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"What are these idiots doing? Are they crazy?!" Chiang Kai-shek roared loudly as he watched the fighter planes descending from the blue sky.

"Quick! Send the signal! Send the signal! Protect the general!" The head guard standing next to the car saw that the situation was not good and immediately reminded the others nearby.Hear this order.The soldiers who were still staring at the sky in a daze just started to get busy immediately. Several of them picked up the flare guns on the table, while the other air force navigators began to adjust the radio urgently, trying to get in touch with their bomber unit .The other guards hurriedly asked Chiang Kai-shek to get off the chariot.

A few people had just asked Chiang Kai-shek to get off the car, and the planes over there had already dived to a place about 1200 meters above the ground, and the signal to stop the bombing was issued, but those planes still did not find themselves, and swooped directly towards them.

"Damn it! Why didn't they see the signal? Why didn't they see it? Shoot down these ugly things!" Chiang Kai-shek roared loudly as he saw the plane still diving down at high speed.

But it's too late.The first plane made a beautiful dive, and then dropped four 50-kilogram bombs from under the wings. Although these bombs are not very big, they are powerful for trucks and tanks on the ground. But it's huge.In addition, Lantian's bombing accuracy can be accurate to meters, so for a long convoy, its destructive power is very large.

The four bombs exploded on the road, and several trucks following the column were unlucky and turned into a huge fire in an instant.Those blue sky fighters didn't just quit.The rest of the planes followed the dive trajectory of the first plane, followed by a third, and then a fourth.But the fourth one didn't drop bombs, not because he found anything, but because it was hit by anti-aircraft guns on the ground.The enraged Air Force anti-aircraft artillery soldiers gritted their teeth* and fired fiercely at the aircraft that was diving at high speed with the quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft guns in their hands.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible to take evasive actions at all, and can only watch helplessly as his plane is mercilessly cut by shells.The plane soon emitted billowing black smoke and fell down like a headless fly. Two small white flowers bloomed in the sky.Seeing this situation, the rest of the planes pulled up one after another, and left the battlefield in a blink of an eye.

"Catch these two idiots!" After looking at the burning vehicle, Chiang Kai-shek turned his attention to the two beautiful umbrella flowers in the sky.

"Also, count the number of casualties and losses, and order the troops to move on! We can't afford to waste time, because time is life!" Chiang Kai-shek said expressionlessly after straightening the slightly messy clothes torn by his subordinates.

Everyone acted immediately, and the chaotic situation returned to normal.Several burning trucks and half-tracks were pushed to the side of the road, and the wounded were taken to ambulances with red cross signs.The bodies of several unlucky soldiers were put into dark body bags and dragged onto a truck.

Ten minutes later, two people in air force flight suits were escorted by several grenadiers in camouflage uniforms.Looking at the bruises and bruises on their faces, it is not difficult to imagine that these people have just been beaten violently.

"General!" Seeing Chiang Kai-shek in the uniform of the general in front of him, the two pilots saluted him immediately.

"You are very good!" Looking at the two pilots who had become no different from pig heads, Chiang Kai-shek was furious.He pointed to the identification mark of the five-clawed golden dragon flag hanging on the back of his chariot and said loudly to him: "You didn't see such a big flag hanging on the car, and you didn't see the three orange flares we fired. Throwing bombs on our heads as if nothing happened, are you all blind? Is this how your Minister Feng taught you to fight?"

"That's right, General!" A pilot said in a low voice: "We are the pilots of the 11rd Squadron of the [-]th Squadron of the Second Air Force. Our mission is to destroy the traffic line from Calais to Arras. Since you have not Inform us in advance, so we regard you as the enemy's marching column, as for the flag!" While talking, the pilot looked at the angry general carefully, and then continued: "We suspect that this is the enemy's marching column." Fake. Also, maybe due to the sunlight, we didn’t see the flare, so we continued to attack!”

