When Tu Menghu got the news from Japan, he just responded with a sneer. The useless scumbag Tojo Hideki came to power, which means that the military has completely obtained the power of the cabinet.

In other words, Hirohito, the seemingly puppet emperor, is ready to give it a go. After all, as long as moderates from the civil service or navy are in power, they will always hesitate to do things. Only those bastards in the Japanese Army who have become obsessed,

Will they continue to try to expand the war, even if it is likely to cost the entire Japan.

In modern times, except for the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, it can be said that Japan's luck has been extremely good. At the beginning of the opening of the port, neither the United States nor other countries were too optimistic about Japan.

This gave Japan an opportunity to rise. After their Meiji Restoration, they brought the whole of Japan into modernization and industrialization. Then they first defeated the Qing Navy, which was in the process of modernization, and then used procrastination, turmoil and other means to force Russia to

Don’t seek peace.

This allowed them to gain admission to the world powers. Even if they were only a second-class power, they were still much stronger than China. In the First World War, Japan had almost always been a bystander.

It was not until the end that Germany took over the rights to Qingdao. Although this right later became a little blurred, it finally had a place among the world's great powers.

They used the compensation from the Qing Dynasty to build their own industrial base and build their own warships. This also allowed them to gradually become a powerful country.

Perhaps Japan's luck has been too good every time they "bet on the country's destiny." The result is that they try to gamble on the country's destiny every time.

But they had no idea what the consequences would be if they lost the bet. The war of resistance interrupted the good luck of the Japanese. They bet on the fate of the country in one go, and then watched their country fall.

Japan, which had mustered up the courage to risk the lives of its entire country, suddenly lost all its courage after the two atomic bombs. But they still had a little bit of luck left.

At least after the war, they still had the luck to survive. They still had the luck to develop. However, this luck disappeared little by little. It was impossible to survive just by luck.

Japan is a typical luck-based country that relies on luck to make a fortune and eventually develops into gambling on everything. In fact, we can also see this kind of pathological gambling in later generations.

From Japanese dramas to some comics, you can see someone who is very passionate or a bitch saying things like "I will bet my whole life for xxx..." and so on. Here, we can see the gambling nature of the Japanese.

This kind of gambling is not just hard work, but hard work plus a higher element of luck.

In comparison, Germany is not that bad. Although they also gamble a little on luck, they mostly try to prepare themselves as fully as possible. And the rigor of their battles is deeply felt by the British and French forces in Dunkirk.

experience.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp...boom, boom, boom..." Countless German bombers circled above the heads of the British and French coalition forces. Then, under the cover of fighter jets, they carried out non-stop bombings against the British and French coalition forces below.

German forces launched an offensive at the northern end of the Maginot Line in the rugged and forested Ardennes region, which had been considered impassable by tanks.

This made the British and French coalition forces that marched towards Belgium to face the German right-wing Army Group B completely disappointed. In just over ten days, the German armored forces crossed the French mainland and penetrated directly to the shore of the English Channel.

The northern coalition forces were actually surrounded in the Flanders region of northern France. As the war continued, the Belgian army finally chose to surrender. The 400,000 British and French coalition forces stranded in Belgium had no choice but to begin their retreat towards Dunkirk.

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The English Channel to the west became the only hope for the Allied forces to survive the desperate situation.

"Thud, tug, tug..." The machine guns roared crazily on the position. The British and French coalition forces established a temporary position on the beach. They set up all the light and heavy machine guns in an attempt to form an air defense fire network.

The infantrymen without machine guns were looking for bunkers, huddled up like quails. A total of 400,000 British and French troops were in panic all day long, eagerly waiting for rescue from across the strait.

"I don't care! I want whatever I have! I want barges, freighters, motorboats, fishing boats, yachts and even river boats!!" Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay roared into the phone.

"Now there are 400,000 soldiers of the British Empire trapped across the channel! Do you understand? A total of 400,000!! If something goes wrong with them, we won't even be able to fight back when those Germans launch an attack! Do you know?

