The British Empire would not make peace with Germany, Hersman was very sure. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info will not really make peace with Germany at least until Britain loses most of its fleet and is encircled and blockaded by the German navy.

Because what is happening now between Britain and Germany is not a regional armed conflict that has nothing to do with the overall situation, but a war for world hegemony. In such a war, there is no "decent peace", and there is no "surrender and half lose".

If Britain makes peace with Germany in the present situation, there is no doubt that Britain will lose its world hegemony forever and become a second-rate country -- although the trend of Britain becoming a second-rate country cannot be changed, the 46 million Britons who are accustomed to the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets will not give up easily, after all, it is always difficult to go from luxury to simplicity.

Therefore, if Germany wants to make peace with Britain, the obstacle facing Germany is by no means a stubborn and probably American spy Winston. Churchill, but 46 million unwilling Britons.

Moreover, this World War II has not yet shown its extremely cruel side. Although the British lost two or three hundred thousand troops (not counting Ah San and Hei Shu), most of them were captured in prisoner of war camps and treated relatively well. The indiscriminate bombing of the British mainland, which should have taken place, did not happen because of Hersman. If it weren't for the fact that German submarines, planes, and camouflaged assault ships had caused a shortage of supplies to the British mainland, most of the British people today would not have felt the damage of the war at all.

In such a situation, how can the British be expected to admit defeat and abandon world hegemony?

"Your Majesty, although I do not think that peace will come under the present circumstances," Hersman said, looking at William III, who was full of gray hair and looked very old, "but I have no objection to making contact with the British. ”

Although Hersmann did not want to make peace with Britain, he knew that Hitler had always had such ideas, and that he had established secret peace channels with the British. It was only because the recently deceased Wilhelm II had some resentment towards Britain that there was no way to carry out the peace movement with great fanfare.

But now the old emperor who had a grudge against Britain is dead, and a new emperor is willing to make peace with Britain. Well, as the leader of the Junker officer corps, Hersman could not oppose the claims of the emperor and the cabinet at the same time.

"Can we give Empress Olga a trip to England?" William III asked tentatively. "If we can establish direct contact with George VI, we may be able to speed up the process of reconciliation between Britain and Germany."

"Of course," Hersman nodded, and said with a smile, "Empress Olga is a very suitable person, and Churchill has no way to prevent her from meeting with the King of England." ”

Empress Olga is not Rudolph. Hess, she was the Empress of Russia once recognized by the British government, and she was also a relative of King George VI of England, and she was not a member of the German government or the military. Churchill could not arrest her like Hess, or even prevent her from going to George VI.

In the eyes of William III and Hitler, the biggest obstacle to the Anglo-German peace was the small political elite led by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who could convince the British king that the war would soon end - according to the British National Defence Act, it was the king who had full powers, and Churchill's cabinet was only authorized by the king. So in theory, King George VI could have stopped the "misdeeds" of Churchill's cabinet.

"So...... On what terms should we make peace with Britain? William III continued to ask.

"First of all, Britain should surrender all its possessions in Africa, withdraw its troops from the Arabian Peninsula, and at the same time return Iceland and the Faroe Islands to Denmark, Gibraltar to Spain, and Madeira, Socotra, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and British Honduras to us. Second, the UK must join the European Customs Union. Again, the eldest princess Elizabeth of England had to marry Prince Friedrich. In addition, Britain must hand over three Tejour-class aircraft carriers. ”

Hersmann's terms did not seem to be harsh, India was still British, Malaya, Singapore, and Burma were British, and Canada, Australia, and New Zealand were also owned by the British Empire.

But these terms of peace were not for Britain the end of imperial decline, but the beginning of a new one. Because Britain, having lost the war, was simply unable to keep the remaining colonies from falling apart. In its original history, Britain as the victorious power eventually lost the empire on which the sun never sets. If Britain becomes the defeated side and takes refuge in the protection of Germany, it is only a matter of time before it is cut off by German blackmail and finally loses its empire.

Therefore, no British politician with a brain would consider making peace with Germany until the mountains and rivers were exhausted. As for the ordinary people of Britain, they do not yet know that the British Royal Navy is losing ground and is about to lose its sea supremacy.

