"That is, relying on our existing industrial capacity. We can't supply enough ammunition to the front!

There is a problem of production capacity here, and it is even more terrifying. We are also facing a shortage of raw materials for the manufacture of explosives.

Based on the current production volume, we will only have enough raw materials for explosives until the beginning of next month. That is, after the beginning of next month, even if we can produce enough bullets and shells, there will be bullets and shells without explosives. ”

"How so?" Winston was shocked, too.

He thought that the difficulties he faced would be many and difficult, but he never imagined that there would be no explosives.

"Gunpowder and gunpowder, now the main ingredient is nitrocellulose.

As you know, England does not produce cotton.

Moreover, pyrite is required for the production of sulfuric acid. But we in England only have one pyrite, and it is still a poor mine. Output, there is simply no way to meet our consumption.

So, if we can't get the raw materials as soon as possible. At the beginning of next month, we will run out of ammunition. The Minister of Industry was helpless.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and industrial raw materials are industrial rice. Without raw materials, even immortals can't turn into industrial products.

"Also, there is a food crisis in our country.

At the beginning of the war, the Ming army threw incendiary bombs at several of our large grain depots. This led to heavy losses for us!

Originally, it was going to buy from the United States, but at that time, the army said that it would give priority to the supply of weapons and ammunition. Therefore, the transportation capacity was given to the army side.

We have only imported a shipload of 5,000 tons of wheat here.

That is, if there is no food supply from outside. This winter, we will run out of food. ”

"There isn't enough coal, so we want to dig more. However, the workers have all been conscripted by the army, and now only 30% of the workers who go to work in the mines are normal times.

There is a serious shortage of coal, which has affected factory production, as well as train operations.

And that's not the worst of all, it's winter in two months. If there is no coal to heat in winter, many people will freeze to death. ”

"We also have trouble on our side, and without coal, steel production has already started to decline."

"There aren't enough workers in our iron ore mines."

"We also need manpower and coal on our side!"

The ministers present began to complain and ask Winston for all sorts of supplies.

There are those who want food, there are those who want people, and there are those who want coal and ore.

Fortunately, there is no money!

Now everyone knows that it is useless to ask for money. The bread on the streets of London has risen to fifty pence a pound.

That's almost the full wages of a strong laborer for two days!

There were already people starving in the streets, and people were starting to march and complain.

It's just that these were dispersed by the London police.

Because many factories have been shut down, many people have lost their jobs.

Men can still go to the battlefield to fight, at least there is food in the army. But the common people are in trouble, especially women, the elderly, and children.

The army and the government do not want such useless people, they can only go to the relief department every day to get a few slices of bread.

A few slices of bread are simply not enough to eat, and there are already starving people in the East End.

Winston sat helplessly in his chair, and what he saw was an empire in the twilight, an empire that was about to collapse.

The Germans were twenty kilometers outside London, and even sitting in the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street, they could hear the rumbling of cannons.

For thousands of years, London had never faced enemy fire so closely.

Winston took a deep breath and tapped the table with a small wooden hammer.

The quarrel among the ministers immediately subsided, and everyone looked at Winston and waited for the Prime Minister's speech.

"Gentlemen!

We have reached the last moment, we have no weapons and ammunition, we have no food and clothing.

We don't even have people anymore!

In the past six months, our army has lost about 403,000 men.

Together with the losses in Russia and Gibraltar, our land forces have already lost more than six hundred thousand people.

At this moment, there are 450,000 soldiers fighting on the front line.

For a country, it is not enough to have an army. We don't have enough workers, we don't have enough farmers.

The productivity of women and children is far less than that of a normal man.

We can't hold on anymore, if we hold on any longer. The Germans will break into London and will destroy the civilization created by our ancestors.

Right now...... Gentlemen! Winston's throat seemed to be stuck suddenly, and he was silent for a moment before continuing: "For the people to live, for the children, the elderly, no more starvation."

I propose, surrender to the German Empire. Winston hung his head.

