PS: I'm very busy today, I went home very late, only one shift, sorry, I'll make up for it in a few days......

"What do you think of His Majesty's speeches in the past two days?" After the cabinet meeting, Attlee, who had officially taken over Churchill's position (Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Defense), asked Aiden (Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister) with a frown. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the "coup" on D-Day, the British cabinet underwent a certain degree of adjustment, and most of them remained unchanged, with Fraser taking Pound's place as Chief of Staff of the Navy, and Vice Admiral Brent Ramsay replacing Fraser as commander of the Home Fleet (after handing over two armored aircraft carriers, the Royal Navy is now weakened to the point of not having a single capital ship, and it is considered a high match for a vice admiral to be appointed)

"You mean the terms he negotiated with the Germans and Italians?" Aiden nodded, "I feel like he's in a bit of a hurry, but he can actually keep the price down again." ”

"No, I don't mean that." Attlee shook his head and said, "That's basically the condition for armistice negotiations, it's not a matter of principle to hand over a few more tanks and planes, or a few planes, I mean he has been speaking and speaking in a relatively high-profile manner recently, and rushing to the front in everything......"

"Isn't this what we've agreed upon?" Aiden was a little strange, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he lowered his voice and said, "We can't control him for the time being, so it's ideal to let him rush ahead to attract firepower for us. Not to mention, is he still thinking about confiscating those assets to get a sum of money for the government? If you don't let him do this kind of thing that offends people, doesn't please him, and damages the country's image and sovereignty, do you want to do it? ”

At the beginning, the cabinet welcomed back Edward VIII with the expectation that he could "seriously" act as a puppet, and then the black cat did not return and spoke on the other side of the channel, and the cabinet quickly formed a consensus to let him act as a "backstabber", and now Attlee reiterates the old words, Aiden expressed surprise.

"I mean......," Attlee gritted his teeth, "I was told yesterday that His Majesty had contacted Moseley. ”

"This ......," Arden was slightly surprised.

"This is a dangerous signal, Your Majesty will not appoint him to form a cabinet in the future, right?"

Aiden smiled: "I think you are extreme, the people have just suffered from fascism, how can they support fascism?" Mosley has no votes, no credible political party, how can he come to power, relying on an army coup? Who else will go with him? ”

"I'm not as optimistic as you." "As far as I know," said Attlee, "His Majesty's attitude has always been pro-national, and we were hoping to use this attitude and outward performance to gain us some room for manoeuvre, rather than watching him bring the fascists to Britain. ”

"Now that the cabinet is in your hands, the parliament is in your hands, and the army is in your hands, you are afraid of a king who has no real power?" Aiden felt a little incredulous, "Yes, he has a few Germans around him, but if he wants to rely on a few Germans to carry out a coup d'état, I don't think there is any possibility other than to make the people more disgusted with Germany and destroy his throne." ”

"Well, I hope I'm overthinking."

Aiden smiled slightly: "Tomorrow I will go to The Hague to negotiate with Germany, France, and Italy, and officially sign the armistice agreement - I still expect the black cat to attract firepower for us, you can make him jump more, he will naturally retract when he is tired of jumping and hits a wall." You know he's not a power-hungry man, or he wouldn't have given up the throne in the first place, he's a pathetic and overconfident stubborn. ”

Attlee and Aiden guessed the truth of the matter, and the black cat, inspired by Hoffman, was discussing with Moseley about the future reform of the political system.

"Your Majesty, you have just returned home and do not control the army, and there are no sympathizers or supporters in the army, and the failure of the Winston coup proves that no politician is able to hold the army firmly at the moment."

"Can this be achieved through the demobilization and downsizing of the army?"

"This is impossible, no matter how the officers and men understand our peace agreement with Germany, one thing is certain: the size of the army has been greatly reduced, and military spending will be suppressed and weakened for some time to come, and this will not make the army have a favorable impression of nationalism, it would be good if they could be neutral, and with the reduction of personnel, the army will become more and more professional and elitist, and the distance and psychological separation from us will become greater and greater." "The only way you can get the unconditional support of the army is to expand your army and oppose Germany and prepare for World War III!" ”

"It can't be." The black cat shook his head, "Great Britain after the war was in a different situation than Germany after the First World War, and there is no comparison; Moreover, the national character is also different, and those diehards and diehards have flown to Canada. ”

There are always similarities in history, Britain was faced with almost exactly the same situation as Germany that lost World War I, military defeat, lack of materials, and political desperation, but the difference is that the two were treated differently: after World War I, Germany was ceded off a large territory, faced huge reparations, lost all its colonies, and the military limit was only 100,000, and it was not allowed to develop any kind of heavy weapons. But Hoffman's treatment of Britain seemed so-so, with a referendum in Northern Ireland, the colonies to Britain finding a way to keep some of them, and fewer military restrictions - 500,000 standing army posts, and after handing over excess weapons and equipment as reparations, there was no need to pay 1 mark of reparations, and the British army could renew its equipment normally, and could develop any weapons he wanted to develop - except for weapons of mass destruction.

