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Hearing this, Hitler glanced at Keitel, his toothbrush-like mustache moved slightly, and showed a bitter smile: "Yes, we defeated France, and maybe we can defeat Britain in a few months, but what about the United States? What about the United States? At that time, the United States may be fully armed, and that Easterner is not willing to fight with me!" Speaking of this, the head of state suddenly raised his voice, waving his hands as if uncontrollably. "If the United States is not defeated! The German Empire will have no way to become the leader of the Western world! It will also have no way to dominate the entire world...then the empire I built will probably not be able to survive for more than 100 years, and maybe it will fall apart after my death , All the efforts and painstaking efforts of our generation will be in vain! All in vain! At that time, the Asians in the East will dominate the world! It’s the Asians! Do you understand?”

Keitel had a painful look on his face. He didn't know how to explain to the head of state that the war has progressed so far, and the mood of everyone in the General Staff can only be described as ecstasy.But Hitler is still not satisfied... It will be great when this private can understand the truth of winning 100% in war.There have never been [-]-point victories in this world, especially when the strength of the two sides is not much different. For example, this "Battle of Belgium" can be fought like this.

"My Fuhrer." Brauchitsch, the commander-in-chief of the army, put down his work at this time and joined the conversation between Hitler and Keitel. He carefully reminded: "Can you consider Mussolini's suggestion? Maybe We can negotiate an end to the war with Britain and France, so that we have enough time to fight the war with the United States."

"Negotiate peace now?" Hitler muttered softly, and walked around the combat command center with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, as if he was thinking about gains and losses in his heart.

At this time, there was a sound of leather boots beating on the granite ground at the door of the combat command center, and Hitler's adjutant chief of staff Wilhelm Brückner walked in. "Hi! Hitler!" Bruckner walked up to Hitler, raised his hand, and then said: "Führer, the Italian leader Mussolini has just sent you a telegram. He hopes to come to Berlin in the next few days. Visit, by the way, to discuss with you the restoration of peace in Europe."

"Oh?" Hitler stopped, reached out to take the copy of the telegram from Bruckner, glanced at it, and said in a deep thought: "Call back and tell Mussolini that I welcome him to Berlin for a visit and that I am willing to cooperate with you." He discusses the issue of peace in Europe. Also, go to the Chinese and tell them that Mussolini wants to mediate the war between us and Britain and France... and ask them what they want from Britain, France, the Dutch and the Belgians." Dismissed Bruckner, Hitler again said to Brauchitsch and Keitel:

"Gentlemen, the war is not over yet! The military power of Britain and France must be completely weakened. It is best to weaken them to the point where they have to rely on Germany for protection before reaching peace. Only in this way can the absolute leadership of the German Empire over Europe be ensured." .”

"In addition, the Imperial General Staff should also start preparing a war plan against the United States. I guess the Chinese will not join us against the United States... They want to maintain the balance of power between China, the United States and Germany. And this is what I want to break Yes, because such a balance of power is not good for the German Third Reich and the whole Western world, even for the United States itself!"

This is the first time that Brauchitsch and Keitel have officially received an order from Hitler to fight against the United States. The faces of the two showed hesitation at the same time, and they looked at each other. Brauchitsch said: "Führer , if China does not stand with us, will the Japanese follow us to invade the United States?"

Hitler walked to a huge world map hanging in the combat command center, stared at it for a while with folded arms, sighed softly, and whispered to himself: "China and Japan are like Germany and Japan that ruled Europe. The relationship between the UK... We absolutely cannot tolerate a strong UK, and the Chinese will not allow a strong Japan! This is why Japan desperately clings to Germany's thigh, so I guess Japan will follow us to invade the United States , but the attitude of the Chinese is still very important, in case they..." At this point, Hitler sighed again, turned his head and said to Brauchitsch and Keitel: "Give you a month to take down Paris, I need Exchange that city for the French naval fleet."

