Chapter 769: The Royal Family Needs to Evacuate
And in this world, the largest rayon enterprise is not DuPont, but the British man-made fiber company, this company, is the super money-making machine of the textile empire of the British Cote Oz family in the United States, the company has 18,000 employees and 7 factories in the United States.
Among them, the head of the company, Sir Cotteroz the Elder, was permeated, and now, when he came to Churchill, his face was pale.
On the way here, he had already heard the news that his company was going to be sold!
For a business that is still making money, it is inconceivable to sell it without any internal problems, and now, facing Churchill, the old knight, maintains the nobility of the nobility.
"I'm sorry, Sir Coteoz, but we can only do this for the United States to pass Lend-Lease, and for the British to win against the Germans." Churchill said.
In the face of Churchill's words, the veteran British gentleman only asked: "Is this decision based on the national interest, regardless of the pain it may cause to me and my company?" ”
The interests of the state, above all else, can be nationalized when necessary, even personal property, and now, he can only ask such a sentence.
"Yes." Churchill's face was also trembling, but he replied in the affirmative.
Everything is for the interests of Britain, if you want to blame, blame the Germans!
Sir Coteoz did not speak, and the old English gentleman collapsed in his seat, and at this time he felt that he had no strength in his body.
He had only 12 hours to convene a board meeting to announce plans to sell the business. It can be said that this is almost the shortest record in the history of corporate mergers and acquisitions in the world.
If you want to give the United States sweetness, it will inevitably be accompanied by the cutting of meat by the British capitalists, because the man-made fiber company is the largest and the most difficult to convince, and Churchill took matters into his own hands.
After sending the old gentleman away, Churchill closed his eyes, and at this time, his brain was also in chaos.
Britain, there is no choice. Even if this war goes on and Britain completely declines, Britain must fight, as a country with a history of thousands of years, how can it bear to become a vassal of Germany?
The US aid bill must be carried out as soon as possible, and the supplies provided by the United States will reach Britain one day earlier, and Britain will have more hope!
In his chair, after closing his eyes for a while, Churchill stood up, he was now in charge of every opportunity, and the war on the front line was undoubtedly his greatest concern.
When he came to the command room, it was smoky, and Churchill was not the only one who liked to smoke, and many people only smoked their brains.
"I think we should lay out a plan for retreat as soon as possible, at least let the king and members of the royal family, various government agencies, retreat to the north." A voice said: "Now, the German striker is about to rush to Reading." ”
After Exeter was destroyed by German bombers, British resistance came to a standstill for the time being, they no longer had a good way to stop the Germans' advance, even if they wanted to pay enough casualties, the Germans would not fight a positional war with them at all, and the German bombers would blow up everything that was blocked!
In the current situation, it is not safe to stay in London.
In the past few days, London has been desperately preparing for war, and bunkers have been piled up on the streets, even if the Germans use the Exeter way, London will not give in!
A large number of troops were assembled in London, even the third-line militia who had just picked up their guns also participated in the defense of London, and everything in Exeter did not scare them!
However, as a high-level executive, it is necessary to plan ahead.
Once London is conquered, should the king, the royal family, be captured by the Germans?
This is absolutely not a no-no!
At this critical juncture, the royal family showed as calm as ever, and the noble king and queen often appeared on the streets to boost the morale of the people, and their safety was even more important.
What if Germany forced them to surrender once they fell into the hands of the Germans?
"Yes," said Churchill, "the evacuation of the royal family must be carried out immediately, and rest assured that even if they are not in London, we will fight valiantly." ”
Churchill was supportive, and it was even more troublesome for the royal family to stay here, what if the deranged Germans really dared to throw bombs and destroy the entire city without regard to the dignity of the royal family?
Without the royal family, the British people would be scattered.
"Evacuate to the north first, the mountainous area to the north can delay the German attack." Churchill said.
By now, even Churchill had prepared for the worst, if the Germans conquered London, then Britain would have to stay in the mountains and continue to fight, and at the same time, the royal family would even retreat to the colonies to better lead the British Patriotic War.
If the king disagrees and vows to live and die with the city, it won't work either! Churchill was ready to go and admonish himself.
As long as the United States joins in, there will be a turning point on the battlefield! Churchill firmly believed in this, and if he persevered, there would be hope!
Just then, with a cold wind, an adjutant came in.
"Mr. Prime Minister, two pieces of news, one good news and one bad news."
"Let's start with the bad news."
"Our army in Africa, suffered a defeat, the German army conquered Tubrug, and General Klopp surrendered to the Germans."
Surrender! Hearing this, Churchill suddenly slammed his fist on the table, fighting to the death, fighting to the death, don't you understand? Look at Exeter, even if the 27th Brigade is all killed, it is not willing to surrender, there is no spirit of fighting to the death, how can it fight with the Germans?
"Our commander-in-chief in the Middle East, General Wavell and others, are currently missing, and they were all in Tubrug at the time."
That's really bad news! Churchill's face was ugly, could it be that Wavell and others were killed in battle? Or did he not reveal his identity and surrendered as a low-ranking private?
"The good news?" Churchill asked.
With all this bad news, Churchill had little hope for the so-called good news.
"We finally got in touch with Prime Minister Leclerc, and now he's doing a good job in Africa." The adjutant continued: "Leclerc arrived in Chad, where he persuaded the Chadian authorities to join Free France. After that, he led the army to the south. ”
After the landing of Rua in Cameroon, he quickly turned Cameroon to the side of the Free French with the support of the local population, and became the Governor of French Cameroon, where he established the first base of operations for the Free France. Now Prime Minister Leclerc is organizing and training the armies of Free France. ”9110