Chapter 757 Civilian Evacuation

"Name."

"Charles."

"age?"

"32."

"gender."

"Hey, are you annoying? You asked us to come out, and you have to compensate us." Hearing the question, the man became impatient.

"Yes, this is our proposal. We will not embarrass any ordinary civilian, and we will never let go of any British soldier who tries to get away with it," said an agent in charge of the inspection.

The elderly, women, and children were let go without much questioning, but the middle-aged men were different. They had to be strictly screened.

For example, now, this young man who seems to be indifferent, his index finger is always bent casually, which means that his heart is very anxious.

Especially now, when he showed the proof of residence in the city of Exeter, but was still not let go quickly, the man was obviously impatient.

When he heard the other party's words, the man suddenly stretched his hand towards the inside of his chest. Almost at the same time, the quick-eyed and fast-handed agent nimbly reached out and grabbed the other party's wrist.

"Grenade? Do you want to die with us?" The agent had a mocking expression on his face. When the other party came over, he found a bulge in his chest.

The man's face was pale. He was being held by two soldiers. Sure enough, a grenade was inserted into his chest.

The people in the line behind saw it, and they were immediately scared for a while. If this man broke out just now, he would be injured! Those are grenades, with a killing radius of ten meters!

"Everyone can rest assured that everything is safe with our protection." The agent said: "Our screening work is efficient. Next lady, where are your documents?"

"Well, about your subsidy, it will be credited to your account within half a month, please pay attention to check it." After that, he stamped a subsidy sheet, and the agent signaled for release.

At this time, almost the same scene was going on at the intersections of various roads around Exeter. The Germans actually regarded this place as their territory, and the citizens of Exeter were actually Such a fit!

The expected large-scale attack did not happen.

in Exeter.

Who would have thought that a city with 50,000 people would be wiped out within a few hours? Standing in front of the city hall, Bernard looked a little dazed.

Here, it is an empty city, there are no citizens, only these soldiers, what should they do?

"Brigadier, most of the people we sent out were screened by the Germans. Those German Gestapo are too powerful." Mills ran over and said to Bernard.

In order to create panic, but also to explore a way out, Bernard sent a small number of people outside, trying to get out.

"Here, is our position, we will fight the Germans to the last minute!" Bernard said.

There are thousands of people under his subordinates. Even without the cover of civilians, they can kill and injure the enemy in large numbers through street fighting! Just like last night!

"Brigade Commander, Brigade Commander, our reinforcements are here!" At this moment, a soldier rushed over excitedly and shouted to Bernard.

Reinforcements are here!

Exeter is destined to become the most glorious page in the history of the British Anti-Japanese War. Although London could not provide enough fighters to compete for air supremacy, the United Kingdom still provided timely support in ground operations.

The nearby roads were all occupied by German armored forces, but there were not only roads, but also rivers leading to Exeter!

On one side of the city is the slowly flowing River Aix!

At this time, in the river, several transport boats are coming fast!

The Germans landed for the first time, and the army came up. They controlled the lower reaches of the Aix, but the upper reaches were still under British control.

These transport boats are not big, they are all hundreds of tons. On board, the company commander in charge of escorting is looking forward to it.

Along the way, they were very worried about being patronized by German bombers, especially the terrible Stuka, after all, their transport boats, without any weapons and equipment, were purely civilian ships.

Because of this, they managed to escape German bombers, and there was even an HS129 attack plane that circled their ship twice before flying away.

Now, they finally transported these equipments!

When they landed, Bernard was already waiting on the shore, and the other party shouted loudly: "Quick, bring the equipment ashore immediately!"

Must be fast, when they stop here, they will attract the attention of the Germans!

The people on the shore were also helping, quickly bringing up the weapons and equipment, almost all of which were used for fighting tanks!

Sticky bombs, Molotov cocktails, explosive packs, and even small-caliber anti-tank guns!

The arrival of this batch of equipment is quite timely. The anti-tank weapons they have on hand are almost exhausted. Now they can continue to fight the opponent's tanks in the city, relying on the terrain!

There were even anti-aircraft guns on it when the last transport boat came up! Not only can they fight tanks, they can even attack German bombers when they dive down!

There were not many soldiers, only more than a hundred, but the arrival of these weapons greatly encouraged their confidence.

"We need to hold on until it gets dark. After dark, there will be more troops entering Exeter." said the arriving company commander.

The bombing of the Germans was too violent, and other reinforcements could not come up at all. They had to wait until the night when the German bombers could no longer bombard them before they could come up.

The same is to go by water, which is the most suitable way at present.

"We are now immediately setting up three lines of defense in the city, gradually retreating, and constantly killing and injuring the living forces of the Germans." Bernard was excited and started new preparations.

Time passed little by little, the sun slipped to the south, and then gradually fell to the west.

According to the German claim, the so-called demolition will begin after two o'clock, but now, it is half past two, and there is still no movement outside!

Sitting on the top of the tower of the cathedral, from here, you can see the whole city, Bernard held the telescope and looked outside the city, and the last wave of citizens were evacuating towards the outside.

After all, there are 50,000 citizens, and it is not easy to completely evacuate.

Then, in the distance, there was the sound of the plane again. The plane that appeared in the telescope made Bernard extremely depressed. There was a loudspeaker hanging below the plane, and it was broadcast propaganda.