Imperial Overlord

"Sir! Sir! It's not good! Something big has happened!" An officer knocked eagerly at the door of Churchill's office, hoping to interrupt Churchill's small meeting through his shout.

Inside are several officials from the economic sector, who are reporting to the Prime Minister about the negative impact of the previous riots near Birmingham on the national economy.

The impact has spread to half of the UK, most of the factories have been paralyzed, and the rest are just surviving. Food and supplies are extremely scarce, and it would be a bit self-deceiving to talk about the economy in such a situation.

Not to mention the economic stagnation or regression, the words used to talk about the economy now are the words such as collapse and destruction.

"What's the matter?" Churchill, who was impatient, opened the door of his room in person. It seemed that he was tired of being tortured by the meeting, and his tone was very bad.

Anyone can be wiped out by such a desperate meeting, and this is the case with Churchill now. He frowned and looked at the men who came to deliver the message.

"Sir! Just now, there was a shooting incident in a boot camp in Canterbury, and a riot broke out in the barracks" The officer swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then finished what he had to say with a vibrato.

Hearing the other party's words, Churchill felt a surge of blood rushed to the top of his head. He swayed a bit, then braced himself against the door frame with his hands, barely standing upright.

"How's the casualty situation?" Churchill, who had felt numb to the bad news for a long time, finally asked such a sentence.

The officer who sent the message didn't know the details, so he had to say: "There is only news from the barracks that more than a dozen people died. The details are still under investigation."

"Ring! Ringing!" The phone on the Prime Minister's desk kept ringing in the process. At first, the officials in the economic department didn't intend to deal with the incessantly ringing phone, but the phone was always there tirelessly. 's ringing.

"His Majesty's phone!" Finally, unable to bear the torment of the telephone ring, the officials of the economic department helped to grab the phone, and after listening for a few words, handed the phone to Churchill and said.

Churchill walked back to his desk from the door, grabbed the phone and listened to the question from His Majesty the King on the opposite side: "A department reported that gunshots were heard in the Canterbury area. Is it related to the Germans?"

Now, everyone is very sensitive to the possible landing of the Germans, and the sound of gunfire appeared in one place, and the matter became more serious.

"No! Your Majesty heard that it was a misunderstanding, and I am also investigating this matter. But I assure you that this matter has nothing to do with the Germans!" Churchill held the phone and assured him.

Put down the phone, Churchill really wanted to curse. He grabbed the phone again and told the operator, "Give me a call from the Army Chief of Staff!"

Dill had already answered a phone call in his office, and a nearby unit had heard gunfire and had reported the matter to him.

By the time Churchill called, Dill had heard the whole thing: "Yes! Mr. Prime Minister was the result of the training recruits getting emotional and shooting indiscriminately."

The whole thing doesn't sound complicated, but the process is very hot. In the end, this incident resulted in the death of more than 30 people, which shocked the British executives.

It was originally a few soldiers who were training to shoot when they heard the news that the quality of the food had decreased, and they were ready to protest along with the troublemakers.

They were carrying rifles in their hands, which were supposed to be confiscated at the shooting range, but the gunman also went to make trouble that day, resulting in a situation where the guns were left unattended.

Then, agitated, a recruit wanted to shoot to scare the military police and officers guarding the food distribution point in the barracks, so he shot in a direction he thought no one was there.

As a result, the unexpected happened. The deputy of the boot camp just walked out of his office, and the bullet hit him in the neck.

The recruits who heard the gunshots were even more excited. The military police and patrols who saw the dead were also out of control. The two sides opened fire on each other, and there was a stampede in the chaos.

When everything subsided, everyone found that more than 30 people were lying dead on the ground, and a few were seriously injured and comatose, and they are still being rescued.

"This is an accident, sir, but if the food supply continues to be cut, things will get worse and worse." After finally finding an excuse, Dill said to Churchill.

No matter what he said before, it could only be a verbal threat, and no matter how much he said, it was just an unfounded inference.

But now, he has the capital to threaten Churchill, and it is according to Churchill's request that today's chaos occurs.

