While Germany was taking stock of its victories and the United States was taking stock of how much money it still had, the British Empire could only take stock of how many ways out it had left. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On April 30, a bleak night, Aiden and Attlee secretly visited Buckingham Palace.

"Your Majesty, we have lost this war, and there is almost no chance left. The Royal Navy was wiped out, leaving only nine destroyers and a lot of dead and wounded officers and men, and although there were still a few capital ships in the country, it was very difficult to form a fleet. Attlee considered his words, "In addition, the German army has been bombing for days, foreign aid supplies have been cut off, and food can still be supported, but the oil stock can last for up to three months, and under special control, it can last for six months." In 6 months, no matter how much we struggle, the military machine will not be able to move. ”

George VI nodded, he already knew the news, in today's daytime parliamentary questioning meeting, Churchill made a relevant report, although the prime minister as always called for "resistance to the end", "decisive battle at home", but everyone thought that he was powerless, unsustainable. Many MPs want to push for a cabinet re-election, but they are persuaded by others because there is no suitable candidate at present, especially if there is no suitable way out.

"I already know about the Royal Navy, and you plan to surrender?"

"Not a surrender." Hearing George VI's words, Aiden jumped up as if he had been stung, "It's to negotiate an armistice with the Germans." ”

"It's my brother presiding, right? What price did the armistice cost Great Britain? George VI asked sadly, "Do you need to hang me?" ”

"No, no, no, Your Majesty, you are too worried, the Germans do not have this request."

"So, you want me to abdicate?" George VI immediately said, "For my brother?" I can promise this now, this son is originally his, and I will give you the edict of abdication later. ”

"No, no, no, that's not what it means."

"You want me to preside over the surrender? Or to put it another way, a truce? "I have made a speech in which I will fight the Germans to the end, and it is not good to face them in this way, and I am sorry for the people who support me." And as you know, the Prime Minister is a very stubborn and tough man, and he was deeply dissatisfied with his brother presiding over the negotiations, and he said that he wanted to assassinate him, but I stopped him, and I don't think he will agree to me to preside over the armistice negotiations. ”

Aiden and Attlee were shocked to hear this, they thought they were very familiar with Churchill, but judging from the king's words, it seemed that they did not know enough about the fat man's strong hand, and they looked at each other and nodded their heads - to be more vigilant against the fat man's dog jumping off the wall.

"The news from Berlin is that the Germans are advising you to go to Canada."

"Canada?" Surprised, George VI stood up, paced back and forth twice, and asked hesitantly, "What do you mean?" Although Canada still has the sign of Dominion, everyone knows that now that the control and interference of the Americans are becoming more and more obvious, even if I am an empty king, nothing will change, let alone close Anglo-Canadian relations, but will worsen Anglo-American relations. ”

"This was Hitler's idea, and he believed that Canada should not be controlled by the United States. Rather than let this territory fall into the hands of the Americans, it is better to remain within the framework of Great Britain. ”

"I'd love to keep Canada here in Great Britain too." George VI smiled bitterly, "But are you demanding too much of me, how can I be alone?" I don't think I have what it takes. ”

"No!" "You don't go alone, you go with a bunch of people, and you can even take some of the troops and supporters with you, and as for the prime minister, if he can be pragmatic, we hope he can go with him."

George VI was amazed: "Why is this, you have paid a great price?" No, no, no, I don't need it, my personal gains and losses are insignificant, and the fewer sins Great Britain suffers, the better. ”

"Yesterday the black cat went to Berlin, and Hitler personally met with him, and this is the news transmitted through secret channels today, and it is indeed the meaning of Hitler himself."

There are several countries that have bridged the gap between London and Berlin, and diplomatic ambassadors such as Sweden and Switzerland have played a variety of roles.

"Black cat?" It was the first time George VI had heard the nickname, and after thinking about it, he guessed, "My brother? ”

Aiden groaned for a moment and admitted, "Yes, he and his wife are in Berlin. ”

"Hitler's brain is broken? I took someone to Canada to form a government-in-exile to continue to rebel against him? George VI shook his head and said, "There must be a conspiracy, I don't see it, you are all politicians with rich political experience, please tell me honestly, what does this mean?" ”

Aiden and Attlee told George VI the logic of "one Britain, two systems, one Britain, each with its own table" and added: "The Prime Minister once proposed in a cabinet meeting that he should find a way to go to Canada or South Africa to continue the resistance and join the Allied camp, so that if one day the Americans won, Canada could receive the entire legacy of the British Empire." This is from our standpoint, and Germany hopes to reduce the opposition of the British government in the future, and if the opponents all go to Canada, it will be much easier for the new government to integrate, and Berlin proposes that not only the opponents of the new government can go, but also the representatives of other European governments in exile in London can go if they want to. Even Hitler himself was happy to see this. ”

"Well, I don't understand such a complicated thing, I'll talk about it later......" George VI sighed, "What price does the truce cost us?" How much land do you want to mow? How much does it cost? What rights and interests are lost? ”

"If you cede the land, the colony ......"