After listening to the other party's explanation, Chiang Kai-shek almost fainted, but after thinking about it carefully, what the other party said made sense.After all, his speed is too fast, greatly exceeding the expectations of the Imperial Air Force.Furthermore, the other party's explanation is also reasonable, after all, my existing means cannot be discovered in time by the pilots in the sky.What's more, it is impossible to completely avoid such things as air force misfires. In the Sino-US war, the American communication system was so powerful that the frequency of misfires was as high as 15%.

Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek sighed heavily, and then said to Huang Jun, the young adjutant standing behind him: "Take them to the liaison vehicle, tell them to notify their regiment, and explain the situation. Then ask the doctor to tell them Check it out. By the way, give each of them a bottle of Moutai!"

Having said that, Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and boarded his armored vehicle.

Three minutes later, the armored vehicle started moving again and merged into the vast traffic flow.

Although this oolong air attack did not cause any serious losses, it did a great blow to the morale of the dragon army that was advancing at high speed.It also slows down their speed.More importantly, whenever there is an aircraft in the sky, whether it is an enemy aircraft or a dragon army aircraft, whether it is a fighter, bomber, reconnaissance aircraft or transport aircraft.As long as it is an airplane, all vehicles stop without exception and then quickly spread out to both sides, while the anti-aircraft gunners are nervously facing the sky, for fear that the other party will launch another air raid, so it was the evening of the 28th.Chiang Kai-shek's troops only advanced as far as the town of Berg, 30 kilometers from Calais.

At the same time, in Vincennes, the commander-in-chief of the French army, Gan Molin, had just finished the joint meeting. The current situation made the old man feel worried.The high-speed penetration of tanks and mechanized troops, the tight air-ground coordination and infantry-tank coordination, coupled with the quicksilver-like attack, made him, a veteran with decades of combat experience, feel a little at a loss.He really couldn't figure out how those stupid Chinese would have such a genius tactic.

While he was thinking about these issues, Lieutenant General Verlan, who was in charge of intelligence collection and analysis, walked up to him quickly.

"General, there is a very bad thing!" The lieutenant general said straight to the point.While talking, he took out several large-scale black and white photos, "This was taken by our air force reconnaissance plane on the road from Saint-Omer to Calais in the morning. You see, this is a tank column. The flag of the dragon army is clearly visible!"

"Calai!" Hearing what the other party said, Gan Molin trembled suddenly, he quickly grabbed the photo handed over by the other party, put on his glasses and looked at it carefully.After a while, he let out a long sigh, "Notify our people to speed up their retreat, and besides, tell the defenders in Calais to stand firm!" After speaking, he lowered his arms and sighed slightly, as if he was old Like 10 years old.

Calais, a city in the Calais-Pas-de-Pas-department in France, has a population of about 5 and is also the closest road to the UK.Because it is close to Dover-Calais, the narrowest part of the English Channel, the nearest British city to Calais is Dover, so Calais and Dover are the closest ferry between France and the UK.The old city of Calais is on an artificial island surrounded by canals and ports.Calais New Town is [-] miles southeast.

Historically, Calais was originally a fishing village, with many waterways and inner bays nearby.In 997 AD, the Earl of Flanders, De Val Raudin, took a fancy to this place and began to build Calais Fort.In 1224 AD, Eustace, Count of Boulogne, sent troops to fortify Calais.During the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, the French army failed in the Battle of Crecy, but Calais, as a fortress, resisted the siege of the British army for a year. Due to the lack of ammunition and food, it surrendered in 1, during which there were 1346 times The citizens of Calais surrendered voluntarily and became hostages of the British army in order to save the people of the city.Artist Rodin once sculpted a group of portraits to commemorate this famous event.

In 1588, the Duke of Deguis of France defeated the British army near Calais, thus regaining the city of Calais. The Calais area became famous in France because of the "recovery area".But the good times didn't last long. The Spanish Empire that rose in 1596 defeated France, which was fragmented at the time, and occupied this place.But in 1598, things took a turn for the better.According to the Treaty of Vervins, Calais was taken back by France.By 1805, in order to attack Britain, Napoleon stationed nearly 8 legions in Calais.

