Fast forward to the beginning of 1940, and the sea was no longer as calm as it used to be.

In fact, since September last year, a brutal naval battle has been raging between Germany and Britain.

The Germans were the first to provoke this war, and after the official declaration of war between Britain and France, the dwarf ordered a total blockade of Britain.

At that time, he commanded in a tone that contained worry, anger, insecurity, and fanaticism: "If you can't let it die, then trap it on an isolated island completely." ”

That night, the British passenger ship "Athena" bound for the Caribbean Sea was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, killing more than 100 people, including more than 20 American citizens.

Officially, based on this incident, Washington, D.C. will mobilize several large passenger ships to bring citizens from all over Europe back to China safely.

Two days later, three more large luxury passenger liners were sunk off the coast of Spain, all of which were important British vessels.

If the attack on merchant ships merely irritated the British, then the attack on Scarpa Gulf, launched in October, was a formal provocation to the Navy.

In October, Scapa Bay, an important British naval base, was bombed by German aircraft, and the warship HMS Royal Oak sank.

This incident immediately provoked a reaction from the British Admiralty, which retaliated against the British.

Churchill, then Secretary of the Admiralty, went to Scapa Bay to hold talks on Admiral Forbes' flagship to discuss the counterattack.

The meeting culminated in a decision on the unfortified eastern channel of Scapa Bay, to strengthen the water fence and obstruct boats, to establish a minefield and to increase the number of patrol boats.

In addition, artillery positions will be arranged to control the entrances and exits, and in order to prevent air attacks, the Admiralty plans to add 92 heavy anti-aircraft guns and 60 light anti-aircraft guns to ensure that enemy aircraft cannot launch unscrupulous attacks above their heads.

There will also be a number of remote searchlights in the base, defensive balloon nets, and so on.

Churchill hoped that these deployments would be completed by March of this year, allowing the fleet to return to its fleet that had been threatened to relocate elsewhere.

Until these deployments are completed, Scapa Bay can only serve as a temporary refueling station for ships.

At this time, the whole of Europe was in the midst of a 'strange war', that is, the so-called strange state of 'declaration without fighting' between Britain and France against Germany.

Strange war is what the French call it, the Germans call it a 'sit-down war', and the British call it a 'false war'. ’

No one knows how long this will last, but countries are trying to find a way to end this seemingly ridiculous war. ’

Churchill, who served as the Minister of the Navy, took the initiative to ease relations with Chamberlain in order to realize his ambition and complete the deployment of the navy.

Invite the Chamberlains to the naval base and arrange for them to visit the defenses of Scapa Bay, and listen to Chamberlain boast about how his father had invested heavily in the development of land here at the end of the last century.

In fact, during this period, because of the change of identity and the difference in pattern, Churchill agreed with Chamberlain's plan to divert the water from the east.

This position came from deep-rooted class roots, and he was happy to see the war passed on to the Soviet Union, leaving Germany and the Soviet Union to fight to the death.

In his foreign speeches, his assessment of the Soviet Union also changed, albeit with a lot of untrue words.

But in fact, the core of what he pointed out was no different from that of Chamberlain, and he changed his old attitude and hated the Soviet Union again.

Both agreed to send more troops to Finland, and at the same time to restart negotiations with Germany, so that the German-Soviet conflict would re-erupt and divert the course of the war.

At this time, Finland had been mobilizing in the country for two months, and the total number of troops had expanded to more than 450,000, of which the main force was about 150,000 and the reserve force was more than 300,000.

In addition, there are 100,000 reserve and 100,000 women's service corps, which are responsible for producing military needs and providing services to the troops in times of war.

The Finnish authorities were also actively seeking help, first to the Germans, who were significantly more trustworthy than the British and French, who had betrayed the Czechs and then Poland.

However, the Germans' attention was completely taken away from it.

From the panic and anger of Britain and France at their formal declaration of war, to the current high ambition, wanting to completely conquer Europe and change the world, his vision is much bigger than his heart.

It is a pity that the little man is wholeheartedly preparing for the invasion of Western Europe, and he has no time to 'take care' of the little brother around him, and he is not willing to intensify the conflict with the Soviet Union.

Although Britain and France have expressed their willingness to send troops to support, they are indeed ready to do so.

However, Sweden and Norway, fearing that the war would spread to the whole of Scandinavia, rejected the request of Britain and France to take advantage of the route.

The war progressed quickly, and Finland originally thought that with its geography and people's hatred of invaders, it would be able to resist the Soviets for six months to a year.

At first, the progress of the war was indeed unfavorable for the Soviet Union, and in the four areas of the border that launched an attack on Finland, only the northern sector successfully achieved the intended goal, and the Soviet army in the rest of the areas suffered a crushing defeat and was forced to stop the attack and redeploy.

On the Karelian Isthmus, the Soviet troops broke through the Mannerheim Line and suffered another blow.

In the ensuing battle, the Finnish army, with a variety of anti-tank weapons and sled troops, beat the Soviets out of the snow.

In the area northeastern of Lake Ladoga, the large forces of 2 Soviet divisions were surrounded and annihilated by the Finnish army, and the rest of the troops were forced to go on the defensive.

The Kitaile area, which had been engaged in offensive and defensive battles for a long time, was divided and surrounded by Finnish troops at the beginning of the year, and supplies were also cut off.

Most of the strength of the two divisions was encircled and suppressed, with nearly 20,000 casualties, and the rest of the troops retreated and passively turned to the defense.

There were many more similar battles, and in general, in the early days of the war, the Finnish army had exhausted the Soviets, and the polar bear was completely stunned.

Although the Finnish army bravely demonstrated its ability to fight in order to defend the country, the gap between the two sides could not be bridged by courage alone.

After many defeats, the Soviet Union decided to increase its commitment to the Finnish war.

500 planes loaded with shells rose into the air, and more than 400 artillery pieces spread out in positions for a long and fierce large-scale attack on the Finnish army and its rear.

In the 24 hours before the start of the second offensive, more than 300,000 shells were fired, destroying a large number of firing points and fortifications of the main Finnish forces.

Aircraft were even more frequent, dropping bombs on Finnish lines, and using airborne machine guns to fire wildly into the snow and jungle below.

With artillery suppression, the Soviets launched another offensive, and after three days of brutal close-quarters fighting, the Soviet Seventh Army broke through the Mannerheim Line, opening a breach in its main defensive zone large enough for mechanized troops to pass through.