On New Year's Day 1941, the British Liverpool Harbour was crowded with people flying the rice flag, where a celebratory ceremony was being held to celebrate the launch of the battleship "Prince of Wales".

Both battleships were completed shortly after the signing of the Amsterdam Agreement, and for the sake of political propaganda, they were deliberately scheduled to be declared commissioned on Christmas Day in late 1940 to join the "revived" Royal Navy.

The addition of these two ships finally ended the embarrassment of the Royal Navy lacking high-speed battleships. Although the Prince of Wales and the George V are sisters, the guns of the two ships are completely different. The former used three fourteen-inch guns with twelve fourteen-inch guns, while the latter was equipped with nine sixteen-inch guns with a barrel made with the help of the United States under the terms of the Anglo-American Washington Treaty, and the same style as the main guns of the Iowa-class battleships under construction.

It was planned that all the remaining three George V battleships under construction would use this 16-inch gun. As for the lead ship, the George V, its turret had already been built, and in order to save costs, only the original 14-inch gun could be installed.

The past year has been nothing short of disastrous for the suffering Royal Navy. With the main fleet completely wiped out, they were once reduced to the sixth position in the world, and it was difficult to keep the tragic situation. That is, now, relying on the exploits of the French Navy before the armistice, it has finally risen to the fifth place in the world.

In the Amsterdam Agreement, which was an armistice, there were no restrictions on the armament of the British Navy after the war. Despite the post-war economic difficulties, the current Labour government is facing a huge threat in Europe and Asia. Still gritted his teeth and prepared to build all five George V-class battleships, and the remaining two of the Radiance-class aircraft carriers, the Indomitable and the Victory, will also be completed as soon as possible. In addition, the construction plan of three Eagle II-class aircraft carriers is also being discussed in Congress.

In the 1940 war, the British government suffered a crushing defeat on land and at sea. After the war, he was saddled with a war foreign debt.

The war is over though. However, the external threat did not diminish because of an armistice agreement, but like a sword of Damocles hanging over the head, the entire British Isles was overwhelmed.

When the British were overwhelmed by the war, the threat came not from the old enemy German Navy, but from the whole of Western Europe, which was in the red.

In December 1940, the occupation of Germany in Western Europe suddenly began the "socialist transformation" of the occupied territories of Belgium and France, the occupying powers. The whole capitalist world has been shaken, and even the president of the United States on the other side of the ocean is terrified.

It is not terrible for an aggressive country to plunder into Germany, no matter how strong such a Germany is, it will eventually come to an end because it is the enemy of the whole world.

What is really terrible is the reddening of Germany and the "exporting revolution" to the periphery. Especially after joining the "class struggle", which is a "heresy" in the eyes of the capitalist world, such a Germany is ten times more terrifying than the former.

For Europe. From the time of the Napoleonic Wars, it was a period of great awakening of nationalist ideas in European countries. Since then, the price to be paid for invading a country, occupying a country, and finally "assimilating" a country has begun to skyrocket. Even the most "successful" dualistic sub-empire in Europe. Austria-Hungary eventually fell apart.

For Germany now, although they occupy Belgium, most of France, and Denmark and Norway in northern Europe, if they want to annex and occupy these four countries. In the end, it was just a momentary speed, and in the end, it was just the end of the enemy of the whole world and self-destruction. Although Britain was defeated, Germany, still holding on to the occupation of Western Europe, finally revealed its flaws and gave Britain a chance to make a comeback - just like France in the Napoleonic War.

According to the theory of "class struggle", if Napoleon did not claim to be emperor during the Napoleonic War, but regarded himself as a "revolutionary leader" all his life, Napoleon's France, although it was an enemy of the whole of Europe, was only an enemy of the entire European royal family, and in the hearts of the European people and intellectuals, it was an out-and-out revolutionary and hero. Before Napoleon became emperor, even Beethoven was his admirer and wrote the "Heroic Symphony" for him. Napoleon, who was the emperor before he became emperor, won many foreign wars, but he was a revolutionary who resisted tyrants and was recognized by most people in Europe, and his identity was "great and upright". It was after becoming emperor that he lost the aura of "justice" and faded, thus planting the seeds that were later besieged and destroyed by Europe.

