On January 10, 1938, the weather was still very good, and the golden sunlight poured into the bright glass windows, making the whole room look vibrant. A noble woman was eating breakfast at a huge table, and across from her sat an old man, dressed in ordinary clothes, but with a very distinctive thick, snow-white beard.

"Thank you. The woman, dressed in splendid clothes and giving a very decent appearance, nodded and thanked the waiter who poured her wine, and then looked at the old man: "Congratulations, at last your country has risen again." ”

"If I were still the ruler of that country, you know I would not give such a stupid order to attack the Netherlands. The old man said softly, and as he spoke, he cut the steak elegantly with a knife and fork.

The woman let out a soft snort through her nose, not discerning whether she was tasting the wine or agreeing with the old man's words: "This Accardo Rudolph is very powerful. If you had such a person by your side during your reign, perhaps the one sitting across from me now would be King George, who had taken refuge. ”

"Wilhelmina...... I still have some influence in Germany, and you don't have to worry about the safety of the Dutch royal family. The old man barely squeezed out a smile and said, "And I am very confident, as long as I do it properly, I can even take back my throne." I don't mind giving this Führer the position of prime minister, there is no problem with hereditary. ”

"William. I prefer to accept the arrangements of my ministers, and after this meal I will go to the port, where I will leave Holland on a British destroyer and go to England to form a provisional government. Queen Wilhelmina sighed and said, "If Germany bypasses the Netherlands as it did in the last war, I don't mind taking in another Führer who has taken refuge...... But now my people are suffering, so this Führer is my enemy!"

"I wish that idiot heard that. William smiled bitterly: "It is extremely unwise to challenge the world with Germany, I have failed, and there are still people who want to try...... I don't even know what adjectives to use, stupid, or stubborn?"

"No matter how well he fought in Holland, he was still no match for the British Empire at sea. Therefore, Germany still had to face the end of blockade, and finally lost because of the exhaustion of accumulated energy. Queen Wilhelmina said firmly.

Wilhelm II nodded: "This is a nightmare that the German Navy can't get rid of, and the navy that I have worked hard to run for decades can't do it, how can this stunned young Führer do it in just a dozen years?

"So I advise you not to rush back to your country to ask for the throne, or you will really be court-martial this time!" Wilhelmina advised: "Come with me to England, your cousin will not embarrass you, and his incompetent ministers need you at least to divide and disintegrate part of the forces of Germany." ”

"I can think about it, but my price is not low...... As soon as the war is over, I will at least take the position of King of Prussia. Wilhelm II thought for a moment, then said with a knife in his swing.

"It's not low!" Wilhelmina nodded: "But I believe that this time George will agree to you, because now everyone wants to end the war as soon as possible! You know, peace is not easy, and you all lost a lot in the last war." ”

When he said this, a waiter hurriedly walked into the room, it seemed that something big had happened, and the waiter looked a little anxious, and even forgot to knock on the door before walking in.

"Her Majesty the Queen! The waiter walked up behind the queen and said in a low and hurried voice, "The news above is very important. ”

"It's okay! William is my friend, so I don't have to hide any information from him. After all, I'm going to leave here in a moment today. Wilhelmina smiled and said to the waiter, "Read it out." ”

"Yes...... Yes!" The attendant hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and picked up the telegram and read it out: "I am sorry to send you this telegram, Queen Wilhelmina, but I must tell you the truth about this accident: just a few days ago, a detachment of the British Royal Navy was severely damaged by the German Navy, and we temporarily lost our control of the sea off the coast of the Netherlands. At the moment I am not in a position to send a destroyer to protect you to the UK, I hope you understand. ”

"What?" William Mina looked back at her attendant, startled. Wilhelm II was also shocked and stood up from his chair.

"I propose that you fly to Belgium or leave Rotterdam on a Dutch destroyer, but I must tell you the truth that neither option is safe at the present time...... King George VI of the British Empire. The waiter read the whole message hard, and then stood there without speaking.

