These ordinary British people should be prepared to sacrifice since they responded to the call of the British government. The Luftwaffe's dive bombers would not show mercy just because they were civilians. But at this time, Lin Wei still felt that he should add an insurance to the battle that was already a foregone conclusion. Therefore, while Lampard assured the German high command that the port of Dunkirk had been completely surrounded, he immediately asked the Skeleton Division and Guderian's 19th Armored Corps on the east and west sides to step up the siege of the British and French coalition forces. At this point in the Battle of Dunkirk, the main role was no longer the army. In this strait, the leading services should be the German Navy and Air Force and the British Royal Navy and Air Force. Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages. Although the young The German Navy is superior in terms of the age and quality of its ships, but facing the British Royal Navy, which has an absolute advantage, under normal circumstances, the German Navy will never go to war. But this situation is another exception. The English Channel is a place accessible to both the British and German air forces, so this decisive battle is far from being decided by the navy alone. It also depends on the attitudes of the air forces of both sides. But no matter what, since Churchill is confidently preparing to face the battle, and has already made preparations, all countries in the world will undoubtedly focus their attention here. Everyone knows that the situation in Europe will be doomed in this battle.
Except Hit, the leader of both parties? Le and Churchill, whether it is French President Reno as a British ally, Roosevelt in the United States, or Stalin in the Soviet Union, are all paying attention to the outcome of this battle. The victory or defeat of both sides will determine their attitude towards Germany in the future. As the direct commander of the Battle of Dunkirk, Lin Wei had to treat this battle with caution. For this reason, Lin Wei had to contact Hermann & Goering, the big boss of the Luftwaffe, again since the battle began. In this brief telegram, Lin Wei was not polite to Göring at all. Instead, he expressed full appreciation for the Navy's battle to sink the battlecruiser Hood, and his words were not without provocation. Even Lin Wei's personal adjutant, Robert C. Crawford, couldn't stand the naked contempt for the Air Force, "Leader, is there really no problem with this? Do you want to modify it? This is very serious." It may affect the relationship between our SS and the Air Force!" According to Robert C. Crawford's impression, few senior leaders in the National Socialist Party have normal tempers. Although Hermann and Goering did not Hit? He is so difficult to serve, but his temper is one of the best among the National Socialist Party. Robert C. Crawford was really afraid that his leader would get excited and anger Göring, which would affect the future relationship between the SS and the Air Force.
"It doesn't matter! Send the report as I read it, remember, don't change a word!" Lin Wei didn't seem to take this seriously at all, but reminded his adjutant not to mistake what he meant. Maybe others will think that offending Göring's dignity is a big deal, huh? For the average person, it is indeed a very big thing, and it is very likely that they cannot afford to carry it around. But in Lin Wei's view, this is not even a big deal. After more than ten years of working together, no matter how stupid a person is, he can figure out the temper of someone he often meets. Although Lin Wei dare not say that he knows everything about Goering's temper, he is pretty much inseparable. Although Göring was very excited, in essence he had no major problems except his greed for money. Lin Wei had already anticipated Goering's reaction, which was nothing more than scolding others and asking him to wait and see, but the huge positive impact was enough to offset such a small thing.
Just as Lin Wei expected, this letter was undoubtedly a huge stimulus to Goering. If Lin Wei hadn't been watching the SS soldiers who stayed in Berlin to watch Goering recover from drugs, Goering might have rushed out to find him. Lin Wei tried his best. But even so, Goering lost his temper in the villa Lin Wei prepared for him. If Lin Wei saw what Goering did next, he would definitely laugh from ear to ear. After Goering calmed down, he immediately summoned all the air force generals in Berlin. Of course, they were all school-level officers. The only few generals in the air force were either on the front line or commanding battles in western Germany. For the young air force, these school level officers Senior officers were promoted quickly. After the personnel arrived, Goering immediately showed the telegrams sent by Lin Wei to these officers and said, "What does this mean? Our air force intercepted the powerful British Royal Navy in the sea and prevented them from reaching the shore. If it weren't for Can we, the armed SS, make such great progress?" When he said this, Göring punched the table with his big fist and shouted, "What is the situation now? Even the weakest among the army, navy and air force Can the navy ride on the head of our air force? If we hadn't taken the overall situation into consideration and followed the arrangements of the head of state, even our air force alone would have been able to wipe out the British and French coalition forces!"
