431 Retreat as advance
This statement disgusted Churchill a lot, only the British Empire has ever been to yin others, when will a cat and a dog also jump out to disgust the British Empire. The shameless pair of Russians and Jews, obviously you are making trouble with the wind and rain, and you are still beating a rake, which is really tolerable and unbearable!
Yes, for Churchill, the most important thing now is to get the Germans, who are not able to distract the Jews for the time being, and he originally wanted to be patient for a while, and when the limelight has passed, he will teach the Jews another lesson, which can somewhat save a little positive image of the British Empire.
Who would have thought that he would not provoke the Jews, but the Jews would take the initiative to provoke him. robbed the territory of the British Empire, killed the people of the British Empire, and dared to ask for autonomy in a grand manner, can this be tolerated? If you endure this, the whole world will think that Lao Tzu is easy to bully!
So at the first time, Churchill gave orders to the Mediterranean Fleet and the Royal Air Force in Egypt, asking for warships and bombers to teach the Jews a lesson.
Yes, the British Empire was stretched thin on land, but the navy and air force were still able to handle it. According to Churchill's idea, block the ports and air lanes of Palestine and trap you donkey day Jews. In order to relieve his anger, Churchill personally named the operation "Prisoner of Babylon", which means obviously.
The first to be launched was the Royal Air Force, and Lancaster bombers came over Jerusalem and dropped a string of bombs. In absolute terms, the scale of the bombing was small, less than a fraction of the bombing of German cities, but the impact of the bombing should not be underestimated.
Of course, these influences were completely negative for the British. Because on the third day after the bombing, the American newspapers published the glorious achievements of the British bombing. Bombed a number of hospitals and schools. Killed more than 100 patients, especially children! One of the most shocking was the bombed school. When tiny corpses were lifted out of the rubble, the reputation of the British Empire fell to the bottom.
This action directly alarmed Roosevelt, and the old president personally wrote a letter to Qiu Fatzi, strongly condemning the atrocities of the British army and asking the British to exercise more restraint and not to make extraneous troubles at the important juncture of the anti-fascist movement.
This letter was so unfortunate that Qiu Fatzi was angry, because it was not whether he was good or bad in the first place, but the Jews and Russians who provoked it first. He's just fighting back.
Of course, Qiu Fatzi also knows that it is useless to say this, because Americans typically wish they were unlucky, and it is polite enough not to fall into the ground. In desperation, Qiu Fatzi could only order the air force to abandon carpet bombing, especially strictly prohibiting attacks on public facilities.
Well, this order made the RAF almost scold the mother, why? Because what military or industrial facilities are worth mentioning in Palestine? This hellish place is so poor that you can't attack public facilities and residential areas. What else can be fried? Go out and blow up the sand or the tent?
Anyway, the Royal Air Force is quite speechless, and the Royal Navy is not much stronger. According to Churchill's estimates. East Prussia and the Soviet Union would probably use the sea route to support the Jews in Palestine, and the blockade of the ports would be a good way to trap the Jews. And once the ships of East Prussia and the Soviet Union were found transporting arms, the British Empire would be able to turn the game back in the international community.
To the frustration of the Royal Navy, a lot of fuel was wasted, that is, not a single ship from East Prussia and the Soviet Union was found at sea.
For a moment, even the fat man couldn't help but have such a thought: "Aren't East Prussia and the Russians ready to support the Jews in Palestine?" ”
But MI6 quickly poured cold water on the Prime Minister: "According to our reconnaissance, about 100,000 Jews have been armed in the last month. As for other food and medicines, there are countless more......"
How exactly did the Russians and East Prussia get supplies into Palestine? Well, Churchill was so anxious that he tore off the few hairs on his head, but no matter how he ordered MI6 to reconnoitre, nothing came of it, and the supplies seemed to come out of the ground.
In desperation, Churchill could only order the Royal Air Force to intensify the bombing, which must destroy the Jewish material reserves and strike at the Jewish ground forces.
In Churchill's view, the Jews, who did not have an air force and lacked anti-aircraft artillery, had no choice but to be happy for a week, and the air force brought him bad news: "The Jews have an air force!" ”
Jewish pilots from East Prussia flew La-5s purchased from the Soviet Union to chase Royal Air Force bombers and attack planes, quickly gaining air supremacy around Jerusalem. In more than a week of air battles, the Royal Air Force lost more than thirty bombers and hundreds of pilots!
The fat man was really angry, and he made solemn representations to the Soviet Union, demanding that the Soviet Union immediately stop selling weapons to Palestinian Jews. However, the Soviet government's answer was: "The Soviet Union has never sold arms to Palestine, so please stop making trouble and spreading rumors out of nowhere!" ”
As for the Soviet-style fighters that appeared in the skies over Palestine, the Soviet government was mistaken in thinking that the British pilots were inexperienced. When the British took aerial photographs as evidence, East Prussia jumped out again, and they proved that the planes were sold by them to the Jewish Sanhedrin in Palestine and had nothing to do with the Soviet government!
