Imperial Overlord

"We will never surrender! Britain will never surrender! Hitler launched the entire German air force to try to conquer Britain from the air. Pen·interest·ge www.biquge.info" Churchill was on the radio, delivering an important speech.

He had to boost morale and revive the British people, who had fallen to despair. Lonely overseas, they must fight to the end before they can usher in a real victory.

Of course, even with his eloquence in front of the radio microphone, the situation he faces is still not optimistic.

In North Africa, the British General Montgomery was struggling near the Suez Canal line of defense. If it wasn't for Rommel's lack of ammunition supplies, he would have been driven to Saudi Arabia by this time.

In the skies of the British mainland, the Luftwaffe is unmanned. The planes with the iron cross on their wings are raging everywhere, making people almost no normal daily life.

The deadliest thing happened at sea. The enemy's submarines and the surface fleet that recently joined the war have completely collapsed the British transportation line. middle.

Those hateful submarines are hiding and attacking everywhere, and the sea attack ships that act alone are also a headache for the United Kingdom. Now there is another difficult fleet - they are really three living treasures of the German Navy.

If the auspicious three treasures of the German Navy are allowed to continue like this, Churchill will not have to play next year. He will bring tens of millions of local civilians and starve to death at home.

"Britain's skies are scarred by brutal fighting, and if we stand up to Hitler, all of Europe may be freed. But if we fail, then all of America, and all that we know and care about Everyone will fall into the abyss!" He spoke to the microphone, loudly arousing the people's sense of resistance.

His speech did inspire the determination of some people to resist, but for the working people who do not have enough food, it cannot replace food...

Just on the dock in Liverpool, a transport ship slowly docked to the dock, and an officer stood beside the gangway that had just been stabilized with a statistical table of inventory.

The speakers in the port were still playing Prime Minister Churchill's exciting speech on the battle to the last moment, but the staff walking on the dock all looked at the transport ships entering the port.

Resistance or not, that is too far away—how many transport ships can arrive at the port today is the only question that everyone cares about.

"This ship...is steel. Mr. Lieutenant." The crew member who stepped down the gangway looked at the dock officer holding the statistics table, and introduced a sentence about the supplies they transported on the ship.

The officer was not discouraged when he heard that the large amount of material transported inside the ship was steel. On the contrary, his expression was still very good, with a smile on his face: "So, sir, do you have S goods?"

The English word for smuggling starts with S. It is impossible for these ships to travel between Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom without carrying private goods.

To put it bluntly, even if it is overloaded, transporting five tons of rice will make more money for this adventure.

The British management will not check these smuggled goods, they are happy to see this happen, and secretly encourage more food to be shipped to the UK.

"Of course, how much do you pay?" The crewman looked at the statistics officer on the dock and asked in a natural way.

"This!" He handed the gold watch in his hand to the other party, and there was a stack of pounds and some gold products under it.

The other party didn't check either, so he stuffed all these things into his pocket, then winked at the sailor behind him, and placed a bag of flour at the feet of the dock officer.

After the steel raw materials were written on the record and the exact weight was recorded, the dock officer picked up the bag of flour and walked to his office lonely.

With the gold and silver jewelry in his hand, the amount of flour that he can buy is getting smaller and smaller. He can't argue with the theory of these sailors with smuggled goods, or there will be nowhere to buy the flour next time.

At a time like this when the war hits, being able to get a job on the docks and often get some extra flour home is a huge bonus.

Don't you see, even the senior officers of other departments, in this war-torn era, under the pressure of the German Navy, want to get some food, it is not easier than the dock officers at this moment.

Carrying his own flour to the end of the pier, the lieutenant officer saw another colleague - he was also carrying flour in his hand, and it seemed to be more.

Obviously, the other party's luck is good, and it is estimated that a ship transporting flour has docked at the pier in charge. The two tacitly agreed and walked back together.

"I heard... This time, a lot of transport ships were sunk again... The next time the ship arrives at the port, it is estimated that there will be fewer..." The officer said weakly, carrying the flour.

