On January 11, 1934, when the whole of Argentina was still angry at the brutal attack of the American and British fleets, the legendary god of war, who had been rumored to have led the Allied fleet to the east coast of the United States, wore his second crown in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. From now on www.biquge.info his star-like title has been added: His Majesty the King of Wales.

Occupying the entire territory of LinkedIn was the first goal of the German General Staff for this war, and once the goal had been achieved, the next step was to dismember the once powerful world empire in the favorite way of politicians. The whole of Britain was divided into three, England retained the constitutional monarchy, and Karl Edward, the grandson of Queen Victoria and the cousin of King George V of England, the current Duke of Albany and the Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany, ascended the throne as Edward VIII of England; Scotland became a parliamentary republic, Scottish statesman James Black was elected the first president of the Scottish Republic, James Ferguson became the leader of parliament, and 4 million Scots entered a new era under the leadership of the two James; Wales became an independent kingdom, and King Joachim I of Ireland was elected monarch of Wales by a popular vote, called Joachim I of Wales.

Although most of the English people did not have a good impression of Karl Edward, who had pure royal blood, the English, who had already "lost a lot of blood" in the war, gave up their armed resistance due to the strong force of the Allied occupation forces, and instead vented their dissatisfaction by insulting their backs, scribbling in secret, and passively sabotage. With the restoration of the supply of necessities such as food, clothing and coal, more and more people accepted the reality of the defeat of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and social order was gradually re-established.

In Scotland, public opinion is on both sides, many people are happy to break away from British rule, opponents believe that the current parliamentary republic is a false illusion used by the Germans to deceive the Scottish people, that the real power is in the hands of the military governor appointed by Berlin and the so-called government advisers, and that the two low-capable and mediocre James are merely puppets of the enemy, so the partisans are still active in Scotland, especially in the northern highlands. These resisters received financial and material aid from the British government-in-exile and the Americans, and were supported by the local population, and were as vigorous as weeds.

Wales is roughly halfway between England and Scotland. People everywhere were angry about the results of the referendum, believing that the Confederate officials in charge of the unification vote had manipulated what they really wanted, a Scottish-style parliamentary republic, independent sovereignty without constraints, rather than accepting the rule of a Hohenzollern royalty, as the Celts did. Now, the political, economic and diplomatic power in Wales is nominally in the hands of the new king and the MPs, and the Defence is managed by the Irish Army, making it look more like an autonomous region of Ireland. As a result, disgruntled Welshmen marched and went on strikes, clashed fiercely with the policing Irish army, and even attacked Welsh officials who were in the new government. These vicious events led to social unrest, economic stagnation, and more importantly, the Hohenzollern royal family was blamed and attacked by the state and society, and had to defend itself for its inadvertent enslavement of any civilized group in modern society.

On the one hand, the overall improvement of the battlefield situation, and on the other hand, the bad fetters of state affairs, which gave Natsuki a good reason to resign from his military post as commander of the Azores theater and commander of the Allied fleet, ******** to deal with his "family affairs". As the de facto commander of the Allied armies, German Crown Prince Wilhelm Jr. expressed deep regret over his brother's resignation, and asked the Kaiser to approve the creation of the Grand Cross of the Golden Eagle, the highest medal of honor of the Allied powers, and then awarded the first Grand Cross of the Golden Eagle to the Allied monarch. As an added reward, William Jr. demanded that the German War Production Committee hand over to the Irish shipyards all orders for the second additional construction of 48 combat ships, with a total price of 340 million marks, which would bring thousands of jobs and tens of millions of marks in net profits to the Irish shipbuilding industry.

