Cloudy and sunny one day, a medium-sized cruise ship flying the German Re-flag came slowly from Belgium and boarded a group of special guests on this fast boat controlled by German naval officers and soldiers.
When he came to Europe as an international student, Logan visited the Thames by boat to witness the prosperity of the British Empire for hundreds of years. Now the city of London has come back, and its identity and time have changed unexpectedly. The onlookers have gained a strong dominance, but the heroic self-confidence that should fill their chests is quietly annihilated by the sadness of parting.
"most of the buildings in this great city have been well preserved, but it is very regrettable that some old and strong houses have been converted into battle fortresses by Churchill’s government. I am afraid it is difficult to restore them to their original appearance!"
When Logan was fluent in many English and blamed the war on his opponent, the famous tower bridge in London happened to be in sight. Doreen was just looking at the strange sea with a look of disappointment because of the cold and hid half her face in cashmere.
"It is sad that once something has changed, it is impossible to change it back!"
Doreen’s statement is quite meaningful. When she learned that she could return to England, menstruation and her sisters were not cheering, but she, an orthodox Englishman, looked strange and disappointed. Perhaps this young and collected English girl had already made up her mind to put aside the secular world and become a cross-border war love. Maybe she made a choice to protect her family. After months of getting along, she was hopelessly infatuated. No matter what the reason or mentality, she cried that night. It was better to cry in Logan’s arms than to cry sadly.
General Logan, who is in the process of career promotion, has his own difficulties. After the embarrassing situation in which the whole city was full of troubles in the early stage, he finally realized that hiding a concubine in a golden house would do more harm than good for a man-even if he wanted to hide it, he could not hide it under the public eye. After some deliberation, he sought Doreen’s family’s wishes and took the opportunity to deploy troops in Britain to settle them together.
Since the Goering incident, senior German military and political personnel have been asked to avoid flying as much as possible. Logan and his family took the express train from Pailin to Antwerp, where they boarded a yacht between Britain and Belgium. The whole process took about 16 hours, which was much slower than that by plane, but it also made Logan realize what "long pain is better than short pain"
Until the ship is about to dock at the ancient west India pier, Logan pretends to say calmly, "London is still a very livable city without the roar of the old machines!" You can stay here if you want or "wait until the Isle of Wight is rebuilt before moving back!" If there is news from Liverpool, I will let you know as soon as possible! "
"Will we meet again?" Doreen asked with attachment, although Logan often went out for a while on business when they were filming Lin, at that time, I didn’t know that my lover would eventually return, but now it’s really eager to see it after a long distance!
"Yes, of course! Allow me to come every month when necessary! " Logan solemnly promised
"Every month?" Doreen looked up with red eyes like a poor little rabbit.
If this scene doesn’t remind Logan of the classic bridge in The Broken Blue Bridge?
"Well, I’ll try my best to do it! And if you and your family have needs, I will do my best to publish an umbrella for ten days! For a moment, Logan’s comments were like that the rich were being cheap. "Second wives are strictly speaking, and single men don’t have second wives."
Doreen didn’t say that Logan personally sent them to their new residence one step away from the river after the ship docked. If it had a garden villa in downtown London in peacetime, it would be valuable, but its price would be less than one tenth after the war changed hands several times.
The luxurious furnishings made Susan Boyle and Doreen very satisfied, but Doreen went back to her new house alone and didn’t come to Logan to see her off.
Before leaving, Logan said to himself, "When I become the master of power, I will definitely let you live a stable and happy life!"
It’s a pity that Doreen couldn’t hear this heroic language. When Logan and his party drove to the dock, she silently watched the people go away behind the window as she did in Bridgeport. "
The next morning, Logan and his party just arrived at the headquarters of the German front line in the southern suburbs of Liverpool. A week ago, Marshal von rundstedt just got a new life as the commander-in-chief of the British occupation army. This means that the boss will leave the German military chief in Britain for a long time to come, but the main force of his regiment will not continue to fight here, but will continue to return to France and German soil to prepare for the first phase of action!
It is naturally the best choice to solve the British war once and for all if we can attack the remaining areas in northern England. However, after occupying Glasgow, the German armored arrow, which is composed of four main armored divisions, a light division and a motorized infantry division, took the initiative to stop and restrict them from continuing to advance. It was not the fuel logistics or the British team’s desperate sniper, but the Scottish Highlands, the last stronghold of the Ice Age!
The mountains are not enough to describe the topography of the Scottish highlands. The ancient rocks are divided into canyons and lakes by water and glaciers. What remains is a very irregular mountainous area. At first glance, the highlands are covered with gentle and undulating low green grass and moss. Almost all the hilltops are almost the same. Most of the mountains are flat and round, with little undulating curves and no sharp or abrupt momentum. There are only a few winding roads in the huge highlands, and the advantages of German mechanization can’t be waved here!