What Germany is doing, what Hitler is doing in Belgium and France, is like Napoleon before the French Revolution. The "socialist transformation" that is being carried out in Belgium and France has cleverly cloned its aggression in the cloak of "revolution".

In the process of this transformation, the biggest beneficiaries were the middle and lower class civilians of France and Belgium. These civilians, who made up the vast majority of the population, became the biggest beneficiaries of the "invasion" because of the German "invasion". Although they still had an antipathy to the Germans on the basis of nationalist and nationalist ideas, their hostility had greatly diminished as they had benefited from the "aggression".

In the process, the biggest victims were the original bourgeoisie and landlords in the two countries, and after the signing of the peace agreement, the capitalists and landlords in these two countries fled in large numbers, mostly to the nearest Netherlands and England. In the face of Hitler, who has already revealed the "true face of the Bolsheviks," and even Germany itself, the upper strata of Western Europe are all panicked.

And once the Germans withdraw their troops according to the predetermined timetable and give up their status as "aggressors" as they advertise, the hostility of the people of the two countries towards Germany will be reduced to a minimum. The new government, headed by the communist parties of the two countries, will automatically become a natural ally of Germany. What is even more terrifying is that this kind of "communist government" that truly represents the interests of the people at the bottom is far from being comparable to the kind of puppet government that has been propped up.

The traditional "mode of aggression", after the aggressor country has destroyed a country, supports the old forces in the local upper echelon. Then, a puppet government is established on the basis of force, and then a line of exploitation and oppression is implemented from top to bottom: the invading army sucks the blood of the puppet government, and the puppet government sucks the blood of the middle and lower classes.

This way of aggression and plundering is the biggest problem it has caused. It was the rebels who received the heartfelt support of the people at the bottom who suffered the most.

However, Hitler's game in Western Europe gave himself the cloak of "great glory," and his war against Western Europe could no longer be said to be an invasion, but an "export of revolution." He did not expect the Belgian and French civilians to be grateful to him in the process, but he could minimize their resistance. In the process, the unfortunate ones were the wealthy propertied classes in Thanthan and France, and the middle and lower classes, which accounted for the vast majority of the population, suffered the most losses from the capitalists. But it is the biggest beneficiary. Even if there are local resistance forces, they will lose their mass base and will only be able to make small fights. When Germany annexed Czechoslova, this set was tried and the effect was very good.

After the end of the French campaign, the Germans plundered the warehouses of the two countries, and had already made a lot of money, and the profits had already exceeded the military expenditure of the war. As for the future war dividends. This can be done through more subtle tactics such as the establishment of a German-led "EU organization". In the words of Lin Han, old-fashioned colonialism. Europe, which has completely failed to adapt to the awakening of nationalist ideas, should use neo-colonial ideas to solve the problem.

"A ghost hovering over Europe, and now, he no longer wanders, but has officially descended on the heads of the Old Continent!"

In a pub near the Port of Liverpool. The two most frustrated British people were in a private room on the third floor, looking at the two battleships docked in the harbor from afar, and watching the ceremony of their launching and commissioning from a distance.

These two people are now in the UK, and they both have a very ugly nickname: British traitor.

They are the former Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. Chamberlain and Churchill. The former was violently drinking in the private room, while the latter was smoking his cigar just as violently. Because of the defeat in the war, they were ousted and cursed by their own people, and the spirits of both have collapsed. The two most frustrated people in Britain, because of the same sickness, gathered together like a group for warmth.

The person who said the above sentence was former Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Chamberlain said with a sad face: "Adolf, this hidden Bolshevik, he has made another good move. ”

Churchill snorted coldly: "The French Empire, being divided into two by him, is really a good means!" ”

Although they have stepped down, the relationship between the two is still there, and they are well aware of what is happening in northern France now. The French Communist Party, relying on the bayonets of the Germans and the support of the middle and lower classes, was gradually taking over the power of northern France and gradually establishing its own power, and in the process, the shadow of the Soviets was also haunting.