Churchill was not in a hurry to compromise on the phone. He replied: "There is not much food in stock, all you can do is restrain your own soldiers!"

If Churchill were not desperate, he would not have taken the idea of ​​the army lightly. Britain's grain reserves are now very thin and could be cut off at any time.

"I really don't have much food in my hands. To be honest, the food reserves that were taken from the army have already been sent to Birmingham." By now, Churchill had to tell the truth.

Hearing the name of Birmingham, Deere, as the army chief of staff, was also silent. A few days ago, a large-scale protest riot took place there. The streets were swept away by the rioters. In order to suppress it, the British government used the army.

Things were more difficult than imagined, and the problem was only alleviated when a large amount of food was shipped into the urban area of ​​Birmingham. But after all, this is a bad start, and it will make other cities follow suit.

Now, the problem has not become very serious, and some cities still have a little bit of food reserves, so the chaos can still be controlled in local areas.

But once what happened in Birmingham, and the migration of refugees eventually spread out over time, who can guarantee that the next city or the next few cities that are short of food will not follow suit?

Speaking of this matter, Churchill is really as big as a fight now. The problems in Birmingham haven't been solved yet, and now there's another **** thing going on in Canterbury.

"German bombers don't frequent our skies anymore. If it really doesn't work, reduce the production capacity of some anti-aircraft guns and the air force's weapons and equipment, and subsidize the food transportation capacity." Although he was reluctant, Dill still gave his own words. Suggest.

Originally, he was the chief of staff of the army, and should not have asked the question of the air force and the navy. But now the problem is very serious, and he has no other thoughts to avoid suspicion.

"You think I don't want to? Do you think I didn't do it?" Churchill complained to Dill on the phone: "I have cut more than half of the steel transportation and cut it down, and the chaos over there will be turned upside down."

Without steel, workers cannot continue to build. If production is not started, the subsidies and real material guarantees will be gone.

Workers also have to eat. Without work or limited work, everyone will be unable to support their families. This is also a hidden danger of instability and requires Churchill to reconsider.

On the other hand, although Churchill didn't say it, in fact he was looking forward to the United States entering the war, and the United Kingdom followed this shareholder trend to turn over again.

Without production capacity and without the army, even if the United States entered the war, the United Kingdom would not have a chance to make a comeback. You know, gamblers without chips will never have the chance to get to the table.

And if you can't get on the world's gambling table, you can't become a "great country" that determines the future destiny, and the UK will have no chance to continue to control the world.

"" Hearing that Churchill had made a countermeasure, and now it seems that this countermeasure has obviously had no effect, Dill can only express his helplessness by sinking.

Hanging up the phone, Churchill looked at several officials in the economic department in front of him, and asked, "Have you heard it? Have you seen it? What better way to do it! Think about it! Later, this The country is over!"

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, no one can say anything. If they have a good idea in this situation, they will go directly to His Majesty the King and ask for a Prime Minister to do it. Who is still sitting here? Are you listening to Churchill's nonsense?

The prime minister position of the British Empire was originally a sweet pastry, and everyone stared at the chair sitting under Churchill's ass.

So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Churchill's position was in jeopardy at a time when the odds were rare. There are so many people who fall into the trap and talk sarcastic things like crucian carp crossing the river.

But now, because the war situation continues to be unfavorable, the country has reached the juncture of life and death, but no one is fighting for the position of Prime Minister.

His Majesty the King summoned a few people to move Churchill, but those who were selected all refused the appointment to succeed Churchill as Prime Minister.

Because of this, Churchill's status is now as stable as Mount Tai.

"In this situation, it is the best way to make peace with the Germans." An official of the economic department thought for a while, and said this.

But after hearing this suggestion, Churchill felt sad in his heart. It was not that he was unwilling to make peace with Germany, and he even gave a lot of concessions and voluntarily ceded many overseas colonies to Germany.

Helpless, the Germans did not agree to such a peace treaty, and even directly rejected the British request to start negotiations between the two sides several times. And the reason for this is Churchill's own cleverness (.)