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In the blink of an eye, in the 20th century, although Calais had lost its original role as an old castle, due to the advent of the Age of Discovery and its unique geographical location, Calais became France's second only to Brittany and Marseille. important port.In addition, the city of Calais also has its own specialties. Their traditional products include lace and thorny bamboo. These textiles are exported to the world through the port of Calais.

In addition, Calais is an important military fortress.Due to its special geographical location, the port construction of Calais has been carried out in accordance with the army's mobilization plan.The whole city is divided into four parts by two canals.Each block has multiple bastions as support points for defense.Next to each bastion is an auxiliary fort. Although most of these artillery are old-fashioned mortars, they can still be used.

Most of the buildings here have three to five floors, most of which are made of solid granite, and the outer layer has been laid with reinforced concrete.Ordinary 75mm guns have little effect on it at all.

What's more important is the layout of the streets of Calais. Almost all the streets are composed of countless T-shaped irregular shapes.In this way, no matter where you walk, you will always be blocked by a building in front of you.If the defending side deploys several firepower points there, then a dozen people can easily block the assault of more than one company of the opponent's troops.Moreover, there are too many forks, and it is very easy for soldiers who are not familiar with the terrain to get lost.Therefore, during the war, those who choose to attack this city will undoubtedly experience a terrible nightmare.

At this time, Calais was used by the British army as an important transit port concession between Britain and France.Since this is a relatively important port, the defense of the British army in Calais is relatively strong.In order to deal with the possible amphibious landing attack of the Dragon Army, the British army specially transported 240mm fort cannon and 400mm mortar from Dover.In addition, the coastal forts facing the sea have been greatly transformed.

The French assembled about three coastal artillery battalions and deployed nearby.

In addition, in order to prevent the harassment of the Chinese Air Force, the air defense facilities of the entire Calais have also been greatly strengthened.The 6th Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Company, the 172nd Type Anti-aircraft Gun Company and the 1st and 2nd Searchlight Companies of the Royal Artillery were transferred from the British mainland and Arras.They set up a semi-circular anti-aircraft cordon around the city.Since the Calais area is relatively close to the British mainland, about three British divisions came here, including a brigade of the Guards Armored Division, the Third Infantry Division, the Seventh Infantry Division and a brigade of the Second Armored Division... Later, due to tension on other fronts, most of the troops were transferred away one after another.Only the [-]rd Infantry Division is still waiting to be replenished in Calais.And the commander of the division, Montgomery Jr., naturally became the new commander of the city defense of Calais.

On May 5, Chen Jitang's armored vanguard had reached the coast near Saint-Valéry.After a brief pause, they began to turn northeast to attack the various ports along the strait according to the route prescribed by the headquarters in advance.

On the evening of the 27th, the Tenth Armored Division of the Dragon Army had arrived at the city of Boulogne.

The next day, the First Armored Division of the Dragon Army began to attack the British troops on the front line of the A Canal.Successfully entangled the British [-]th Infantry Division defending there, and another unit, the [-]nd Armored Division, took the opportunity to sweep the British and French forces in the port of Boulogne. They occupied the port and most of the city, and successfully The defenders were crushed into a small castle of Boulogne.It's just that these castles built in the middle ages are stronger than the dragon army imagined, so the dragon army troops lacking heavy artillery will not be able to break through for a while.

On the other side, the troops of the two armored divisions led by Li Zongren did not directly attack Dunkirk as the Allied forces expected, but circled a semicircle and unexpectedly cut into the weakly defended Gravelina, and Quickly occupied there.There is a transit point between Calais and Dunkirk.The actions of Li Zongren and Chen Jitang's troops meant that the two wings of Calais were cut off by the dragon army.For a while, Calais was immersed in an atmosphere of chaos and panic.