"One month?" Brauchitsch wanted to shake his head subconsciously when he heard the timetable, but at this moment, a staff officer suddenly stuffed a copy of the telegram into his hand.Brauchitsch looked down, his face suddenly showed an expression of ecstasy, and he said loudly to Hitler: "Führer, it's Guderian's telegram, the power search battalion of the 'Adolf Hitler' armored division captured it half an hour ago. A highway bridge over the Meuse! Near Namur! It is a... what a miracle that the frantic French did not blow up this bridge! My Fuehrer, the gates to Paris are open to you!"

Chapter 0867 Britain and France are about to lose their power and humiliate the country

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister! I just received news that Italian leader Mussolini has left for Berlin overnight!"

Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka suddenly threw out such an inexplicable news with a solemn face at the beginning of the Japanese cabinet meeting.

Konoe Fumimaro ignored the yelling foreign minister. He picked up the coffee cup on the conference table, took a sip of the "wartime coffee" specially allocated to the upper class in Japan, and frowned slightly. "Wartime coffee" is getting worse and worse, I really don't know what it is made of?I just wanted to inquire about the latest production situation of Minister of Commerce and Industry Kazuo Kobayashi.Matsuoka Yosuke's harsh screams sounded again.

"Your Excellency! Please pay more attention to the situation in Europe. Just yesterday, the armored forces of the Sino-German Allied Forces defeated the First Army of the British and French Allied Forces in the Battle of the Ardennes Forest. They have advanced the battle line to the Maas River! And The news said that a road bridge over the Maas River was accidentally captured by the Germans... and Mussolini went to Berlin under such circumstances. Didn't your Excellency notice the strangeness? Italy has been in Britain, France and Germany during this period mediate peace between them!"

Fumimaro Konoe put down his coffee cup and glanced at Yosuke Matsuoka. Seeing his anxious expression, he was slightly surprised, so he asked in a low voice, "So what?"

Seeing the prime minister's expression of indifference, the mustache on Matsuoka's right lip twitched a few times, and he yelled loudly: "My prime minister, Australia! Australia is about to disappear, the dream of the mainland of the empire It's about to shatter!"

"What!?" There was a burst of exclamation in the conference room. The Minister of War Nagata Tieshan took a breath, looked at Matsuoka with a puzzled face and asked, "Mr. Matsuoka, what are you talking about? Why is Australia gone? Britain will cede it to China?"

"Of course it's impossible. Hitler didn't want China to get that continent. If the Chinese get Australia, they say they will have the strength to challenge Germany in less than 30 years! Unless Germany can become the master of the entire Western world! But this matter It's not easy to achieve." Yosuke Matsuoka said anxiously and quickly:

"Of course Hitler will not ask Britain to cede Australia to the Empire, because he also hopes to end the war in Europe as soon as possible so that he can deal with the still weak United States, so he will allow the British Empire to retain Australia and Canada. .”

"The Chinese will not agree to such a peace treaty." Nagata Tieshan waved his hand indifferently, and said with a smile: "The Chinese have assembled 65 troops and 9 aircraft carriers, and they will invade Western Australia at the beginning of next month at the latest. They won't agree to such peace terms."

"Hitler will find a way to appease China." Matsuoka Yosuke clenched his fists, pounded on the table, and explained loudly: "As long as he gives China some important machinery and equipment and key technologies, China will not hinder him from cooperating with Britain and France." A peace agreement is reached, and even the Chinese themselves will negotiate a peace with France to obtain French Indochina. As for Australia...with the strength of the Chinese, they don't have to care about the "British-German Peace Treaty" at all, just continue to invade, Hitler will defeat the United States before There is no way to take China. But does the empire dare to do this? Does the empire dare to offend China and Germany at the same time?"

This analysis by Yosuke Matsuoka immediately stirred up waves in the meeting room, and the cabinet ministers who attended the meeting began to whisper to each other.Japan threw itself into this war without hesitation, for the sake of this treasure land of Australia.

