The Third Reich in Desperation

The soldiers of Nottingham were waiting for the broadcast to sound in the barracks. Decadence was like a glass of strong spiritual poison, passing silently among the crowd.

At the moment of sunset, the dim afterglow reflected on people's faces, and the corners of many people's eyes showed sadness, but they could only let go of their guns slowly.There was silence all around, and no one expressed the idea of ​​talking. Everyone had a similar mood, and everyone knew what was going to happen. Perhaps only silence can obtain inner peace.

Suddenly, the sound of electricity passing through the barracks sounded very clearly, and then, the familiar voice of Commander Gott appeared on the radio:

"...Our army has demonstrated in the war that the people of the empire on which the sun never sets are strong, brave, upright and tenacious. However, although the army of the United Kingdom is brave and good at fighting, and although the people of the United Kingdom are brave enough to sacrifice themselves for the country, the continuous wars have caused the United Kingdom to suffer. If the battle continues, the British Empire will face more brutal casualties..." Following Gott's broadcast, the soldiers bowed their heads one after another.

In fact, before hearing the final result, rumors that the government that moved to the island of Ireland would choose to surrender had already been circulating in people's ears.

Now, the dust has finally settled, and Britain has not escaped the judgment of the god of fate.

In addition to the National Guard camp here in Nottingham, the same scene was staged in countless small military camps, large and small, throughout northern England.

Although the German army has not yet occupied all of the British territory, it is not even considered to have occupied most of the British territory.However, the world situation and the local war situation have made the three major governments of the United Kingdom unanimously choose the path of seeking refuge in Germany.

On the same day that the three major governments simultaneously announced their surrender or defection to Germany, Spain urgently declared war on Britain.

In this disgraceful declaration of war, Franco was somewhat like Mussolini's declaration of war against France, which had surrendered to the German army.

Franco, who was eager to reap the benefits and obtain the vested interests before Germany and the United Kingdom signed a peace agreement, urgently mobilized 7 divisions of Spanish infantry. After concentrating a large number of artillery and Spanish bombers, they stormed the British Gibraltar area.

Gibraltar is located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula and was originally owned by Spain.The reason why this area adjacent to Spain will become a British enclave is that during the Spanish Succession War more than 200 years ago, the British army took advantage of Spain's internal weakness and captured Gibraltar in one fell swoop.

For more than 200 years, Spain has been brooding over the loss of Gibraltar, and later launched a large-scale siege of Gibraltar twice in an attempt to regain it.

But until Gibraltar became an important base of the British Navy, the Spanish army failed to retake it.

Moreover, with the decline of the national power of the Kingdom of Spain and the establishment of the British Empire's global hegemony, the idea of ​​retaking Gibraltar by force has become increasingly unrealistic for the Spaniards.

Until the German army defeated the British and French allied forces and France surrendered, Reinhardt officially met with Franco for the first time, demanding that the German army be allowed to control the Strait of Gibraltar through Spanish territory in order to cut off the traffic between Britain and the Western Mediterranean.At the same time, the Spanish army can get the support and cooperation of a German air force, with the Spanish army as the main force, and take Gibraltar in one fell swoop.

Although Franco's previous attitude was clearly pro-German, he still refused Reinhardt's request.After all, he was a cautious speculator. Although the Third Reich was in full swing at that time, the strength of the Empire still existed even when the sun never set.

Of course, it is attractive to take the opportunity to recover Gibraltar, but Franco is concerned about the powerful British navy, fearing that he just won the British "enclave" Gibraltar, and the British are likely to counterattack and occupy Spain. The "enclave" of the Canary Islands.

In this way, for Spain, there are gains and losses, which is equivalent to a waste of work.

However, due to Mussolini's very positive attitude at that time, he took the initiative to guarantee Reinhardt, undertook all the military missions of the Allied Powers in the Mediterranean area, and vowed to rebuild the Roman Empire and turn the Mediterranean Sea into an inner lake of Italy.As a result, the deal between Reinhardt and Franco was terminated indefinitely.

Today, the British Empire is clearly about to collapse, and how much benefit it can reap at this time is all its own.Moreover, Spain does not have to worry about a collapsing empire to retaliate against itself.

Franco was sitting on the fence at both ends before, but he couldn't see through the war situation between Britain and Germany, hoping to profit from both ends.But now, the British have lost, and if they don't make a fortune from them, it really doesn't fit Franco's nickname of the king of speculation.

But the ideal is full, and the reality is very backbone.

Almost following in the footsteps of Mussolini at the beginning, Franco did not win any military victory in his attack on Britain this time.

Due to the operation of the British army for many years, the fortress of Gibraltar has become extremely difficult to break through. The 7 divisions of the Spanish Army, supported by the dual firepower of shelling and bombing, attacked in turn, but did not make any substantial progress.

However, for the first time, Spain dispatched regular troops to fight against countries in the opposing camp with the victory of the members of the Allied Powers.The significance of this matter is even more meaningful than the capture of Gibraltar!

Now whoever is fighting against the military bloc of the Allied Powers is really a sad thing.