A skill that is indispensable for almost all senior leaders of the National Socialist Party, Goering also began to publish a long speech, and for the first time Goering, who was deeply hidden, let the officers of the Air Force know that there was no need to go to the Führer or the Führer to listen to the speech. Goebbels was as touching as Goering's speech, "We must now prove something to the army and navy, using our most powerful air force in the world! The navy can sink the battlecruiser Hood. This It’s nothing at all, we are going to annihilate them when the Royal Navy is dispatched! Do you understand?” When Goering said the last thing, his eyes looked like Hit? Le's look was exactly the same, and his helpless expression made these officers have no doubt that if they said anything against it now, Goering would definitely send him to the logistics warehouse. Subsequently, under Goering's personal supervision, the Air Force Headquarters immediately formulated a huge bombing plan. Almost all of Germany's bombers were mobilized, and even some rookies who were still in training were within the scope of the Air Force's combat mobilization. The basis of its operation is that when the German Navy and the British Royal Navy were fighting and showing signs of defeat, the German Air Force acted as a savior to rescue the German Navy and annihilate the British Royal Navy.
When someone objected and pointed out that the air force could not sink the battleships of the Royal Navy, Goering retorted loudly, "I say it can be done. Battleships are nothing. Our air force can also sink them with bombs and a lot of weapons." Bombs, in short, I say yes, you'd better not make excuses for your incompetence!" If Lin Wei were here, he would be surprised that Goering had such a long-term vision for the application of air force, and in the war decades later Among them, the Air Force has dispatched the most and achieved the greatest results. Of course, the biggest possibility is that Goering had almost blind trust and confidence in the Air Force in which he served, rather than having a long-term vision.
Goering made a fuss and finally formulated a bombing plan, which was reported to Lin Wei intact by the guards guarding here. Seeing Goering react as he expected, Lin Wei rarely hid in the headquarters. , holding his stomach and laughing hard. From Goering's angry expression, Lin Wei had already foreseen what kind of blow the British Royal Navy would suffer.
At the same time, the encirclement and encirclement plan was progressing very smoothly. The Dunkirk garrison, which had been holding on for a week, seemed to have reached its limit, or had lost hope of breaking out. In short, the assault on the coastline had already made the Dunkirk British and French forces The chance of the coalition forces escaping was completely lost. If the British Royal Navy were victorious in this decisive battle at sea, it might be possible for the surrounded British and French forces to regain hope and find a way out. But can this happen? It was Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that led to a worldwide battle between battleships and aircraft carriers, with the aircraft carrier faction gaining the upper hand. But it is only 1940, and the Pearl Harbor incident will not happen until a year and a half later, so countries around the world still believe that battleships are the protagonists, and it is impossible for small aircraft to do any harm to huge battleships.
Moreover, some time ago, in the Battle of Norway, the aircraft carrier Glorious was sunk by the battlecruiser Scharnhorst, which also played a huge role in the current dispute between the aircraft carrier faction and the battleship faction. No matter how ridiculous it is for an aircraft carrier to be sunk by a battleship under normal circumstances, it is a fact that the aircraft carrier Glorious was sunk. Even the aircraft carrier faction feels that under the current conditions, the era of aircraft carriers is far from coming.
There were many reasons for the British Navy's defeat. Previously, this part of the sea between northern Norway and Scapa was considered the safest. The "Ark Royal" and the "Glorious" made several trips back and forth under the escort of one or two destroyers, and all were safe and sound. But I didn't expect that I would encounter the German main warship for the last time. Defects in the Royal Navy's radio communication system caused the base and the nearby aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" to fail to receive the distress signal from the "Glorious". The heavy cruiser "Devonshire" 60 nautical miles west of the "Glorious" once received an ambiguous message from the "Glorious". The "Devonshire" is returning to the UK carrying the King of Norway, members of the government and gold reserves. It has a heavy responsibility and dare not break radio silence rashly. The kind-hearted Captain Ors paid a high price for his kindness. He did let his men rest comfortably for a few hours, but in exchange for the final result of the death of more than a thousand lives.
If the "Glory" can maintain air patrols with 1-2 aircraft, it can completely avoid the fate of being massacred. Maybe he can also summon other British ships to encircle and destroy the two German warships in one fell swoop. Since there are only two escort ships, they can only provide anti-submarine support on both sides of the aircraft carrier and cannot conduct forward reconnaissance. If there were 2-3 more destroyers to accompany it, the "Glorious" would not suffer such a fate. But no matter what, the sinking of the Glory did lower the British Navy's internal evaluation of aircraft carriers a lot. Everyone still believes that battleships are the kings in naval battles.
In this upcoming decisive battle, whether they belong to the Wehrmacht or the Waffen-SS, as long as they are troops of the Army, they have become a group of spectators in this era when land power is still strong. They became the most insignificant group of people on the beach of Dunkirk, waiting for the navy and air force of the two countries to complete their preparations and enter the final decisive battle.
