At noon on December 12, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet members did not know that the fleet of N was hit hard again. However, they gathered urgently at the wartime cabinet command center underground in King Charles Street to hold a sad meeting.

After Lutjens, who was lucky, "picked" 100 American ships filled with wheat and egg powder, he happily returned to Gibraltar. He did not expect how sad the people who lost those wheat and egg powder would be, tens of millions of starving British people on the British islands, just lost more than 300,000 tons of food that was about to come to their mouths. At the same time, there are 108,000 American rice buckets with good appetites on the land of Britain. Is there anything more heartbreaking in the world than this?

As the head of the British Empire, although British Prime Minister Churchill was still as fat as ever and did not look hungry at all. However, he still left a few tears of sadness because of the lost food.

"Mr. Prime Minister, after losing 300,000 tons of wheat and 35,000 tons of egg powder, our supply has become even tighter." As the British Minister of Agriculture Sir Woolton spoke, his old face was almost twisted. "I'm afraid that starting from January next year, food rationing will be further reduced."

Now there is very little food ration in Britain! This is not only because the British Isles have been in a sinister situation since the spring of 1942, but also because the war on the Ireland Islands made it impossible for Britain to import agricultural products from Ireland.

At the same time, the extreme shortage of oil has also become another important reason for the worsening of food supply. It is not because of how much agricultural machinery that consumes gasoline and diesel in the UK needs to consume gasoline and diesel, but because the army that had originally achieved motorization has retreated to mule-horse transformation. However, the British army cannot turn enough horses out of thin air, so they have to requisition it from the public.

A large number of private ploughed horses (at that time, British agriculture relied heavily on horse farming) were requisitioned by the army, which greatly reduced the sowing area in 1942.

In addition, in order to prepare for the local decisive battle, the Churchill government tried its best to recruit strong men to carry out various combat preparations throughout 1942, which made agricultural production even more lacking in labor.

So by the fall of 1942, Britain's food harvest set a record low since the war began.

"The difficulties are only temporary," Churchill glanced at the dejected cabinet members or senior generals in the conference room, trying to squeeze out some smiles. "The Americans' transportation plan is still half successful, isn't it?"

Half of success, or half of failure... Although the previous statement can be inspiring, the British people here are still very clear that in the escort and transportation war that has not yet ended, the success of the half must belong to the Soviet Union! Most of the failure of the half belong to the United Kingdom.

Not only did the UK lose the food that was about to be obtained, but also lost three precious King George V-class battleships. Now the British Royal Navy has almost lost the ability to fight alone on the Atlantic Ocean.

"Mr. Prime Minister, the problem now is that the next transportation must be organized as soon as possible." Deputy Prime Minister and Labour leader Attley said with a frown. "Now most British people are hungry, and many people are already desperate and dissatisfied with the ongoing war... This situation is just like Germany in 1918. If we cannot solve the food supply problem as soon as possible, we are afraid that the war-weariness will further intensify and eventually become out of control."

It is difficult for hungry people to ensure a happy mood, and tens of millions of people who have been hungry for a long time are often linked to troubles such as creating turmoil. In the last World War, Germany was not so defeated by the army of Britain, France and the United States, but rather tortured to the point of being crazy by the long-term lack of food.

Now, it seems that there is a karma, and the blockade has become the German navy, and the hungry has become the British people. Although the British are more mature than the Germans when it comes to hunger, the British people's patience is limited after all, and it is impossible to endure it all the time.

"Mr. Prime Minister, the French declared Algeria and Morocco as French mainland not long ago." Deputy Prime Minister Attley said with a bitter face, "and German Prime Minister Hitler also declared the border between Africa and Europe in the Sahara Desert..."

Churchill snorted heavily and interrupted Attley's words. The fat man certainly understood what Attley's cartilage meant that the French seemed to be very comfortable with Germany! Algeria and French Morocco, two large pieces of land, were swallowed and turned into local areas!

German Chancellor Hitler declared that the border between Europe and Africa was in the Sahara Desert, which was obviously supporting France's complete annexation of Algeria and French Morocco, and may also support Italy's annexation of Egypt and Italian Libya.