But once Britain and Germany negotiate a peace, Britain will become Germany's "protectorate" or "little brother", and Britain also has the Dominion of Canada, which is a springboard for Germany to invade the United States!Therefore, between the two little brothers, Britain and Japan, Britain's status is obviously more important than Japan!If Japan invades Australia in the United Kingdom, Germany may turn against Japan... What's more troublesome is that Japan has not yet obtained the life-saving atomic bomb!The Germans just gave them a set of samples and design drawings of a gas diffusion machine, as well as 1 kilogram of weapons-grade enriched uranium, and hundreds of tons of sarin gas.Relying on these things, it is impossible for Japan to let China cast a mouse...

"Nagata-kun, Yamamoto-kun." Konoe Fumimaro also quickly realized the seriousness of the problem, and he said to Nagata Tieshan and Yamamoto Hidesuke solemnly: "What do you think? Will Germany reach an agreement with Britain soon? Negotiation? Is it possible for the empire to launch an attack on Australia in the near future? No matter what... it is better to grab a piece of territory in Australia first."

Hearing Konoe Fumimaro's question, the conference room fell silent, and all eyes were on Nagata and Yamamoto.After a long while, Eisuke Yamamoto broke the silence: "Your Excellency, judging from the current situation, the possibility of Britain and France surrendering to Germany still exists. France and Germany are connected by land. Once the main force of the British and French coalition forces is wiped out in the battle of Belgium, France will inevitably Will choose to submit, just like in the Franco-Prussian War in history. And the British might have resisted, but their navy was completely lost in the North Sea, Krut, and Indian Ocean battles. We estimate that now the British The strength of the navy is far inferior to that of Germany, and even not much stronger than that of France and Italy. Once France surrenders and Italy joins Germany, then Britain has no other way out but surrender.

As for the war to invade Australia in the near future, the navy has no problem.Currently, the Navy has seven aircraft carriers available: Akagi, Kaga, Shenlong, Zuihe, Xianghe, Longxiang, and Xiangfeng, and all five battleships are also available...The transport fleet has gathered more than 300 ships of various types , with a total tonnage of about 150 million tons.It’s just that these ships were originally planned to be used for combat in the Americas, and now they are being used in Australia, I’m afraid it will affect the empire and…”

"We can divide our troops and send half of them to Australia, and the rest will still be used in the Americas to cooperate with Germany's next military operations." Nagata Tieshan snorted and interrupted Eisuke Yamamoto.

"But can half of the troops guarantee the success of the invasion?" Yamamoto hesitated and said, "Information shows that Britain and the United States have deployed at least 15 troops on the Bismarck Islands and New Guinea. Capture it in a short time."

"No, we don't need to attack the Bismarck Islands and New Guinea Island!" Nagata Tieshan shook his head, stood up and walked to the world map hanging on the wall on one side of the conference room, and stretched out his fingers to the densely covered islands east of Australia. An arc was gently drawn on the sea area of ​​countless islands, large and small.He sneered and said, "Australia is now facing China's invasion, and the British fleet will be concentrated on the coast of Western Australia, so the South Pacific must be empty. We just need to avoid the heavily defended Bismarck Islands and New Guinea , From Nauru, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia, directly invade the coast of East Australia!"

Having said that, Nagata pressed his right hand heavily on the map, and said loudly: "Then the imperial army seized Eastern Australia with lightning speed, creating a fait accompli. At that time, Germany will only have to recognize the vested interests of the empire, because Hitler also needs the Reich to cooperate with his invasion of America!"

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10 Downing Street, UK.At this time, the official residence of the Prime Minister of the British Empire is of course gloomy.Prime Minister Chamberlain fainted on the spot after hearing the news that the Namur Bridge was raided and occupied by the Germans!Thanks to Fatty Qiu who pinched people and performed artificial respiration... er, mouth-to-mouth!Finally, he was rescued and woke up.However, the head of the British Empire still sat in a daze on the chair at the top of the conference table as if he had lost his soul.

This Namur bridge was originally intended to be used as a retreat for the two chaotic French troops on the south bank of the Maas River, so it was not blown up in time, but no one thought that those Germans would wear the uniforms of the French army , driving a French military truck, speaking fluent French, attacked and seized this key bridge!Now all the people in this conference room can figure out what will happen next with their heels!