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"General, due to the heavy bombing of Dunkirk by the German Air Force, the port was reduced to rubble and prevented our retreat. However, the Imperial Navy warships were unable to approach the beach due to their deep draft, so the retreat speed was slow..."

"These are not reasons! I don't want to hear any explanation! I want the results! I want the results, understand?!" Bertram Ramsay on the other end of the phone roared like a lion.

"Ten thousand people every day! This is my minimum requirement! Do you understand?! I don't care what you bring in. Even if you make a deal with the devil! In short, I require you to complete the withdrawal of 10,000 people every day!!

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After smashing the phone down, Bertram Ramsay looked livid and picked up the phone again for a while. He dialed a number and said in a deep voice after the other party picked up the phone.

"I am Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay, the commander-in-chief of this 'Generator Plan'! I ask you to dispatch all fighter jets immediately to stop the German bombing of Dunkirk!"

"General, our losses this time are extremely heavy! As you know, we don't have many fighter jets." A rich London accent baritone came from the other end of the phone.

"So far, at least more than sixty of our fighter planes have been shot down..."

"Don't tell me this! I don't care how big the losses are. I only know that if the troops in Dunkirk cannot withdraw, then once the Germans launch a landing war, we won't even have the ability to resist!" said Bertram.

Ramsay took a deep breath and said harshly: "I don't want a damage report! I just want you to tell me that I can stop the Germans from bombing Dunkirk!"

"All I can say is, I tried my best! General."

After Bertram Ramsay hung up the phone, he rubbed his brow and slumped down in a chair. He didn't use the phone as far as the navy was concerned. No one knew the losses of the navy so far better than him.

Three British Navy destroyers were sunk during the retreat, and the remaining one was slightly damaged. Even with such heavy losses, only more than 6,000 people were evacuated on the first day.

On the other side, there are more than 400,000 British and French allied troops! Six thousand people a day, how long will it take to completely withdraw? Bertram Ramsay cannot accept such a speed.

He asked the navy to use any means to find ships to retreat to ensure that most of the troops could withdraw to the British side.

No one knows better than him what the consequences will be if these troops are lost. The British and French forces can be said to be the elite of the British army. If these troops are lost, the British mainland will be almost unable to resist once it is attacked.

"These damn Germans..." Bertram Ramsay murmured in a low voice.

The same person who was scolding Bertram Ramsey was the current British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. However, he was not scolding the Germans, but the French.

"These damn French guys!!" Churchill scolded him even more excitedly than Ramsey. He couldn't help but feel excited. Just a quarter of an hour ago, French Prime Minister Paul Reno called the new British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

On the phone, he only said one sentence: "We are defeated, we have lost this war."

"No! My dear Renault, if you haven't forgotten the scene in World War I when the German army broke through the Allied defenses, it was still forced to stop advancing." Churchill tried to comfort Renault: "Even in that situation

Next. We are still not defeated!"

"No. We have been defeated... Now we are burning the files and preparing to evacuate the capital." Paul Reno was still pessimistic: "We cannot win the war."

"Do you know what our General Gamelin told me?! He told me, no more. France no longer has any reserves." Paul Reno's voice was filled with sadness: "We can only declare surrender..."

"Where is the French strategic reserve?! It saved Paris in World War I! It will do so again..." Churchill's voice suddenly increased. France actually didn't even have a strategic reserve. This was him.

Unexpected.

"Even so, we can launch a counterattack on the flank of the German protrusion." Churchill was obviously extremely unwilling and said to Renault: "We still have a chance."

"Lack of troops, lack of equipment..." Reno's voice was full of the sorrow of national subjugation: "The most important thing is: we have no way."

"The Bataille B1 is like paper in front of the German tanks. But in front of our tanks, their tanks are out-and-out steel monsters."

Reynaud's statement is true. Most of the French reserve divisions have now been put into battle. The only remaining armored division that had not yet gone into battle was the 2nd Armored Division, which was forced to rush into the offensive after the Germans broke through the Ardennes direction.

Although the reserve armored divisions of the French army may have considerable combat effectiveness as breakthrough units, their use in battle is very limited if they are used to dig trenches and defend them.

