"Roosevelt!"

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

But what puzzled them all was that this anger was not directed at Hitler and Hessman, but to President Franklin Roosevelt, the great man from the free world across the Atlantic.

What's going on? Isn't Roosevelt from the UK? Isn't he close comrades with the Prime Minister? Why are he becoming an enemy?

Just as these little people close to the center of British power were all suspicious, more ministers, marshals and generals rushed to No. 10 Downing Street in a hurry, all of whom were solemn, with a hurry, and no longer had the graceful and determined gentlemanly demeanor he used to be. As soon as he entered the door, he ran into the cabinet conference room. The situation seemed really critical!

Churchill was already sitting in the seat the prime minister should have sat, smoking a cigar in big mouthfuls, his face turned pale, 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 war started.

Prime Minister Churchill, who has the will of steel, is actually scared!

It seems that the British Empire is really going to be finished this time...

Everyone was in a heavy mood, sat silently in their respective positions, and then looked at their prime minister.

"Gentlemen, the king has just made a speech and called on the people of the whole country to resist to the end under the leadership of the wartime cabinet." Churchill said in a gloomy tone, "The king also issued an order in accordance with the Imperial National Defense Act. During the period when His Majesty left his homeland, I will exercise his power on his behalf and lead the British people to resist. From now on, I will be the commander-in-chief of the British mainland."

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

Because the king entrusts the entire land to him, not Princess Elizabeth!

This means that Churchill must lead the resistance in Britain, and cannot take a plane and flee without reputation. It is not impossible. Churchill can go to the New World as a deserter, and from then on, he is notorious, loses honor and power, and may be convicted!

So Churchill could not escape, so he could only bite the bullet and stay in the local area to resist. If the Prime Minister Churchill did not leave, of course, members of the wartime cabinet could not leave either...

This really killed everyone!

The wartime cabinet members who had already heard some news and knew that things were not good, were now as panicked as Churchill, except for Labour Deputy Prime Minister Attley.

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

"Yes, sure!" Churchill said with a wry smile. "He will come back when we defeat the invading Nazi army and regain the land of fallen Ireland."

This is not coming back!

Everyone's hearts were sank. Although the British king had long been a mascot without real power, according to the black and white words on the "Imperial National Defense Law", the king was still the commander-in-chief with unlimited power during wartime.

Now, the Germans have not landed on the Isle of Great Britain, and the commander-in-chief fled first. How can I fight this battle?

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

"Mr. Attle for your words!" Churchill glared Attle fiercely.

"Mr. Prime Minister," Attlee said loudly, "We are England, not Japan, and 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 to losing the World War and having to escape, Edward VIII's problem is really a trivial matter. Since Edward VIII can get out of office, why can't the escaped George VI not 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 bow down to the enemy!"

"It's not a humbleness, but a decent peace!" Attlee is not afraid of breaking up with Fatty Qiu now.

He was the leader of the Labor Party, and the foundation of the British Labor Party in this era was the British working people. These working people were starving and certainly had no way to escape to Canada and the United States, and could only stay in their hometown of Great Britain, which had been for generations.

Since the Isle of Great Britain is definitely not able to defend, why do you have to fight to the death? Moreover, the German leaflets (as long as the weather is good, there will be planes to spread) said that Germany has no intention of destroying the British Empire, the British Empire can still retain India, Australia and Canada, the three largest and wealthiest colonies. Moreover, after Britain joined the European Community, its rights and interests in India, Australia and Canada will 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 and the dominant force in the world together with Germany, France, and Italy.

Such peace conditions are much more abundant than the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany by Britain and France. Moreover, France's recent successful action to turn French North Africa into locality also proves that France's status 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! Both France and Germany can live in harmony, so why does it have to fight to the death in Britain and Germany?

So Attley is not afraid of turning against Churchill now, and this face must be turned over!

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

Labour Party is going to withdraw from the wartime cabinet!

Although the Labour Party is not the largest party in the lower house of parliament, the support for the Labour Party, which advocates social welfare and retains certain differences in the British war policy, has actually surpassed the Conservative and Liberal Party because of the Beveridge Report (a document on the establishment of a welfare state with great influence in the 1940s) and the increasing grimness of the war situation.

If Churchill disbands the lower house of parliament and holds a general election ahead of schedule, then the Conservatives and Liberals will definitely lose a crushing defeat, and Attlee will become the prime minister!

"Mr. Prime Minister, please dissolve the House of Commons and hold the general election in advance!" Attlee said loudly to Churchill. "If you are no longer Prime Minister, then you don't have to be responsible."

This is actually giving Churchill a step forward.

You can't blame Fatty Qiu if you can't be elected, right? It's not that the Prime Minister naturally has no responsibility to defend the territory. Moreover, he is old and even if he is recruited, he can't recruit him. It's not a mistake to go to Canada.

"No!" Churchill was not that easy to surrender. He said angrily, "I will not disband the House of Reich, and I do not have this power. Dissolving the Parliament must be approved by the King!

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

Churchill quoted Bismarck's words, and this statement made some sense in the current UK.

There is no consensus among the British people on the issue of war or peace. Even among the working class, there is a fierce war-first faction among the working class, the British Bolshevik Party, who firmly takes the initiative to fight. The power of this party is 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 World War I, it was not a big deal and the support of the Scottish National Party was not high. But now the disaster is coming, and the Scots may not be willing to bear the bitter fruits of failure with the English.

If the general election is held now, perhaps the Scottish National Party, the British Bolshevik Party and the British Labor Party will win a big victory... By then, the UK will not be "decent peace" but will fall apart to fight a civil war.

So Fatty Qiu simply declared martial law and a state of emergency, directly extinguishing the signs of British division and civil war in the bud. Moreover, he was not afraid of triggering a fierce rebound, because the white left party like the British Labor Party cannot play the whole martial arts.

The British Bolshevik Party, who can fight, is the main force in the war, and they obey the command of the Third International. Now Stalin will definitely not be willing to fight the British themselves, so the Bolshevik Party must support martial law and state of emergency.

As for the Scottish National Party... the problem is not big at the moment, because the Germans do not support Scottish independence because the Germans' way of governing Europe is unified, rather than national self-determination. Because the revolution and national independence in Europe have always been "contagious". If Germany promotes national self-determination in Europe, then the homes of non-German nations such as Poland, Bohemia, Ukraine, and Lithuania may have a strong separatist sentiment.
Chapter completed!