209 Britons' Abacus

In a small conference room next to the prime minister's office, Britain's most powerful people are holding an important meeting. (starter)

Beneath a huge portrait of the King of England, a minister put his hand on the conference table and said, "Isn't the war between France and Germany what we have always hoped to see?"

"It's true, but we don't want to see a strong and westward-moving Soviet Union kill a weak France and a weak Germany." Another politician in a suit spread his hands helplessly and said: "We are now, at least now A slightly stronger Germany is needed to hold the gates to the east for the whole of Europe, isn't it?"

"Merkel's envoy also assured us that they are preparing for a war with the Soviet Union, and the Germans need time to expand their numbers and equipment."

Churchill snorted coldly: "God! How many more people and equipment do they have to expand? I bet they have at least 2 million troops now, twice as many as us. You dare to use their guarantees as an excuse now, that bastard. All the assurances of the Führer turned out to be lies!"

"You are the Minister of the Navy. In fact, you are the most aware of the threat the Germans pose to us! Last time their navy came out in full force, but they were scared away by our fleet." A minister said optimistically: "In fact, Germany We did deliver the two giant battleships we ordered, and the quality is also very good, at least in terms of naval cooperation, our two countries have a good precedent."

"Tell this to the German High Seas Fleet." Churchill said angrily: "They don't build battleships because their Fuhrer put all their bets on aircraft carriers. Our intelligence in Kiel's naval port The crew found out that they were building two more carriers, and if you count the two that have been launched, the Germans are building at least six carriers, which is not good news for us!"

"Churchill's concerns are also justified, and I suggest speeding up the technical improvement of naval aviation. At least we can no longer let Luftwaffe fighter jets do whatever they want over Europe." An elderly minister nodded and said: "This must be done as soon as possible. "

"The fighter jet projects of both the Army and the Navy have experienced technical problems of varying degrees. The Navy insists on using the Dapeng fighter with a rotating turret, but the Army is not satisfied with the similarly designed dreadnought fighter." A technical person in charge introduced road.

Churchill said with a displeased face: "I have heard about the navy, but we already know very well the fw-190d fighter that the German army put into operation in Poland. This single-seat fighter's "performance" is really good, In comparison, our planes are mediocre."

"We once smuggled two German-exported me-fighter jets from Spain. These fighter jets are very advanced, so I once suggested that the relevant departments should copy them on a large scale. However, considering the problem of combat identification, there are various reasons.

Many ministers and technical departments insist on working on our own fighter jets. "The person in charge of technology reported: "So we started to develop a new fighter jet project, codenamed 'Spitfire'. "

As early as 1936, the United Kingdom began to develop new fighter jets because of the stimulation of the Spanish Civil War. At the beginning, two fighter jets, the Dreadnought and the Dapeng, were selected, both of which used a unique turret design - but many military people always felt that these aircraft Not as powerful as the German single-seat me-fighter.

So at the beginning of 1937, the British Rolls-Royce Company provided a more powerful aero-engine, and a new fighter project began at the same time, and a single-seat fighter called the Spitfire was designed. This fighter has the speed and combat performance that is not lost to the German fighter, and has almost no disadvantages except that the complex wing makes this kind of aircraft a little expensive.

However, the British also made corresponding changes to the German fighters. The British fighters used 12.7mm caliber machine guns as their main weapons. This is because the British designers and the military believed that the 30mm caliber nose machine guns of the German fighters were equipped with The upper 20mm caliber wing cannon has too little ammunition for prolonged aerial combat.

Having said that, I have to talk about the family-style design of the German aircraft advocated by the head of state. Under the leadership of Arkado, the fw-190d fighter series has been divided into two basic models from the very beginning, one is equipped with " A high-altitude interceptor fighter with a liquid-cooled engine, equipped with a large-caliber cannon designed to deal with bombers; a low-altitude combat fighter with an air-cooled engine, equipped with a 30mm caliber nose cannon and four 13mm caliber cannons machine gun.

Obviously British intelligence personnel have only seen the German high-altitude interceptor fw-190d fighter, so the British have always believed that the Luftwaffe's fighter has insufficient bomb capacity. In fact, the Luftwaffe pilots generally prefer to use the aircraft configuration of 4 machine guns, because they do not have to rush back to the base to replenish the ammunition, and they can stay in the air for a longer time.

