Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Lin Zhu and Ben Field both left on warships. There were no more merchant ships, and they were all requisitioned by the British government to evacuate the British and French forces in Dunkirk.

The situation has become extremely bad.

At this time, Dunkirk is surrounded by enemies on three sides. Guderian's 19th Armored Corps is on the south side, Reinhardt's 41st Armored Corps is on the north side, and dozens of infantry divisions are approaching. If the German army completes the encirclement,

All 400,000 Allied troops at Dunkirk would be lost.

The British had anticipated France's defeat and formulated the "Dynamic Plan" to evacuate the Allied forces on May 19. By this time, the French army had lost 30 divisions and the British had lost 9 divisions. The Allies could not afford more.

If there are too many losses, as many troops as possible should be withdrawn to the British mainland to strengthen local defense.

At this time, no one dared to talk about counterattack on the European continent. Even the most optimistic people could only predict the extent of defending the English Channel.

"Britain's new aircraft are concentrated in the mainland, and its excellent pilots are not used in French operations. Coupled with the powerful Royal Navy, it should be no problem to defend the English Channel." Martin still has confidence in the British army, but his confidence is limited.

"The British are always like this. When cooperating with them, you must remain 100% vigilant." Angel was very dissatisfied with the British. If London went all out, the British and French forces would not even be able to fight back.

In fact, the British and French forces are regrouping.

After the German army broke through the Ardennes Forest, Gamelin resigned without waiting for accountability in Paris.

The French government had no time to hold Gamelin accountable. This man was the main culprit for the defeat of the British-French coalition. For more than half a year, Gamelin had countless opportunities to stop Germany's crazy expansion, but he did nothing.

The sit-down war not only led to the loss of all British and French allies, greatly boosting the ambitions of the Germans, but also caused the British and French coalition forces to become disorganized. The 700,000 British and French coalition forces stationed at the Maginot Line had no chance to evacuate, and only a very small part of them fled to

In Switzerland, more people took the initiative to lay down their weapons after the French government surrendered.

This is in line with European tradition.

The person who succeeded Gamelin as commander-in-chief of the French army was Maxime Weygand, who had served as Foch's chief of staff in the last world war.

Maxime Weygand pieced together 49 French divisions plus 2 British divisions, organized into 3 armies, and formed the Weygand Defense Line about 300 miles from east to west along the Somme and Aisne rivers.

Wei Gang did not dare to move the British and French forces in the Maginot Line. Army Group C commanded by Loeb was eyeing them. Once Weigang mobilized the forces of the Maginot Line, the coalition could suffer an irreversible defeat at any time.

It's dangerous enough now.

The British and French forces at Dunkirk faced the air force led by Guderian, Reinhardt, and Göring.

The Weygand Line faced Rommel.

Desert Fox still performs very well in the hilly areas of northern France.

In the previous stage of the battle, the most outstanding performance among the German generals was Guderian.

Now it was finally Rommel's turn.

At dawn on June 5, Army Group B led by Bock took the lead in launching an all-out attack on the right wing. On that day, Rommel's 7th Armored Division was the first to cross the Somme River.

On the 7th, the 7th Armored Division led by Rommel cut off the French 10th Army defending the Abbeville-Amiens line, and broke through the defense of the British and French forces head-on.

On the 8th, Rommel arrived at the Seine River.

On the 10th, the 7th Armored Division turned around and headed north, advancing 50 miles in one day, completely cutting off the retreat of the French 9th Army and the British 51st Division that were retreating to the coast.

On the 12th, the French 9th Army and the British 51st Division were forced to surrender to Rommel.

"Have our people in St. Roch been completely evacuated?" Roque was not worried about the fate of the British and French forces in Dunkirk. It was all nonsense to say that Mustache was deliberately letting the British go.

Mustache really wants to wipe out all the British and French forces in Dunkirk and leave hope for future peace talks. Wouldn't it be more advantageous to capture all the British and French forces in Dunkirk as bargaining chips?

There are many rivers around Dunkirk, which are all swamps in the end, which is very detrimental to the actions of armored forces.

On the day Guderian's Panzer Corps arrived at Abbeville, the Allies organized a counterattack involving two infantry divisions and a tank brigade.

It was this counterattack that made the German high command notice that Guderian's Panzer Corps was in danger of being counter-encircled by the Allies.

At this time, Goering asked Mustache for help, hoping that Mustache could hand over the task of destroying the Allied forces in Dunkirk to the Air Force.

Göring vowed that the German Air Force was fully capable of completing this task.

Judging from the performance of the British and French air forces in the previous stage of combat, the German Air Force is indeed fully capable of completing this task.

Göring underestimated the courage and determination of the Allies in desperate situations.

I also underestimated the shamelessness of the British.

The British did not go all out in the previous stage of the battle, leaving their elite air force behind for homeland defense. The German air force's advantage over the Allied air force was not as great as it appeared on the French battlefield.

"Not yet. We still have some staff stranded in St. Roch. London has mobilized all ships to implement the 'Generator Plan', including St. Roch's ships." Yang Smuts frowned, Dunkel said.