After the encirclement of the Dunkirk area was completed, the battle situation on land became the most bizarre battle situation in this war. The Waffen SS and the Wehrmacht Army were neither prepared to annihilate them nor persuade them to be surrounded. The allied forces surrendered. Similarly, the British and French allied forces in the encirclement did not realize that they were being surrounded at all. It was as if the German troops surrounding them in front of them were just an illusion. The officers were still tasting wine and During the meal, the soldiers were busy writing letters home. Some French soldiers even crossed the trenches under white flags and came to the German army's positions, asking the Germans to deliver letters to their families. This strange situation made some reporters sent by foreign governments feel incredible. However, when they saw the serious expressions of the French soldiers, they had to accept this reality.
Seeing this situation, Lin Wei immediately asked the soldiers to take a softening offensive, which was nothing more than sowing discord. The outcome of the matter was beyond Lin Wei's control, but Lin Wei had made up his mind that in the future, the British and the French must be separated. People were put into different prisoner of war camps.
Hitler as head of Germany? Le, he was not at peace at this time. He was a dictator, and he also made a plan to launch a war to let Germany dominate the world. But when it came to a decisive battle with the British Empire, a country that had dominated the world for hundreds of years, Hit? Le also had no idea, especially when the decisive battle was mainly at sea. Whether it was the Spanish Empire or Napoleon's French Empire, they both lost the war when their navies were stronger than the British. The German navy was far more powerful than the British. Britain is much weaker, can it defeat the British navy, even Hit? Le also had no confidence in his heart.
But when he saw the generals who were as worried as himself, Hit? Le felt that he should say something, "Generals, the decisive battle with the British is coming. I believe that the invincible German Imperial Army will definitely annihilate the British in this decisive battle." . Think about it, when we grow old and take a look at the military careers of our youth, we will feel extremely glorious. At that time, there was only one country in the world, and that was Germany!" Originally Hit? The effect of inspiring people was quite good, but as soon as the generals here heard the last sentence, they immediately lost all their lofty ideals. Hit in their opinion? Le was simply talking in his sleep.
And Hit? Le's nervousness was completely different. It seemed to Churchill that with the powerful British home fleet, no country in the world could compare with the British. The outcome of this decisive battle was almost predictable. With strong self-confidence, Churchill ordered the British to be defeated. News that Germany and Germany were preparing for a decisive battle at sea was released to the public. It was almost exactly as Churchill imagined. When ordinary people heard that the Germans were going to have a decisive battle with Britain on the English Channel, their first reaction was that the Germans were crazy. Not to mention that the British navy was the strongest in the world. The strength of both sides was equal, and the British believed that they would win. They simply did not believe that Britain would lose to other countries at sea. The tragedy of the battlecruiser Hood was also forgotten. This situation was something Churchill was happy to see. Churchill believed that when the victory of the naval battle reached the British mainland, he could restore the faith in the British hearts. Use the powerful navy to crush the Germans.
In the respective calculations of both sides, the day passed like this, and June 3, 1940 was coming soon. After the battlecruiser HMS Hood sank, the furious Royal Navy had been trying to pursue the German Bismarck and HMS Hood. The Tirpitz battleship, but Churchill and Lord House immediately discovered that the speed of the British battleship was far inferior to the German Bismarck-class battleship that had just been commissioned, so they had to give up this move. Anyway, when the decisive battle began, they will also appear. The Bismarck and the Tirpitz used the late night to carefully arrive at the sea area where they would rendezvous with other warships. The Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau, the Admiral Hipper, and the Prinz Eugen all arrived. together. Looking at these battleships, Lütjens, an old navy man, also felt warm in his heart. Maybe they were far less powerful than the navy during the High Seas Fleet, but Vice Admiral Lütjens finally saw hope. The hulls of the two Bismarcks and four Zeppelin aircraft carriers have been mostly completed. Given time, the German Navy will definitely stand up again.
"If we wait for all the battleships to be completed after one year, we will be more confident!" Vice Admiral Lütjens secretly thought.
"General Lütjens, what are you thinking about?" With the gentle sea breeze, Rear Admiral von Rohenkramm, the captain of the battleship Tirpitz, stood on the deck behind General Lütjens against the wind, looking lazy. The look made General Lütjens want to go up and kick him. I really don’t know how the strict German army allowed him to join the service and achieve the position of general. General Lütjens thought angrily.
However, I want to think back! Seeing Lohenkram's command with his own eyes, General Lütjens also knew that these cynical attitudes were just what the young general showed on the surface. After hearing Lohenkram's questions, General Lütjens Instead of answering, he asked, "Do you think it's possible for us to defeat the Royal Navy?"
"Of course!" Royce Ram said without even thinking, "The British naval admirals are all people whose thinking has not kept up with the times. How could we lose to them! For hundreds of years, the British have The use of the navy is nothing more than blockade and landing, and the role of the navy in the future is far from just that!"