The Prime Minister's residence in London, Winston Churchill, was still complacent about the desperate survival of his Mediterranean fleet when he issued a series of orders today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Cunningham saved the Mediterranean Fleet, but also Churchill's crumbling political life. At least now Churchill has a little respite so that he can continue to sit in the prime minister's position and preside over the overall situation.

Another reason why Churchill is secure as prime minister is because no one wants to take over the current prime ministership. The location is now simply a hot potato, discouraging all those who salivate over it.

With power plants bombed to ruins, London's neighborhoods, which rely on diesel engines for electricity, have become tigers devouring oil reserves.

The large amount of fuel consumed every day made Britain, which had a large amount of fuel stored before the war, feel struggling.

One of the main reasons is that dozens of large oil storage facilities in the southeast of the British Isles have been damaged by the Luftwaffe system, and the fires there have not been completely extinguished, and the fuel in them has been completely scrapped.

Millions of tonnes of oil of all kinds have been wiped out, which has reduced Britain's domestic oil reserves to an all-time low. The lack of smooth sea transportation lines further exacerbates the rate of oil consumption.

Replenishing fuel has become a luxury, using local reserves has become the only way out, and maintaining the operation of southern cities on the premise that it is necessary to maintain the production of factories in the north has become a problem that Churchill now has to consider.

Limiting the supply of food became a difficult decision to make. The British had no choice but to reduce the food supply to a record low.

The entire native population, including the military, can only survive at the level of starvation. A large number of transport ships can now only give priority to transporting steel and petroleum rubber from the United States to ensure the continuation of the war.

"There will be a solution to the problem!" Churchill sat in his seat and cheered up the gloomy crowd of officials under him.

His men showed no interest in his rhetoric: victory was far away in Gibraltar, but the crisis on home had already been exposed.

At such times, no matter how brilliant the victory is, the most important concern is the practical question of when the limited supply will be abolished. The method of relying on victory to inspire what seemed to work two months ago is now outdated.

When you're hungry, no one cares about victory or anything else. No matter how invincible the Mediterranean fleet is, it will not be able to send food to the mainland, it will have no effect.

"Sir...... We now have a food deficit of 17 per cent. If this continues, within two months we will have to adopt a stricter food supply system. An official pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and reluctantly reminded his prime minister.

On the other side, an army general was equally depressed. He opened his mouth and said to Churchill: "Mr. Prime Minister, the army ranks have begun to be dissatisfied with the supply of things, and the arrears of compensatory food distribution vouchers are increasing, which is going to cause chaos......

In order to be able to build an army that could prevent the German army from landing on the mainland as soon as possible, Britain promised many preferential policies when recruiting soldiers.

For example, one of them includes joining the British Army, and the government will provide military families with 300 kilograms of food compensation vouchers, which will be distributed within a year.

But now, three months later, these compensation coupons are still in arrears, and not a single one has been issued.

It's easy to print these coupons, but it's hard to redeem them. The British high-level, who don't want to consume a lot of grain reserves, has been pretending to be deaf and dumb about this matter.

The problem is that now this matter is almost uncontrollable, and the decision to reduce the food supply quota once again has made the grassroots soldiers begin to question it, and demand that the top management fulfill the original promise as soon as possible.

The consequences of drinking to quench thirst began to be revealed little by little, and a series of measures that Britain was forced to implement finally pushed all the contradictions to the logistical side, and then it exploded.

"There's no way to hide it...... Because the civilian level has already been involved, the German side will soon know that there is a shortage of supplies...... We can't speculate on what choice the other party will make. The officer of the Secret Security Service opened his mouth and spoke about secrecy.

Churchill was now bewildered by complaints and doubts from all sides, and where was he in the mood to care about the Germans' actions.

He waved his hand and said, "Now, we have two things to do!" The first is to make use of the Mediterranean Fleet as soon as possible to provide a more reliable escort for the transport fleet! The second thing is to get more American aid! As soon as possible! ”

"The U.S. side has given us everything they can give us, including the M3 tanks that they themselves are not equipped with." When the diplomat heard this, he said sarcastically: "It's a pity that these latest weapons and equipment have been thrown in the desert by our people." ”

The M3 tank and the M3lee tank are both tanks that have just been put into service in the United States, and most of these equipment that have been produced with great difficulty have been thrown away by Auchinleck in Tanta.

