This time, Lin Youde guessed wrong.

Churchill did not scold his mother, but sat in front of the old desk that had been used by dozens of prime ministers, looking at the text on the desktop in a daze, although he was holding a pen, but he had not written a word for a long time.

After his foreign secretary opened the door and entered, Churchill said in a tired voice: "We can't even beat Israel now?" ”

"How is it possible, the full mobilization of land, sea and air forces, and the ...... of Israel"

"We're not going to have a chance to move that many troops over there, we only have one chance, and that's to quickly defeat the Israelis with the forces that are already in Egypt, I mean, before the U.S. and Germany get involved." Churchill shook his head, "But we seem to have lost the possibility of doing that." It was my fault that I didn't expect the Israelis to attack directly, and I should have fought for more budget for the war and put more troops in Egypt. ”

"We can unite the French, so ......"

"The French will not side with us, especially after witnessing the terrible performance of our expeditionary force. This is the truth, if you win, everyone will be impressed with you, and if you lose, your weight will also be reduced, and the international community is so direct. Churchill sighed, "Of course, the French don't want to spit out the benefits that have been eaten in their mouths, but they don't want to offend the United States and Germany at the same time, and their politicians will say, you see the British are deflated, so we are not ashamed to spit out what we have eaten in our mouths, and their people will also approve of this statement." ”

Churchill's last sentence was of course a joke, but there was also a deep sense of helplessness in this joke.

He stood up and slowly turned to look out the window at the London streetscape.

"I have long expected this situation, but I have always refused to accept the reality that the sun does not set on the empire in our hands, for this reason I have been working hard all these years, trying to do something to save a qiē, at first I thought I did a good job, we won a big war, won the glory of not losing to Wellington, I thought that the revival of the empire was just around the corner, but regretted to find that even if the German colonies were snatched, it was useless, compared with the United States on the other side of the sea, The British Empire is undoubtedly in decline. ”

Churchill sighed.

"But at the time I thought there was a chance to turn it around, but little by little hope slipped away, and I began to seek to at least keep Britain in the top few places in the world, and I did what I thought was right, but this time ......," Churchill shook his head.

"Winston," the foreign secretary did not call Churchill by his official title, but by his first name, "and we have not yet reached the point of no return, and we still have a chance." ”

"We have lost India, South Africa, Suez, other Commonwealth countries are also showing more and more centrifugal force, where are our opportunities? We have had the opportunity to keep up with the pace of technology, but we are intoxicated by the glory of what has been, and it is the countries that have been inferior to us who are tirelessly searching for the possibility of surpassing us. They are stimulated by our light to develop technology and build factories, and we, because of our arrogance, turn a blind eye to these. ”

The foreign secretary was silent, and Churchill maintained a posture of staring out the window at the street scene.

"Though I am unwilling," he said at last, "I am afraid that Britain will henceforth be subject to its former colonies, and our last efforts have failed, Woodson." ”

**

In February 1951, Germany and the United States intervened in Egypt by seizing the opportunity of the Israelis to attack the British. The international community, which had turned a blind eye to the preparations for war between Britain and France in the past 10 months, also seemed to recall the main theme of national equality in an instant, and condemned the "acts of aggression" of Britain and France in unison. For the first time, the United Nations sent military observers to monitor the armistice, which will probably go down in the history of the United Nations as a sign of the establishment of a new order in the international community.

The Six-Party Talks are extremely difficult - this is almost certain, and the more factions that participate in the talks, the more difficult the talks will be, regardless of time and place. Despite the difficulties, an agreement was reached in April 1951 that the British and French forces occupying Egypt must begin withdrawing by July of that year, and that the withdrawal of all troops would be completed by the end of 1951. As for the Israeli army, it will need to begin withdrawing as soon as the agreement comes into force, and retreat to the vicinity of the line of de facto Israeli control before the war began.

This insignificant difference in the timing of the withdrawal was the punishment for the Israeli army to take the initiative to attack the British army.

As soon as this agreement was announced, a wave of large-scale condemnation of Churchill was set off in Britain, and the opposition also took the opportunity to accuse Churchill of betraying the country.

Therefore, Churchill had to announce his resignation as prime minister in May of this year, and Churchill's second term as prime minister came to an abrupt end after less than half a year. Probably from now on, Winston Churchill will disappear from the world political arena completely.

