The Third Reich in Desperation

Let the group of clean rout soldiers who are eager to return home, have no fighting spirit, and have discarded their equipment, return to the battlefield to fight against the elite German paratroopers?Even his staff officers clearly felt that Alexander's instructions were unrealistic.

"General, it may be very difficult to get these troops back to fight." A combat staff officer who was younger than most of the people in the temporary command room took two steps forward and walked in front of Alexander. Bite the bullet and stammered the report.

"Yeah, those troops piled up on the beach are not only in a chaotic organizational structure, it is difficult to find corresponding officers to mobilize them." Alexander's adjutant couldn't help reminding himself of the old man at this time: "Besides, many of them People, in order to reduce the boarding weight, have already discarded their weapons and equipment everywhere. Even if we really mobilized them at this moment, this is a group of soldiers who mostly have no weapons to use, and they cannot stop the German attack."

In Alexander's current command post, there are not many people who can find out their own advantages, and there are too many people who can find out their own weaknesses and deficiencies.The battle has been fought like this. To be honest, it is all shortcomings. Who can blame this?

Most of the officers in the command post were transferred by Alexander from the military headquarters when he was in the First Army of the Expeditionary Army.For his subordinates, Alexander can be said to know very well. Even when the allied Belgian army surrendered, one or two of his subordinates were extremely optimistic.

But today, things have indeed developed to the point where there is no hope.There were no reinforcements on land, and the retreat plan at sea was forced to be suspended. The current British Expeditionary Force in France is already a veritable lone force.

Waiting for their ending can only be destruction!

Alexander's heart at this second, just like his name, is truly "stressful".The troops he commanded were indeed elite troops, but that was a month ago!

The current expeditionary army is a defeated army, its morale has been broken, and its coach has been replaced just before the battle. How can it look elite? !

A staff officer who still wanted to report the bad news stepped forward, and wanted to point out, like the previous colleagues, that there was something wrong with the commander's idea of ​​mobilizing the beachhead troops, but before he could speak, Alexander, who noticed his thoughts, grabbed this The collar of the military uniform of the staff officer opened his eyes and shouted loudly: "What else do you want to say! Is it so interesting to find my mistakes! You know that it is a group of defeated soldiers, and I, a dignified lieutenant general, don't know?!"

He exhaled heavily, and Alexander clenched his teeth and said in a low voice: "You said, what troops can I mobilize when the over 10 soldiers left the beach? Transfer all the officers from my headquarters to the front line Hit the block?!"

In desperation, General Alexander, who was of medium to fat body, usually amiable, polite and respected by countless officers, couldn't help roaring furiously like a lion at this moment.

He is not an idiot, how could he not know the simple and easy-to-understand truth that those staff officers can see.However, his duty made him have to do everything possible to fight against the already dominant German army.

That's right, the more than [-] troops at the beachhead have become the "five scum of war".But as the supreme commander of the British Empire Expeditionary Force, even if he knew that the rest of his men were all war scum, Alexander had to send them up to stop the German army.Otherwise, once the position is lost, he has no way to explain it to the country.

"It's all because of those idiots in the Admiralty, who were actually beaten to shame by the newly formed German Navy. Are their daily trainings just playing tricks?! Building a large number of warships for them is simply a serious waste of defense funds! "In exposure, Alexander, like his predecessor Lord Gort, vented his bad emotions by accusing the Navy of abuse.

It's a pity that blaming the navy can't change the status quo after all.Alexander's abuse did not arouse the fighting spirit of his subordinates, nor did he give a feasible plan.

"Commander, we can't go on like this!" A colonel who was working under Gott and now works with Alexander, the new commander, stood up nervously at this moment: "Since the way back to the north is cut off , then the entire army should be commanded to immediately break through to the south, and together with the French First Army, get in touch with the French troops in the south!"

Text Chapter 398 The Final Fate of the Expeditionary Army

Alexander looked at the staff officer who was almost pointing his nose to educate him coldly, panting disdainfully.

The expeditionary force has reached a critical moment of life and death, and the insurmountable gap between survival and destruction can be bridged, not to mention the mere respect and restraint between superiors and subordinates.

The current chaos of the expeditionary force may hit the German armored forces at their headquarters at any time. The bleak future and dire situation made the staff officer left by Lord Gott forget his identity.

Alexander looked around, and his subordinates, intentionally or unintentionally, avoided his gaze.But Alexander clearly saw that there was a trace of unwillingness to be humiliated in the eyes of these staff officers.For many years, the British Empire has relied on a Mi Ziqi flag to cross the world, establish hegemony on which the sun never sets, and defeat all enemies who try to challenge,

But now, the majestic British Empire, with the most elite soldiers equipped with the best equipment, was beaten so uselessly. The 20 troops fled all the way from the north of Belgium and hid in port cities like Dunkirk, where they were blocked on crowded beaches and crowded into the cumbersome transport fleet.

All this, the British officers who are accustomed to pride cannot accept it!

Seeing these self-righteous subordinates, Alexander suddenly laughed. He really wanted to slap the staff officer in front of him and tell him that this is a war, a world war!