For Natsuki personally, the brilliant reversal of the Battle of the Azores is close to the pinnacle of what he can achieve in the military field, and it is undoubtedly a rational choice to leave the battlefield with the brilliance of victory. According to the ambitious war plan of the German General Staff, after taking Britain and retaking the Azores, the next step was to force the United States to compromise, greatly weaken the competitiveness of the United States in the economic and industrial fields, and lay the foundation for a new order in which Germany dominated Europe and Europe dominated the world. If conventional diplomacy fails to achieve this goal, then the military expedition to the North American continent will inevitably turn from paper to reality, and the Allied navy will be the key to opening the situation - while it is tempting to lead a fleet of unprecedented size to complete a significant military operation, the road to victory is full of difficulties and obstacles, and it will take a lot of effort to overcome them, and once Natsuki is involved, it will be difficult to balance the affairs of the country, and not only will he miss the opportunity for post-war development, Wales could also be allowed to become a source of chaos.

A successful monarch is able to rule by doing nothing in peacetime, allowing the country to develop in stability, and in times of war, he is the banner that gathers the hearts of the people and leads the country's ship through the storm zone safely. With this in mind, Natsuki sought to mend the wounds inflicted on Ireland and Wales by the war, and then to promote the union of the two countries – rather than becoming a dual monarchy like the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In early March, the second referendum to determine the fate of the Kingdom of Wales was held under the supervision of the League of Nations, with more than 1.4 million eligible Welsh citizens taking part in the referendum, with about 22 per cent of the valid votes cast in favour of the formation of the United Kingdom between Wales and Ireland, 34 per cent in favour of the status quo in Wales, and less than 44 per cent against the current constitutional monarchy. Based on the results of this vote, League of Nations officials declared Joachim I's rule over Wales legitimate, but a large number of Welsh people did not buy it. Just days after the referendum result was announced, a general strike of coal miners and railway workers across Wales was launched, and workers from a number of industries responded in large numbers, and Wales was quickly paralyzed by a sweeping general strike, which was immediately declared to be under full martial law - until the crisis was resolved, the whole of Wales would be under the compulsory control of the Irish Army, which would take over all administrative and public functions.

In just 72 hours, the number of Irish troops stationed in Wales increased from 40,000 to 140,000, 100 percent of the towns, ports and nearly half of the villages were taken over by the Irish army, food supplies were rationed according to the person, large and small industrial and mining enterprises, and important transportation stations were placed under the supervision of the Irish army. The arrival of a large number of Irish soldiers not only quickly stabilized the law and order in various places and ensured the basic needs of the people, but also served as temporary drivers and temporary workers, so that the transportation, electricity and water supply in most parts of Wales were partially restored.

Despite the fact that Wales is only 20,000 square kilometres in size, and that total military control means millions of marks a day, which is a considerable burden on the financially less well-off Kingdom of Ireland, the Irish do not complain that their king and government have stepped into the "Welsh swamp", they have worked diligently and dutifully to support the country's decision-making efforts in Wales, and many have signed up to volunteer with the Irish army to help maintain social order.

As the Welsh crisis continued to ferment, Natsuki borrowed money from German bankers against the assets of the Irish royal family, and negotiated with the German General Staff to repatriate part of the Irish army from the front. By the end of March, a special loan of one billion marks from the German consortium had been secured, and more than 30,000 Irish soldiers who had been deployed in France, the Azores and the Persian Gulf region had returned to their home countries.

After the two major battles of Britain and the Azores, a world war that was still raging in a wide range of countries and involving many countries, the crisis in Wales was just a spice in the news. By early April, the southward Japanese army had completely occupied the Philippines and the Malay Peninsula, with some of its southern forces advancing into British India and rapidly advancing into its hinterland, and some of them bypassing the Dutch East Indies and landing on the island of New Guinea, threatening Australia and New Zealand. The Western Allied armies sent troops in three directions, one route was Persia to invade British India and seize several ports on the east coast of the Indian Ocean; traveled across the Atlantic to aid Argentina, setting up a number of warning points and air bases along its coast; He also landed all the way to Greenland and fought many fierce battles with the American and British forces

On the surface, the Allied forces fought on multiple fronts and their forces were very scattered, but whether they were in distant British India or in the icy and snowy island of Greenland, the number of troops they put in was very limited, and the Japanese were still eager to defeat China, end the war against China as soon as possible, and avoid major changes due to the interference of external forces, while the Western Allies gathered heavy troops in the Azores and feigned to attack Canada, but in fact they occupied Bermuda, invaded the Caribbean, and established an advance base for fighting against the United States.