The defense line on the north bank of the Maas River, which was regarded as the lifeline by the British and French allied forces, was broken through by the Chinese and German allied forces. At least 5 Chinese and German armored divisions will soon be driving on the road to Brussels!Once they capture Brussels, or even cut off the road and railway from Brussels to France, the main force of the more than 100 million British and French coalition forces will be wiped out under the enemy's back and forth.

If such a situation had appeared before the Anglo-German North Sea War, or even before the Sino-British Indian Ocean War, the atmosphere in this conference room would not have been so gloomy.But now... the naval power of the British Empire has suffered heavy losses, and the land power of Britain and France will be wiped out by the Sino-German coalition forces in the not-too-distant future!Without the protection of its navy, and not having enough armies at its disposal, what power did the British Empire have to defend her homeland?

Chamberlain glanced at the lifeless meeting room with dull eyes. Everyone looked dejected, except Churchill, who was still holding on to his spirit, with his head held high, as if he was ready to fight at any time. look.

"Gentlemen, I think... we may lose the war." Chamberlain sighed softly, expressing his views on the current situation.

"Mr. Prime Minister, we haven't lost yet!" Churchill immediately jumped up like a provoked English bulldog when he heard that the war had been lost, and retorted loudly: "The British Empire has not lost, and she will never lose." lose the war!"

However, no one in the entire conference room echoed Churchill, including Sir Pound, the First Sea Lord, who did not say a word.Chamberlain sighed again: "I think we should consider Mr. Mussolini's peace proposal... make some appropriate concessions to preserve our empire."

"No! Mr. Prime Minister, you can't do that! If you do this, the British Empire will lose its soul! It will no longer be the empire on which the sun never sets!" Churchill clenched his fists and stared at Chamberlain, as if he was about to pounce. It's like going up and beating up this "bad guy" prime minister.

Chamberlain looked at Churchill and smiled wryly: "Winston, but there is nothing we can do now! There is no way! You are the Secretary of the Navy, tell me, how many ships are there in the Navy that can be used to defend the British mainland?"

Churchill was startled when he heard the words, stayed for a while, then nodded firmly, and replied: "Currently, the Royal Navy still has five battleships including HMS Rodney, HMS Monarch, HMS Ramiris, HMS Royal Oak, and HMS Malaya. , the battlecruiser Prestige; there are also two fleet aircraft carriers, HMS Glorious and HMS Dreadful, in addition to 7 light aircraft carriers. And there are 5 King George V-class battleships that can all be put into use before June 1940 .so the Royal Navy of the British Empire still possesses one of the most powerful navies in the world...!"

"Dudley, what do you think?" Chamberlain knew very well the counter-revolutionary optimism of his old buddy Churchill, but for a while, he didn't intend to be infected by this eternally optimistic spirit.Instead, turn to a true naval professional, Admiral Dudley Pound.

But Pound lowered his head deeply, as if deliberately avoiding the eyes of Chamberlain and Churchill, he murmured: "According to the report of our special agent in the Port of Kiel, the Germans have repaired the four damaged parts in the North Sea battle." "Zhenyuan" class battleship. And they also took photos of three "Frederick the Great" class aircraft carriers, and also found Seydlitz, Zeppelin, and two unknown "Elbe" class aircraft carriers... ..."

"What! When did this happen? Why didn't I get the report?" Chamberlain seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly turned his head and gave Churchill a sideways glance.

"Mr. Prime Minister, this is information just obtained, and it has not been confirmed in time, so I have not reported it for the time being." Churchill hurriedly explained with sincerity: "Even if this information is reliable, the Royal Navy can defeat any who dare to invade the mainland of the empire." enemy."

