Lin Wei nodded. What is needed most at this time is unity between the two armies. If the SS and the Wehrmacht still dislike each other at this critical moment, then the planning department will be hopeless this time.
But without seeing the current state of the SS with his own eyes, Lin Wei always felt unsure. Is the SS under Lin Wei's control of Hit? Created under the guise of Le, so far, the performance of the SS has been in line with Lin Wei's standards. However, this force is too young after all and does not have the strong and uninterrupted foundation of the Wehrmacht. When it comes time to endure tragic casualties, no one can guarantee what will happen to the SS.
But all this is what the SS must experience. Without a huge enough victory, the SS can only be an eternal vassal of the Wehrmacht. When the war is over, when people mention the German SS, they are SS XXX Division, this will not only make Lin Wei happy, but will also make Lin Wei feel even more humiliated. Lin Wei has used all his strength to improve the SS, and has also hired Paul & Hausser and other generals from the Wehrmacht. If this is the case, the SS will still not be able to become an overall strong army, leaving people with The impression I had was that only a few divisions had strong combat effectiveness. Lin Wei was so disappointed.
With such a mood, Lin Wei walked out of the headquarters, followed by his leader, Imperial Division Commander Paul Hausser, Police Division Commander Konrad Hikuller, and Viking Division Commander Felix ·Starner and other senior SS generals.
You can already smell the faint salty smell of the English Channel water here. Forty kilometers away is the place where hundreds of thousands of British and French troops are besieged now, the northern French port of Dunkirk.
The German troops here, whether it is the SS or the Wehrmacht, already know that the head of state has given themselves the final task of annihilating the British and French coalition forces in the Dunkirk area. Everyone is using the little time to urgently repair their tanks, and some idle soldiers are writing letters to their relatives at home. Perhaps they think that the British and French forces, which have been in a disastrous defeat, are facing an invincible battle. The German Army, with the outcome of this battle already determined, promised victory to their families in advance.
Everyone's face was full of confidence, and their eyes were full of desire for victory. Lin Wei saw something in their eyes that he couldn't see in them a few years ago, which was the kind of confidence that defied everything and merged with Austria. Lin Wei didn't see it. When Czechoslovakia was dismembered, Lin Wei still didn't see it. During the blitz against Poland, Lin Wei finally saw it. And now, this strong confidence has reached its peak. Lin Wei had no doubt that even if he summoned the U.S. Army from 1945, the soldiers in front of him now would not hesitate to fight them in a desperate battle.
Germany needs to completely eliminate the British and French forces in the Dunkirk area, not only to avoid future troubles, but also to prove to the world that Germany is now no longer a match for Britain and France combined. Germany can easily wipe out the two most powerful countries in the world. Another advantage of doing this is that it can deter the polar bears who are currently taking advantage of the war between Germany and Britain and France to stir up trouble behind Germany's back.
The soldiers were surprised when they saw many generals coming out of the headquarters, but they quickly went about their business. Lin Wei nodded secretly after looking at it. Lin Wei took a big speaker and said, "Soldiers, tell me, what are you thinking about now?"
The chief's question made the soldiers put aside their own affairs for the time being. A soldier wearing gray clothes of the National Defense Force looked around at the people next to him. Then he said, "Hello, sir, what I want to think about now is to annihilate the British and French coalition forces on the opposite side!"
"What about you?" Lin Wei nodded and pointed at another soldier wearing an SS uniform.
"Persevere until victory! Leader!" This SS soldier had already recognized the man in front of him from the epaulettes and military rank on Lin Wei's clothes as the supreme leader of the SS. Nan Yi said excitedly, "I hope to use the weapons in my hands to gain space for Germany to survive!"
"Very good!" Lin Wei was not stingy with his praise, and then looked at the eager warriors and shouted, "What about you?"
"Use the weapons in your hands to gain a living space for Germany!" Everywhere you looked, all the soldiers expressed their thoughts with this very influential sentence in Germany.
Some smart soldiers have turned on the radio in the tank, hoping that all the soldiers in their unit can hear Lin Wei's words. Lin Wei did not disappoint the soldiers. Lin Wei really wanted to say a few words to these soldiers on the eve of the war: "If you still have memories from childhood! You should be able to remember the scene after the end of the war in Germany, on the corner of the street It is filled with soldiers who were disabled from participating in the war. The people with despair in their eyes are like ghosts, living a life without tomorrow. Because of the lack of supplies, people are starving to death everywhere in the city! Tell me, why is this? "Lin Wei and Hit?" The difference between Le and Goebbels is that when Lin Wei inspires people, he always remembers first. And this opening was no exception.
