69novels Chapter 644
Chapter 644
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“Expand the army?”
Prime Minister Lloyd George looked at the Secretary of State for War with a puzzled look on his face.
“Don’t we already have 5 million troops? Why do we need to expand the army? Aren’t these 5 million people enough?”
Just as Hans Manstein proposed to Mainz to expand the army to 5 million, the Minister of War hiding in the underground air-raid shelter in Fog City also made the same proposal to Prime Minister Lloyd George!
“Yes, I calculated that although we now have 5 million troops, which seems to be a large number, in fact our manpower is still seriously insufficient!”
The Minister of War ignored the various strange looks from others. He only stared at Prime Minister Lloyd George and explained his thoughts to him!
“Tell me, how is it seriously insufficient?”
Prime Minister Lloyd George looked very calm, and it was hard to tell from his tone whether he was angry or not.
Encouraged by this, the Minister of War said without hesitation,”If we were the attacking party, then these five million troops should be enough, but we are now the defending party. In the absence of complete control of sea power, the thousands of kilometers of long coastline from Scotland in the north to Plymouth in the south may become an option for the enemy to land!”
The words of the Minister of War made the face of the Minister of the Navy look a little ugly. He heard from the other party’s words that the other party was blaming the navy for the unfavorable combat and the loss of sea control, which put the army in a passive defensive state!
The Minister of the Navy was just about to open his mouth to refute when he heard Prime Minister Lloyd George say:”The German army does not have enough landing ships, and it is impossible to land everywhere.
It takes them much longer to travel back and forth from the sea than we do on land relying on railways.
If they choose to land in Scotland, it will take at least a week to travel back and forth.
By the time their second batch of troops arrives ashore, we will have already mobilized a large army to wipe out their first batch of troops.
Therefore, the German army will not cast a net everywhere.
That is a tactic of adding fuel to the fire.
Only stupid people will do this!
”
After hearing this, the Minister of the Navy did not speak.
Because he heard that Prime Minister Lloyd George scolded the group of guys in the army, almost in front of everyone, calling them fools and idiots. This made him feel very comfortable in his heart. He glanced at the Minister of War proudly, and sure enough, he saw the other party’s slightly flushed face
“I think what the Prime Minister said makes sense.
Although the German army can land from the North Sea and the Celtic Sea, these places are very far away from our mainland.
So if they attack from here, the transportation efficiency of their landing troops will be greatly reduced, which will make it difficult for their troops that have already landed to gain a foothold and be driven into the sea by us.
So, if I were the German army, I would definitely choose to land in the place closest to the European continent.
In this way, with the distance shortened, the time they take to transport subsequent support troops ashore will be greatly reduced, and it will be possible to pose a real threat to us!
”
These are mature and prudent words, so as soon as the sound fell, it attracted a wave of approval.
Prime Minister Lloyd George nodded:”The Pas de Calais area, if I were the German army, I would also land in the Dover area, so the army’s key defense area should be placed here!”
Even a layman can see this. The Strait of Calais is the closest place to Europe from the British mainland. The enemy is very likely to choose this place to land. So just in case, they should prepare in advance, build beachheads here, and set up mines, land mines, anti-tank and other facilities to hinder the enemy’s landing!
In the eyes of Prime Minister Lloyd George, mobilizing five million troops is already the limit for the British mainland at the moment, and it is not very likely to mobilize again, because they basically have no reserve forces in the country, and the troops that can be mobilized have been mobilized almost. Even if they mobilize again, it is difficult to recruit many troops.
Moreover, at this time, the major military factories and naval shipyards in the country are still working overtime to produce various weapons and equipment for the British army. The operation of these military factories cannot be stopped. If they stop, the supply of weapons and equipment of the British army itself may be in trouble!
And to ensure the production of these factories, they must leave them with a sufficient number of laborers.
Although women can also work in factories, there are many things that are not suitable for women to do, especially in military factories that emphasize efficiency!
……
Prime Minister Lloyd George was obsessed with the military factories in the country where the sun never sets, but he didn’t expect that Mainz was also thinking about it.
After receiving the order, General Goering, the commander of the German Air Force, no longer had any concerns and directly ordered the Air Force to start attacking key targets in the country where the sun never sets.
And their main target was the military factories in various places!
Because the sun never sets is on the edge of Europe, and Mainz has long regarded them as imaginary enemies, the German army did a very detailed intelligence work on the sun never sets. They found out the locations of major factories in the country through visits and investigations. So, after Mainz’s order was issued, the Air Force immediately carried out targeted attacks on these factories according to the intelligence provided by the intelligence department!
So, the industrial cities where the sun never sets, which were fortunate not to be affected by the heavy bombing of the capital not long ago, suffered at this moment!
From the foggy city to Manchester in the north, a large number of industrial cities in the central region of the sun never sets were bombed!
This kind of bombing is far from the small bombs dropped by airships during World War I, so major industrial cities have suffered. The German army is advancing slowly and efficiently one by one every day!
Wherever they bombed, the entire city, including factories and buildings in the city, was almost razed to the ground!
The workers and citizens living in these cities suffered heavy casualties. A large number of workers died tragically under the bombing of the German army while working in the factory!
Such a large-scale bombing lasted for another fifteen days. During this period, almost all the major industrial cities in the country of the British Empire were bombed. Not only industrial cities were bombed, but also large cities with large populations and some important port cities were attacked.
For a time, the whole territory of the British Empire was filled with smoke and ruins!
After hearing the news, Prime Minister Lloyd George was stunned.
He was terrified by the cruelty of the German army!
They were not like this when they fought Gaul?