Imperial Overlord

Originally, this meeting was held to discuss how to negotiate with Germany, strive for a truce as much as possible, and gain time to reserve supplies for the homeland.

But at the end, everyone was talking about the situation on the battlefield, and they were emphasizing that their own side was completely in a passive state.

In the end, Churchill had to use the food issue to end this edition of the "British Senior Generals Tucao Conference of World War II" hosted by the British Prime Minister...

When it comes to food, officials from the local army and civil affairs departments have a deeper bitterness on their faces. This is their weakness, so soft that they don't want to think about it when they are dreaming.

People rely on food as their priority. If there is no food, the whole society will be in turmoil, and resisting foreign invasions will become even more of a joke.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, if it weren't for the spread of famine and the repeated turmoil of peasant uprisings in the Central Plains, where would it be the Manchu Qing outside the customs to take over the world?

Likewise, modern warfare is about oil, steel, and rubber! Without such materials as steel, petroleum and rubber, weapons cannot be produced. What is there to defend against foreign humiliation?

The problem the UK is facing now is that they are now short of food, steel, oil and other materials, and factories have been destroyed, making production unsustainable.

Under such circumstances, what effect Churchill's persistent resistance can achieve is worth pondering.

"For the past five days, the alert level of the German Army's offensive has been increasing... We have begun to deploy anti-landing operations." General Deere said, reporting to Churchill.

"In this case, it is irresponsible to mobilize civilians to join the fight against the landing." As an admiral of the Navy, Charles, who had just taken office, was very worried and quickly said to General Dill.

Hearing that the Army had begun to implement the highest-level anti-landing combat readiness plan, Churchill's brows furrowed even tighter.

The United Kingdom is also developing the potential of civilian resistance to landing operations because the armed forces of local soldiers are too slow. Mobilizing civilians to spontaneously resist the German invasion was an important part of the combat plan against the landings.

According to the order, the British army distributed a large number of weapons to the vicinity of the area where the German army might land, and let them do their best to prevent the German army from expanding the landing site.

Because of the recent successive defeats of the navy, the German Army may launch a landing operation at any time, so the alert level of the British Army has also risen again and again, rising to a height that makes people nervous.

"If it weren't for the successive failures of the Navy and the desperation of the loss of transport ships, we would not have resorted to this." General Deere retorted to Charles.

Charles also ignored Churchill's frosty expression on the side, and argued with reason: "The situation is very unstable now, let's distribute weapons, if something really goes wrong, who will be responsible?"

"Who's in charge? Of course your navy is in charge! If you can stabilize the situation, of course we don't have to distribute weapons to civilians." General Dill hurried to throw the blame and replied quickly.

Charles is not a fool, and immediately retorted: "Just kidding! If the army hadn't escaped from Belgium and France, we might still be fighting side by side with France on the European continent!"

"You! You..." The matter was traced back to the French campaign in one breath, and the Army naturally couldn't escape the failure. Dill pressed his hand on the table angrily and stammered at Charles for a long time, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"Enough!" Without waiting for Charles to be proud, Churchill slapped the table and yelled at his men. He was already getting headaches from arguing, and he didn't want to listen to this kind of sarcastic nonsense.

...

Next to the British coastline, in a small town with a population of only a few thousand, several trucks were parked on the road. The streets were full of curious locals, watching the soldiers with rifles jump off the first truck.

With saucer-shaped Mark helmets on their heads and Lee Enfield rifles on their backs, the soldiers stood around the trucks and waited until the officers got off.

The officer walked to the door of the administrative hall in the middle of the town, where he saw the mayor of the town and several local officials.

He spread out the documents in his hand, looked at the other party and said, "I am now carrying out the task of distributing weapons for defense according to Order No. 7... Is there any problem?"

"Sir! There are too many problems now! We ran out of food yesterday, and the flour didn't arrive on time. Everyone wants to know, what is the use of the ration coupons that the government gave us?" The mayor said bitterly, speaking to the officer in front of him. complained.

