Battle of the Third Reich

Churchill was frowning and pacing slowly in the hallway of the shelter, spitting smoke like a steam locomotive. The passing staff looked at the figure of the Prime Minister shrouded in low pressure. The current affairs turned around and detoured. [+NEW^^+

Churchill was very taboo when he was thinking about being disturbed by the outside world. He would even be angry with the childishness. Although he would not settle the accounts on the spot, he would definitely leave a bad impression. Maybe the next time he will face the job of killing himself to death Think of you.

However, this kind of work must be done by somebody. A second lieutenant, Xin Ding, who was on the staff team, was launched as a sacrifice. The young second lieutenant stepped forward, and the inexperienced rookie blocked the prime minister's path without realizing it. Churchill suddenly raised his head and glared at the offender, who dared to interrupt his thoughts and blocked his footsteps, the Army. The second lieutenant never thought a man's eyes could be so violent and brutal. At that moment the young man felt a sore bladder, and some warm liquid moistened the linen**.

"What's the matter!" Churchill asked coldly to the little second lieutenant in front of him.

"Prime Minister... Prime Minister..." The young second lieutenant's brain was blank, and he could not remember why he stood here.

"You need to take a good rest, boy!" Churchill found that his attitude made the other party too nervous. This situation is not uncommon. Many people can't even speak under their own pressure. The boy's ability to call the prime minister is considered good.

"Okay, prime minister, okay..." The second lieutenant had forgotten even the basic salute. He turned around dullly and walked towards the other side of the corridor. Churchill found a string of shoe marks with water trails behind the second lieutenant. He couldn't help but frowned in disgust. He decided to order the staff to remove the waste as soon as possible. This kind of coward should be sent to a harsh environment for training. Sahara may be a good choice.

"Under the prime minister." The helpless staff could only send out the second offering, and an army lieutenant stood far away to salute Churchill.

"What's the matter with you. I'm thinking about the subject of the meeting now. If it's just normal business, let the Army Chief of Staff handle it yourself. Don't bother me before the meeting." Churchill was a little sick of these sneaky styles of his men. I swear that if it was just a question of some kind of feathers and skins, drag the lieutenant out of the eyes to the flag.

"Sorry, Prime Minister. Marshal Ironside, please be sure to pass by once. He is waiting for you in the office of the Army Committee. There is a very urgent situation to report to you." The lieutenant said the whole sentence with a sigh of relief. The broad forehead glowed with oil under the corridor lights.

"It's an urgent situation? Do you know anything?" Churchill felt a little nervous. He had a hunch that it might be another bad news. He was now scorched. The British Empire could not bear any more bad news.

"Sorry, Prime Minister, I don't know the specific content." The lieutenant replied loudly.

"Understood. I'll pass immediately." Churchill stabilized his emotions. The status quo is already the case anyway, and it should not be worse. Perhaps about the German paratroopers, the Army always likes to make a fuss, Churchill comforted himself while walking towards the temporary office of the Army Committee inside the bunker.

The British Army and the Commonwealth National Army have a unique organizational structure of the British. They are different from other countries in the world. Their complexity can be seen in the eyes of ordinary military fans, and by the way, that brain is stirred into a pot of porridge.

This group of Anglo-Saxon barbarians is Germanic after all. Inheriting the glorious tradition of Saxon barbarian's fierce and fierce brutality, he also absorbed the greed, cunning, sinister and viciousness of the Anglo barbarian. In the end, when the German relatives were still killing each other in the Black Forest, they had already kneeled on the island of various Celtic tribes, swallowed the construction of the Roman Empire in one fell swoop, and broke out of the freshman year. Fanjiye.

Saxony, Germany is one of their birthplaces. So while they scolded the Germans for being a barbarian in the forest, they were actually insulting their own ancestors.

The British military system can actually be said to be inherited from the Roman Empire. In the early days, they almost copied the organization of the Roman legion. This group of barbarians who worshipped Rome to the bones after hundreds of years of evolution, still retained the Roman emperor’s regiment. It is customary that after the establishment of a unit, no matter how the times change, it still insists on retaining the establishment number and honorary title at the time of establishment. For example, the XX Royal Flintlock Regiment, which means that the British Army had just started to co-edit the Flintlock Force when this unit was established. For example, the XX Rifle Regiment indicated that the regiment had entered the rifle era when it was established.

