Since the German occupation of France, Great Britain, which is entrenched on Mercury, has been enduring the Nazi encirclement for a year. Nearly 50 million Britons lived a life of fear every day, for fear that one day when they went out and looked up, they would see the German battleships in the dark and oppressive with their guns aimed at them. This kind of fearful war life makes every ordinary person in it miserable.

Fortunately, the reputation of the "empire on which the sun never sets" not only gave the British arrogance and arrogance, but also gave them the self-esteem of refusing to take defeat lightly. Coupled with the fact that Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a staunch pro-war faction, the voice of the capitulation faction did not dominate British society.

And as the battle situation continues to develop, some good news gradually begins to appear.

First, the Asian allies of the Germans stabbed the chrysanthemum of the United States on Mars, pushing the originally neutral power to the hostile side, and then in less than half a year, they were violently beaten by a group of "local forces" in the Shattered Star Zone.

Forced by a kind of helplessness against his pig teammates, Hitler could only fight on two fronts, drawing troops from Venus to attack the United States, which was tantamount to relieving the siege of Mercury.

So much so that Churchill joked with his aides that he should write a "thank you letter" to Hideki Tojo, because Britain was able to break the siege, at least half of the credit of the Japanese!

But Churchill knew that the world situation, while improving for Britain, was far from relaxing. What God has given is only a turning point, and if they can't grasp it, they will eventually be doomed. But on the issue of how to take advantage of this turnaround, the military's top brass is divided.

Ignoring the timid conservatives and agreeing to the generals who take the initiative have two options.

One thought that the priority should be to concentrate all military forces to "recapture" Venus, push the front line back to the doorstep of the Germans, and let them also taste what it was like to be under the siege of soldiers. Another option was to send an expeditionary force to support the United States in order to avoid a repeat of France's mistakes.

Churchill, intellectually, was very much in favor of the second option.

At present, the British mainland is a long-term trapped land, and the reserves of supplies are almost exhausted just to ensure that the 47 million people are fed, drunk and lazard. Mercury, on the other hand, has the useless distinction of being "closest to the Sun", and its conditions are not even as good as those habitable moons.

Resources are scarce, industrial capacity is shrinking, and people's living standards are deteriorating. Whether Churchill and the gentlemen in the cabinet like to admit it or not, Britain has long since run out of the energy to turn the tide. Churchill also did not think that the attack on Venus would be as smooth sailing as the generals had hoped.

True! In order to attack Mars, Germany pulled away most of the elite, and even borrowed two Veneto-class ships from the Italians. At present, there are only four Caesar-class battleships of the First World War left on Venus, and it is easy for the British Grand Fleet to overturn such a few small characters.

But it is not only Germany that is noteworthy on Venus at this time, but also Italy, Vichy France, and Spain, which has just fallen to the Nazis, and so on. Although the naval strength of these second- and third-rate countries is not very good on their own, they should not be underestimated when combined!

In particular, the navy of Vichy France, there is information. They had just finished building the Richelieu-class second ship, the Jeanbar, a formidable battleship that did not travel to Mars with the German-Italian forces. And the French are still haunted by the British, who betrayed them a year ago.

It can be said that in the eyes of the French, the English devils are more hateful than the German devils! If the Imperial Army and Navy really kill each other, it will already be the greatest restraint for the other party to not help each other. Counting on the French people, who had been sold once, they would eat the pot pulp and welcome the British king...... Gentlemen of the rotten country who feel good about themselves should wash and sleep!

So Churchill argued at the conference, hoping to convince those who had a deep background in his opponents.

"Gentlemen, the mistakes we have made in the French question have made us suffer enough for the past year. Now that the same situation is in front of us again, is it possible that we will have to fall down in the same pit a second time? ”

"Mr. Prime Minister, we are not opposed to supporting the United States. It is a question of the order of action. Judging by the current intelligence, the native defense of the American army was effective, and the blitzkrieg of the Germans did not go as smoothly as it did on Venus. We could well have taken advantage of this opportunity to break the blockade of the Germans and then let the fleet blow up Berlin in one fell swoop. This is the most effective way to end this war! ”

"But gentlemen, are you really sure we still have the strength to attack?"

"Prime Minister, I don't understand what you mean. As far as I know, the main forces of the Royal Navy are fine. The new generation of high-speed battleships is also in service, and there are no problems in combat power! ”

"You're right, the main forces of the Imperial Navy are in good shape. The completion of the five George V ships even allowed them to fight more than they did before the war. But the primary problem we are facing now is not the lack of combat power, but the lack of fuel! ”

"Huh!?" xN

As soon as Churchill's words fell, the entire conference room was in an uproar. Churchill had previously deliberately concealed the losses from several bombings in order not to affect the morale of the military and civilians. But now, in order to convince these stubborn old gentlemen, Churchill had no choice but to tell the truth.

At Churchill's signal, the secretary took out a stack of papers from a drawer on the side and distributed them to the senior military and political officials present, and then Churchill said in a tired voice.

"This is the number that has just been counted, and our remaining oil reserves, if all of them are used for combat, will only be enough to sustain the fleet for three weeks."

"But, Prime Minister, didn't we just discover an oil field in the North Sea?"

"It's blown up, it's all blown up! And it happened less than an hour ago. Menzies, we have to admit that those bitch German spies did a pretty good job! ”

"I'm sorry, Prime Minister, but we have disappointed you."

The head of MI6, Stuart Brown. Menzies bowed his head in shame, and this unexpected situation caused all the high-ranking officials in the conference room to fall into an awkward silence. At this time, a general who was not willing to give up on attacking Venus suddenly thought of a way.

"Mr. Prime Minister, we may be able to get fuel from Venus to feed the war!"

"Huh! It's a good idea, but do you think the Germans would have thought of it? The current commander-in-chief of the German army on Venus is Rommel with the nickname 'The Fox'. To be honest, I don't know what this guy would do, but if it were me, I'd stuff a bundle of bombs under every tank of oil in the damn area and never let the enemy capture a drop of oil from me! (To be continued......)