There is a Chinese saying that says, "A phoenix with a falling feather is not as good as a chicken." ”

There is also a saying called: "The body of the young lady is the life of the maid." ”

And this is also a true portrayal of the British after World War II, the national fortunes are declining, and they are slipping all the way along the fast lane.

In fact, until the mid-thirties of the twentieth century, the British Empire believed that it was in the golden age of its empire, that it was still the queen of the seas that ruled over the seas - before the outbreak of World War II, Whitehall in London controlled more than 200 colonies, subjects and dependencies with a total land area of more than 11 million square miles. The empire was inhabited by Polynesian natives and Arctic Eskimos on Pacific islands, descendants of ancient African kingdoms and Mughal ruins, Australian farmers and South African gold miners. The fluttering rice flag stretches from the highlands of Scotland to the ice fields of Antarctica, from the French-speaking lumberyards of Quebec to the mosques of the Middle East. For an island nation with a native population of less than 50 million at the time, this is simply the most enviable great miracle in human history.

So, in that era, the phrase "the sun never sets on the empire" was not a literary rhetoric, but an ironclad fact. Even in the fifties of the twentieth century, the British were still immersed in a strong imperial complex. Schools are covered with red-colored colonies, history classes teach about the conquest of India and the achievements of British missionaries in Africa, and children's encyclopedias account of the dyed cotton industry on the South Asian subcontinent and rubber trees in Malaya. Traces of a shijie empire are everywhere, from the homes of the British to the outside. From the names of streets and statues erected in parks, exotic ornaments imported from India to umbrella holders made of African elephant leather; From rhododendrons brought in from the Himalayas to Indian dialects that have found their way into everyday English; From the Egyptian Mummy Legion in the Museum to the countless statues of Ancient Greece...... There are also rice flags and statues of Queen Victoria erected in port cities of unknown numbers. It all seemed to tell the world about the splendor and greatness of Britain.

However, regardless of the British Empire's great conquest of the Seven Seas in the past, Queen Victoria's heroic hegemony in ruling over thousands of waves is breathtaking. But after all, since the end of World War II, Britain's strength has been declining, just fast and slow.

You must know the fundamental reason why Britain was able to dominate Shijie in modern history. It is that it has a huge colony that covers all the continents of Shijie, which can provide endless markets and resources for this island nation; The first armada of Shijie formed a powerful web of steel, linking together many distinct lands and inhabitants - the strategic importance of the naval fleet to Britain. Just as roads and legions were to ancient Rome.

However, after the victory in World War II, all the capital that constituted the global hegemony of the British Empire collapsed.

-- World War II brought about a subversive change in Britain. So much so that all shijie observers and scholars. They all cut off the post-World War II Britain from the pre-war Shijie Empire: Ireland, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Malaya, Africa, Hong Kong, ...... Colonies were all seceded, turning the British Empire, which ruled a quarter of the world's landmass, into a nominal Commonwealth. When efforts to recapture the Suez Canal failed in 1956, the British prime minister at the time was already lamenting that it was "a zuihou respite for the dying powers".

Next, the reign of Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady", the development of the North Sea oil fields and the victory in the Falklands War finally injected a valuable shot in the arm into this rapidly declining old empire. And the victory of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union gave Britain an illusory sense of pride.

But. After this brief resurgence, this declining country that has survived the imperial shelf. Still falling inexorably into the abyss - if in Margaret Thatcher's time, the British, after carefully searching for their own pockets, could still muster a little spare strength to cross the Atlantic and wrestle with the "quasi-developed" Argentina. Then, after entering the 20th century, Britain, which is not treated by the European Union, can only be a small follower of the United States. And after the global financial turmoil, the British industry, which is highly hollowed out, has even lost a trace of strength with the wind.

In the final analysis, after centuries of glory and greatness, Britain, which has dissipated all its prosperity, has not been able to get rid of the embarrassing identity of a remote island country after all, and will eventually return to its original historical status when the short-term glory is over.

It is a great pity that the conservative, stubborn and arrogant British have not yet fully woken up from the dream of being a superpower, and are not willing to be reduced to a second-rate country, unwilling to admit defeat, let alone willing to put down their position and become an ordinary member of the Europa countries, but continue to seek the throne of European leader without self-determination, relying on the United States, the most powerful foreign aid, and repeatedly acting as a-stirring stick within the European Union.

This kind of practice of eating inside and outside and standing in Europe against Europe has indeed achieved some short-term benefits for Britain, but in the long run, it has pushed this island country step by step to the point of being a public enemy of Europe, and it is also an erroneous practice that goes against the trend of history -- the integration that the political leaders of various European countries are keen on is not just talk on paper, but an inevitable product of the evolution of European history, and is also a helpless choice in the process of realpolitik.

