Chapter 655: It's a war to the death
25 December, 10:14 a.m. London time.
When Churchill Sr. was driving to the Palace of Westminster to make a report to Parliament, almost all the radio in London broadcast two news:
"The fortress of Sovo in Wisconsin was breached by the heavy artillery of the Ming State, the remnants of General Oliver retreated to Chicago, and the second largest industrial city in the thirteen states faced the Ming army!"
"Yesterday evening, the Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Kingdom sank the cruise ship "Good Man Winston", and among the 4,700 army officers and men on board, 68 naval officers and men, and 350 officers and men on the two frigates escorted by the ship, all but one lieutenant named Joseph Thomson was fortunately rescued. ”
The whole of London was stunned by the news on the morning radio, and they could scarcely believe what they were hearing.
On the Atlantic, in the inland seas of the British Empire, the Ming people launched a despicable and shameless attack on the troop carriers of the British Empire!
It was the worst tragedy in the history of the Empire, and the worst humiliation.
For war, everyone has their own expectations.
If those 4,700 people had been killed in an encounter, it would not have been so unacceptable.
But they couldn't even fight back, so they were buried in the Atlantic with men and boats.
A whole corps melted in an instant!
Like the monarchs who started the First World War in history, no one would have imagined that this war would be so fierce as before, and that it would eventually bury four dynasties, drain the blood of France, and bring the empire on which the sun never sets.
As the war progresses, it is expected to slide towards the edge of the unknowable.
For the first time, the British realized that it was possible for the Ming to cross the Atlantic and pose a threat to the British mainland.
A sunset invasion is doable, and highly doable!
Costless, unilateral aggression and plunder are becoming a thing of the past.
The conflict between Britain and the Ming Kingdom is no longer a conflict of proxies, no longer a conflict of colonies, but a conflict of life and death where the flames of war will spread to the British Isles at any time!
When Churchill extinguished his cigar and was carried slowly through the hall by his eldest son, Major James Churchill, a fellow friend of the Prince of Wales, because he was too fat, there was a murmur of chatter throughout the Palace of Westminster.
The Palace of Westminster is an ancient palace and the place where the British Parliament was held after the Monarchy of 1689.
Churchill was questioned countless times, but never again.
The Empire spent £12 million on the Far East balance, close to 2.2% of England's total budget and 0.9% of the Empire's total budget over the past four years.
This is certainly a staggering number, but what did the empire get?
The legitimate power of the Qing state had been overthrown, and the nascent Tatar Song regime paid tribute to the Ming and joined the Three Emperors Alliance, declaring war on the British Empire and its allies.
The Rehe Arsenal, the Datong Ordnance Factory, the Luanping Coal Mine, and the Tangshan Iron and Steel Plant, which were built with British taxpayers' money, were all handed over to the Ming Kingdom.
And according to the news in the Ming newspaper, these factories have not been damaged at all.
When the British experts evacuated, they only fled for their lives, and did not waste time in destroying the equipment at all.
Even if there was even a slight damage, the Ming engineers could always find an oiled paper bag from somewhere, which contained a complete set of drawings.
It's just that after the on-site inspection of Mingguo engineers, they believe that the technical indicators of British equipment cannot meet Mingguo standards, and the products produced cannot be seamlessly connected to Mingguo's industrial network, and must be upgraded, so they did not resume work and production immediately.
It can be said that the money invested by Britain in the Far East did not become a bullet fired at the Ming Kingdom, but became a trophy of the Ming Kingdom, a torpedo fired by the Ming Navy into the Imperial Navy!
All this is to blame on this fat man on the stage, he is the head of the plan to dominate the Far East of the Reich, the train-filled Sabess Churchill!
Old Churchill did not seem to have been affected in any way.
He ascended the ramp of the pulpit and walked to the place of the oratorium.
Standing there in front of the black crowd, his face cold and harsh, his eyes staring ahead.
Old Churchill leaned on the podium, and suddenly took a cigar out of his pocket and lit it.
Suddenly, voices of dissatisfaction rang out in the venue.
But Churchill did not hear it, but said lightly: "Cuban cigars, gentlemen, cherish its taste, and soon there will be no Cuban cigars in the city of London." ”
His eyes wandered the hall for a moment, looking at Queen Victoria in a bird's beak mask in the front row, members of the Cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, and diplomatic envoys from France, Russia, Austria, and Belgium, and then looking up at the packed auditorium.
There, reporters from the Times of London, the Daily Telegraph, the Morning Newspaper and other famous newspapers were holding pens, ready to sketch.
Churchill knew that they would not miss a word about himself, the British first.
Then there are the newly-founded, but already hugely successful BBC journalists.
The cumbersome recording equipment had long since been placed on the side of the podium, and they had been authorized to broadcast the speech about the fate of the British Empire to the citizens of London.
