"Prince, this conclusion may be too early." Seeing that no one spoke, Marshal Brooke had to stand up and refute himself, "We cannot infer that the German army is ready to fight in the Americas based on the current intelligence and information alone. Although the ambassador saw the legendary commander-in-chief Rommel himself, although this inappropriate American Republic was established, and although the Germans sent a large squadron to the Americas, this was insignificant compared to the power at hand of Germany, so..."

"I know what you mean." Churchill waved his hand indifferently, "I didn't say that the Germans would not come to land. I just said that the Germans could not land in the short term, otherwise the Germans would have to maintain the front line of South America, the European front line, and the Russian front line. Is Hitler a god? He has so many strength and troops? I think it would be difficult for the Germans to launch a landing on Great Britain within three months, and at most it would be an air strike. In these three months, the Americans had 2 aircraft carriers in service, and our two aircraft carriers could also be in service, which combined was enough to prevent the Germans from landing."

"But Americans will first put their power into South America, and we may not be able to count on their support."

"This is better. The US military will increase its power to South America? Will the Germans follow? If we follow, we can only postpone our landing. If we don't follow, we will wait for the destruction of the American Republic." Churchill waved his arm and portrayed the originally serious war issue as a search, "Now we are missing two things, one is confidence and the other is time."

Everyone was silent.

"I know what everyone thinks, and I have also seen the conditions for peace between the Germans. How do you say it..." Churchill carefully considered the language and tried not to make himself seem aggressive, because he knew that due to continuous losses and wrong judgments, his prestige was getting worse and worse. He had to rely on judgment and words rather than power to shock these colleagues. "This is a better treatment than surrender. We will throw away the Royal Navy, our army and air force will be demobilized more than 90%, and our territory will be stationed with Germans. Soon the girls in Great Britain will throw themselves into the arms of the German soldiers. The fascists (British Fascists) will start to show off their power... This is based on the premise that the enemy complies with their trust. If Hitler tore up the agreement again and our army is demobilized, what should we do then? Will the working class with bare hands march on the streets?"

Everyone was stunned by his words. Looking back, Hitler's reputation seemed to be not very good. He has barely recovered a little recently. I don't know if he will be re-created.

"Gentlemen, accepting this treaty means the glory of the British Empire for 300 years. The independence we have enjoyed since ancient times, our pride, our pound, and our constitutional tradition are easily ruined in our hands..." Churchill squeezed out a few tears, "I will probably have to cover my face after I die, because I have no face to meet the proud Duke of Marco Barrow. Did I tell him that the empire and glory he fought for throughout his life were eventually ruined in my hands? Everyone, it is easy to sign such a contract, but it seems easier to be nailed to the pillar of historical shame!"

"But you, we cannot win now. After the British-Canada route is cut off, we cannot obtain any U.S. aid supplies, and everything else can be tolerated. The only thing is that fuel reserves can only last for up to 6 months. Without oil, there will be no modern military machines..."

"I know, I know." Churchill murmured to himself, "We have been persisting for 5 years. Can't we persist for 6 months or 3 months?"

"Persistence may have worse conditions and consequences." Aiden advised him.

"But how do you plan to persuade these millions of troops to put down their weapons peacefully?" Churchill pointed out the window. "We have armed more than 3 million troops. They have good equipment and high morale. Now you tell them to let them put down their weapons and surrender without a single shot. What will they think? What will the British people think? Will the British Empire fall into a terrible civil war or guerrilla war?"

"Okay..." Attlee sighed, "What do you think?"

"To continue to talk about peace, it is always a preparation and delaying the time," Churchill said. "We need to increase the efforts of the coal-to-oil project internally, save every drop of oil as much as possible, and then let the Royal Navy recover as much as possible, and the jets must be built. Let's see if there is a turning point."

"What are your terms of peace talks?"

Churchill thought for a while: "Make a few important amendments: First, Northern Ireland is still within the framework of Great Britain, and at most it is possible to agree that it has autonomy; Second, we can reduce national defense, but the German army should not garrison. Of course, they must use necessary ports, airports and camps to perform under the premise of consent between the two parties; Third, we do not claim compensation for each other, and we use excess military supplies to exchange for civilian supplies under the premise of reasonable prices; Fourth, in the future EU system, we should at least obtain political rights comparable to France and cannot

Too much behind Italy, after all, the French were led into Paris by Hitler to sign the underworld alliance, and the English Channel still blocked Hitler's ambitions; Fifth, North India, the territory controlled by our army in Karachi, South Africa, Rhodesia, Panama Canal, and some Brazilian territories should be given to us, which is a necessary prerequisite for the survival and development of the British Empire; Sixth, the United States and the United Kingdom should have a reasonable solution, and the people of our country who are unwilling to cooperate with the Germans should allow them to move freely to Canada on the premise of carrying their personal property..."