"But if France surrenders, what if Italy also joins Germany? Then a dozen battleships from France and Italy will also join the lineup to invade the British mainland. Can the Royal Navy still deal with it?" Chamberlain said with a sad expression. Glancing at Churchill and Pound, he sighed bitterly, and said:

"This time the empire really can't go on, not to mention the dozen battleships of Germany, China, France and Italy, the six German aircraft carriers alone are enough to destroy our home fleet! Don't think I don't know, our seven Except for the Glory, which can carry 6 carrier-based aircraft, the remaining 7 are small aircraft carriers worth mentioning, all of which are about 48 tons, and there are only eleven or two carrier-based aircraft. The 6 aircraft carriers are added to the There are only more than 7 carrier-based aircraft. In terms of real combat power, I am afraid that they are not as good as a "Frederick the Great" class? Otherwise, you would not have lost so badly in the Indian Ocean battle."

Both Churchill and Pound were speechless. He knew that what Chamberlain said was true.The British navy is indeed unable to defeat the upcoming German navy. The just-concluded Indian Ocean battle has fully exposed the fatal weakness of the British navy. Their carrier-based aircraft are too outdated, and they are not the opponents of the Chinese navy at all!Of course, it will definitely not be able to beat the German Navy with 6 aircraft carriers!What's more, once Germany surrenders to France, they will be able to establish a military airport in northern France, from where they can directly use shore-based aircraft to cover the fleet to seize command of the English Channel.And once the English Channel is controlled by the Germans, the powerful German army can be sent to the British mainland in a steady stream. With the strength of the British army, it can't resist it at all.At that time, I am afraid that it will not be a "decent" peace negotiation, but an unconditional surrender!Of course, the British government and royal family can still flee and go to Canada, a dominion on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, to continue to resist.

But is there any hope of victory in such a resistance?Can the empire be saved?The Chinese will still take Australia, the Middle East will be divided among China, Germany and Russia, and most of Africa will fall into Germany's pocket, and maybe Italy will get a share of it.And there will be a "fascist government" in Britain, the people will be enslaved, freedom will be trampled, and the whole country will become a slave of Germany.As for counterattacking Europe across the Atlantic from Canada... Except for the super optimistic Churchill, no one else would have dared to think about this kind of thing, right?

Moreover, can running to America guarantee safety?Even Japan can invade the Americas and foster a Central American federation, let alone a truly powerful country like Germany?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Chamberlain stood up with his hands on the table, and said in a trembling voice: "Gentlemen, Mr. Mussolini proposed a peace plan in his personal letter to me: In addition to retaining the mainland, the British Empire will In addition, you can also own the Dominion of Canada, the eastern part of the Dominion of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand and the Dominion of South Africa. Of course, there are some islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The rest of the territory will be divided by China, Germany, Japan and other countries... The empire does not need to participate in Germany A war against the United States, but absolute neutrality must be guaranteed, and no help of any kind can be provided to the United States.

In addition, we have to pay compensation to China, Germany and Japan... We have to pay 2000 tons of gold to China and Germany each, return all the works of art and cultural relics belonging to China in the British Museum, and give Japan 200 tons of gold.These indemnities need to be guaranteed by the gold mines of the South African Dominion. Before all the gold is paid off, the troops of China, Germany and Japan will be stationed in South Africa, and all expenses will be borne by the United Kingdom..."

"Prime Minister." Before Chamberlain could finish his sentence, Admiral Ironside, the Chief of Staff of the Empire, hurried in from outside. He had just rushed back from Paris, France.

Seeing Ironside's pale face, everyone suddenly felt a palpitation, as if there would be some bad news coming from Belgium.Chamberlain hurriedly asked, "William, how is the situation in Belgium?"

Ironside took out a document from his purse, handed it to Chamberlain with both hands, then took a deep breath, and replied: "Your Excellency, this is the battle plan that the French have just drawn up, and they plan to launch a last-ditch effort in Belgium. Already!"

Chapter 0868 The Last Stand of the British and French Allied Forces

"The last fight? It seems that the French haven't given up yet!" Churchill's depressed mood just now was once again heightened by the news. He waved his short and thin arms vigorously, and said excitedly: "Since France is still fighting, Then how can the British Empire give up? Besides, when in the glorious tradition of the empire on which the sun never sets has it ever bowed the knee to the barbaric enemy for peace? Mr. General, please tell us quickly, our brave French allies are ready How can we salvage the somewhat unfavorable situation?"