"On the evening of April 11, I was instructed by His Majesty to form a new government. In accordance with the wishes of the National Assembly and the people, it is clear that the new Government should consider building on the broadest possible basis and should be inclusive of all parties. I have done the most important part of this task. The wartime cabinet was made up of five members, including Labour, the Opposition and the Liberals, which was a sign of national unity......

I make it clear to the Diet that, as I have made clear to the ministers who have joined the Cabinet, all I can offer is blood, toil, tears and sweat, and what we are facing will be an extremely severe test, a protracted struggle and suffering.

What is our policy? My answer is: fight on land, at sea, in the air. Fight with all our might, with all the strength God has given us, against a tyranny unprecedented in the dark, pathetic history of human sin. That's our policy.

It is important for us to realize that without victory there would be no British Empire, that without victory there would be nothing that the British Empire had emblem, and that without victory there would be no centuries of strong demands and impulses that humanity should move towards its own ends.

I took on my task with high spirits and confidence. I am sure that together, our cause will not be thwarted......"

At the same time as a fierce air battle over the Maas River, Winston. Churchill was giving his inaugural address in the British Parliament. He is now Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a month earlier than in history, and he is facing an even worse mess. However, the nervous and determined British prime minister still delivered a high-spirited speech. He would give such speeches many times later, and again and again he encouraged the British people in distress to unite and fight the enemy to the end.

After his inaugural speech, Churchill did not greet the leaders of the various parties in Parliament, but frowned and left in a hurry. The Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell. Hull is waiting for an open and frank meeting with the new head of the British Empire.

He flew to England urgently after the German invasion of Belgium began, and later to France and Paul. Prime Minister Renault meets.

"Prime Minister, I listened to your speech on the radio, and it was very good." Cordel. Hull shook hands with Churchill, and then said some more compliments,

"That's good, but it's not true!" Churchill sat down on a sofa in the haunted Pillar Hall (room at 10 Downing Street) and lit himself another cigar.

"What is the truth?" Cordel. Hull asked.

Churchill glanced at one of his secretaries, and the secretary, understanding what the Prime Minister meant, hurried out of the room and closed the door.

"The truth is that the British Empire is suffering setbacks, at sea, in the air, on the European continent." Churchill smoked a cigarette, "The enemy is stronger than ever, with the best planes in the world, and probably 2 of the largest battleships in the world!" If you don't intervene sooner, we're in big trouble. ”

"Intervene?" Cordel. Hull was stunned, "Is the situation that serious?" ”

"I'm afraid it's serious!" Churchill said, "The German armoured forces broke through the line along the Sedan-Maas River one day ago. ”

"Sedang? It's ...... there."

Churchill said: "To the north of the Maginot Line, right across from the Ardennes Forest, which is said to be impassable by tanks!" ”

"But now the tanks of the Germans have passed through the Ardennes Forest?"

"Yes," Churchill nodded, "countless!" ”

"And what about the Maginot Line?" Cordel. Hull asked.

"Bypassed," Churchill shrugged, "the Germans have bypassed the Maginot Line, and now it's up to the French to close the gap." ”

"Bypassed?" Cordel. "It's ridiculous," Hull said, "that the French spent so much money and time on what is said to be the strongest line of defense in the whole world, and now it is easily bypassed by the Germans?" ”

Churchill was also quite helpless, "This is the way it is now...... Mr. Secretary, I think it's time to think about getting the United States into the war. ”

Obviously, Qiu was not confident that the French would be able to plug the gap in the Sedan-Maas River. If you want to win the world war, it seems that you can only rely on the United States.

"What?" Cordel. Hull was stunned. Churchill was discussing with him an issue that was almost taboo in the United States - participation in the world war!

Although everyone in Washington's power circles knew that the United States would enter a world war inevitable, the American people did not know about it and were not prepared to enter a world war.

"Prime Minister, I think it should be two or three years from now, right?" Cordel. Hull asked tentatively.

