiveness of the Germans is too abnormal, it is simply out of the box.The German army has been chasing the British and French allied forces for so many days. The Germans are not tired, and the British and French allied forces are also tired.As a result, every time they were overtaken, no matter how tired their side was, every German soldier was still the same, picking up the mp40 submachine gun and rushing forward as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

Montgomery has not figured out until now that everyone is running westward at full speed, why the Germans don't seem to be tired at all, and they hit as soon as they come across, and hit as soon as they come across.

"Monty, you're here." Lord Gott glanced at Montgomery and said resentfully.

Montgomery was almost taken aback when he saw Gott.The guy was literally sunk in the water, and despite being Caucasian, Gott had a sickly pallor over his face.From the commander of the expeditionary force, Montgomery could hardly find any anger, as if he was looking at the face of a dead man.

"Commander, what are you..." Montgomery asked tentatively.

Beside them, more than a dozen officers and staff officers, not daring to show their breath, looked nervously at Montgomery who asked the question.

Lord Gort is still angry, no, just now he crumpled up the telegram sent from China and threw it out as waste paper.Montgomery is brave enough to pick on Gott's scar at this time!

Inside the tent, the cool-toned light bulbs made Gott's face even more ugly, gloomy and cold.It is the face of the devil in the legend, it is nothing more than that.

However, as a meritorious minister, Montgomery's face is obviously much greater than that of everyone present.At least, Gott, who has scolded these subordinates countless times, is now answering Montgomery as calmly as possible.

"The Ministry of the Navy sent a telegram. They rejected my request for additional warships and transport ships, claiming that they would use the assembled naval power to wipe out the German fleet in the North Sea." Gott's tone was still cold. A trace of temperature, however, was enough to make Montgomery feel relieved.

At least Gott, who was clearly in a rage, didn't throw a tantrum at Montgomery.You know, although Montgomery has made great achievements in succession, after all, he thought carefully and led the division to leave the front line and retreat back.If Gott wanted that accusation against Montgomery, he would have nothing to say.

Fortunately, Gott's original answer was objective.That said, he didn't want to scold Montgomery.At least, not yet.

"Commander, I don't think the Admiralty is perfunctory. Perhaps, what they said is that they really want to concentrate the fleet in the North Sea to fight the Germans." Montgomery said after thinking about it.

"Of course I know those bastards are not lying!" Gott's anger had not been extinguished, so it suddenly reappeared: "The key is that they want to fight the German navy, and they can wait for the next time. But if we can't Withdraw in time, and there will be no chance to start again! Do these bastards have to fight the German navy at this time? Just to get back the face they lost in the Norwegian naval battle?!"

What Gott said was a bit extreme, after all, this naval battle was really not provoked by the British Admiralty.Although they can passively avoid the war, they allocate more warships to Dunkirk as "temporary transport ships".However, wouldn't this make the Royal Navy's situation even more embarrassing.

What will outsiders think, and what will international public opinion say?

They will say that the British navy has only been defeated by the German navy for a while, and in the end it scares them out of their nerves.Now that the German navy is provocative, the home fleet of the British Empire dare not respond to the enemy!

Originally, Norway was defeated in World War I, and the Royal Navy had been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.Now that this opportunity is offered to him, how can he be a coward again.In that case, why would the Royal Navy, which supported the title of "Empire on which the sun never sets", continue to support this title in the future? !

However, Montgomery was on the Army side.Compared with the glory and reputation of the Royal Navy, he actually paid more attention to how to resolve the current embarrassing situation of Dunkirk.

Therefore, Montgomery, who agreed with Gott on this point of view, also said a few words: "The navy is really too much. They don't consider that our situation is actually more difficult."

Seeing Montgomery and Gott two like-minded people accused the Ministry of the Navy.Many officers standing aside turned their faces away.The Admiralty has organized a large number of transport ships and sent a squadron to Dunkirk to serve as a "temporary transport ship". There is nothing to blame.

Accusing others of not sending enough?It is estimated that even if the Ministry of the Navy can send more ships than now, you will not be satisfied, right?

However, this disdain can only remain in the bottom of my heart.On the surface, no one dared to refute the two in front of them.

"But Commander," Montgomery was calmer than Gott after all, and better at dealing with the moment.He just complained a few words with Gott, and then quickly brought the topic back to the present: "Now we can't count on the navy, and we can only rely on our own troops. I suggest that we establish additional troops on the periphery as soon as possible. Multiple blocking lines were set up to prevent an irreversible crisis after the German army attacked."

Although there are still three French defense lines in depth on the periphery of Dunkirk, Montgomery dare not expect how long these three defense lines can be withdrawn.

Of course, even if the British army added blocking lines of defense, these lines of defense would not last long.

However, something is still better than nothing.

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The book "The Third Reich in Desperation" has been published for ten months so far.At the beginning of writing, it is inevitable that I will be a little arrogant, always thinking that I must write some achievements, and I must write an excellent work that everyone will like.

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Expectations, expectations, and hopes were all shattered at that moment.

That's right, after that day, I shamelessly stopped updating for two or three days.

It's not that I don't want to code, but that I can't code a single word. It's because my mind is occupied by the entanglement and struggle.

However, thinking of those 30 subscribed readers, Ching Yang finally persisted and gritted his teeth, and actually sat down at the computer desk to continue typing.I don't want to disappoint every reader who likes this work, even if a reader still wants to read it, I can't bear to let it go.

This story is very long, and Ching Yang also planted a lot of foreshadowing ahead.Maybe there are some foreshadowings that everyone hasn't discovered yet, but Ching Yang himself keeps it in his heart and wants to write it until the day when the secret is revealed.

Such a long novel, with such a large number of wonderful stories that have been laid foreshadowing but have not had time to tell, how can it be hastily ended with hundreds of thousands of words? !

But reality.......

But the appalling reality is still appalling.

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Today's temporary suspension, please forgive me.Ching Yang hopes that by doing so, more people can read this heartfelt message and save this appalling subscription.

Finally, I have to say again, sorry...

Text Chapter 369 Changes

Over the outskirts of Dunkirk, a small unit of the Luftwaffe was performing a reconnaissance patrol.Although I ran into two enemy fighter planes from time to time, the Royal Air Force, as the opponent, was getting smarter and smarter, so I waved my hands immediately after trying it out.

Therefore, the German Air Force has not been able to achieve great results in recent contacts, and the German Army has nothing to do about it.