"Because of the British and French!" The answer was neat and unanimous. Even the soldiers listening to the radio in the distance could not suppress the resentment in their hearts and clenched their fists tightly. As for the defeat, don't be ridiculous. Germany has always burned the flames of war in France, so it has never failed at all.
Lin Wei got the expected answer, and a ghostly smile flashed at the corner of his mouth. The hatred between the German soldiers towards Britain and France must have reached its peak. Now we need to add more fire to direct the hatred in the hearts of these soldiers to Dunkirk. Lin Wei pointed to the northeast; "There are hundreds of thousands of British and French troops there. We need to annihilate them to prove the power of the German army." . Bring back all our past hatred! But the current news is very unfavorable to us. The British Royal Navy has concentrated all its strength and wants to take these defeated soldiers to the UK. As noble Germans, we cannot allow it. This kind of thing happened. Now we are facing great difficulties. There are hundreds of thousands of troops defending within a range of dozens of kilometers. The defense line composed of these troops is almost impeccable. Moreover, we are too close to the coastline. The British Royal The main guns of the navy's battleships are not something we can resist! But I believe that we can accomplish all the impossible things! The British want to take their troops back, of course, I am willing to hand over the bodies to those British guys, This proves our German chivalry! Our actions here will be known to all Germans. One day in the future, perhaps what I did today will be forgotten by future generations, but I definitely have no regrets! We will see in heaven that our descendants live peacefully in our expanded living space. At that time, we will be sincerely proud of everything we have done now!"
"Hi, Hit? Le!"
"Long live Greater Germany!"
Lin Wei's passionate speech successfully ignited the flames of war in everyone's hearts. Whether it was the SS or the Wehrmacht, they were all expressing their desire for war in their own way. Different slogans represent the same belief in a strong Germany. Everyone has never felt that they are as eager for war as they are today. But Lin Wei's words made everyone understand that defeating the enemy was far from enough. The victory Germany needed was not based on politics, but on military.
The huge shouts outside prevented Guderian from calming down and arranging a battle plan. His fiery temper made him rush out of the headquarters. However, after seeing Lin Wei's encouraging remarks, Guderian remained quiet. He came down and fought with Paul, Hausser and the others without saying a word.
Paul & Hausser and several division commanders looked at each other, their eyes filled with deep shock. They had never known that a speech could bring such a huge effect. This was something that several division commanders who did not care about politics could not understand. . Lin Wei struck while the iron was hot and said, "Our comrades, the world's most powerful air force, will fight with us! The world's most powerful army and the world's most powerful air force join forces, and can only be expressed in four words. To describe it, that is, unstoppable! Regarding the enemy, we have to destroy them in the past, we will destroy them now, and we will destroy them even more in the future!" Lin Wei yelled hysterically. Lin Wei's speech made these soldiers so excited that they wanted to kill them now.
Lin Wei, on the other hand, returned to the headquarters without saying a word after mobilizing before the war last night. The remaining Guderian and the others immediately planned an attack at dawn tomorrow.
At this time, not only the armored group was preparing, but all the forces of the Luftwaffe in the Netherlands and western Germany were also preparing. Even General Bock of Army Group B and General Rundstedt of Army Group A were also ordering themselves to approach the North The troops on the front line were ready for battle.
Once the battle begins, the armored group in the west will be the main attack, followed by Army Group B. General Rundstedt's Army Group A can only be in a limited offensive state because it has to guard against the counterattack of the French army in the south. The area around Dunkirk now has concentrated almost all of Germany's armored forces, seven layers of artillery and most of its air force. Everyone in the base camp believes that once the battle begins, all life in the Dunkirk area will be wiped out.
At the same time, the British "Generator Plan" was also ready to be completed. While Churchill and everyone familiar with the matter were waiting anxiously, at 18:57 pm on May 26, the British Admiralty ordered the implementation to begin. In "Operation Dynamo", the only way out for hundreds of thousands of British and French troops was Dunkirk and its nearby 40-kilometer coastline. Perfect breakwaters and convex piers can effectively withstand the strong winds and waves of the English Channel. If these port facilities can be fully Using this, hundreds of thousands of British and French allied forces could safely board the ship with all their equipment in just a few days. However, for two weeks, the area has been severely bombed by the Germans. All four docks were destroyed, and the eight-kilometer-long dock was destroyed. It was blown into ruins.
"Generator" was commanded by Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay, Commander of Dover Naval Port. Ramsay formed a capable command team, with a total of only 16 people, to organize the most complex and dangerous event in history. Ramsey was responsible for overall command and coordination of the sea retreat, Rear Admiral Wakewall was responsible for commanding navigation in the English Channel, Captain William Tennant was responsible for commanding Dunkirk Port and beach boarding matters, and Jack Crow Lieutenant Colonel Stang is responsible for commanding the most critical East Causeway. Among them, Colonel Tennant specially cut out the three letters SNO from the tinfoil in the cigarette box and pasted it on the helmet to indicate that he was the top naval officer responsible for commanding the retreat. He led 12 officers and 150 soldiers and led the organization of 300,000 people. retreat at sea.