Britain is not invincible in this war.

Why does the country resort to various means to balance the power of European countries, or isolate or interfere, and use all means to strive for and maintain a European continent with balanced power.For centuries, why has the United Kingdom always provided economic and diplomatic support to those who contended with countries seeking hegemony, supported the weaker party against the stronger party, and acted as a balancer.

Take this fight against Germany as an example. Why did Britain, a superpower, use all means to force France, Belgium, and Germany to go all out? An army of 20 people, participating in this decisive battle at the level of a world war?

There is only one reason - the British Empire is definitely not as powerful as people imagined.

However, Alexander will not really do it after all.

Slapping the staff officer loudly won't solve the problem.Besides, as the commander of the dignified expeditionary force, he couldn't do such a vulgar thing as slapping his face.

At this point, Alexander is much more self-aware than the famous German head of state.

However, Reinhardt, who is thick-skinned and can slap in the face regardless of his identity, can be said to be proud of the spring breeze. He is preparing to award Lütjens and Raeder in Berlin and celebrate the Beihai victory.

Alexander, who pays attention to his status and has a gentlemanly demeanor, is now sadly tied up in the small land of Dunkirk, watching his army being eaten away and destroyed step by step.

With a wry smile, Alexander let go of his clenched fist, and took a few deep breaths to force himself to calm down.

"Breakout to the south and join the French army. If Lord Gort had just retreated to Dunkirk, it might have succeeded. But now, the German army has broken through all our large-scale defense lines and is about to rush to the beach of Dunkirk. Even We wanted to leave, but we had no chance."

There was a helpless and awkward smile on Alexander's face: "Originally, we had the opportunity to retreat to the mainland and complete more important missions in the future. But now, the Royal Navy has made an unforgivable big mistake, so that our army fell into Desperate situation. This is not my mistake, let alone the incompetence of everyone here, this is a disaster caused by the defeat of the navy. Although we failed in this battle, it was not because of the defeat of the army!"

"We have fulfilled our obligations, sticking to it all the way to the end, and resisting all the way to Dunkirk. But what we are waiting for is not the "Operation Dynamo" that promised us to evacuate at home, but the defeat of the navy and the isolated and helpless situation of our army." A telegram!"

When Alexander said this, it had already resonated with most of the officers and staff.That's right, they struggled desperately to get this step, wasn't it just to cooperate with "Operation Dynamo"?

The results of it?Just because the Royal Navy, which has always been pretentious, failed to live up to it at a critical moment, the army that was harmed suffered, and all efforts before the army were wiped out.

They could have broken out south, they would not have had to go north to Dunkirk.

But just because they believed in the navy and the success of the "Dynamo Project", the expeditionary force overwhelmed everything and came to this beach, facing the bombing of the German army day and night, amidst the sharp roar of the Stuka, trembling with fear. Stick to it until now.

We are all spelled like this, why can't the navy work harder? !

As far as they are precious, can they put down their burdens and quit after a little setback?

The grandsons of the navy, when they decided to terminate "Operation Dynamo", did they consider the army that was still struggling on the Dunkirk beach?

"Unfortunately, the country has always favored the navy." After confirming that his subordinates have been successfully guided by him, he put on an expression of injustice, and said with a somber face: "For the sake of the navy's loss of a few warships, they can take The 20 officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force who shed their blood for the country were all discarded here. Generals, are you really convinced!"

"The country doesn't regard our expeditionary force as their own family, so why should we be cannon fodder here?!" The youngest staff officer was the first to be led to say these outrageous words.

Sometimes there are some words, once you start, you can't keep it anymore...

"That's right! The navy can refuse to fight after a small defeat, so if our army loses a battle, can we also ask to stop fighting?" The staff officer on the other side also yelled.

"They gave up the expeditionary force, so we don't need to work hard for them!"

"Why do we fight desperately on the front line, but those timid people can hide in the mainland and enjoy the benefits?! I can't accept this kind of thing!"

"Yes! We absolutely cannot accept it!"

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Hearing this, Alexander laughed.There was a holy and noble smile on his face: "That's right! You can't accept such a fact, and I can't accept it either. Since I am leading the expeditionary army now, it is necessary for me to let the lives of the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary army Not to be sacrificed meaninglessly."

Time is up!Alexander murmured in his heart.

"Even if I go to hell, I will complete my mission! I will bring everyone in the expeditionary force to survive! If the domestic expeditionary force is abandoned, then I will save everyone's life!"

In the eyes of a group of subordinates who agreed more and more, Alexander uttered the cowardly thought buried deep in his heart, which was enough to make him receive the highest trial in the country: "I order! From now on, all officers and soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force stop fighting, prepare, Surrender to the Germans."

Chapter 399 Surrender when it's time to surrender

The officers and staff officers looked at Alexander with relief, and approved his decision with affirmative eyes. This decision saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the expeditionary force!

You must know that they all have parents and children, and they also need to save their lives to support their children and take care of their wives and children.Instead of dying in a meaningless battle, it is better to be a prisoner first, so that you can have the opportunity to return to your country in the future.