In such a strategic situation, the two camps launched two heavyweight naval battles in the western Atlantic and the South Pacific respectively in early and mid-April; first, the US-British Atlantic Fleet confronted the Western Allied fleet in the waters off Bermuda, and the two sides successively invested more than 100 combat ships; although the Allied navy had the advantage in strength, the US and British forces had been operating on Bermuda for many years, building airports, ports, and fortresses, and Admiral Beinke, who had re-assumed command of the Allied main fleet, was cautious in his use of troops and won one tactical victory after another. However, it failed to accomplish its strategic goal of capturing Bermuda; Subsequently, the Japanese fleet encountered the U.S. and British Pacific Fleets in the waters of North Australia, the Japanese fleet was slightly inferior in strength at the beginning, and then increased its forces on a large scale, defeating the U.S. and British navies with an overwhelming advantage, clearing the obstacles to attacking Australia, although the Australian Federation recruited more than 200,000 soldiers through mobilization, but the weapons and ammunition were insufficient, and there was a lack of experienced officers and non-commissioned officers, and there was almost no chance of victory against the wolf-like Japanese Southern Army, although there were 400,000 American and British officers and soldiers withdrawn from the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula and British India, However, they were withdrawing to North America in batches, and the troops who remained in Australia temporarily had no intention of fighting at all, and there were even rumors that the Australian government, in order to avoid being slaughtered by war, planned to secede from the British Commonwealth in name only through a referendum, and even exchanged the lives of American and British officers and soldiers for the immunity of the allies, which further aroused the panic of the defenders.

On April 29, 1934, George V, who had been devastated by illness and defeat, died at the Royal Palace in Ottawa, Canada. Although his last wish was to return to his roots, and King Edward VIII of England on the other side of the ocean also made it clear in a message of condolence that he would unconditionally accept George V's body back to his homeland and be buried in Windsor in accordance with royal etiquette, the Edward VIII, who succeeded to the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain, decided to bury George V on the spot, wait until the British army recovers his homeland one day, and then transport his coffin back to Britain.

Unfortunately, the development of the situation has made it less and less possible to see the hope of this "one day" becoming a reality. On May 5, the Japanese army landed near Darwin in northern Australia, and the American and British Commonwealth troops around the port of Darwin were four times the size of the Japanese landing force, but their counterattack was thwarted by the Japanese naval guns, and then they suffered from night battle phobia, and the position defended by thousands of soldiers was actually broken by the Japanese night attack detachment of 100 people, if it were not for the retreat of the US 1st Armored Cavalry Division from British India in the ensuing battle, The scene of American and British troops being chased by the Japanese in the Philippines and the Malay Peninsula is likely to be repeated in Australia.

On May 12, the Japanese troops captured the port of Darwin under the cover of aircraft and naval guns, and the Australians were not yet frightened, and New Zealand, which was small and few people, was instigated first, and they secretly contacted Germany and Japan and other Allied countries on the one hand, and on the other hand quietly made preparations for a referendum, and only waited for the allies to give a promise to secede from the British Commonwealth, that is, to guarantee their neutral status, and then held a referendum with lightning speed, nearly 70 percent of the voters supported New Zealand's secession from the British Commonwealth, and the New Zealand government immediately announced the results of the referendum. Demanding that the US and British troops stationed in New Zealand withdraw within the time limit, the Japanese Navy sent ships to New Zealand waters to prevent the US and British troops from sending a large number of troops from Australia to New Zealand. In the following months, South Africa declared independence from the British Commonwealth, Burma and Sri Lanka declared independence, and the British government in exile in Canada was already powerless about it, but at the same time, a series of colonial territories in the Caribbean Sea also made changes in the Americans, lest they would become a stepping stone for the Allies to attack North America, so after obtaining the consent of the British government-in-exile, U.S. troops were quickly deployed in British colonial territories such as the Bahamas, Guyana, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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