The gray sky in London, England, was filled with piercing sirens, and silver-gray air-proof balloons were floating high in the sky. They were made of rubber and nylon membranes, plus thin metal protective plates, and were composed of many bladder-shaped balloons.
Even if the anti-aircraft balloon is hit by artillery fire, it will only be partially damaged, and the total lift will remain basically unchanged. It forms a steel cable curtain like a skirt, which can effectively block and protect the city from low-altitude bombing by Nazi aircraft.
At this time, the streets of Lunjiao were in a mess, with bombed buildings everywhere. The department store that once attracted everyone now only had ruins left, and the road was full of large and small craters. The double-decker bus was stumbling slowly.
, a little dust was raised behind the wheel, and the once bustling London streets now showed a desolate scene.
As the siren sounded, the anti-aircraft artillery fire also began to roar loudly, and the sound of "dong dong dong" resounded throughout the city. Countless pedestrians on the street hurriedly ran to the nearest air raid shelter. At this time, the sky had already
Shrouded in the black smoke emitted by the explosion of anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns, bombs fell on the ground from time to time. The sound of distant explosions resounded over the entire city of London. The billowing smoke and red flames swallowed up countless buildings. The gunpowder smoke
It enveloped the whole of London, and the citizens of London groaned in pain. This is the current situation in London at this time.
With Germany's invasion of Soviet Russia, the German Sea Lion program was also forced to stop, but their bombing of London continued. The B17 heavy bombers purchased from China still attacked London, the British capital, from time to time due to their thick skin and thick flesh.
The capital was bombed from time to time. Under the Atlantic Ocean, the German wolves were still ferociously attacking the British sea lifeline.
The British are suffering from the ravages of the Germans. Although Churchill still has the support of the Americans and the support of King George V, he has now received more and more criticism from the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It can be said that
It is difficult to move forward.
At No. 10 Downing Street, the streets near the Prime Minister's residence have been densely surrounded by anti-aircraft troops with anti-aircraft fire. Hundreds of British soldiers wearing Ariedian helmets stared nervously at the planes in the sky, holding tightly in their hands.
Holding the height and rudder of the anti-aircraft gun, I looked at the roaring sounds in the sky from time to time. In the past, the Germans used tactical bombers to bomb London, but the dense air balloons over London and the Royal Air Force blocked them in London.
However, since they purchased Chinese heavy bombers, London citizens' nightmare began. Those heavy bombers flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters cannot be intercepted by air defense balloons and Spitfires.
As the supreme command center of the British Empire, the Prime Minister's residence naturally built an underground headquarters. In the fifteen-meter-deep underground headquarters, Churchill was sitting in his office and discussing with several cabinet members the recent events in Soviet Russia.
things.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the Chinese attack speed is very fast. Their forward troops have arrived at Yekaterinburg, and the Soviet Russian garrison in Yekaterinburg only has two divisions. It is obvious that the Soviet Russians will never be able to withstand the Chinese attack.
The fall of Yekaterinburg is only a matter of time," Military Intelligence Director Beckhausen told him.
Churchill nodded noncommittally, and then asked, "Mr. McKenna, are the conditions of our maritime transportation lines better?"
Secretary of the Navy McKenna shook his head with a frown on his wrinkled face, "It's still the same, we have thousands of tons of cargo sinking into the Atlantic every day on average. If this situation doesn't change, it will be difficult for us to support it.
Unless the Americans join the war and provide us with more convoys and cargo ships."
Although he had anticipated the outcome, Churchill still had a look of anxiety and disappointment on his face.
"Boom" came a slight vibration from above, making the cigar in Churchill's hand tremble slightly.
"Is there really no other way?" At this moment, even Churchill, who had a strong personality, felt that the future was dark.
"Mr. Prime Minister, I just received the news and I don't know whether I should report it to you." After hesitating for a while, Beckhausen said hesitantly.
"If you have any bad news, just tell me. Are you still worried that I can't bear it?" Churchill said with a wry smile.
"It's not news about us, but about the Germans and the Chinese." Beckhausen took out a document from the briefcase in his hand, "This is a piece of intelligence from Soviet Russia. In terms of intelligence,
It is said that some unpleasant things happened between the German and Chinese air forces in Yekaterinburg recently. After their air forces met, they would often put into battle formations. According to an unconfirmed news, the German Foreign Minister Li
Bentrop secretly visited China last week, and China's President Su Tong also received him, but we don't know the purpose of his visit to China and the content of the talks between the two sides."