“…… These brave and fearless men, with their sacrifices, won an important victory for the British Empire, without which there would be no more everything that the British Empire symbolized, and without victory there would be no more centuries of strong demands and impulses. Never before have so many people ascribed so much honor to so few on the battlefield of human conflict. It is precisely because of their presence that we are in high spirits and full of confidence. I am sure that if we all join forces and be braver, our cause will not be thwarted! ”

When Queen Olga sailed into the port of Liverpool on the Swedish cruise ship Gothenburg, the speakers on the port dock were repeating British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech. The content of the speech was about the "victory at the Battle of Shetland" and the "Fearless Death Squad".

During this time, Germany was crowned a new emperor because of the death of an emperor, so Goebbels's propaganda system was busy blowing the emperor, and did not have much energy to blow the German version of the "Shetland Victory", and as a result, it fell behind in the propaganda war. So much so that not many Europeans cared about the major German victories at sea.

On the British side, under Churchill's orders, the propaganda apparatus went full force to promote the heroic deeds of the "dreadnoughts" in the Battle of Shetland. Coupled with the fact that the Shetland Islands were not occupied by Germany, the vast majority of the British believed that their invincible Royal Navy had indeed achieved a "Jutland victory".

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With a "click", Churchill turned off the radio in his office, then slowly turned around, smiled bitterly at the visiting White House intelligence coordinator, Colonel Donovan, and said: "How nice it would be if everything I said was true!" ”

"Mr. Prime Minister, your words will come true, and as long as our two countries are united, our cause will not be thwarted...... President Roosevelt was convinced of this too! Donovan said to Churchill in a very firm tone.

The purpose of his visit to England was to cheer up Churchill and the British cabinet -- Roosevelt certainly knew what the Battle of Shetland was like. The United States has set up a detachment in Iceland and has deployed a lot of Pby Katerina seaplanes. Some of these planes were shot down by the Germans because they were too close to the battlefield, and some PBY Catalina seaplanes were involved in the search and rescue of British pilots who had crashed into the sea, salvaging dozens of Britons who had completely broken down.

Therefore, Roosevelt was well aware of the cruel reality that the "Hood" had been sunk, the "Prince of Wales" had been destroyed, and the "Ark Royal" had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Of course, ordinary Americans do not know about these things, and if they do, they will be afraid, and the anti-German sentiment that has been so high will be replaced by anti-war sentiment. Therefore, the propaganda for the Battle of Shetland in the United States is the same as in Britain.

Still, Roosevelt couldn't get Congress to vote for a declaration of war on Germany. Although the Germans shot down several American seaplanes near the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands, killing or missing twenty or thirty Americans, most members of the U.S. Congress agreed that the voters who voted for them simply did not understand why the Navy had gone so far as Norway to defend the United States. Moreover, the majority of ignorant American voters will not understand what the Anglo-German armistice means for the United States!

Therefore, Roosevelt could only send his confidant Donovan to England again to cheer Churchill on, and at the same time discuss how to let Britain continue to fight alone.

"Mr. Prime Minister, the President has promised to lend the USS Utah to you." Donovan smirked and then told Churchill a few more pieces of good news. "In addition, the president is also ready to lease the just-built escort aircraft carrier Long Island to you, and the five revenge-class escort aircraft carriers under construction will also be leased to you after completion."

Take out 1 battleship and 6 aircraft carriers at once! Roosevelt's hand was really big enough. However, Churchill's brow was still tightly furrowed, and he smiled slightly wryly, and said to Colonel Donovan: "The unworthy Empress of Russia has arrived in England...... She was previously in Berlin at the coronation of Kaiser Wilhelm III. I think she came on the commission of Kaiser Wilhelm III and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler! Because of her status, I can't stop her from meeting the king. Colonel, I think you know what that means, right? ”

Donovan was stunned for a moment, "Prime Minister, is Britain going to start peace talks with Germany?" ”

Churchill nodded slowly and said, "It's inevitable...... We lost Shetland and it was only a matter of time before we lost Gibraltar. Under such circumstances, there will be people in Britain who want to seek a decent peace, and I cannot completely block the channels for peace, all I can do now is to join in and master the process of peace negotiations. (To be continued.) )