The Third Reich in Desperation

If it weren't for the Finnish army fighting hard enough, with a strong sense of fighting, and desperately attacking, it would be difficult for them to achieve even the results of the current level.

The most important thing is that the Soviet army had already concentrated a large number of troops on the border, guarding positions including Vyborg, which the Nordic army had easily given up before and whose fortifications were relatively intact.However, the Finnish army lacked heavy weapons, and it was difficult to increase the attack power in trench warfare.

Under such circumstances, Admiral Mannerheim decided to use the 18th Division of the Finnish Army, a part of the 17th Division, and several combat groups of the [-]th Division as a reserve team into the combat strengthening offensive.

The 4 armored battalions under Silaswar and the 4 armored battalions commanded by Mannerheim himself also went into battle.

Under these circumstances, Lieutenant General David was called upon to launch a further large-scale offensive, flanking Mannerheim's pincer offensive with West Lasvau.

Marshal Mannerheim of Finland planned to press all the Finnish armored forces in his hand, push the Soviet army back to the west of Retimogavi Lake 20 kilometers away, obtain a better attack position, and then use this area to build a Temporary line of defense, further repair of troops, and then formulate a second round of large-scale offensive plans.

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When the war between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union intensified, more and more countries participated in it, and after a big fight, the British Empire in the west of Europe began to collapse.

Although Britain had already begun to collapse, it was only a physical collapse.Now, the attention of all countries in the world is attracted by the Soviet-German war, which has caused the obvious war between Britain and Germany to be less and less noticed by people.

The direct impact of this is that the British psychology has also begun to collapse.Now, no matter how hard they struggle and how desperately they try, the British battlefield is less than one-thousandth of the Soviet-German battlefield.

Everyone is paying attention to the decisive battle between the Soviet Union and Germany. Who cares how you, a country doomed to fail, are struggling.

The more serious consequences are still being dealt with. After the Americans saw the Soviet Union going to war, the material assistance to the UK was obviously no longer as caring as before.

With the defeat of the Royal Navy, the loss of British transport ships in recent months has been unimaginably large.In April alone, more than 4 transport ships were sunk by German submarines and surface ships.Coupled with the fact that the British shipbuilding capacity was landed on the British Isle, only 700 merchant ships were added within a month.

From another perspective, it can basically be understood that the British transport line, especially the transport ships from the United States, sank to the bottom of the sea in all likelihood.

This made the Americans hesitate and hesitate. They supported the British with so much war supplies, but most of them went to the sea to feed the fish.The point is that the fish don't eat these weapons and ammunition, so there is really no value created at all.

Before the Soviet Union took action, the militants in the United States could still comfort themselves. Although the utilization rate of materials was low, at least these materials supported the British to fight against Germany to some extent, and played a role in weakening and containing Germany.

But now, the Soviet Union is at war, and the huge red empire and the Germans have begun to fight to the death.

With the Soviet Union, Germany may not be able to win the war. A country with a super large land, rich resources, and abundant manpower and soldiers can contain Germany, so the role of the United Kingdom in the United States is really not much.

Of course, weapons and equipment can still be sold to the British. After all, the United States itself likes to make war fortunes.

However, in this context, the nature of the transaction may change.The United States no longer needs the United Kingdom as a check, it is just a pure business partnership.

Even if the British can defend the English Channel and provide the United States with a large military base to intervene in European wars in the future, the US government will not mind helping the British to strengthen their military power.

But now that the British Isles are destined to become Germans' pockets several times, then the British government really has little meaning for the United States.

As for using the UK as a buffer zone between virtues, it is even less practical.This kind of thinking is that the Atlantic Ocean is not wide enough, or that the US Navy cannot build warships.

The Americans don't want to help, so the British can only figure out their own way.

Although Churchill once showed off his means to his subordinates in private, he proudly claimed: "The British Empire will not surrender until the last drop of blood is shed by the Indians."

But now, even if the Indians are willing to shed blood for the British war, the blood will not flow to the British mainland.

What's even more tragic is that Churchill himself has become more and more insane since the moment he learned that the Allied forces had indeed hit London.

For a while, he agreed to Lord Gort's proposal to move the capital to Belfast and reorganize resistance in Northern Ireland; but after a while, he claimed to stay in the British Isle to live and die with London.

Many people in Churchill claimed that they found that the Prime Minister has been making sharp roars recently, and he has become less and less heroic than before.What's more, it is speculated whether Churchill was secretly injected with estrogen by German secret agents and turned into a woman-like prime minister.