Looking at the long list of names on the list of the Allied Powers, it is estimated that the heart of the Stalin in the East is cold: Germany, Italy, Spain, Vichy France, Norway, Romania, Finland, Bulgaria, and the United Kingdom (all three governments have announced that they have strong Intention to join the Allied Powers Group)...Maybe you have to add pro-German countries like Greece, Yugoslavia, or the Netherlands, which is surrounded by members of the Allied Powers camp.

Moreover, the recent movements of Turkey, a regional power in the southern part of the Soviet Union, are also somewhat dishonest.The three Baltic countries in the north are also somewhat catering to the German army in order to drive out the Soviet army.

From this point of view, the situation in the Soviet Union seems to be really bad.

Although his allied opponents, that is, a large number of younger brothers who followed Germany, more than half of them are small countries that are not very powerful. Even Spain, Turkey, Britain, and France, which were once powerful countries, are now far from the peak. state.

However, these countries only needed to surround themselves with a German army strong enough for the Soviet Union to feel strongly threatened.

Text 692 Free France alone

In addition to the Soviet Union, there is another country that is at war with the Allies.It may not be accurate to say the country, because this so-called "country" is only recognized by one country in the world, the United Kingdom, and it is only recognized by one of the three British governments.

This country is the "Free France" led by Charles de Gaulle.

"General de Gaulle, Prime Minister Gort of the United Kingdom has surrendered to Germany. Including Ireland, the two regimes on the entire island of Ireland have formally applied to join the Allied Powers." A colonel of Free France said anxiously to de Gaulle reported.

The island of Great Britain belongs to the Confederate States, and now the island of Ireland has also voted there.In the British Isles, only one Isle of Man is still at war with the Allies.

The embarrassing thing is that the resisters on this island are not the British, but the Free France led by Charles de Gaulle.

"The British surrendered..." De Gaulle let out a wry smile, covered his face, and said, "Didn't they claim that they would never surrender? It turned out that they surrendered so simply."

"The British really like to say one thing and do another." De Gaulle sneered, gritted his teeth.

At the beginning, when he defected, Churchill made a vowed speech that even if their island or most of the island were conquered and starved, British subjects overseas would continue to fight under the protection of British overseas troops.

As a result, more than half of the British mainland was not occupied, and the leaders of the United Kingdom gave up resistance one after another.

De Gaulle couldn't figure out why the Duke of Gott was unwilling to continue to resist, even though he still had strength and transferred a large number of troops to the island of Ireland.

Moreover, the British government of Gort and the Free French government of Charles de Gaulle stationed troops on the island of Ireland and the Isle of Man respectively.

Although the probability of success is small, it is not necessarily impossible.In history, there are countless cases of winning more with less. The British and French allied forces guarding the two islands are barely self-sufficient in terms of living materials.The United States has also been providing assistance for military supplies.

In other words, they are not at the end of their rope at all.

In fact, de Gaulle's determination and thinking of resisting to the end are completely different from Gott's, which has a lot to do with his experience.

During the First World War, after being captured, de Gaulle escaped from prison five times and was captured five times. He was not settled from beginning to end.

In this world war, due to the opposition to Petain's government, de Gaulle had already been demoted and suspended in Vichy France.When he moved his capital to the Isle of Man, he was sentenced to death by Vichy France.

In other words, after Gott surrendered, it was not difficult for him to continue to serve at the top of the new government by virtue of the popularity and reputation he had accumulated during the war.But de Gaulle was different. If he declared his surrender, he would definitely be executed.

For a worthless little man like him, Germany must be too lazy to take care of him, and then hand it over to Vichy France.And the Vichy regime wants to strengthen its own legitimacy and orthodoxy, so there is no reason to keep a rebel leader like de Gaulle who has been sentenced to death.

"Fortunately, I thought Gott was a man of backbone, and I suggested to him to retreat to Ireland and wait for the situation to improve." The more de Gaulle thought about it, the more he felt sad and indignant. Looking back on the past, he said with emotion: "In the end, he just kicked me out of the resistance strategy. , as a bargaining chip when surrendering, using the resistance advantage that can obviously be used to win the victory, and exchanging it with the Germans, what they are fighting for is to pay less after the surrender.”

"I misread him." De Gaulle sighed in front of the French colonel.

"But general," the colonel thought for a while, and finally felt the need to clarify to de Gaulle: "Our telegraph office received a telegram from the Duke of Gott today."

The colonel paused, and after confirming that de Gaulle was listening, he continued: "Duke Gott told us that he mentioned us to the German Foreign Office and said that he would fight for a decent ending for us..."

"A decent ending?!" De Gaulle waved his hand ruthlessly, interrupting the colonel.

He sneered, looking at the colonel's innocent face that day: "Do you really think Gott is going to help us?"

After the colonel was interrupted, he froze for a moment, then closed his mouth, and quietly let de Gaulle, who seemed in a bad mood, continue to speak.

"No, of course Gott is not for our good!" De Gaulle waved his arms and shouted loudly: "Gort wants to sell the Germans to claim credit, and he wants to persuade us to surrender for his new German master!"

After hearing this, the colonel curled his lips, slandering de Gaulle in his heart, whether Gort is as dark as you think, let's not talk about it for now.Even if this is the case, in terms of results, Gott is now fighting for a better ending for us, which is not a bad thing.