With a curse, the livid Lord Gott tore the telegram in his hand into pieces, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it out of the tent.
The paper ball flew out of the tent in a parabola, rolled on the ground for a while, and stopped next to a pair of leather boots that had just come off the car.
The owner of the leather boots, Montgomery, who had just rushed to Dunkirk with the division headquarters overnight, frowned, and then kicked the crumpled paper ball casually, causing it to roll to a corner further away.
As soon as he arrived in the car outside the tent at the expeditionary force headquarters, before he could even get out of the car, Montgomery heard a roar coming from the tent.
"Commander, I'm back." After showing his military ID to the guards, Montgomery opened the tent door and quickly walked to Lord Gott, saluting and reporting.
"Commander, I have brought back the headquarters of the Third Division. However, most of the division, I still stay on the outer blocking line to continue blocking the German army." Montgomery reported loudly.
Although he left his troops and rushed back early because he did not want to be captured by the Germans, this does not mean that he has done worse than anyone here so far. From the encounter in Lucca to entering the encirclement at night,
Then he set up a blocking line overnight. No one could find fault with what he did.
If I have to say something, I can only say that the fighting power of the Germans is so abnormal, it is simply off the charts. The German army has been chasing the British and French forces for so many days. The Germans are not tired, and the British and French forces are also tired. As a result, every time
When being overtaken, no matter how exhausted they were, every German soldier was still like that, as if they had been given a shot of blood, they picked up their MP40 submachine guns and kept rushing forward.
Montgomery still hasn't figured out why the Germans don't seem to be tired at all when everyone is running westward at full speed, and they fight as soon as they come into contact.
"Monty, you're here." Lord Gott glanced at Montgomery and said angrily.
Montgomery was almost startled when he saw Gott. This guy almost sank into the water, and even though he was Caucasian, Gott's face was filled with a sickly whiteness. From this expedition
Montgomery could hardly find any vitality in the corps commander. He was as if he were looking at the face of a dead man.
"Commander, what are you..." Montgomery asked tentatively.
Beside them, more than a dozen military officers and staff members did not dare to express their anger, and nervously looked at Montgomery who asked questions.
Lord Gott is still angry. No, he just crumpled up the telegrams sent from China and threw them out as waste paper. At this time, Montgomery is brave enough to pick on Gott's scars!
Inside the tent, the cool-toned light bulbs illuminated Gott's face even more ugly, sinister and cold. It was the face of the legendary devil, but it was nothing more than that.
However, as a meritorious official, Montgomery obviously still has much more dignity than everyone present. At least, Gott, who has scolded these subordinates countless times, is now trying to answer Montgomery calmly.
"The domestic navy sent a telegram. They rejected my request to send additional warships and transport ships, claiming that they would use the assembled naval power to completely annihilate the German fleet in the North Sea." Gott's tone was still cold and indifferent.
A hint of warmth, but this was enough to make Montgomery feel relieved.
At least Gott, who was obviously in a rage, did not lose his temper at Montgomery. You know, although Montgomery made great achievements in succession, he finally thought carefully and led the division to leave the front line and retreat. If Gott wanted that
Montgomery was speechless and had nothing to say.
Fortunately, Gott's original answer was objective. This meant that he did not want to scold Montgomery. At least, not yet.
"Commander, I think the Navy Department is not trying to deal with us. Maybe they really want to concentrate the fleet in the North Sea to fight the Germans." Montgomery thought for a while and said.
"Of course I know those bastards didn't lie!" Gott's anger had not extinguished, so it suddenly resurfaced: "The key is that they want to fight the German Navy, they can wait until next time. But if we can't
If you evacuate in time, there will be no chance of coming back! Do these bastards have to fight the German Navy at this time? Just to regain the face they lost in the Norwegian Naval Battle?!"
What Gott said was a bit extreme. After all, this naval battle was really not initiated by the British Admiralty. Although they could passively avoid the war and send more warships to Dunkirk to serve as "temporary transport ships." However,
, wouldn’t this make the Royal Navy’s situation even more embarrassing?
What will outsiders think and what will international public opinion say?
They would say that the British navy was defeated by the German navy for a while, and in the end they lost all their courage. Now that the German navy is provoking, the British Empire's home fleet does not dare to respond!
Originally, Norway was defeated in World War I, and the Royal Navy had been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. Now that this opportunity has come to the door, how could it be a coward again? In that case, the Royal Navy, which has been called the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets,"
, why can we continue to support this title in the future?!
However, Montgomery was from the Army side. Compared with the glory and reputation of the Royal Navy, he actually valued how to resolve the current embarrassing situation in Dunkirk more.
Therefore, Montgomery, who agreed with Gott on this point of view, also said a few words: "The Navy has indeed gone too far. They have completely failed to consider that our situation is actually more difficult."
Seeing Montgomery and Gott criticizing the Admiralty like-minded, many officers standing aside turned away. The Admiralty had organized a large number of transport ships and sent a squadron to Dunkirk.
Gram works part-time as a "temporary transport ship", what else is there to blame?
Are you accusing others of not sending enough ships? I guess even if the Admiralty Department can really send more ships than it is now, you won't be satisfied, right?
However, this kind of contempt can only be kept in the bottom of my heart. On the surface, no one dares to refute the two people in front of them.
"But Commander," Montgomery was calmer than Gott after all, and better at dealing with the moment. He just complained with Gott for a few words, and then quickly brought the topic back to the present: "Now we can't count on the navy.
We can only rely on our own troops. I suggest that we set up multiple blocking lines on the periphery as soon as possible to prevent an irreversible crisis after the German army attacks."
Although the French still had three deep lines of defense outside Dunkirk, Montgomery did not dare to expect how long these three lines of defense could be withdrawn.
Of course, even if the British army adds blocking defense lines, these defense lines will not last long.
