Chapter 756 Landing in England 1

"Roosevelt!"

A roar came from the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street, and all the staff felt the burning anger of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill from the sound.

But what confused them all was that this anger was not directed at Hitler and Hessmann, but at the great man of the free world, President Franklin Roosevelt, across the Atlantic.

What's going on? Isn't Roosevelt from the UK? Aren't he and the Prime Minister close comrades-in-arms? How did they become enemies?

Just when these little people close to the center of British power were all suspicious, more ministers, marshals and generals rushed to 10 Downing Street in a hurry, all with solemn faces and hurried steps, no longer elegant and determined gentlemanly demeanor in the past, and ran into the cabinet meeting room as soon as they entered the door - the situation seemed really critical!

Churchill was already sitting in the seat where the prime minister should be, smoking a cigar with a sullen face, and his fat, loose, and old face was covered with fine beads of sweat. Everyone saw fear and panic on the face of this leader who had been full of confidence since the beginning of the war, as if he had a will of steel.

Prime Minister Churchill, who had a will of steel, was actually afraid!

It seemed that the British Empire was really going to end this time...

Everyone was in a heavy mood, sitting silently in their respective seats, and then looking at their prime minister.

"Gentlemen, the king has just made a speech, calling on the people of the country to resist to the end under the leadership of the wartime cabinet." Churchill said gloomily, "The king also issued an order in accordance with the Imperial Defense Act. During His Majesty's absence from the mainland, I will act on his behalf and lead the British people to resist. From now on, I am the commander-in-chief of the British mainland."

In just a few words, the members of the wartime cabinet and senior British generals present understood why Churchill was afraid.

Because the king entrusted the entire homeland to him, not Princess Elizabeth!

This means that Churchill must lead the resistance in Britain, and cannot take a plane to escape to the New World in disgrace - it is not impossible to escape. Churchill can go to the New World as a deserter, and become infamous from then on, lose honor and power, and may be tried and convicted!

So Churchill can't escape, and can only bite the bullet and stay in the homeland to lead the resistance. And if Prime Minister Churchill doesn't leave, the members of the wartime cabinet certainly can't leave either...

This is really going to kill everyone!

The members of the wartime cabinet, who had heard some rumors and knew that things were not going well, were all as panicked as Churchill, except for the Labour Deputy Prime Minister Attlee.

"Mr. Prime Minister," Attlee glanced at his colleagues who were a little stunned in the conference room, and then said, "Will the king come back?"

"Yes, he will!" Churchill said with a wry smile, "When we defeat the invading Nazi army and recapture the fallen Irish land, he will come back."

This means not coming back!

Everyone's heart sank. Although the King of England had long been a mascot without real power, according to the black and white words on the Imperial Defense Act, the King was still the commander-in-chief with unlimited power in wartime.

Now, the Germans have not landed on the British Isles yet, but the commander-in-chief has fled first. How can this war be fought?

Attlee said calmly: "Mr. Prime Minister, the British people need a king or queen who can lead them to fight on their own soil!"

"Mr. Attlee, watch your words!" Churchill glared at Attlee fiercely.

"Mr. Prime Minister," Attlee didn't buy it at all, and said loudly, "We are Britain here, not Japan, where the monarchy is absolute. I think everyone still remembers how Edward VIII lost the throne a few years ago... He just wanted to marry a divorced woman. Such a mistake is not worth mentioning at the moment!"

Compared with running away after losing the world war, Edward VIII's problem is really a trivial matter. Since Edward VIII can roll off the stage, why can't the fleeing George VI be replaced?

"No!" Churchill almost roared, "Mr. Attlee, do you think I don't understand what you are thinking? What you want is not a king who can lead the empire to resist, but a queen who can lead the empire to kowtow to the enemy!"

"Not kowtow, but a decent peace!" Attlee is no longer afraid of breaking up with Fatty Churchill.

He is the leader of the Labour Party, and the foundation of the British Labour Party in this era is still the British working people. These working people are starving, and there is definitely no way to escape to Canada and the United States. They can only stay in the British Isles, the home of their ancestors.

