Chapter 831: Dunkirk Retreat

Windsor Castle, located in Windsor, the Royal Borough of Windsor-Maidenhead in Berkshire, southeastern England, is the family castle of the Royal Windsor Dynasty.

However, starting today, these have become history, and Windsor Castle will become the property of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Of course, it was declared externally that it was an asset transfer within the royal family, but internally this castle was bought by Li Zitao at a 'big price'.

The previously delivered munitions, including CGT and the cruise ship under its name, were all transferred to the Royal Family of Windsor.

Except for the transfer of the Princess Adelaide to L.C.A (Lee C. Astor Shipyard), the rest, together with the Queen Mary, are all included.

It seems like a bit of a prodigal to exchange tens of millions worth of assets, arms and weapons for an old castle, but Li Zitao likes this castle.

The family castle of the British royal family is now his private property, just thinking about it makes me feel good.

money?

What is money, isn't it just for spending!

Besides, he is not without gains. For example, the shares of Royal Dutch Shell held by the royal family will also be transferred to him at a premium.

This is Li Zitao's private investment and has nothing to do with the series of strategic cooperation agreements reached between Mobil and Shell.

Shell's board of directors has always been wary of him, and does not want to see Li Zitao meddling in Shell's affairs in his own name or even being listed on the board of directors.

But in the end he still got what he wanted, which was more perfect than his plan.

With 7.36% of the shares, Li Zitao became the largest individual shareholder of Shell in one fell swoop. Not to mention the directors of Shell, even he himself did not expect this.

For this, I would also like to thank my dear His Majesty George VI. The Windsor royal family seems to have a lot of heritage, 'Do you want to find a chance to cut some fat to clean up the pot? '

The reason why George VI made up his mind to transfer the family castle to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg was because his dignity suffered intolerable humiliation.

He is the king of the British Empire and the commander-in-chief of the most powerful empire in Europe. In history, Britain has never been colonized and invaded.

Not to mention letting him, the king, escape to a foreign country to form a government in exile.

Maybe people in other countries and royal families can bear it, but he can't. He is different from other royal nobles, and Britain is also different from other countries.

It was for this reason that George VI changed his mind, turned to support Churchill, and put down his face to call Li Zitao himself to get his help.

Of course, the effect is also significant.

With the plane and cruise ship sent by Li Zitao, the situation in the British mainland was immediately stabilized, and both George VI and Churchill were full of confidence in the next big retreat.

You must know that six 5-ton cruise ships can immediately become aircraft carriers after modification, and it is the best platform to carry Lightning.

But before that, they must first find enough pilots to withdraw the 300,000 troops on the opposite side to the British mainland.

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dunkirk.

The sand was littered with dejected soldiers, slapping dragons across the extended shoreline.

The breakwater was full of soldiers waiting in line to evacuate, but hope was no longer shining in their eyes now.

The sky is the enemy's interceptor plane, and bombers will appear above from time to time, and shells and machine guns will sweep by.

Whenever they appeared, all the defeated and besieged British and French allied forces could do was put their heads on their knees and pray.

On the empty beach, any escape or hiding is futile, and it will even attract the attention of the enemy, and let the other party give birth to a cat-and-mouse mentality to ravage your body and mind.

There were fewer and fewer battleships coming from the other side of the strait, and the hospital ships couldn't get close to the beach, so the breakwater became the only way out.

The enemy also knew this, so whenever bombers came, they attacked the breakwaters first.

The crowded and stained soldiers on it were the best human targets. Shells and machine guns shot past, leaving countless corpses and blood-stained muddy steps.

then,

The soldiers behind continued to step on the breakwater, looking at their hometown on the other side of the strait with eyes full of despair.

"Enemy plane, the enemy plane is coming." As soon as the sky dawned, the observer's sharp shout came from ahead.

The soldiers lay down on the spot clutching their helmets, and some tried to escape and hide hastily, but in their view, this was completely futile.

Da da da……

The sound of machine gun fire rang out, and everyone's bodies trembled. Although they knew that there was no way out, they couldn't deal with death calmly.

It's just puzzling that this time they didn't feel the trembling of the board and the painful wails coming from beside them.

Instead, it was the stumbling of a broken engine with some kind of rattling above, and a thunderous cheer from the sand.

"It's the Royal Air Force, it's our plane, haha, he killed that goddamn son of a bitch..." the observer shouted excitedly, waving his fists.

Then from the skyline, more aircraft came into view.

Streamlined fuselage, handsome appearance, flying very fast, like a swift 'lightning' passing from above.

The previously unscrupulous enemy planes fled in a hurry. Several D-25 bombers hurriedly dropped their bombs and tried to escape. The escorting interceptors could no longer take care of them.

But soon they were shot down one by one, hovering and falling on the sea surface, and louder cheers sounded from below.

When the six cruise ships appeared in sight under the escort of more fighter planes, many soldiers burst into tears with excitement, and they were finally able to go home.

With the assistance of many civilian ships, the soldiers were successively sent to the cruise ship not far away.

Dry blankets, hot food, and the warm smiles of the waiters, it seems to them that this place is as warm as heaven.

The spontaneous appearance of more than 800 civilian ships made the soldiers feel the care and warmth from their hometown.

But more people's hearts are full of guilt and humiliation. They are a group of losers.

When the ship returned to the British mainland and took the arranged train, the excitement and happiness of the soldiers were completely gone.

When the train pulled into the platform, they buried their heads in their arms spontaneously, not daring to look outside.

Keng Keng, Keng Keng...

Something was knocking on the glass, looked up suddenly, and the soldier said in an annoyed tone, "What do you want?"

But the two bottles of beer handed in from above the window and the caring smile outside the window made him stunned on the spot, "This is for you, welcome home, young man."

Tears swirled in his eyes, and he grabbed the two bottles of beer in front of him, and the previously quiet carriage came alive again.

The carriages were lined with beer, food and cheers from countless strangers, shouting like it all came from victory.

And the quiet atmosphere in the carriage also seemed to come alive, and something that could not be seen was taking root in the hearts of the soldiers and gradually awakening.