If you want to say that the United States, a-stirring stick, is really willing to spend money, the new equipment was given to Britain first, and it is still using outdated tatters...... In order to shed the last drop of blood in Europe, the Americans can be regarded as doing their best......

"How can you say that? If it weren't for the fact that the shipment of supplies was a month late, Alain? General Cunningham, how could it be defeated? The general's face on the army side suddenly turned unpleasant, and he retorted.

"That's it! That's enough! When Churchill saw that this meeting was about to turn into a meeting of complaining about each other, he slapped the table and shouted: "Shut up for me!" ”

Originally, everyone should have been silent when he burst out of his majesty, but now, the people on both sides glared at each other, and it took a few seconds to withdraw their gaze.

"Find a way for the United States to build us a kind of transport ship, the more the better...... We can't make up for our losses anymore with our own productive forces, and we need someone to help us share some of our production! Churchill reluctantly opened his mouth and said his own countermeasures.

He looked at the British foreign officer, paused, and continued: "Steel can no longer be shipped to the mainland, so let's use this steel to start producing ships on the spot...... That's all we can do now. ”

"Got it! Mr. Prime Minister. The official in the diplomatic department nodded, and that was all he could do, so there was no need to shirk.

"I will try my best to get the American side to support us with more tanks and planes...... Including the latest P-40 type fighters. Finally, the diplomat added: "But I need something to say to boost the confidence of the American top brass in us." ”

"I have sent a new general to Africa to command the fighting. He will replace General Auchinleck as commander of the newly formed British 8th Army! Churchill opened his mouth and said what he was going to do.

He looked at everyone in front of him and said the name of the person he had chosen: "General Montgomery, who will become the commander-in-chief of the Middle East Defense Zone, commands the 8th Army, and prevents Rommel from entering the Middle East!" ”

Before everyone in the room could continue to speak, the sound of air defense sirens began to echo, and the anti-aircraft guns on the ground began to roar, and the shells were shot into the sky.

The explosion sounded from far and near, and everyone began to get nervous. An officer pushed open the door to the conference room, walked quickly to Churchill's side, and said, "Sir, the Germans are not dropping bombs...... It's a picture of Rommel in Cairo. ”

When Churchill heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, and depressedly let the officer who was passing the message leave his conference room.

"The Germans didn't bomb, they dropped propaganda leaflets about the occupation of Cairo." Churchill looked at his men with horror in their eyes and spoke.

In the streets, countless leaflets fell from the sky like snowflakes, one after the other fell to the ground, and then rolled with the breeze.

Some are even diverted directly into the Thames and flow downstream along the river.

Through the bright glass window, Churchill even saw leaflets hit the glass and then fall onto the balcony outside the window, with the words "Victory!" in huge black lettering: "Victory! Cairo! ”

Hearing that it was not a bombardment, the officials' faces were obviously much better, and when they heard the sound of anti-aircraft guns outside, they were no longer so afraid.

"Sir, we must collect these leaflets! We can't let the feeling of defeat continue like this......" said one of the army generals, persuading Churchill.

How could such a thing be prevented? The fool also knew that the news had leaked out, and that there were countless German spies fanning the flames - how could the news of the fall of Cairo be prevented from spreading at such a time?

Churchill didn't speak, but turned his face sideways through the glass and saw the leaflet on the balcony, which was spread on the balcony floor.

On the flyer, in addition to the slogan of victory, there was also a huge photograph that had become less clear because it had been printed too much.

In the photo, Rommel is standing in a car, with the streets of Cairo behind him, with buildings on both sides of the street covered with German flags and several German trucks parked in the distance.

Although Rommel's face was no longer clear because of the quality of the print, Churchill could still see a smile on his face.

His eyes were not very good, and he should not be able to read the faces of the people on the leaflet at all, but Churchill still felt that he could see clearly, and he even suspected that he was in a dream.