Gort has recently become arguably Britain's most popular general.
This is not because of his outstanding achievements and how good he is in commanding operations. The reason why Gott is so popular comes from another aspect - helping others.
That’s right, it’s about helping others.
Gott first interceded with the Royal Air Force on behalf of Montgomery and sent him to the relatively safe battlefield in North Africa. Then he interceded with the Royal Navy on behalf of de Gaulle and gave the Free French 6,000 places on transport ships under the control of the Navy.
A relatively safe internal Irish route to the Isle of Man.
Of these 6,000 places, 5,000 are for soldiers affiliated with the Free France, and the other 1,000 are for some officials affiliated with the Free France.
However, since de Gaulle expected to take less than 800 French officials with him, more than 200 more places were allocated to some British nobles and capitalists on the island of Great Britain so that they could go to Marseille together.
En Island.
In general, the 6,000 people who had the opportunity to stay away from the battlefield basically all praised Lord Gort's achievements and described him as the greatest and most enlightened general in Britain, even though Gort always lost the battle.
After sending these people away, the city of London seemed even emptier.
Because de Gaulle took away 5,000 French troops, the part of the Thames River defense line originally stationed by the Free French troops only had 2,000 French troops who could not be taken away, and the defense power plummeted.
However, these are no longer important. Just this morning, the exploratory attack composed of Norwegian troops has broken into the suburbs of London. Soon, London will completely turn into a city of death!
What Gott wants to do now is to let Churchill know how corrupt the real situation is, so that he can see the reality clearly and seriously prepare for the next step.
The UK has one advantage over Poland and France. That is what de Gaulle said: they still have Northern Ireland to retreat to.
The Irish Sea is 210 kilometers long, 240 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of about 100,000 square kilometers. The average water depth is 61 meters, and the deepest is 272 meters. It also has a large island like the Marne as the central fortress.
It passes through the North Sea Strait to the north and connects to the Atlantic Ocean through St. George's Strait to the south. Although it is not as good as the English Channel, it is still a natural danger.
Gott sent de Gaulle's people to take refuge on the Isle of Man, on the one hand to further force Churchill to recognize the reality of London's weak defenses, and on the other hand to allow the French to garrison the Isle of Man after the British government moved to Northern Ireland.
, serving as an outpost for the British government on the island of Ireland, blocking the channel between the island of Ireland and the island of Great Britain.
Now, preparations have been made. In the name of escorting de Gaulle and his party, the navy has also mobilized more than 30 warships, including coastal defense ships, gunboats, and torpedo boats, and left the island of Great Britain for the Isle of Man, and then
Travel to the island of Ireland.
As for the Air Force, as long as Churchill gives the final nod, it will immediately be able to take off the remaining nearly a hundred aircraft of various types from the island of Great Britain to various airports in the six counties of Northern Ireland.
Everything is ready, and what Gott has to do now is to convince the current Prime Minister of the British Empire, Churchill.
At this point, Gott had to make up his mind to meet the increasingly erratic Prime Minister and use all possible means to get him to issue an order to move the capital.
On the afternoon of the day when De Gaulle was sent away, Gott, who saw the opportunity, drove to the basement of the Ministry of Defense where Churchill had moved, and launched a force against Churchill.
The reason why Churchill now moved his Prime Minister's Office to the basement of the British Ministry of Defense is, on the one hand, because it is indeed very complete and solid and will not be easily destroyed by the increasingly frequent German air raids. On the other hand, it is also because of the
The location is just north of the Thames River, separated from the German troops in the south by a river, so it is relatively safe.
However, this kind of security is not as reliable as the security provided by the Irish Sea.
After de Gaulle's instigation, Lord Gott, who wanted to force Churchill to move the capital to Ireland, did not hesitate to report to Churchill the facts that had been concealed by the military: "Prime Minister, the enemy in the south has completely captured Greenwich, and now the Norwegian troops
Heading towards Boggers Park."
"In the Kennington Park section to the southwest, the French army is also taking action and is fighting fiercely with two of our infantry divisions that have withdrawn from the front line."
"Further to the west, a group of German troops are located in the area of Kingston, Slough, and Maidenhead. They will soon cut off our retreat north of London from the side!"
Gott's meaning was very clear. He told Churchill the worst-case scenario as soon as he came up, and then threatened seven German divisions coming all the way from Portsmouth, making Churchill feel that even his retreat would be cut off soon.
So, before the escape route is cut off, it is the best time to flee London immediately and move the capital to Ireland.
Unfortunately, Churchill still stubbornly shook his head at Gott: "When Smith launches the attack, everything will get better."
In Churchill's understanding, Lieutenant General Smith still had 9 rebuilt old infantry divisions on the Thames River. But in fact, Churchill, who had been perfunctory by Gott before, would not understand that Smith only had 20,000 militiamen who lacked military training.
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Putting aside the factors of insufficient military training, Lieutenant General Smith's troops also suffered from a serious shortage of heavy weapons. If they were to attack the main force of the German, French and Norwegian Allied Forces, these 20,000 men would probably be too much.
Even once they entered the battle, they had insufficient manpower and equipment, poor maneuverability, and no support. The only effect they had was to send 20,000 more prisoners to the Allies and consume their rations.
"Lieutenant General Smith..." Lord Gott was hesitant. After all, he was the one who had perfunctoryly told Churchill that Smith had rebuilt the troops that were lost in Dunkirk.
However, since Gott was determined to reveal the facts today, he must reveal the bloodiest status quo in front of Churchill.
Otherwise, Churchill will continue to have his sweet dreams. And it is impossible to continue the national destiny of the British Empire just by daydreaming.
Taking a deep breath, Gott raised his voice, trying to wake up a dreamer and loudly reported the report: "Prime Minister, Smith simply cannot muster enough strength to launch an attack. His troops are seriously insufficient!"
From Gott's words, Churchill also understood the implication of the other party's words - Smith actually dared to launch an attack without following the orders of his prime minister?!
Churchill's face turned ashen, he swallowed hard and looked at the people in the office below him.
After a long time, he said with difficulty: "The following people stay in the room. Dowding, Gott, Cunningham..."