De Gaulle quickly requested a meeting with Churchill.
Churchill was already so busy at this time that he had no time to meet with de Gaulle, who wanted to persuade him to move out of London.
After his request for an interview was rejected, de Gaulle was quite flexible and found a good old man in London, Lord Gott.
"Commander Gott, please help me."
As soon as they met, de Gaulle expressed his request to Gott with the help of an interpreter.
He had heard that some time ago, Gott used his authority to help a general named Montgomery escape to North Africa.
De Gaulle still knew a lot about the situation of the British army in North Africa.
Wavell successively blocked the attacks of the Italian and German troops, and in the process also dealt with the French garrison in Algeria. Garibaldi, Berante, Rommel, these famous generals from various countries, did not win.
Wavell's troops.
Montgomery, who was sent to North Africa and sent to Wavell's command, was extremely lucky in the eyes of de Gaulle.
De Gaulle also heard that Montgomery had taken over the command of three Egyptian divisions and part of the Australian army as soon as he arrived in North Africa, which was a great blessing.
He ran from the hellish British mainland to the heavenly British-controlled area of North Africa, and immediately received a reinforced army to command.
De Gaulle could not think of any other emotion other than envy for Montgomery's situation.
After feeling envious, de Gaulle thought of the key figure who brought Montgomery such good luck—the good old man, Lord Gott.
Lord Gott, who commanded the entire British army, undoubtedly had great power and favor. Montgomery was able to be sent to Africa largely because generals at all levels were selling Lord Gott face.
From De Gaulle's point of view, whether he can escape or not depends ultimately on whether he can get help from Lord Gott.
"What do you need me to do?" Lord Gott gave a kind reception to de Gaulle who came to see him specially.
After all, the other party is also the leader of a country. Although he is the leader of a country only recognized by the British government, he is still a leader after all.
The leader of Free France came to him personally, and Gott had no reason to refuse.
"Help me persuade Prime Minister Churchill to leave London. You and we should all change positions of resistance." De Gaulle said with firm eyes.
"Leave our capital?!" Gott was stunned for a moment, then shook his head after a few seconds and sighed: "Where can we go if we leave here?"
"Go to Northern Ireland, or go to Canada!" This was the topic that de Gaulle was waiting for. He quickly seized the opportunity and interjected: "It is easier to use the Strait for defense than to use these buildings in London for defense. I believe Commander Gott understands this.
It will be difficult for your army to defeat the Confederate Army in land combat."
"Use the Irish Sea or the Atlantic Ocean? This is a good military suggestion." Lord Gott nodded lightly and said with his chin in his hand.
As a purer soldier, he was more aware than de Gaulle of the defensive conveniences brought by shifting defensive positions.
Moreover, after de Gaulle immediately talked about the idea of transporting part of the National Guard and the Army to conduct military training in six counties of Northern Ireland, and at the same time recruiting and reorganizing the local army in Northern Ireland, Lord Gott's interest was even more aroused.
"In this way, we can indeed prepare more than 150,000 reserve troops." Lord Gott nodded thoughtfully after listening to all of de Gaulle's suggestions.
Hearing what Gott said, de Gaulle immediately felt happy.
However, Lord Gott's next words immediately made de Gaulle feel discouraged.
"But the Prime Minister probably won't agree to the government's evacuation from London. His mind has become increasingly abnormal recently, and he is always clamoring for destruction with London..."
Gott's lost sermon: "Prime Minister Churchill's recent instructions have become increasingly inexplicable and unbearable."
"He ordered the reconstruction of the troops that were lost in Dunkirk, but we no longer have weapons, equipment and personnel... The pressure from the Prime Minister was too great, and my colleagues and I had to deceive the Prime Minister and say
These non-existent troops have indeed been formed and are already participating in the war."
Churchill's use of these non-existent troops to fight back would naturally have no results. The frontline troops would collapse faster without support. The collapsed troops did not dare to report to Churchill, so these troops continued to exist and would be used by Churchill next time.
Go out to support other British troops.
"Now the Prime Minister still thinks that we have assembled 9 divisions of the reconstructed Army Infantry Division on the Thames River, commanded by Lieutenant General Smith. But in fact, Lieutenant General Smith only has about 20,000 National Guardsmen who lack military training.
There is no counterattack force at all..."
Lord Gott's words have made it very clear. Churchill, who is still living in a dream, is now dreaming of Lieutenant General Smith commanding nine reserve divisions to launch a massive counterattack, and is not willing to escape to Northern Ireland at all.
After all, this is Lord Gott's fault. Who told them to deceive Churchill that the troops had already been formed?
However, it was impossible not to lie. Churchill, who valued the number of troops, urged Gott to find a way to rebuild, but could not come up with the corresponding weapons and equipment. Apart from deceiving Churchill into dreaming, Gott could not think of anything else.
How to conjure up these 9 infantry divisions.
"What should we do?" De Gaulle asked worriedly, breaking out in a cold sweat after discovering that Churchill, who was living in a dream, and himself, a bystander, were not at the same serious level.
"If it doesn't work, I'll ask the Navy to transport you to the Isle of Man for deployment." Lord Gott, who had caused this consequence, said to De Gaulle with some embarrassment: "Leader De Gaulle, you can take away 5 of them first.
Thousands of soldiers and a few civilians, leaving 2,000 soldiers on the banks of the Thames."
"I understand, thank you." Of course, De Gaulle also knew that in this case, it was impossible for him to take everyone away. He left a group of people to continue to stay in place so that Gott could continue to deceive him.
Churchill, as if all the Free French troops were there.
De Gaulle was deeply moved by the fact that Gott could do this.
What is the Isle of Man? It is an island on the sea between England and Ireland. From a more precise geographical point of view, the Isle of Man is right at the center of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Although the area is small, only 572 square kilometers, the Isle of Man is also known as one of the British Isles together with the British Isles and the Island of Ireland. It has a population of 80,000 and a complete government operation system.
As long as it is transported there, de Gaulle's Free France can live a stable life temporarily away from the battlefield.
Muddling along, there is only so much that de Gaulle can strive for now.
As for what to do next, it depends on whether Churchill is willing to move to Northern Ireland or Canada.
