The end of the Battle of Dunkirk basically marked the end of the major wars in France, from the shores of the English Channel to the southernmost point of France, where France, once known as the world's largest army, could no longer pose any threat to the German army, except for the immobile fortress defenses of the Maginot Line. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the beginning of the French campaign to the early morning of the 15th, the British and French forces were surrounded and annihilated, it took only 15 short days!

If the annexation of Poland with the Soviet Union in one month was not enough to shock the world, the effect of defeating the Franco-British coalition on French soil in just half a month has completely shocked all observers in the world.

The collapse of the British Expeditionary Force has brought about imperceptible changes in public opinion in Britain.

The originally unprecedentedly consistent social public opinion in Britain is no longer so unified, and more and more people are beginning to doubt whether this war is right, whether the British Empire should participate in such a war, whether the British Empire is still likely to win this war, and whether Britain will end up like France!

Churchill was not a fool, otherwise he would not have been in the position of Prime Minister of Britain's wartime cabinet.

Public opinion can always be guided, and when it should be more united, this kind of anti-war or compromise rhetoric in British society can never come out of thin air, and someone must be doing something in it.

Churchill even knew who was doing it, and that person was a key member of his five-member cabinet, his foreign secretary!

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, the foreign secretary of the British wartime cabinet, was also officially called Viscount Halifax, and after Chamberlain stepped down, he was the recognized and natural successor of the first minister, but in the end the royal family directly intervened in the appointment of Churchill.

In fact, Halifax was not too concerned about this matter at first, on the contrary, he was still very supportive of the decision made by the British royal family, but as a representative figure of appeasement, as the situation on the French battlefield became more and more out of control, Halifax finally couldn't help it, and he repeatedly proposed to take advantage of the opportunity that France had not been destroyed to negotiate with the Germans and strive for some benefits as much as possible.

Churchill, however, flatly rejected Halifax's repeated proposals until the British Expeditionary Force reached the point where it could not be withdrawn. Hundreds of thousands of troops of the British Expeditionary Force were wiped out in the night!

Britain had lost the best opportunity to negotiate, not only that, but Churchill's misjudgment also caused Britain to lose hundreds of thousands of good soldiers, and things had developed to this point, when Halifax again proposed to negotiate peace with Germany, Churchill actually rejected his request again.

The current wartime cabinet has completely become Churchill's one-word hall, and if the propagandized Germany is a dictatorship, the current dignified British Empire is even more dictatorial than Germany!

As a political veteran, Halifax decided that he had to change the status quo in Britain, and he could not sit idly by and watch the great British Empire fall into the hands of Churchill, a crazy warmonger.

Therefore, there is a change of public opinion from the bottom of the British people, Halifax's means are actually very simple, there is only one sentence to say: "We don't care what Churchill is hiding from us, but let our brothers and sisters fight for an irrelevant country, let our hundreds of thousands of brothers and sisters die in a foreign land for a war that has nothing to do with Britain, this is the biggest disregard and trampling on the British people, Britain can no longer continue like this......"

The turbulent undercurrent of Britain forced Churchill, as prime minister, to make some responses.

It is undeniable that this British politician with a big belly and always loves to hold a cigar definitely has enough means and almost incomprehensible political appeal.

With German bombers from the European continent appearing from time to time overhead, Churchill arrived at noon on May 16 at the streets of the port city of Dover, the most important part of the almost bombed generator program on the edge of the Channel.

With his back to the strait, he stood in front of his people.

"Although we have lost this battle, we will never surrender, we will never give in, we will fight to the end!"

"The operation on the European continent failed, we lost hundreds of thousands of the best soldiers, they are our brothers, they are our children, we will definitely avenge this revenge, we will not give in, never will!"

"Even the mighty French Army was defeated by the frenzied attack of the Germans, so this defeat was not because our children were disadvantaged. But I heard that the Germans had a plan to attack the British Isles. Therefore, we cannot give in at such times, and I am convinced that no great Englishman wants to be ruled by another barbarous people! ”

"Once Napoleon with his punts and his army also tried to invade our country, but what was the result? Believe me that fighting in the British Isles will be better for our defence, and that we will defend our country to the death, no matter what enemy we encounter. ”

"The fact that we now have many times more forces on British soil than we have at any time in this or last great war certainly serves in favour of the question of defending against invasion of the homeland. But it can't go on like this. We cannot be satisfied with fighting a defensive war, we have an obligation to our allies, and we must reorganize the British Expeditionary Force under the command of the heroic Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gott. All of this is a work in progress, but in the meantime we must bring our home defenses to a level of organization that requires only a handful of men to effectively secure and at the same time maximize the potential of offensive activity. We are now in the process of deploying in this direction. ”

"In this battle, although we have lost, we will never surrender, we will never give in, we will fight to the end, we will fight in France, we will fight on the sea, we will fight in the air with confidence! We will defend the homeland at any cost, we will fight on the beach! Fight at the enemy's landing site! Fight in the fields and in the streets! Fight in the mountains! We will not surrender at any time! ”

"Even if our island, or a large part of it, is occupied by the enemy and starved, the overseas empire that we have armed and protected by the British fleet will continue to fight!"

Churchill waved his arms, he looked so indestructible and full of confidence, he once again drove his people crazy.

(To be continued.) )