Lin Youde also wrote a signed article in a fake way, affectionately "bidding farewell to this good opponent". The article was decisively reprinted in full by newspapers in the possession of Churchill's rivals in Britain, and it is said that Churchill tore it apart along with the picture he had just drawn when he got his hands on it.

**

One day in June, Lin Youde enjoyed the early summer sun on the terrace of Sanssouci Palace.

"Winston Churchill is gone, and Thatcher is still a fledgling girl," he said in a pleasant voice, "and in the intervening decade or so, I can't remember any capable politicians in Britain to be wary of." ”

"It's better to be careful, maybe there will be some 'original' capable people running out here." Viola sat opposite Lin Youde, lazily lying on the recliner basking in the sun, although she said words of admonition, her voice sounded without any tension, so this admonition also seemed very casual.

"Original capable people," Lin Youde shrugged, "So far, I don't seem to have foreseen a few, and the people who have relatively strong abilities have not appeared in another time and space are basically gods." According to this rule, it is good to pay attention to the British goddess. Isabella, is there any god in England who has a particularly strong ability to govern the country? ”

"I don't know the god of the goddess." Isabella, who was knocking on Erlang's leg, also had a lazy tone, "As for those gods who were born when I left England, I don't know." But by the time those gods could take power, that Thatcher had already reached the age of the most powerful, right? ”

"Almost." Lin Youde shrugged, "I remember that Margaret Thatcher started to become a female parliamentarian when she was about thirty-five years old, and now she is still a councillor in the lower constituency of Kent, and she is still far from the prime minister's throne." ”

The trajectory of Margaret Thatcher's life does not seem to have changed much because of the difference between the two time and space, and the fox's intelligence agents have been keeping an eye on her, so Lin Youde knows her every move well. Lin Youde had thought of sabotaging the encounter between Margaret Thatcher and her husband, so that Thatcher, who was not wealthy, probably did not have enough money to learn all about being a lawyer. You must know that before Margaret Thatcher became a "lady", she took time to study law and participate in political activities while working in a chemical company, and her life was tight.

But Lin Youde's action failed, and the Iron Lady still met her true destiny, and finally got rid of her tight life, and could have more room to study law and participate in political activities.

"To be honest, I'm kind of looking forward to playing with the Iron Lady." Lin Youde shrugged his shoulders, "The only thing that makes me regret is that she is not a god, otherwise she could have succeeded Churchill earlier, I want to see if she can bring the current Britain back to life." ”

"There is a problem with the logic of what you say, the current Britain should be easier to resurrect in 20 years, right?" Viola rolled over and pointed out in a lazy voice.

"Well, it seems like that's the case." Lin Youde nodded.

"I'm here to listen so calmly to what you say about the motherland," Isabella sighed, "and I've become a traitor through and through." ”

"Haven't you been a long time ago, and you're still sighing so far." Viola complained, "However, you have already done the UK a great favor by not conceiving a child, so that they will at least have a new god born and do not have to worry about the continuation of the god for the time being." ”

Isabella answered in a vague voice, I don't know if there is no expectation of having a child anymore, and now Isabella can face these topics calmly.

At this time, Xiaolu climbed up from the outside of the terrace and climbed over the railing.

"Dad, why are you always basking in the sun?" Xiaolu tilted her head, "Is it interesting to bask in the sun?" ”

"Of course it's interesting, Xiaolu, when you grow up, you'll be able to appreciate the beauty of this." Lin Youde opened his eyes and glanced at Xiaolu through his sunglasses.

"I'm satisfied as long as I have something to eat." Xiaolu said and took out the cookies.

"You really carry food with you anytime, anywhere." Lin Youde couldn't help laughing, "This is more and more like Oh-chan, you're actually Oh-chan's daughter, right?" ”

As soon as Lin Youde finished speaking, Oh Sauce appeared on the path where Xiaolu appeared, and after she climbed over the balcony railing, she looked at Lin Youde and them, "Oh", as if asking "Who is calling me".

As soon as Lin Youde wanted to say something to Oh Sauce, there was a faint alarm in the distance.

"What's going on?" Isabella sat up and looked in the direction the alarm was coming from, "It sounds like it's coming from the northwest, three kilometers away." ”

"Well, from the research group." Viola was still lying on the chaise longue, "Maybe something went wrong with the institute." At this time, it's good to wait for the phone. Explosions, gas leaks, and plane crashes, I feel like I'm getting used to them. ”

"Yes," Lin Youde scratched his hair, "I think it's time to do another safety month for scientific research activities, I feel like there have been a lot of accidents recently......" R1148