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Chapter 206: Difficult Brothers and Difficulties (Part 2)

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I heard that the United States would directly compensate the new warships, and the parliamentarians looked much better. The British Empire is now so poor that it is impossible to bear the high cost of warship construction. The warships on the ship were originally scheduled to be completed until 1947. Now with the support of the local tyrants, it can barely get through the difficulties. This drama has been staged many times in the past few hundred years. When the down-and-out families were desperate, they were forced to take out all their value for funding to solve the urgent problem. Unexpectedly, it was the British Empire itself now.

However, some people are curious about where the Prime Minister's confidence that "may get more" comes from. American Hao is Hao, but not stupid. Why do you promise to give more afterwards?

Churchill showed a sad look: "After consecutive failures, experienced officers and soldiers of the US Navy suffered great losses. With only ships, no one can call them the Navy..."

The MPs all looked sad and said without any gloating. The US Navy suffered a lot of losses and the Royal Navy suffered a lot of losses. When they thought that the overlord of the Four Seas was declining, everyone was even more sad and wanted to cry.

The situation of having a ship or no one also happened to the German Navy. After receiving a large number of French warships, the experienced German naval officers and soldiers were reduced to the minimum, and new young sailors were everywhere. The German Navy's luck was that they had the opportunity to fight low-intensity wars in the Black Sea and also had the opportunity to win battles with the joint fleet, and they trained their experience and abilities at once and survived the most dangerous time.

"As for the workers themselves, the government will screen them on the principle of voluntary and feasible, and will not hand over the best designers, engineers and workers. It is not in the long-term interests of the British Empire." Churchill paused, "To put it bluntly, it is really a good thing if the 300,000 to 400,000 people can be transferred to the United States and the Dominion of Canada as soon as possible, and it will help reduce the pressure on the local supply. Now the food rationing standards have been reduced again and again, and have reached a very dangerous brink..."

When they talked about this, everyone sighed: Although the Americans tried their best to ensure it, after the supply from the colonies was cut off, even the canned Spam meat is now a rare dish at the banquet. How could there be any shadow of the global empire that is rich in the sun and never set? It can be seen from the treasury bond index that the prices have fallen again and again, and the market is obviously not optimistic about the future prospects of Britain, but this war has to be fought.

Everyone knows that the large-scale immigration of shipbuilders is just the beginning, and there will definitely be more immigration waves in the industry in the future, even if they choose the Dominion of Canada, it means that the British mainland will decline helplessly. It is a very risky behavior to stop it. Now that the local life is so difficult, can it still stop people from seeking a better place? As long as Americans erect signs at the dock to recruit skilled workers, they will definitely be lined up with three layers inside and three layers outside. Instead of doing this, it is better to exchange for benefits quickly.

Seeing that everyone was not in high spirits, Churchill added deceivingly: "After the war, this group of workers may come back a part of them, because at that time the United States had oversupply of shipbuilding capabilities. Judging from the attitude that Americans have always attached importance to employment, they will choose to return..."

Everyone was silent: Even so, only a part of the people who were returning will be returned, and the real elites and technicians will not return.

"Prime Minister..." The secretary suddenly walked in and whispered a few words in Churchill's ear. The latter's face became ugly, but he still waved, "Keep paying close attention and report the rest of the news in a timely manner."

"The New York stock market opened... The situation is not ideal. The Dow Jones Index fell directly 9.4%, which is greater than the decline after Pearl Harbor." Churchill's tone was very low, "The enemy's air strikes on New York have a great impact on the American people. At this point, I have to regret that the American people have lived a good life for too long and cannot bear the slightest trauma. The bombing we suffered at the beginning was a thousand times worse than New York, so we still survived? Can you still see German bombers drop bombs now?"

Only when Churchill said this did the faces of everyone show brilliance. This was the most proud thing in Britain. When the whole of Europe was crawling at the feet of Germany, the British Isles withstood the test until a greater test came.

"So we must be confident and continue to fight with the Germans. We are far from the moment of despair, and the final victory must belong to us."

"We...we...why don't we...try to make peace with the Germans?" Some MP stammered.

Everyone's eyes were "brushing" and unexpectedly, Churchill, who repeatedly claimed to fight to the end, was not as angry as he had imagined. Instead, he asked calmly: "Making peace? This is not a topic that cannot be discussed. Suppose you are Hitler, what conditions do you think you should make peace?"