It is precisely because of the terrible shape of the Scottish Highlands that Xiao Huyuan has indeed stated at the German high-level meeting that he will not watch his elite troops play hide-and-seek with the remaining British troops in the humid and cold rivers, but is prepared to force George VI and Churchill’s government to give up their resistance in northern England in a short time through psychological offensive, sea siege and bombing! In psychological warfare, the Duke of Windsor government’s move has fallen to the detriment of the British people, and the main fleet of the German navy and submarine forces have formed a tight sea blockade network in the northwest of Britain and the North Atlantic Ocean. Once Gibraltar changes hands, the British navy can no longer take care of the Mediterranean soil area and bomb Logan. This time, it is necessary to arrange a one-month "Skynet Operation"
With the transition of richthofen’s general Stuka’s main 1st Air Force and fighter’s main 1st, 2nd and 4th Air Forces and other elite combat troops to the Austrian German-controlled Romanian airport under the command of Marshal Speller, the strength of the German army in the western front has been reduced by nearly half in its heyday. At present, there are about fighter planes and heavy fighter martyrdom and dive bombers. Blade frame and medium-range bomber mouth frame are about to be used for other auxiliary models. Fortunately, the Royal British Army has no effective fighter planes left in the north, while the towns in the low-lying areas on the east side of the Scottish Highlands are less than anti-weapons. In addition, the lack of co-ordination and scraping of the British withdrawal of equipment from the south has made most of the migrated industrial equipment and production lines have not resumed operation. When the Soviet army transferred equipment to the Ural Mountains, its output was greatly affected. Unfortunately, the German bomber method carried out strategic bombing there.
In view of the fact that the German military war airport has advanced to Glasgow and Edinburgh, the remaining strategic depth in northern Scotland is not too strong, and the remaining kilometers have been completely lying on the plane. After the exchange of views in Speller, Logan offered his long-planned "medium-attack tactics", that is, flying squads or squadron units carried out irregular attacks on targets in the Scottish highlands in a targeted manner. The whole war operation was divided into three stages. In the early stage, if the weather allowed, fighters and bombers would cooperate with each other to attack. The bombers carried out gaps on military targets, while the fighters were hidden in high cover, consuming the last flight force of the British army Medium-term fighters also hang bombs to attack every town, port and industrial facility in northern Scotland. In the later stage, with the strategy of the high command, the British aviation troops will be transferred back to Germany in an orderly manner, and only the minimum number of aircraft will be kept under control. At this stage, it is expected that the "Graf Chaplin" will be completed on time, and the pilot field will also be practiced in northern Scotland! d
Chapter 54 Pure Land
The world knows more about Ganyfus because of Lake Zunis, and the highland capital itself is beautiful. The Highland House of Scotland is also the northernmost city in Scotland. In fact, Indis is the cleanest residence in Europe. There are ancient Scottish buildings here. Although they are not as magnificent and straight as the bustling city, the solid walls and dark spires give people a calm and heavy feeling!
People living in this quiet and peaceful northern town can avoid the smoke of war, but in this very different historical time, Britain loses and loses again. In the century, the two distinguished "guests", King Hexiang, visited here for the first time and stayed here for a long time. Bombers with iron cross logo on their wings finally appeared in the horizon, and anti-aircraft guns were deployed around the town in an instant. The smoke clouds produced by violent chemical reactions destroyed the lakes and mountains here. What is even more unbearable is that those German bombers spilled 100,000 copies in one breath, which caused far more pollution.
As always, Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader, pulled a cane and held a cigar. He slowly walked up to the front of the house in a uniform and stood with his hands behind his back. His hoarse voice urged, "You’d better go back to the bunker! This is nothing to see! "
"they don’t want my life. They are afraid of provoking the anger of Britain. Now they have achieved their goal. They have won! He also won! " George VI, a tall man, has such a low tone and a square face as if frozen by ice. All facial organs seem to have lost consciousness except his lips trembled when he spoke.
Churchill stopped beside the king. He looked up slightly and saw the gaunt queen in a fur coat leaning against the back of the second floor window. A middle-aged maid with golden hair was carefully helping her.
"Pursuit If you lose your fighting faith, then this big tree in Britain will collapse instantly! Do you want to surrender? "
It was not until he lost sight of the German bombers that George VI bowed his head and looked at Churchill and said
"Surrender is not necessarily a relief for the British royal family. Less people don’t need regeneration and hide in hiding.
On the contrary, you should be brave and follow? "
"I’m almost old! Hey! " Churchill said calmly, "If Britain is defeated and I stick to the war stance, I will naturally be extradited by German war criminals. If I am lucky, I will end my life happily; Unfortunately, I will spend a few years in a German prison! "
George VI stared at him for several seconds. "So you are really lucky! And I’m afraid that Britain will fail, take on greater responsibility, and then spend the rest of my life in some forgotten castle. "Twenty years, maybe thirty years or more! "
Churchill, the "old Jianghu" of the military and political circles, understood the attitude of the other party from the words, and his face was frosty and quickly melted. "It turns out that living long is not necessarily a good thing!"