He was the first prime minister in the history of England to propose surrender to the enemy. Moreover, it was the occupation of England proper, and even the surrender of London.

There was silence in the room, no one spoke. Everyone is looking at each other!

Everyone knows that speaking on this matter is a dangerous thing, and if you don't get it right, it will be the end of your political career.

At this time, if you can, you don't speak.

People don't speak, and neither does Winston. Although Winston already knew that his political life was over, he still had to hold on.

After all, he still has sons, and grandchildren, and the Winston family still needs to be active in the English political scene.

There was silence in the room!

Five minutes! Ten minutes! Fifteen minutes! Twenty minutes! …… Half an Small!

For a whole hour, no one in the room spoke.

The Admiralty Secretary suddenly stood up and wanted to go outside.

"Why are you going?" Winston asked in a deep voice.

"I'll go to the bathroom." The meeting had been going on for three hours, and the old guy couldn't stand it anymore.

"After you make a statement, you can leave." Winston said in a deep voice.

"This ......!" The Admiralty Chancellor was stunned, he didn't expect Winston to come up with such an idea. Everyone is here today, as long as they don't express their position, they won't let them go.

Good means!

Everyone looked at the Minister of the Navy, and the Minister of the Navy was blushing, especially under the gaze of so many people, it was even more uncomfortable.

"Alright! I agree. With that, the Admiralty Chancellor rushed out of the conference room.

Winston leaned back in his chair and looked at the remaining ministers.

Ministers have finally learned that no attitude can be passed today.

"Alright! In order to keep more people alive, I also agreed to surrender. The Minister of Industry sighed helplessly.

He was the first to come forward, knowing full well that Britain's industrial capacity had fallen to its lowest point.

Even if the soldiers on the front line wanted to fight, they soon ran out of ammunition and other support.

"I agree!" The Chancellor of the Exchequer said with his head bowed.

As Chancellor of the Exchequer, he knew that there was no more food in the granaries of England.

The common people are starving!

It didn't take long for the Germans to come and the people of England themselves starved to death.

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

……！

The agreed business rang out one after another, and Winston's face became more and more solemn.

He had tears in his eyes, tears of humiliation. Surrender, or unconditional surrender. It meant that England would suffer even greater humiliation in the days to come.

The victors plundered and oppressed the losers, and they had done it with their own hands.

Now that they're losers, the taste in their hearts is a mixed bag.

"Since everyone agreed, then we will send a request to the Germans for peace talks. At the very least, to fight for some rights for us.

Even a little bit! When Winston said this, he felt sad!

How did the British Empire get to where it is today?

actually had to rely on surrender to barely survive, and to live in humiliation.

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When Li Xiao's airship landed at the landing ground in the capital, he happened to receive the news that the British had announced their defeat and surrender.

A person walked down the airship pod, looking a little lonely.

I stayed in Xi'an for two days on the way, mainly because of Kong Youde's affairs. Li Xiao did not hide it, and told Kong Youde about Kong Tingxun.

When Kong Youde knew that Kong Tingxun did not die, but took refuge in the Germans. The whole person is going to collapse!

All along, his son has been his pride.

What a glorious way to die for the sake of Da Mingli. Even he was praised by the old brothers.

Unexpectedly, Kong Tingxun not only did not die, but also became the niece and son-in-law of the Duke of Bavaria.

even, I even had a child with that foreign mother-in-law.

Now, of course, everything is gone.

Kong Youde is very grateful to Li Xiao for not making this matter public.

He knew that once the matter was made public. The Kong family is finished in Daming!

In these years, everyone lives on a face.

Now that the skin is gone, how can I still live.

Kong Youde seemed to have aged twenty years overnight. The white hair that used to be mottled is now all white.

There are many more wrinkles on the face.

The back, which has always been straight like a javelin, is now a lot more sentenced.

