Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The Germans were very sensible in Saint-Roch and did not launch an attack on Saint-Roch.

The Germans also made no further moves against those who had already entered St. Roch.

However, the German tanks did not withdraw and stopped at the entrance of Saint-Roch. From this moment on, Saint-Roch also became an isolated island.

After the arrival of the German tanks, Cao Shixiu ordered all roads into St. Roch to be closed. The defenders all entered a state of first-level combat readiness and accelerated their evacuation operations.

In Dunkirk, only 30 kilometers away from Saint-Roch, the generator plan has also begun to be implemented.

Dunkirk is an ancient castle with a long history. It has been an important port in northern France since the 9th century AD. In 1939, Dunkirk was the third largest port in France in terms of throughput.

The Port of Dunkirk has 7 deep-water berths for large ships, 4 dry docks and an 8-kilometer-long pier. The port channel has been dredged, allowing large ships to enter and exit freely. The complete breakwaters and convex piers can effectively withstand the English Channel.

Due to the strong winds and waves, if these port facilities can be fully utilized, 300,000 British and French troops can safely board the ship with all their equipment in just a few days.

Since the outbreak of the war, Dunkirk has been subjected to indiscriminate bombing by the German army. All four docks have been destroyed, the 8-kilometer long pier has been bombed into ruins, and most of the city has been razed to the ground in air raids.

The only thing that can still be used for berthing ships is an east embankment less than 1,200 meters long, and it was temporarily built with wooden piles and planks after the original east embankment was blown up.

The temporary east embankment is very simple. It is only wide enough for eight people to pass side by side at the same time. There is only a concrete pillar on the seaside side with a lighthouse. There are some wooden piles around the embankment. It can also moor ships in an emergency, but the current is relatively heavy.

Emergency, there is some danger when the ship docks.

There are three routes from Dunkirk to the UK. Route Z has the shortest distance, only 40 nautical miles, but it is blocked by German artillery and cannot be used.

The distance of Route

The only route that can be used is the Y route, which has the longest range. It is nearly 90 nautical miles and takes almost six hours to complete. Although there is no threat of German artillery fire, the attention of German aircraft is all on this route, which is very dangerous.

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There are only 16 people in the "Operation Dynamo" headquarters, including Commander-in-Chief Ramsay.

Judging from this situation, the British and French governments actually do not have high hopes for withdrawing the 30 British and French coalition forces to the British mainland within a few days.

At the critical moment, the British finally showed commendable courage and fighting will.

On May 26, the first night of Operation Dynamo, only 1,312 people were evacuated from Dunkirk, and most of them were logistics personnel.

On the 27th, the 3rd Air Force and the 2nd Air Force of the German Air Force launched a full-scale bombing of the Dunkirk port area and beaches, dropping a total of 15,000 high-explosive bombs and 30,000 incendiary bombs. Dunkirk

Almost razed to the ground.

Since the outbreak of the war, the elite air force that has been used by the British government for homeland defense has finally been dispatched.

The British Air Force departing from the mainland engaged in a fierce air battle with the German Air Force. The German 2nd Air Force alone was shot down 23 aircraft, 64 aircrew were killed and 7 were injured. The losses exceeded the total of the previous ten days.

The day of the 27th was therefore called "a day of disaster" by the Germans.

On the 27th, more British ships joined the evacuation operation.

In addition to the previous ferries and trawlers, 1 cruiser, 8 destroyers and 26 other ships joined. On this day, due to the indiscriminate bombing of the German army, the British and French forces trapped in Dunkirk only evacuated 7669

people.

On the night of the 27th, German naval submarines, torpedo boats and minesweepers also dispatched from the newly occupied ports of the Netherlands and Belgium, attempting to use the cover of night to attack British ships responsible for the evacuation operation.

Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps finally began to attack Dunkirk.

But at this time, Guderian's opponent was no longer Gamelin, but Montgomery, who had just emerged.

Bernard Law Montgomery was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, an alumnus of Winston and Roark, and served in the last world war.

When the European War broke out, Montgomery served as the commander of the British Third Division and went to fight in France.

After the Germans broke through the Maas River defense line, the British Third Division commanded by Montgomery fell into the German siege.

The 3rd Division is a rare motorized infantry division in the British Army and has a large number of vehicles.

Montgomery abandoned all his baggage, divided all the soldiers into 600 cars, and retreated to Dunkirk under the cover of darkness.

In order to avoid German air force bombing, the reducers of all Montgomery military vehicles were coated with a layer of reflective paint and illuminated with small lights hidden under the rear fenders. The driver of the following vehicle used this light to follow closely.

After catching the car in front, the entire convoy turned off its headlights and implemented strict light control.