Chamberlain snorted coldly: Isn't he afraid that the people of Vichy France will take the opportunity to pay their debts? ”

Churchill sneered: "Petain's gang, if they had had this courage, would not have surrendered so early. Besides, compared to the war reparations, which divided France in two, the Germans would not have to worry about the pressure on the Western Front until France was reunited. ”

Chamberlain sighed: "The Junkers in Germany, now their patience with Hitler is almost at the limit, right?" ”

Churchill said: "The people in the Fifth Division have revealed some information to me, and we have been in secret contact for the past month, trying to ask for support, but to be honest, I am not optimistic about the Junker barbarians. ”

After the end of the war in October, Germany quickly "changed its face" and made a big stride to "turn left" and move to the left, which caused quite a bit of panic in the German upper echelons. However, today's Hitler's prestige in Germany is as high as the sky, and it took him only a few years to turn Germany from a bullied European weaker chicken into a feared European hegemon, and it only took one year to defeat the world's enemies, Britain and France, and in the process, less than 20,000 soldiers were killed in the war.

Such a great achievement has not been achieved by any leader since the birth of the German nation, and even Bismarck and Wilhelm I, who established the Little German Empire, are overshadowed by the current "Great German-Italian" Empire.

"Hitler, like the sun"

The German master of armored warfare, Goodian, once commented on Hitler at this time (this is a historical fact), and so far Hitler has been like a saint in the hearts of the German people, and cannot be blasphemed. The current Junkers in Germany. After seeing that the trend of reddening in Germany was becoming more and more obvious, although he was already alert and wanted to oppose Hitler, Churchill was not optimistic about them at all.

Today's Hitler, his prestige in Germany is too high, and these people are really rebelling. As long as he makes a single voice, I am afraid that these Junkers' guards will be the first to rebel against the water. The only possible means of success for them is assassination.

But from the information coming from Germany, Hitler was a very cautious man. His personal guard was made up entirely of elites selected by the "SS", the most loyal Führer, and in order to prevent assassination, Hitler had been operating in Europe for months without even taking planes and only by train. And the information from Germany that the army that was now responsible for guarding the German capital had all been replaced by the SS.

Chamberlain said to Churchill: "In the next six months, it will not only be Western Europe. There will also be a storm inside Germany! ”

Churchill said: "I hope this storm will blow harder, so that the empire will have a glimmer of life." ”

The two of them were basically dead the moment they stepped down, and all Churchill and Chamberlain could do now was sit here, sing and smoke cigars. Then he sighed and said a long sigh.

Realizing that there will be a great upheaval within Germany, this is now after the Labour coalition government comes to power. One of the reasons for the continued tightening of armaments. In the wishful thinking of Attlee, the leader of the Labour Party, the signing of a peace agreement with Germany was also to take a breath, to step up armaments, and to restore naval strength so that it could cope with the crisis of the next war.

And the war with Germany though ended. But Britain's current international strategy is very bad.

After the war, the German navy still occupied the Faroe Islands and refused to leave, and continued to strengthen its defenses, and recently built submarine depots here. Iceland bordering the Faroe Islands. It was also occupied by the German army and navy at the end of the war, and the Germans are now building a naval base here. The establishment of these two bases made Britain, which was backed by the Atlantic Ocean, feel uncomfortable. In the event of a resumption of war, it would be easier for the German armada to blockade Britain's Atlantic shipping from these two places.

It's one thing for Europe to be strategically dangerous, but it's also hard for Asia to be optimistic. The threat to Asia is not only from the two enemies of China and the Soviet Union, nor from the Japanese, who are "easy to ask God and difficult to send God," but to the Americans, who are "allies" who have "pulled the shelf" in the past.

After the end of the war, Britain suffered heavy losses and urgently needed to "suck blood" from the colonies to recover. After ending the wartime state, Britain also had to adjust the production structure of domestic industry. When domestic production returns to a normal state, the market for a large number of industrial products will become a big problem.

