No matter how weird things are, they are normal when they happen to Indians.
Surrey was obviously used to this situation, so he ordered the troops to assemble and then began to search.
The result was amazing. A total of 176 stainless steel dinner plates were lost, and only 171 were found, leaving 5. Even though we searched the entire camp, we still couldn't find them.
"I know that some of you are hiding something. If you hand it over now, I will forgive him mercifully. If you let me find out, I will hang you directly!" Sari was so vicious that his own face was completely embarrassed.
No one spoke.
Everyone looked intently, and their military posture was standard, even more standard than that of some mercenaries of the Umbrella Company.
"Okay, very good. If someone reports and exposes, he will get a reward of one pound." Sarri lured him with benefits, believing that there will be brave men under the heavy reward.
The pound sterling is still very tempting to Indian soldiers.
In 1940, the monthly income of Indian soldiers was only about one pound.
"Five pounds!" Sarri saw no reaction and directly increased the amount.
This time someone was finally eager to give it a try, but the temptation wasn't enough.
"Ten pounds!" Sarri continued to increase the number, and this time someone finally raised his hand.
Moreover, several people raised their hands at the same time, scrambling to be the first.
Sure enough, men don't care about loyalty, just because the weight of betrayal is too low.
All five dinner plates were quickly found.
Just as Sari thought, it was buried in the soil by several soldiers, probably planning to take it away later.
These Indian soldiers thought far enough.
But Jerry couldn't understand why they were confident that they could survive until the war.
Jerry soon found out.
In the afternoon the Italians launched a probing attack on Berbera.
With the cooperation of Umbrella Company mercenaries and Indian soldiers, the Italian attack was easily repelled.
Speaking of cooperation is a compliment to the Indians. The performance of Indian soldiers in the battle is amazing.
Surrey, probably anxious to save face, sent a battalion of nearly 500 men to help protect the mercenaries sent to the company to fight.
The attacking Italian troops were colonial servants sent by the Italian East African colonies. They were poorly equipped, poorly trained, and had no combat effectiveness at all.
Even so, after the battle began, Jerry was surprised to find that the Indian soldiers were hiding in foxholes, barely daring to raise their heads, and even if someone fired, they would shoot randomly. There was no standard at all.
Even the Indian machine gunners shoot in the air.
Jerry was curious and asked the Indian machine gunner why he did this.
The Indian machine gunner introduced with pride: This is a tactic summarized by the British Empire during World War I. Shooting in the air can effectively increase the shooting distance of bullets and cause damage to enemies at a distance.
This is indeed the case.
During World War I, it was mainly trench warfare. The British, French and German forces all stayed in the trenches. Level shooting could not cause damage, while anti-aircraft shooting could only try their luck.
Of course, the hit rate is extremely impressive.
It is now 1940, and the Italians are launching an offensive, using the experience of 20 years ago to fight.
Jerry didn't even know what to say.
Something else surprised Jerry even more.
After the Italian attack was repelled, the Indian soldiers who had been hiding in the trenches just now and did not dare to raise their heads suddenly became brave. They jumped out of the trenches one after another and launched a chaotic charge towards the retreating Italians.
During the charge, an Indian soldier suddenly sprained his foot and fell down accidentally.
The other Indian soldiers thought they were being attacked by the Italians, so they immediately fled back to the trenches, much faster than when they charged.
Jerry looked numb as he put down the binoculars.
Sarri also looked numb.
Let alone two million for such an army.
Even if it's 20 million, it probably won't cause much trouble to the Germans.
Not necessarily, at least they can consume German food.
If the Germans were willing to capture them.
While Berbera was on pause, Operation Dynamo continued.
On the 30th, the weather finally cleared up, and German planes once again dispatched in full force to carry out indiscriminate bombing of Dunkirk.
The British Air Force continued to fight.
On this day, 2 British destroyers and 42 civilian ships were sunk.
The biggest casualty came from the luxury cruise ship "Lancasteria", which was commandeered by the British government. At that time, the "Lancasteria" was fully loaded with British and French soldiers leaving Dunkirk, and was shot down by German planes on the way.
Shen, 3,500 British and French soldiers died.
The British government did not make the news public, but chose to block it.
On this day, 53,822 people were evacuated from Dunkirk.
On the morning of the 31st, heavy fog enveloped Dunkirk, and German aircraft were unable to take off normally. The English Channel, which used to be windy and rough, was also calm.
The "Generation and Planning" continued, and on this day 68,014 people were evacuated to Britain, half of them French troops.
The reason for this situation is that at this time in Dunkirk, except for the troops who were still fighting the German army, basically all the British troops had withdrawn.
The weather cleared up on June 1st, and the German Air Force and the British Air Force continued to fight fiercely. The British dispatched all available fighter jets and even reconnaissance aircraft to Dunkirk.
At this time, the British Air Force was at the end of its strength, and the Germans only shot down 23 aircraft that day.
However, four destroyers of the British Navy were sunk, 28 civilian ships were sunk, and 11 were seriously damaged.
