Chapter 447: Peace Ambassador Chamberlain's Resignation

As early as the 4th century B.C., Sun Bin, a famous military strategist during the Warring States Period of China, put forward the idea of "fighting one and defending two", advocating that one-third of the troops should be used as the vanguard to engage the enemy in battle; With two-thirds of the troops as the rear team, waiting for the order to move. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Alexander, king of Macedon in Europe, put forward the idea of using moderately equipped infantry as reserves, and at the Battle of Gaugamela, established and duly put into reserve, defeating the Persian army.

Napoleon's defeat that year was also due to the fact that there were no reserves in the end.

At critical times, an additional reserve can play a decisive role.

But now, Gammelin could not wait to press all the reserves up, which made the British generals feel uneasy, especially now speaking the highest representative of the British side, the Admiral Churchill.

Craigill's brow furrowed as he clamped the cigar in his hand, and he asked his question to the Gammel on the other side.

The big war has just begun, and all the troops must be pressed up?

"Now is the best time to put in the reserves, and we have judged the direction of the Germans' main attack." "We must tell the Germans with a beautiful victory that they cannot pose a substantial threat to us, no matter how many advanced tanks they have," said Gammelin. ”

Now is the perfect time to defeat the Germans once and for all! This was Gan Molin's judgment, and at this time, he was convinced of his own judgment.

After speaking, he paused and continued: "Although all the reserves are pressed, we will immediately carry out national defense mobilization, and there will be a steady stream of follow-up troops, and at most a week, we will have ten more reserve troops of the integrated division. ”

Now that the war has begun, it is necessary to carry out a new war mobilization, to conscript the retired soldiers, and it is easy to put together another army.

Thinking of the cruel meat grinder of World War I makes many people's hearts tremble, but now, they have no choice, twenty years, just a new generation of young people have grown up, they need to be consumed on the battlefield.

If you want to blame, blame the Germans!

Churchill still had doubts, but before he could raise them, an adjutant hurried in and said to Churchill: "Mr. Churchill, please return to London at once." ”

Returning to London now? Churchill couldn't help but ask his adjutant: "What happened in London?" ”

"Chamberlain is resigning, and he has nominated you to take over as prime minister." The adjutant's words made Churchill stunned for a moment, followed by another joy.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain, who was the representative of the British appeasement policy of the 30s.

Born in 1869, he is now a seventy-year-old man.

Anyone who lived through the First World War never wanted to experience a war again, and the call for peace echoed over Europe, and in this situation, Chamberlain, who became prime minister, made a series of concessions to Germany and Italy, hoping to exchange for peace in Europe.

The policy he pursued was later known as the "policy of appeasement".

Germany advanced into the Sudetenland, invaded Austria, and then deployed troops on the Czech border. Chamberlain made a speech in the House of Commons condemning the German aggression, but did not take concrete action.

When Germany invaded all of Czechoslovakia, Britain began to take steps to strengthen its defenses, and Chamberlain announced that it would give Poland military guarantees.

However, when Poland was invaded by Germany, Britain declared war on Germany, but did not take any war action.

Chamberlain's all this is for the peace of Europe, and he does not want Britain to enter a state of war, and another generation of young people will die, and Britain is already afraid.

In fact, Chamberlain's behavior was welcomed by the British, and after the Munich Agreement was signed, the aging Chamberlain returned to Britain by plane, and at the airport, Chamberlain was welcomed unprecedentedly.

He brought peace to England!

However, as the situation changed, Chamberlain was finally abandoned by the British.

When the Germans bombed the British naval base, there was an uproar in the British, and they felt extremely indignant about it.

In the face of the German attack, Chamberlain made some decisions, such as bombing the Libyan oil fields, etc., but none of these really worked, and the all-out war in Germany was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"You've been sitting here for too long, you've done nothing good, let's go, let us tell you in God's name, get out!" In Congress, one member of parliament quoted Cromwell's declaration when he dissolved Parliament, waving his fist in a state of rage.

He seems to have forgotten that when the Munich Agreement was signed, he also waved this arm in support.

"A no-confidence motion vote must be held on the government, immediately, immediately!" Another lawmaker said loudly: "Look at our government, what good things it has done over the years!" ”

The German attack on the French mainland made these British politicians realize that the policy that Chamberlain had been implementing was wrong, appeasement, and let Germany become stronger little by little, and now, Germany has begun to really threaten Britain and France!

In fact, from the perspective of later generations, all the appeasements made by Chamberlain in the thirties were in line with the conditions of that time, and whoever sat in that position had to do so.

Churchill was tough, but, at the time, who supported Churchill? When Churchill unleashed the German threat, Churchill was met with a chorus of rebuke.

"Qiu Fatty, get out of here and leave the council!" There was once a parliamentarian who directly scolded Churchill like this, saying that if everyone doesn't like to hear it, and be a person that everyone doesn't like, that's the end.

Churchill's war rhetoric was not supported by anyone, and Churchill was ousted from the government.

When the war broke out, the British suddenly realized that Churchill was right and hurriedly invited the hard-line Churchill back to be their prime minister.

And now, that's the process going on.

The vote on the no-confidence motion in the Chamberlain government was held almost a dozen minutes later, and dozens of parliamentarians who had originally supported the government voted against it, and Chamberlain, who was standing on the sidelines, knew very well that it was time for him to step down.

Although Chamberlain intended to remain in office until the end of a new round of crisis, at which point he wanted to turn the tide and bring his political career to a successful conclusion, he still had to submit his resignation to the king and formally recommend Churchill as British prime minister.

At such times, Churchill, who had been babbling about German ambitions a few years earlier, was finally expected.