522 Aid and Reparations

"What the hell!" Stopped next to the road, looking at the crowded southbound crowd on the road, Wittmann leaned on his tank and sighed helplessly.

Looking at the crowd of people who went south to find food for the Germans, Wittmann felt that the war had changed its flavor in an instant.

War as he understands it is to control the most powerful war machine and fight the brutal battlefield. In the end, the last to survive are the glorious warriors.

But now, the Germans are standing on both sides of the road, guiding a group of refugees like beggars on the road, and there is no smell of war at all.

"It's not a war, it's a relief for the victims." Wittman bored with Carl next to him? Wegener said.

Wegener nodded and agreed: "Since yesterday, this path has been basically like this. ”

Because of the people on the top, they bought people's hearts and received a large number of British civilians. And these civilians, who were basically desperate, also flocked to the German-occupied areas and began to concentrate on them.

"Recently, half of the ships have been replenishing food to the British, and in this case, our advance is simply a joke." Wittman complained.

Wegener have also been suffocated by the recent so-called fighting, having recently advanced 30 kilometres without encountering a single battle.

Now, there was Bath in front, but the British army did not put up any decent resistance, so they left all the important cities to the Germans.

There were even places where there were some British soldiers who were reluctant to leave to stay and maintain order within the city. After the arrival of the Germans, they held white handkerchiefs in their hands and took the German troops directly to the place where they stored their weapons, and the handover was completed.

The troops were surprisingly calm when they saw the Germans, greeting them and hiring someone who knew German to act as an interpreter.

What's even more depressing is that these people will basically beg for food, and if the Germans are willing to leave cigarettes and candy, the effect is even better and overwhelming.

There has never been a precedent for Western countries to hold on to a city to the last soldier. There were no large-scale battles in Paris, France, and even some bridges were not destroyed.

Belgium and the Netherlands have experienced very limited wars. The Germans advanced rapidly and soon captured a large amount of land.

The same is true on the British side, where many towns and cities have been consciously ceded by the defenders, including places of interest such as Stonehenge, which have left German signs that say "Please do not destroy".

Expecting a street fight in London could be achieved, but if every city was expected to resist to the last moment, even Churchill himself did not believe it.

The distribution of grenades to civilians had occurred in only a few areas, and most of them had not had the desired effect.

Most civilians would hand over their grenades when the Germans came, and a few would not use them easily if they were left in their hands.

Only a few people used grenades, and the threat to the Germans was minimal. In some areas, however, grenades were used before the Germans landed, in order to loot the grain reserves in the granaries.

The battle has reached this point, and Britain has no reason to hold on any longer, so while Wittmann was in a daze as he watched the flow of refugees in front of him, the Duke of Hamilton, the British envoy in Berlin, Germany, was anxiously waiting in the Führer's reception room.

He regretted why he had not earlier hastily agreed to the German demands to hand over the two battleships to Germany, at least not to put the British situation in such a passive position.

Much of his previous toughness and confidence came from the imminent arrival of American aid. But now it seems that he was very wrong.

"Excuse me, did you really convey the news of my request to the Führer?" After dozens of walks in the reception room, Hamilton finally couldn't help but ask the guards guarding the door.

The two guards looked at the English nobleman in front of him with their chin held high, and in the end, none of them answered his question.

Looking at what seemed to be two mute guards, Hamilton sighed and shook his head. He had been a guest of honour at the German top bringing, and Hess had called him a brother.

As a result, only 4 years later, Germany, which was still a quasi-ally at the Berlin Olympics, became a fierce beast.

Just as the Duke of Hamilton was about to lose all patience, the door to the reception room was pushed open from the outside.

Ribbentrop and the Führer came from outside the door, and the two of them were still talking and laughing before.

They were talking about the turn of the American fleet, which Hamilton could hear clearly, which made the expression on his face even more gray.

"Mr. Duke, are you ready to make complete peace with the Third Reich this time?" Stopping the conversation, Li Le asked the Duke of Hamilton.