On June 2, the British Air Force was no longer able to take off to fight, and the British army was forced to stop their retreat during the day and only use night organization to retreat.
As a result, the Luftwaffe lost its attack target and had to change its attack target and began a large-scale air raid on Paris. The attack on Dunkirk would be mainly completed by ground forces.
When night falls, countless British ships set out to sea from British ports and sailed to Dunkirk.
The last British troops boarded the ship at the East Embankment, and all British troops had withdrawn from Dunkirk.
On the night of the 2nd, a total of 26,256 people evacuated, most of them French troops.
In the early morning of the 3rd, Alexander and Tennant evacuated with the last batch of British troops. On this day, another 26,175 people evacuated.
At 9:40 in the morning on the 4th, the armored corps led by Guderian rushed into Dunkirk, and all the 40,000 French troops responsible for the rear were captured.
Within nine days from May 26 to June 4, a total of 338,226 people were evacuated from Dunkirk to the British mainland, including 215,000 British troops, about 90,000 French troops, and 35,000 Belgian troops.
Although most of the soldiers who arrived in Britain abandoned their equipment, Britain also lost a large amount of military supplies.
However, through the Dunkirk evacuation, the Allied forces retained a group of war-tested officers and soldiers. Most of these Allied officers and soldiers who returned to Britain became the backbone of future counterattacks.
As Churchill said when reporting the Dunkirk retreat to Parliament on June 4: "We have defeated Germany's attempt to destroy the expeditionary force. This retreat will breed victory!"
For the British, the Dunkirk evacuation was indeed a victory.
But for France, the Dunkirk evacuation means that from now on, the French can only fight alone.
On June 9, Army Group A of Rundstedt on the German left wing launched an attack on the Aisne River.
That night, the 1st Armored Division of the Guderian Armored Corps forcibly crossed the Aisne River.
On the 10th, Guderian broke through the right wing of the French 6th Army. After that, Guderian sent his army southward, heading straight into seemingly uninhabited territory.
On the 13th, the French government declared Paris an undefended city.
On the 13th, Britain purchased the second batch of weapons and equipment from southern Africa.
This batch of weapons and equipment is mainly light weapons, including 500,000 rifles, 900 75mm field guns, and 80,000 machine guns, with a total price of 48 million rand.
This price is a friendly price. According to the current market conditions, just 500,000 rifles are worth more than R30 million.
Southern Africa has also pledged to provide 250 rounds of ammunition for each rifle and a thousand rounds of shells for each gun, all of which are free of charge.
Winston called Rock personally to thank him.
The situation that Britain is facing now is very serious. It is not a lack of people, but a lack of weapons and equipment.
The more than 300,000 people who retreated to the British mainland from Dunkirk abandoned all their luggage, and some troops did not even have the most basic rifles.
British mobilization continues. About seven brigades have completed training, 14 newly formed divisions are training, and more troops are being mobilized.
After Winston became prime minister, he took inventory of armaments and found that there were only 500 artillery pieces, 103 armored vehicles, 114 infantry tanks, and 252 light tanks left in the UK. Most of the tanks were still in training schools.
The British Empire is weaker than ever.
While the "Generator Plan" was being implemented, the fighting in southern France continued.
On June 8, Montgomery led the 52nd Scottish Lowland Division to Brest and joined the 1st Canadian Division that had already arrived.
Neither division could hold out for long. On June 11, the 52nd Scottish Lowland Division and the 1st Canadian Division, together with the French Ninth Army, were surrounded by the Germans in Saint-Valery.
The French Ninth Army surrendered at 8 a.m. on the 12th.
The 52nd Scottish Lowland Division fought with the 1st Canadian Division until 10:30 in the morning. In the end, they were outnumbered and only 1,350 people escaped.
On the morning of June 11, Renault called Winston, hoping to meet with him.
Also participating in the meeting was Marshal Pétain, whom the French government was forced to use.
After the last world war, Pétain successively served as Vice Chairman of the Supreme Military Council, Director of the Army and Director of Air Defense, Minister of the Army, and French Ambassador to Spain.
After Operation Sickle began, Pétain was recalled to the country as deputy prime minister and became the leader of the peace faction.
During the last world war, Pétain was the commander-in-chief of the French army.
Winston didn't know what Petain had gone through in these years. Perhaps the German army performed too well in Spain, which gave Petain the impression of being invincible. In short, Petain was inclined to negotiate peace with the Germans.
A fierce quarrel broke out between Winston and Pétain.
Parted unhappy.
On the 13th, after France declared Paris an undefended city, Paul Reynold resigned and Pétain was ordered to form a government.
French President Albert Le Brun never expected that the first thing Pétain did after taking office was to seek peace with the Germans.
It is not impossible to negotiate peace.
The crux of the problem is that the Germans have not responded directly to Pétain's request. In order to show his sincerity for peace, Pétain ordered the French troops to lay down their weapons and stop resistance.
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Before the Germans agreed, the French gave up resistance first.
