On the morning of April 27, while the Allied and German forces on Newfoundland were preparing for the upcoming decisive battle, the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht Hersmann left his lair in Tsosen and flew to London, the capital of England, on a Fokker 42 airliner. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

His trip to London had been planned long before the German troops landed on the island of Newfoundland, but it was delayed by a lot of military affairs, and it was not until the "authorization to drop the atomic bomb" was completed on the 26th. So on April 27 and the President of the European Communities Hermann. Goering, German Minister Rudolf. Hess and the others arrived in London, the capital of England.

Hersmann's visit to London was linked to the Canadian campaign that had already begun - the actions of the European coalition forces in Newfoundland and Labrador actually kicked off the "invasion" or "liberation" of Canada!

And whether this offensive is an "invasion" or "liberation" depends on the position of the London side. If the Queen of England and her government still insist on not participating in the war between Europe and the United States, then the European coalition is the aggressor.

On the other hand, if Queen Elizabeth had raised the banner of liberating Canada, then the righteous would have been on the side of the European coalition - after all, before the "fall" of the British mainland, the Dominion of Canada was still subject to the will of London, and the United States recognized British sovereignty over Canada at that time. To this day, George VI and his government, as well as the Dominion Government and Parliament, have never declared Canada a sovereign and independent state.

According to their caliber, the Dominion of Canada is still part of the British Empire!

In other words, the British Empire still had indisputable sovereignty over the Dominion of Canada, and even the United States Government never openly questioned the British mainland on both sides of the Atlantic and the Dominion of Canada.

So now the European coalition forces that "invaded" Canada are justified as "People's Liberation Army" as long as they have the support of the Queen and the government of England.

But the Queen and her government also know how important the stakes are, so they have been vague until Hersmann, Goering, and Hess visit.

"Ludwig, look down there, on the Thames."

As the plane passed over the Thames, Hersman, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, was suddenly woken up by his personal secretary, Natalie.

"What? This is ......" Hersman looked out the window in the direction of Natalie, who was sitting across from him, and saw a large and formidable looking ship moored on the Thames near the docklands of London.

"It's a battleship!" The voice of the fat man Goering came, the fat man was a pilot and had a pair of farsighted eyes, so he recognized the big boat floating on the Thames at a glance, "It is King George V...... Oh my God, the British actually had a battleship! ”

"It's the Prince of Wales." Hersman smiled and said, "This battleship was badly damaged by us in '41, but it was not abandoned, but was towed back to London for overhaul, and it has been hidden in the dockyard until it was relaunched a day ago...... I think it was launched to welcome us. ”

The news that the British had secretly repaired the battleship Prince of Wales, of course, could not hide it from German intelligence. However, the Wehrmacht did not intervene either, after all, in Hersmann's view, the battleship was in fact completely obsolete in the era of increasingly mature anti-ship missiles. The battleship HMS Prince of Wales was more of a symbolic mascot than a powerful murder weapon.

It symbolizes the revival of the British Royal Navy! It also means that the British Empire has the power to rebuild the Royal Navy!

In fact, in the 1943 Anglo-EC Armistice Treaty, the Germans did not prohibit Britain from owning battleships and aircraft carriers, but only imposed some restrictions on the size of the Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Aviation.

However, the British themselves have been very weak in rebuilding the navy, and do not dare to openly engage in the navy, but secretly repair the "Prince of Wales", and at the same time build the "Elizabeth II" fleet aircraft carrier that can carry jets - this aircraft carrier was originally called "Daring", which was started in October 1942, and was later shelved because of the surrender of the British mainland.

However, the Germans did not "forcibly buy" the aircraft carrier under construction, but allowed Britain to continue to build it secretly. In 1944, after the British government's financial resources were slightly restored, the construction of the "Elizabeth II" resumed. The beveled deck design of the "Hitler" class aircraft carrier.

According to the latest design scheme, the full load displacement of this class of aircraft carriers will exceed 50,000 tons, making it the second largest aircraft carrier after Adolf. The third largest aircraft carrier in the world in the Hitler-class and Midway-class (ranked by "class").

