The Third Reich in Desperation

Under such circumstances, when Wavell and his generals encountered the German army, they even made an inappropriate analogy, love the house and the black, even when other troops from the Allied countries except the German army came, Gort and the others did not dare to think about it. Fight back to win and stuff like that.In addition to holding their positions, the second thing they think about most is how to retreat.

The English Channel is gone, and if Gort and the others want to defend and retreat, they can only run to the island of Ireland.

For this large evacuation, Gott has already paid too much effort.

He even dug up the failed "Generator Project", and wanted to learn from it where it could be used to reorganize a large retreat to Ireland.

Of course, a retreat of this scale cannot be carried out in an orderly and slow manner.

The Germans have already hit London, and there is not much time left for Gott.

"If it really doesn't work, let's try to surrender to the Allies." After thinking about it again and again, Gott could only think of this as an unavoidable solution.

Of course he wasn't talking to himself. Gott, who had just been proclaimed Duke by Edward VI, was actually discussing his plan with Hamilton, who was also Duke at this moment.

In the original historical time and space, it was the Duke of Hamilton who, as the deputy head of state of Germany, Hess, talked and contacted to promote peace between Britain and Germany.

But no matter how Hamilton fooled Hess in the original time and space, anyway, the peace negotiation he proposed this time is fundamentally a complete conspiracy.

And the object he wants to fool, from the original Hess who didn't want to conquer Britain but wanted to achieve an armistice, stop this unnecessary bloodshed, and suggested that Germany and Britain discuss a feasible peace plan together, changed to Hess who was at the beginning Then he made up his mind to eat Reinhardt from the British mainland.

Yes, Hess in history was Hitler's henchman on the surface, clamoring all day long to expand the territory of existence and not afraid of any war.But from an internal analysis, Hess, a contradictory person, actually still has hope for justice.

However, it would be completely different to be Reinhardt who insisted on "We want to bring justice to the world" all day long.Because Reinhardt himself is not an idealist, and he never believes in bullshit justice.

There are only interests between countries. In Reinhardt's own words, it is: "Iron interests, flowing camps."

Therefore, Duke Hamilton's chances of success in this life are simply negligible.

"What kind of conditions do you want me to offer the Germans? How long do you hope I can use the peace negotiations to delay?" Duke Hamilton did not reject Gort's proposal, but asked quite seriously.

Seeing that the other party did not refute, Gott also expressed his thoughts in detail: "Conditions...you can give in appropriately, after all, we really don't have much capital to negotiate now. Let's test Germany a little bit. People mean, if the conditions they set are not so excessive, it is not impossible to really ask us to surrender."

Under Hamilton's staring eyes, Gott said helplessly: "It all depends on how the German head of state asks for a price. Even if he asks for a high price, as long as there is a way for the British Empire to survive, we can all consider surrendering." .If surrender can solve the problem, we don't need to sacrifice the lives of 10,000+ young men before agreeing to the other party's request."

"In short, try to lower our stance and try to see if we can get a better result." Gott almost covered his face and said the surrender remarks that were inconsistent with his responsibility as commander-in-chief.Even a year ago, he would have been hanged for saying these words!

However, there is now no one in the UK mainland who has the ability to announce the hanging of Gott.

The reason why Gott covered his face was because he was really too guilty and ashamed in his heart.As the commander-in-chief, he could only think of such a solution.

"Then, what if the head of state of Germany doesn't agree to our minimum bottom line?" Hamilton asked considering the worst scenario.

"Then we can only delay time," Gott put down his hands covering his face after hearing this, showing a firm expression: "We retreated to the island of Ireland, and the French stayed on the Isle of Man, and continued to confront them !"

However, Gott's determined expression lasted less than three seconds before withering: "In that case, we will also have more capital for a summation and strive for a better surrender condition."

Text 659 Defeating Great Britain in Six Weeks

On April 1941, 4, with the end of the fifth week of the Allied forces landing on the British mainland, the area south of the Thames River in London had all become the occupied area of ​​the Allied Powers.

Next, the Confederate army was only one Thames away from conquering North London.

Compared with the south, in fact, the military and political central institutions of the British government are all set up in the area north of the Thames River.Therefore, as long as the troops of the Allies have not yet crossed the Thames, the London government and the London City Defense Command can continue to maintain their fragile existence.

In order to ensure the security of such an important defense in north London, Gott has borrowed the name of Churchill to order the bombing of all bridges and bridges on the Thames River, and established a river blocking position.