This was almost by the fat man, and the Soviet Union and East Prussia sang this set of double reeds, so that he was helpless. Why?
As a member of the Allied powers, East Prussia played a major role in the fight against the German Nazis and belonged to the level of Australia and Canada. In order to counter German aggression, the purchase of weapons from the USSR was a matter of course, and no one could say a word about it. Therefore, whether East Prussia buys arms or receives military aid from the Soviet Union, it is a normal state behavior, and even the allies have to praise East Prussia's contribution.
In this regard, neither East Prussia nor the USSR made any mistakes. As for East Prussia's supply of weapons and equipment to the Jews in Palestine, although this made the British very uncomfortable, who made the family Jews and be in the same spirit?
The British could impose an embargo, impose a blockade, and even scold East Prussia, but only the Soviet Union could not be said to be responsible. Nor can force be used against East Prussia. Not even verbal threats. Who made the family an ally?
The only thing Britain could do was to block the access of Palestinian Jews to weapons and other resources. And there is nothing that can be done about its supporters. Of course. We have already seen that because of the existence of a certain immortal, the blockade of the British is meaningless, worse than a mouth cannon.
So what is now in front of Churchill is a mess, force cannot be used for the time being, and the effect is not good, the blockade cannot be locked, and the mouth cannon is still lagging behind. This is truly passive across the board. Lose cleanly!
In this extremely unfavourable situation, Churchill knew that a change had to be made, and that it would be self-defeating to continue with the previous policy. It has to be said that veteran colonists like Churchill still have quite the means.
Since it is not possible to play hard, then retreat is to advance. How do you advance by retreating? Quite simply, don't you Jews want autonomy? Then I'll give it to you. After you get the autonomy, it will be unreasonable for you to make trouble up and down crookedly, right?
Of course, such concessions will not solve the actual problems of Palestine, but they will free the British Empire from the cusp of mass ridicule and restore part of its international image. But it's still a stopgap measure. Or rather, Churchill wanted to appease the Jews temporarily. Let them stop, and by the way, limit the development of the Jews, or at least limit the military power of the Jews to a manageable range.
Once Germany is finished, once the British Empire has freed its hands, the next step will be to clean up the troublesome Jews, not to mention autonomy, even you Jews will have to be skinned!
If the Jews in Palestine did not accept the British conditions, the natural British could say that the Jews were not making trouble for the sake of autonomy at all, but were deliberately trying to change the political situation in Palestine. At that time, the British Empire was whitewashed, and all the pressure fell on the side of the Jews.
As for the Jews agreeing to these conditions, it was just as easy for Churchill to sit back and wait for the autumn to settle the score!
So how exactly were the Jews chosen? Soon Oliva, the Jewish representative of Palestine, agreed to negotiate with Britain on the right of self-government, and if Britain recognized the Jews as a high degree of autonomy in Palestine, the Jews would remain within the framework of the British Empire as a dominion.
When the news reached Churchill's ears, the old smoker was overjoyed, he thought that the stupid Jews had finally been fooled, and of course he was even happier that the Russians were nothing more than that, and that they wanted to fight with the British Empire at such a political level, and see how to kill your polar bear in the future!
It's just that Churchill was a little too happy, and just when he thought he had pressed the Jews, the Arabs came up again. The oil tycoons, led by Saudi Arabia, strongly oppose the British resolution, believing that it greatly harms the interests of the Palestinians, and they firmly oppose Jewish autonomy and demand that the Palestinians should be allowed to achieve autonomy first!
Well, Churchill was dumbfounded, he didn't expect the stupid camel to stab him in the back, he thought he had already taken care of these second goods. Can't you pig-heads see the intent of the British Empire?
For the Arabs, what if you see it? As the so-called crying child has milk to eat, Lao Tzu didn't cry before, you British stupid people sent milk to the door, this time Lao Tzu cried a lot, why do you have to milk two more mouthfuls, right?
Of course, there is also Li Xiaofeng's encouragement, after the British issued that declaration, he immediately set a new price for the Arabs, anyway, it was better than the previous British promise, and then the Arabs had an idea, and immediately used the Soviet Union's asking price to put pressure on the British: "See, the conditions of the Soviet Union are much better than yours, and you still support Jewish autonomy, this will definitely not work, the previous negotiations do not count!" ”
Churchill almost died of anger, he could see that the Soviet Union was just fanning the wind and lighting the ghost fire, lest the world be chaotic, Britain appeased the Jews, and the Soviet Union provoked the Arabs to make trouble, anyway, both ends of the matter. If the British Empire continues to talk like this endlessly, there is no need to do anything, and it will be exhausted to death.
Churchill knew that he must not fall into this strange circle, otherwise he would not be able to climb out. Just when he wanted to solve the problem quickly, a new trouble came. Jews and Arabs in Palestine are fighting!
