Chapter 83 Lost
Perhaps there is no end in sight. Although Major General Montgomery's car was destroyed, two bicycles that should have been abandoned by others were found in a corner of the camp.
So the Major General's guy riding two wheels actually ran past the German tracks and arrived at the dock first. (This is an adaptation of real history, and the character is based on Alexander, the commander of the British First Army)
"Your Excellency, we seem to be at the end! There are no ships visible in the port." A man riding a bicycle aside The adjutant said breathlessly.
"Hold on, Steven! I was always last in school when I was in school, but now I have the highest position!" The Major General beside him was no slower than the young man, and the bicycle under his feet was bigger. It means surpassing the adjutant.
After crossing the ridge, the beach was already in sight, but they found that most of the boats had already started to leave the shore, and only one small boat was left leaning against the cliff. The people above kept waving to them to hurry up.
Bang! There was a muffled sound, the bicycle had a flat tire, and the young adjutant was thrown directly to the ground.
Seeing the adjutant fall, the major general jumped down and picked up the young lieutenant, and then started running again.
"Sir, I'm sorry, I..."
"Shut up, Steven, your military rank is not worthy of letting me make the choice to give up my soldiers!" A major general in his 50s scolded He said in a tone of voice, without stopping at all.
The two men climbed into the boat almost rolling.
As soon as they came up, the leading Eastern man led the others to paddle hard, and casually threw an oar to the major general, "Come and help! We will be on the boat within ten minutes!"
"That's so rude, this is..." The adjutant wanted to complain on behalf of the lieutenant general.
“If we can’t row back within 10 minutes, we will all be prisoners of war of the Germans!” He Chi said angrily, but he didn’t stop at all.
Although the Oriental people were not polite, the major general rarely said anything. Instead, he took the oar and rowed forward together. Even though he was over 50 years old, he rowed not too slowly.
3 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute, 20 seconds!
The agreed time has arrived, but the Little Nomads are still looking at each other from a distance, and the last few dozen meters have become an insurmountable chasm.
Woo! ! Woo! ! !
The Little Wanderer blew its whistle and the ship began to move slowly.
He Chi knew that it was not that the boatswain wanted to harm him, but that he had to leave. Otherwise, the Little Nomad, which was carrying so many people and was already deep in water, would directly run aground on the beach.
Before it was time to give up, the people in the boat were still rowing hard, trying to catch up with the Little Nomad at the last moment.
Someone ran onto the deck of the Little Nomad. It was the boatswain. He was holding a lifebuoy tied with a rope in his hand, waving his arms and throwing it with all his strength!
Plop! The lifebuoy fell into the water, and He Chi reached out and grabbed the rope above.
"Guys! Pull them up!" the boatswain shouted, and the people around him shouted slogans and started to drag the small boat to the ship.
Saved!
Every soldier was cheering in his heart. The major general turned around and said to his adjutant, "See, I said we will definitely..."
Boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
A huge explosion sounded, and a cannonball hit the middle of the two boats. Not only did it directly break the rope, but the water waves soaring into the sky also overturned the boat, and everyone fell into the water in an instant.
The line of sight was blocked and surrounded by sea water. He Chi choked on two mouthfuls of water during the ups and downs. He could swim, but it was not enough to see in this environment.
Cough! cough! He Chi tried hard to stick his head out, but someone's hand grabbed him, making him unable to maintain his balance.
Without thinking too much between life and death, a gold coin was dug out...
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In the early morning of May 31, all the outer positions of Dunkirk were lost, and all the beach landing sites were exposed. Under the firepower of the German Army and Air Force, at least 30 civilian ships of various types were destroyed in the artillery fire that day. Many small civilian ships were forced to stop rescue operations because they were too dangerous.
On June 1, most of the British Expeditionary Force was boarded and began to transport other Allied soldiers.
On June 2, due to heavy losses, the British Air Force chose to retreat during the day.
On June 3, the German army broke into the city of Dunkirk. About 28,000 French troops who had no time to evacuate were captured. This number was far less than in history. In this battle, both Britain and Germany claimed that they had achieved the expected results. The British claimed that they had successfully brought 340,000 soldiers back to England, while the Germans published a list of captured senior Allied officers.
However, careful checks by the British government revealed that one of the missing senior officials was not on this list.
Let's move the time forward a little.
A certain beach north of Dunkirk.
A German Bv141 reconnaissance plane flew over from high altitude, constantly observing the situation below.
"Muck! There's something going on down there!" the lieutenant on the co-pilot yelled, pointing down.
On the beach by the sea, two human-shaped things were lying motionless on the sand, letting the waves beat against them.
"It's probably the corpses floating over from France, either British or French." The person sitting in front shrugged, seeming not to care.
“Would you like to fly lower to confirm?”
"Forget it, there are a lot of these things recently, and it's not enough to check our fuel every time." The driver sitting in front finally made a decision.
Bv141 flew away. Five minutes later, there was still no movement from the two "things". It seemed that they were really two corpses.
A water bird flew over and looked at it with its little head tilted, as if it wanted to confirm whether there was really no danger in front of it.
Closer, no problem.
Getting closer, there was still no response.
The water bird was relieved and jumped over to peck at the strand of black hair.
Bang!
One hand grabbed its wings tightly!
At night, under the hidden cliff, there was an open fire that had just risen and was carefully suppressed. The plucked seabird was raised on the sparks that were not extinguished.
"General, I found some good stuff that will be good for your injury."
He Chi took some grass juice collected from the cliff and applied it on Montgomery's wound. His leg was cut open by the rock.
The wound became refreshing and cool after touching the grass juice. Montgomery asked unexpectedly, "What is this?"
"It's just some wild herbs, which can reduce inflammation. We are lucky. Below the cliff There are many more."
After saying that, He Chi picked up the roasted seabird (or smoked is more appropriate) and smelled it. The smell of blood was still very strong, so he put the branch back. .
Boom! boom! boom!
The sound of cannons came again from the direction of the horizon, but to both of them, it was not as important as the meal at the moment.
(End of this chapter)