As a soldier, although he is much simpler than a conspirator who plays politics every day. But this is just that soldiers don't want to think so much. It doesn't mean that soldiers are easy to fool. Moreover, the speech of the German soldiers this time continued Germany's past propaganda strategy, which was to lie with the truth. As long as Britain and France are not one country, mutual distrust will always exist. As long as this situation exists for one day, Germany will have the opportunity to completely dismantle their alliance.
In fact, the Vichy France that existed in the future was also the result of Germany's success in dividing the Anglo-French alliance. The Vichy French regime was established and became the only government in the world that could legally represent the French state (in terms of international law, Free France's status is between rebels and terrorist organizations). Marshal Pétain was elected as head of state in the Senate with a high vote of 569:80 (about a quarter of the senators were not present).
I heard the kindness in the German soldiers' shouting, combined with what I was thinking and the British's usual poor performance. The French Army, which was resisting with the British Expeditionary Force, looked less friendly when it saw the British Expeditionary Force around them. Although it has not reached the point of immediately turning against them, the intensity of resistance has dropped a lot. Carefully, the French soldiers have discovered that the number of British Expeditionary Force soldiers around them is so few. Combined with the shouts of the German soldiers, the French soldiers immediately discovered that most of the soldiers waiting to evacuate were British. This obvious differential treatment immediately spread among the French soldiers. It can be said that as long as there is an opportunity now, these British and French coalition forces will collapse immediately.
This remarkable effect is partly because Germany has long identified France as its main enemy, so it is very well prepared. Whether it was a military threat or a weakened offensive, the plan Germany prepared for France was very easy to implement. As early as when Germany blitzed Poland, on the front of the Maginot Line, the Siegfried Line built with huge investment by Germany, the German soldiers stationed there continued to weaken the French soldiers on the Maginot Line. There was constant communication between soldiers on both sides across the front lines. Of course, all of this was run with the help of the German government, in which Heydrich's Gestapo also played an important role.
"Why do you mention that the British are at war with us? We don't want to go to war with you!" These two sentences may be the two sentences used most by the German soldiers on the Siegfried Line. Although they do not have such a superb psychological suggestion effect, It's just a simple word that both parties can understand, but it is indeed the most effective language. For ordinary soldiers, they don't need the eloquent words of politicians. They just want to hear and want to know whether the soldiers of the enemy country on the other line of defense are the same as they are and whether they are as unwilling. The coming of war.
Of course, times have changed, and the French soldiers on the Maginot Line will definitely hate the German Wehrmacht. But for the soldiers of the French First Army who are now surrounded, everything is different. If you can live a decent life, then who is willing to die? Since we are human beings, we will all be afraid of death. If we had not gone through the era of Germany, when the country was almost disintegrated, and every small country around it could bully the Germans at will, there would not be an army full of hatred like Germany now.
Although the soldiers have begun to distrust their British allies, the top brass of the French army still have sufficient illusions about the generator plan with the British Royal Navy as the main force. Still standing with the British Expeditionary Force and continuing to fight against Germany.
The surrender of the Kingdom of Belgium army allowed General Bock, commander of Army Group B, to finally be free to concentrate on dealing with the British and French forces surrounded in the Dunkirk area. Throughout the day on the 30th, General von Reichenau's third The Sixth Army stormed the eastern defense line of Dunkirk all night long. The powerful force of twenty divisions of the Sixth Army was thrown into the battle by General von Reichenau. The sudden increase in pressure on the eastern defense line forced Lord Gott to mobilize three divisions of the British Expeditionary Force to cooperate with the French Army to stabilize the defense line. But even so, the eastern defense line is still in danger and is in danger of collapse at any time.
As the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Lord Gott's mood at this time had changed from the excitement when he learned that Operation Dynamo had begun, to worry. These few days may be the longest days that Lord Gott has lived in his decades as a soldier. From the beginning of Operation Dynamo, news has been leaked. From the time when the German armored group suddenly stepped up its offensive on the 26th, to the time when the Luftwaffe had the power to prevent the British Royal Navy's actions, the situation was sliding into the abyss step by step. Now Lord Gott has begun to have psychological doubts about the success of the generator plan, "No, we have the most powerful navy in the world in our hands, and the plan will definitely succeed!" Lying on the chair He constantly comforted himself that perhaps due to the comprehensive failure of the British Army and Air Force, the British Royal Navy had become the last psychological line of defense for the British.
"General, the French First Army was divided by the German Armed SS Gendarmerie Division, and has been surrounded and lost contact with us!" At this moment, the staff officer seemed to be testing the endurance of Lord Gott's heart, and told him again gave the old man some sad news.