I have to say that the Arabs are simple-minded, and when they saw the Jews making trouble successfully, they thought they could draw a scoop with a gourd. Let's make trouble, too. We also demand autonomy. If the Jews can succeed, we can also succeed, and the Jews must not be allowed to dominate Palestine and Jerusalem.
But the Arabs never thought about the reason for the success of the Jews. Except for the fact that the Jews were already covered by hooligans, the Jews had been preparing for this day for many years, and the relationship between the top and bottom, the funds, weapons, and personnel training for the uprising were all prepared, and they used all kinds of means to trap the British.
And what do the Arabs have? Nothing, no money, no weapons, no big hooligan support and especially no plans. This kind of stunned rebellion is called death academically!
Why do they die? The reason is very simple, now that the Jews have control of Palestine, if they want to make trouble, they must first pass the Jewish level, and the Jews will let them do it? Second, although Britain favored the Arabs, the actual intention of the British Empire was still a balancing strategy, hoping that its territory would be more stable. Especially now, the British are too busy to put out the fire, how can they allow the Arabs to add fuel to the fire?
Therefore, the Arabs are making trouble at the right time and place, and they do not occupy any of them, what is this not death? In fact, the Jews were the happiest of them to die.
How so? It should be said that the death of the Arabs was single-handedly provoked and planned by the Jews and the Soviet Union! The Arabs do not make trouble. How can the Jews in Palestine justifiably retain and develop their armed forces?
I really thought that Li Xiaofeng couldn't see through Churchill's calculations, and the promise of the British was no different from farting. If you want to speak, someone will listen, you have to hold a big stick in your hand. Otherwise no one will be the same thing as you.
Why were the Jews able to force the British to grant autonomy, and it was not the Jews in Palestine who already had armed forces and controlled the situation, otherwise they wanted the British to succumb? It's useless to wait until the flowers are gone.
From the very beginning, Li Xiaofeng told the Jews: "The foundation of your life is the army, and only with a strong regional army can you rebuild your homeland in Palestine comfortably." So no matter what ecstasy soup the British pour on you, they are so anxious that they can't give up their armed forces! That's fundamental! ”
Of course, Li Xiaofeng also knew what kind of tricks the British would do, which was nothing more than retreating. In response, he also gave the Jews a trick, muddying the waters, pulling the Arabs in, and using the armed conflict in the Middle East to justify the Jews' legitimate possession of armed forces.
As soon as the British demanded that the Jews disband their troops during the negotiations, the Jews talked about the "terrorist attacks" of the Arabs, forcing the British to put pressure on the Arabs on the one hand, and on the other hand, to intensify the expansion of the army, which had no intention of making the British get their wish at all.
Naturally, such negotiations were fruitless, and the British ran out of their legs anyway and the result was quite unsatisfactory. The Jews in Palestine grew stronger, and the Arabs grew in anger and resentment, making the British Empire inhuman inside and out.
"This is the trick that the Russians have played!" Churchill was furious, "All the troubles are caused by them, these bastards are deliberately cheating us!" ”
Churchill was right, and that's what Li Xiaofeng meant. But what makes Qiu Fatzi puzzled is, what good is this for the Soviet Union?
To tell the truth, for a while, Qiu Fat Man really couldn't see clearly, this strategy of making trouble and making trouble is a typical saboteur, what benefits can just be brought by sabotage? If the Soviet Union is interested in the oil of the Middle East, then what is the use of sabotage? If not, then what is the USSR trying to do in the Middle East?
Anyway, from the point of view of economic interests, the drama that the Soviet Union made in the Middle East did not benefit anything, and it was simply an act that harmed others and did not benefit itself. This is also the thing that Churchill can't understand the most, what are the Russians trying to do?
But no matter what the Russians are trying to do, there is not much time left for Churchill and the British Empire, Palestine is getting more and more chaotic, and if you don't think about settling all this, there is no way to end it!
After thinking about it, Churchill made a decision: whatever the Russians really wanted to do. After all, there is a picture. Then just go to the door and talk to the Russians and see what these grandsons really want. If the conditions are not too harsh, then say yes. Anyway, this kind of deal was not undone by the British Empire, and it almost played a dog brain when it grabbed the colony with France, but later compromised in order to deal with the German threat.
Although the Soviet Union does not yet have the influence of France, Germany is more dangerous than it was then, and it is the traditional means of the British Empire to make deals to secure core interests in times of crisis.
So Churchill immediately sent the foreign minister to Moscow, and it would be best if he could get the Russians to be dealt with, and if not, it would be good to find out what the Russians were trying to do. At least the British Empire knew what to do.
However, what made the British feel depressed was that this visit was extremely unsuccessful, and the Soviet Union was still the same old rhetoric: "The Soviet Union is willing to maintain friendly relations with Britain, but it cannot ignore the needs of the disadvantaged Jewish groups, and East Prussia is a good neighbor, good friend and good brother of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union must respect the choice of the East Prussian people." And out of respect for the British Empire, the Soviet Union had no intention of interfering in the Palestinian question......" (To be continued. )
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