After most of the people had left, Churchill suddenly began to curse hysterically.
If it weren't for the fact that the people left behind were all senior members of the British military, who were the most familiar with Churchill's recent state of affairs, perhaps the Prime Minister's gaffe could even be compared to the performance of the best actor in a wonderful movie.
I saw Churchill pointing at the nose of the dignified army commander Gott and yelling: "Who do you think you are? You dare to risk disobeying my order?!"
In Churchill's view, the reason why Smith dared to disobey orders and not attack was that Gort, as the commander-in-chief of the army, must have supported or even acquiesced. Therefore, since he could not see Smith, he could only vent his anger on Lord Gort.
After venting his anger to Lord Gott, Churchill quickly seemed to have lost his backbone and slumped down in his chair, dejectedly saying: "Damn it, has things come to this?"
He couldn't believe that the British Empire, the former superpower, the empire with the honor of an empire on which the sun never sets, had actually reached this stage of destruction under his own leadership!
"Ahh... I understand. It turns out that the military has been lying to me. The Army lied to me! Everyone lied to me, even the Navy!"
As a former Admiralty Minister, Churchill trusted the Royal Navy the most in the military. But now, because of Gort and the Army's lies, Churchill could no longer trust the Navy he trusted the most.
"Hahaha..." Churchill smiled awkwardly and said: "So the truth is like this. All my generals are just a bunch of despicable and disloyal cowards!"
Of course, Churchill was unwilling to admit that the main culprit that led to the collapse of the British Empire was his wrong political decision. If he was willing to shake hands with the Germans and make peace, Britain, which had little hatred for Germany, would not have to be like Germany's feuding country.
Like France, they fought to the death with the Germans.
But now, even France, Germany's feuding enemy, is wearing the same trousers as the Germans, excitedly running to attack London, waiting to participate in the division of accounts after the next round of war is over.
This is already the biggest mockery of Churchill's resistance policy.
Churchill used the destruction of an empire to prove to the world how stupid it was to be an enemy of Germany. The most ridiculous thing is that Churchill still believed that Britain could fight back when it was at a disadvantage.
Under great psychological pressure, people will definitely avoid admitting the mistakes they have made. Now Churchill can only shirk all the responsibilities so that his heart will not collapse.
The objects of blame were, of course, the troops who had supported his wrong decision to resist.
Who made them unable to defeat the Germans is the ultimate reason why Britain is facing the situation it is in today.
The army could not defeat Germany, the air force could not defeat Germany, and even the always proud navy could not defeat Germany. Churchill really could not accept this fact!
It was obvious that not long ago, he had a good hand, and Britain, France, and Belgium joined forces to fight against Germany. It seemed like it was yesterday. How could it happen that in the blink of an eye, Britain was facing betrayal and being alone, while Germany instead formed an Allied camp and brought it with them?
A bunch of boys came to destroy the British Empire.
Yes, it's all because of the incompetence of those soldiers. These soldiers of the British Empire are not worthy of their glory at all. Even if they have a little bit of shame, they should not be defeated by the Germans.
Seeing that Churchill's scoldings were getting worse and worse, Lord Gott, who had always been known as a good old man, finally couldn't help but stand up and speak out: "Prime Minister, I cannot allow you to insult the soldiers who have shed blood for the empire like this!"
Churchill obviously did not expect that Gort would actually talk back and refute. After a brief pause, he even more guilty and yelled to cover up his rationale: "They are just cowards! They are traitors! They are losers!
"Prime Minister, what you said is too much!" Commander Cunningham of the Navy's Home Fleet couldn't stand it and stood up and retorted like Gott.
Churchill glanced coldly at Cunningham, a naval general whom he once admired so much, and snorted: "My generals are all scum of the country. Do you still have any sense of honor?"
Churchill had always been very eloquent, and at this time he was quite comfortable in scolding people: "You call yourselves generals just because you spent several years in the military academy."
"I really can't believe that after so many years in the military academy, you only learned how to eat with a knife and fork!"
Even Dowding, the commander of the Royal Air Force who never liked to chew, couldn't stand what Churchill said now. Churchill himself has not studied in a military academy and understands the value and significance of a military academy. How could you confuse right and wrong in this way?
Discredit the British ** school.
As if he didn't notice the ugly faces of the generals at all, Churchill was still minding his own business and cursed: "The military has always only held me back. You have hindered me everywhere. In Norway,
It was like this when we were in France, and it’s still like this when we were in France.”
"Whether it is attacking Norway or implementing the generator withdrawal plan, you always proceed in advance according to my wishes. You have to wait until you have every option before you are willing to make a move."
"Damn it!" Churchill spat without grace: "I should have killed all the disobedient senior generals just like Reinhard did to the Juncker officers!
In his anger, Churchill did not forget to compare his old rival Reinhardt.
Reinhard faced a total of three assassinations. In the second assassination, Reinhard accused British agents of trying to assassinate him in a beer hall.
At that time, more than twenty important and respectable people who had made remarks against satirizing Reinhardt died. As a result, these people all died coincidentally, but Reinhardt did not die.
Others may not know it, but the slandered British government knows it very well. That is, they did not send anyone to assassinate Reinhardt at all. Those opponents were killed by Reinhardt himself!
If Reinhardt was secretive and staged a farce when he killed the opponents this time, then when he killed someone later, he didn't even bother to perform a farce.
Churchill remembered clearly that it was the time when the French campaign was underway and he had just given instructions to prepare the generator plan.
At that time, Reinhardt directly used the Junker officer corps to disobey orders and almost let go of the British army in Dunkirk. He executed 13 members of the big family with Junker background in one go, and at the same time purged a group of disobedient people internally.
Juncker officer.
This incident made a big fuss, but shocked the whole of Europe.
But now it seems that Churchill understands and supports Reinhardt very much.
If possible, Churchill would also like to kill people now, killing all the generals who disobey his orders.
After glancing at the commanders coldly, Churchill said in a cold tone: "Traitor!"
"I was betrayed and deceived from the beginning!"
"This is a huge betrayal of the British people!"
Churchill seemed to have gone crazy. He pointed at several generals and cursed: "Remember, all traitors will pay for it! Those of you who betrayed me will pay for it with your own blood! Sooner or later, you will pay for it with your own blood!" Drown in your own blood!)
"Prime Minister, please calm down." In the room, a close confidant of Churchill wearing a suit reminded in a low voice.
He couldn't understand why the Prime Minister was so crazy that he had to curse the top generals of the three armed forces in front of his face.
After being reminded by his cronies, Churchill seemed to calm down a little, but he was still decadent: "My orders have been ignored, which makes it impossible for me to lead."
This prime minister, who has always been known for his toughness, is now more pessimistic than any British person: "It's over, everything is over. This war... we have failed."
"Prime Minister, you can..." At this time, Lord Gott made a final effort to get Churchill to consider moving the capital to Ireland.
"It doesn't matter...I can't do anything anymore. Whatever you want is up to you." Churchill no longer had the energy to discuss the future with Gott. He waved his hand feebly, and then shrank into a ball. He leaned back in his chair without saying a word.
