Chapter 794 Irish Volunteers

In Britain, there has always been a problem. Britain, at its most powerful, conquered almost the whole world, but they did not conquer a nation that was close at hand.

This is Ireland, so the British hate Ireland so much, there was even a saying that Ireland was just a piece of shit pulled by God next to England.

It can be imagined how bad the attitude of the UK towards Ireland is.

From the earliest time to BC, the island of Ireland was indeed passed by the British people. After that, after a long period of development, the current Irish nation was formed, but they have not yet established a unified country.

After the rise of the United Kingdom, of course, it coveted the land around it. After many wars, in 1542, King Henry VIII of England became the king of Ireland. During this period, there were many protests against British colonization in Ireland. The war, however, had no effective results.

By 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain were united, and Ireland was incorporated into the United Kingdom.

After that, the Irish independence movement began, and in 1916, the "Easter Rising" against the British broke out in Dublin.

It was even more significant in 1919, when the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election refused to serve in the British House of Commons and they formed their own Irish Parliament, which was issued in January 1919 under the name of an independent "Republic of Ireland". Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

Of course, the United Kingdom would not agree. As a result, after fighting for several years, the final result was that the United Kingdom was forced to allow the 26 southern counties to form a "free state", while the northern 6 counties still belonged to the United Kingdom.

After all, when they immigrated back then, a large number of Scots came to Northern Ireland, and at least they took root. In this way, the full name of Britain has become the United States of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is almost a disgrace to the Empire.

Although southern Ireland became independent, they did not give up the opportunity to continue fighting. They wanted to unify Northern Ireland and become a country.

Even in later generations, the anti-government forces in Northern Ireland have always been a destabilizing factor in the United Kingdom.

Now, the southern Ireland has just become independent, and it is hoped that the northern Ireland can also be merged.

Especially now, Britain is in a state of precariousness and is about to be occupied by Germany. Under such circumstances, can the Irish fail to act?

Now, all the British colonies have responded to the government's call and organized armies, just like King Qin saved the country, but how credible is the arrival of the Irish?

Churchill didn't believe it.

Churchill, who was running away, came to the temporary palace out of breath, and here, George VI was cordially meeting several leaders of the Irish Volunteer Army.

"Your Majesty, I'm from Themeath, my name is Joseph Mallary, and when I heard the news that the Germans had landed in England, I couldn't bear it any longer, so I brought my own dozens of soldiers with me. , detoured from Northern Ireland and came to the UK, and I hope to contribute to the defense of the UK."

Malali, a second lieutenant in his thirties, had a serious expression on his face with the wheat-colored skin that had often been exposed to the sun.

"Thank you very much for your support of the Empire." At this time, Churchill had walked in, and he immediately said: "Aren't you afraid of Oscar?"

Oscar Trainer, Ireland's Minister of Defence, Ireland's troops, should be bound by him, and just after the war broke out, the Irish government made it clear that they would strictly abide by neutrality.

This is simply too outrageous. All the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations have shown solidarity with the United Kingdom without hesitation, while Ireland, which is separated from the United Kingdom by only a strait, has to remain neutral!

Although there are many estrangements between Britain and Ireland, but now, when the United Kingdom is facing life and death, after all, there are still people with general knowledge. Over the years of British education, these soldiers still have loyalty to the king.

"If we lose, then we'll all die in battle, and what Oscars are we afraid of, if we win, then we should be greeted like heroes," Mallary said.

He did not expect that in history, after the victory of World War II and the defeat of Germany, these Irish soldiers who came to reinforce Britain were not welcomed like heroes.

They were treated as deserters.

Historically, by the end of the war, a total of 60,000 Irish served in the British Army, including thousands of members of the Irish Armed Forces.

These fighters make up about 1/6 of the Irish army.

After returning to China, they were treated as deserters, and about 5,000 were convicted by military courts. And Marally in front of him gave his life on the front lines of Normandy in 1944. Even if the body was returned, he was convicted.

"I am very moved by your profound sense of righteousness. I believe that we will be able to win this victory over the Great Patriotic War." King George VI spoke slowly, not letting his stuttering problems show up.

He stood up and walked towards these outstanding young people in Ireland. He wanted to shake hands with each other and show his approachability.

George VI did this regularly during the time when London was bombed, and it made the king's name spread throughout London and the country.

The king is with them, fighting together!

At this moment, Churchill felt something was wrong. At that time in London, it didn't matter how the king showed his closeness to the people. After all, the Londoners were bombed, and they were all credible.

But now that these Irishmen have just come over and said a few words of loyalty, will they be able to get close to George VI?

Of course not!

Churchill was too embarrassed to speak out directly to stop it. After all, these people came here at risk, and they can't make people feel cold.

Therefore, Churchill could only take a few steps forward and block his body in front of the king.

At this moment, the inconspicuous Irish civilian sitting at the back followed along with the civilians who came to participate in the military battle, and just held up a pen in his hand, with the tip of the pen facing George VI.

"Bang." A soft sound appeared, not too loud. A small flame burst out from the tip of the pen. In an instant, everyone understood.

"Ax!" Malali yelled, and then his arms quickly reached over, raising the other's hand, and his knees slammed into the other's belly.

I never thought that when I was in Northern Ireland, the leader of a civilian team that temporarily joined my side was actually an extremist! He came here just to be detrimental to the king!

They can't come forward to save the king, and they will be regarded as malicious by the other party. They can only deal with this extremist within themselves, and the king's guards have already come up quickly.