Complete annexation into the land is not the same as building a colony and building a protectorate. The relationship between the colony, the protection state and the land is similar to the relationship between the king and the princes, and the expansion of the land is the expansion of the king's directly under the territory.

The British Empire now seems to be a king with many vassal states but not directly under the territory. The United States and the Soviet Union had no princes, but a king with very large direct territory. Therefore, the power that Britain could mobilize in this world war was completely impossible to compare with the huge local United States and the Soviet Union.

Considering that the current reactionary regimes in France and Italy have the fascist attributes that are specialized in governing all kinds of dissatisfaction, and with the support of Germany, the European leader, it seems that there is no difficulty in integrating and annexing North Africa's territory. Once a large tract of land in North Africa becomes the homeland of France and Italy, it means the real expansion of the living space of the French and Italian nations. These two countries will rise from a medium-sized country with hundreds of thousands of square kilometers to a great country with two or three million square kilometers in one fell swoop.

And what can the British Empire get from the current tenacious resistance? It seems that there is only endless hunger and the collapse of the empire!

So in the eyes of many British people who were unable to transfer to Canada, their never-submission Prime Minister Churchill was simply a public enemy who harmed the empire.

"The French and Italians cannot protect the land of North Africa at all. The people there love freedom and believe in religions different from Europe." Churchill sniffed a large sip of Cuban cigar and said in a very affirmative tone, "And our American friends have sent reinforcements. Now 108,000 very elite troops have arrived at Scapa Bay, and more American troops will arrive soon. So victory will definitely belong to Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. If France and Italy continue to be obsessed with it and follow Germany to fight against the free world, then waiting for these two countries will inevitably be an extremely tragic future..."

Before Churchill could finish his words, a colonel in a naval uniform hurried into the conference room and stuffed a piece of paper to the First Minister of Maritime Affairs Dudley Pound.

Pang De's face was originally very ugly, pale and bloodless. He unfolded the report paper, looked at it and shook his whole body, as if he was about to faint.

"Sir, what happened?" Churchill asked with a frown.

Pound smiled wryly and said: "It's the N fleet. They were bombed by German aircraft and suffered heavy losses... More than 90 ships were sunk, and most of the fuel, weapons and ammunition they carried were lost. Prime Minister, it seems that our American reinforcements are not useful for the time being."

Are there any other uses for American soldiers without weapons and equipment besides having meals?

"No, they still have a useful life..." Churchill was silent for a while and gritted his teeth, "they can encourage the sluggish morale of the British people and arrange them to come to London. As long as there are 100,000 fully armed, dressed in beautiful military uniforms, and high morale American soldiers lined up through the main streets of London, I believe that the British people will rekindle their struggle and be confident in the victory that will come!"

"But... Mr. Prime Minister, without the American army, how can we fight back in Ireland?" General Brooke, chief of staff of the Empire, asked sadly.

Britain's counterattack on the Ireland Island has been going on for several waves, but it has not made any breakthroughs, but has lost its troops. However, Churchill has never given up and has sent more reinforcements to organize new attacks. He also intends to take advantage of the opportunity of the North Atlantic Night to transport a large number of well-equipped US troops to Britain in order to enhance the power of the counterattack.

But now the well-equipped US military has become a US bulldog with bare hands (there are still rifles). Can this counterattack still be fought?

"The new round of counterattacks has been temporarily postponed, only temporarily." Churchill thought for a while and said, "Give power to Viscount Halifax and Sir Deere, and ask them to make a request to the United States and ask them to send a new escort fleet as soon as possible."

"Mr. Prime Minister, we do not have the North Atlantic sea control right now." British Navy Secretary Alexander reminded Churchill in a loud voice. "Even if Americans are willing to send fleets, it may be difficult to pass the German blockade."

"Didn't Normandy, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth pass safely?" Churchill asked back, "Can't there be a fleet of transport ships entirely composed of fast transport ships? Isn't this easy to break through the German blockade?"
Chapter completed!