They are unable to implement infantry-tank coordination tactics because they do not have an important motorized infantry component at all. Their tactical mobility is still very poor, because conceptual issues with engine technology result in the Bataille B1 tank having only 272 horsepower.

After half of the French tank reserves entered the battle, most of them were destroyed by the Germans.

The most powerful Allied division, the French 1st Light Mechanized Division, had been deployed near Dunkirk earlier. This directly exposed Paris, and the French had lost the ability to protect her.

After more than an hour of mutterings between Bertram Ramsay and Churchill, Prime Minister Paul Reynaud was forced to resign because he refused to agree to end the war. He was succeeded by Marshal Philippe Pétain, who spoke on the radio

In the speech, he announced to the French his intention to ask Germany for an armistice.

"These damn Gallic chickens finally got to know each other." Hitler was very satisfied with Pétain's current performance. In his opinion, it was time for Germany to repay France's blood debt and let them pay interest.

There was a burst of laughter in the office. Now Germany's offensive is overwhelming! It doesn't count directly breaking through France. It also drove these damn British and French coalition forces to Dunkirk. I believe that they will be wiped out there soon.

"Tell the French that I will wait for them in the Compiègne forest!" Hitler, wearing a hat, tapped a point on the map with his riding crop: "Let them drag Foch's carriage out of the museum for me.

.I want them to sign in the position of the defeated!"

"Hi! Hitler!!" Suddenly, a fanatical roar came from the headquarters. This has always been the dream of the entire Germany, to take revenge on the damn French guy who strangled his neck!

Let them pay the price, let them also taste the taste of the defeated! Let them know that they once humiliated the Prussians, so they should not hope to escape unscathed.

"Keitel, when the time comes, you come with me to have a look." Hitler proudly picked up the riding crop and said to the chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht: "It's up to you to sign their surrender document. As the head of state,

, I just need to see them surrender obediently!"

"Ribbentrop, tell those Gallic chickens! My request is: First, France must be divided into two parts. 3/5 of the country, including Paris, belongs to us, and the cost of our garrison will be fully borne by France."

"The south and west are free zones. Of course, I will allow France to have an army. But their air force and army need to be reduced to 100,000 people. And the most important thing is. They must cooperate with Germany in various fields such as politics, economy, and diplomacy.'

Full cooperation'!"

"Hahaha..." Happy laughter sounded again. Compared with the gloom and mist of Paris, this place is so happy.

More than an hour later, Pétain received the conditions offered by the Germans from Spain. He wanted to cry a little. He remembered that France was so powerful in the past, but now it was forced to accept the humiliation of Germany.

Yes! This is an insult! A naked insult! The capital is ceded and the garrison requires French military expenditures. However, France does not have any autonomy in politics, economy or even diplomacy.

Is this still a country?! This clearly means that France is a German colony! Pétain was filled with sadness, but he had to accept this condition.

In the early morning, a middle-aged man wearing French uniform walked out of the French presidential palace. From this man's shoulders, you can see that his current military rank is brigadier general.

He is tall, wearing a decent military uniform, and has a thick beard flowing from his lips. The most distinctive thing is that his nose is very big, like an asparagus. He wears a French military round cap and lowers his head.

Entered a car.

"No! I will never accept surrender!" The brigadier general remembered his speech at the meeting. The hero who was once his heart now gradually made him feel desperate.

"We can move the French government to French North Africa and continue fighting Germany! As long as we persist, we will not fail!" He thought of his own words, especially the words he spoke from the bottom of his heart.

"I am the Undersecretary of Defense and the Undersecretary of the Army, and I am the Brigadier General of the Third French Republic! I am a soldier. Unless I lose all hope, I will not allow myself to surrender at will..."

"There is no hope now!!" He thought of Petain's appearance and his words. Petain was obviously very angry at that time and shouted at him: "All our planes, and the British's nearly one thousand fighter planes, are all gone."

No more! And where are the Germans?! They still have at least 3,000 more fighter planes!"
To be continued...