Snow-like pieces of paper fell down one after another. George VI reached out and tried to catch one, but they just slipped by his hand like naughty birds. At this time, Churchill showed a very different agile posture from his usual. He grabbed one and sent it to George VI with one hand.
Actually, I don’t care what others say about me, but I don’t want my wife and children to live in darkness! Are you white? "
George VI didn’t take the bill. He didn’t need to know that the German propaganda department printed a few words of truth. Besides, the German offer had already been conveyed through the special envoy of the Duke of Windsor.
"You certainly don’t want your own people to live like this!" Churchill crumpled the sheet with one hand and let it fall to the ground freely.
George VI regained some confidence in this few words that had special meaning.
"So do the generals think the Germans will invade the Scottish highlands on a large scale?"
"No!" Churchill immediately made an answer.
"So we can continue to hold on here?" George VI speculated according to his own thinking that
"no! Because of the blockade of the German sea, life here will be very difficult for a long time to come, and once the puppet government of the Duke of Windsor controls the south, our situation will become even worse! Therefore, we are negotiating to ask you and the Queen to evacuate to Canada and formally announce the formation of a government in exile! " Churchill’s language was gentle, but it was obvious that he had considered his words before he finished speaking in one breath.
"I am not white!" George VI looked at him with a condescending attitude. His energy was not as good as that of that year, but his wisdom was more mature.
As time goes by, this guy is still so aggressive and determined. Churchill said naively, "We insisted on staying in Britain a month ago to boost people’s morale;" A month later, we left Britain to avoid the British explosion. If the southern army threatened and lured the Germans to attack the northern position, we would be in a very embarrassing situation. "
"Do they dare to raise their rifles to their king?" Feng Zhi VI’s voice was deliberately high for a time, and the tiger’s majesty finally burst out like a conditional shot.
"It is effective enough for the Germans to coerce and seduce". In fact, their means are quite high! The Duke of Windsor, the former king of England and the king rescued most of England from the clutches of the Germans. In the eyes of many untrue civilians, he is the savior rather than a traitor! "Churchill sarcastically said mercilessly.
The king fell into a short meditation. In the period of constitutional monarchy, he didn’t need to bear so many responsibilities at all, but when the country was facing the crisis of death, the important decisions of the cabinet still needed his approval.
Churchill was not in a hurry. He kept his eyes on the king’s chest. That row of beautiful medals was of no practical significance. In all fairness, the king was indeed far less talented and decisive than his brother, the Duke of Windsor. However, it was the particularity of the constitutional monarchy that prevented a Nazi king from ruling Britain. If Britain and Germany joined forces, almost the whole world would be shrouded in the clouds of fascism and military dictatorship!
"An English king should die in his own country even if he dies!" George VI suddenly sighed with emotion and hung his head slightly. "But if I can finally save this country and save thousands of people in Qian Qian from Britain, I am willing to make this sacrifice!"
"you are a great British monarch!" Churchill took the opportunity to compliment.
"So you have considered that the federal countries and colonies, especially Canada, will continue to support us if the royal family and government withdraw to Canada?"
"It’s positions we have considered! From the current situation of France, our former ally, we can see that a pseudo-government controlled by the enemy is an overseas colony controlled by the law and far away from the federal state of Turkey! I have been assured by our faithful friend President Roosevelt that the United States recognizes you as the only legitimate monarch in Britain and our government is the only legitimate government in Britain! Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India will be firmly on our side if the US government maintains this attitude and we can protect and control the Royal Navy ships to the maximum extent! " Churchill’s tone is firm, and he must be firm in front of some wavering kings!
"In this case," George VI’s shoulders slightly turned to look like he was preparing to put a heavy burden.
Churchill hurriedly took the words "please rest assured positions! Although German naval warships and submarines frequently operate in the North Atlantic, the British Imperial Navy still has enough strength to protect the royal family and the government from moving to North America! But if you like, I personally suggest that you and the queen take a special plane. After all, there are still some risks by sea. "
"So" the king looked up and the window on the second floor had been reopened, so he couldn’t see the queen’s gaunt face.
"Positions if necessary can consult with the queen again! We still have some time! "
Churchill was just saying that there was another disgusting buzz in the sky, but this time there was no dark green in Germany. Hawk must have turned to the south after the previous batch of orders. "Once the Royal Army has been consumed intensively in recent days, there is not enough power to stop these German bombers. The British wartime cabinet is also an out-and-out hawk. Churchill should be responsible for today’s situation, but perhaps the German storm attack caught the British military and political officials off guard. So far, he was asked to call from the star corner. Most of the members of Parliament who sent Chamberlain to Hong Kong with their families have now retreated to Canada, and the Royal Navy strongly supports them to keep their private property as much as possible!