However, the third in the world of the "Elizabeth II" class aircraft carrier will not last long. Because at the beginning of the 45th century, the Japanese Empire, which was trapped in the Continental War, gave up two Prussian-class ships under construction (built at the Petrograd shipyard) in exchange for Adolf. Hitler-class drawings - the Japanese government, which is in extreme financial difficulties (no matter how difficult it is, it has to build an aircraft carrier, otherwise the shameless navy will not jump?) The navy is a great hero, how can there be no aircraft carrier in the world? ), decided in Adolf. On the basis of the Hitler-class aircraft carrier, the world's largest 80,000-ton supercarrier was designed and built to maintain its hegemony in the Pacific Ocean!

The Japanese tightened their belts to build supercarriers to maintain hegemony in the Pacific Ocean and at the same time to pay the navy. And Britain, as a de facto defeated country, is now building battleships and aircraft carriers, so it is a bit difficult to admit defeat......

"The appearance of the Prince of Wales should be beneficial to our itinerary this time." Rudolph. Hess, the all-en-care minister (his position equivalent of a deputy prime minister), was a pro-British, and the British fascist leader Wald. The Earl of Moseley was in good relations and naturally knew the intentions of the British.

"They want to revive the Royal Navy," Hess said, "but have always been afraid of our interference." ”

"Revive the Royal Navy?" Hersman sneered a few times, "The Royal Navy does not join the European Combined Fleet? ”

Hess shrugged: "They're British, after all!" ”

The biggest difference between the British and the French, the Germans, the Poles and the Russians is that they are isolated from Europe! A loose European Community is already the limit of what they can accept, and the United States of Europe is unacceptable to them, at least not for now!

After all, the British Empire was an unrivalled colonial empire on the map, with more land and more people than Germany and the United States combined.

Therefore, the British Royal Navy did not join the European Combined Fleet like the French Navy and the Russian Navy, but maintained a small Royal Navy. Now, taking advantage of the opportunity of the European coalition expedition to Canada, the Prince of Wales, which had been hidden in the snow, was released, clearly wanting Germany to recognize that Britain had the right to revive the Royal Navy.

And Germany's recognition, of course, was conditional, on the condition that Britain supported the actions of the European coalition forces in Canada. Of course, the political arrangements after the European coalition took Canada are another game.

Hersman laughed: "Rudolph, you are right, it seems that Queen Elizabeth will agree to our request, and we can also give them a chance to revive the navy...... A chance to dream. Perhaps all Elisabeth and Friedrich needed was a dream. ”

Germany's request had long been communicated to the British side through diplomatic channels, that is, to borrow Britain's "name" for Canada, to let the European coalition send troops in the name of expelling the United States and resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Canada, and at the same time send Harold . Such a famous British general as Field Marshal Alexander served as the "joint commander" of the coalition ground forces.

The Wehrmacht, of course, would not really hand over the command of hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces to Field Marshal Alexander, he was just going to put on a name. Now the actual commander of the Canadian (Newfoundland and Labrador) ground forces selected by the General Staff of the Wehrmacht is Senior General Rommel, who is also named "Joint Commander", which means that Rommel will fight alongside Alexander!

However, this idea did not exist in the "Fort Gauch Plan", and no one in the Wehrmacht General Staff knew about it until the European Expeditionary Force successfully landed on the coast of Labrador. It was just a long-term plan privately agreed by Hersmann and Hitler to "liberate" Canada from American control after the success of the "Göchburg Plan".

Therefore, the British side was also very surprised when they learned of the request of the Germans (they had just learned that before the Germans landed on the island of Newfoundland, the British did not know that the main direction of attack of the European coalition was actually Canada). The Queen and Prince Friedrich convened a royal meeting overnight and discussed for a long time, and finally decided to take out the Prince of Wales, which had been "hidden" for a long time, to test it to see if it was possible to revive the Royal Navy.

For the upper echelons of the British Empire, the tool to sustain their collapsing empire was the Royal Navy. Once the Royal Navy falls, there is no way to sustain the distant and vast colonies of India, Canada, and Australia.

Once these colonies were lost, then the British Empire would be reduced to an ordinary European power. So the revival of the Royal Navy has always been the dream of Queen Elizabeth's authorities - although dreamers may know very well that dreams are difficult to come true, and pursuing the dream of reviving the Royal Navy is itself a form of political correctness in Britain!