Churchill stepped up to Britain in his most critical moments, just as he did as Prime Minister in World War II, and took on the responsibility of leading Britain to the war effort. In the face of difficulties, he was not overwhelmed, but rose to the occasion and never gave in.

"I want to tell every citizen of the empire that we do not want war, but we are not afraid of it. The reason why we, the British Empire, have become the world's number one power and achieved such glorious glory is because we have defeated all our opponents, and we are invincible. Now that war has come, we are no longer allowed to retreat, and each of us has the responsibility to defend the glory of the British Empire, which is the historical mission of our generation! ”

"We will never give up, never give up, until we achieve the final victory!"

Churchill's tough inaugural address, calling on the people to abandon marches and disputes, and to face the coming war correctly and seriously, with sincere and frank rhetoric, also emphasized his view that he would lead LinkedIn to fight to the end. Britain could not tolerate the loss of India, so the high-level cooperation with a lot of propaganda gradually pacified the people, and Britain entered a state of war in full swing.

Churchill took over the mess left by MacDonald, and he was also in a mess. The Chinese army is crisscrossing eastern India, but Britain has almost no troops available, and even the fleet that used to be the world's first fleet is now only 12 of it, which can only be regarded as second-rate in terms of fleet size, and the world hegemony of the British Empire has actually collapsed.

Baldwin was opposed to the Conservative Party taking over power, and the situation facing Britain today cannot be improved in a short period of time. Because everything takes time.

"Churchill, I don't understand why you are Prime Minister?"

Churchill said seriously: "Your Excellency Baldwin, there is always someone to take over, isn't it?" We all have to face difficult situations. ”

Baldwin sighed and said, "So what are you going to do now?" ”

Churchill thought for a while and said: "I hope you can personally go to the United States and ask them to send at least one million American troops to cooperate with us in counterattacking India within a month and a half." ”

Baldwin's eyes widened and he said, "How is this possible?" The Americans would never agree. ”

Churchill snorted coldly: "Then you tell the Americans that if they don't do this, we will negotiate with the Chinese and tell the Chinese that this is not the war we want, but a war deliberately provoked by the Americans." We and the Chinese are allies and members of the Entente. And the Americans are not (in fact they are not.) Although the United States entered the war, it did not join the Entente). As long as the Chinese withdraw from India, we can hand over all of Southeast Asia to the Chinese, and even work with the Chinese to deal with the sinister enemy. ”

Baldwin looked at Churchill in horror. I couldn't believe it was Churchill's mouth. He understood it on his knees. Who was Churchill's so-called 'sinister enemy'. Who else could it be but the United States, which provoked the war?

Churchill said earnestly: "Your Excellency Baldwin, I want you to make it clear to the Americans that India is the pillar of confidence in our war in Europe. If the Chinese occupy India, then there is no need for war for Europe, because the Chinese submarines will block the Red Sea, and the Middle East is just a vast tropical desert that cannot support our counteroffensive, and at the same time the Chinese will not be able to carry out a large-scale offensive with large corps. The war between Europe and the Chinese is actually over at this point, and the Chinese will unite almost all of Asia to fight them. You might as well ask again, how many people are the Americans ready to die in the next war? ”

Baldwin smiled bitterly, "I see. I will try to convince the Americans, but I would like to keep the previous sentence as much as possible if it is not a last resort. He knew that if he said that, it would be tantamount to tearing faces on both sides, tantamount to a naked threat.

Churchill said noncommittally: "I only want the Americans to send troops." The Americans undermined our overall strategic plan that allowed us to suffer such huge losses. There is no point in blaming each other now, but Americans should also take the blame, not hide in the sun in Australia. ”

Baldwin understood that every Englishman, including him, had grievances. When the war broke out, the heaviest losses were, of course, the British. The British had the largest number of colonies in East Asia, and even India was about to fall, but the Americans lost only one Philippines. The Americans lost less than a quarter of their navy, while the British Royal Navy was almost completely destroyed.

Since the outbreak of this war, China has displayed unprecedented military strength, and its incomparably ferocious and fierce attacks have shocked the entire Western world. The strength of the Chinese has made many small Western countries that originally clamored to teach the Chinese a lesson began to retreat, and no one wanted to go to the mantis arm as a car.

After seeing Baldwin off, Churchill struggled to summon General Hagrid.

Churchill did not like Admiral Hagrid very much, and when he went to test the army's reaction, Admiral Hagrid actually continued to sarcastically, calling him "a genius who can plan the Turkish landing battle", and the Turkish landing battle was the largest landing battle so far, and it was also the most unsuccessful landing battle, which was Churchill's shame.