The Führer looks proud, and he definitely has a reason to be proud. The Germans were overwhelming on British soil, no matter how bizarre the process, but the results were unquestionable.

It seems that the loss of Cornwall by Britain is a foregone conclusion, so Britain's passivity can be seen even by the blind.

"This time we asked for a bit too much, so I brought my foreign minister, who you must be familiar with. Right? Ribbentrop. Out of politeness, Li Le introduced each other.

Hamilton smiled wryly, this time he really had to pay more to get the peace treaty that was easier to get.

"We are willing to hand over two intact battleships...... We are full of sincerity, but I would like to hear first what the Führer wants from Britain. Hamilton stiffened his head and asked.

God knows, when he said that the two intact battleships were dripping from his heart. That was the last bit of dignity of the British Empire, and now it has been put on the table and become a bargaining chip.

When Napoleon, the emperor of France, swept across Europe, Britain was never so humiliated.

Li Le glanced at Ribbentrop beside him, and said to the Duke of Hamilton with a smile: "South of London, including London, must become the jurisdiction of Germany, this is our request." ”

"It can't be! If we hand over London, we might as well fight until the last minute......" Hamilton frowned and said in the negative.

"Monsieur Duke, nothing is impossible, and there is a precedent for this requirement that Paris, France, is under German rule." Ribbentrop interrupted the Duke of Hamilton.

Then he continued: "If we do not operate according to the precedent of France, probably our ally France, there will be more opinions. ”

The hatred between France and Germany is now almost the same as the hatred between France and England. It was almost inevitable that Britain would be defeated by Germany, and that France would fall into the ground.

Hearing Ribbentrop say this, the Duke of Hamilton knew that the bottom line he could hold on to today really didn't seem much.

To his dismay, he was probably the signatory of the most humiliating treaty Britain had signed in a century. It was enough to keep him intimidated for 10,000 years, and he had to agree to such a contract.

Just a few hours earlier, His Majesty had authorized him to end the war at any cost. He also knew the news of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's fainting, and even the fact that the British Army was powerless to fight back.

In this case, the future of Britain can be said to be completely in his hands. Now he can only grit his teeth and insist on everything he must hold onto.

"We are not willing to give up London, and we are willing to give up the whole of Cornwall if we can." Almost squeezing the words out of his teeth, the Duke of Hamilton felt his strength draining rapidly.

"If we don't pinch something important enough, the surrender of Britain means nothing to us." Ribbentrop replied.

He looked at Duke Hamilton and explained: "Europe is about to face the attack of the entire Red Soviet Union, and if you go back on your back, we can't do anything about you." ”

Speaking of this, he paused before continuing to insist: "Therefore, we want London, Liverpool, and Britain cannot defect under the interference of the United States, so that we can recognize the peace treaty with peace of mind!" ”

"After all! You have a criminal record. You have used peace talks to stall for time and have wasted a lot of our feelings. The Führer spoke at this time, and made up for it with a god-like knife on the side.

"And then? Your country still demands that our fleet belong to Germany, as before? The Duke of Hamilton felt dizzy, and he wondered if he was going to faint too.

"Of course, if Britain wanted to keep a battleship, or some cruisers and destroyers, we were willing to concede." Ribbentrop falls down the stone road.

Before coming here, the Duke of Hamilton knew that this would be a very passive negotiation, but he did not expect the Germans to be so difficult, and really took advantage of the weakness of Britain and cut every sword.

Britain, having lost its navy, was deprived of the capital to continue its entanglement with the German army. London was occupied by the Germans, and the British lost the courage to continue resisting.

In this way, England, like Vichy France, would become a pitiful client state. The Germans would manipulate Britain into part of its Atlantic barriers.

"If, I mean, if I sign the treaty now, when will the Germans be able to stop their offensive and come to the aid of the British?" The Duke of Hamilton had almost exhausted his last strength to ask such a question.

"Aid? We haven't talked about reparations yet, have we? Ribbentrop's answer was very cold, but it made the Duke of Hamilton faint for a moment.