When Churchill asked this question, he certainly did not want an answer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Of course he knows what to expect, of course he knows that his stress has reached a critical point.

It was not anti-war voices at home, but voices from other Dominions and colonies.

The war had been fought to the point where it had come to the point where it would not seem to be able to help Britain turn the tide unless it won a game-changing victory in North Africa.

In the process, Germany destroyed nine out of ten British industrial areas, and a year later perhaps German bombers would be able to fly to Ireland for air raids.

At the same time, the Germans acquired a Libyan oil field that did not exist in history, and this oil field would increasingly support Germany's wartime industrial system.

With a large amount of oil, Germany can produce more gasoline and diesel, so that Germany's invincible military machine can drive faster and better!

On the other hand, oil derivatives will gradually become materials that the Germans can squander in large quantities, and various materials, including artificial rubber, can really be produced in large quantities.

In the whole process of World War II, the three major pieces of oil, steel and rubber used by countries to compete for hegemony are nothing more than oil, steel and rubber, and now Germany has oil and steel, if the last short board is made up, it will be a real disaster.

Britain, on the other hand, has lost its ally France and has fallen into a situation of fighting alone. The local industry was destroyed by the German bombing, and it took time to restore the situation it had before.

The German Navy's submarine forces were engaged in a more efficient breach of engagement against British transport lines than before, and Churchill himself was unsure of the timing of the recovery of British industry.

Under these circumstances, if Germany had really defeated Britain in North Africa and landed on British soil next year, in 1941, who would have made peace with Britain?

Bargaining chips are also needed to negotiate peace, and the more Britain plays now, the fewer chips it has left, and the number of people who are in a hurry to negotiate peace in this state will only increase.

"If Rommel continues to attack, take Alexandria someday in the future! Then we will lose the opportunity to negotiate peace with the Germans. Churchill himself knew better than anyone else that the outcome of North Africa was a matter of imperial future.

Of course, he was not thinking about making peace with Hitler, he was thinking about how to defeat the Germans in North Africa.

"Quarantine all suspicious officers who haven't been found yet! We don't have time to discern their innocence one by one! Churchill ordered: "Let Cunningham hold on to El Alamein!" Don't take a step back! ”

He looked at several generals of the army, and repeated word by word in a fierce tone: "No! Get! Again! After! Withdraw! One! Step! ”

"Yes! General Cunningham also thinks that he is sure to hold on near El Alamein and wait for our reinforcements to arrive! An army general hastened to reassure.

His assurances did not seem very convincing, for Cunningham was also silent in Matru, and fled with the men.

It may be more difficult to expect such a front-line commander to be able to carry out such an order never to take a step back than to order them to attack.

"Let the 2nd Infantry Division of South Africa get to the front as soon as possible! We can't afford to let the Germans wreak havoc in North Africa any longer! "The second order, given by Churchill, was to send reinforcements.

He knew that with the army of North Africa, it was a bit risky to resist the city and defend it, and it would be wishful thinking to meet Rommel's Afrika Korps in the field.

Therefore, in Churchill's plan, North Africa must be reinforced by at least 50,000 men in order to form a defensive "balance of power" against Rommel at El Alamein.

"The 2nd Infantry Division of South Africa has departed, Mr. Prime Minister." The army general swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and was able to recover from the state of being scolded just now.

"Mr. Prime Minister, how are we going to respond and deal with Greece's request for help?" An officer from the diplomatic service, dressed in a suit, looked at Churchill and asked a fatal question.

Now, the only way to reinforce Greece is to move the British army in the Middle East and North Africa, which is in a hurry to move to North Africa, and the army in North Africa, which has been annihilated by the Germans.

If Greece is to be reinforced at this time, the only ones who can go to the Balkans are a few divisions that are being mobilized to North Africa.

Of course, these troops could not abandon Egypt and serve Greece as peacemakers. So Churchill didn't think about it, he made his own decision.

He looked at the diplomat, stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and explained: "Now, the North African battlefield is our last hope, as for Greece...... They can only be patient for the time being. ”

This temporary patience was also a consolation that there was no time limit - the British themselves did not know when they would be able to defeat Rommel's Afrika Korps, and naturally they did not know when they would be able to reinforce Greece.

