"Sir! Sir! Oh no! Something big is wrong! An officer knocked eagerly at the door of Churchill's office, hoping to interrupt Churchill's small meeting with his own shout. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Sitting inside were several officials from the economic department, who were reporting to the Prime Minister about the negative impact of the previous riots near Birmingham on the country's economy.

The impact has spread to half of the UK, most of the factories have been paralyzed, and the rest are only surviving. There is an incomparably scarce supply of food and materials, and it is a bit self-deceptive to talk about the economy in such a situation.

Not to mention economic stagnation or regression, the most common words used to talk about the economy today are collapse, destruction, and so on.

"What the hell is going on?" Churchill, who looked impatient, opened the door of his room himself, and it seemed that he had been bored with the torture of the meeting, and his tone was very unkind.

Anyone can be wiped out by such desperate meetings, and this is the case with Churchill now. He frowned and looked at his men who had come to deliver the news.

"Sir! Just now, there was a shooting at a boot camp in Canterbury, and there was a riot in the barracks......" The officer swallowed before he finished what he had to say with a trill.

Hearing the other man's words, Churchill felt a rush of blood rush over his head. He shook a little, then forced his hands against the door frame, barely standing up straight.

"How's the casualty going?" After a long time, Churchill, who had already felt numb to this kind of bad news, finally opened his mouth to ask such a sentence.

The officer who delivered the message didn't know much about it, so he had to speak: "There's just news coming from the barracks...... I heard that more than a dozen people died, and the specific situation is still being investigated. ”

"Suzu! Bell bell! "The phone on the Prime Minister's desk kept ringing in the process, and at first the officials in the economic department didn't intend to pay attention to the non-stop ringing phone, but the phone kept ringing tirelessly.

"His Majesty's call!" Finally, fed up with the ringing of the telephone, the officials of the economic department helped to grab the phone, and after listening to a few words, handed the phone to Churchill and said.

Churchill walked back to his desk from the door, grabbed the phone and listened to His Majesty the King on the other side: "Has there been a report that gunshots have been heard in the Canterbury area, does it have anything to do with the Germans?" ”

Now, everyone was very sensitive to the possible landing of the Germans, and the sound of gunfire in one place made the matter more serious.

"Nope! Your Majesty...... I heard that it was a misunderstanding, and I am also investigating the matter. But I assure you that this matter has nothing to do with the Germans! Churchill pinched the phone and swore promises.

Putting down the phone, Churchill really wanted to scold his mother. He grabbed the phone again and instructed the operator, "Give me a call from the Chief of Staff of the Army!" ”

Dill had already answered a phone call in his office, and a nearby unit had heard the gunshots and had reported the incident to him.

By the time Churchill called, Dill had heard the whole story: "Yes! Mr. Prime Minister...... It was caused by the training recruits getting emotional and shooting indiscriminately. ”

The whole thing doesn't sound complicated, but the process is very hot. In the end, the incident led to the death of more than 30 people, which shocked the British high-level.

Originally, several soldiers who were training to shoot heard the news of the deterioration of the quality of the food, and they were angry and ready to protest with the troublemakers.

They were carrying rifles in their hands, which were supposed to be collected at the shooting range, but the gun administrator also went to make trouble that day, resulting in a situation where no one cared about the guns.

Then, in a fit of emotion, one of the recruits wanted to shoot and scare the gendarmes and officers guarding the barracks food distribution point, so he shot in a direction that he thought there was no one.

As a result, the unexpected happened, and the deputy of the boot camp happened to walk out of his office, and the bullet hit him right in the neck......

The recruits, who heard the gunshots, became even more agitated, and the gendarmes and patrols who saw the dead also lost control, and the two sides opened fire on each other, and there was a stampede in the chaos.

When everything calmed down, everyone found that more than 30 people had died on the ground, and a few were seriously injured and unconscious, and they were still being rescued.

"It was an accident, sir...... But if we continue to cut food supplies, things will get worse and worse. Finally finding an excuse, Dill said to Churchill.

No matter what he said before, it was only a verbal threat, and no matter how much he said, it was just an unfounded inference.