On the evening of May 26, the first night of "Operation Dynamo", thanks to the efforts of the Navy, the first batch of 1,312 people, mainly logistics troops, successfully left Dunkirk and returned to the UK. Once the evacuation began, it was no longer possible to keep secrets, and the situation became urgent. The British Admiralty began to requisition ships along the coast and along the Thames River, and even called on all ship owners to go to Dunkirk through radio. These ship owners knew very well. What does the withdrawal of the expeditionary force mean to Britain, so it actively responded to the call of the Admiralty. Barges, tugboats, cargo ships, passenger ships, fishing boats, motorboats and even private yachts all set out to sea and sailed to Dunkirk.
At various airports in western Germany, Air Force ground staff are busy working hard. Just like the French armored forces, they are also using all available time to provide the Air Force pilots with the final service before the war, meticulously. Checking even a small screw. The pilots of the Air Force were sleeping soundly to reserve enough energy for the bombing plan that would start in the early morning.
At 4:50 in the morning on May 27, the artillery positions of the German army in the east, south and west of the Dunkirk area began to erupt with earth-shaking loud noises. One after another, artillery shells of various calibers were fired. The tilt was on the position of the British and French coalition forces. This is the largest bombardment so far, Germany's trump card, the Gustav giant rail gun, and the logistics troops have been busy day and night, and finally advanced ten kilometers. An advance of ten kilometers is enough for the giant rail gun with a range of forty kilometers to play its role. Of course, if you want to pose a threat to the British Navy, you will also need the efforts of the logistics force.
Although the shooting accuracy of the Gustav giant rail gun is not good, there are hundreds of thousands of people piled up within a few dozen kilometers. In this case, there is no need to consider the issue of shooting accuracy.
Immediately, these British and French soldiers who needed bunkers to avoid German artillery shelling discovered that a powerful artillery shell exploded around them. On average, one such artillery shell appeared every twenty minutes. Soldiers who had already seen this weapon in Belgium immediately thought of the intimidating size and threat of the rail gun. That kind of irresistible fear instantly filled the whole body!
"It's a German rail gun! We will all die! The caliber of the shells is thicker than our waists, and it is simply irresistible!" Some soldiers were stunned by the huge explosive power. Those who knew the name of this weapon The soldier shouted incoherently: "We are finished, we are finished!"
This time the bombardment seemed to be endless, and it seemed so long to the battered British and French coalition forces. Some soldiers who had suffered mental breakdown were not hiding at all, but stood like puppets, mumbling something unknown. More soldiers who still insisted on their faith were looking for places to hide. While cursing the German artillery fiercely in his heart.
At the same time, at various airports in the Netherlands and western Germany, rows of fighter jets and dive bombers were activated and arranged in an orderly manner on the airport. The pilots calmly waited for their takeoff. Planes one after another rose from the ground like bows and arrows offline, disappearing into the wound of the airport in the blink of an eye. They would rendezvous with aircraft taking off from the German border and other areas and form formations to bomb Dunkirk.
Just when the various group armies started shelling, and the night had not yet closed in the early morning, everything was completely silent. The two bombing aviation regiments and the two fighter aviation regiments that carried out the first wave of bombing missions met in western Germany and flew directly to Dunkirk, with the goal of bombing the Dunkirk port and main docks. Along the way, they did not encounter any obstruction by British or French aircraft.
When Colonel Schwartz led his dive bomber regiment first to arrive over Dunkirk, the sky was already bright and the road to the port was crowded with all kinds of vehicles and panicked people.
"This is a natural target!" Colonel Schwartz ordered with a cruel smile on his lips, "Get into battle formation and prepare for dive bombing!"
"Understood!" The dive bomber group immediately dispersed and became a combat flying group of five aircraft. Each aircraft was arranged in an orderly formation under the guidance of its team leader. After Colonel Schwartz made a large elevation movement, he immediately flew diagonally toward Dunkirk. This action marked the beginning of the bombing. Following Schwartz's order, dive bombers suddenly pounced on the unsuspecting British and French soldiers. In an instant, bombs rained down on the docks and causeways crowded with soldiers. The ground was filled with flames and flesh and blood flying everywhere. From time to time, huge waves of several heights rise in the sea, ruthlessly sweeping the crowds of people on the pier into the sea.
"Great, great!" Schwartz in the plane screamed with excitement, "Boys, blow up all these damn British guys to hell! I declare that free hunting time has begun!"