Refugees and non-combatants are trying to escape from the city in every possible way, and all kinds of British military equipment are continuously transported from the UK and piled up near the port without any order.Fighters and bombers of the Chinese Air Force visited from time to time, and they found a large amount of weapons and equipment piled up on the pier, so they launched round after round of attacks.As a result, the Allied forces lost a lot of weapons, vehicles, ammunition and radio equipment, which brought great difficulties to the entire guidance work and made the situation in Calais even worse.

Faced with this situation, Little Montgomery successively issued general mobilization orders and martial law orders to stabilize the current situation in Calais.The defenders of the [-]rd Infantry Division and Calais immediately canceled all vacations and make-ups, and entered a state of combat readiness.All reserve soldiers in Calais and combat soldiers who had rested in Calais and did not leave immediately went to the designated place to report.

After 8 o'clock in the evening, the whole city is under control, and it is strictly forbidden to go out.On the other hand, he quickly made a request for reinforcements to the British Army Headquarters, and hoped that the other party could send enough ships to ensure smooth logistics and allow more ordinary civilians and non-combatants to evacuate.

Under the command of Montgomery Jr., the British army moved very quickly.Soon, the originally chaotic situation in Calais changed.He assembled an army of about 12000 men from scratch.This force is 7000 people from the 500rd Infantry Division as the core, supplemented by various garrison troops, police forces and reservists in the Lai area.In the end it even included [-] non-combatants who didn't take part in any combat.

However, the British headquarters also found that Little Montgomery was alone, and they quickly sent reinforcements, including the third battalion of the Royal Tank Regiment and the No.30 Infantry Brigade, which were quickly transported to Calais.The former is the only armored force in the British mainland, which is equipped with 72 Matilda 2 tanks.After that, they were transported directly from their barracks Southampton to Calais.The latter was prepared as an indigenous force for the attack on Narvik, but the defeat of the British Navy forced the cancellation of that operation.The brigade consists of the [-]nd Battalion of the Royal King's Rifles, the [-]st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade and the [-]st Battalion of the Queen Victoria's Rifles.These three battalions are all motorized infantry battalions belonging to the standing army, and their strength is very strong. The only problem is that most of the motor vehicles of this force are left in the country because there are not so many transport ships.But for little Montgomery, there is no time to worry about these, because the dragon army is already approaching, and is rushing towards him at a high speed.

"Every hour you persevere in Calais is extremely precious to the entire British army and even all the allied forces. Therefore, the government requires you to persist in fighting, and you must hold off the opponent for three to five days, so that our The troops can rush to Calais to join you, whether they succeed or fail, as long as they can last more than three days. Your tenacious resistance will receive the highest praise, and retreat is absolutely not allowed. Everything you do It is to buy time for the expeditionary force to be withdrawn to Dover! - Churchill!"

Flipping through the still ink-stained telegram, little Montgomery felt as if he had knocked over a five-flavored bottle.The current situation is simply clear to him. His army has been defeated, and the defense of the entire Allied forces in France has become torn apart. All the ports leading to England in the east, except Calais and already Except for the besieged and impenetrable Dunkirk, all were occupied by the dragon army.

Calais, which he was guarding, has become the target of public criticism. He is facing an army of dragons who do not know how many tens of thousands. Behind those dragon troops are hundreds of thousands of Anglo-French-Belgian allied forces, and behind the allied forces are several million standard The steel army with the five-clawed golden dragon logo is pressing towards him.

Judging from the current situation, Little Montgomery suddenly found himself like a piece of ham sandwich bread, and it was the bottom piece, which was pressed deeply on the plate, leaving no room for turning.

"Hey!" Thinking of this, Little Montgomery sighed heavily, then threw the telegram heavily on the table, and then kept rubbing his temples.The current situation is really too difficult for him. If he resists, he will die, if he cannot resist, he will die, and if he retreats, he will die.

