Chapter 656: Meeting (1)
The sun is blazing, the cicadas are chirping, and the afternoon heat hangs over the city of London, as if even the air is twisted.
In a café next to the street, several guests are enjoying cold drinks in their seats; The ceiling fan on the ceiling whirls and whirls, bringing a bit of coolness to the room. In addition to resting and enjoying the coolness, several copies of the day's "Times" were also placed on the table by them; For Londoners, reading newspapers has long been an integral part of their lives, their most important source of knowledge about the outside world.
"A cease-fire agreement was reached between the Siberian State and Soviet Russia, and the two sides were bounded by the Ural Mountains and restored to pre-war peace." A citizen looked at the eye-catching bold headlines in the newspaper and couldn't help but speak in surprise. Seven years ago, when the artillery of the Russian Civil War roared from the Don River and Yekaterinburg, and thus swept over a land even larger than the Great War in Europe, are the warring sides finally exhausted from the long period of attrition?
"The army of the Don republics also stopped the offensive and sent representatives to negotiate an armistice with Moscow." The man sitting in front of him took out the pipe in his mouth, and there was a hint of regret on his face, "If I remember correctly, this White Guard army once approached less than 100 kilometers from Moscow and almost overturned the lair of the red devil. The Germans were really dazed, so why not give more aid to the two White armies, so that they could send this demon back to hell completely? That's what I pray to God every day! ”
"The Germans are still too naïve. They obviously have a descendant of the former Tsarist royal family in their hands, but they have never played his role; If they had destroyed the Red Russian regime and supported the former crown prince to restore the Romanov dynasty. So isn't all of Russia under their control? What's more, there is news from Berlin. The former Russian prince is in love with the granddaughter of the old Kaiser. This undoubtedly deepened the Germans' accusation against him. However, this was also a blessing for Britain, and if Germany took control of Russia again, then all of Europe would be reduced to a place where these Germanic beasts could wreak havoc. ……”
In a private room not far from the hall, a fat man with a round body was sitting silently on a chair; Since the door was not closed, he could clearly hear the voices of the citizens talking. The fat man was not at all dismissive of these arguments: as far as the Oriental question of which these men were talking about, they were not seeing the forest for the trees: a united Russia would in any case be more nerve-stirring in Germany than the present situation of division. Only by keeping them in a constant situation of mutual hatred and division would the Germans be able to completely eliminate the pressure from the East. In the previous hundreds of years, the British Empire, which had a unique geographical advantage and an overall lead in industrial power, also handled European affairs with this concept as the core, but this time, the situation in Europe was completely out of London's control: although it had sown deep enough seeds of hatred between Germany, France and Russia and Austria, the strength of the Germans was beyond everyone's imagination!
"What about "Be vigilant against an armed German invasion and defend every inch of the British Empire with warships and guns"? Oh shit, isn't that what that bastard Churchill wrote? This guy's stuff can also be published in The Times? A citizen spoke with undisguised disdain and spittle. When he landed, the fat man in the private room couldn't help but twitch in his heart. Out of the corner of his eye, the citizen had already spat heavily on the newspaper and said, "I thought he was such a great man when he managed to escape from the Boer prison, but who would have thought that the crimes he committed against Britain were completely unprecedented and unprecedented!" It was this warmonger who single-handedly brought about this war in Europe, which had nothing to do with us, intent on paving his path to power with the corpses of countless Saxons; And it was under his stupid leadership that the Royal Navy suffered a crushing defeat that had not been seen in more than 300 years, falling from two great fleets to only 60% of the strength of the Germans! If he still had the slightest shame, he should have committed suicide a long time ago to atone for the sins of those brave sailors and their families, how could he still live shamelessly in this world, and even publish an article to show his existence? ”
"Not only the Royal Navy, but also the nearly 300,000 soldiers of the Army who were buried in the battlefields of France. They died senselessly under the guns of the Germans, and part of the account should be attributed to the warmongers. It is a pity that Marshal Kitchener, who has distinguished himself, died of grief only three years after the end of the war. Our lads were valiant on land, but the defeat at sea made their efforts meaningless. Another citizen sighed and said with regret.
