221 Decision of George VI
The news of Churchill's death did not reach the ears of the Germans, and no one in the whole world knew about it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
There are almost no people left in London, the foreign media have been evacuated, the British government has fled, and the vast majority of the remaining people have also chosen to leave, and everything that happened in London is unknown to the world.
The battle at Mepam was over, but the troops did not immediately set out to continue the attack, because all the troops in Mepam had suffered heavy casualties, and even the 7th Panzer Division, which had come to the aid later, had suffered some blows.
In this case, it is clearly unrealistic to let the troops continue to go on the offensive.
Moreover, according to von Bock's estimate, when the main force of the British was annihilated, the British would definitely concentrate all their forces to defend London, after all, as the capital of the United Kingdom, London has an absolute symbolic meaning.
Not only von Bock thought so, but almost all the German generals thought so, and even Li Ling thought so.
Britain is not France, even if the strength of the British army decays into this field, the British are still fighting, in Li Ling's eyes, Britain is definitely much stronger than France, especially with someone like Churchill to lead, so he himself does not think that the British will give up London like France gave up Paris.
But all this was premised on the fact that Halifax was not openly hostile to Churchill and that Churchill was still alive, but the problem now is that Halifax had fled to Scotland with his supporters, and Churchill had already died. It's just that these messages were not known to the Germans.
The Germans' army was now massing towards the outskirts of London, but they did not immediately attack London, they were all waiting, waiting for orders from the German High Command, and now the command of the whole battle had been completely taken back by the High Command, and all units would be directly under the command of the High Command.
After the battle of Mepham, everyone knew that the British were only one breath away, and now the aim of the German High Command was to gather heavy troops and destroy the confidence of the British to resist in one fell swoop, including, of course, the little manpower of Charles de Gaulle, the exiled government of Free France.
With the massive build-up of German troops, Britain's national fortunes were already obvious, and George VI, who had fled to Scotland, was arranging for royals to board planes and fly to Canada, but George VI clearly had no intention of leaving at the last minute.
He knew that the British Empire was running out, and he, as the king of England, could choose to flee, but suddenly he didn't want to flee again, because Halifax beside him gave him a plan that seemed to be able to keep the British Empire alive.
"Your Majesty, we can actually choose to negotiate with the Germans at this time, so that at least we can preserve this empire. We no longer have the strength to confront the German army, and now the entire Royal Army of Great Britain may not be able to produce even a decent division, and the Air Force has been lost under the command of Churchill, and we have no choice but to exist in name! ā
"I can't be a sinner in the British Empire!"
"But if the British Empire ended at the hands of His Majesty, wouldn't that be a greater sin? Moreover, even if we bow to the Germans now, when we develop, we will still have a chance to fight the Germans! What we need is time, and if Your Majesty cannot make such a decision, then Your Majesty will really become a sinner of the British Empire! ā
In fact, George VI is just for show, he already has the intention of surrendering in his heart, but as a royal family, he can't say such words, such words must be made by the people under his hands!
Obviously, the old fox of Halifax knew what to say and when, and he stepped forward at this time.
"Father, you can't do this, if you do this, you will be scolded by thousands of people!"
"Your Royal Highness Princess, as long as the British Empire is still there, we still have a chance, this is the most correct choice to do so, and even if it is abused by some people who can't understand the situation at the moment, but in the future, Your Majesty will definitely be respected by everyone and praised for generations to come!"
"What does the little girl's family know! Get out! This is not the place you should be right now! ā
Looking at Elizabeth, who was only 14 years old out of nowhere, George VI was obviously a little angry.
Although Elizabeth is her own daughter, and she even plans to pass on the throne to her in the future, she is also very leader-like, but the problem is that it has now reached the critical point of life and death of the British Empire, if the British Empire cannot be kept, then everything can only exist in fantasy, and even whether Elizabeth herself can survive is a question.
"I'm going to London, I'm going to Uncle Churchill!"
Elizabeth threw down such a sentence and slammed the door, George VI shook his head angrily, and Halifax immediately ordered a soldier next to her to stop Elizabeth and prevent her from leaving.
Until this time, the vast majority of Britons, the entire British government and the British royal family, did not know the news that Churchill had already died in London!
"Churchill, because of his self-righteousness and miscalculation of the situation, continued to go his own way despite the opposition of the vast majority of cabinet members, and made hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the British Empire die in vain, and it was clear that he was no longer fit to be the wartime prime minister of the British Empire. In order to save the British Empire from danger, I decided to confer the title of Viscount of Halifax on the Count, and at the same time appoint him as the new Wartime Prime Minister of the British Empire, with full responsibility for the affairs of the war. ā
Elizabeth's departure, George VI was very calm, but the words spoken after the calm made Halifax sitting next to him startled.
The promotion from viscount to earl, and then the announcement of the removal of Churchill as prime minister and his own becoming the new prime minister of the empire, all this came a little too fast, so fast that Halifax could not believe his ears.
He thought that it would take many means to wrest the prime minister from Churchill, but the final result was just an ordinary phrase from George VI.
"How's Elizabeth?"
"Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness the Princess has returned to her room, please rest assured."
"Well, alright, you all go down, I need to rest."
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(To be continued.) )