The officers and staff looked at Alexander with relief and approved his decision with affirmative eyes. This decision saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the expeditionary force!
You must know that they all have parents and children, and they also need to save their lives to support their children and take care of their wives and children. Instead of dying in a meaningless battle, it is better to be prisoners first so that they can have the opportunity to return to their country in the future.
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Soon, the news spread to the grassroots of the expeditionary force. The soldiers did not show any resistance to this seemingly shameful news. On the contrary, they may have lost their trust in the government after facing the despair of being isolated and helpless.
and the country's confidence, and gave up their final resistance. Many soldiers even showed happy smiles. This kind of smile is not shameful or greedy for life, but a person's helplessness in despair or desperation.
After experiencing the confusion of life, the joy of regaining hope is born.
Chris, a young major in the expeditionary force, came to France full of enthusiasm and a mentality of never returning to serve the country, so at this moment he still did not accept the decision made by his superiors.
"What? Surrender! Why don't we fight to the end with the Germans? I would rather die fighting than surrender!!" After saying that, he turned to his soldiers and asked: "Any of you are unwilling to surrender and want to stay?
Join me in glorious battle to the death!"
There was no response as expected among the soldiers, but a dead silence.
Chris asked again, "What's wrong? No one from the British Empire dares to stay and fight the Germans with me?"
For people like Chris, he has no worries about fighting to the death. After all, he grew up in an orphanage and has no parents or children. He even has few friends due to his introverted personality, let alone
Got a girlfriend.
So he didn't talk about marriage. He didn't have a wife, children or parents, so naturally he wouldn't think about it that much.
However, not all soldiers are like him. Most of them still want to go home to meet their wives and children after the war is over, and go back to support their parents. They don't want their children to be without a father since they were young.
Love, I don’t want them to be laughed at by their classmates in school because they don’t have a father, and I don’t want their wives to stay alone in an empty room.
Looking at the soldiers' heads hanging down, Chris nodded in understanding and said: "Forget it, forget it! I understand. From now on, there will be no British Expeditionary Force on the European continent." After that, he felt painfully.
Looking up to the sky and crying.
The balance of power on the European continent will become a thing of the past from today. The Empire on which the sun never sets will no longer be able to control the situation on the European continent with a single expeditionary force, and will even never have the opportunity to send an expeditionary force.
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On the other side, at the German headquarters, Guderian was discussing the next battle plan with several staff officers. An officer walked up to them and reported: "General Guderian, the British Expeditionary Force sent a liaison officer and asked to see you.
, he said they were willing to surrender."
Hearing the news, Guderian smiled knowingly and thought: "Judging from the British's ability, they should surrender. Once these 200,000 elite men are gone, we will see what the British can do to defend Great Britain. This will not be the case."
This can be regarded as creating good conditions for Germany to attack Britain in the future."
In fact, Guderian was right. The annihilation of the British Expeditionary Force meant that the number of troops Germany would face in the UK in the future would only be 800,000 at most. This does not include their local armed militia and temporary recruitment.
However, in the mid-1940s, the British mainland had no more than 100,000 regular troops with experience and combat capabilities. This was an extremely important step for Germany's strategy of taking Britain and attacking the Soviet Union!
It can be said that if Germany captures these 200,000 elite British troops, there will be no wars in the future battlefields of Western Europe except for the British mainland.
"Bring him in, I want to see him in person!" Guderian said with a delighted smile on his face.
"In addition, call for a translator. Also, send a telegram to President Reinhard to explain the situation to him and ask him for the maximum concessions we can make under the terms of our negotiations." As he said this, Guderian looked towards him.
Outside the window, he seemed to have seen the vast sea of the English Channel. Because he understood that the next target of the Third Reich was the British Empire across the English Channel!
The sudden surrender of the expeditionary force put Guderian in a good mood. If Alexander was willing to surrender, he would not mind giving him a decent surrender ceremony.
Because as long as he can prevent the 200,000 people from the expeditionary force from returning to the UK, he will definitely be considered to have made a great contribution. Then the German landing force will basically not encounter any resistance in the early stage of attacking the UK, and may even encounter it along the way.
Arrive unimpeded at London, the British capital near the south, and then control the entire UK.
"Fuhrer Reinhard has come to report that he will hand over all negotiating rights to you, General Guderian." An officer reported.
"Okay, now let's go meet the British and see what conditions they offer." After that, Guderian took several staff officers and several other officers to a temporarily requisitioned space.
Building reception room, preparing to "receive" the negotiating officers of the British Expeditionary Force.
The officer sent by the British Expeditionary Force was not neatly dressed. He led these soldiers waving white flags all the way to the German command headquarters. It was inevitable that he would encounter questioning and harassment by some German soldiers, and naturally he did not care about his own clothes.
tidy.
In fact, the British troops were in such a state of disarray that they had no time to tidy up their military uniforms. This is a common problem for any defeated army.
The German army can use several times the enemy's force to attack it in turns, but the British Expeditionary Force does not have this time. They have to defend and defend again and again.
The number of British troops is now at an absolute disadvantage, and most of the remaining people have no intention of resisting, so there is no need to continue the war.
"As long as you agree to exempt us from hard labor and receive due treatment in the prisoner of war camp, we are willing to hand over our weapons and allow us to appear in the garrisoned defense area." As soon as they met, the British officer who came to surrender explained his intention.
The requirements are not high because they don’t have many chips left in their hands.
The German army could already feel that their opponent was at the end of their rope, and it was useless to be smart. So after hearing this request, Guderian nodded slightly. He understood that the opponent was surrendering sincerely and was not here to delay, so he did not
No need to bargain.
Guderian has always been a very cheerful person, treating friends and enemies alike. Otherwise, he would not have given up his famous saying, "Get out of the way, I don't have time to capture you."
Judging from the other party's demands, the remaining troops of the expeditionary force are no longer tenacious in their will to resist. They lack ammunition and food, and their own navy has betrayed them outside the country. Yu Gongyuli cannot persist.
It's necessary.
"If you surrender, are you willing to provide more information, such as the number and distribution of British troops in the mainland, the locations of food and ammunition storage, and the equipment configuration of the troops." Guderian thought for a moment and spoke.
Asked about topics that interested me.
"Of course, as long as we know the information, we can provide it to you." The British officer replied without hesitation.
For him, his decision to go to the German headquarters to discuss surrender meant that he no longer had any intention of serving Britain. In other words, only if Germany won the war would he be able to return to his motherland sooner.
"Okay! I accept your surrender, signals and passwords, handover work, and all specific matters. We can discuss it in detail." A smile appeared on Guderian's face and he replied gracefully.