Encountering such a mortal battle is really a hell.Although the telegram said that he would be given considerable honor, little Montgomery knew very well that this kind of honor would not be given to him. on the side.If you fail, let alone anything else, the scapegoat must be yourself.Thinking of this, he smiled wryly and shook his head.Everything in front of him is a dead end, unless so many allied forces can escape and ascend to heaven, or...

While he was thinking about his way out, the outside door was pushed open.His adjutant Valery appeared at the door, "General! We found traces of the Dragon Army's reconnaissance troops in the southeast!"

"Southwest direction? Dragon army reconnaissance unit?" Little Montgomery jumped up, quickly picked up the magnifying glass, and looked at the huge defense map on the table: "Southwest direction, near Berg Town?" Little Montgomery said He raised his head and asked the other party suspiciously.

"Yes! Our reconnaissance team found traces left by the armored vehicles of the Dragon Army's mechanized troops on the road. After tracking, it was found to be a half-track convoy of the Dragon Army. All the people on it were wearing camouflage military uniforms. The emblem on the front of the car is a hovering dragon pattern."

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"A circling dragon? Camouflage military uniform? It's definitely not Chen Jitang and Li Zongren's troops. So which army is it?" Little Montgomery took out a small notebook and flipped through it while talking to himself.This is a brochure urgently printed by the British intelligence service about the Dragon Corps and the Armored Forces, especially the Armored Forces.It records in detail the numbers, troop marks and commanders of most of the armored units of the Dragon Army.This was temporarily printed by the British army. After flipping through the book for a few minutes, little Montgomery finally figured it out: "The Ninth Armored Grenadier Division has 16500 troops, 172 tanks, and 342 armored vehicles. The former division commander Hu Sanyu , The current teacher is unknown! What kind of mess is this!" After reading this unclear pamphlet, Little Montgomery angrily threw him on the table.

"It seems that we have an opponent, and this army is led by this person!" Little Montgomery seemed to be talking to himself, and then he suddenly raised his head: "Order. Send a search force to the vicinity of Berg Town immediately, I want to know How many divisions, how many people, how many cannons and tanks the other party has. I also need to know the names of their supreme commander and division commander. In short, it must be quick. And give me an order for the third battalion of the Royal Tank Regiment to dispatch immediately. Set up defenses on the opposite bank of the A Canal north of Gezhen, and set up a guard position. In short, I don’t want the enemy to rush over there, absolutely not. At the same time, I notify all staff officers and battalion commander-level officers to go here for a meeting immediately..." A series of orders from childhood After Montgomery's mouth came out, the adjutant ran out immediately.

At the same time, on the other side, Chiang Kai-shek, who was in charge of attacking Calais, was also looking at the map in his hand, but unlike little Montgomery, he was surrounded by more than a dozen officers at the rank of general and colonel, and they all stood silently. Beside the commander-in-chief, everyone's eyes were full of awe.

"The enemy is obviously going to use the A Canal and several castles inside and outside the city as cover for a three-dimensional defense. If we rush to invest all our troops in it, we will definitely sink deep, resulting in a passive situation on the scene." After speaking, Chiang Kai-shek lifted I looked at it at first, and then focused on the map again: "So I decided to bypass the opponent's front line of defense and attack from the flank. Although this is a bit unbalanced for our front, the advantage is that we can quickly Please note that our task is not to completely capture Calais, but to control the port of Calais, and we will not fight this kind of city-to-city street battle.” After he finished speaking, he turned his head Going to the side, "Chang Jie, you have been with me for so many years, and you have always been an artillery officer. Now I will give you an armored division, can you bring him to me?"

Chen Changjie took a big step forward and said, "No problem! I will definitely be able to plant the military flag on the commanding height of Calais!"

"Yeah!" Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand slightly, "Go and prepare!" Then he continued to pick up the map and looked at it.

"Which unit is providing us with air support this time?" Chiang Kai-shek asked again after carefully measuring the distance between the airport and Calais.