Battle of the Third Reich

"Colonel Mueller, the "Cyprus" army played very well in this battle, and I am very satisfied with your commanding ability." Xu Jun smiled and said to Mueller who came to meet: " Your performance in this battle was excellent, and it did not disappoint me. You are indeed an excellent commander."

After talking about Jun Xu, he looked to the other officers

"You will also receive the awards and honours you deserve. Your performance has also impressed me deeply, and the soldiers, they have proved their bravery and loyalty with their actions."

"Thank you very much for the commander’s appreciation. We are actually just following your plan. The honor of victory in this battle should belong to you. Without your sophisticated plan and genius tactics, we may not see this victory at all. "Muller replied excitedly, and the other officers also nodded in agreement.

"Haha, how can I say this, the honor of victory in this battle should be said to belong to everyone who participated in this battle, from ordinary soldiers to the highest command everyone will get the honor they deserve. The headquarters has been prepared to give each The soldiers participating in this battle will be awarded a battle commemorative medal as a commemorative and honorary mark for all those who participated in the battle."

"Ah, that's really great, General. Oh, I haven't congratulated you on being promoted to admiral. I didn't expect you to be promoted from Brigadier General to Admiral within a month. You have created another record. . On behalf of the officers and men of the entire army, I sincerely congratulate you. Your rank can finally be balanced with your achievements, ha ha ha, but I personally think that the marshal uniform may be more suitable for you." Mueller smiled. Speaking.

"When did you learn to flatter?" Xu Jun whispered his head closer to Mueller: "Are you learning from those two guys." After that, he aimed at the two SSs standing beside him with his eyes. officer.

"Hahaha, General, you are really kidding."

"Okay, no kidding, let's not stand silly here and bask in the sun, let's go to your headquarters as soon as possible. Although the report is written in detail, it is better to listen to your own report for some questions."

Mueller hurriedly led the way ahead, and the other officers followed behind the mighty Xu Jun and walked towards the regiment headquarters. Xu Jun walked into the conference room of the headquarters and sat down at the end of the conference table. The other officers also sat in two rows on both sides of the conference table, while the lower-ranking officers sat down in a circle of chairs against the wall. The serviceman brought everyone freshly brewed coffee and some cookies.

Xu Jun greeted every officer he knew with his coffee, and then asked Mueller who was sitting next to him: "Muller, I carefully read your report yesterday. The details of the navy are still not very clear. , I know their plan of capture, which I approved, but I still have little confidence in this plan. How did you capture those British warships. How come the British did not sink themselves? You gave the battle at sea to the end Let me talk about it carefully."

Mueller quickly reported to Xu Jun the fierce battle that afternoon and what happened after the fierce battle. Xu Jun listened with interest to Mueller, he regretted not being able to see the splendid scene of shooting with the British battleship with a train gun, but this is also good. Xu Jun knows that although he no longer has a cold for corpses and blood , But if you really see the scene of flesh and blood flying, it is still a bit unbearable, it is better not to see it than to lose its color in front of those officers. The chance of being able to go to the front line personally after becoming a general will be even rarer. Sitting in the command headquarters with pencils and maps to command your army. Thousands of murders seem to reduce the psychological burden a lot. It's much better for those people to be blown up or fell to the ground.

Xu Jun wondered how the three battleships were captured. Only after hearing the narrative of the parties did they understand what happened.

It turned out that after a intensive torpedo attack by the German Air Force, most battleships still insisted on floating above the sea. Although they all have a lot of torpedoes, but because they are too large and have a large number of watertight cabins, they can continue to float for a while, and they did not sink to the bottom of the sea immediately. But sinking is inevitable, just slower.

Most of those battleships were destroyed by torpedo blows, so they basically lost their fighting power. At that time, Mueller was overjoyed to see this result. He had originally wanted to find a way to seize all the warships. Although he was hit with hundreds of holes, it should be reusable after repairs. This is a huge sum for Germany. Wealth. But Mueller couldn't find any ships to tow them at the moment, and Mueller had no experience in capturing enemy warships. He didn't know where to start. As a result, he consulted with the Lieutenant Colonel Siegfried.