But now, he has the capital to threaten Churchill -- and it is at Churchill's request that today's chaos has emerged.

Churchill was in no hurry to compromise on the other side of the phone, he opened his mouth and replied: "There is not much food in stock, and all you can do is to restrain your own soldiers!" ”

If Churchill had not been cornered, he would not have taken the idea of fighting the army lightly. Britain's food reserves are now very thin and could be cut off at any time.

"I don't really have much food left, to be honest...... All the food reserves that were taken from the army have been sent to Birmingham......" Churchill had to tell the truth.

Hearing the name Birmingham, Deere was silent as chief of staff of the army, which had just been the scene of a massive protest riot a few days earlier, and the streets had been swept away by rioters, and the British government had used the army to suppress it.

Things were trickier than expected, and eventually the problem was alleviated by the arrival of large quantities of grain into Birmingham. But after all, this is a bad start, and it will make other cities do the same.

Now, the problem has not become very serious, and some cities still have a little bit of food reserves, so the chaos can be controlled in some areas.

But once what happens in Birmingham, and the migration of refugees over time, eventually spreads, who can guarantee that the next food starved cities or cities will not follow suit?

Speaking of which, Churchill is really big now. Birmingham's problems haven't been solved, and now there's another bad thing in Canterbury.

"German bombers don't frequently visit our skies now, if it really can't work, let's cut the production capacity of some anti-aircraft guns and the weapons and equipment of the Air Force and subsidize the food transportation capacity." Reluctantly, Dill offered his advice.

Originally, he was the chief of staff of the army, and he should not have bothered to ask about the air force and navy. But now that the problem is very serious, he can't care about avoiding suspicion and having any other ideas.

"You don't want to? Didn't you do that? Churchill took the phone and complained to Deere: "I have cut steel transportation by more than half...... If you cut it any further, the chaos over there will be turned upside down. ”

Without steel, workers can't continue to build. If production does not start, the subsidies and real material guarantees will be gone.

Workers also have to eat, and when they don't start work or have limited work, they can't feed their families - this is also a hidden danger of instability, which needs to be pondered by Churchill.

On the other hand, although Churchill did not say anything, in fact he was looking forward to the United States entering the war, and Britain followed this trend and turned over again.

Without production capacity and without an army, even if the United States enters the war, Britain will not have a chance to make a comeback. You know, a gambler who doesn't have chips will never get on the table.

If it can't get to the world's gambling table, it won't be able to become a "big power" that will determine its future fate, and Britain will have no chance to continue to dominate the world.

"......" heard that Churchill had already made a countermeasure, and now it seems that this countermeasure has obviously not had any effect, and Dill can only use sinking to express his helplessness.

Hanging up the phone, Churchill looked at several officials from the economic department in front of him, and asked, "Did you hear that?" Seen it all, right? What else is there to do! Think about it! A little later, the country will be finished! ”

Look at me, I look at you, and no one can say anything -- if they have a good idea in this situation, they go directly to His Majesty the King and ask for a prime minister, who is still sitting here listening to Churchill's nonsense?

Originally, the position of prime minister of the British Empire was a sweet pastry, and everyone was staring at the chair sitting under Churchill's buttocks.

Therefore, when the war situation was rarely unfavorable, Churchill's position was in jeopardy. There are many people who fall into the well and say cool words, such as carp crossing the river.

But now, because the war situation continues to be unfavorable, the country has reached a critical point of life and death, and no one is competing for the position of prime minister.

His Majesty summoned a few men to try to get Churchill to move his position, but those who were chosen refused to succeed Churchill as Prime Minister under various pretexts.

Because of this, Churchill's position is now as stable as Mount Tai, which can be regarded as another blessing in disguise, anyway, he is now in no danger of stepping down.

"In this case, peace with the Germans is the best way to go......" An official in the economic department thought for a moment and said what he wanted.

But after hearing this suggestion, Churchill felt sadness in his heart. He was not unwilling to make peace with Germany, and even gave great concessions, giving many overseas colonies to Germany on his own initiative.

However, the Germans did not agree to such a peace treaty, and even directly rejected Britain's request to open negotiations between the two sides on several occasions. The reason for this is Churchill's own cleverness before him......