Chapter 70 The BOSS’s decision
“Dunkirk?”
“Where is this?”
“I’ve never heard of it. Is it a place in Denmark?”
Many passengers raised questions when they heard this place name and did not know much about this place. Most of them heard about it for the first time.
But He Chi knew that he was too familiar with this place. As a world history student, he could answer questions about this name more than a dozen times a year.
In May 1940, the German mechanized troops that bypassed the Maginot Line in Belgium launched an overwhelming offensive.
The British and French allied forces were on an unstable footing and were being beaten back steadily. In the end, a total of 400,000 people were blocked in this small town in northwest France, and the entire army could be annihilated at any time.
The anxious British war cabinet launched the so-called "Operation Dynamo", which mobilized nearly a thousand ships within a week to help the troops evacuate, and eventually picked up 338,000 soldiers. , known in history as the Dunkirk evacuation.
"Mission started! Players please listen to the briefing" the system's voice sounded.
[Mission: Big Generator, mission requirements: Transport as many Allied troops as possible to the British Isles before June 4th. Each soldier rescued will be rewarded with 50 copper coins, and each soldier killed in front of the player will be deducted 50 copper coins. Note: This mission is a racing mission. Among all civilian transport ships, the player needs to be ranked in the top ten in terms of the total number of people rescued before the reward will be settled. 】
“I’ll go, this is not easy.” He Chi muttered after listening to the briefing.
He remembered that in history, the number of civilian ships recorded in the Dunkirk evacuation was that a single ship rescued 700 people. Since it was in the top ten, even if he could not reach this number, he would at least be close to it. According to six Counting hundreds of people, this little broken ship must have made at least five trips to and from the English Channel.
You must know that every time you go back and forth, there will be German aircraft and torpedo boats below "taking care" of you in the sky.
According to statistics, a total of 861 ships of various types participated in this rescue, 243 ships were sunk successively, and the battle damage rate exceeded 25%. He had to ensure that his ship was not in this quarter first. in the data.
Of course, this is not an issue to consider now, because he is currently just an Asian follower of a down-and-out businessman, and he needs to show himself appropriately if he wants to gain the right to speak.
"Who here has combat experience and can use weapons, please come forward. We need volunteers." The leading captain shouted.
The passengers looked at each other, but no one said a word. Before Operation Sea Lion, ordinary British people basically had no military training, and not many people had fought in the war.
"I have experience!" The crowd stretched out an arm and raised it high. Everyone looked back and saw a young Asian man raising his hand.
"You?" The captain came over and looked at He Chi with distrust. "Where have you had war experience?"
"Somme..." He Chi opened his mouth to say the battlefield of the Somme, but later found that his age did not match and quickly changed his words, "I have participated in wars in the East before." Are spears and bows stabbing each other..." A soldier behind him sneered.
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure approached him!
Before the soldier could react, he discovered that his armed belt was empty.
The Easterner pulled out the bayonet from his waist, and placed the cold blade on the soldier's neck.
"If it were on the battlefield, you would be dead by now." He Chi, holding a bayonet, said coldly.
"You made a surprise attack because I was too careless and didn't pay attention." The soldier shouted unconvinced when his neck was held. "Are you going to say the same thing to the Germans?" The Easterner raised his eyebrows.
“You guy!”
“That’s enough!” The captain next to him stood up to stop “My people were rude and did not give the soldiers the respect they deserved. , I apologize on his behalf, can you let him go?”
He Chi nodded and took away the bayonet in his hand.
The captain took his gun and handed it to He Chi. "Can you use it?"
He Chi looked at the weapon in his hand and said softly, "Webley revolver. .45 caliber, 6 rounds of ammunition, simple structure and not prone to malfunction. The disadvantage is that the recoil is too large. As for stability..."
He Chi raised his hand and raised the gun.
Bah bang bang! ! !
Three gunshots were fired, and the three flagpoles on the bow of the ship used to place signal flags broke. The entire action was completed in one go.
Short Gun Rapid Fire V2 (Disciple)
The soldiers and passengers on the side were all wide-eyed, especially Banks. He never expected that he only spent 100 shillings a month to recruit The oriental country bumpkin actually has such a good method.
“Shooting on a rolling ship is really excellent marksmanship.” The captain nodded. “Then now authorized by the Royal Navy, you are the fire control specialist on this ship. You only have to listen to the captain’s orders. ."
"Fire control specialist? Mr. Captain, we are a civilian ship and we don't have any weapons." The captain on the side came up to explain.
"I know, but we'll be there in a moment." The captain waved his hand, and someone carried two big guys onto the ship - they were two Vickers .50 heavy machine guns with movable brackets.
Looking at the dark barrel of the gun, some people swallowed, and some passengers stood up and asked cautiously, "Excuse me, why are weapons loaded on the ship? Are we going to fight?"
< br>"Our brave soldiers are in trouble in France. We are now commandeering this ship to rescue them. We may encounter German aircraft on the way. This is the most basic self-defense weapon." After the captain finished speaking, he explained the purpose of the trip and The passengers explained.
The crowd immediately panicked. After all, they were all ordinary people here, but not everyone had the courage to face the German guns and bullets.
"Quiet! We are only recruiting crew members and volunteers, others can leave in small boats!" the captain shouted loudly from the bow.
After hearing that they did not have to go, the passengers raised their hands to express their intention to leave. Except for the crew and a few people with patriotic feelings, most of them boarded the boat going back.
What surprised He Chi was that his BOSS, Banks, also stayed on the ship as a volunteer.
While others jumped onto the boat, He Chi walked up to Banks and asked, "BOSS, why did you stay? It's too late to regret now."
"Regret?! No! This is my chance to change my destiny, why should I regret it! "Banks said emotionally
"400,000 people are waiting for our rescue, Kevin, don't you think this is great? How many people are curious about what happened these days, but they just Can rely on the legend passed down by word of mouth ”
"We are different. We can witness all this with our own eyes and show it to everyone."
Then he took out a hand-cranked camera from his suitcase and said, "I will never find such a suitable script and grand opening again." Now, I want to follow the boat and tell everything that happened in the past few days. Record everything, this will be an epic story."
After that, he pressed He Chi's shoulders
"Kevin, our movie will be popular throughout England! ”
(End of this chapter)