Looking at the battle report from the front line, Lord Gott, who was commanding the defense of London, suddenly felt a little dazed.
According to the report, the appearance of the Norwegian army was not an unexpected change.
After all, the Allied Powers have been shouting propaganda for more than a week, such as "Germany, France and Norway formed a coalition for the first time", and "Norway's revenge against Britain"... too much political propaganda has long exposed the Norwegians to join this
Information about the match between England and Germany.
Of course, Germany has no intention of hiding this at all. Ribbentrop wants to make Britain feel pressure and create an atmosphere of public opinion in which European countries work together to deal with Britain, a "European troublemaker."
Now that the Norwegian army is here, sooner or later they will have a large-scale fight with the British army.
What really shocked Gott was the German paratroopers mentioned in the battle report who once again carried out large-scale airborne operations.
Two of the three paratrooper divisions commanded by German General Stuart have completed strategic airdrops!
A perfect masterpiece!
If this airdrop was said to be just a last-minute arrangement by Stuart, I'm afraid no one would believe it.
Even Lord Gott, who had already learned from previous battles that the enemy had no less than three German paratrooper divisions, was impressed by the suddenness and concealment of this airdrop.
A total of 2 divisions of troops, as soon as the British army mobilized reserves to plug the gap, completed the assembly from Dover to the Greenwich battlefield, and boarded the aircraft flying behind the British defense line.
Transport aircraft.
Until now, none of the many British officers in the London command would have thought that the German army would launch another large-scale airborne operation.
The German army must have built a large number of temporary field airports immediately after landing on the British coast, repaired the original British airports they occupied along the way, and then used these airports to park a large number of their transport aircraft.
If this were not the case, it would be impossible for the German army to launch precise strategic airdrops in such an accurate and timely manner!
Greenwich's reserve force had just launched a counterattack, and the gap had only been reduced by half, and the German paratroopers had gradually completed the airdrop. If it had not been premeditated, it would not have been possible to achieve this level!
"commander."
Gott turned around and saw Montgomery standing behind him with a concerned look on his face.
Even when the mountain is crumbling before his eyes, Montgomery still gives people a feeling of energy.
His cleanly washed and well-fitted military uniform fully displayed Montgomery's slender and tall figure. Ever since he met Montgomery during the French campaign, Gott felt that this man was almost a natural soldier. He
He knows how to restrain himself very well and never indulges, so his figure and his spirit are always kept in the best condition.
Even during the Battle of France, faced with the threat of the German army annihilating the main force in Belgium, Montgomery dared to maintain a regular schedule and fully arrange daily preparation tasks for the battle.
It was precisely because of Montgomery's outstanding performance that Gott deliberately brought Montgomery back to the country and left the ghost place of Dunkirk.
You know, there were many British generals with the same rank of major general as Montgomery at Dunkirk, and they have now entered German labor camps as prisoners of war.
"Oh, I was thinking about the situation in Greenwich!" After a brief absence, Gott quickly reacted.
"The Germans once again successfully used more advanced tactics, just like they did in Belgium. This time they used the new unit of paratroopers to attack our defense lines from behind."
Montgomery said calmly: "Ever since the German army completed its strategic airdrop, the situation in Greenwich has become irreversible."
These were not Montgomery's temporary thoughts. In fact, he was basically the first commander among the British generals to roughly guess the German "Operation Market Garden".
Although Montgomery had never been exposed to this kind of large-scale use of paratrooper airdrop tactics before.
However, when faced with the German "Operation Market Garden", Montgomery felt a natural sense of intimacy, and quickly understood this coordinated combat mode that used large-scale surprise attacks by airborne troops and coordinated with the rapid movement of ground armored troops.
After "Operation Market Garden", Montgomery had been advising Gott to be wary of German commander Stuart repeating his same tactics.
It's a pity that even with Montgomery's advice and even though he was always on guard against surprise attacks by German paratroopers, Gott still made mistakes by deploying too many reserves.
Without the reserve team, even if he wanted to wipe out the German paratroopers airdropped into his own control area, Gott would have no troops to mobilize.
On his hands, there were about 3,000 National Guardsmen left who could still be mobilized. However, these 3,000 people had left the fortifications, and they could only lose their lives when facing the elite German paratroopers.
"What can you do?" Faced with this situation, Gott really couldn't think of any solution, so he had to brainstorm the opinions of Montgomery, who had just become a lieutenant general.
Shaking his head, Montgomery also expressed his inability to do anything: "Greenwich cannot be defended. The strength of the troops and defensive positions there are not suitable for long-term defense."
Montgomery turned his head and looked at the huge large-scale map of London on the wall: "Under the threat of the German army's huge paratroopers, conventional defense lines are no longer as reliable as before. What we have in hand can really be used to fight them
The only ones in stalemate are large cities like London!"
Street fighting in London!
Montgomery's point of view shocked Lord Gott.
This is the capital of the British Empire, the largest city and largest port in the British Empire.
For hundreds of years, London has been one of the most important political, economic, cultural, arts and entertainment centers in the world. This is also the place where the British are most proud.
This is the center of the empire on which the sun never sets, the heart of the giant British Empire!
Fighting in the streets of London turned the place into ruins. Even thinking about it now, Gott still couldn't help but feel heart palpitations.
Although he had already made such preparations, London was still safe before Greenwich had breached the barrier in south London.
Although in south London, the sound of artillery fire and bombings from the direction of Greenwich can be vaguely heard. However, as long as Greenwich remains, London is not in danger.
"Commander, we have no right to choose." Montgomery calmly analyzed for Gott: "What we should do now is to give up blocking the gap in Greenwich and withdraw our elite reserves to London."
"Greenwich is destined to be undefendable, so we must prepare a better defensive background for London."
As if to urge Lord Gott to make up his mind, Montgomery raised his voice again and said seriously: "The only thing we can strive for now is to block the Germans in London. The two infantry divisions and two armored battalions in Greenwich cannot
