"You guys! Load the Bofors anti-aircraft gun behind the control tower! " The first mate nodded at once and then helped the captain to order him to shout at the door with his feet open, "Send the rifle! We want to catch the prisoner!" "
Soon the submarine arrived at the sinking position, and there were more than 20 British sailors in life jackets floating on the water. They were terrified and watched the German submarine pass by them. The enemy pointed rifles at them.
"who is your boss?" A German sailor asked in broken English that all the British people were conscious of looking at an elderly man in the water.
"No offense, but we want to ask what your ship is carrying?" The German soldier continued.
"The steel sank so fast." The British captain was pointed at a gun and told the truth without hesitation. "I bought steel from the United States and some aluminum ingots. I told you everything I know."
"Thank you." Officer Tade spoke a more idiomatic English and then ordered the submarine to go.
"Sir! Don’t we provide necessary assistance to these shipwrecked sailors according to the national law? Doing so is a flagrant violation of international treaties, and it will be used by the United States and Britain to make a big fuss. "An officer looked at the rising and falling sea and asked the British crew with a frown.
"Young man! The war is over! Do we have no time to be kind and no time to give alms? " The captain sighed and said, "Go! We will dive in 3 minutes. "
He couldn’t help but be careless. This is an important channel for trade ships in Britain. There are often hundreds of such ships passing by. Of course, they can’t just float and be seen by destroyers, so it’s over. But if those merchant ships saw the cooked duck fly, it would be enough to make everyone depressed for a while.
Chapter 2 2 London
"Look at these." The new Prime Minister Chamberlain threw a pile of photos to the Secretary of the Navy Churchill’s photo table, but Churchill took a glance and knew that these photos were taken after the u211 submarine returned home.
There are a group of submarine soldiers taking a group photo, some front photos of major officers playing during the dinner, two close-ups of u211 submarine, some newspapers and document analysis, and of course, a document that is Churchill’s biggest headache.
This document was read by Churchill before he came to the Prime Minister’s residence today. It was a summary of the nature of the report. In five days, Britain lost nine transport ships, and the loss of more than 70,000 tons made him, the secretary of the navy, almost vomit blood and faint. In the past, there always seemed to be German submarines ambushing British transport ships. This loss was even more chilling than warships, because if Britain was compared with a person, cutting arteries would do more harm to a person than chopping fingers.
"To tell you the truth, Mr. Prime Minister, until now, we seem to have been suppressed by the Germans. Our naval German sneak attack suffered heavy losses and almost lost the sea control; Our army has suffered heavy losses, and it is no longer possible to maintain the security in Europe. Now our transport fleet has also suffered losses, and the speed of loss is amazing … All this makes us see the hope of winning. "Churchill weighed for a long time and said with a frown. He glanced at Chamberlain and there was a similar secret man crossing the battlefield. Churchill felt that this man was dangerous.
But he went on to say what he really thought. "But the most unbearable thing is that our British empire’s sea tyrants have been provoked. We have to bow our heads and wait for death in the future or continue to be the masters of the world to make a choice. I think it is not difficult to choose. We must fight bloody battles to the end! Give the Germans a heavy blow and let them know how naive they are. "
Churchill is a core member of the main war faction-and this prime minister Chamberlain is obviously not keen on a bloody battle with the Germans to the end. He prefers a victory to conclude a peace treaty and then restrict the development of the Germans as he did after World War I. He brought Churchill here this time just to put pressure on this hardliner so that the frontline soldiers can quickly win a decent victory and force the Germans back to the negotiating table.
"Just this month, we lost 10,000 tons of steel raw materials, and even the agricultural ship was sunk from Canada, which is not good news for our island country. On the other hand, after you took over the Royal Navy, more than 70,000 tons of warships were sunk, and the king was already very uneasy about this war, so I called you here to tell you the truth, not to listen to you shouting slogans at me." Chamberlain said with an unfriendly face, eyebrows moved and anger.
He pointed to the map behind him and stared at Churchill. He continued, "Just a few days ago, the sea of China was invaded. This terrible war destroyed our financial investment in the sea and destroyed our concession there. Hundreds of British people were killed, but we couldn’t deploy troops to put pressure on Japan. They didn’t even give me an apology!"
"Mr. Prime Minister! The Far East issue is a matter of interest! We have indeed suffered losses, but it will not affect our international status at all! But continental Germany is destroy that European order that we have establish! You naturally don’t need me to say anything more about this devastating blow to English law? " Churchill nai said
"Then let’s talk about some topics that are really related to the fate of the country." Chamberlain pointed his finger at the table and said angrily, "Mr. Churchill! Would you like to tell me when your naval fleet can get rid of the German navy and block them in the port like World War I so that they can no longer pose a threat to our supply line? "
Churchill knew that this question was another way to answer Chamberlain, so that he could talk, and he would ask this question that made him feel ashamed, but he had to answer it. So Churchill carefully considered it and replied, "Mr. Prime Minister, the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy has not been restored to ensure victory in offensive warfare, so I suggest that we should shift our focus to the issue of escort."