British bureaucrats call this title the administrative title, which is used for desk work, and it is completely two systems of combat establishment. So looking at the British name often makes people confused. Obviously it is the Flintlock Regiment, but the result is a mechanized infantry, obviously the Scottish Infantry Regiment, and it turns out that it is a paratrooper unit.

Called a regiment in the British Army, there is often only one battalion. However, after the outbreak of war, some regiments would swell in an instant, frantically absorbed into a pile of local battalions and reserve battalions, and became a huge establishment unit similar to a brigade. During World War I, there were once 17 super infantry battalions Infantry regiment with a total strength of more than one infantry division.

In addition, there are clearly the same regiment. The first battalion is stationed in Gibraltar, the second battalion is far away in India, and the third battalion is classified as a reserve in the mainland. It makes people think that this regiment seems to be haunted. In fact, This is normal in the British Army with colonies all over the world, but it is enough to make the agents collecting British intelligence crazy.

What is even more confusing is that the brigade and division units of the British Army do not have a fixed establishment. Most of the brigades are temporarily assigned, and they are often exchanged at any time according to the different areas of operation. The division’s establishment can also be floated at will. It doesn’t matter if there is one more brigade or one less brigade. For example, the 79th Armored Division, which was originally famous in history, the British actually put five armored brigades into the division’s establishment. Thousands of tanks are called the world's first armored regiment.

Having finished talking about the chaotic basic establishment of the British Army, what surpasses all this is the command system of the British Empire Army. Compared with the chaotic troop structure, it is rare to be simple and bright. The commander-in-chief does not let the wise king, as the commander of the three armed forces, has the supreme leadership, of course, just to talk.

The Secretary of the Army is an administrative leader. He is responsible for the daily construction and management of the army. The real army helm is the Chief of the General Staff of the Army. As the chief commander of all military operations of the Army, he is only responsible to the Secretary of the Army and the wartime. Under his command are the Landing Army Committee and the Army Executive Committee. The former is responsible for formulating the combat plan, and the latter is responsible for supervising the execution. Then there are a bunch of committees of administration, equipment, construction, logistics, scientific research, etc. The division of labor is also clear, and they can perform the tasks explained above in addition to their own duties. In addition to work efficiency, there are British unique bureaucracy and slowness. In addition, it is a more scientific administrative structure.

Baron Ironside and his confidant were sitting in the temporary office of the Army Commission, and they had heated discussions with several telegrams and phone records on the table. While several officers were blushing and pointing at each other's noses with thick necks, Churchill pushed open the door and came in. The time in the room seemed to freeze for a moment, and then everyone stood up to salute the Prime Minister.

"Under Ironside, what is the urgent situation to tell me, did you receive the intelligence to discover the German paratroopers again." Churchill walked all the way to the center of the middle map table and sat down without any politeness.

"Under the Prime Minister, the problem is more serious. The German armored forces appeared behind Dover. The weight of the first armored division and the artillery units were attacked by German tanks. According to the surviving officers, there was at least one tank regiment. Sixth The infantry division’s heavy team was also attacked by a German team on the London road. They claimed to have encountered a dozen new German tanks. They failed to identify the specific model and refused to claim that it was an improvement of the German tank 4. Model." Ironside stood up and reported respectfully to Churchill. He placed several telegrams and recording papers on the table in front of the Prime Minister.

"It's impossible, these people must be insane!" Churchill said without hesitation that the news was too absurd. He put the cigar holder in his hand into the ashtray on the table, then took out his famous pair of tortoiseshell glasses from his suit pocket and put it on his nose. He carefully picked up the telegrams and studied them word by word.

"I don't know what to do. I only saw a group of men who were scared and wailed like a group of defeated dogs. They may have just been attacked by a few German paratroopers, but escaped like a coward, in order to relieve their guilt. , Falsely claiming to have encountered a German tank. I saw similar cases in the report on the front line of the French campaign. Fear can cause hallucinations and magnify the power of the enemy many times.

In order to avoid going to the military court, these people can do everything, lying to the enemy is their most common trick, but unfortunately these people are so stupid, they forget that they are on an island, the German tanks will not fly, they It is impossible to overtake the Fortress fortress on British soil. Churchill took off his glasses and casually threw the telegram in his hand onto the table. He pouted his mouth to express his contempt for these deserters and raised his hand to pick up the cigar and put it back in his mouth. (To be continued)