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Hearing that the United States will directly compensate for the new warships, the parliamentarians looked a lot better, the British Empire is now so poor that it cannot afford the high cost of building warships, and the warships on the slipway will not be completed until 1947 on schedule, but now with the funding of American tyrants, they can barely get through the difficulties. This kind www.biquge.info of drama has been played out many times in the past few hundred years, and the down-and-out wealthy families have been forced to take out everything they value in exchange for funding to solve their urgent needs when they are desperate, but they did not expect that now it is the turn of the British Empire itself.

However, some people are curious to know where the Prime Minister's confidence that "more warships may be obtained" comes from -- the United States is proud, but not stupid, so why promise to give more later?

Churchill showed a sad look: "After successive defeats, the experienced officers and men of the US Navy have suffered great losses, and only ships and no one can be called the ...... of the Navy."

The members of the circle were full of sadness, without the slightest schadenfreude, the US Navy suffered a lot of losses, and the Royal Navy suffered a lot of losses, and when they thought of the decline of the hegemon of the four seas now, everyone was even more sad, and they just wanted to cry bitterly.

The situation of having ships and no one also happened to the German Navy, after receiving a large number of French warships, the experienced German naval officers and sailors were reduced to a minimum, and everywhere was full of new tender sailors, and the luck of the German Navy was that it had the opportunity to fight a low-intensity war in the Black Sea, and even more had the opportunity to win the battle with the Combined Fleet, and at once it exercised its experience and ability, and now it has passed the most dangerous time.

"As for the workers themselves, the government will screen and organise immigration on a voluntary and feasible basis, but it will not hand over the best designers, engineers and workers, which is not in the long-term interests of the British Empire." Churchill paused, "To put it mildly, it would be a good thing for the time being to transfer 300,000 to 400,000 people to the United States and the Dominions of Canada as soon as possible, and it would help reduce the pressure on the supply of supplies at home, and now the food ration standard has been lowered again and again, and it has reached a very dangerous ......."

As soon as they said this, everyone sighed: even if the Americans did their best to protect it, after the supply from the colonies was cut off, even the canned Spam meat was a rare good dish at the banquet, and how could there be a little shadow of the rich global empire on which the sun never sets? What's more, the materials of the United States will have to be counted as money in the future, even if the Americans do not mention the debt now, can they still be treated as if they do not exist? As can be seen from the treasury bond index, now that prices are falling again and again, the market is obviously not optimistic about the future prospects of the pound, but this war has to be fought hard.

It was clear to everyone that the mass migration of shipbuilders was only the beginning, and that there would be more industrial migrations to follow – even if they chose the Dominion of Canada, it would mean the inevitable decline of Britain proper. It is very risky to stop it, and now that life is so difficult at home, can it still stop people from going to a better place? As long as the Americans put up signs on the docks to recruit skilled workers, they will definitely be lined up in three layers inside and three layers outside.

Seeing that the mood was not high, Churchill deceptively added: "After the war, it is possible that some of these workers will come back, because at that time the United States will have a surplus of shipbuilding capacity, and judging from the attitude of the Americans who have always valued jobs, they will choose to return to ......"

There was silence among the people: even so, the return would only be a part, it would be the people who could not stand on their feet, and the real elites and technicians would not return.

"Prime Minister......" The secretary suddenly walked in and whispered a few words in Churchill's ear, the latter's face became ugly, but he still waved his hand, "Keep an eye on it, and report the rest of the movements in time." ”

"The New York stock market opened...... The situation was less than ideal, and the Dow Jones opened with a direct 9.4% decline, which is larger than the decline since Pearl Harbor. Churchill's tone was very low, "The enemy's air raid on New York has had a great impact on the American people, and at this point I have to regret to say that the American people have lived a good life for too long, and they cannot bear the slightest trauma." We were a thousand times worse than New York in the first place, didn't we survive the bombing? Can you still see German bombers dropping bombs? ”

It was only when they spoke of this that the faces of the people were brightened - this was the proudest thing of Britain, and while the whole of Europe was prostrate at the feet of Germany, the British Isles withstood the test until a greater test came.

"So we have to be confident, we have to keep fighting the Germans, we are far from the moment of despair, and the final victory will be ours."

"We ...... We...... Why not try to make peace with the Germans? One lawmaker stammered this sentence.

Everyone's eyes "brushed" on, and unexpectedly, Churchill, who had repeatedly declared that he would fight to the end, was not as angry as he imagined, but calmly asked: "Peace?" This is not a topic that cannot be discussed, assuming you are Hitler, on what conditions do you think peace should be made? ”

"This ...... This ......" the parliamentarian could not say, the conditions he had in mind were very bad.