From a historical point of view, it was the birth of the European Union that enabled Europeans to retain a strong international influence into the 21st century. But at the same time, it is precisely because Britain, the leading party, and a bunch of pig teammates in southern Europe have assisted the Americans in their constant internal sabotage, that the European Union, which had pinned its hopes on European rejuvenation, has become congenitally deficient and may become a United Nations at any time -- that is, it will become an ornament.

In the eyes of Europeans, this selfish behavior of the British is no different from the Taiwan independence shili in the eyes of the Chinese.

If Britain still has the strength to take on the whole of Europe and silence everyone so much, this may not be a big deal. Unfortunately, this is not the case - indeed, despite the collapse of the empire, the British have long maintained the fourth defense budget. After the United States, China and Russia have turned money that could have been spent on education, industry or infrastructure into aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, in order to keep Britain in the Shijie class. But the harsh reality is that in almost every war, Britain fought only in the shadow of the United States. It is neither noticed by the world nor much profit. It's like an idiot little follower who brings his own dry food and is looking for hardship.

And even this powerful army, which had been built up after exhausting its national strength, eventually began to gradually collapse with the economic recession and internal corruption. So much so that Zuihou made a fuss to the extent that the queen's parade turned into a rowing boat race, and the security operation relied on mercenaries.

It is conceivable that in the face of such a decaying empire that is strong and captivated, like paper paste, who wants to be subordinated to it and be at the mercy of it?

So. Seeing that Britain obviously no longer has the strength of the Shijie Empire. Maintaining the toughness, greed, and arrogance of the Earth Overlord, its enemies have finally banded together and begun to plot a covert operation to kick off this stumbling block......

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“…… Although the whole Jihua so far, nothing has gone wrong. But the number of troops we have raised this time is really a bit small......"

At the headquarters on the coast of Calais, France, Colonel Barnazar, with slightly curly black hair and a beard, smoked a Cuban cigar cigarette in his hand while looking at the electronic map of the English Channel on the wall marked with the deployment of our forces. Sighing a little melancholy, "...... It was in the year 1066 of the Dark Middle Ages. William I, Duke of Normandy, crossed the sea from France to conquer England and fought the Battle of Hastings with him at least 7,000 troops. But our joint European operation this time has only gathered less than 5,000 men in Calais......"

-- Although Britain's military strength has declined quite badly since World War II, other European countries are also half a pound or two in nine out of ten years.

In fact, as we enter the twenty-first century, almost all Western European countries have a pitifully small number of standing armies. Not to mention what kind of war to fight, even if there is a regional conflict, it will not be able to deal with it. It is not comparable to the scene of bloody battles between millions of soldiers and horses during World War I and World War II. For example, the modern German army is not at all the same thing as the iron-blooded army of the past, the total strength of the army is only 100,000, and the service time of the soldiers is only ten months, which is not enough to complete combat training. And all of them were nourished by beer and ham to eat excessively, and they were generally obese to the point where they couldn't run.

Therefore, when there was a war in Afghanistan, these German Hans, who were too fat to walk, made a lot of jokes. In NATO's previous military exercises, the German armored forces have repeatedly suffered heavy defeats at the hands of Italian infantry divisions, making this "noodle country" that was not eye-catching in the past beaten so badly. The most striking situation occurred in Chile, where there was a ridiculous incident in which nine German GIs were kidnapped hostage by five underage hooligans.

Well, if Hitler and Bismarck could have learned about this underground, they would have been so angry that they would have rolled in their graves!

In view of the above-mentioned humiliating situation, the Germans did not send troops on a large scale this time, but only mobilized a small number of special forces and supernatural forces Liliang.

The situation of the French army is slightly better, after all, France is still one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, unlike the defeated country Germany, which is suppressed everywhere, and there is a French Foreign Legion that often fights in Africa, and its combat experience and combat effectiveness are not bad in Europe...... It is a pity that although the French army is relatively capable of fighting, France also has more overseas interests in Africa, and it is necessary to maintain a strong mobile force in Africa just in case, and some troops are dragged out of the Middle East. And the total strength of the French standing army is not very large - therefore, the various units under the command of Colonel Banazal are only more than 4,000 people scattered together. What's worse is that these troops were temporarily airlifted from all over Shijie to Calais to assemble, and the organization and tacit cooperation were very problematic.

Of course, a military liliang of this magnitude is enough to destroy a small country in Africa. But the problem is that this time the enemy they will deal with is not the barbaric and backward tribal armed forces of Black Africa, but the British Empire, which has been threatening the European continent for nearly 300 years!