"This...this..." The councillor Qiqiai Ai couldn't say it, and the conditions he had imagined were very bad.

"The enemy cannot give up its current advantage and let us go rashly. All they have to do is establish world hegemony on the bodies of the British Empire, unless you are willing to be like the French..." Churchill stood up and waved his hands excitedly. "There are German soldiers on the territory to act arbitrarily. The best workers and factories in France are forced to produce military supplies for Germany. The national defense forces hand over all fleets under the surveillance of the enemy... Gentlemen, is peace so precious and life so important that we should accept it even if we are willing to be slaves? As prime minister and nobles, I would rather die in battle than live humbly."

The members of the parliament did not realize that Churchill had changed his concept: northern France was originally directly occupied, but now most of the occupied territory has been directly ruled by the Betan government, which exchanged for the German right to move freely; while France, as a traditional mainland country, the meaning of handing over a fleet is completely different from the meaning of Britain's handing over a fleet.

"But...but...what will we do in the future?" A MP said, and suddenly covered his face and cried bitterly. "I know I should stick to it, but I really can't see any hope."

"Persistence is hope. The victory of the Battle of Britain has told us." Churchill suddenly roared, "We must not only fight on land, sea and air, but also try our best to fight around the world. No matter how long or difficult the road ahead is, we can never give up. History has proved that only by perseverance can we win, and the turning point must be not far away. More than 100 years ago, we could organize five, six, seven anti-French alliances and finally win. Similarly, we can organize 10 and 20 anti-fascist alliances to fight... We will fight with the Dominion in the country, and in the future we can fight in Canada!"

This fierce questioning meeting finally turned into a grievance meeting with sighs and grievances. Attley knew Churchill's strategy today was lying down and pretending to be dead! Because the situation worsened to what he is now, just using bold words and solemn promises were not good. Even if the prime minister's speech was high, the members of the parliamentarians would not be able to use it after listening to it many times. They must have different strategies and support. Fortunately, the Americans kept their promises and agreed to send refined oil to do it with gritted their teeth. Otherwise, the theme of the meeting should be discussing how to negotiate the ceasefire.

It is impossible to make Churchill surrender. He would rather go to the United States to be the prime minister of an exiled government than surrender. Others may not be able to turn the tide. At least in Attley's opinion, not many people in the cabinet have this ability. Or according to Churchill's idea, make the worst plan, and take advantage of this opportunity to transfer the royal family, elites and important figures to Canada to continue to resist even if the local area is completely destroyed. However, this action can only be done secretly, and then the industrial workers are transferred at the same time, some "private goods" are stuffed in and not openly take action, otherwise the British people will have to blow up.

All those with a wise mind can see that it is not the time to surrender and lose halfway. During the Battle of Britain, Germany did not have a significant advantage and urgently needed the British fleet. If the conditions of peace were accepted at that time, the British Empire could maintain a decent ending. Even if Germany was the first leader, the British Empire, the second leader, was quite comfortable. The Germans were in charge of the mainland and the British people were in charge of the ocean. But unexpectedly, after Germany brought the Japanese fleet in, the balance was broken all at once. Now, in addition to some naval heritage, how could the United Kingdom see that the fleet was stronger than Germany?

Yanmayan Island has been delayed in recovering, and even a warship like the Gneisenau broke through the North Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean alone and could not intercept the Royal Navy. It could not even take out a ship to deal with this fast warship with 6 380mm cannons and a speed of 30 knots.

Although Attlee wanted to be the prime minister, he did not dare to say that he would do better than Churchill if he was in power. The key problem was that he would not be threatened in the short term. The key problem was to fight war: the British army, which was already a scumbag, lost so much that he even lost his shorts, and even the famous navy became vulnerable. The Prime Minister cited the example of an anti-French alliance, but where can I find the Duke of Wellington in the new era?

Attley took a look at the senior generals he could think of in his head one by one, and finally sat in the chair like a deflated ball. He didn't think anyone had the potential of the Duke of Wellington.

"As for the South African issue, I will communicate with President Roosevelt and keep it there..." Churchill barely smiled, "The Germans' front line is gradually lengthening, and their power is not infinite. Hitler will definitely repeat the mistakes of Emperor Napoleon!" (To be continued.)

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