What everyone has been talking about the most recently is this topic - how many ships have been sunk today, how many supplies will be lost tomorrow... and so on.

In short, talking about these desperate topics is much more fashionable than traditional chatting. And this is also internal information, which can give everyone an understanding of the current battle situation.

"Anyway, there's nothing wrong with hoarding more food." The lieutenant held the record book in his hand, reached into his pocket, touched the remaining money and ration coupons, and continued.

After a while, they have to go to regular channels to buy food, which is much cheaper there, and can use ration coupons that no one cares about.

The colleague nodded, but the expression on his face was very embarrassing: "It is estimated that this time, the number of exchanges will be reduced again..."

"What? Hasn't it been cut to half of the original size? If you cut it further, people will starve to death!" The lieutenant heard the news and even raised his voice in shock.

The colleague made a mute gesture, then lowered his voice and said, "Today, there seem to be a lot of ships arriving at the port, but there are only two grain transport ships!"

"Hey!" Taking a deep breath, the lieutenant finally understood why the other party said that. It looks like Liverpool will be facing the same big problem this time around since the last time Liverpool suffered a food crisis.

After scolding the bastard, the lieutenant asked again, "Why is there so much less? Is it possible that we sent our food to London again?"

The other party shook his head and replied with a sigh: "Alas... I heard from the sailors just now that the fleet was attacked and dozens of ships were sunk... That's all that's left..."

The German fleet sank a total of 51 British transport ships, including more than 100,000 tons of grain crops such as flour and potatoes...

Counting the other ships sunk by German submarines in bits and pieces, Britain's losses this time were no less than those of the German fleet in the first attack.

Dozens of transport ships have been sunk twice in a row, and the transport capacity of the British mainland has been fundamentally damaged.

Such damage is already beyond the reach of the British transport fleet. The number of British ships to and from the Atlantic Ocean is decreasing, and the capacity is even more scarce.

Materials without money, the shipping distance from India and South American colonies increased, and the original transport ships themselves were not enough.

Now it is obviously too late to dispatch the transport ships from these places. Not to mention the need to pay for materials from the United States, and now the risks of transportation have also made the United Kingdom overwhelmed.

The general in charge of dispatching and transporting in the port had his hands behind his back, looking at the various materials being unloaded outside the window, he opened his mouth and instructed his subordinates: "For the food that has entered the account, first deduct 2,000 tons... The rest, as much as possible to ensure the army's supply. supply."

As the general in charge of the port, he can only appease his subordinates first, and then ensure the army's grain storage to avoid problems with the military's morale.

As for the civilians lining up outside the port, they can only be left to wait. What he wants to know now is how many cities are facing such a trade-off.

Churchill had just walked out of the speaking room, and the staff behind him were still busy packing microphones and wires and other equipment.

An officer walked up to Churchill, stood at attention, and reported: "Mr. Prime Minister, the AK and CK transport fleets have arrived at the port... The material loss is serious."

The news about the attack on the CK and AK transport fleets, he had confirmed a few hours ago.

Otherwise, he would not rush to give such a speech, hoping that through such a speech, he would boost morale and strengthen everyone's confidence.

However, his estimate was still too optimistic. Not only was there a shortage of food, but now there were serious problems with steel and oil.

Especially in the northern part of the UK, the new industrial area that has just been built, is because there is no oil and steel ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ can not start production at all.

Without production, there would be no fighter tanks and artillery, and without production there would be no various other industrial products.

In a few months, the United Kingdom may even import soap and kitchen knives and washbasins from outside the country, but at that time, how can there be so many transport ships to transport these junk?

"Now, let's think about how to equip each transport ship with weapons, so that they can protect themselves when facing enemy planes." With a sigh, Churchill said helplessly. Reply.

As for the transport fleets such as CK and AK, Churchill is really in no mood to care now. The problems he is facing now are enough to make him dizzy.

Because just yesterday, the German high-level sent back a piece of unsurprising news - this time, the head of state does not seem to have any intention to negotiate with the United Kingdom.

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