222 Great Britain sued
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Churchill was dismissed, Halifax took over as prime minister, Churchill disappeared, and three blockbuster news in succession suddenly detonated the media around the world when the Germans had mobilized their troops and were preparing to launch a full-scale attack on London, the capital of the United Kingdom!
However, King George VI of England was obviously more concerned about his daughter Elizabeth, Elizabeth did return to her room that day, and according to George VI's previous arrangement, Elizabeth was leaving Scotland for Canada the next day, however, early the next morning, when George VI opened the door of his daughter's room, Elizabeth could not be found. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Comrade Stalin, according to our information, the British are already beginning negotiations with the Germans, and it seems that the war on the British side is coming to an end."
Molotov stood in front of Stalin, holding in his hand the latest information provided by the General Directorate of State Security, which had just been renamed the People's Commissariat for State Security, which was later known as the KGB!
"How can it be so fast?"
When he heard the news, Stalin's expression became unusually solemn, he had never been so serious.
Molotov watched Stalin put down the wine glasses and cigars that he usually did not leave his hand, and his solemn face showed that Stalin did not expect the Germans to move so quickly!
From the full-scale start of the landing operation to the current British government's search for reconciliation, it took less than four days, and the British Empire was even shorter than the Dutch, Belgian and others!
In fact, before the war, Stalin did not have any hope for Britain, he knew that Britain had long since left only a skeleton, and when the Germans attacked France, when the Germans completely annihilated the British Expeditionary Force, the British no longer had any ability to hold their country on land.
Once the Germans landed successfully, it meant that the end of Britain was only a matter of time.
But what Stalin did not expect was that the landing operation of the Germans would go so smoothly, and, to his surprise, the British would be so vulnerable!
According to intelligence, the British should still have a lot of troops, and the Germans are definitely not more than forty divisions responsible for attacking the British mainland, but the British only resisted for four days, and the Germans advanced along the coastline for less than 100 kilometers, and the British were finished.
The defeat of the British was shameful, but unstoppable. However, this sounded the alarm bell for Stalin, who was far away in Moscow, obviously, the strength of the German troops was very strong, and if they went to war with the Germans in the future, then they would definitely not be able to be seized by the Germans to fight a decisive battle, and they must give full play to the strong strategic depth advantage of the Soviet Union, attract the Germans to the land of the Soviet Union, and then destroy the main forces of the Germans.
Regardless of how other countries view the situation between Britain and Germany, the first thing Halifax, the new British wartime prime minister, had to do at this time was to form his own cabinet.
Originally, the formation of a cabinet needs to consider all aspects of the trade-off game, Halifax not only has to reuse its own people in the cabinet, but also must take care of Churchill's people who disagree with him, but now, obviously, Halifax does not need to think about this issue at all, because Churchill has disappeared at the moment, and now Halifax has not nailed Churchill's supporters to the pillar of shame is already a great favor.
However, Halifax still has to face a problem, that is, because the ministers of the original British cabinet seem to have disappeared out of thin air and cannot be found at all, Halifax must find some people to replace these people!
Of course, at the same time as the formation of the cabinet, Halifax immediately arranged for someone to get in touch with the German side, and he had to mediate the war with the Germans in the shortest possible time, the shorter the time, the higher the bargaining chips when he negotiated, and at the same time, it was easier for him to make a fuss in this aspect in the future, and then consolidate his dominance.
When the German Führer Heydrich learned from Foreign Minister Ribbentrop that the British had sued for peace, he immediately convened an emergency meeting, of course, his meeting did not actually have much discussion, basically he was expounding his ideas and requirements, from this moment on, Heydrich's hidden breath was finally slowly revealed, and he was developing in the direction of a dictator.
How could Heydrich, who was born as the head of the Gestapo, remain weak? That's not his character!
The actions of the German team also proved what kind of person Heydrich was.
The British wartime cabinet put forward a condition that the two sides first achieve a cease-fire, and then try to find a suitable time and place for peace talks between the two sides before September 1, but Heydrich did not pay any attention to Halifax's decision, and his reply to Halifax was only a short line: "We will not sit together until Britain surrenders unconditionally." ”
The news of the British suing for peace is now bringing even more fierce attacks to the British people.
The troops that were already being assembled received orders to attack on all fronts almost simultaneously, and the High Command demanded that the troops do not need to consider any logistical pressure, and strive to capture as many British cities as possible in the shortest possible time, the more the better!
As a result, the German army was like crazy, almost all the troops were attacking rapidly, and the few formed British troops that had just received as little as possible not to fight the Germans head-on were obviously no longer in the mood to continue fighting, and all of them chose to surrender immediately after seeing the Germans attacking.
By noon on August 29, the German vanguard had fully occupied the south bank of the Thames in London, and the troops were preparing to cross the river and carry out a comprehensive clearance of the remaining London city.
The north part of the Thames in London was, in fact, the only place where the British were still resisting, because here, although they had no leaders and could not receive orders, they still had the last shred of faith, and they were fighting guerrilla warfare with the weapons in their hands.
Standing at the head of Tower Bridge in London, Li Ling looked at the dense buildings on the other side of the river, guessing who was leading these people to fight, maybe Churchill?
It seems that everyone who knows that London is still fighting, thinks that Churchill is continuing to fight......
To be continued.
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