Of course, these are all whispers in private.

On the surface, everyone still respects Churchill, the prime minister.After all, now that this mess is in place, few people in the UK are likely to accept Churchill's job.

To put it bluntly, if it fails, the person in Churchill's position will definitely be hanged by the Allies, and whoever does not open his eyes will take over the responsibilities and obligations in Churchill's hands.

As a result, Churchill, who was considered a little crazy by his subordinates, continued to sit in the position of British Prime Minister.

While the prime minister was still in London, the British royal family had already taken refuge in Northern Ireland under the arrangement of Lord Gott.

I have to say that Gott has done enough good people and good deeds during these most difficult days in Britain.

In today's Britain, the people will not praise Churchill's tenacity of the tough resistance policy, but many people praise Lord Gott for his great love, for saving the future of countless key people, and sending many people away from this sinking world shipwreck.

The shining new British star Montgomery, the leader of Free France, General Charles de Gaulle, and the current British royal family, too many important people accepted the gift of Lord Gort, and actually escaped from the hellish London.

Let me talk about Montgomery first. Now he has successfully taken over the command of three Egyptian divisions and has become the most senior British general left behind in Egypt.

Wavell's Tomahawk operation, though ill-fated, is worrying.However, Montgomery in the rear arranged the border defense line very steadily and leisurely, without any pressure for a while.

As for de Gaulle, who was helped by Gott, he evacuated to the smallest island in the British Isles-the Isle of Man, and brought the core government agencies of the Free French government, as well as 5 infantry outside, to the Isle of Man. .

To some extent, Lord Gort is equivalent to helping de Gaulle get a real foundation site for the restoration of the country.

You know, the Isle of Man is not a small island.The island's self-government has a long history. It had its own parliament as early as the 10th century. The capital is Douglas. It is 48 kilometers long from north to south, 46 kilometers wide, and covers an area of ​​572 square kilometers. It grows grains, vegetables, turnips, and potatoes. There are dairy cows, Sheep, pigs, poultry and animal husbandry can achieve self-sufficiency in various basic resources.

With such a large island with the foundation for nation-building, de Gaulle actually felt better than when he established the Free French government in London.

At least, this time Gott did not give him any constraints, and completely handed over the Isle of Man to the Free French government.

For the British royal family, being able to escape to the island of Ireland, which has not been threatened by the flames of war, is simply delighting the pampered royal family members. They are grateful to Lord Gott and shouted for George VI to raise Gort's title to Earl , in recognition of its merits.

For a while, Gott had become the most respected man in the upper echelons of Britain.

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Of course Gott didn't just care about being a good old man.

The reason why he sent Montgomery away was to keep a general star overseas for the British Empire.

He moved the Free France to the Isle of Man so that after the British government moved to Ireland in the future, he could use the French army in Charles de Gaulle's hands as a sentinel to resist.

He transferred the British royal family in order to preserve a powerful figure who could stabilize the hearts of the British people.As long as the royal family is still there, even if the government moves to the island of Ireland, the hope of the British people's recovery will not disappear, and the resistance will continue.

All that Gott has done is for the future of Britain.It's just that, unlike Churchill's behavior, Gott offended no one in the process of realizing his vision, and even sold a lot of favors.

Not to mention Montgomery, he went to Egypt in North Africa, even if Wavell's Tomahawk operation failed, there was nothing wrong with Montgomery staying in Egypt.If it doesn't work, Montgomery can still retreat to the Middle East, or even go to India, there is always a way.

On the Isle of Man, in addition to bringing a complete set of government functions and 5 French troops under his command, de Gaulle also received 10 tanks and 30 artillery pieces as a gift from Gott.

In de Gaulle's view, this is already a windfall.Not to mention the artillery, the cannons and shells of the Free French army he recruited and assembled in the UK are all based on the British's winks, and how much they have depends on how much they give.

As for the tank, de Gaulle had never thought about it before.

However, in order to strengthen the coastal defense capabilities of de Gaulle's army, Gort also sent a lot of equipment and ammunition to de Gaulle's army only from a military point of view.With these cannons and tanks, although it is not foolproof, it is impossible for the German army to take the Isle of Man without spending a lot of effort.

No way, Gott actually didn't want to give Jingui's tanks and artillery to outsiders as gifts.

However, the generals under him, including himself, counted as one, and all of them were defeated generals who had been "taught to be human" by the German army.

To be honest, Gott was happy for many days when he was lucky enough to escape from Dunkirk.At that time, he had already planned to go to the German prisoner-of-war camp.