"Now what is the purpose of this guy writing this, does he think that Britain has not lost enough in this war? One more fight with the Germans, and then the complete loss of Africa, India, or even the homeland? To this day, who still believes his nonsense? One of the citizens snorted, closed the newspaper in his hand, and said, "If handing him over to the Germans will save Britain from the risk of defeat and resurrect the dead, then we may try his methods." ”
However, Churchill's article is not entirely false. After all, now that the Germans have taken control of Europe and extended their tentacles to Africa and the Middle East, if their ambitions are not limited to this, then Britain is indeed in the most dangerous situation in the last thousand years. Even if we are not for the sake of this unashamed politician, we should think about the future of Britain. The citizen, smoking a pipe, said with a little melancholy.
While talking, a tall and thin middle-aged man walked into the café under the scorching sun, and several citizens were still discussing the current situation without any restraint from the entry of visitors. Seeing the appearance of the visitor, the fat man in the private room suddenly lit up, and after welcoming the man into the room, he slammed the door shut, and the curses in the hall were no longer heard by the two.
"Mr. Churchill, the people of your country are really unkind. You've put so much effort into the Royal Navy and the British Empire, and now you're being rebuked as a criminal. The middle-aged man spoke softly in pure American slang, and his words couldn't help but reveal a bit of emotion. Hearing these words, the fat Churchill smiled bitterly and said: "There is an old saying in the East, which says that the victor will be crowned king, and the loser will only become a thief. As a direct result of the defeat of the Royal Navy, the British Empire lost the war, and I am now cursed and rejected by the people as a robber who does all kinds of evil. Mr. Roosevelt, who was tasked with the exchange of the two navies, took the time to meet with me, a loser, and I am deeply grateful. ”
Roosevelt, a middle-aged man, looked solemn and said earnestly: "Although you are now in misfortune, Mr. Churchill, you are undoubtedly a brave and wise true fighter. Only you see what an impact Germany will have on the civilized world, and do everything in your power to organize against this threat. Unfortunately, this Satan's power is beyond anyone's imagination, and now it is making the whole of Europe bow under its obscenity, and is extending its claws to the whole world. ”
"The Germans now established Teutonic Africa, and encompassed most of Poland and all of Ukraine, and the power of the country was at an all-time high; With the strength of Great Britain alone, it is no longer possible to compete with it. Your country, which belongs to the same Saxon nation as Great Britain and speaks the same language, should unite in the present state to defend against this unprecedented threat to the civilized world. Churchill slowed down, but the urgency of his words was clear: "It is all too evident that the Germans are not satisfied with immediate interests and have decided to annex the world." They were building railways on a large scale in the Middle East, and their next goal was to pass Guò Persia directly to Britain and India; And their project of building military bases in various colonies is the best proof of Berlin's inflated ambitions. Morocco and Iceland are bases that choke Britain's sea routes from the north and south, respectively, and Guyana is a wedge in their march into the Americas, ready to use it as a springboard to threaten your country's backyard. This is not only about the situation in Britain, but also about the core interests of your country! ”
Roosevelt nodded slightly. Britain cannot tolerate any country dominating the European continent, and why does the United States want to see a united Europe? Even in the United States, the owners of the White House have been extremely unkind to the European Union, let alone the traditional Europe, which has been far less traumatized by war than it has in history and has all of Africa as a colony. In terms of total population and existing market, Europe undoubtedly has a clear advantage over North America; In terms of product competitiveness, the African colonies were able to provide Europe with massive raw materials and cheap labor, and their production costs were much lower than those of the United States, which had high personnel expenses. And in the field of science and technology, Europe is still the absolute core of the world; Those top scientists and R&D backbones have not yet emigrated to the United States, and when Europe has not been severely traumatized by the war, who is willing to give up the prosperity and richness of Europe, the center of the world, and run to a strange North America far from the core to work hard from scratch? (To be continued......)
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Today, the unit suddenly had a dinner, and the update was late, so I'm sorry