He resigned from Li Xiao from the post of commander of the Xi'an Rectification and Repair Center, and prepared to return to Qinghai to get a rapeseed field next to Qinghai Lake to grow rapeseed.

Of course, Li Xiao would not let such a general plant rapeseed, not to mention that he is also the father of the "hero" Kong Tingxun, although this hero is made by force.

But the hero, once it is created and wants to be overthrown, the impact will be too great.

Therefore, Kong Tingxun is still a hero, and he can only be a hero.

Just when Li Xiao was dealing with Kong Youde, Ao Ye and Man Ye, who were eager to return home, had already run away in their own airships.

Man Ye went to Baotou, and Ao Ye returned to the capital.

It's all old habits!

After the man had fought, he liked to go to the grassland to gallop on a horse to relieve the pressure in his heart.

Ao Ye wanted to go home and take a good look at Sister Hong and those concubines.

The Mongolian man likes to relieve his stress on his war horse, while Ao Ye prefers to be on a woman's belly.

Perhaps, this is also a decade. The reason why he added three sons and two daughters!

Facing his brilliant results, Ao Ye was very happy. He told Li Xiao that he must give birth to a class in this life.

This is a more modest statement, and it is too simple for Ao Ye to ask for a woman now.

You don't even need to hook your fingers, you can hook up with just one look.

If you let go of the birth, let alone give birth to a class, even if you give birth to a company, it is not a big problem.

It was Li Hao who came to Tongzhou to take the opportunity to take the landing!

In fact, except for Li Hao, no one else is qualified to ride in a car with Li Xiao, not even Sun Yuanhua.

"You've worked hard for the past few years! However, we should be able to stop life for a few years. Everyone is tired and needs to take a break.

Moreover, the infrastructure construction on the Russian side also has to be carried out.

Railways, airports, and roads. These not only require money to invest, but also require someone to have machinery.

It takes time even more! Li Xiao sat in the car, looking at the scenery outside through the glass window.

The end of summer has not yet reached autumn, and the weather is slightly cool. As you can see, the streets are full of people.

There are cyclists, there are walkers. There are also very naughty children, playing skateboarding.

"It's something kids play with, I looked at it, and it's pretty good. If you are on flat ground, the speed is simply as fast as a galloping horse.

It's just that this thing is too demanding on the road. It's also not safe! A lot of children have broken their arms because of playing with this thing.

But it can't be helped, the more the school doesn't let you play. The more students will play secretly! I don't know what these kids think! ”

Li Hao saw Li Xiao looking at the skateboarder boy outside the window, and said to Li Xiao helplessly.

"Young man, some things always like to be the other way around, they don't like to be lectured to them.

It's called the rebellious period! You also had it when you were a child, but at that time, our family situation was not good, and you didn't show it very obviously. ”

Li Xiao lowered the curtain and leaned his back on the back seat of the car.

This type of sedan was reserved for the upper echelons of the imperial court, and during the war the Ming produced countless trucks, jeeps, and tractors.

These have greatly squeezed the production workers and working hours of the car!

At the same time, because the sedan does not emphasize functionality, but rather comfort and aesthetics. This makes it even more difficult to produce cars!

Therefore, the number of cars that come off the assembly line in a month is only 200 in Daming.

After two years of production, the quality of the sedan has finally stabilized. At the same time, it has also produced a beautiful scenery in the capital.

Others don't say it, it's like the people who came to pick up the airport today, almost everyone has one.

A long line of cars drove down the wide road, and the movement was not small.

Almost everyone will look at the cars on this road. Rao is a well-informed person in the capital, and he has never seen this meeting.

"Am I like that?" Li Hao was a little embarrassed.

After all, Li Lin is still sitting in the front seat!

"No matter what you were like at that time, you are now also the second assistant of the Ming Empire. I'll leave the affairs of the state to you, I'm at ease!

The news has just been received that the British have surrendered. In this way, the Germans can also rest.

Hehe, I can rest them, but I can't, they have been resting for a long time, and something is going to happen. ”