Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

After a few hours of turbulence, Churchill's special plane landed in Paris and headed to the Matignon Palace.

Upon meeting French Prime Minister Reynaud and Allied Commander-in-Chief Gamelin, Churchill immediately realized that the situation was much worse than he expected. Because both of their faces were gloomy and there was no hope at all.

Especially Gan Molin, who had an old face, as if someone owed him money.

At this time, Gamelin was really unhappy. Just now, Prime Minister Reno mentioned to him his plan to change the commander-in-chief. Although he said it very tactfully, Gamelin was not an idiot and immediately understood his intention. mean.

Although he felt unhappy about crossing a river and tearing down a bridge, Gan Molin had to admit that he had to bear a lot of responsibility for the situation of the war to reach this point; if not for his status as commander-in-chief, he might have been escorted to Military court, will be found guilty of dereliction of duty.

Frustrated and unable to do what he wanted, Gan Molin agreed and said he would take the initiative to resign.

But when Renault informed Wei Gang, Wei Gang was not happy about it.

Wei Gang thought that if the war situation went smoothly, he would be happy to take over this burden, even if there was still a glimmer of hope, he would be obliged to do so. But now the defeat is almost certain. Do you want me to sign the surrender letter when you let me take over? I won’t take this big blame, and I don’t want to be infamy for forever!

Wei Gang declined the appointment of Prime Minister Reno on the grounds that he was too old and sick to bear the burden. He is 72 years old this year, so this excuse sounds reasonable.

This is very embarrassing.

Unable to find another candidate for a while, Renault could only bite the bullet and plead with Gamelin to continue as commander-in-chief.

Although he really wanted to pat his butt and leave, Gan Molin reluctantly agreed for the sake of his motherland.

Churchill, of course, had no idea this had happened, so he went straight to the point. "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, how serious is the situation?" More than 200,000 elite British troops are now on the European continent. If there is any loss to these soldiers, the consequences will be really disastrous. "Where are the strategic reserves?"

Gan Molin shook his head and shrugged. "There is no strategic reserve! Just an hour ago, our two armored divisions and an armored brigade of your army were severely damaged. Now there is no way to resist the German army's advance."

"..." The corner of Churchill's mouth twitched slightly. Two armored divisions and an armored brigade were just gone? You French people are pretty good at killing people! But even if you want to give it away, it is enough for you to give it to yourself, so why bring your allies.

It's only been less than a week and we're going to lose?

Churchill really wanted to slap himself hard to see if he was dreaming! Although the British had also analyzed the possibility of France's defeat, Churchill never dreamed that France, the "world's largest army power", would last in days under the German offensive.

Reno on the side said with great frustration. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I just discussed the retreat with Commander-in-Chief Gamelin. It is meaningless to defend Belgium now. The troops in Brussels must be withdrawn."

Churchill deeply agreed with this proposal, and of course he had to withdraw it because he was about to be dumped. "As long as we keep the army, we keep the hope of victory. Our connivance with Germany has led to today's bad consequences. However, I believe that the final victory must belong to us!" I don't know what he said. Either encourage the two people opposite you or encourage yourself.

But what he said did make sense. They must keep these troops, otherwise it will be basically impossible to reorganize an army with the same number and the same combat effectiveness in a short period of time. By then, let alone France, even the British mainland will be in danger. "Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief, do you have any plans?"

Gan Molin spoke slowly. "My idea is that it is basically impossible to retreat by land, and it can easily be intercepted by the German army." After all, the German army could reach the seaside by rushing more than 200 kilometers forward, completely cutting off the coalition's retreat route.

If the land route is not possible, then the only option is the sea route? !

Churchill suddenly fell silent.

This task is so arduous that even the British Empire is feeling the pressure.

There are more than 200,000 British troops, more than 100,000 French troops, plus tens of thousands of Belgian troops. How many ships must be mobilized to transport these nearly 400,000 troops? There are so many heavy equipment, how can it be just luck?

Just the personnel, equipment, baggage, and vehicles of one division cannot be transported without a 200,000-300,000-ton ship!

Although the shortest distance between the two sides of the strait is only thirty or forty kilometers, and transport ships can travel back and forth non-stop, transporting all these personnel and equipment also requires ships of considerable size.

Britain is an island country, surrounded by sea, and of course there is no shortage of ships; but the biggest problem is air control over the English Channel.

He also learned that the most cutting-edge Spitfire fighter jets in the British Empire were no match for German fighter jets. Although engineers worked hard to upgrade and improve them, it was impossible to achieve results in a short period of time.

If air superiority cannot be guaranteed, how can we protect those transport ships? Once the Germans took the opportunity to launch an attack, how many ships, personnel and materials would they lose?

However, during the discussion, both sides discovered a problem. Gamelin was preparing to transport the army to the rear of France to regroup and fight again. Churchill wanted to transport all the troops to England. Gamelin and Renault did not agree at first. After all, if these troops were transported to the opposite side, what would they do to stop the German army?

It is no exaggeration to say that once these elite main forces leave the mainland, France will simply surrender without having to fight.

Churchill spent all his efforts and almost ran out of words before convincing these two men to agree to transport the army to Britain.

After discussing other details, Churchill stood up. "Then I'm going back."

Prime Minister Reno asked worriedly. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, do you think we still have hope of victory?"

"Of course!" Churchill replied without hesitation and decisively. At this time, what is needed most is firm belief, and Churchill's belief has never disappeared. No difficulty seemed insurmountable to him.

"Prime Minister Reynaud, Commander-in-Chief Gamelin, although the difficulties we are currently facing are more severe than those in 1914, I believe that the heroic French people will bravely overcome these difficulties. As Horace said, 'The difficulties that have been overcome This is the opportunity for victory'; once this difficulty is overcome, victory can be said to be close at hand. And our British Empire will stand firmly beside France and fight against the evil Germany together. The final victory must belong to The righteous side!"

Churchill had already seen that these French people were about to lose the courage to continue fighting, so he could only cheer them up as much as possible. Lest these guys surrender before those troops can withdraw. This was why he insisted so strongly on sending troops to England.

"Furthermore, Germany's domestic resources are already scarce, and with our blockade, they won't be able to hold on for long. Without the gasoline supply, their thousands of tanks and planes will turn into a pile of junk!" It's easy to say, but Churchill himself did not believe that Germany would be short of fuel in a short time.

After all, no one knows how much crude oil Germany has shipped from Daming in the past ten years. Moreover, they also import oil from the Soviet Union and the United States. With the oil supply from Romania, I am afraid that Germany now has enough fuel to fight for several years.

His words seemed to have some effect. The French Prime Minister, who had been dejected just now, regained some color on his face and nodded vigorously. "France will fight to the end."