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In the basement of Buckingham Palace, the King of England is discussing with his ministers about the German army airborne exercises.
Because of the previous British air war, the British king developed a good habit of meeting in the basement, which also made him a British king who was spiritually afraid of Germany.
He experienced the terrible British air battle and witnessed the defeat of the United Kingdom with his own eyes, so he left a shadow of Germany's invincibility in his heart.
Under the dim light, the British Prime Minister, who was sitting on the side of the conference table, said, "Your Majesty! I have to regret to admit that the military strength of the Germans has far exceeded our estimates."
Clement Richard Attlee, who took over as Prime Minister from Churchill, has been focusing on post-war reconstruction.
If you measure his achievements from this aspect, he is actually a very powerful person. And he has a fairly broad mass base in northern England after the defeat.
People like him as a prime minister because he has brought them peace, created jobs for them, and brought countless young British people back to their homes safely.
However, he was indeed a defeated prime minister, and his attitude towards Germany was far less strong than Churchill, and it could even be said that he was a little weak.
In fact, if we analyze it rationally, there is no way to do this: when he took over the United Kingdom, the British Royal Navy had already been suppressed and beaten. What could he rely on to stop the advance of the German army?
Hearing what Attlee said, King George VI nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, I also know that it is very difficult to get rid of the Germans' control."
Some of the previous assumptions have turned into delusions with the Germans' muscle brightening this time. The British executives had to reconsider their attitude towards Germany, which is the fundamental reason for this meeting.
"While the Germans seem to accept our protests, the power they really want to show us has indeed been shown to us." Sitting on the other side, a key figure in the northern government of England, the foreign secretary, Sir Anthony Eden speak up.
He, who is in charge of diplomacy, has a deeper feeling of facing the pressure this time. He had to adjust his foreign policy to suit Britain's best interests.
"With the advancement of technology in the future, the protective effect of the strait barrier is really getting smaller and smaller." Speaking of this matter, British Prime Minister Attlee was a little frustrated.
In the past, the strait was Britain's most proud barrier and reliance. However, with the development and progress of human beings, the English Channel, which was almost insurmountable before, is no longer so indestructible.
Napoleon could not cross the strait to defeat Britain, which was close at hand. He could only watch Britain disrupt Europe and swallow the bitter fruit of defeat with hatred.
Now that the German head of state has more cards in his hand, he can ignore the natural barrier of the strait and attack Britain directly.
When it comes to this matter, it is not just one person who is frustrated. King George VI also sighed helplessly: "Even if we don't have to face the Germans in the future, we have to face the rising French. It may not be easy to rely on the strait to continue watching the fire from the other side."
"The German bombers may bomb us at any time, and bombers with longer and longer ranges will make us no longer safe." Thinking of the previous British air battle, Attlee was worried about the future.
The Royal Air Force's planes are outdated, and the new Spitfire fighters are no longer allowed to be equipped because of the defeat. British pilots can only continue to use the Hurricane fighters, which are not very good enough.
The German fighter unit stationed in the UK has already replaced some TA-152 fighter jets, which have completely crushed the aircraft performance.
Bombers taking off from the German-occupied areas of France can already cover ports such as Liverpool - compared with the time of the British Air War, the British air defense pressure was even heavier.
"The threat at sea will also increase day by day, and it will be difficult for our navy to restore its former glory." Sir Anthony Aiden took this opportunity to raise naval issues.
The British navy has lost the wealth accumulated over the years, and can no longer assume the responsibility of homeland defense in a short period of time.
Although General Somerville is conscientious, he has too few troops, so the British Royal Navy can only exist as a supporting role for the mainstream naval power in the world.
It is impossible to rely on such a navy, and it is equally impossible to count on such a navy to defend the strait!
The problem now is that the traditional strait barrier has been ignored by the Germans, and they have the means to cross this barrier in an instant.
"What's even scarier is that now the Germans have shown us another possibility that can directly hit us!" Attlee felt a headache when he mentioned this method.
"They can use airborne troops to fight directly across the sea... This is unimaginable in the past wars ~www.wuxiaspot.com~." After returning to the theme of this meeting, Sir Aiden also felt that he was Alexander .
Having such a large airborne force can really change the balance of power on the British Island in an instant. With this variable in existence, the United Kingdom has to think about it if it wants to attack suddenly.
If the German garrison on the British islands cannot be solved in one day, they can get large-scale rapid reinforcements, which is not easy to deal with!
"The paratroopers dropped by the Germans in the southern region are quite large." Thinking of this, even King George VI was a little disturbed.
"According to the information we have obtained, they have assembled at least 100,000 people in the exercise area, and the size of the paratroopers is at least 30,000." Attlee said.
"This is still a conservative estimate. We don't know how the Germans planned the exercise plan. If they were more rigorous, the scale of the airborne exercise would be at least 50,000 people!" Aiden once asked the army generals, so the estimated value more accurate.
Hearing this estimate, King George rubbed the bridge of his nose: "Is my letter to Hitler too strong?"
"Fortunately... Your Majesty... Germany also needs us, at least they need our attitude, so I think they will give us a satisfactory answer." As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aiden saw it clearly.
"I hope so..." Prime Minister Attlee said this, making the atmosphere in the conference room even more desolate.
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