Long before the Battle of Dunkirk began, Lin Wei ordered others to send him weather forecasts. However, as the battle progressed, Lin Wei focused most of his experience on the battle and ignored the changes in the weather. If he hadn't made such a concerted effort to see the armored soldiers on the front line now, he might not have noticed when things happened.
This thick cloud contains the key to the victory or defeat of the Battle of Dunkirk. The reason why the British and French forces in the encirclement cannot escape the encirclement is entirely because the British Royal Navy was intercepted on the coastline by the German Air Force. outside. If the German Air Force could not dispatch, with the powerful strength of the British Royal Navy, there would be no force that could stop them from saving people. With the might of the British Royal Navy, who can stop him
Lin Wei couldn't remember how long he had been preparing for this day. Ever since he arrived in this world, Lin Wei had been thinking about how to avoid Germany's defeat and trying his best to make up for Germany's own weaknesses. Support the development of new weapons, avoid the world financial crisis, adjust the policy towards the Jews, and do everything possible to strengthen Germany's power. If one day all Lin Wei's efforts are in vain due to weather, it would be simply too cruel. .
Robert C. Crawford saw his leader standing there motionless and thought something was wrong. He looked north in the direction where Lin Wei was standing and said, "Oh my god, the head of state, this...", very Obviously, even Robert C. Crawford, who has no weather knowledge, can see the impact of the thick clouds on the ongoing Battle of Dunkirk. He does not feel like looking at his leader and hoping that his leader Be able to come up with solutions.
Because he believed in his leader Lampard & Krupp, from joining the SS to now, Robert.C. Crawford serves as the secretary of the national leader. No one knows better than him how many times the SS has encountered Dilemma. From being hostile to the Wehrmacht in the early days, to later expanding the SS with the tacit approval of the Wehrmacht. No matter what happens, his leader never gives up hope. This time was no exception. When encountering something that could not be solved, Robert C. Crawford once again hoped that his leader could solve it.
"Get in the car, I'm going to the front line!" Then Lin Wei sat down in the car expressionlessly. Although Robert C. Crawford was full of suspicion, he still didn't dare to say anything and sat silently with Lin Wei. beside.
Gang Gang..., the armored command vehicle started, and the surrounding landscape quickly pulled back. Robert C. Crawford, who knew that his leader was thinking of a solution, did not even dare to express his anger. For fear of disturbing the leader's train of thought, although under normal circumstances, Lin Wei would not do anything to him. But at this critical moment, Robert C. Crawford did not dare to take risks. Who knows if he will be treated as a victim by his own leader? Therefore, the atmosphere in the armored command vehicle was extremely depressing. Only the engine is still working tirelessly.
Robert C. Crawford secretly glanced at Lin Wei next to him and found that Lin Wei's eyes had lost focus again and he was in a state of lack of concentration. Immediately broke into a cold sweat. Because every time your leader looks at people like this, someone will soon be in trouble.
Just when he was about to arrive at the location and Robert C. Crawford was about to take a breath, "Robert C. Crawford!" Lin Wei said expressionlessly.
"Yes, leader, what are your orders!" Robert C. Crawford's first reaction was to stand up and salute. When he touched..., the steel plate on Robert C. Crawford's head immediately expressed his protest. . Although Robert C. Crawford was knocked dizzy, he still dared not speak out and waited for his leader's order. Normally, when Lin Wei saw Robert C. Crawford making a fool of himself, he wouldn't mind laughing or saying a few words of relief. But Lin Wei was obviously not in such a mood now. He could only look at Robert C. Crawford with a cold face, with an expression that he wanted to scream but didn't dare to.
Lin Wei said quietly, "This battle is of great importance. You understand without me telling you!" Seeing Robert C. Crawford nodding, Lin Wei continued, "No matter what the reason is, it cannot be our failure. The reason! As the best Germans and the best weapons in Germany, the SS cannot afford to fail! In that case, we will always be looked down upon by the Wehrmacht in the future!"
Robert C. Crawford knew that his leader was telling the truth, but he didn't understand what the leader meant, so he could only continue to listen in silence.
"There can be no mistakes in this battle due to the weather. We cannot afford to lose. I have decided! Tonight, we will take advantage of the darkness to defeat the British and French forces in one go! I believe that as the most elite armored group in Germany, these people will not let I'm disappointed!" Robert C. Crawford finally understood what his leader wanted to do. Although it is not impossible to attack under the cover of night, it may be due to various influences. European countries do not seem to have this habit. Therefore, whether it is Britain, France, Germany or the Soviet Union, they rarely launch attacks in black. This is very different from Asian countries.
But this still could not stop the powerful British Royal Navy from rescuing his troops, so Robert C. Crawford could only continue to listen to his leader and propose solutions.