Within the reach of the Imperial National Signal Tower, the petty bourgeoisie and the petty aristocrats who bought the radios were waiting for the strange and familiar voice on the radio.
"Her Majesty the Queen, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House of Parliament and Upper and Lower Houses,
Just yesterday, the Ming Navy attacked our troops sent to the New World to administer justice, causing serious damage to life and property, and I would like to express my regret on behalf of all the ministers of the Cabinet for the young people who gave their lives for the country.
In the Atlantic Ocean, there have been more than 50 large-scale conquests in the past dynasties, and it is difficult to say the twists and turns, but historians have all noticed that it is in this sea area that determines the rise and fall of many generations of dynasties, and the rise and fall of one after another, so there is a saying that won the sea power in ancient times.
At that time, Admiral Francis Drake qualified Riflan and severely damaged the Armada, and Felipe II saw that the general situation was gone and declared the country bankrupt.
In June 1869, it was on this turbulent Atlantic Ocean that I personally led a delegation to the Ming Kingdom to explore the truth regardless of the danger!
I don't understand why everyone is talking about General Cornwallis in the Chesapeake Bay choosing to surrender to the American and French forces, as if this ancient Atlantic battlefield had decided more than bad luck for us.
Four years ago, I embarked on a new chapter in my political career from the Atlantic, becoming Prime Minister of the British Empire.
Whenever the Prime Minister gives a speech, the gentlemen welcome him wholeheartedly, and it can really be said that he has taken up all the time, and the state of vitality and the emergence of all things is still in front of him.
After just four years, has this become a place where people have lost faith in the politics of the empire?
History will prove that we made the right choice.
If you go outside, you must first settle inside.
Judging by me and the cabinet ministers, the troubles of the British Empire are still in the North Sea, on the European continent, in the long-dead shell of the Holy Roman Empire!
Only by removing the unstable elements in the Aryan world can we have the energy and determination to eliminate this yellow peril that is no less than that of the Huns and the Mongols.
Eight years ago, the Ming invaded Japan, six years ago, they flexed their muscles in Mexico, and four years ago, they also had their shadow in South America.
Since then, they have traveled to Manchuria, Mongolia, Siberia, Korea, the Philippines, and Indochina.
We can see that the Ming people were extremely expansive and insatiable for land.
Although they carefully planned every step of the way, and falsely claimed that the lands they had illegally invaded were ancient, as a veteran colonial officer, I could assure you responsibly that the Ming people would never be able to digest these places easily.
The limited financial resources, limited coal, limited steel, limited food, and limited medicine of the Ming people will be exhausted in the vast ice fields of Northeast Asia, and in the mosquito-infested rainforests of Southeast Asia and Latin America.
Our British Empire occupies India, Egypt and Persia, which are most suitable for agricultural production and human development.
When it comes to the strategy of choosing colonies, the two are not the same!
You must know that only a closed fist is more powerful.
We must concentrate our resources and help our French allies to hold Paris first.
As long as it is possible to put the arrogant Germans in a cage, then everything will be fine.
Of course, distinguishing priorities does not mean that we should be weak and adopt a policy of appeasement.
Yesterday's attack by the Ming Navy on our troop carrier, which resulted in the death of 5,000 people at one time, cannot go unanswered.
This is a premeditated crime, and I, as Prime Minister, have sought authorisation from Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the British Empire, to take appropriate measures, together with the gentlemen of the Defence Committee, to crack down on the trade of goods between North Africa and the Middle East.
These measures include, but are not limited to, privateering and unrestricted naval warfare.
As long as there is suspicion, whether it is flying the Ming flag, whether it is serving the Ming military, whether it is a civilian vessel, or whether it is engaged in acts that harm the national interests of the British Empire, they will be resolutely attacked.
We, the British Empire, are representatives of the civilized world, with irreproachable superiority in human rights and morality.
Therefore, we believe that these means are reasonable and do not damage the image of the empire.
I believe that the British Empire has formed its own opinions, and is well aware that this is a matter of our national security and survival itself.
In this long-term contest involving two civilizations, two systems, and two races, we must bear in mind the nature of this war, and that this is a protracted war of death and death.
No matter how long it takes to defeat the Third Yellow Peril, even in the next century, the Anglo-Saxon people will surely lead the European civilized world to a final, absolute victory with their unyielding free will and the thunderous power of justice!
Hostilities already exist, and it goes without saying that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
Now, I ask the National Assembly to deliberate and pass a new round of bills on the issuance of additional national debts, and to implement a more comprehensive troop mobilization system, with an additional 70 divisions within three months!
Trust in the armies of the Empire, in the well-trained noble officers, in the natural superiority of the Anglo-Saxons, victory will be ours, God bless the Queen! ”