When he said his plan, he did not expect to coincide with the naval lieutenant colonel. Siegfried reported the situation to the Naval Command at that time, and the Navy was overjoyed with the result. They said they would immediately dispatch warships to receive the fruits of victory. The Navy also has a fleet of destroyers in the port of Ostend, Belgium, with twelve high-speed destroyers, and they are ready to let all those destroyers be dispatched. They are ready to tow away those British warships that can be towed, and to dismantle important parts and equipment before being towed. Anyway, there are very few opportunities to face large enemy warships. Usually there is such a good target ship for training.

The Navy also negotiated with the Army to add an army of assault infantry to each destroyer to deal with the possible resistance of the British. Because the British battleships are equipped with marines, the assault infantry carried very fierce firepower to their teeth. They are confident that they can screen any courageous marines or sailors into the screen and let them know about the German army. Great.

But before waiting for the destroyers to leave the port, the situation on the Dunkirk sea has changed. The first was the war exhaustion, which deeply hated the German Navy. The most active battleship of the Royal Navy suddenly experienced a big explosion. I don’t know whether it was its oil depot or ammunition depot. Anyway, even Mueller’s command post felt that burst. Severe shock wave. The battleship of 33,000 tons turned into a cremation furnace in an instant, the fireball rushed into the air 300 meters high, and the pillar of smoke was one kilometer high. The naval officers and men on that ship were reimbursed for at least half of the explosion.

At that time, everyone knew that the battleship was completely finished. The sailors and officers who survived the explosion all scrambled into the sea with various life-saving supplies, and then desperately swam away. This battleship may be It will sink soon, and it is not a joke if it is sucked in by the water that was rolled up by the battleship when it sank.

At this time, the war exhaust that had been leaning to the port side began to slowly flip to the port side, the whole ship turned over, and then the war exhaust stopped on the sea for a few seconds and then began to stand upright and sink toward the sea bottom. Going on, forty seconds later, the battleship disappeared on the sea, leaving only a large piece of debris and oil slick and hundreds of naval officers and soldiers floating on the sea.

This was followed by the two sister ships, King and Crash, both of which had been inclined to the sea by about 40 degrees. The King was in a very serious situation, and its port side deck was almost approaching the water. The officers and men of the two warships had abandoned the ship 15 minutes ago, because if they did not abandon the ship at that time, if the hull continued to tilt down, the lifeboat would not be able to lower the sea. Now the two 31,000-ton battleships have finally completed their journey, both tumbling and sinking into the dark English Channel to accompany their other sister ship, the Royal Oak.

At this time, the remaining British battleships on the sea were only the Revenge and Determination and the hapless flagship Nelson, and the three battlecruisers Hood, Counterattack and Prestige had long disappeared on the sea. Without a trace, Hood had a big explosion in the ammunition depot before it sank, and all of them were killed. The survivors of the other two battleships are much better. They finally put down the dozens of lifeboats on the two battleships before sinking. Basically at least half of the crew survived. Now they are rowing the lifeboat towards Those comrades who fell into the water drove away.

When Mueller saw this scene, he was really in a hurry. The ships seemed to be too seriously injured. When the German Navy arrived, there was not even a floating British warship. But it seems that a large number of British captives can be captured. Navy officers and soldiers, he now estimates that at least more than 6,000 people are floating in the sea. As a result, he can't help but worry about whether the German navy is capable of saving so many British sailors ashore.

What Mueller did not expect was that the British solved the problem themselves. Gott sent an officer to contact the Germans. The British officer suggested to Mueller whether it could temporarily cease the fire for an hour in a humanitarian spirit. They wanted the small ships now hiding in the port to rescue the poor Royal Navy sailors.