"Now I give you two orders!" Lin Wei said seriously, "First, find a way to notify Göring's air force immediately that there are large clouds in the Dunkirk area, which may affect the air force's operations! Let the air force take action early Prepare! Second, contact the Krupp family immediately and ask the Krupp Petrochemical Company to open all oil depots near the air force base! If you cannot contact them, order the local SS agency to temporarily take over the oil depots and let the Air Force transport planes fill them. Gasoline, I want to float a large amount of gasoline 40 kilometers offshore from the Dunkirk area within one day! Form a wall of fire to prevent British ships from rescuing people! If possible, the oil reserves currently in the Netherlands and Belgium will also To be temporarily requisitioned!"
"What?" Robert C. Crawford was horrified and speechless, because the idea was so crazy. No one had ever done this before. In fact, Lin Wei only thought of gasoline when he saw the sound of the engine just now. In an instant, the scene of the Iraqi Army setting fire to Kuwait's oil wells during the Gulf War's retreat came to Lin Wei's mind.
In 1991, when the Iraqi army retreated from Kuwait, Saddam ordered his troops to burn more than 600 oil wells in Kuwait. The smoke produced by the burning of oil covered an area with a radius of more than 1,000 miles. Millions of barrels of oil were reduced to ashes in the fire, releasing 500 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The sky above Kuwait City was filled with dense black smoke.
On the other hand, Germany itself does not have much oil reserves. Every drop of oil is extremely valuable to Germany. This is why Lin Wei established Krupp Petrochemicals' original intention. Furthermore, Lin Wei did not know what he would use. How much oil is needed to win this battle? If the rainy weather lasts for a few days, won't the oil consumed be counted in the tens of thousands of tons
Although the Iraqi Army's act of lighting oil wells did not cause difficulties to the United Nations Army, that was mainly because in that era, technological factors allowed the United Nations Army to overcome these difficulties. It does not mean that the current technological strength can do this.
The only factor now is, if Lin Wei replicates his behavior in Iraq, will it affect the environment here? This is a hidden danger that cannot be eradicated within decades. If this matter is not handled well, Lin Wei will be scolded for at least decades, so Lin Wei has been unable to make a decision.
"If Germany fails, there will be nothing! The Germans will forgive me!" Lin Wei clenched his fists and ordered, "The plan must start immediately! Before tomorrow morning, I hope to see one thing, except the British There is no sea of fire that can be crossed except by battleships!"
"Yes, leader!" Robert C. Crawford already knew that his leader had made up his mind, and he could no longer persuade him.
Soon the car arrived at the frontline position. Guderian, Paul & Hausser and other generals were here. The original plan was that the armored group would rest here for a night and prepare to start the attack tomorrow morning. However, With the arrival of Lin Wei, everything has changed. Lin Wei, who had completely lost his morale-boosting mood, briefly greeted the soldiers, and immediately called Guderian, Paul & Hauser and a few others to come to his place.
Before Guderian and others could sit down, Lin Wei said, "I'm sorry, generals, we can't rest tonight, and we won't even have time to rest from now on. Now we must seize the time to attack. We can't Give the British and French forces within the encirclement a chance to breathe!"
"Lampard! Don't be so anxious!" said General Paul Hausser, who was most familiar with Lin Wei. "The British and French forces in the encirclement can no longer escape. We only need three days to annihilate them. Could it be that we can annihilate them in three days?" The Supreme Command has a new order!" Paul Hausser's words aroused unanimous approval. It seemed that several generals did not want to attack at night because it would increase the difficulty.
"I'm sorry, generals!" Lin Wei looked at the weather forecast in his hand that should have attracted attention with a wry smile, and said with a bitter look on his face, "This is my mistake. I had already prepared the weather forecast in the past few days. However, the progress of the war made me forget this very important thing. Now I want to tell you that in the next three days, the weather in the Dunkirk area will mainly be cloudy and rainy, and the Imperial Air Force will not be able to Deployment means that the British Royal Navy will unscrupulously rescue anyone they want to rescue! So we have no time and must make a breakthrough as soon as possible!"
"What?" Even Guderian could no longer remain calm at this time. If it had been a few days earlier, there might have been a way to remedy it, but now all the British and French forces have withdrawn to the Dunkirk area, and now even the armored The cluster cannot break through the defense line here unscrupulously. Without the assistance of the Air Force, most of the troops might have been rescued by the Royal Navy by the time the armored group captured this place alone. This was not a pleasant thing. Immediately, the atmosphere fell into silence again.
"Please rest assured, generals, I can temporarily stop the actions of the British Royal Navy!" Seeing this situation, Lin Wei immediately began to restore the confidence of these generals, "Although the British Royal Navy is very powerful, only relying on the power of the British Royal Navy Not many people will leave at all! Most of the ships they are currently using to rescue people are civilian ships and cannot withstand my attack!"
"Lampard, what can you do?" Paul Houser asked. This time Lin Wei did not answer, but said, "You will know when the time comes."
