Chapter 356: Final Speech

At 10 Downing Street, London, Churchill collapsed weakly in his chair, his face full of frustration and defeat.

Once upon a time, Winston Churchill fell and rose several times in British politics. An indomitable fighter and a stubborn bull are the reputations given to him.

But now......

The Allied forward forces had broken through the Woking positions on the outskirts of London and forced into Reigate Air Base.

The southward movement of the multinational forces was blocked, and the US 12th Armored Division was bombed by Allied air force bombers in Nottingham.

There were also frequent riots in the city of London, and the Royalist organizations were once again on the rise, and their activities were rampant. Needless to say, there must be agents of the Han State Military Intelligence and the National Security Bureau.

With the 11th Panzer Brigade openly surrendering to the enemy, and other armies with royalist traditions on the move, it has become increasingly difficult to implement orders from the Ministry of Defense.

One bad news after another has already crushed the spiritual pillar of this "bull" and "fighter". "Who else can save Britain?"

Count on the Multinational Force? Churchill was very skeptical that the Americans had deliberately suspended the march when they saw that the main British army was surrounded and the situation in the south had deteriorated. As for being bombed by the Allies, it's pure nonsense. Maybe the 12th Panzer Division was really bombed, but it was definitely not the heavy casualties it claimed.

Counting on Montgomery? Churchill narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the commander-in-chief of the British Army standing next to him. The British god of war, who once dominated North Africa, captured Benghazi and defeated the Desert Fox, is now full of decadence.

The painstakingly managed British Fortress did not last even a week to ...... To be precise, it took only three days for the Allies to completely break through the British southern defense, and by the way, the last hundreds of thousands of British elites were included in the encirclement.

Montgomery lost and lost with nothing; Churchill lost, lost decently. Britain also lost, but not perished.

"Bernard, I suppose, should bring back our George." Gently moving his fat body, Churchill tried to make his sitting posture more formal.

Prime Minister...... "Please return that stammer?" Our George? Montgomery suddenly felt that there was no love in the whole world! "Prime Minister, we sent SAS troops to arrest him, and now we will invite him out? Wouldn't we be the biggest joke in the world? ”

"Bernard, aren't we just waiting for the Allies to enter London?"

"Prime Minister, we still have the London Garrison, we also have the Entente allies, the multinational force, or...... Didn't you already come to an agreement with the German FΓΌhrer? Montgomery was not at all like a battle-hardened marshal, but a gambler who had lost a lot.

"Oh?" Churchill stood up as if he was very interested in the statement of the commander of the army, "Leonard, have you given up your faith and are ready to fall into the abyss of the devil?" ”

"Prime Minister, I ......" Montgomery had a strong personality, otherwise he would not have been transferred back home because of a dispute with Eisenhower in Africa. The defeat on the Cornish peninsula was like a mountain, and at the moment when Britain was about to fall, he did not think too much about it, and in the field marshal's opinion, as long as he could hold London and hold his homeland, it would be worth paying more.

Churchill smiled, and for the first time after the start of Operation Overlord by the Allied forces, a happy smile appeared on the face of the British prime minister. "Leonard, with the devil on one side and the 'son of God' on the other, which one would you choose?"

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"Prime Minister, I will not choose anyone, I am a soldier. I think that when the country is in danger, since I am powerless to change the result, then dying on the battlefield is my only fate! The marshal slowly raised his right hand, saluted, and then strode out of the Prime Minister's residence, as vigorous as he was at the Cambridge parade. Only then, he saluted the King of England, and this time, all the marshal wanted was to die generously.

Reigate, world-famous for a Sherlock Holmes novel, is a fascination with Reigate, which attracts many people to explore or sightsee.

But for the Allies who landed in Britain, the mystical Western detective novels didn't make any sense, and what they cared about was Reigate Air Base.

Although the RAF has few aircraft left and the largest air base in Greater London has lost its original function, the Allies still see it as a battleground. Because this is the largest military base of the British army outside London, and it is also the location of the British garrison command in London, the capture of this place means that the British army will lose the ability to organize resistance.

Whether it was the Allies or the British, the two sides tacitly moved the battlefield to the periphery of London. With a history of nearly 2,000 years, this ancient city is of great significance to the United Kingdom and the world. Before the rise of the Han Empire, London had been known as the world's top three financial centers, along with New York in the United States and Tokyo in Japan.

Of course, this is what was said before the outbreak of the war, and in today's world, there are only two real financial centers, one is New York, and the other is Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty!

Britain is not the Soviet Union, and the nature of its island nation means that it cannot have as broad a strategic depth as the Soviet Union. The decisive battle to destroy the city is meaningless, and the loss is only London, a world-famous city. Having lost hundreds of thousands of the elite of Army Group South, the British were practically unable to stop the Allied advance, and the stagnation of the American forces in Nottingham made the situation even clearer.