"What did you say about the secret visit of the German Foreign Minister to China?"
"The German Air Force and the Chinese Air Force confronted each other in Yekaterinburg"
Two voices of exclamation sounded in the office at the same time. The only difference was that McKenna's voice was exclamation, while Churchill's voice was full of surprise.
Churchill suddenly stood up, with unconcealed joy in his words: "Gentlemen, this is really good news. It seems that God has blocked our door, but opened another window for us."
"But Your Excellency, this news is still unconfirmed. It may be the smoke released by the Chinese or the Germans." Beckhausen stuttered.
"No, no, dear Beckhausen, whether it was the smoke bombs released by the Chinese or the Germans, since this news has come out, someone must want us to get the news." Churchill smoked the cigar in his hand.
The trumpet rang, and after a long breath of smoke, he said: "Gentlemen, assuming that this information came from the Germans, then what reason do the Germans have to leak this information? In my opinion, if I were Hitler, I would definitely disclose this information.
The news was kept tightly guarded and would never be known to others. But if the Chinese people spread the news deliberately, it is worthy of our deep thought. Why did the Chinese people spread this news at this time, and what is their purpose?"
At this time, Churchill gave full play to a politician's amazing political sensitivity.
"Maybe they want to express something to us," McKenna said thoughtfully.
"Perhaps this is a message they sent to us. They can contact us, but this may not be a big deal. Our relationship with them has always been very tense." After finishing speaking, Beckhausen shook his head in distress.
Shaking his head, "No, this is incredible."
"Haha, Beckhausen, I find that you have more and more potential as a politician now." Churchill's mood suddenly improved, and he made a rare joke with Beckhausen, "No matter what the purpose of the Chinese people is,
This news is an opportunity for us, an opportunity for us to continue the British Empire. And to know the purpose of the Chinese, we only need to contact their embassy to find out, McKenna
Sir, I think I will leave this matter to you."
McKenna smiled and said, "Well, it just so happens that the Chinese Embassy is holding a party tonight, and they also sent me an invitation." After that, the two looked at each other and laughed.
The same place and the same people the next day, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, yesterday Ambassador Zhao Zhengyang also revealed to me intentionally or unintentionally that China has a batch of idle military supplies that it wants to find a buyer for. If we are interested, we can find a time.
Let’s talk about it separately.”
"Oh, did they say the prices of these things?" Churchill lit up a huge cigar again.
McKenna shook his head: "That's not true. When I talked about the price issue with him, he avoided talking about it. He just said intentionally or unintentionally that he wanted to visit the British Museum recently."
Churchill interrupted McKenna and snorted: "The Chinese want to take back their antiques."
"If you want to take those cultural relics back, His Majesty the King will kill us." McKenna exclaimed. No one understands the British royal family's almost greedy possessiveness of antiques better than him.
, for these things the British royal family would not hesitate to launch a war.
"If you don't want to part with it, you have to give it up," Churchill said firmly: "Now that the Chinese have set a price, we will naturally take the next step. If the British Empire perishes, these cultural relics and antiques, no matter how good they are, will become someone else's, so it is better to take advantage of them.
Sell these things at a good price while they still have value. As long as the British Empire can continue, I will never hesitate to sell Buckingham Palace."
Su Tong of the Nanjing Presidential Palace held a telegram from the Chinese Embassy in the UK. It was a telegram from the Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zhao Zhengyang. It was densely packed with conditions offered by the British.
"Oh, the British thought they were holding ginseng fruit, but they were so open-mouthed." When he saw the list at first glance, Su Tong couldn't help but feel angry.
This list is densely packed with supplies needed by the British, including 3,000 anti-aircraft guns, ranging in caliber from 40 mm to 105 mm, and 500 fighter planes, and they are also required to be P47 or
"Hellcat" carrier-based aircraft will do, or you can use two hundred B17 heavy bombers to offset it. Later, China will also be required to provide fifty of China's active "Fletcher" class destroyers.
"It seems that these Churchills are being driven crazy by the Germans." Su Tong shook his head helplessly, crumpled the telegram manuscript in his hand and kept it on the table.