Since the British Isles are definitely not going to be able to be defended, what is the point of fighting to the death? Moreover, the German leaflets (which will be dropped by planes as long as the weather is good) all said that Germany had no intention of destroying the British Empire - the British Empire could still retain the three largest and richest colonies of India, Australia and Canada. Moreover, after Britain joined the European Community, its rights and interests in India, Australia and Canada would be supported by the entire European Community!

Although Britain is no longer the world's leading empire, it can still become the core of Europe together with Germany, France and Italy, and become the dominant force in the world.

Such peace terms are much better than the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany by Britain and France. Moreover, France's recent success in turning French North Africa into its homeland also proves that France's position and interests in the European Community are guaranteed.

If we talk about hatred, the contradiction between France and Germany is far greater than that between Britain and Germany! France and Germany can coexist harmoniously, so why do Britain and Germany need to fight to the death?

So Attlee is not afraid of falling out with Churchill at all, and this face must be turned!

"Mr. Prime Minister, if you do not agree with my suggestion (changing the king), then I will resign from all my positions in the war cabinet." Attlee issued an ultimatum to Churchill.

The Labour Party will withdraw from the war cabinet!

Although the current Labour Party is not the largest party in the House of Commons, due to the Beveridge Report (a document on the establishment of a welfare state that had a great influence in Britain in the 1940s) and the increasingly severe war situation, the support of the Labour Party, which advocates social welfare and has certain differences of opinion on Britain's war policy, has actually exceeded the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.

If Churchill dissolves the House of Commons and holds an early election, the Conservatives and Liberals will surely lose miserably, and Attlee will become prime minister!

"Mr. Prime Minister, please dissolve the House of Commons and hold an early election!" Attlee said loudly to Churchill. "If you are no longer the prime minister, then you don't have to take responsibility."

This is actually giving Churchill a way out.

It's not Churchill's fault if he can't be elected, right? If he is not the prime minister, he naturally has no responsibility to defend the country, and he is also old, so he can't be recruited even if he is conscripted, so it's not a mistake to run to Canada.

"No!" Churchill was not someone who would yield easily. He said angrily, "I will not dissolve the House of Commons, and I do not have the power to do so. The dissolution of Parliament must be approved by the King!

And according to the Imperial Defense Act, I will stop all political activities of the Labour Party. I will not hand over power to lunatics and villains like the Tsar in 1917, which would only bring destruction. Because the problems facing Britain now cannot be solved by majority votes, but must be solved with iron and blood... So I will declare martial law in London and declare the entire British island to be in a state of emergency! This is the only way to save the empire!"

Churchill quoted Bismarck's words, and these words also make sense in the current Britain.

Now there is no consensus among the British people on the issue of war or peace. Even among the working class, there are fierce war advocates - the British Bolshevik Party is determined to advocate war. The power of this party is also expanding rapidly as the situation in the UK becomes increasingly difficult!

In addition, the Catholic Scots now have the idea of ​​​​separating from England!

Although there was an independence movement in Scotland after the First World War, it was not a big deal, and the support for the Scottish National Party was not high. But now the catastrophe is imminent, and the Scots may not be willing to bear the bitter fruit of failure with the English.

If the general election is held now, perhaps the Scottish National Party, the British Bolshevik Party and the British Labour Party will all win a big victory... At that time, Britain will not "seek peace in a decent manner", but will fall apart and fight a civil war.

So Fatty Qiu simply declared martial law and a state of emergency, directly nipping the signs of division and civil war in the bud. And he is not afraid of a fierce backlash, because the British Labour Party, a white left party, cannot play a full-scale war.

And the British Bolshevik Party, which can fight, is in favor of war - they listen to the command of the Third International, and now Stalin will definitely not want the British to fight each other, so the Bolshevik Party will definitely support martial law and a state of emergency.

As for the Scottish National Party... There is no big problem at the moment, because the Germans do not support Scottish independence - because the way the Germans rule Europe is unification, not national self-determination. Because revolutions and national independence in Europe are always "contagious", if Germany promotes national self-determination in Europe, then non-German ethnic homes such as Poland, Bohemia, Ukraine, and Lithuania are likely to have strong separatist sentiments.

Therefore, the ideal situation of the German Empire is to turn Europe, which is full of small countries, into a Europe based on big countries, and to make unification the "political correctness" of Europe. And Germany will become the largest, strongest and most populous leader among them.