Chapter 484
The sun never sets on the Empire, Fog, Windsor Castle.
After Buckingham Palace was bombed into ruins by the air force of the Third Reich, King George V of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets fled here with his royal family members.
Compared with Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle is undoubtedly a smaller target, and there is a high probability that it will not be bombed by the Third Reich.
Of course, every time the third-place air force came to the mainland of the Empire where the sun never sets, King George V and the royal family would immediately hide in the basement to avoid being bombed by the Third Reich. Blast to death.
On March 3, 1940, former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, current Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon, and Foreign Secretary Edward Wood jointly met with King George V.
"Your Majesty, the current situation of the entire Empire is already very bad. Our people are hungry because there is no food. In fact, riots are occurring in various cities. In some places, people have even starved to death. If this continues, more people may starve to death. This will be a disaster for the empire on which the sun never sets! We must find a way to solve the current predicament."Neville Chamberlain looked pitiful.
"Yes, Your Majesty. If riots spread throughout the country, it will be out of control. At that time, it will not be so easy to regain stability. In fact, the entire empire will suffer heavy losses as a result."Sir John Simon also reminded
"Your Majesty, it is very common in history for dynasties to change due to popular opposition!"Edward Wood also said on the side.
King George V's face suddenly became very ugly.
Although the royal family has high prestige in the empire where the sun never sets. But if the people don't even have enough to eat, who will go What about respecting the royal family? At that time, maybe the royal family will become the first target of overthrow by the angry people.
Just like those dynasties that were overthrown in the history of the empire on which the sun never sets.
"So, what do you think? asked King George V
"Your Majesty, we have lost this battle. Since you have failed, you must admit failure. If we continue to delay, we will only pay a higher price. The Third Reich does not even need to send troops to attack our homeland. It only needs to continue to blockade us to bring the entire empire on which the sun never sets to collapse."Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said.
George V nodded. This is indeed the biggest problem facing the empire on which the sun never sets.
"If we sued for peace from the Third Reich, they would definitely put forward very harsh conditions. Our empire will collapse as a result."George V was very worried about this
"Your Majesty, we can negotiate with the Third Reich, and let’s talk about your attitude first. If the conditions are not harsh, we can totally accept it. If it's too high, it's totally fine for us to do something else."Edward Wood said.
George V thought for a while and then adopted their opinions.
"Well, we can engage with the Third Reich. However, we must ensure the interests of the empire on which the sun never sets to the greatest extent possible. Some of the war reparations can be paid, but they cannot be as outrageous as those of Gaul. Land cannot be ceded, at least not even an inch of the empire's mainland land can be ceded. We can give them some overseas colonies. However, several core colonies, such as Tianzhu, Maple Leaf Country, Blue Philippines Country, Kangaroo Country and New Zealand, as well as the Middle East and Persia, absolutely cannot be ceded. In addition, the Third Reich was not able to limit the empire's military force like it did with Gaul." said George V.
Neville Chamberlain and others could not help but be stunned.
King George V did not seem to regard himself as a loser!
The empire on which the sun never sets has been defeated miserably in this war. Even the mainland It is almost impossible to protect it. Under such circumstances, it is simply delusional to want to protect these core interests!
"Everyone, please follow this principle and negotiate with the Third Reich. If the core interests of the empire can be guaranteed, that would be even better. Even making peace with the Third Reich and ending this war is completely acceptable. said King George V
"Yes, Your Majesty!"Neville Chamberlain and others had to say goodbye and leave.
Outside Windsor Castle, Neville Chamberlain and others looked at each other.
"Sir, what should we do now? The Third Reich would certainly not accept such conditions."Edward Wood knew it very well.
Neville Chamberlain nodded:"It seems that His Majesty the King, like some people, still has no intention of giving up! In this case, it is possible to have secret peace talks with the Third Reich, even if it is to find out the requirements of the Third Reich. If His Majesty the King, like Winston, refuses to accept it, then all the responsibilities will be borne by them. Once the troops of the Third Reich attack the empire itself. At that time, if they don’t accept it, there will be no other way. There will be no other choice at all."
"Yes, Your Excellency!"Sir John Simon and Edward Wood both nodded.
Subsequently, Winston, the Prime Minister of the Empire on which the sun never sets, also received instructions from King George VI and appointed Foreign Secretary Edward Wood as a special envoy to conduct secret peace talks with the Third Reich.
However, Winston believes that the conditions of the Third Reich will be very harsh. Therefore, this time the peace talks will not have any results. He hopes that through this time of peace talks, some people in the Empire will give up. The illusion of the Third Reich has thus turned into the continued fight against the Third Reich.
Although the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets is in a state of war with the Third Reich, the diplomatic communication channels have been cut off. However, through other channels, the two The country can still establish communication channels.
The Third Reich has no objection to the Empire on which the sun never sets for peace talks.
If the Empire on which the sun never sets can be solved without bloodshed and the strategic goals of the Third Reich can be achieved, that would naturally be the best. But that's all. In this case, the Third Reich can end the Western European battlefield with minimal losses. A large amount of resources and troops can be invested in other battlefields. On the afternoon of March
4, the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Third Reich Li Bentrop and Edward Wood, the foreign minister of the Empire on which the sun never sets, held a secret peace talk in Calais, northwest Gaul._To read the underlined version of the novel, please download Feilu Novel A
