.The Third Reich under Ten Thousand Characters  Volume 5: Battle of Britain  

Allied soldiers put down their weapons in frustration and surrendered to the SS front-line troops in platoons. They absolutely had reasons for being frustrated. As a small soldier said, it was not that the soldiers did not dare to fight, but that the top leaders did not create equal conditions to make them defeat the Germans.

General Ross officially signed the surrender letter at the afternoon of May 28. For the 310,000 Allied soldiers who survived Dunkorke, their war was over and undoubtedly ended.

The comments of the neutral military critics about the war were a battle with a gorgeous beginning but a dull ending. Many military critics talked about their views on the radio, of course, in their terms, it should be commonly referred to as: process analysis and future prospects.

Military commentators of the neutral country have reason to believe that if the French government lost more than 400,000 troops in the north, the future resistance will inevitably become difficult. What's worse, in order to support the military operations in the north, the German defense force also launched an attack on Maginot. The low-morning defenders soon lost the front line, and many fortresses were occupied by the German army. The Second SS Army in Belgium also turned south and crossed Luxembourg to attack part of the Maginot defense line from the flank.

In this battle, the SS sent a terrible signal to the world, they fought tenaciously and were not afraid of sacrifice, and the desire of grassroots officers to be able to die on the battlefield even made neutral countries that had not yet participated in the war. The officers were not afraid of death, and the dedication of grassroots soldiers was imagined how terrifying it was. No one wanted to face a spiritually fanatical army.

After the Battle of Dunkorke, countries around the world were afraid to discover that the Third Reich of Germany had a huge SS unit. Some military forecasters even claimed in a worrying tone that if the 4.2 million SSs had such combat power, the world was very likely to become the world of the Third Reich of Germany!

The concerns of neutral countries are not unreasonable. First of all, Switzerland, which made a policy shift, announced that they would remain neutral forever and that any country in the world could do business with Switzerland. It is no accident that such policy adjustments would be made. With the development of the war, Strasbourg in France was occupied by the Second SS Army. All areas near Switzerland such as Saint-Diet, Belfort and other areas near Switzerland were occupied by the German Army C Group. Below Switzerland is Italy's territory, and now Italy is holding alliance talks with Germany. Suddenly, the Swiss government authorities found that they were almost completely surrounded by the Axis powers!

That is, in May this year, the Munich KMT Party's district headquarters issued a public order, resolving to absorb Swiss nationality citizens (including Germans in Switzerland) to become KMT Party members, and sent up up to 3,000 party staff to Switzerland to open the KMT Party's district headquarters in Switzerland.

This is a very bad signal. In other words, when the German National Socialist Party wants to expand politically to Munich's district headquarters, pro-Germany responded immediately. Most Swiss MPs have claimed to the outside world that they have joined the National Socialist Party, which indirectly leads to turmoil in the domestic political situation in Switzerland. It seems that Switzerland needs to conduct so-called internal negotiations for a long time, leaving Switzerland with only two choices: being annexed or forming a new, inclined toward the German government.

When Switzerland faces the threat of a powerful country, she has no choice at all and makes compromises, which is not a disadvantage for Switzerland. Switzerland does not need to join the axis. Her role is to serve as a trade intermediary in Germany to purchase all the resources needed by Germany in the world. From here, Switzerland unexpectedly found that she could make a fortune in war with peace of mind.

Sweden in Nordic Europe is the second non-Axis country to establish the district headquarters of the National Socialist Party. Compared with Switzerland, Sweden has a deeper understanding of Germany's political influence. She is very happy to show goodwill to Germany because she is now facing a huge military threat. With the approaching winter, the war between Finland and the Soviet Union has become a state of anxiety, and the two sides are engaged in a tense battle near Joensu and Lappeenranta.

That is, after the Battle of Dunkork, the SS' Sixth Northern Mountain stationed in Karashok, Norway, crossed Swedish territory and moved into Finland. Then, a mixed aviation brigade stationed in Germany was flying to Zha. The next day, four infantry divisions organized by the Norwegian Gisling government headquarters began to make strategic mobilizations, moving towards the Swedish border line, with a strong attitude of crossing the Swedish border into Finland.