"Yes! You allocated a full 30,000 pounds to build a new battleship and rebuild the existing warships. It turned out that these warships were equipped with some small caliber guns! After this transformation plan, you actually decided to suspend the construction of four new cruisers, "said Chamberlain indignantly." Is the German aircraft carrier fleet more terrible than their submarines? "
"Mr. Prime Minister, if I can’t ensure the safety of the whole fleet, then I will make a decisive battle for the fleet, which makes it possible for the German naval fleet, that is, the aircraft carrier fleet, to attack our transportation line at sea. This risk is very great. Once the other aircraft carrier appears on the North Atlantic route, our transportation line will collapse." Churchill obviously knows the war better than Chamberlain, who has never fought before, especially when he is a secretary of the navy.
"Then how long is your renovation plan expected to be completed?" Chamberlain also knew that professional problems could not take advantage of anything, and immediately changed the subject and asked about other aspects.
"Most of the navy’s defense weapons are very old, because I can arrange several warships to be modified at a time, and the progress will take at least six months or nine months to complete." Churchill has said that the original guaranteed speed has been increased for one year, but he still feels a little guilty.
Sure enough, even Chamberlain, a military idiot, knows that when this thing waits for no one, he will almost lose millions of tons of transport ships in half a year. This kind of disaster is enough to completely collapse Britain.
"We can’t wait that long and must fight back immediately! If the navy can’t! Then we can rely on the army’s military loss report. I think you already know that they are even more humiliating than the navy. Actually, the European continent lost 41 fighter planes in one breath. "Chamberlain seems to have made his head spin. He now feels like crying.
When someone else became the prime minister of the British Empire, the whole world was filled with good news of successful expansion, and every day after he became prime minister, he received news here and lost there. These bad news simply pushed him to the throne of the most unlucky British prime minister in a hundred years.
"Germany that what head of state is really a gift from the emperor to Germany? How did the weak Germany become so difficult in just a few years? " Chamberlain thought of this and said with chagrin that when he heard this, his eyes focused on the man behind him, but he still didn’t move.
"I don’t believe this shit arcado has anything to do with Emperor. He’s just running errands for that old guy in sickert!" Churchill can be said to be the most studied person in arcado by the British Ministry, because the information from Smith gave him a deeper understanding of German preparations.
So he said to Chamberlain, "They didn’t rise in just a few years. sickert presided over arcado and participated in the" Pluto Plan "in the German secret development plan very early. We got a half-truth and a half-falsehood, and we lacked many cores, which made us give up our guard against German ambitions."
"If Smith’s analysis is correct, the Germans secretly rearmed themselves at the end of 1919. In 1925, we blindly supported them, and by 1993, their armed forces had surpassed World War I." Churchill narrowed his eyes and said, "It’s just a ridiculous cover-up."
Hearing Churchill say this, the man behind Chamberlain picked his eyebrows and glanced at Churchill, and then he remained silent. It seemed that the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Navy talked to him.
"There is nothing to say now," Chamberlain said with a sigh. "We can either count on the army to win the war or be forced to accept the German conditions and turn ourselves into German lackeys."
"There will be a way! Mr. Prime Minister, "Churchill thought for a moment and then said in a sad tone," We sold some overseas interests and got some warships from the Americans to enrich our navy. "
"Americans? Are you sure you can do it? " Chamberlain seems very interested in this proposal and asked quickly
"That depends on whether we have enough chips," Churchill said.
"In this way, the plan can’t be easily implemented," Chamberlain shook his head and said, "The king and the cabinet won’t agree if we give up too many benefits. We have to think of something else."
"If I mean Mr. Prime Minister, it seems that we can move some extreme measure to change our passive situation." Chamberlain never spoke behind him, and the man finally spoke.
"You? Are you sure? " Chamberlain looked at the man and asked
"I want my people and even if I fail, Britain has nothing to lose," said the man angrily.
Chamberlain stared at the man for a few seconds and then nodded with satisfaction. "Good! I approved this operation! The secretary of the navy will help you. "
Chapter 29 29 Washington
"Who is he?" When the man went out, Churchill looked at Chamberlain and asked
"He doesn’t have a name, but he has a code name in our intelligence department, an awesome code name," Chamberlain said with a smile.
"Ghost?" It is said that this is the name of the intelligence department in recent years. Everyone has only heard this name but has never seen the true face of this man. Churchill directly guessed the origin of this man.
"That’s right!" Chamberlain nodded and said, "He is the best agent I can find and the only one who dares to execute it."
"What can he do? Going to Germany is not a sabotage, but it can’t change the strength contrast between the two sides now, "Churchill said.
"This is not what you need to ask. You just need to send submarines to the designated places. It is very simple." Chamberlain said with a wave that he was obviously reluctant to disclose the details of this operation, and Churchill was smart enough to stop asking questions.
On this side, Churchill left, Chamberlain rushed back to his office with his adjutant, and immediately told the navy to find a submarine to send some intelligence personnel to Germany. This kind of implementation has been carried out many times and no one has any doubts.
The other ghost also returned to his office, where four people had been waiting, and two of them were still masked weirdos.
"Three days after our action plan was approved by the Prime Minister, we will take a submarine and land in Germany secretly." The ghost said with a smile as soon as he entered the room.