Under the Anglo-American Washington Agreement, Britain was forced to open its native and all colonial markets to the Americans. In the year of the Anglo-German war, American goods had taken advantage of the opportunity to occupy colonial markets in large numbers. The Anglo-American Washington Treaty, signed by the "British traitor Churchill" in Washington, has now become the biggest obstacle to Britain's revival.

At present, there has just been an armistice, and British domestic production has not yet undergone a complete "transformation", and this contradiction is not strict for the time being, but in a few months, as the "peace" continues, this contradiction will continue to intensify. Amsterdam Armistice

The Germans did not ask the British to open the colonial market—and they did not need to, because of the huge demand from industrializing China, which was far more capable of consuming German industrial goods than colonial India.

In the days to come, the main contradiction facing Britain in the international arena will no longer be the contradiction with Germany, but will become a contradiction with the United States, a "quasi-ally."

If Britain wants to recover, it must tear up the Anglo-American Washington Treaty, but the consequences of tearing up the treaty are not something that Britain can afford now. Therefore, after the armistice, Britain did not stop building its navy at a single step, and did not fail to guard against the Americans, and before Christmas, a group of special envoys from Japan paid a "friendly" visit to Britain, and the contents of the secret negotiations between the two sides included the topic of Britain and Japan "huddling together to keep warm" on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean and excluding the infiltration of American forces.

What worries the British Government even more is that in the last month of 1940, a voice suddenly came out of the media in the United States, and some economists wrote articles in newspapers, claiming to establish a new international financial order centered on the "dollar." As soon as this article was proposed, it caused a sensation and resonance in the United States. The article lists the number of a number jù. It is all the figures of the declared gross national industrial product of each country in the past year, as well as the export trade volume of each country in the current year. The article then points to the column of the United States, which already accounts for 45 percent of the world's gross national product, and asks the reader: Today, the United States of America is already a veritable world factory, with a GDP greater than that of Britain, France, and Germany combined.

The author of the article, in addition to listing a bunch of economic numbers. It also lists the ratio of the strength of the U.S. Navy to the navies of other countries, as well as the growth of the U.S. Navy's strength in the coming years. A person with a little brain, as long as he glances at these comparison tables of various aspects, can easily come up with a thought: the United States of America has always been the first.

At the end of the article, the author of the article openly shouted: "When the bell rings for the New Year of 1941, all citizens of the United States of America should confidently proclaim on their chests that an era of world domination by the United States of America has come."

As soon as this article came out, it sparked countless resonances in the United States. And then it snowballed across the U.S.

This arrogant voice frightened the British government more than forcing Britain to open its colonial market.

During the war in the past year, the British government had ordered a full twenty destroyers from Japan, but during the war, ten of these new destroyers were completed, but none of them were delivered to Britain. It was only after the end of the war that the Japanese reluctantly delivered ten ships, as for the remaining ten. It is nearing completion due to the early end of the war. The asking price of the Japanese during the war was too high, and the price of one could almost build more than two and a half ships, and after careful calculation, the British found that the price of the remaining money was enough to build a new ship of the same type, so they simply suspended the transaction. The two sides were at loggerheads over the issue of making advance payments. The Japanese, who slaughtered the British, naturally didn't want to spit out the advance money they ate. The British, who were already poor, racked their brains to want the Japanese to spit out a little more, and this time the Japanese diplomatic corps visited Britain, and the two sides also "discussed and colluded" on this issue.

What Chamberlain and Churchill, who had already stepped down, did not know was that at this time in Buckingham Palace in England. The Japanese side and the new British Prime Minister Attlee also held "detailed discussions" on the issue of Japanese immigrants in Kalimantan.

There is a topic that is often discussed in the British upper echelons now, and that is the topic of the rebalancing of power in the "Western Pacific".

After the armistice between China, the Soviet Union, Germany, and Britain, the U.S. Navy became the dominant one. From 1935 to the present, in addition to the two new North Carolina-class battleships, the US Navy will also have two South Dakota-class battleships in service in the first half of next year. After Wilkie's successful presidential campaign, he publicly announced that he would continue the construction plan of Cactus Ghana, adding four new Essex-class aircraft carriers in 1941.