On the Jutland Peninsula, some warship formations that went out from the East Prussian military port, after swimming in the Baltic Sea, began to turn to the Hitzheels Harbor in Denmark and stationed at the Hitzheels Military Port. Subsequently, a special combat formation composed of 12 U-submarines also set off from the Danze military port. After entering the Skagerak Strait in the eastern part of the North Sea, they disappeared immediately, with unknown movements.

Before Xu Yang left France and arrived in Munich, Hungary and Romania issued a statement to the world, claiming that the country would carry out perfect military changes. That is to say, Hungary and Romania sent invitations to the German Third Reich to hire German consultants to reorganize and reform the army, and hoped to buy enough arms from Germany.

The two governments privately expressed that they were eager to buy weapons from Germany such as: ii tanks, M series (Stark) armed armored vehicles, Stukamesschmid Emil, mp/(?) series submachine guns, etc., with excellent performance on the battlefield.

Faced with such a situation, the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a serious protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Third Reich, claiming that the Third Reich was making dangerous moves. The Soviet authorities were paying close attention to a series of military mobilizations of the Third Reich and warning the three empires not to ignore the Soviet-Germany Non-Aggression Treaty.

The reaction of the Third Reich of Germany was beyond everyone's expectations. In the face of the Soviet Union's warning, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond at the moment. However, the Supreme Command of the National Defense Forces stated that it would increase military exchanges with the three Baltic countries and strengthen close relations with Hungary and Romania.

On the other hand, the SS troops stationed in the Polish Governor's Office also began to carry out urgent mobilizations. The SS troops in each military region made strategic retreats, deliberately made way out of the military isolation area, and made a defensive posture.

The world is very wonderful. When the Third German Empire of Germany expressed its tough attitude that it would offend the Soviet Union and even maintain Romanian territory security with the war, the United States, which had been clamoring to stand on the side of the allies and help Britain and France to defend its territorial security, suddenly became quiet.

Top-secret messages were also sent out by Washington, and the first country to receive the message was the United Kingdom.

In the information, the US Secretary of Defense said it would reconsider the UK's demands and suspend the Pacific Fleet's visit to the British mainland. In addition, after a vote, the US Congress decided to temporarily reduce the output of weapons to Britain and France.

Finally, the US Secretary of State explained that the reason was that considering the increasing activity of German submarines in the Pacific, unless the UK can ensure the safety of the transport fleet, it will be suspended indefinitely.

Obviously, the United States seems to have noticed Germany's policy changes and hopes that European countries will directly challenge the behemoth. In order to create favorable conditions for Germany, the United States decided to temporarily reduce its military support to Britain and France and indirectly eliminate the military threats from Britain and France to Germany.

Subsequently, the US Congress passed a bill that decided to increase trade volume with Switzerland and Sweden and provide more rare metals and oil. In terms of arms, the US Congress relaxed arms export controls and decided to export amphibious combat weapons to Sweden, as well as some individual combat weapons.

The US Secretary of State also said that the United States will pay attention to Germany's military trends and vaguely stated that the United States may send a visiting mission to Germany.

Regarding the United States' policy adjustments, Britain, France and other countries were silent. People only know that Churchill frequently went to Buckingham Palace and then canceled a series of military operations. Military supplies originally planned to be transported to France were moved back to the warehouse, and the navy's patrol mission in the North Sea was cancelled.

Correspondingly, the British mainland launched a massive round of recruitment publicity, encouraging adult men to join the army. The production lines of each arsenal were adjusted, and infantry fighting vehicles and individual combat equipment were placed in an unimportant position. In order to strengthen the security of local airspace, resources were mainly divided into the Air Force Department.

Compared with the lively world, Germany seemed a little nervous. Dunkorke's victory belonged to the SS. The senior generals of the National Defense Forces led by Fridge did not admit their mistakes in time. On the contrary, Fridge believed that the party was a real person and said very bluntly that the SS was a group of second-tier troops who picked up cheap from the National Defense Forces.

Fridge's high-profile accusations made most of the Defense Forces generals feel embarrassed. Brauchic, who is in Belgium, repeatedly sent electricity to dissuade Fridge, believing that the top priority now is to attack southern France, rather than create internal conflicts.

Fridge was in a dilemma, and no one knew what he was thinking. As Longdstedt admitted his mistakes frankly, Fridge also expressed his opinion, admitting that the strategy of the Defense Forces was lacking, but refused the SS to turn south. In other words, Fridge refused the SS to compete with the Defense Forces again.
Chapter completed!