George VI waved his hand: "Needless to say, the colony will definitely not be saved, I am asking about the mainland." ”

"Northern Ireland ...... homegrown"

George VI was shocked: "The Germans want Northern Ireland? ”

"Hitler didn't, he was courting the Irish and demanding a future referendum on independence from Northern Ireland."

"This is finally an excuse to divide our country ......" George VI sneered, "and what else?" ”

"Germany has no territorial claims to us, and France proposes that the Channel Islands be all theirs."

The Channel Islands, which are primarily the administrative region of Jersey, are British overseas territories rather than mainland China, and are very close to the French coastline on the map, and were left to Britain after the conquest of the Norman dukes, who claimed that "this part of the island is naturally attached to France". Coupled with the declaration of war between Britain and France, and the fact that Germany had taken back Alsace and Lorraine from France, and that it was reasonable to give France some compensation, Petain's government proposed the Channel Islands, which were small but nevertheless expanded.

George VI hated it: "Even the French came to take advantage of the fire to rob." ”

"The French say it's the price of our perfidy ballistae."

George VI sighed deeply: this is Churchill's pot again, and no one can shake it off.

"What else?"

"The territorial part is not covered by anything else, at least not yet." Aiden thought for a moment and added with a strange face, "By the way, Germany has agreed to treat Newfoundland as Great Britain itself. In the future, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Newfoundland, as to whether it can be effectively controlled. ”

Hearing that no other territories were involved, George VI breathed a sigh of relief, the Channel Islands are not too much of a problem, Northern Ireland is a little difficult, but fortunately, there is a referendum process, not that there is no way to remedy, and the Saarland referendum will finally return to Germany? As for Newfoundland, it was probably wishful thinking on the part of the Germans, but he was glad to see it, and there was no Ireland but guaranteed that Newfoundland would be fine, at least the latter was much larger - no one now knew that Hoffman was harboring evil intentions, and was ready to use this arrangement and reason to deploy missiles, bombers, and armored divisions on Newfoundland in the future, and set up muskets to withstand the heads of the American imperialists. However, the United States will certainly not give up and swallow this bitter fruit, and there will inevitably be some contention.

"What about the reparations?"

"The specific amount of compensation is not mentioned, and the civil and private properties that may be confiscated by us need to be compensated. Germany would renounce the inter-state claims for reparations, and promised to coordinate the national claims of the other countries (mainly France and Italy), but the warships we were building on the slipway and the warships in service were to be given to the Germans in the same way as the French, although the other side promised to return them after the war if they were not lost, but they would not pay them if they were lost. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's not, that's all there is to it anyway." George VI took a deep breath, "What are the other conditions, you can tell them together." ”

There are a total of 27 paragraphs and 124 conditions for peace talks with Britain, except for the relevant territorial part, the others mainly include:

1. Reduction of national defense. The current demobilization of the British army was accelerated, and the standing army of the British Isles was controlled within 300,000, and all of them had to re-swear allegiance to Edward VIII, and all surplus military supplies outside the above establishment were to be handed over to Germany as compensation. As compensation, Germany provided 1 million tons of food, necessary oil and other urgently needed civilian goods free of charge.

2. Military garrison. During the war, the Axis (mainly the German army) stationed no more than 150,000 troops in Britain, and the relevant expenses were borne by the British side. negotiate the retreat after the end of the war; The use of ports, airports, camps and related military facilities in the British mainland and its colonies and overseas territories will be notified in advance, and the British side will provide convenience during the use period at its own expense;

3. Political adjustment. The newly formed British government wanted to issue a declaration to join the Axis and be free to declare war on the United States. If Germany declared war, the standing army could be expanded to 500,000 men, and some colonies for Britain in South America would be considered, and on the Indian side, Germany would coordinate with Japan as much as possible.

4. Comprehensive cooperation. During the war, Germany guaranteed Britain access to all kinds of industrial raw materials and civilian goods at fair prices, and Britain was included in the unified production system of the Axis and participated in the division of labor and cooperation in major projects. After the war, Britain joined the European Union and agreed to implement a unified currency and economic system throughout Europe to realize the free circulation of various factors of production. Germany has pledged to grant the United Kingdom permanent status.

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