"No," Churchill immediately replied in the negative, "I'm afraid I can't wait that long...... If the French counterattack on the Serdan-Maas line does not win, then we are in big trouble, this is a big problem! ”

……

The air battle over the Sedan - Maas River continues! The air battle lasted from early morning to late afternoon, and the number of planes from both sides was uncountable. I only saw large and small planes flying up and down in the sky, chasing each other, and from time to time planes were hit by bullets and caught fire, dragging black smoke down.

Although the BF-109 and the Fokker Zero had superior performance and great power in the combined operation, they still could not completely stop the desperate Blenheim bombers and Breguet attack planes from rushing like moths to the pontoon bridge protected by dense anti-aircraft artillery fire. They broke in batches, and were engulfed in German anti-aircraft fire. The panicked British and French planes dropped bombs indiscriminately and exploded in the water on the river, but the German pontoon bridge was intact.

"What are they doing, this is a suicide attack!" Rudolph. Ribbentrop sat in the driver's seat of a Volkswagen 82 military car, raised his head and looked around, and from time to time he made a remark of emotion.

"Rudolph, over there, go over there, at 8 o'clock!" Second Lieutenant Schwarzenegger reached out and patted Rudolph on the shoulder, then pointed in one direction. "Hurry up, go over there and have a look, there's a plane down there, let's go see if there are any survivors!"

Hearing the orders of his superiors, Rudolph. Ribbentrop hurriedly started the car and went down the country roads of France to search for the downed plane. It turned out that when the British and French planes attacked, his company was on guard patrol near the pontoon bridge on the Maas River. It is not their turn to shoot the planes, but they can do it to capture the pilots who have escaped from the enemy and rescue their own parachutists.

Since the area where this large-scale air battle took place was in German-controlled territory, the blow to the British and French air forces was also unprecedented. In previous air battles, which took place mainly over the Anglo-French controlled area, the pilots of the downed fighter had a high chance of parachuting out. As long as they are not injured during the parachute jump, they can immediately fly a new plane back into battle.

But now, the British and French pilots who fell from the sky were either captured or killed or wounded in the resistance, and only a few escaped under the cover of the local French population.

This time Rudolph. Ribbentrop drove his car to find a British Blenheim bomber, which fell headlong on the ground and fell apart, leaving parts and debris scattered everywhere. Inside the severely deformed fuselage, Ensign Schwarzenegger found the bodies of three British crew members. One of the corpse drivers, covered in blood, had a big hole in the ****, apparently killed by a machine gun. The other two bodies had no visible injuries, but they lost their lives.

Gustav. Schwarzenegger dragged them out, placed them on the ground, and ordered Rudolph. Ribbentrop and two other SS soldiers went to search for the body. They found documents, wallets, pistols, watches, and other messes. Rudolph. Ribbentrop opened the blood-soaked papers, vaguely saw the name "Garand", and found a photograph of a beautiful woman, who was supposed to be the sweetheart of Garand.

Gustav. Schwarzenegger put away three pistols, put what looked like medicine into a small box, and pocketed three watches and pounds in three wallets. Finally, he waved his hand: "Three more Brits...... Let's go, let's go somewhere else! ”

……

"Hey, Rudolph, how many fights are there today?"

Rudolph. When Hersmann dragged his tired steps into the pilot's lounge, his boss Heinz . Lieutenant Barr asked him aloud.

"1 H-75." Rudolph. Hersman replied. This was his second victory, and there was also a Breguet attack aircraft before that.

"It's not bad, there are two results...... You're not a rookie now. "Heinz. Lieutenant Barr made a note in a book, and when he had examined the camera gun, he would be able to confirm the battle. Then he saw Novotny walk in, also tired, it was a fatigue battle today, and all the Fokker Zero pilots had been in the sky for at least eight hours. "Walter, how many fights did you take?"

"1 Ms.406, and 1 unknown one, also fighters...... It was Rudolph who shot it down with me. ”

"You are a long plane, that is the result of 2 planes." Heinz. Barr said, "What's the deal with a fighter you don't know?" Talk to me. ”

"It was an airplane with a liquid-cooled engine, it was supposed to be French, with smoother lines and much faster than the Ms.406, and I guess it was no worse than the Fokker Zero and the BF-109."

Heinz. Barr nodded, "Then we have another opponent, you two hurry up and write a report, I have to report the news as soon as possible." (To be continued.) )