He said seven or eight opinions in one breath. Everyone thought that the Prime Minister was not a nonsense. It can be seen that he had thought about the content of the peace talks carefully. Many opinions were about everyone's hearts. In negotiations, there were always come and go and bargaining.

"Okay, then wait and see?"

"Let our people pay close attention to the South American situation..."

Halfway through, he suddenly asked the secretary to hand him a note. After looking at it, he looked at it, his eyes shone: "Tell everyone a good news. The Russian counterattack has achieved results in the past two days. They have broken through the passes of the Caucasus Mountains. Now the main force of the Red Army is constantly advancing towards the Caucasus prairie. The Red Army on the front line of Stalingrad and Astrakhan in the north also launched a counterattack. Under the attacks of the two routes, the German army and its servants were unable to resist and were repelled 100-150 kilometers, with at least 150,000 troops retreating..."

Everyone was skeptical. Marshal Brooke knew that the Red Army had been planning a counterattack, but he didn't expect the situation to be so big. He looked at the map and found that this strategy seemed interesting.

"Don't worry about whether the Russian counterattack can work. At least Hitler's energy and footsteps will be dragged down. At least, it was not me who made the German army abandoned the Transcaucasus? At least the German army in Central Asia was surrounded was not made up, right? At least the Turks were beaten up, wasn't they made up? Gentlemen, the situation of the Russians is much more difficult than ours, aren't they also gritting their teeth and persevering? The news that Stalin was going to have a peace talks came out last spring, and they were still talking for a whole year. Why?" Churchill's voice raised an octave, "This is an attitude of responsibility to the country, the people, and history. Who doesn't want to fight for a better condition?"

Everyone nodded. Although everyone had always looked down on the Bolsheviks, the Red Army's large-scale counterattack has blinded many people recently.

"In addition, since we talk to the Germans, we should also show our attitude." Churchill's eyes turned and thought of a strategy, "The one who is locked in the prison can be released, and in addition, it can release a group of captured German pilots who cannot fight again, and use humanitarianism to show our sincerity."

The so-called person locked in the prison refers to Rudolf Hess, the former deputy head of the Kuomintang, who came to England alone. In order to cover up the influence, Hitler declared Hess crazy, but whether Hess was crazy was very clear. It was better to return it to the German side if he could not take out anything in his hand.

After discussion, the cabinet agreed, and Pound, Brooke and Porter also agreed.

Just as Churchill used his clever tongue to convince everyone, Hoffman was also listening to Zeitzler's report.

"First of the People's Republic of China, the Eastern Front has slowly retreated according to the current deployment of Marshal Manstein, but there was also an accident."

"What accident?"

"A Cossack division did not obey the command because his hometown was hard to retreat decisively, and defended his position to the death and eventually destroyed the entire army! As a result, it blocked the opponent for 3 days. In addition, the Russians dispatched new heavy tanks, and our army suffered a considerable loss."

"This is the case with the Cossacks. If you are brave, you will be brave. If you are not very flexible, you will be commended. If you are commended, you will be commended. Those who can die generously will be warriors! As for the tank, is it an is-2?"

Zeitzler looked like he was a ghost: "Have anyone reported to you?"

"The tank has a little extra intelligence." Hoffman smiled slightly. Sometimes it is important to maintain a sense of mystery in front of his subordinates.

"If we do not consider the differences in crew quality, we believe that the comprehensive strength of this I-2 tank is greater than that of the old Tiger tank, and it is obviously an indisputable fact that the T-43/85 overwhelms No. 4 g. The combat damage caused by the I-2 is 1:1.5, and our loss of 1.5 tanks can only destroy one enemy. If there were no Tiger 2 and Leopard, we would be passive in the tank field now."

"Don't worry, it's not as terrible as you think. The Russians' new tanks are not large, and they cannot constitute a threat." Hoffman smiled, "Besides, we are more than just this strength. Guderian's Thor Hammer is the ace."

"Fortunately, you have deployed this army group with a far-sighted vision."

“How many days will it take according to the combat plan?”

"The Hammer of Thor will take another 10 days to enter the battlefield. Marshal Manstein is preparing to retreat for 12 days and is preparing to give up Grozny tomorrow..."

"Very good, I believe him, let the Russians rush..." Hoffman laughed, "When Stalin cried."

"In addition, the US fleet broke into the Indian Ocean, Marshal Horitoki personally expressed his hope that we would provide urgent assistance."

"Is there such a thing?" Hoffman thought for a while, "the fleet cannot be sent out for the time being. The air force stationed in the Middle East can help the Japanese army. You must have a global perspective. As the main artery of communication between the two countries, it is absolutely impossible to lose."
Chapter completed!