"Mr. Prime Minister! The night bombing failed...... Our planes are on their way back...... The losses are too heavy...... "An Air Force officer, bowing his head, reported to Churchill, who had not yet slept, what had just happened. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Just like Hitler in 1945, Churchill at this moment is also beginning to be unable to sleep and become nervous.

He had been insomnia all night long, and he had become suspicious of anyone around him, even to the point that he had considered shooting Cunningham before finally canceling the ridiculous order when he came to his senses.

"Failed again? Hahaha! The shadow of the Germans is the reason why we have failed one after another! "Churchill is starting to be the way he has always been lately.

His subordinates also began to get used to it, waiting for their leaders to continue their performances, and if nothing else, he would then put all the blame on the German "shadow".

"Hitler! Hitler had already planted many spies among us! You don't know! Many of our commanders, many of our high-ranking officers, are spies! They are all Germans! They are all Germans! "Churchill was chattering there.

Sure enough, everything was guessed by his subordinates who had long been accustomed to it. The other party lowered his head and listened to Churchill's incessant nagging there.

And with his nagging ...... It was a gray sky, burning and exploding airplanes; It was the defenders of the Middle East who held guns in despair and crouched in the trenches; Behind the concrete fortifications of the English Channel, those young people looking up at the sky.

By now, there have been too many British people who feel that it should be over. Only Churchill was still fantasizing, fantasizing that he could turn the tide.

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In the half-blown royal palace of Britain, the king was looking at the British Naval Commander-in-Chief Dudley with cold eyes? Pound asked slowly, "Navy...... Can...... Prevent the landing of German troops? ”

"As long as the air force can hold off the air force of the Germans, one naval warship will enter the landing field, and it will be enough to wipe out the Germans!" Dudley? Pound is confident in this kind of thing.

Since 200 years ago, the British Navy has been fighting near the English Channel, and this has always been the backyard of Britain, so the British Navy also regards this place as their forbidden territory.

"If there is shelling at night, victory is also easily guaranteed, and the Germans have no reason to send them to death in such a situation......" Dudley? Pound added.

In fact, he was more concerned that the Germans had not placed any stakes on the British landing plan.

The other party was busy landing in Zhang Luo, which was just a most clumsy trick. In fact, the real killer of the Germans was in the Atlantic, and it had already been poked out.

The fact that the German fleet attacked the British transport line, annihilated the TC transport fleet, and severely damaged the CK-1 transport fleet, had already made the British Royal Navy feel that the end was near.

Because of the huge disparity in the strength of the two navies, the British Navy did not care at all about the partial defeat of the fleet.

Although the Germans sank warships such as the Hood, it did bring shame to the British Royal Navy, but it was far from shaking its naval supremacy in the Atlantic.

But the Germans were trying to attack the British sea lines, and after these lines of transportation were cut off, the mighty British fleet might starve to death and be trapped on its own soil.

"Your Majesty, what we are most worried about now is the tactics of the German Navy to cut off our transport lines." Facing George VI, Dudley? Pound said in a low tone.

His Majesty the King, having heard the words of his naval commander, sighed: "Your Excellency, will not the navy be able to stop the Germans from being unscrupulous in the Atlantic?" ”

"We're all going to be on the back foot for a short time. We had too few high-speed battleships, which made it difficult for us to form a tactical advantage over the German Navy. "Dudley? Pound reluctantly answered His Majesty's question.

The British Navy owed too much debt, including the disadvantages of carrier-based aircraft, including serious problems caused by the aging of battleships.

These are the hidden dangers left by the savings in those years, which were originally aimed at Germany, which was not strong in naval power, and there were almost no problems in coping with it, but who would have thought that the Germans would suddenly change their game?

Germany, which had been single-mindedly going further and further in the design of old battleships, corrected all its mistakes at once, and used the simplest combination to create the most powerful combat effectiveness.

The launch of just one aircraft carrier, coupled with the supporting advanced fighters, and a set of appropriate tactics, allowed the few warships of the German Navy to exert amazing combat effectiveness.

The new warships, which were basically in service after 1930, could run at a fleet speed of 25 knots in the rough Atlantic!

This made the British battleships that only had a formation speed of about 17 knots and could only run a fleet speed of 20 knots at the limit.

