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Chapter 482 Changing of the Guard

"Churchill bomb vest? It's so ridiculous! Who would wear a full vest to die with others? This kind of thing is useless at all. And why should I name it with my last name?"

At 10 Downing Street, Churchill, who was about to set off to meet with US President Roosevelt on Newfoundland Island, received a report from MI6 on the issue of Afghanistan. The report mentioned a strange weapon named after his surname Churchill already knew that MI6 was working in Afghanistan and German agents and American agents secretly.

Of course, the British Prime Minister agreed to this kind of cooperation. After all, Britain, the United States and Germany have the same interests in Afghanistan and they all want to cheat the Russians, so there is nothing that cannot be cooperated. Moreover, the Soviet Union is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Even if Britain, the United States and Germany collude to do something bad, it will be difficult to stop the Red Army from liberating Afghanistan.

Kandahar was captured by the Soviet Red Army on April 23, and the fall of Kabul was just in the past few days. The Afghan government had moved to the dangerous Panjieshi Valley a few days ago, and was preparing to fight a protracted war there for a long time.

In this case, if Britain, the United States and Germany do not cooperate with each other, the days when the red flag is inserted throughout Afghanistan will not be too far away.

"Prime Minister, this is not what we named, it is named by the Germans." General Deer, Chief of the General Staff of the Empire, shook his head in confusion, "I really don't know how the Germans thought of such a crazy weapon?"

"That's because they knew that the war would eventually end with a crushing defeat in Germany!" Churchill said angrily, "If Hitler and Hessmann don't want to go on the gallows, they will have to wear this kind of bomb vest for the final resistance."

Fatty Qiu paused and asked again: "Is there any important news?"

Foreign Minister Aiden frowned and reported, saying: "The new Pope has been elected, the former Austrian Cardinal Theodore Inzenier, called Mark II."

"I knew it was him," Churchill snorted, "had he issued an encyclical opposition to us?"

"Not yet, but it will be released sooner or later." Aiden sighed.

Mark II is clearly a pope supported by Germany and has always been pro-Nazi. Now of course he has to find trouble with the British Empire. Moreover, British planes did bomb the previous pope to death.

Aiden said: "Prime Minister, it is estimated that after the Pope encyclical is issued, Spain will declare war on us."

Spain is a country with great influence in the Catholic Church. The British who sent bombs to throw bombs and bombs to kill the Pope. In the eyes of devout Spanish Catholic Church believers, they are undoubtedly an anti-Christ devil! Therefore, after Pius XII's martyrdom was killed by the devil's bomb, it was of course a martyrdom. After a while, they would be named a saint, all the pro-British factions in Spain dared not speak, otherwise there would be suspicion of the devil's accomplices and the Bolsheviks!

So there is no obstacle in Franco now leading Spain to declare war on Britain, and he now believes that Germany and Italy will win.

"Don't wait for them to declare war," Churchill hummed, "we break diplomatic relations with the Franco government and recognize Juan Negrim's government in exile."

The Spanish Republic's government in exile was a republican in the Spanish Civil War. After the failure of the Civil War, they fled to France and ran away to Mexico City after France surrendered.

Churchill continued: "That way we can help the Spanish government in exile recover the Canary Islands."

Britain has now occupied the Madeira Islands with the acquiescence of the Portuguese government, but Spain has set out to guard the Canary Islands, deploying planes and a large number of ground there, and it seems not so easy to take them down. Therefore, after occupying the Madeira Islands, Britain did not immediately move the Canary Islands, but instead dispatched troops to prepare for a landing battle.

By late May 1941, the British had already assembled an infantry division in the Madeira Islands, deployed a large number of Wellington bombers and Bristolbovert torpedo bombers and a larger range of 51 fighters. They already had the ability to attack the Canary Islands, but now they are not in an excuse.

In addition, the British defense on the Gibraltar Peninsula has also been much stronger than in March. The number of defenders has exceeded 30,000, and many 72-inch howitzers can be deployed maneuverably have been added to 876.

"How is the situation in Crete and Tobrook?" Churchill asked again with a frown.

"Nothing has changed yet," replied Admiral Dier, "but there are rumors that the Greek royal family is in secret contact with Germany to surrender. If they surrender, then the Greek army on Crete may surrender with it."

