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Tom sold most of his property, leaving only the arsenal and some land, and replaced all the others with boats, large and small, many boats, and even bought a lot of sailboats.

These ships were all sent to Dunkirk, France.

The German army bypassed the Maginot Line and penetrated into French territory, blocking 40 British soldiers in a small place in northern France, Dunkirk.

This is just a small town of 1 people, and there are Germans chasing after it. The terrain is easy to be bombed, and the situation is critical. Tom has to send everyone under his command to buy ships nearby to pick up people in Dunkirk.

Bodo disagreed with such an approach. The British army had been resisting. Bodo believed that Britain would definitely persevere to the end in this war, and might be able to push the front line out.

But Tom didn't think so.40 British soldiers were trapped in such a small area in northern France, with the German army in front and the sea behind. Even if the port was not bombed into ruins by the German army, there would not be enough ships for the British soldiers to retreat.

Tom also thought about it, maybe if he didn't retreat, he might be able to win by fighting alone.

But no possibility, Britain must withdraw its troops.Even if it wins the final victory, it is a win-win situation. The United Kingdom cannot bear such a tragic victory.This is a strong labor force of 40, not [-].No one can bear this consequence, and Britain must organize a retreat.

In this retreat, the government cannot organize enough ships, so it must be requisitioned from the people, so the preparation of ships is very important.

Tom carried the latest news from Bodo, which contained the battle situation in the Dunkirk theater.

His ships have already started sailing to France, and as soon as the government's order to retreat arrives, these ships will arrive at the battlefield quickly to help with the withdrawal.

But this is obviously not enough. There are 40 people in Dunkirk, and it is estimated that the ships in the past can only receive 2 to [-] people. This is the premise that the German army will not continue to attack and have enough time and space to retreat.

But the German army is still advancing, and they are about to occupy the entire Dunkirk.

Today is the 21st, and the German army is attacking.After the sale of Tom's assets in England, there was no way to raise more money. This made Tom a little anxious. He squeezed the little gold ring on his hand and walked around the bedroom.

In fact, he didn't love this country that much, after all, this country didn't give him a trace of warmth.But this country is his foundation. Once this country is gone, half of Tom's past will be lost.

A person's life is made up of his own experiences. Although Tom spent half of his time in the Lin family in this short period of time, he was born in a dirty alley in England after all, and the other half of his time has been living in this invisible alley. sunny country.

Regardless of whether there is a trace of goodwill here, regardless of what he has been through, this is his country.Here is his property, the imprint of his birth, and the traces of his struggle.All of this can never just disappear.

No country, no home.

This was not taught by Lin Ruhai, nor by Mr. Chen, it was taught by this ongoing war to Tom.

At first he didn't understand the meaning of fighting for this country, but when he saw the man in the tavern at the entrance of the orphanage who had been unconscious for a long time, he suddenly put on a military uniform and went to the battlefield with a gun and a bottle , he seems to have such a glimmer of understanding.

The atmosphere of war was getting stronger and stronger when he stood on the pier.Countless men wrapped in dirty shrouds, with missing arms and legs, kissed their relatives with tears of escape.There are also countless young faces, knowing that there is a dead end ahead, but with vigorous vitality and gentle smiles, they set foot on the ship that sent them to the dead end.

In this feast of death, everyone's heart is crying in despair, but everyone has a bright smile on their faces.

Tom didn't know what he was possessed by. At such a critical moment, he didn't even think too much, but instinctively considered how to save more retreating soldiers.

He didn't want to admit that it was because of a little love for his country.

I was just thinking about that old drunk, after all he once gave me a piece of bread to keep me from dying.Maybe he was there.Tom thought he seemed a little more normal now.

wrong.

Tom shook his head violently. He tried his best to avoid the reason for this action and focus on how to act.But no funds can be mobilized anywhere.

Tom really realized that under such a powerful war machine, he was really just an ant.

There was no way, Tom suffered for two days.He wrote a letter out, he had done his best, and he had no land left in the whole of England, nothing more.

Tom's air pressure has been particularly low these two days, and no one dares to approach him.

On the 23rd Tom received a message from London.Bodo was ordered to go to the front, where he obtained the latest information that the rapid German advance was blocked by the British, and the two sides are now in a confrontation.

Tom breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that his legs were a little weak, so he sat down on the sofa.

"Tom, what's wrong with you? You've been looking very bad for the past two days, why don't you go to the medical wing and let Miss Mitchell take a look." Assas sat down.