Without the battle cruisers, the inferiority of the British fleet in speed had already begun to make them suffer.

"Prime Minister Churchill...... The Prime Minister is still ...... in terms of the will to fight Or worthy of our respect...... However, in terms of specific tactics, I, I still hope that you can think about how to defeat the enemy from a more professional perspective. "The King stammered, to Dudley? Pound said.

Successive failures, along with gossip about Churchill's mental problems, have led King George VI to question his own prime minister.

His Majesty the King has a very strong opinion of his own Prime Minister about the farce of the German shadow spy forces. Mr. Prime Minister has almost brought down the entire top brass and made all military operations mysterious.

The king sometimes didn't know what the battle was going on. Several fatal failures were also notified to the royal family later.

The veiled approach has made the royal family and other politicians resistant, and the conservative parties are even more hostile to Churchill, who has always been unaccustomed to it.

"Jean Hamilton...... The Duke came to see me...... Maybe, maybe he will be able to solve our ...... now Now it's a dilemma. George VI sighed again and opened his mouth to Dudley? Pound said.

Originally, George VI was a conservative who relied heavily on Chamberlain, and he belonged to the kind of people who did not oppose peace with Germany.

Now that the war situation is unfavorable, he naturally thought of the trick he had already played before, asking the Duke of Hamilton to contact his friends in Germany and play the trick of negotiation again.

Britain is isolated overseas, and even if it makes peace, it will definitely be able to retain its entire territory. As long as the price offered by the Germans was not too high, George VI considered it acceptable.

After the treaty was signed, it was a big deal to give up some vested interests, at least to maintain the dignity of Britain - it was also a good choice to appease Germany first, and after making up for its disadvantages and advantages, and then find an opportunity to seek justice from the Germans, wouldn't it?

George VI's calculations were actually very wise: Britain could choose at any time to turn to the United States without pressure and fight the Germans again!

As long as the Americans entered the war, no matter how many peace treaties were signed between Germany and Great Britain, they would be nothing more than scrap of paper.

Hearing that His Majesty the stammering King has lifted the Duke of Hamilton, who has been left behind, again, Dudley? Pound bowed his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

The Germans were indeed keen to listen to the Duke of Hamilton's proposals, but that was a long time ago.

Since July, Germany has not even mentioned the word "peace", except for a few times when Hess took the initiative to contact Mr. Duke.

Now Germany seems to have put Britain in the target of erasing. And because of Prime Minister Churchill's lack of interest in peace talks, Britain naturally will not take the initiative to use the Duke of Hamilton as a chess piece.

But now...... Let the Duke of Hamilton go to the Germans again to talk about peace talks, will the Germans believe it?

You must know that the previous peace negotiations were delayed with the smell of play. This time, it is really not easy to gain the trust of the Germans......

"The situation in Germany right now ...... Even if we negotiate peace, the conditions put forward may not be acceptable to us. "Dudley? Pound said helplessly to His Majesty the King.

In this kind of battle situation in front of him, if he was the generals on the opposite side, he would not be in a hurry to sue for peace at such a time.

Because once the British mainland is successfully blocked, it is even possible for Germany to solve the scourge of Britain once and for all.

An attendant walked in, came to George VI's side, and whispered to His Majesty the King: "Mr. Prime Minister is going crazy again!" The news of the failed air raid made him start to target the 'shadow' of Germany again. ”

"It seems...... We, we can't, we can't count on Mr. Prime Minister......" George VI sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

And then he looked at Dudley? Pound continued to command: "You, you go to find, find the commander of the army, I, I want General Montgomery, no matter what, no matter what, hold on to the Middle East!" ”

The losses in the Mediterranean have already been highlighted. The rubber that Britain replenished from Southeast Asia, as well as the oil it obtained from the Middle East, had to detour to South Africa to return home.

The increased distances, and the losses along the way, have made it impossible for Britain to make ends meet. Once Rommel's army stormed the Middle East, things were really out of control.

Without oil supplies from Iraq and Iran, Britain would be completely passive. Don't say anything stupid about American oil production, because that's American oil!

Oil will also depend on the United States, and Britain will be completely hollowed out by the Lend-Lease Act. Not to mention that the British can't afford this price, even if they can, then they have to think carefully, whether it is more cost-effective for Germany or the United States, right?