On November 29, 1939, while the Finnish Wehrmacht and the Soviet Army were in a difficult fight, the British and German troops, which Finland had high hopes for help, each made its own small calculations.

In London, England, the Times reporter George brought back important information that was sent to the wartime cabinet, causing a storm.

This information, apparently deliberately leaked by the Soviet Union, showed that the battleship "Peter the Great", which had made a deep impression on the British Empire, was actually out of the German dockyard.

An advanced battleship of Soviet in-house production would not make the British Empire feel a real threat, at best, even if it was a disease of scabies. After all, it was not easy for the Soviet Navy to cross the Baltic Sea, cross the Skagerrak Strait, and finally engage the British fleet in terms of geographical factors.

But if the "Peter the Great" had been produced in Germany, the threat would have been great!

First of all, this shows that the Germans did not abandon the development of the Navy, as they seemed. At least, they already have shipbuilding technology no less than that of the British Royal Navy! If they really don't intend to challenge the Royal Navy, as they claimed, then why would they develop such powerful warship technology?

And if the German navy had a large number of powerful warships such as the Peter the Great, the threat to the British home fleet would be obvious. At least geographically, it was much easier for the German Navy to "meet" with the British Royal Navy.

On the other hand, the fact that the Soviet fleet had German-made high-class battleships is already enough to show that there was some kind of connection of interests between the German government and the Soviets.

One was a country that had been declared war by the Anglo-French coalition, and the other was a socialist country that was ideologically opposed to Britain and France. If the relationship between the two is too good, it will not be good news for the UK.

"Ladies and gentlemen! We can't afford to sit back any longer. Churchill, who had been in the limelight lately, looked around at the crowd and was the first to propose: "Rather than hoping that the Soviet Union will not join forces with Germany against us after defeating Finland, we should take the initiative and create a situation in our favor." ”

Looking at Churchill, who has recently become more and more powerful, Chamberlain, who is still sitting in the position of British Prime Minister, feels sour, and the expression on his face is not very good-looking: "I don't think the Germans will sincerely cooperate with the Soviets, but I think that this Finnish war is more like the Soviet government alone and has little to do with Germany." And again........."

"We can't do things by feeling anymore!" Churchill presumptuously interrupted Chamberlain, the Reich Prime Minister, and stared at each other with a conceited face: "The biggest difference between you and me is that you always rely on the Germans to make choices that are beneficial to us, while I set out to create a better situation on my own." Now that your way of doing things has taken its toll on you, I personally think it's time for a different approach! ”

"Not bad! I can't go down in passivity. ”

"The British Empire has always manipulated others and dictated the situation in Europe. None of this can be waited for! ”

"Take the initiative! Reinventing the glorious ........ past"

A group of Admiralty generals, who had long agreed to firmly support Churchill, have strengthened their voices for Churchill.

Churchill's forceful interruption, and the high-pitched voices of the generals caused Chamberlain to be stunned for a long time.

But before he could react and reorganize the language, Qiu Fatzi spoke again.

"As one of the two permanent members of the League of Nations, we in the British Empire have an obligation to rescue Finland, which is being invaded by Soviet troops. In addition, I propose that France, which is also a permanent member, be drawn up to form a strong expeditionary force to fight with the Finnish army through Norway and Sweden on the Navia Peninsula and into Finnish territory. ”

Forming an expeditionary force again?!

Chamberlain was somewhat surprised by Churchill's remarks. The 10 divisions sent to France were already the vast majority of the main forces in the British mainland. It can be said that almost all of the elite troops of Britain itself are now transported to the territory of France. Now if a new expeditionary force is to be formed, the quality will only be average.

This is not what Chamberlain is most worried about, sighing, he raised his head worriedly, and met Churchill's fanatical eyes: "We can form an expeditionary force, but we can go on an expedition and go all the way to Finland, and the preparations in this are not something that can be solved in a short time." Moreover, Norway and Sweden are sovereign countries that strictly adhere to neutrality. It was ....... to ask them to allow the expeditionary force to pass."

That's right! The two Nordic countries had never liked to get involved in European wars. A group of generals who had been shouting to Churchill's rhythm before realized that there was a big problem with their admiral's plan, what if the other two countries did not allow the expeditionary force to take advantage of it?

Waving his hand, Churchill sneered meaningfully: "Allowed? Of course they won't allow it. All I want is to be rejected by them! ”

Hearing this, Chamberlain gasped: "Do you want to .......?"

A crazy thought came to Chamberlain's mind. To be honest, he was very reluctant to believe that Churchill would think so. But in fact, things seem to be going in the direction he least wants.

"It's not what I want to think about, it's what the German Führer wants!" Although Reinhardt made many laughable jokes, Churchill finally calmed down and weighed again, still thinking that this man would not be as harmless as he seemed.

In Churchill's eyes, the German Führer's threat had always existed. If he really doesn't do anything all day long, as it seems in the public news, how can he explain the horrific development of the past two decades in Germany?

"German Führer, you mean Reinhardt Heydrich?" Apparently Chamberlain was not as optimistic about the German Führer with whom he had dealing, as Churchill was: "What could he come up with?" ”

"Don't you notice that the things that he doesn't care about, that he never interferes with, are developing in a direction that is good for Germany? Even if it doesn't matter, Germany profits! ”

Churchill immediately analyzed the Prime Minister according to his own point of view: "Why did Germany turn a blind eye to the Soviet-Finnish war, and still bother with entertaining parades? In the final analysis, it is still the interests that come from. We have declared war on Germany on the Western Front, which will inevitably cause them to withdraw a large number of troops from the Eastern Front. At this time, if the Soviet army, which posed a threat to Germany on the Eastern Front, went north and fought with the Finnish troops, then Germany's military pressure on the Eastern Front would be greatly reduced. ”

"According to you, the Germans are happy to watch the Soviets and Finland entangle, and want the Finnish army to last as long as possible." Chamberlain nodded, in recognition of Churchill's initial analysis.

"Yes!" Churchill Howe replied without doubt: "I suspect that the German government is ostensibly calm and even finds time to hold large entertainment parades. Their real purpose may have been to cover up their covert support for Finland. According to the available information, the Germans seem to have some degree of friendly and cooperative relations with the Soviet Union, and they do not want to offend the Soviet Union. However, they did not want the Soviet Union to win a quick victory on the Finnish battlefield, so they secretly aided the Finnish army. ”

This is the first time Chamberlain has heard this kind of analysis, and although it is somewhat bizarre, it is also completely logical.

In order to divert the attention of the League of Nations, the Soviet Union revealed to the British journalist George that the Germans were colluding with them, trying to get Britain and France and other capitalist countries to deal with Germany first. The German Führer, on the other hand, pretended to be very immodest on the surface, but in fact provided all kinds of assistance to the Finnish and Soviet armies in the war.

If this is the case, then these two seemingly inseparable countries are secretly cooperating on the one hand, and secretly calculating each other.

Thinking of this, Chamberlain breathed a sigh of relief. The enemy is not monolithic, but it is good news.