0p0 Third Reich Episode 414
Third Reich Episode 414
"Commander..." Of course Montgomery knew the reason why Lord Gott sent him to Wavell at this time, it must be to protect himself.
Staying with Gort is nothing more than the ending of martyrdom in a heap of ruins with London, or the ending of humiliating surrender.
No matter what kind of ending it is, it is doomed to miss the glory.
However, when Montgomery went to Africa, he went to the African battlefield where Wavell still controlled the initiative.
Then, Montgomery will have a chance to show off his talents and win a different ending!
Gott waved his hand and stopped Montgomery's words: "For street fighting, it's enough to keep me. If you don't want to become cannon fodder in your mother's mouth, if you still want to be a general among generals, then go to Africa."
Looking at Montgomery who was still about to say something, Gott joked instead: "Let's go and do it in Africa. If I can hold on to London, after you return triumphantly from Africa, I will personally match you up with the most beautiful woman in China." wife."
Gott said this because he heard that Montgomery's ex-wife died three years ago, and Montgomery didn't shed a tear at the funeral.
Many people have rumored that Montgomery didn't love his ex-wife, so Gott thought of such a joke as helping Montgomery find a wife.
"Commander." Compared to Gott's joke, Montgomery replied very seriously: "As a soldier, I will always be loyal to my motherland. As a man, I will never betray love."
As if he knew the rumors that he didn't love his ex-wife, Montgomery just said lightly: "Tears are not the only way to express love, and loyalty is the best proof of love. If you fall in love with one woman, you can't fall in love with another woman. Like the gun in my hand, it can only have one front sight!"
Gott froze for a moment, then laughed.
Sure enough, he saw Montgomery right, he was a soldier with extreme self-discipline.
This is God's gift to Britain, a born soldier!
"I will obey your order and go to Africa." Montgomery finally chose to respectfully accept Lord Gott's kindness.
Text Chapter 624 Faint
Toombs is a Scottish recruit who joined a new division of the National Guard in Scotland only yesterday.
In the alliance he joined, the company commander who led the team was a middle-aged man.From the looks of it, this middle-aged man was only a few days earlier than him.
On the first day in the dormitory, Thomas and the others lived in a big messy dormitory.
This is an extremely crowded former factory dormitory area with eight bunk beds.Due to the coming of war.All kinds of factory and dormitory areas were requisitioned and became the barracks of the National Guard.
For these newly recruited National Guard soldiers.The Scottish side organizes emergency training every day.Training will continue from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm.Even so, their training has not reached the level of the regular army at all.
"When I was recruited, I heard that the training ended at eight o'clock every day at five o'clock. But now, we are pulled up at five o'clock every day, and the training has not ended at eight o'clock." Toomes in the new During a day's training, he complained.
He had just been pulled out of bed, and it was still around five in the morning.And this is the third day that Thomas has been pulled up for morning exercises.
"You're not the only one who didn't wake up so early. I advise you to hurry up and take a good rest in the car, and you will start training later." The company commander of Toomes taught him a lesson.
The company commander's so-called rest in the car was actually a short nap on the violently shaking truck.
And this is already the biggest benefit of the Scottish National Guard, they can at least take a truck to the training ground every day.
All trucks in England were requisitioned to the front.The newly recruited National Guard had to walk across the training ground on their own feet.
"I don't have a big opinion on getting up so early. What really makes me so unacceptable is that there are only two pieces of bread for breakfast every morning. How can we train for a whole morning with this breakfast." Congmusi continued to complain of.
"Nothing to complain about? This is the best. You know that in the National Guard camps in England, they only had a piece of bread for breakfast. And many civilians can no longer get the food distributed by the government, not even bread. Eat." The company commander seemed to be very open-minded.
"During the training later, everyone, be more serious. I'll see if I can get an extra egg for everyone at noon." The company commander said very thoughtfully, preparing to fight for everyone's welfare.