Tom smiled and shook his head: "No, it just looks."

The confrontation between the two sides bought Tom some time, but the German army is now in full swing and better equipped, so the breathing time should not be too long.Tom's mind was still on it, and he didn't pay much attention to Assas.

"Is there any difficulty recently? Maybe you need my help." Assas asked.

Tom asked reflexively, "Is there a boat?"

Assas was stunned by the question, but before he could speak, Tom took over the conversation himself: "It's just a joke, I'm going to bed, good night."

The people around were stunned and didn't know what was wrong with Tom, but Tom couldn't care less, so he just grabbed the little gold ring in his hand and went to Daiyu's place.

At this time, Daiyu is usually about to go to bed. Tom passed by. As expected, Daiyu was lying on the bed. Seeing Tom coming in, Daiyu sat up against the head of the bed again: "You man, don't come sooner or later, why are you here at this time?" Yes. You disturbed me in vain."

In this case, usually Tom would answer a few words, but today he has no extra words.He sat in front of Daiyu and held Daiyu's hand: "Yu'er, I need your help."

Tom's face was full of seriousness, and Daiyu seemed to have noticed the seriousness: "Between you and me, in the family, if you ask for help, you just say what you want."

"In England, my hometown, you know, there is a great war going on right now. Now we have 40 people trapped by the sea. They have to retreat through the English Channel to preserve their national strength. I have now put them in the UK. All the assets of the company have been bought, but it is far from getting enough boats, and I need money to buy boats now." Tom explained.

Daiyu didn't think about it at all: "How much do you want?"

"Yesterday our counterattack was successful, and now the two sides are in a stalemate. I must collect as much money as possible in the shortest possible time. Once the stalemate is broken, there is no need to continue." Tom said: "So put what you can tonight Give me all the cash you collect. We’ll talk about it later.”

Thinking about the time it will take to exchange with the bank, and the market volatility that will be caused by a large amount of cash pouring into the London market, Tom can only regard tonight as his last effort.

Daiyu got up after hearing that a coat was approved, walked quickly to the edge of the desk, wrote in hand, and told Tom: "There is cash in the village, and there is some in the old house, and some in my room. You take it all, put it together, there should be forty to fifty thousand silver in cash."

After finishing writing the handwriting, he handed it to Tom. Taoxin and Lvyou had already prepared the silver in the small warehouse of Gengdaoyuan. Tom quickly shrunk down and took the things to Lin's house.

Daiyu stood at the door and watched his back leave. She didn't go back to her room until Tom's back completely disappeared into the night: "Go get the account book and tell Butler Lin to come to see me tomorrow morning. My brother may need it, I will Prepare it here first, and when he wants it, he can take it away directly."

The lights of Geng Daoyuan stayed on until midnight.

Tom walked through Lin's house and the Lin family's two villas in Beijing overnight, and it was already late when he returned to Hogwarts, and almost no one was awake.

Tom was still dressed in his daytime outfit, and broke into a certain classmate's dormitory.This classmate Zocia is the oldest member of the reading club, and his father is a small boss of the shipyard. Tom thinks that his father's status can help him very much now.

Slytherin shared a dormitory for two. Tom broke in directly and lifted Zocia up without him waking up. Both people in this dormitory were awake.

The other was holding a wand in the dark and was about to cast a spell on Tom, but Tom waved his hand, and his wand flew out of his hand.In an instant, the lights came on.

The two looked at Tom in disbelief: "My lord." Their voices trembled a little.Especially the one who tried to attack Tom just now can hardly stand up now.

Tom didn't pay attention to him at all, he just watched Zocia let go of his hand: "Zocia, I'm really sorry for taking the liberty to visit late at night, but I need some help from you now."

"My lord, it's my honor." Zocia shivered a little, and wanted to get off the bed several times, but her legs were weak and she couldn't move.

Impatient, Tom took him and threw him to the desk: "Zocia, I need you to write a letter to your father now. A friend of yours is in urgent need of a large number of ships. I hope your father can help him in the shortest possible time. Collect as many boats as possible. Of course, he doesn't have to worry about the price."

Zocia was writing the letter intermittently. Tom waited for him holding his breath. When he wrote the last word, he directly took the letter from his hands, turned and left.

The remaining two little snakes looked at each other in blank dismay, completely unaware of what had happened.

The author has something to say:

To adjust here, Dumbledore was written in the previous article as the vice-principal, and now it is uniformly revised as a professor, and from then on, he will be the vice-principal.