"What? It won't work so soon!" Lord Gott said in disbelief, "That was a group army, not a division!" This old man who had worked hard for Britain all his life could not imagine the consequences of this. . Once the French First Army surrenders, how can it possibly be an opponent of Germany's powerful armored group with just a few expeditionary divisions in its hands
"General, we don't know the specific situation very well, but the French army has indeed been surrounded! The French army still with us now only has about four divisions, less than 60,000 people!" Although the staff officer wanted to comfort this man He is an old man, but his job requires him to tell the truth.
"Okay, go down!" Lord Gott said forcefully, "Believe in our navy brothers, we will be safe!"
After speaking, Lord Gott seemed to have exhausted all his strength and waved his hand to let the staff go down.
The staff officer opened his mouth to say something else, but seeing that Lord Gott was tired, he sighed and went on without looking back. What he wanted to ask was whether this retreat could really be successful. Until now, as someone who has been following Lord Gott, he knew that the total number of British and French forces that had successfully retreated was only about 30,000 people. For the hundreds of thousands of besieged British and French coalition forces, such a small number of retreating troops was really a drop in the bucket. The German armored group is getting closer and closer to the port. I don't know how long the defending troops can hold on, and whether more troops can be successfully retreated.
At this time, dozens of kilometers away, Armed SS General Lampard Krupp, the national leader of the SS, was gathering with his division commanders to discuss the final offensive, "Now our goal Yes, let the French First Army surrender within one day, and as for the British Expeditionary Force, let General Guderian on the flank deal with it for the time being!"
"Generals!" Lampard looked at his division commanders expectantly, "We are only one step away from victory. Now I hope you can leave your mark in this battle that is destined to go down in history." name!"
"Long live victory..." No need for too many words. Anyone with a little bit of strategic vision can see that the so-called British and French coalition forces are now at the end of their game. With just a little more strength, this so-called most powerful alliance in the world will collapse and no longer pose a threat to Germany.
Although the distance between the French First Army and the British Expeditionary Force is now only four kilometers, under the comprehensive interception of the armed SS, this distance is tantamount to a world away for the British and French armies. The French First Army was successfully divided, and the entire army was enveloped in the anger of failure, looking at the British Expeditionary Force that might retreat at any time.
One is surrounded but can still retreat, while the other can retreat at any time under the protection of the navy. It is impossible to say that the surrounded French soldiers did not think too much at this time. After all, people are selfish. If a talented person but from a poor family sees a straw bag living better than him because of his family's blessings, he will naturally feel dissatisfied. This kind of thing would make the same sense if it were a country or a nation.
So when the aggressive armed SS armored group prepared for a tough battle and rushed forward with extreme caution, the soldiers of the French First Army surrendered immediately after only a slight resistance. It made the armed SS who were very carefully prepared feel as uncomfortable as a heavy punch on cotton, but in an instant, this discomfort was replaced by a huge surprise, because it meant that they could quickly complete their mission, and then Together with Guderian's Nineteenth Armored Corps, the last British Expeditionary Force besieged the port of Dunkirk.
The Waffen-SS immediately changed from fighting to capturing prisoners. A relaxed Waffen-SS soldier began to sing the Panzer Song, which every armored soldier was familiar with. This passionate song immediately infected all the armored soldiers present. , the scope of singing became wider and wider, and finally it became a chorus of tens of thousands of people. Every radio operator who was sitting in the tank climbed out of the tank. He started singing while sitting on the tank: "No matter we face storms or snowflakes, or the sun smiles at us; hot days, cold nights, dust blowing on our faces, but we enjoy this kind of fun, we enjoy this kind of fun Our tanks roared forward, accompanied by bursts of dust. When the enemy's tanks showed signs, we increased the accelerator and moved forward at full speed! The value of our lives is to fight for our glorious army! Dying for Germany is the highest honor !…”
It has to be said that the Song of the Panzers, as a representative work of German military songs, is indeed full of passionate and uplifting tones. Every time I listen to it, I can't help but get excited. Its classic level can only be compared to the Soviet military song "Holy War" which has not yet appeared. . When all the armored soldiers sang this song, even if the exposed armored soldiers gave these French soldiers enough time to shoot them, the French soldiers still did not do so because they were already impressed by the charm of this song and were still in Hostile French.
Real military songs are created as if they have experienced the test of blood and fire personally and are reborn from the ashes. Military songs that have not gone through war cannot be called military songs. The role of a good military song is far from simply boosting morale. It can even become the belief of an army. Let this force maintain sufficient combat effectiveness no matter what situation it is in at any time. "Song of the Armored Soldiers" obviously meets such conditions. This military song is not only widely sung in the army, but even ordinary people in Germany also like it very much.
On May 31, the sky over the Dunkirk area was once again covered with clouds. This time, the German Air Force, which had been well prepared, would not ignore the weather factors. The German Air Force, which had already received early warning from the meteorological department, once again flew over the English Channel the night before. The ship was covered with a thick wall of fire, preventing most British ships from crossing the sea to rescue people.