Admiral Hagrid said as if he didn't know anything: "Your Excellency, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

The corners of Churchill's mouth twitched, and he cursed in his heart, what else can I do to find you at this juncture? But now was not the time to get angry, and he took a long breath and said, "General Hagrid, I believe you are well aware of the situation facing the Empire today. I don't want to waste time, let's just say it, I want you to form an Indian front to repel the Chinese. ”

Admiral Hagrid suddenly laughed and said, "You are more direct and crisp than I thought. He immediately turned to a solemn military salute and said, "Glad to serve, Your Excellency, Prime Minister." ”

Churchill was stunned for a while, in fact, he was ready to persuade with emotion and reason, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't have any excuse, which made all the arguments he conceived useless. But he quickly came back to his senses, stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you very much, I want to know why?" ”

Admiral Hagrid shook hands with Churchill and said seriously: "For the sake of the British Empire." I admire that even Baldwin flinched at such a difficult time, but you were able to stand up bravely. "It is true that as a very traditional military man, he hated politicians very much, but Churchill's actions earned him respect.

Churchill clasped Hagrid's hand tightly and said, "As long as we work together, I believe victory will be ours." ”

Admiral Hagrid smiled: "I have no doubt about this, and I have never wavered in my belief in victory. Of course, I also have conditions. ”

"Please."

Admiral Hagrid said earnestly: "I want to give me full authority for the war in India, and at the same time I need the navy to ensure my sea supplies. ”

Churchill solemnly said: "No problem at all!" All I need is victory, and for this, at all costs! ”――

There were several warships and several troop transports moored in the port of Colombo, and the wounded soldiers were everywhere in the harbor, and a large number of British and French troops were panicked.

Miller, chief of staff of the Indian Ocean Fleet, and his old subordinate York, looked at the scene with extremely ugly faces on the "Goddess of Light", their ship was damaged several times, and the most irritating thing was that there were still traces of Chinese "wood bombs" and stones dropped from bombers on the warship.

York said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, it seems that the Chinese have not had many bombs, otherwise they would not use fake bombs, or even use bombers to throw stones." ”

Miller said in a deep voice: "Insufficient industrial capacity, this is the weakness of the Chinese. However, the Chinese are not completely free of bombs, and the 'Hundred-Eyed Giant Good' aircraft carrier was sunk by a bombshell. It is not for nothing that the Chinese use fake bombs, because of the weight, they can carry ten times as many fake bombs. Because of the terrible record of the Chinese aircraft, almost all the warships at that time panicked and evaded, allowing the damn three pocket battleships to release their 'super torpedoes'. ”

The mention of the "super torpedo" used by the Chinese in this naval battle made all the naval officers and men talk about it, not to mention the long range, fast speed, and even able to turn and track, which simply made everyone collapse. The worst thing is that the caliber of this damn torpedo is actually as high as 75 centimeters, how powerful must that combat part? Even the battleship couldn't stand it, and this was an invincible weapon.

York said dismally: "The Chinese have such weapons, and we can't deal with them." ”

Miller said in a deep voice: "It's not that there is no way to deal with it. I have been thinking about this question, with the development of new weapons and aircraft for the Chinese, the traditional naval combat mode can no longer be adapted to modern naval warfare. I think that we, the British Empire, should vigorously develop aircraft carriers. ”

"Aircraft carriers!?" York was stunned.

Miller said in a deep voice: "Yes, it's an aircraft carrier." Chinese planes, you also understand, as long as the power of aerial bombs is sufficient, it is completely capable of destroying any warship. If our Navy has a large number of aircraft carriers, the 'super-torpedoes' of the opposing side will not do anything. The Chinese used more than a hundred bombers to bomb and cover the approach of three pocket battleships, which shows that the effective attack range of this 'super torpedo' of the other side is limited. However, the planes can launch an attack from a distance of several hundred kilometers, and any torpedo and naval artillery strikes will lose any effect, and the key to determining victory or defeat will be the quantity and quality of the aircraft. ”

York suddenly realized, but then said dejectedly: "But the Chinese's aircraft are too advanced, and our aircraft cannot compete." ”

Miller sneered: "I don't know why the Chinese can have such advanced aircraft, this is their advantage." But their weakness is the lack of industrial capacity, our aircraft are not as good as theirs, but the industrial capacity of the empire is far above the Chinese, and our aircraft carriers and aircraft can be more than them. ”

York was overjoyed, and the Western world was very confident in its industrial capabilities.

"Prepare, report this analysis to the Admiralty!" (To be continued......)