In order to prevent accidents, Montgomery also set up traffic pickets at intersections and corners where it is easy to get lost to direct the movement of the convoy——

In this way, the 3rd Division marched 60 kilometers overnight, successfully escaped from the German encirclement, and rushed in front of the 19th Armored Corps commanded by Guderian in the early morning of the 28th to organize a solid defense line.

As mentioned before, one of the important reasons why Mustache ordered the armored troops to stop attacking was that there were many rivers around Dunkirk and there were swamps everywhere, so it was difficult to use armored troops to fight.

Montgomery commanded the troops to make clever use of the terrain and carried out tenacious snipers against the German armored forces. Until the Allies completed "Operation Dynamo", the 19th Armored Corps commanded by Guderian could no longer move forward.

While the Third Division commanded by Montgomery was engaged in a fierce battle with the 19th Armored Corps commanded by Guderian, Operation Dynamo reached its climax on the East Embankment of Dunkirk.

On the 28th, the addition of British civilian ships greatly increased the speed of the Allied evacuation.

The narrow east embankment was the only way for the Allies to survive. Colonel William Tennant, who had the letters "S·N·O" on his helmet, was the commander who coordinated the boarding. These letters were used on cigarette boxes.

As shown in the tinfoil cutout, Colonel Tennant only had 12 officers and 150 soldiers.

"We are the 4th Meersfeld Carbine Regiment. My children want to return home as soon as possible, so we must board the ship immediately." On the busy beach, a British officer was arrogant and asked to jump in line.

At this time, there were more than 300,000 British and French troops stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. Most of them were from the British Expeditionary Force, and the number of French troops was only about a quarter.

This shows how much of a thieves the British are.

You must know that before Operation Sickle began, there were only 10 British divisions fighting in France.

After Operation Sickle began, Britain continued to send more troops to France, and the total strength did not exceed one-sixth of the total Allied forces on the Western Front.

In other words, the total number of British troops was less than 500,000 among the Allied forces with a total strength of 3 million.

Among the 400,000 Allied troops in Dunkirk and surrounding areas, the total number of British troops is about 300,000, and the remaining French, Belgian and Dutch troops combined are less than 100,000.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the Polish Highland Brigade was also in Dunkirk.

After the Polish Highland Brigade came to France, they received weapons and equipment in Saint-Roch and needed to undergo a period of training before they could go to the front line to fight.

Fortunately, the Polish Highland Brigade escaped the assault of German tanks. Among all the Allied forces in Dunkirk, the Polish Highland Brigade had the most complete organization and the most complete weapons and equipment.

During the Dunkirk evacuation, the British and French forces abandoned a total of 1,200 cannons, 750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, 63,000 cars, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, and 6,400 anti-tank guns.

tanks, guns and 500,000 tons of military supplies.

"Our troops have suffered heavy casualties. There are a large number of wounded in the troops who need immediate treatment. Please, let our wounded soldiers board the ship first. They are all good boys and can still fight the Germans -" A man with a full head

The French colonel, who had white hair and was still bleeding from the bandage on his arm, begged.

There is no way, the situation is stronger than the people, the British are responsible for the evacuation, and the British ships are responsible for the transportation. The French government is busy moving now and can't even care about the French soldiers on the beach of Dunkirk.

After the 7th Armored Division commanded by Rommel forcibly crossed the Somme River, Paris was already under threat from the German army.

The Weygand Line was unable to stop the advance of the German armored forces, and the French government had begun to move the capital from Paris to Tours.

Tours was the capital of France in the early Renaissance. During this period, a large number of castles were built in the Loire Valley where Tours is located, and Tours was also called the "Garden of France".

Tours is strategically located and is the largest land transportation hub in western France.

However, the French government seems to have overlooked an issue.

Although the location of Tours is good, it is not close to the sea.

Therefore, as the German armored forces advance, the French government may have to move.

Otherwise, it would be too late to escape before the Germans arrived.

"We must try our best to evacuate healthy soldiers from Dunkirk. The wounded will have difficulty moving and will occupy the space of healthy soldiers. God will bless them-" British military officers should be devout believers.

But putting your hope in God is a bit too much.

Germans are not gods.

"Shut your mouth, bastard, I will never abandon my child, even if he is injured!" The old colonel was furious. People are indeed different.

"Shut up, no matter whether he is British or French, as long as he is an Allied soldier, we should be responsible for their lives!" Colonel Tennant's voice was hoarse, his eyes were bloodshot, and "Operation Dynamo" began

For three days, Colonel Tennant slept only four hours.

It was precisely because of Colonel Tennant's integrity and persistence that the order of the evacuation was maintained.

On the 28th, 17,804 people were evacuated from Dunkirk, 10,000 more than the previous day.

However, to evacuate all 300,000 British and French troops from Dunkirk, more transportation power is needed.

The Allies really need God's blessing.