-- No matter how well the British have been in the post-World War II history, they are still one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. A member of the International Nuclear Weapons Club, and an important player in the international political arena, and not those small African countries whose names no one has even heard of.

This could not but make Colonel Banazal feel a little worried. As an operational commander on the front line of the Strait. He really did not have the confidence to conquer Britain with such a meager force, not without follow-up troops, but only after the first phase of the operation had been successful.

“…… With only 4,000 French troops, of course, it was difficult to conquer Britain at once. But now that it is not the year of the Shijie War, Germany and France must not be allowed to issue a general mobilization order again! In that case, all Shijie will know what we're going to do! ”

The blonde German witch Daqifani reached out and snapped her fingers, and said in a lazy manner, "...... Fortunately. The British provoked too many enemies during this time: China, Russia, Iceland, Canada...... The Irish were even willing to provide us with logistical supplies and offshore bases, and promised to send a force to land in Wales. Add to that the internal unrest in Britain. They simply can't put up effective resistance! ”

Hearing this, Colonel Banazal couldn't help but nod slightly: With the discord and disagreement among the EU countries, if it were not for the recent series of actions of the British that can be called a strange death, Germany and France may not have the determination to intervene militarily.

First of all. In the next phase of EU integration. The only thing Britain can do is to ask for prices and add to the chaos, and stand within the EU to try to bring it down. They constantly put forward all kinds of outrageous demands in the negotiations, but refused to assume any corresponding obligations, and constantly created chaos and sow discord. Wife club, but I didn't bring my wife"!

Then, in the process of following the repeated fierce wars of the US military in the Middle East and North Africa and suppressing Muslims in various countries. The British did not eat mutton but caused a lot of trouble, not only did they fail to share the expected oil benefits. Instead, it succeeded in pulling the deep hatred of the entire Arab Shijie.

The Russians and the British, who have been playing games in Europe for centuries, are only happy to see the bad luck of their old rivals, and even add fuel to the fire. Not to mention the recent instigation of the Maidan movement by the British, which has stirred up the reunification of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

As for China...... In recent years, the British have instigated riots in Hong Kong, tried desperately to block Beijing over Tibet, and demanded sky-high prices from China on the Arctic shipping lanes, completely forgetting that their own land does not seem to border the Arctic Ocean, and is separated by Iceland.

Next, in order to gain new economic growth points and seize the ruling power of the Arctic, the British actually suppressed Iceland and advocated the "Yellow Peril Theory" in order to interfere with the construction of China's port base in Iceland, and at the same time tried to re-enforce some suzerainty rights against Canada...... The result not only led to Quebec's preparations for an independence referendum again, but also caused social chaos in Canada, and everyone in the Commonwealth was in danger, almost breaking out of the "Commonwealth of Nations" trend. The Icelanders saw that Jihua, the "relay station of the Arctic route", which could have made a fortune every day, was made a mess by the British "Yellow Peril theory", and the fishermen of the two countries immediately played a "bumper boat war" on the Atlantic, and some even installed sharp angles of attack on the fishing boats.

Needless to say, there is absolutely no other country in Europe that hates the British more than they do.

The Americans, who are Britain's biggest supporters, are making every effort to deploy Jihua to recapture Japan at this time, and all attention is in the direction of the Pacific Ocean......

Zuihou, the failure of two-way immigration and multicultural policies, and the rise of the Scottish independence movement, brought Britain itself to the point of fragmentation...... In short, the current situation in Britain is that the ability to anger and hatred is unprecedented, but the only backer boss is not strong, and its own strength is like paper paste, which will be broken as soon as it is poked.

And, although the first EU advance force was a little inadequate, the authorities at the command level did a good job.

“…… What is the saying? The French army was able to achieve brilliant victories only under the command of women (Joan of Arc) and foreigners (Napoleon). The German witch Dachphany turned her wand nimbly and teased Colonel Banazal, a dark-skinned descendant of Algerian immigrants, "...... I'm a woman and you're a foreigner, so we're sure we'll win this battle!" ”

......In this regard, Colonel Banazal, who was most taboo about others talking about his background, had to roll his eyes helplessly, and then turned to look at a staff officer, "...... Where is the location of the Chinese fleet at the moment? Have they already made their position and attitude known? ”

The staff officer hurriedly stood up and saluted, "...... Report to Colonel that the Chinese fleet has sailed out of the Moroccan port of Rabat and is continuing its journey north in the North Atlantic, and is expected to enter the Bay of Biscay tomorrow in preparation for the British 'humanitarian relief operation' ......" (to be continued......