"I think we'd better meet the German envoys......" After a long silence, Wilhelm II finally spoke: "I'll contact my people to see if I can get more detailed information." ”

It didn't matter if it was such an investigation, the Queen of the Netherlands and the former Emperor of Germany, who immediately learned about the naval battle, were shocked by the achievements of the German Navy. In the recently concluded Battle off the coast of the Netherlands, Germany used half of the strength of the High Seas Fleet to sink one aircraft carrier, one battleship, one cruiser and two destroyers of the British Royal Navy, and then captured two old destroyers.

The largest naval battle in the world since the Battle of Jutland ended in a complete German victory, and the British fleet never saw the true face of its opponent. The British navy was forced to shrink its forces, gave up its intention to engage the German fleet in the North Sea, and silently prepared for a decisive Anglo-German naval battle in the near future. It doesn't matter how it shrinks, it can be regarded as selling the whole of Holland to Germany.

By this time, Queen Wilhelmina had completely lost her mind. The two ways of escape that the King of England had spoken of did not seem to work at all: there was almost no difference between death by plane, and Wilhelmina, the great of the Luftwaffe, had heard countless times, and her air force had long been defeated.

Originally, it was safest to walk from the sea, and the Dutch Sea off the coast of the English Channel, which was close to the English Channel, was undoubtedly the backyard of the British Royal Navy, but now this road was no longer feasible - Wilhelmina did not dare to joke about the safety of the royal family, and no one could guarantee that the German Navy, which had defeated the British Navy, would not be dispatched to intercept it.

So Wilhelmina is now pinning her hopes on Wilhelm II's successful ascension to the throne, while thinking about how to surrender with dignity, and no longer thinks about going to England at all. So when she got the exact news, she called the German envoy Merkel, who had been hanging out of the city.

The German envoy's respect for the Dutch royal family was beyond Wilhelmina's expectations, and as soon as they met, he greeted the queen very politely: "Your Majesty, the German envoy Merkel, salute you! In the name of the German Führer, I have come to discuss with you the future of the Netherlands." Please don't worry about anything, Germany will keep the Dutch royal family safe, and I hope you can be friends with the Führer. ”

"The Netherlands has always been neutral, and I don't understand why such a reasonable German Führer would do such an excessive thing. Wilhelmina sighed and said to Merkel: "He should know that attacking a neutral country is an extremely bad act." ”

"Her Majesty the Queen. To counter the imminent invasion of the Comintern, the Führer would have to unite the forces of all of Europe in order to contend with it. The Netherlands was not so much invaded by Germany as it was brought under the protection of the Third Reich. Merkel talks about this "shameless bandit theory", so to speak, without even a draft. He has already taken this high-sounding nonsense used to disguise aggression to the point where even he himself has believed it.

"And, my Majesty, I suppose you are not happy when I say this, and think that I am alarmist. Merkel looked at Queen Wilhelmina, who was not good-looking, and continued: "But the reality is very clear, you, as the queen of the Netherlands, must alleviate the suffering of the Dutch people. However, because you are more inclined to the British, you have missed the best opportunity to surrender, and I can only regret it. ”

Wilhelmina was shocked, but she didn't want to show weakness, she stared at Merkel and asked, "What do you mean by that, threaten me?"

"Threat? No, no! It's not a threat at all! I'm just stating a fact that's about to happen. Merkel shook her head in denial: "If I remember the time correctly, you will soon hear the voice of the devil." ”

"What do you mean?" Wilhelmina felt that something bad was about to happen, and a deep uneasiness permeated her heart.

"Uh......h ......Suddenly, a terrible air raid siren sounded in the sky.

"Just half an hour earlier, the Luftwaffe had carried out a Führer combat mission, taking off from 30 front-line airfields to carry out a full-scale bombing of Rotterdam. Merkel looked at her watch and said, "117 bombers will bomb Rotterdam to give Her Majesty a reason to surrender." ”

"Oh God, are you crazy? Rotterdam is all civilians!" Wilhelmina screamed: "I have a telephone here! I also have a telegram! Send a telegram to your Führer at once! Tell him that I agree to surrender! I promise you everything! Please don't bomb, please don't bomb my people!"

Merkel nodded: "No problem, I will send a telegram to General Catherine and ask him to cancel this bombing operation." ”

Looking at the dense formation of Do-217 bombers approaching outside the sky, Merkel walked out of the living room of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands with her head held high.