Crete and Tobrook Fortress have now become two almost isolated strongholds. Apart from venturing out to the submarines, the British had no other way to go there. Naturally, there was no reinforcement. They could only watch the British troops there become weaker and weaker due to being besieged, and eventually become prisoners of Germany and Italy.

"Make a plan to disarm the Greek army on Crete when the Greeks surrender."

After giving this seemingly difficult order, British Prime Minister Churchill left his Prime Minister's residence and boarded the train to Liverpool. He would transfer to the battleship "Prince of Wales" at Liverpool Port and head to Akinsha Bay on the opposite side of the Atlantic to have a historic meeting with US President Roosevelt.

Although the British Prime Minister was riding a powerful battleship to the Akinsha Bay, surrounded by gray and desolate scenes, this diachronic meeting occurred on the USS Augusta, a treaty cruiser with a standard displacement of less than 10,000 tons.

Because US President Roosevelt was riding on this slender American heavy cruiser.

The Prime Minister of the British Empire must first go to the Augusta to meet the US President, and then Roosevelt will return to the "Prince of Wales". Such an itinerary seems to have shown that the status between Britain and the United States is completely different from the previous world war.

At 11 a.m. on June 1, Churchill, accompanied by the First Minister of Maritime Marshal Pound, boarded the "Augusta". Roosevelt stood on the deck of the heavy cruiser with the support of his son James Roosevelt, looking tall and mighty. Roosevelt shook hands with a chubby British Prime Minister who was one shorter than him in front of a large number of reporters. The British Prime Minister was wearing a blue naval uniform, bent over and looked up at Roosevelt solemnly and happily, not like a number one person. So much so that the reporters who took photos of them could not help but think of the word "change of guards" in their hearts.

The concept of "change of guards" is exactly what President Roosevelt wants to pass on to the American people through the meeting in Akinsha Bay. It is now the United States, not Germany, which will replace Britain to lead the world!

After the reporters' photography work was over, the US president standing immediately restored his true identity as a cripple, got into a wheelchair, and his son pushed him away from the back deck with Churchill.

The formal talks will be held in the officer lounge of the "Augusta", and there is only one core content of the talks, which is the participation of the United States!

If the US, the alternate world overlord, wants to "take office", there will be a bloody war, otherwise the world will be ruled by Germany. As the second in the world who is "economic first", the United States will not have a good life in the future.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I think you are very clear that we would not have defeated Germany without the Soviet Union's participation in the war."

After the praises were made by both sides, the US President made a clear talk of the important role of the Soviet Union.

Roosevelt then told Churchill, "I also invited Stalin, but he was not willing to come and discuss the issue of defeating Germany with us. In fact, he ignored me at all."

Unlike the situation in history when the "Akinxia Gulf Meeting" was met, the Soviet-German War has not yet broken out. Moreover, Germany and Italy have won the Mediterranean war and gained control of the Middle East oil-producing zone!

So now the United States and Britain are begging the Soviet Union, not the Soviet Union is begging the United States to help their lives.

"The initiative is in the hands of Stalin!" Churchill said, smoking a cigar. "But without Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union would not be able to defeat Germany." He emphasized his tone, "If Britain loses India now, then the British who support the compromise with Germany will become the majority."

Roosevelt nodded, and he understood Churchill's difficulties. Although Churchill was determined to fight to the end, the British people might not have such an idea. Once Britain is determined to lose the world empire, they will no longer have the morale to continue to fight.

"Okay, the Soviet Union cannot invade India! We will express this opinion clearly to the Soviet Union." Roosevelt nodded and said, "If Stalin insists on his own, he will have to face the Germans alone in the near future."

He paused, and then said, "Stalin asked us to join the war first, and then the Soviet Union found an opportunity to join."

"So are you going to join?" Churchill asked immediately. "Sir President, you know, the Germans will soon launch a new offensive at sea. If we cannot win, the next battle will be the local defense battle. If you cannot join at that time, then I, as the Prime Minister, may not be able to continue!"

Britain is an island country. It has been established by a navy since ancient times. If the Royal Navy really kneels down, the morale of the British people will collapse. How could there be the courage to fight against the Nazi fascist war machine alone?

Roosevelt nodded and said, "I am working hard to push the United States to join the war, but it is not easy. All I can do at the moment is to anger our enemies and let them provoke conflict first. That's what I'm going to Ajinxia Bay."

"President, what are you going to do?"

Roosevelt said: "I prepared a declaration, a declaration that would be enough to anger the Germans." To be continued.
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