Chapter 755： Civilian evacuation

"Name."

"Charles."

"age?"

"32."

"gender."

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

"Yes, this is our proposal. We will not embarrass any ordinary civilians, and we will never let go of any British person who tries to get through the pass." An agent in charge of the inspection said.

The elderly, women, and children were almost let go without too much inquiries, but for the mature men, it was different. They had to be strictly screened.

For example, now, for this seemingly inattentive young man, his index finger is always bending nonchalantly, which instead means that his heart is very anxious.

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

When he heard the other party's words, the man suddenly stretched his hand into his chest. Almost at the same time, the agent with quick eyes and quick hands stretched out his hand swiftly and grabbed the other's wrist.

"Grenade? Do you want to die with us?" The agent's face was sneered, and when the other party just came over, he found a bulge in his chest.

The man's face was pale, he was held by two soldiers, and sure enough, a grenade was stuck in his chest.

The people in line behind saw it, and they were suddenly frightened. If this man broke out just now, he would be injured! That is a grenade with a killing radius of more than ten meters!

"Don't worry, with our protection, everything is safe." The agent said, "Our screening work is efficient. Next lady, what about your credentials?"

"Well, regarding your subsidy, it will arrive in the account within half a month, please check it carefully." After speaking, he stamped a subsidy form and the agent signaled for release.

At this time, at the intersections of all roads around Exeter, almost the same scene is going on. The Germans actually regard this as their territory, and the citizens of Exeter are actually Such cooperation!

The anticipated large-scale attack did not happen.

Inside Exeter.

Who could have imagined that a city with 50,000 people would be completely clean in a few hours? Standing in front of the city hall, Bernard looked dazed.

Here is an empty city. There are no citizens, only soldiers like them. What should they do?

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

In order to create panic and to explore a way out, Bernard sent a small number of people outside and wanted to get out. The ending is obvious. They were screened out by the Germans from the civilians!

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

There are still thousands of people under his men. Even without the cover of civilians, they can kill 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.

The reinforcements are here!

Exeter is destined to become the most glorious page in the history of the British War of Resistance. Although London cannot provide enough fighters to compete for air supremacy, the United Kingdom has provided timely support in ground operations.

The roads nearby were all occupied by German armored forces. However, not only roads but also rivers lead to Exeter!

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

At this time, in the river, several transport boats are driving over quickly!

The Germans landed for the first time, and the army came up. They controlled the lower reaches of the Aix River, 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 them is expecting.

Along the way, they were very worried about being patronized by German bombers, especially the terrible Stuka. After all, their transport boats did not have any weapons and equipment, and were purely civilian ships.

It is precisely because of this that they can be considered to have escaped the bombing of German bombers. There was even an HS129 attack aircraft, which circled their ship twice, and finally flew away.

Now, they finally transported these equipment!

When they reached the shore, Bernard was already waiting on the shore, and the other party shouted loudly: "Quickly, get the equipment ashore immediately!"

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

People on the shore are also following to help, quickly bringing up weapons and equipment, almost all of which are used for tanking!

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, and now it happens to be in the city, relying on the terrain, to continue to fight the opponent's tank!

When the last transport boat approached, there were even anti-aircraft guns on it! They can not only fight tanks, they can even attack German bombers when they dive down!

Not many soldiers arrived, only over a hundred, but the arrival of these weapons greatly encouraged their confidence.

"We need to persist until dark. After dark, more troops will enter Exeter." The company commander said.

The German bombing was too violent, and other reinforcements could not come up at all. They had to wait until the evening when the German bombers could not continue bombing before they could come up.

It is also by water, which is currently the most suitable way.

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

As time passed by little by little, the sun slid to the south and then gradually fell to the west.

The Germans claimed that after two o'clock, the so-called demolition would begin, but now, it is two thirty, and there is still no movement outside!

Sitting on the top of the cathedral's tower, from here, you can see the entire city. Bernard held up his binoculars and looked outside the city. The last wave of citizens was evacuating outside.

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

Then, in the distance, the sound of the plane came again. The plane that appeared in the telescope made Bernard extremely depressed. There was a big loudspeaker hanging under the plane and it was broadcast propaganda. 201108