Hearing the news, a man was wiping a pistol against the wall. He looked up and took a look at the ghost. "Is it reliable? If our plan of action is known by the Germans, we will be finished. "
"Don’t be frightened by the grey wolf who can’t catch the German spy today. He is far from pervasive in Britain." The ghost glanced at the man against the wall. "Have you finished your training of hearts six?"
"There is no problem to protect the king’s position. It is easy for me to take down two by myself." Six hearts smiled and said.
"Very well, this action plan has been hostile to the German Navy Minister Churchill and Prime Minister Chamberlain. You can rest assured that it is confidential." The ghost solemnly pointed to the two masked people over there and said, "So I brought them here. Let me introduce them. This is my trump card. They were ordered to carry out another plan at the same time."
"Hello" never came out of the chair. Paul said hello. After he came back from Germany, he was sent to the secret service for training. Now he can be said to be a very good British intelligence officer
"Thank you," a masked man replied. She took a bite of Paul and a heart against the wall.
"woman?" Six hearts frowned and asked 1.
"That’s right! Some need women to finish it more easily, "the ghost nodded and said.
"Look down on women?" The masked woman asked coldly.
"I’m sorry that you dare to go to Germany with us fugitives. You are also a great agent." Hearts apologized on six sides and explained.
"No" The woman said that and stopped talking.
And the face next to her with a mask and a cap covering her head and a white mask didn’t say a word.
"If we fail, it’s up to you!" The ghost walked up to the man without a speech mask and whispered, "You are our trump card. I hope you can succeed."
The man nodded his head but still didn’t speak.
"Dismissed," the ghost smiled and waved, and soon several people were out of his office.
The far west coast of the Atlantic Ocean is the rich and powerful United States of America, and the capital of this country is the world-famous Washington. If you ask arcado which building he likes best in Washington, he will tell you the Lincoln Memorial very seriously.
It’s the Lincoln Memorial, which is regarded as the symbol of the eternal statue of the United States in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 16th President of the United States, Abraham? Lincoln’s memorial hall is located at the western end of Washington National Lawn, facing the Parliament Building at the eastern end of the east bank of the Potomac River. It is an ancient Greek temple memorial hall built of white granite and marble.
Arcado once gave a speech to the German Parliament, and he said to those who listened to his speech, "I did start the war, but I did it to safeguard the national unity and prosperity of Great Germany! In 161, the great American president dared to face the war in order to abolish slavery; In 1937, I stopped the German people from being enslaved. arcado? Rudolph is also not afraid of war! "
He generously inspired such a comparison between the two countries’ beliefs that "the American people advocate freedom and the German people also long for freedom! We are not afraid of strength and provocation, we dare to face threats! We are the bravest nation in the world! It is that tough nation in the world! If Britain wants to continue to treat us as slaves, then I will say a word to King George of England like President Abraham Lincoln! "
Arcado’s favorite is the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., which broke ground in 1914 and was completed in 1922. A marble statue of Lincoln was placed in the center of the memorial, and his hands were placed on both sides of the armrest. The statue was inscribed with an inscription-"Lincoln will live forever in the hearts of the people". The Lincoln Memorial is not only a tribute to the late president, but also to the people of the whole country. The most immortal statue of the United States-Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address-is preserved here, and the 36 columns of the marble wall pavilion represent the division of the United States when President Lincoln died
At this moment, the current American President Roosevelt said nothing in front of this monumental building, staring at the statue of Lincoln with a tall facade. It seems that all Americans are not in favor of the United States being involved in this new war, and the whole Congress is very dissatisfied with Roosevelt’s policy of favoring Britain. Some extreme politicians prefer that the United States and Germany share the British overseas colonies.
However, the visionary president of the United States, who is in a wheelchair, is a sophisticated politician. He is keenly aware of the disadvantages of remaining neutral and disagrees with the bad distribution of the spoils. He stubbornly believes that a divided, weak Europe that needs American help is in the interest of the United States.
"What did the British say?" After a long time, Roosevelt ended his silence and asked about his assistant.
"Mr. President, the British side seems to be very interested in our plan, but they think our offer is too high to accept." The assistant looked down at the document in his hand and said, "Now it seems that our compromise with the Republican Party is indeed a little too big. They demand that the price is too high for our law to be combined with Britain immediately."
"There’s no way to cut the treaty by 2%. Look at the British side’s view on the Republican side. I’ll visit it myself. I hope they will understand my difficulties." Roosevelt sighed and said that he lacked the ability of arcado and Germany to keep his word, so many things were constrained and inefficient.
Roosevelt arcado was not idle when he was busy striving for self-improvement. He established a government with balanced members in geography and politics, including liberal democracy party member and conservative democracy party member. There are three Republican party member and two female ministers.
His legislative plan is aimed at the majority of voters, trying to help the main interest groups in the American economy and winning the support of the Republic of party member. Specific measures include establishing the General Administration of Agricultural Adjustment to restore agricultural prosperity at high agricultural prices; Loans to large and medium-sized enterprises to stimulate business; Establish specialized agencies to provide relief and employment opportunities for unemployed workers.