Therefore, the military is very satisfied with the design of this fighter and has confirmed the purchase intention of 1,500 aircraft. However, the progress of this aircraft is slow due to the lack of senior designers, and the first test flight aircraft fell off a few months ago. This makes the Spitfire still have a long way to go before it enters service - during this time, the UK can only rely on the Dreadnought and the Dapeng to fight against the German fw-190d fighter.

"Now I want to know, when will this Spitfire that just flew?" Churchill asked.

"If the test flight goes well and the military continues to invest money, it could be operational around early 1939," the man replied.

"The advice given by His Majesty's Technical Adviser is that before 1939, it is better for us all not to have a head-on armed conflict with Germany and to avoid unnecessary losses to the Royal Army and the Royal Air Force." Another minister added: "And both His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister are more interested in luring Germany eastward."

"But now the head of state has mobilized the army and is preparing to fight a crazy war with France, which is not in the fundamental interests of the capitalist country." The British Chancellor of the Exchequer sighed helplessly: "I suggest that we must contact Merck. Er, let him find a way to persuade the first born in Germany to give up the crazy war against France."

"Will the head of state give up easily? After all, this time the French troops did launch a full-scale attack, and no one can easily tolerate such an attack." For sovereignty and nationalism and its extreme German Führer."

Churchill coughed twice: "I think it is more difficult to convince the other side. The French suffered a big loss this time. They lost at least 2,000 people in this attack. In this case, they will easily give up revenge. Is it?"

"We have threatened and compensated on both sides, trying to find a way to complete the plans of His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister." The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought for a while before he said: "We will sanction the French economy, and then promise the French to mobilize 10 army divisions, and they will compromise. On the other hand, we used the navy to blockade Wilhelmshaven and promised the Germans to smuggle a batch of rubber and steel to them."

"Then there's nothing to be nervous about. They will all compromise if they do this. The European continent will not shed blood when the Soviet Union attacks Poland." An elderly minister said hoarsely: "This time it was the French who let go Our single action, this sign is a very bad omen, we might as well be more partial to the Germans this time."

Sure enough, the Germans were reluctant this time, and the head of state Akado issued a comprehensive mobilization order, announcing that the preparations for a full-scale war would be completed by 1939, and the army would be expanded to 3.5 million. Accardo delivered a speech again, claiming that France was behind the scenes regardless of righteousness, and secretly supported the invasion of "Communism" * * * * in Europe.

However, the British diplomatic envoy contacted the personnel of the German Foreign Office in Turkey. They promised Merkel to provide Germany with steel, rubber and oil, and asked Germany to cancel the war mobilization order and abandon the crazy plan to attack France.

But on the other hand, the attitude of the French made the British diplomats relieved. The French commander-in-chief assured the British that he would not send any troops to stimulate Germany, and was willing to facilitate the good offices of the British "government". The stationed troops retreated 10 kilometers back as a gesture of goodwill.

The retreat of the French troops eased the tension on the western front, and the Germans did not pursue the victory. They stopped at the border area and did not cross the German-French border into the Maginot Line. This move obviously gave enough face to the British "government". On the same day, a smuggling ship with the "government" attached to Turkey sailed from a port in the Mediterranean Sea to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, under the watchful eye of German diplomats.

The Führer Arkado's posturing once again achieved good results. The goal of starting the Western Front War in 1938, which was originally maintained by Germany, was finally realized with the help of the British "government". With a sigh of relief, Admiral Raeder, who was trapped in the Wilhelm Harbor, wept with joy. He now fully believes that Arkado is the soul of the German Navy.

A war on the Western Front that was about to break out disappeared. The Poles, who were looking forward to the war between Germany and France, finally believed in the fact that they were betrayed. The French slightly fulfilled some ally obligations, but gave up at the last moment. Warsaw is now isolated, and the Soviet Union has broken through the unsupported Soviet-Polish border, and a large number of Polish refugees poured into the German-occupied areas, because the Soviet Red Army from the East was obviously more murderous than the Germans.

At this moment, Accardo is concerned about the expanded paratroopers in Stedent. He split the original 1st and 2nd divisions of the paratroopers, and distributed them to the newly established 5 brand-new paratrooper divisions. Now these The troops are training hard at the foot of the Alps, honing their skills for future world-shattering achievements.

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