This generous condition made the military triumvirate speechless with astonishment, and even thought that the conditions sent by the Germans were wrong, but after repeated checks, they were correct. Don't look at the fact that Britain now has more than 4 million armed forces, but before the war, the size of Britain's armed forces was about 500,000 - at this scale, Parliament often wanted to balance the budget and reduce it, so Germany said that Britain could achieve 500,000 after the war is equivalent to allowing Britain to normalize the military.

The absence of reparations was also a surprise to the British side – meaning that Britain would soon be able to rebuild after the war without having to carry heavy burdens. Another advantage of the U.S. involvement in the coup was that Britain would justifiably stop paying U.S. debts and Lend-Lease supplies – even though the U.S. didn't expect the British to pay it back. It's not a matter to hand over the excess equipment, anyway, the army has to be restored, and the equipment was originally the assistance provided by the United States, so it will be handed over. For the sake of maintenance, the British only retained domestically produced heavy equipment, such as Spitfire, Firefly, Lancaster and other aircraft, Comet, Churchill, Cromwell and other tanks, and handed over the P-51 and Sherman tanks, as for the B-17 \ B-29, as early as the coup d'état, the American pilots were basically driven away, and there were very few left.

So after weighing the pros and cons, Attlee and the military agreed to accept Germany's terms, and immediately handed over two aircraft carriers to Germany - which also carried the first batch of more than 300 German pilots captured in the Battle of Britain and the subsequent Battle of England.

These contents have been interpreted by the British newspapers, and except for the unpleasant article of the Northern Ireland referendum, everyone thinks that all other conditions are acceptable - this is what Moseley mentioned, there is no basis for "crazy revenge".

Of course, Hoffman put forward such conditions under great internal pressure, but he believed: "Judging from Germany's experience and lessons, excessive bullying and oppression of the defeated countries will have no other benefit than preparing the conditions for the next war and burying the factors of instability." After the end of the last war, did Britain and France develop on the basis of German reparations? Did they destroy our military system by suppressing the German military formation? No! In that case, why not give the enemy a little lenient conditions? We are not afraid when the British have 4 million troops, are we still afraid that they have 500,000 troops? ”

Moreover, there is still a vague idea in the depths of his heart: Since Germany is facing the challenge of the United States in the upcoming Cold War stage, it cannot be afraid of the challenge of France and Britain, and does not dare to face even the weaker challenge, so how can it talk about coping with a more powerful challenge.

It was only on a very small number of occasions that he confided in Speer: "The European Union is an unprecedented undertaking, and although I have laid down a good system and a series of institutional guarantees for it, it is in the final analysis the strength of Germany itself." Germany's success as a European leader cannot be achieved only by the prestige that comes with this victory, but by constant development and innovation, always staying alive, always running faster than others, so that we will always have followers – the decline of an empire often means the beginning of a new round of war. ”

It was on the basis of this idea that the Black Cat believed that there was no way out and no value in confronting Germany.

"Your Majesty, please recall that before Hitler came to power, there was a failed coup d'état in imitation of the Italians marching on Rome, and in the end he was imprisoned." "In the end, he was able to come to power thanks to the votes of the working class, one by one, so I will stick to the path of legal struggle and justify this line with votes and speeches." ”

"So, what about me?"

"You can unite and inspire as many British people as you want to be." Moseley smiled, "If I can get into the cabinet, I will push for the reforms you want." ”

After Mosley left, the black cat asked Skorzny, who was eavesdropping on the other side, for his opinion: "David, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty......," Skolzny scratched his head in embarrassment, "I am very politically poor, and as far as I have heard, I think there is no difference between this gentleman and Prime Minister Attlee, they both want you to be a mascot, the difference is by which means - Mr. Mosley is probably a national socialist, and Mr. Attlee is probably a coordinator. ”

The black cat smiled charmingly: "David, your judgment is very accurate, this is a politician, but I also have a way." ”

"What's the solution?"

"I can lock them up in a cabinet!"

"Oh God, that's a wonderful idea."