Chapter 267 Naval Arms Race 2
"Yes" Churchill sat down in front of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.? Ranwen ??.? r?a?n?? Then he bowed his head and took out a note from his jacket pocket and handed it to Chamberlain and said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is the information collected by our intelligence department, please take a look, you see, those black Africans have quietly built four large capital warships there, they are two aircraft carriers and two battleships, these are the best warships of this era, those aircraft carriers will be harmless at that time, However, the combat performance of two battleships with a displacement of nearly 70,000 tons directly suppressed all the battleships of our British Empire. ”
After hearing Churchill's words, Chamberlain took the information with a solemn expression and browsed it, and then said in a cold voice: "Everyone has almost built the warship, what happened to your naval intelligence department, and you actually got the news?" What's the use of showing me this now? You're not going to ask me to go and order that Chinese boy to dismantle those four warships for me right away, right? ”
Churchill hurriedly lowered his head with a ashamed expression after hearing his Prime Minister's words, Chamberlain looked at Churchill with a ashamed face, and naturally understood that Churchill could not be blamed entirely for this matter, Churchill must have just taken over the post of Secretary of the Navy not long ago, and most of his time was cleaning up the mess left by his tenure. Then he thought for a moment and said, "Did you come to see me today and ask me to approve the construction of new ships in the defense budget?" ”
Churchill hurriedly stood up and replied, "Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister." You see, at present, our British Imperial Navy has fallen far behind in terms of the quality of ships, our navy is only stronger than those blacks in terms of the number and scale of warships, if our navy does not equip new warships as soon as possible, it will definitely lag behind those blacks, when the time comes, what will we do to restrain those African blacks, will those blacks come to us to settle the hatred of a hundred years of colonial history? So, Your Excellency Prime Minister, we have to guard against the purpose of those black Africans. ”
Chamberlain's brows furrowed when he heard Churchill's remarks, because Britain was now practicing isolationism, and defense spending had been drastically reduced. Isn't it contrary to the supreme policy of the state to approve the funds for the construction of new ships now? But if it is not approved, it will not work, as Churchill described, if the Royal Navy of the British Empire is stagnant, it will be completely surpassed by the navy of the Chinese boy in two years, and then it will be too late to regret it!
Chamberlain pondered for a few minutes, then turned to Churchill and said, "I will discuss this matter with the other cabinet members." I'll let you know when the time comes, so go back first! ”
Churchill naturally knew in his heart that this matter was in a hurry, so he could only get up and salute and leave. And after Chamberlain waited for Churchill to leave, he also quickly went out. He would report the situation to other important MPs, such as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the British Parliament and hear what they thought.
African People's Republic, Africa. Residency of the President of the People's Republic of China.
Li Puyu, who had just returned to Feijing and had not had time to rest, had already entered the state of work again, and now it was time to count down to the outbreak of World War II in history. He really doesn't have time to rest, and he still has a lot of work to do. Even his own girlfriend Zhou Yanfang's birthday party didn't go to it, because he didn't have time to accompany her at this time.
"Jingle bells, jingle bells......"
Li Puyu picked up the phone and said, "Hey? I'm Li Puyu, please speak. ”
A call from Secretary Li Puyu came from the phone: "President, the British Minister to Africa has asked to see you?" ”
Li Puyu frowned and said after hearing this: "Tell him that if he has something, go to the diplomatic department!" Can he, a little minister, see me whenever he wants? Is it so cheap for me as the presidency of the country? ”
The secretary broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, I'll tell him!" ”
When it was almost evening, Li Puyu looked up at the wall clock on the wall, it was almost dinner time, he had to rush over early, it must be Nizi's birthday party today, he really couldn't say if he didn't go, what kind of gift should he prepare?
Li Puyu stood up and started to get dressed when she thought of this, and then Li Puyu's secretary came to Li Puyu and asked, "Chairman, it's almost time for dinner, are you going out?" ”
Li Puyu replied while dressing: "Yes, today is Zhou Yanfang's birthday, I have to go, I can't talk about it." ”
"Got it!" As soon as the secretary heard Li Puyu's words, he naturally understood, and hurriedly agreed and went out.
After a few minutes, Li Puyu came down from the upper floor and walked to the first floor under the protection of the guards, when a person walked quickly from the side and shouted: "Your Excellency, I am a British official, please give me a little time, I have something very important to talk to you!" ”
Li Puyu turned his head to look at his secretary and asked suspiciously, "Why is he still here?" ”
The secretary couldn't help but reply with a wry smile: "Chairman, I have already informed him to let him go to the diplomatic department, but he just won't leave, and I was afraid of disturbing your work, so I didn't tell you!" ”
Li Puyu waved his hand, withdrew the sleeves of his clothes, looked at his watch, and said to the British minister: "Okay, you have three minutes to speak!" ”
When the British minister heard this, he immediately straightened up and said: "Your Excellency, on behalf of my government, I am here to lodge a serious diplomatic protest against you and your government, why did your country secretly build a new type of battleship without informing my country?" If your government does not want to cause a conflict between the two governments, your country should immediately dismantle these four warships, and announce the cessation of all future shipbuilding plans, and must also allow our country to send personnel to your country's major shipyards to supervise! ”
Li Puyu raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you finished?" ”
"That's it."
At this time, Li Puyu pointed to the British minister and said: "Listen to me, our African People's Republic is a country with complete sovereignty and independence, not a British colony, and we have the right to strengthen our own national defense construction." As for the war between the two countries, I will tell you very clearly, it was also caused by you, Britain, and that you are no longer fit to serve as British Minister to Africa, and I will inform your Prime Minister Chamberlain to have him replaced, because I suspect that you have a mental illness, and I suggest that you return to China for treatment, because you are not very sick. ”