So, for Greece, it was just a consoling promise from the British allies.

And how valuable this promise is, can only be evaluated in terms of hehe--remember what Britain and France said to Poland......

"Alright! I will inform them and try to calm their uneasiness as much as possible. The diplomat glanced at Churchill and nodded his head to accept the difficult task.

He said it lightly, but in the face of Greece, where the fire was already on the house, any comfort was better than giving people guns.

If Greece is really to accept this reality, instead of turning to Germany and Italy, only God knows what kind of efforts and efforts the diplomatic service will go through.

"But! Mr. Prime Minister...... If the Axis powers did invade Greece, how would we respond? Finally, the official in charge of foreign affairs asked Churchill this.

Churchill also knew that it was impossible for Italy and Germany to look at the countries of the Balkans and just look at Britain like that.

He could only nod helplessly, indicating that he knew this concern: "This, we can only wait for Italy and Germany to really invade the Balkans." ”

"Alright! Mr. Prime Minister! If you do decide so, I'll do my best to buy you time. The official smiled bitterly, but still did not refuse.

Seeing his subordinates wilting like frosted eggplants one by one, Churchill himself was not comfortable.

At such a time, he did not really want to put such tremendous pressure on his men - but now the difficulties faced by the whole of Britain were already enormous.

"So be it!" Churchill wanted to dissolve the meeting, waved his hand at his men, and finally suppressed his anger.

At this time, the piercing air defense sirens echoed again, and in the last few days, the German bombing, which had been stopped, began again.

After arranging for bombers to visit the fortifications along the coastline to resist the landing, the Luftwaffe had already visited London twice.

To Churchill's relief, the radar station he had secretly built had not yet been bombed by the Germans, suggesting that the other side was not aware of the slow pace of construction of the facility.

Several guards entered the conference room and asked Churchill to go inside the underground air defense facility to hide from a possible air raid by the German army.

Churchill reluctantly motioned for everyone to follow him, after all, the meeting had just ended, and it was not safe to let these people out of here.

The group soon followed the dim light of the wall, through the fragmented staircase, to the safety of the underground bomb shelter.

Compared to ordinary bomb shelters, the lighting here has a separate power supply and a complete underground telephone communication network.

Here it was possible to receive telegrams from afar, and also to find the senior commanders of the air defense and army units directly by telephone.

Almost like the above, there is a Churchill Prime Minister's refuge office, which is almost identical in furnishings and documents to the upstairs.

Churchill walked into his office, and the others did not follow. Everyone randomly found a place to sit and waited for the sound of bombs dropped by German planes exploding on the ground.

Because of the involvement of the espionage case, everyone at the top of the British leadership is now cautious and almost never goes to other people's offices easily.

All the British commanders who were lucky enough to pass the censorship, each and every one of them were afraid of being involved in the spy case again, so as long as it was not their own business, they generally did not even ask.

"Boom!" It was as if in a distant place, the first bomb exploded on the ground, and because it was far enough away, no tremors were felt here.

The officials sitting in the corridor could only hear the dull sound that seemed to come from underground. It's as if a giant is pounding on the ground under its feet, and it's unsettling.

"Boom!" There was another dull sound, and it seemed that this time the German bombardment was indeed well prepared—as large and live as it had been before the bombing had stopped.

"Hell, both of our night bombings were intercepted by the Germans." An air force general looked up, looked at the ceiling and muttered quietly.

"The night bombing was intercepted? It seems that the Germans are also improving their radar technology. An army general asked curiously.

"Boom!" As the two of them chatted, another bomb exploded in the distance, this time noticeably closer.

Because the boiling water poured by the waiters was placed on the small table on the side of the seats in the hallway. The boiling water in the cup can already see a slight vibration.

It was as if a breeze was blowing across the surface of the boiling water in these cups, and it gently fluttered and rippled.

On September 12, German bombers flew into London and dropped hundreds of bombs, and the city fire, which had been extinguished with great difficulty, burned again.

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