Without the original bridges across the Thames, it would be difficult for the German army to march into North London.Gott left less than 5 army troops, more than 3 National Guard militiamen, and 2 Free French troops left by de Gaulle, evenly scattered on the north bank of the Thames, and issued an order "not to hesitate Prevent the Germans from crossing the Thames at all costs!"

There are only so few troops left for Gort to use as the final defense. Does it mean that the army under his command was wiped out by the German, French and Norwegian coalition forces in the first 5 weeks?

He didn't even have a reserve, not even an armored force on the north bank of the Thames that could be used to fight back the enemy.

Yes, in the past five weeks, the continuous and huge losses have caused Gort's men to lose their troops, and they are infinitely close to a state of deficit.Of course, even under such circumstances, Gort originally reserved 1 infantry division and 2 armored battalion reserves for the north bank of the Thames from the beginning.

But under the suggestion of de Gaulle, Gott suddenly discovered a new method. He could turn the Thames River into the Irish Sea, and transfer the battered London position to the north with complete military facilities and excellent logistics. Ireland.

The same force is used to fight the Thames River Defense War and the Irish Island Coastal Defense War, but there is an essential difference in difficulty.

Basically without thinking too much, Gott lost more than 1 army soldiers in South London again, and finally completely gave up the last hope of fighting the London city defense war, and turned to prepare to transfer his strength to the island of Ireland for redevelopment.

1 Army infantry division, 2 armored battalions, plus 5 National Guard soldiers, Gott has transferred such a powerful force to Northern Ireland.

Tonight, Gort will also secretly arrange for the transfer of the elite infantry regiment directly under the London City Defense Command, which was originally used for the last fight in his hands, to the north bank of the Thames River. Port, and then shipped to the island of Ireland.

When the Thames River defense line is about to be breached, Gort will finally take away his headquarters personnel and guard company, and completely abandon London.

The reason why the line of defense on the north bank of the Thames was still established was that Gott really didn't want to waste the excellent natural line of defense of the Thames, and hoped to use the Thames as much as possible to stop the German army.

On the other hand, Gott is also using this line of defense to delay time, gain more time, transfer various government agencies in London, and try to transport as many National Guards as possible.

However, there is not much time left for Gott.

With the fall of the south bank of the Thames, those British citizens in north London who had not yet become the people of the enemy territory collapsed in the face of fear.

They never thought that the war was so close to them. Until not long ago, they still trusted Prime Minister Churchill and believed that the British army would definitely drive the evil Allied forces out of London and back to the sea.

However, as the situation got worse and worse, and Churchill, who had been giving various inspiring speeches before, had turned off the fire in the past few days, there was no news from the bird.People of London, we can't hold on any longer.

Taking advantage of the night time when the German army was not bombing, British people on the North Shore held two large-scale anti-war demonstrations in a row, accusing the Churchill government of incompetence and inaction.

These people are fed up with the days when they don’t have enough food and clothing, and they don’t know the inside story. They don’t understand why, since the head of state in Germany has repeatedly proposed peace and an armistice, why are Churchill’s henchmen unwilling? promise?

They didn't care how harsh conditions Reinhardt put forward for the truce, and they didn't understand that Reinhardt actually had no intention of peace talks at all.

The Germans and their allies have been fighting so well since the British landings began.Had Churchill's army fought so smoothly, it would have been impossible for Churchill to agree to the enemy's surrender.

So things got interesting.

Gott wants to delay time, but the British people are tired of the war and do not want this war to drag on like this...

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Berlin, Germany.

After sending Paulus to the Soviet front, Keitel was the next best person Reinhardt could find to discuss matters.

Keitel has abilities, but his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he caters too much to his superiors, that is, caters to Reinhardt's intentions, and rarely puts forward opinions that are contrary to Reinhardt.Even if Keitel had a better opinion, if that opinion was different from what Reinhardt meant, he wouldn't say it.

From this point of view, Keitel is indeed suitable to be a caring subordinate in terms of character.

However, in this incarnation, Reinhardt strongly encouraged the generals to make suggestions and brainstorm ideas.Therefore, Keitel is more able to put forward independent views and suggestions than in the original time and space.

Inside the Führer's residence, Reinhardt, who had summoned Keitel, smiled slightly, turned around from the large-scale map on the wall, and looked at the middle-class landowner who had served as the first instructor at the "Hannover Cavalry School". Admiral Keitel asked, "What do you think about the British side?"

"The head of state's arrangements are all correct, I have nothing to comment on." Keitel stood at attention and saluted.

"You used to be one of the best military academy instructors in the empire, and the generals you taught are all beheaded now. I also agree with your talent," Reinhardt said with a smile on his face. Authentic: "Tell me, now is not the time for you to be humble."