While Britain, Japan, and Germany were still "stingy" "counting" the construction of large warships in twos, threes, twos, or threes, the Americans, who were in a bullish mood, had already put battleships and aircraft carriers on the slipway on the scale of a "fleet" at the same time.

In the face of the aggressive US Navy, the British, whose strength had been greatly damaged, was powerless to resist in the Pacific, and the Japanese Navy, which had the blessing of the "ship spirit", although it had the self-confidence to win the battle against the US Navy and create a miracle similar to the German Navy, under the influence of Li Huamei, the Japanese also very much wanted to pull the British into the water to join forces against the United States before the war.

And out of their own needs, and for the sake of tearing up the "Anglo-American Washington Accord" that "lost power and humiliated the country" in the future, the British, who were greatly damaged by the war in Europe, also needed the Japanese to cheer them up.

In 1940, most of Kalimantan was a Dutch colony, with the British occupying a small part of the south. Lin Han is eyeing here, and the Japanese are also eyeing here. Because of the treaty between Britain and the Netherlands, the Japanese could not but take into account the views of the British if they wanted to do something here.

During the Japanese delegation's visit to the UK, there was a lot to talk about on the Southeast Asian issue. Among them was the question of the departure and stay of the Japanese troops stationed in the Malay Peninsula, and the Japanese side demanded that the British should pay the price of a complete withdrawal from the Malay Peninsula in exchange for the "neutral" attitude of the British on Kalimantan Island.

Obviously, after the British were unable to control Asia, the Japanese, who could not help it, set their sights on the Dutch's last colony in Asia. In the past, if the Japanese wanted to put their hands into Southeast Asia, the British government would have unceremoniously slapped them back, but now the British, who are extremely weakened, have to seriously consider this issue when they are facing enemies on all sides, and with the strategic mind of the British politicians, they also understand very well that the Americans now regard Southeast Asia as their own forbidden territory, and the Japanese stretching their hand too long in this area will only further intensify the contradictions between the United States and Japan here.

Now that the British Empire needs time to recover, how to use the US-Japan conflict in Southeast Asia to "stir up" to buy time for itself to recover is not a difficult task for the British politicians who have played a balanced policy for hundreds of years.

The article, which advocated the United States of America being the first in the world, was, of course, written by a gunman arranged by Lin Han and Hannah, and then published in an American newspaper. After the fact, it snowballed and got bigger and bigger, and a small part of it was the effect of their secret stirring up of the wind and igniting the fire, and more of it was a big explosion of self-confidence after the Americans themselves were "woken up."

This is a "killing" operation against the United States carefully planned by Lin Han and Hannah.

Being able to force the British in 1940 was the biggest surprise of the two history smasherents Lin Han and Hannah in this time and space, and it was a very good "truce time".

In the New Year of 1941, the United States was still only on the eve of a great explosion of military strength, and it had not really grown into a war giant in history after 1945, which built more than 100 aircraft carriers (including escort carriers), thousands of destroyers, and had hundreds of thousands of aircraft in three years, and had not yet flexed its muscles to the whole world and showed its desperate war potential.

The behemoth of the United States, at this time, still has a veil on its face, and the whole world has not yet felt his terrible fangs.

On the New Year's Day of 1941, Britain had not yet been like 1945 in history, after several years of war, exhausted of its family resources and energy, and still had a certain ability to resist the "forcible push" of the United States of America.

At the same point in time, another enemy of the United States, Japan, still exists, and the Japanese Navy on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean is still the most troublesome enemy of the United States.

The American was not yet hopelessly strong enough to have opponents who could resist him: Germany, the Soviet Union, the Japanese, and even the British. The British also saw the hope that they might trap the Americans and trap them.

Therefore, Lin Han and Hannah began to kill the United States, praising the United States for being strong, repeatedly boasting about how strong the United States is, so that the country has confidence in itself from top to bottom, and has the idea of acting as a world hegemon, so as to amplify the already small contradictions between Britain and the United States.

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