After the meeting, Lin Wei still sat in his seat and thought to himself, "If the battle still fails like this, then my fate is destined to be the gallows in Nuremberg!"
Two hours later, the soldiers who had just finished dinner were told that they would use the evening to launch a sudden attack to destroy the British and French allied forces' defense lines and annihilate them all. And the armored soldiers were allowed to take a two-hour rest, and ten o'clock in the evening would be the time to attack!
In order to increase the concealment of this attack, Lin Wei took his strict orders to the extreme. The actions of hundreds of thousands of soldiers were required by Lin Wei to be carried out simultaneously. The error cannot exceed five minutes. Therefore, when the armored soldiers were resting before the attack, the logistics maintenance personnel did not rest. Instead, they kept vigil for the armored soldiers. They looked at their watches every few minutes. At 9:50, the armored soldiers entered In the resting place, these armored soldiers were called up one by one, trying to be silent and not allowing any suspicious movements to reach the defense line of the British and French coalition forces not far away.
At ten o'clock sharp, the tanks of the German armored group that had been prepared were launched almost simultaneously and rushed towards the defense line of the British and French forces. They broke through the first line of defense almost without any resistance from the British and French forces. At this time, Gudry An's 19th Panzer Corps and the various SS divisions were separated because the terrain of the Dunkirk port was a V-shape. According to the earlier plan, Guderian's 19th Armored Division would divide its forces to capture the left position of Dunkirk Port, and after a roundabout, cut off the connection between most of the Dunkirk army and the coast.
The SS armored group centered on the Gendarmerie Division and the Imperial Division continued its frontal attack, striving to tear apart the defense lines of the British and French coalition forces. The sleepy-eyed British and French coalition soldiers did not expect that the Germans would attack at night and could not prevent an effective counterattack. . Therefore, several lines of defense were quickly broken through, and the current offensive progress of the SS armored group is very good.
There was no need to keep secrets at this time. I was originally afraid that the Skeleton Division and Rommel's 7th Armored Division would not be under my nose, and I was afraid of alerting the British and French forces, but the attack had already begun and was progressing smoothly. Lin Wei immediately informed General Bock, commander of Army Group B, and asked the SS Skeleton Division and the 7th Armored Division to cooperate with the armored group. It was Rommel's 7th Armored Division that was the first to prepare and begin the attack. The skeleton master's reaction was a little slower. When Lin Wei heard the news, he couldn't help but secretly sighed that the quality of the commander really determines the basic quality of an army. This may be how a raging army and a raging generals come together. But anyway, the current progress is pretty smooth.
Lord Gott, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, almost immediately received high-level telegrams from all fronts at the same time. Every front-line commander was frantically asking for help from Lord Gott. Almost drove Lord Gott crazy.
At the same time, late at night on the 27th, the airports in eastern Germany and the Netherlands were brightly lit, and various vehicles were shuttled back and forth. They were busy refueling, attaching bombs and making temporary repairs to the aircraft at the airport, making final preparations for the next day's bombing. Prepare.
In the early morning of the 28th, Major General Jeshunek, Chief of Staff of the German Air Force, received reports from reconnaissance aircraft and frontline ground troops: heavy fog over Dunkirk, coupled with thick smoke on the ground, made it difficult to see the target in the air, making it impossible to continue air strikes. . Jeshunek quickly reported the situation to Goering. "No, what I want is bombing! Bombing! Bombing again!!! Do you understand? We must not let the British escape from the sea. You can't use the weather to cover up your incompetence." Goering's crazy words came from the microphone Roaring and helpless, Jeshunek had no choice but to order the plane to take off as usual.
Everyone believes that Germany not only has the most powerful army in the world, but also the most powerful air force in the world. Goering is convinced of this, but the young Major General Hans Jeshunek, the German The Air Force's chief of staff doesn't think so. Before the war began in late May 1939, Major General Hans Jeshunek, Chief of the German Air Force General Staff, warned: "Everyone, please throw away your illusions! No matter which country wants to surpass the other in air force equipment, But they are always at roughly the same level. No one can always maintain a leading position in technology." This view was considered heresy in Germany in 1939. At that time, Jeshunek once explained this opinion to the senior generals of the three armies at an officer meeting in Sals, a quiet spa resort west of Vopole, in the name of "General Staff Inspection of Silesia".
Jeshunek, who warned against the Luftwaffe's over-optimism due to its numerical and technological superiority, had a clear objective. He said: "The Air Force has its tactics. But these are still immature and unprecedented. We must use our brains to find ways in this regard. Only in this way can we gain an advantage over the enemy." It can be seen from these remarks. It can be concluded that Major General Jeshunek was not deceived by the myth of the German Air Force's invincibility. In fact, not only now, but also in the future Soviet-German war, Major General Jeshunek also performed well, but he was too superstitious about Germany. Göring of the Air Force did not take such remarks seriously.