Mueller resolutely agreed to this request, and those boats did not dare to come out again after entering the port, especially after the warships were destroyed in front of them, they completely lost the confidence to escape from Dunkerque. Some of them took risks and tried their luck before they rushed out of the port and were torn to pieces by the Air Force's modified gunboats.

Although Mueller agreed to the British request, there are two conditions. First, all boats must be under the surveillance of German gunboats. Any attack on the gunboats will be regarded as the end of the ceasefire. The Germans will attack the British. For the most severe retaliation, the second rescue of the naval sailors must return to the port of Dunkerque. Any attempt to escape will also be regarded as a violation of the agreement and will be immediately destroyed by the German ** team. .

The British government official agreed to Mueller's conditions in one bite, and waited until the British returned. The boats began to sail out of the port one after another towards the British sailors and officers who were struggling on the sea, and the German gunboats also began to ring above those boats when they found which ship wanted to sneak back. On the British route, they will unceremoniously shoot those ships until they return to the original route.

When the small boats were struggling to rescue their sailors, the Yin shadows of the twelve German high-speed destroyers in the distance had already appeared on the sea level, and the German navy began to receive their victory.

When the British paralyzed giant ships saw the destroyers of the German Navy, they had no courage to resist. The warships invariably hung white flags and a German navy flag on their high masts. As the destroyers slowly approached the warships, the British navy officers and soldiers who remained on the ship had lined up on the deck waiting for the German navy to take them away.

When the fierce German Army assault infantry boarded the warships, the British were taken aback. They looked at the infantry armed with teeth in horror, and could not figure out what the Germans wanted to do to them. However, because they did not receive the imaginary resistance, the Germans did not embarrass the British. They just coldly announced that the ship was captured by the German squad and sent the British to the destroyer.

The Germans rushed towards the bottom of those warships at the fastest speed. They were afraid that the British had opened the submarine valve and began to sink. They wondered why the proud British Navy had not done so much until now. By the time the bottom deck was reached, German talents understood the reason why the British did not do this, not because they did not want to do it, but because they could not. Now that the bottom tanks of these warships are full of seawater, no one can find those huge valves in the dark water. Even if they find them, it is impossible to twist them in the water.

The German destroyer did not dare to neglect this news, and quickly organized a towing operation. Unexpectedly, while the rope was hanging, the Ethereum suddenly began to sink. Judging from its injury, it really could not withstand it. The Germans had to give up the battleship. In the end, they had to drag the Nelson and Determination to return, and the navy was going to drag them back to their homeland for repair. They also had to **** the fleet and aircraft for the safety of the two warships. These are all naval matters, and Xu Jun can't control much.

And the results of the 19th Armored Army were also brilliant. They used trains to sink three British heavy cruisers and one battleship, as if they were the flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet, the Barram, and then they also put the parachute battleship horse. The Raia dragged into the port of Calais. Originally they reported that they were attacking four battleships. It seems that they regarded heavy cruisers as battleships.

After listening to Mueller's report, Xu Jun nodded slowly, and he was very satisfied with his victory. Now there are only two battleships left in the British navy. Queen Elizabeth and her sister ship Gangyong, all other large ships are explained here. And none of those British cruisers could be pulled out to fight against Scharnhorst and Gresenno in Germany. The German navy can now temporarily take advantage of its maritime power.

However, relying on large warships alone is not enough. It seems that the construction of the Qipoline aircraft carrier must be restarted as soon as possible. But now the problem of the British Expeditionary Force has to be solved first.

"Müller, you will immediately send the messenger to the British and tell Gott that I agree to meet with him to discuss their surrender. The time is set at 1 pm. Let him come to our headquarters and carry three entourage. Now I’m going to take a break, and I’m going to be disbanded by the overnight car. You will come here now. After the negotiation with the British, we will have a grand celebration. Haha, that’s it. Right. Mueller, take me to your dormitory first,"

After talking, Xu Jun stood up, saluted the officers who were sitting, and then followed Mueller out of the meeting room, leaving a room full of respectful officers who were still saluting. ;