But the British did not give up resistance, at least at Reigate Air Base, at least Montgomery.

Tens of thousands of British garrisons in Greater London, the second-line troops of the British mainland, similar to the Coastal Corps of the Great Han, were assembled at Reigate under the command of the Field Marshal.

It is clear to all that there is no hope of victory in this battle. The battle was fought only for dignity, to show the indomitable spirit of the Celts in the whole world, in front of the fascist army - well, only the Celts, and the Scots and Welsh in the garrison refused to fight, to fight a war that was doomed to lose.

Montgomery did not punish the cowardly "deserters", and after the arrest of the British king, the spiritual symbol of unity among the various ethnic groups of England has been lost.

The Scots said it very clearly: without the British king, there would be no basis for the Anglo-Soviet alliance, and why should the Scots, who have a small population base, fight to defend London? The Scots' own homeland had been occupied by the American army, but the English wanted the Scots soldiers to shed their blood for London, and to fight a battle that was guarded against defeat......

And the Duke of Windsor is also constantly shouting: Scotland is Scottish, and the US military set foot on Scottish soil without being invited by the royal family, and occupied Edinburgh and Forth Bay, which is a naked/naked/naked invasion. The Archduke also called on all Scottish soldiers who served in the British army to organize and fight back on Hadrian's Wall, drive out the American army, and defend their homeland.

This almost didn't make Eisenhower, who had just entered Edinburgh, fall on his heels, "Damn! What's going on? The multinational forces worked tirelessly to help the British army resist the invasion of the Han army, and even did not hesitate to use up the air force, why did the American army become an invader? Can we still be happy together...... Fighting? ”

A spokesman for the Multinational Force Command immediately shouted, "We are fulfilling the promise of the Atlantic Entente to help our allies fight the aggression of the fascist army." The U.S. military had no intention of infringing on British territory. Note also to the Grand Duke of Windsor: you are a former King of England and not a current King of England; You are the Duke of Windsor, not the Grand Duke of Edinburgh. ”

What this means is that even if Britain is divided, Scotland is also the territory of the Duke of Edinburgh, and it will not be your turn to come out as a guy who has been deposed to the throne.

Outcome...... The next day, Eisenhower was slapped in the face, and the slap was quite heavy, hitting the world with a sonic shock and blinding the world.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was shot and killed by Marshal Montgomery after being breached by the Allies at Reigate Air Force Base, he delivered a resignation speech and returned King George VI, who had been secretly imprisoned, to Buckingham Palace, announcing the return of wartime cabinet powers to the British king.

"I have said that I will give all my blood, toil, tears and sweat to all of you, and will do whatever it takes to win for Britain! But I failed! The Allies had already captured all the military bases outside London. I have to declare that the Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been defeated! In order to protect London from the flames of war, and to save our soldiers from needless sacrifice and bloodshed, I have decided to return the right to lead England to the British king......"

In the British Parliament, amid the rumbling of artillery outside London, Churchill made his final speech to the MPs. This was seen as a sign of the surrender of England, and it was also the true resumption of national power by the English king after Cromwell executed Charles I during the Puritan Revolution and overthrew the royal power.

If before the war, someone dared to propose "the royal family taking power", it is estimated that he would not have been able to walk out of the Reichstag at all, and he would have been trampled to death by the parliamentarians. But when Churchill uttered the words "defeated", and when he decided to return power to the Crown, all 381 MPs in the Palace of Westminster fell silent.

This was followed by a low sob, which quickly spread throughout the audience. Men, women, old men, gentlemen in your circle...... Even the aristocratic parliamentarians who have always supported the royal family also cried loudly.

This...... It was the funeral of the empire on which the sun never set, and the "final speech" was a farewell eulogy.

However, Churchill played a trick in the end, and after the "final speech" ended, all members of the British cabinet immediately resigned, and the surrender statement was sent to Buckingham Palace.

"Let George VI sign this shameful document!"

Back at the Prime Minister's House in Downing Street, Churchill simply picked up his top hat and cane, and then called his secretary, who had followed him for many years, "Renard, you've been fired!" ”

In the puzzled gaze of the secretary, Churchill smiled, "Because I am no longer the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom!" Now I'm going to reinstate my military status, uh, you won't forget, right? I am also an excellent graduate of the Royal Military School Sandhurst! In Croydon, there are still our British troops fighting the fascists, and I'm going to join them, but I'm only a major in the British Army, and a major is not qualified to have an adjutant, so, Renard, you're unemployed! ”

"Prime Minister...... Uh-no, Major Churchill, you're definitely in need of more reinforcements for Croydon, please take a report from British soldier Joseph Renard! ”

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"Well, I do need some soldiers. So, Renard, let's fight for Britain together! ”