Encirclement in the Dunkirk area After the surrender of the French First Army, the distance between the Waffen SS on the western defense line and the Sixth Army of Army Group B on the eastern defense line was only a short 20 kilometers. If a soldier holds a high-altitude military telescope at this time, he can see the battle scene between his friendly forces and the British army close at hand.
On this day, Lampard and Krupp issued an order as the national leader, "Destroy the British Expeditionary Force at any cost! Even if we exchange lives one to one, we must not look back!"
The armed SS, who received the leader's order, began an offensive regardless of casualties, and the war elephants in the west were frequently in danger. Lord Gott continued to put the troops waiting to retreat into the battlefield to fight the armed SS armored group. Anyway, most of the rescue ships blocked by the fire at sea could not reach the shore. It was expected that only a few battleships could evacuate a few ships a day. Thousands of people. Therefore, if there are so many troops waiting to board the ship, they will be captured and thrown into the battlefield together.
But even so, in the face of the already crazy armed SS, the British troops who went to reinforce were still unable to change the situation of being passively beaten, and the battle line still advanced towards the port of Dunkirk. The exhausted British Expeditionary Force seemed to have seen the end coming.
The atmosphere in the German Air Force war room was extremely dull, because the Battle of Dunkirk seemed to be nearing its end, but the Air Force was unable to move due to the damn weather. This made Goering very depressed, watching Lampard's Waffen-SS troops move towards them step by step. Move in the direction of victory. He was really angry. At this time, the weather report broke the dead silence in the room: it is expected that clear weather will appear over Dunkirk within 24 hours, and the bombing can continue. Everyone immediately became busy.
At the same time, the British army also received the same weather report, and the war cabinet decided to use a large number of advanced "Hurricane" fighter jets and "Spitfire" aircraft to conduct uninterrupted patrols over Dunkirk to provide support for the retreating troops. Safety and security. At the same time, the Royal Navy is on the full offensive, and the battleships must prevent the German Waffen SS armored groups from encircling the British Expeditionary Force. In other words, Churchill's wartime cabinet allowed the British Royal Navy to risk the expeditionary force by accidentally attacking the shore with the huge guns on the battleships.
At dawn on June 1st, the breeze blowing from the English Channel blew away the morning fog on the water. The disc-like sun rose slowly against the sea, and there were streaks of sparkling light on the calm sea.
The first batch of 28 "Hurricane" fighter jets on security missions took off from southern England. They crossed the English Channel and flew toward the scheduled patrol airspace 30 kilometers west of Dunkirk. When the fleet had just arrived in the sky over Dunkirk, the pilot aircraft spotted the approaching German fleet. The pilots hurriedly increased their flying altitude to directly attack the German planes. But when they approached the enemy planes, they were stunned by the powerful lineup of German planes: the German planes formed a three-dimensional formation on three levels: upper, middle and lower. Below were more than 40 bombers, and in the middle were fighters responsible for close support missions. The highest level is a fighter jet providing high-altitude support.
The "Hurricane" aircraft penetrated into the high-altitude clouds, trying to avoid the enemy's powerful cover group, and then attacked from behind, but it was too late. The enemy planes had obviously discovered their motives. A large number of enemy fighters rushed down and fought hard. Bite them. The British aircraft had no choice but to split the formation into two, one part went straight towards the enemy bombers, and the other part pounced towards the enemy fighters.
This was a hand-to-hand aerial battle in which the Germans had an absolute advantage.
Suddenly, a German bomber was hit first by a British plane and fell down with a tail of thick smoke. Upon seeing this, the German planes immediately arranged the remaining bombers into a circular defensive formation, covering each other's tails, to eliminate the threat of British planes attacking from behind. Upon seeing this, Yingji had no choice but to quickly move higher, trying to open a breakthrough from high altitude.
Unexpectedly, at this time, bullets were flying high in the sky, and there was a sound of killing. A British "Hurricane" fighter launched an attack on a German fighter from behind. The German fighter turned left and cleverly avoided the firepower of the "Hurricane" aircraft. The bullet grazed its right side, causing the British fighter to It came up empty. But at this moment, another German plane that was approaching diagonally was unable to dodge and was hit and fell.
When the German army saw that the situation was not good, they quickly changed their tactics. A German fighter jet slid downwards rapidly, looking as if it was trying to escape from the battlefield. A British plane immediately caught up and bit it. Just when the German plane was about to become a trophy, a bunch of rapid bullets were suddenly shot from high altitude and the chasing British plane was shot down. This "bait tactic" created by the Germans frequently fooled British aircraft, and three British aircraft were shot down in just a few minutes.