"It is impossible for the enemy to give up his present superiority and let us go rashly - all they have to do is to establish world supremacy on the corpse of the British Empire, unless you are willing to ...... like the French," Churchill stood up and waved his hands excitedly, "there are German soldiers on the land, the best workers and factories in France are forced to produce munitions for Germany, and the Wehrmath is under the watchful eye of the enemy, surrendering all the fleets...... Gentlemen, is peace so precious, and life so important, that we should accept it even if we are slaves? As a prime minister and an aristocrat, I would rather die in battle than live on my knees. ”

The parliamentarians did not realize that Churchill had secretly changed the concept in it: the northern part of France, which had been directly occupied, was now under the direct rule of Pétain's government, in exchange for the right to freedom of movement of the German army; And France, as a traditional continental country, has a completely different meaning from Britain handing over its fleet.

"But...... But...... What will we do in the future? As he spoke, a councillor suddenly covered his face and cried bitterly, "I know I should persevere, but I really don't see any hope." ”

"Persistence is hope. The victory in the Battle of Britain has told us. Churchill suddenly roared, "We must fight not only on land, at sea and in the air, but also in all parts of the world, and we must never give up, no matter how long and difficult the road ahead." History has proven that only by persevering to the end can there be victory, and the turning point must be not far away. More than 100 years ago, we could have organized five, six, or seven anti-fascist alliances and won them, and we could have organized 10 or 20 anti-fascist alliances to fight...... We will fight on the home and in the Dominion, and in the future we can fight in Canada! ”

This menacing inquiry meeting finally turned into a grievance meeting with sighs and bitter water. Attlee knew Churchill's strategy today - lie down and play dead! The situation has deteriorated to the point where it is no longer good to use bold words and solemn promises -- no matter how high the level of the prime minister's speech is, the parliamentarians will not be able to use it after listening to it many times, and they must have a different strategy and support. Fortunately, the Americans still kept their promises and promised to send refined oil products and gritted their teeth to do it, otherwise the topic of the meeting would have been to discuss how to negotiate an armistice.

It was impossible to get Churchill to surrender, and he would rather go to the United States to be prime minister in exile than surrender. Changing someone else doesn't necessarily have the ability to turn the tide, at least in Attlee's opinion, not many people in the current cabinet have this ability. Or, as Churchill had thought, prepare for the worst, and take advantage of this transfer of industrial workers to transfer the royal family, the elite, and the important people to Canada along - even if the homeland is gone, there will be continued resistance in Canada. However, this matter can only be done secretly, and some "private goods" can be stuffed by the transfer of industrial workers, but not openly, otherwise the British people will have to blow up.

All sober-minded people can see that now is not the time to surrender and lose halfway. At the time of the Battle of Britain, Germany had not yet gained a significant upper hand, and there was an urgent need for the fleet of the Royal Navy, and at that time, if the terms of peace were accepted, the British Empire would still be able to maintain a decent ending, even if Germany was the first leader, the British Empire was quite comfortable as the second-in-command - the Germans were in charge of the continent, and the British were in charge of the sea. But I didn't expect that after Germany brought in the Japanese fleet, the balance was broken all of a sudden, and now Britain has a little naval heritage, how can it be seen that the strength of the fleet is stronger than Germany?

Jan Mayen Island was slow to be recovered, and even a battleship like the Gneisenau could not stop it from breaking through the North Sea into the Atlantic Ocean single-handedly - the Royal Navy could not come up with a single ship to deal with this fast warship, which was equipped with six 380mm guns and had a speed of 30 knots.

Although Attlee really wanted to be prime minister, but in the face of this mess, he did not dare to say that he would be able to do a better job than Churchill if he was in power, and the key problem was not the landing - the homeland would not be threatened in the short term, but the key problem was to fight: not to mention the British army, which was already scumbag, lost so much that even the pants were lost, and even the prestigious navy became vulnerable. The Prime Minister gave the example of the anti-French alliance, but where to find the Duke of Wellington in the new era?

Attlee counted all the high-ranking generals he could think of, and finally slumped into his chair like a deflated ball—he didn't think anyone had the potential to be the Duke of Wellington.

"As for South Africa, I will communicate with President Roosevelt and keep it......," Churchill barely smiled, "the Germans' front is gradually stretching, their power is not unlimited, Hitler will definitely repeat the mistakes of the Napoleonic Emperor!" (To be continued.) )