No one could tell who would win in the offensive and defensive battle between Sud and Germany.
The Soviet offensive is fierce, and the German defense is watertight. The current situation is that Zhukov does not care about human life and sacrifice to send troops to the German defense zone, while the German army uses the fortifications built in advance, coupled with the coordinated and efficient land and air forces.
With their cooperation, they were able to deal with the Soviet offensive with ease with a pretty good battle-loss ratio.
However, compared to the direct confrontation between the Soviet Union and Germany, the war between the British Empire, a once great power, and Germany, the emerging power, seemed to have no suspense.
As Lord Gott voluntarily abandoned Greenwich, he withdrew 2 infantry divisions and 2 armored battalions of the Army. The remaining 60,000 or so National Guardsmen immediately became abandoned, buying time for the Army to escape and becoming cannon fodder.
The National Guards, who lost the support of the army, were divided and surrounded by the French and Norwegian troops who broke into the gap that night, and finally chose to surrender.
In addition to the more than 60,000 prisoners captured this time, the Allied forces have attacked and captured about 250,000 National Guard soldiers since landing in Britain. In addition, they defeated and annihilated about 50,000 to 80,000 British Army soldiers, killing as many as 250,000 enemy soldiers.
It's impossible to count at the moment, but it will definitely not be less than tens of thousands.
"The British made a sneak attack, so we no longer need to attack."
Georg, who had already made preparations to attack the annex building of the ancient castle, received an order to stop the operation inexplicably, and then heard news that was even more unbelievable to him.
"Our mission is over. General Alfred of the Norwegian army will send a Norwegian reinforced battalion to take over the ancient castle position." Ellis said to Georg angrily: "Our regiment only needs to transfer the position.
After that, the National Guardsmen who casually escorted the captured prisoners back to the prisoner-of-war camps in the rear, there was no other task."
"It's that simple?!" Georg simply couldn't believe that this battle would end so easily.
Before the airdrop, the mobilization major clearly emphasized many times that this was the last British city that the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces needed to conquer before attacking London. Once Greenwich was captured, the next target was London, the British capital!
And if London is captured, the war in Britain will be almost over.
It was such a city that was advertised as extremely critical. Just at dusk that day after the German paratroopers carried out the airdrop, it basically changed hands completely.
"I heard that not only our place, but the British militiamen on other fronts have basically surrendered and disarmed." Ellis continued: "It seems that the British military leaders withdrew the army troops deployed in this city.
The militias went out in mass panic and then surrendered in droves."
The battle of Greenwich was basically over, and the British militiamen who called themselves the National Guard, after all, behaved as civilians should, and collapsed quickly and simply.
After being stunned for a while, Georg slowly came back to his senses and answered Ellis's self-confirming question: "In this case, we should prepare to capture the British capital next, right?"
"It should be like this." Ellis didn't mind at all because of Georg's refusal to borrow the gun before. Instead, he shared his opinion very generously: "But before that, I guess I still have to wait for France and Norway.
The allies will go and fight the British for a while first. We will be dispatched in a few days."
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"My paratroopers can rest for a while."
In the headquarters of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, Stuart smiled with satisfaction through an interpreter and said to the French commander Wei Gang: "I originally thought that my paratroopers would need to work part-time as temporary infantry for a few days, but I didn't expect that the British army would give up Greenwich so easily.
And they left more than 60,000 prisoners for us."
"Yeah, I didn't expect that Gott would give up on Greenwich so simply." Wei Gang sighed with some emotion.
Wei Gang also had a certain understanding of Gott, his former ally.
At Dunkirk, Gott abandoned his expeditionary force, took several generals and his command staff, and fled back to the British mainland.
Compared to the Battle of Dunkirk, where 200,000 British Army elites were left behind at one time, Greenwich left behind more than 60,000 National Guard militiamen, which seems to be inferior.
But this time is different from Bi Ri.
At that time, even if about 200,000 elite troops were lost, the British mainland was still very safe.
After all, we were separated by the English Channel, and the French allies were still acting as scapegoats on the front line. The German troops would not have crossed the English Channel to land at that time.
Not to mention the 200,000 elite army, even if there was not a single army in the UK, under the conditions at that time, the British mainland would not take any risks.
But now that the Allied forces have landed on the British mainland and the English Channel has completely lost its isolation function, every British soldier has become the most precious asset.
Gott needs to guard every city, every town, every village in the British Empire...
There are too many places that need to be garrisoned, but the number of troops at hand is pitiful.
The original total strength of the British Army was not large, but they lost too many elites in the French battlefield, lost a group of army troops in the Norwegian battlefield, and were tied up with a large number of troops in the African battlefield, and also retained some troops in the Asian battlefield.
The title of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets is not only a pure benefit, but also a burden that distracts from the strength of the British army.
"When General Ernst's Sixteenth Army arrives, they can join us in conquering London. Judging from their speed, the Sixteenth Army should arrive in three days at most." Stuart
At this time, he looked forward to his German colleague, General Ernst.
Although there are four infantry divisions of General Adolf Strauss's Ninth Army also fighting in the British mainland. However, the Ninth Army's position is still a long way from London, and it will not be able to catch up with the London Conquest in a short time.
Or, by the time they arrive, London may have already been captured.
Wei Gang also nodded after hearing what Stuart said: "When the main force of the German army commanded by your General Ernst arrives, there will basically be no suspense about the fate of London. With the help of his men
With that armored division, the coalition forces can attack all the way into downtown London and reach the banks of the Thames River."
"Then, my paratroopers will airdrop to the other side of the Thames and occupy the entire London in one fell swoop." Stuart excitedly continued, waving his fists.
Stuart and his paratroopers have become the most dazzling stars in the Battle of Britain. If nothing else happens, after this battle is over, the paratroopers who completed the final blow on London will surely go down in history.
And he, Stuart, was the next world-famous general in the German Third Reich that had so many stars!