However, before Toomes they cheered happily.The company commander continued: "Don't be too happy, each troop has a fixed ration. Whether you can get more food depends on luck. If you prepare more food in the kitchen, you can get more. If not, I have nothing to do."
The company commander did not lie to them.
Since the German Imperial Navy.After defeating the Royal Navy, Britain's sea lines were no longer guaranteed.Doenitz's pack of wolves can roam freely across the Atlantic Ocean.The British Navy's escort fleet spends most of its time huddled in the port.
Although under Churchill's strict order, the British escort fleet dispatched many batches to and fro between the British and American routes.
However, the effect of these escort fleets is not optimistic at all.In most cases, they will be sunk by the German army together with the transport materials they protect.
Due to the large number of losses of the British Royal Fleet warships, the number of sea areas with frequent British transportation and weak submarine defenses has increased.
In addition, a large number of Doenitz's submarine bases were relocated to the north coast of France, and the submarine "wolf pack" was further used to carry out a full-scale attack on Britain.
Just in February before the German army landed, German submarines sank a total of 2 British ships, totaling 72 tons.
Even Churchill admitted: "In war, I am most worried about the threat of submarines... For me, this aspect of fighting is more worrying than fighting on the road in England."
After all, on land, Churchill could also use the National Guard and use a large amount of cannon fodder to delay time.However, once the sea transportation line is broken, the British Empire, which has become an isolated island, will cut off the sea blood transfusion line on which it depends.
After all, 50% of the UK's strategic raw materials and food need to be imported, and all rely on sea transportation!
The Atlantic transportation route is now on the verge of collapse, which has left the British who cannot be self-sufficient with supplies.
Britain not only needs to import strategic raw materials and food, but also imports a large amount of arms.When the British army retreated from Dunkirk, France, they discarded a large amount of weapons and equipment. In order to slightly make up for this huge gap, Churchill purchased 50 rifles, [-] cannons and [-] machine guns from the United States in one go.
However, the item was bought and the price of the transaction was paid, but the item cannot be shipped now!
Not counting guns and ammunition, among the 270 cannons shipped to the British mainland in advance, 240 were sunk to the bottom of the sea along with the transport ship by German submarines.
The most deceitful thing is that the 30 American cannons that were lucky enough to arrive in the UK were shipped separately from the shells.However, the transport ship transporting the shells was not so lucky to be sunk to the bottom of the sea.
In a sense, Britain can be regarded as the historical father of the United States.This time the Americans cheated on their fathers, and they could almost drive Churchill crazy.
Most of the latest ammunition reserves of the British army are built in coastal areas.As the German army marched all the way, the ammunition reserves along the coast were basically lost.
Now that the Americans send cannons but not shells, it is equivalent to sending a bunch of war art for the British army to show off.
Although this is not to blame the Americans, it was the artillery shell carrier sunk by the German submarine.However, in terms of results, the UK actually suffered a big loss from this arms deal.
Even the munitions transport ship cannot be guaranteed, let alone the food transport ship.
"I heard that the cream of mushroom soup tonight has been cancelled, and only salt water is provided." On the truck, the well-informed company commander revealed to the recruits.
"Last night, I cursed the cook who made the soup more and more diluted, but today they even canceled the soup!" Tombs cried without tears.
"Those biscuits make me want to throw up..." He whimpered, covering his face in pain.
Two slap-sized buns in the morning, and a bag of tasteless biscuits at noon and at night.A few nights ago, I was the only one who could look forward to the Cream of Mushroom Soup, but it seems that because the supplies are getting tighter, there is no more soup for one meal a day.
Soldiers want to add salt, so they can only eat biscuits with salt water.
"Get off the car, get off the car!" After reaching the destination, the company commander became the serious trainer again.
Although this kind of training is not very effective, the recruits recruited by the National Guard in Scotland are still exhausted and dragged to struggle every day... It is as ugly as the British government that is still dying.
Text Chapter 625 Montgomery the Misfit
When Montgomery took the special plane arranged by Dowding to the North African battlefield, what he felt was a completely different atmosphere from the front line in London.