The Great Retreat was actually not as great as the British later publicized.

Britain's "Plan Generator" initially planned to evacuate only 30,000 people from Dunkirk.

The Germans advanced too fast, leaving very little time for the Allies.

There were not many ships that the British could mobilize. Initially, there were only 30 ferries and 12 minesweepers, and they could only evacuate 10,000 people a day.

British minesweepers are trawlers.

The evacuation was under the overall command of Lieutenant General Bertram Ramsay, Commander of the Dover Naval Port.

Ramsay hoped to receive cover from the British Air Force.

However, General Hugh Dowding, commander of the British Air Force Fighter Command, said that fighter jets can only be sent to Dunkirk only if the defense of the homeland is met.

Mustache's order gave Ramsay a chance.

Ramsay mobilized all the ships that could go to sea and called on the shipowners through the radio to sail to Dunkirk.

British shipowners performed better than British politicians.

These ship owners knew very well what the withdrawal of the expeditionary force meant to Britain, so they actively responded to the Admiralty's call. Barges, tugboats, cargo ships, passenger ships, fishing boats, motorboats and even private yachts all set out to sea and sailed to Dunkirk.

693 British ships and 168 French, Dutch and Belgian ships, a total of 861 various ships, joined the rescue team.

The civilian boats of Southern Africa in Saint-Roch are no exception.

"Tell Cao Shixiu that no matter what, our people must be evacuated first." Roque does not want any southern African to fall into the hands of the enemy. Now the British and French governments still imagine that after the British and French allied forces are captured, they will receive humanitarian treatment from the Germans.

What about treatment?

Rock doesn't want to see Southern Africans being made into soap.

"If more Allied soldiers can be withdrawn to the British mainland" Yang Smuts is a real politician, the cold-blooded and ruthless kind.

During the war, the role of civilians is definitely not as good as that of soldiers.

Yang Smuts wanted to concentrate more power and withdraw more Allied troops back to Britain.

But that would mean that the southern Africans still stranded in Saint-Roch would lose the opportunity to escape France.

"Yang, no matter when the time comes, I hope you will remember that Southern Africa comes first!" Rock said firmly. Judging from the current performance of the British and French coalition forces, Rock did not think they could play a big role in the subsequent battles.

The performance of the British and French forces in their retreat was really shocking.

There is no doubt about Germany's strength.

But the British and French forces were not helpless to fight back.

The number of German Panzer IV tanks is very small, mainly Panzer II and Panzer III. Their performance is not much better than that of the tanks of the British and French allied forces, and in any case they are not to the point of collapse at the first touch.

After the German army broke through the Ardennes Forest, the British and French forces began to collapse.

Large groups of British and French soldiers were all over the mountains and fields, completely out of organization. The soldiers could not find their officers, and the officers could not find the soldiers. If they encountered the German army, the soldiers of the British and French soldiers would hardly fire a shot. They would throw their rifles at the Germans.

The Germans who were "hurrying on their way" did not have time to accept prisoners, nor did they have the ability to take away the rifles, but they could not leave the rifles to the surrendered British and French forces.

So the Germans threw the rifles under the tanks and used the tanks to crush them all.

All these factors led Wei Gang to worry most not about the German armored forces after he became the commander-in-chief of the French army, but the fear that the Allied soldiers had towards the Germans.

This was the last straw that broke the British and French coalition forces.

Such an Anglo-French coalition would probably no longer be suitable for fighting even if it were withdrawn to the British mainland.

"Yes, Lord, it's my fault." Yang Smuts looked ashamed. At this point, he was far inferior to Roque.

Not as good as Cao Shixiu.

Cao Shixiu is a qualified southern African soldier who always puts the interests of southern Africa first.

Lin Zhu wanted to be the last southern African to leave St. Roch, which was his dream. Although Cao Shixiu didn't say anything, he used actions to prove the courage and responsibility of the southern African soldiers.

"Open your eyes wide and look. There are still tens of thousands of people in St. Roch who have not evacuated. I will not give you any ship until they all leave St. Roch!" Cao Shixiu said in front of the British who came to coordinate.

People never give in.

Saint-Roch has strong maritime power.

After the outbreak of the European War, the federal government of Southern Africa mobilized transportation capacity and evacuated the people from St. Roch in batches. In fact, there are not many people stranded in St. Roch now. Most of them are the French and Belgians who poured into St. Roch during this period.

people.

Currently, there are 6 cruise ships and cruise ships in Saint-Roch, and 13 cargo ships that can also be used to carry people in emergencies.

Together, these ships were enough to take away all of Saint Roch's people.

What Cao Shixiu needs is time.

"General, the soldiers in Dunkirk are more important than the civilians here," Colonel Jay Alfred from the "Operation Dynamo" command said unequivocally.

"Oh, go ahead and tell those civilians, see if they will tear you apart!" Cao Shixiu sneered. In the eyes of the British, civilians in southern Africa are indeed not as important as Allied soldiers.