There was no expression on the officer's face, and he still looked like a businessman: "I'm here to carry out the task of distributing weapons. As for the issue of food, it's under the jurisdiction of other departments. I really can't explain it to you."

Although his explanation was quite satisfactory, the residents of the town who had already gathered around clearly didn't buy it: "We don't even have anything to eat. What's the use of giving us weapons?"

"Let these **** go back! You gave us weapons, but you took away our food! Who are the soldiers? Do you still want us to protect them?" A man shouted excitedly, receiving the support of many people .

"You have also seen... these people, if you hand over weapons to them, I'm afraid there will be trouble!" The mayor looked at the people he was familiar with and said to the officer.

But the officer is also very embarrassed: "We must carry out this order, because many places do not cooperate, so today we are given a mandatory order."

Distributing weapons to civilians is a double-edged sword. If you are patriotic, these weapons are a deadly move to beat the invaders. If you don't have food, these weapons may be a reminder to the government.

The British government, already in despair, has no other options now. If the weapons were distributed, and the Germans landed in a few days, maybe there was some blocking effect.

If these weapons are not distributed now and the Germans come in, they won't even be able to get a few hours of delay.

"Okay... If you insist on doing this, then I can only cooperate with you." The mayor looked at the officer and said this slowly.

He can only cooperate, because as the mayor, he knows the danger of the situation. Since the army insists on distributing weapons, it means that the Germans will fight over later.

In this case, give everyone some weapons, at least some stabilizing effects. As for the danger... Although it is not small, it can still be controlled.

After all, the United Kingdom is a country that attaches great importance to tradition. The common people have a strong sense of belonging to the country, and patriotism is also very common. In such an atmosphere, few people would mess around.

Hearing what the town mayor said, the army officer nodded, turned around, and shouted to his subordinates next to the car in the distance: "Let everyone in the town go back to their own houses, and we will distribute the distribution to each of our houses. !"

Then he turned around and said to the mayor, "Please follow us and do a good job in the statistics... Don't repeat the distribution, every family must do a good job in statistics."

"Should the ammunition also be counted?" The mayor looked at the officer and asked. The weapons he understood were naturally guns and bullets.

But the officer who heard the mayor's question was obviously stunned for a moment, and then nodded unnaturally: "Yes, ammunition is also counted, but the most important statistics are other parts."

Following his words, the soldiers next to the truck had already removed the weapons to be distributed from the carriage of the car.

Then, everyone was terrified by the weapons in front of them. There were no rifles or bullets at all. What was distributed to the residents of the town were brand new grenades!

"This... what is this? Are you kidding me?" The mayor of the town looked at the grenade in front of him and asked the officer beside him in surprise.

"The number of weapons is insufficient, so in the town, only some government officials are still young and strong, equipped with rifles and bullets." The officer explained awkwardly.

Then he pointed to the grenades: "These are for women and children, they can be simply invested, or used... Everyone doesn't want to be a prisoner, I mean, in the event of a German intrusion, You can use this to ease your suffering..."

When he spoke, he looked at the ground beside him. In fact, he didn't have the face to look at those angry eyes. After all, this kind of thing shows that it is very embarrassing.

After the mayor heard his explanation, he stood there blankly, not knowing how to answer. On the same day, these dangerous grenades and other strange weapons were counted and distributed according to the regulations~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Whoever received what weapons, there are detailed records, the military has a real-name record, The local government also has such a record.

So, everything became embarrassing that day, when the man came home, he handed the thing in his hand to his wife with a wry smile.

The wife looked dazed, looking at the iron lump in her hand nervously. The man smiled and comforted his lover: "Dear, don't be too nervous, this is what the army sent to our family, let's try our best to protect ourselves..."

The woman heard the explanation and put the grenade in the safest place in the house with anger: "Don't let the children see it, this thing is too dangerous."

"Yeah! It's too dangerous..." The man hugged his wife: "They should give us bread first, and then convince us to die for this country..."

When the sequence is out of order, the result will be different. When the British mainland is fighting against the possible landing operation of Germany, the surface ship formation of the German Navy, in a jubilant music, returned to the port of Brest. It is completely different from the English wailing. What awaits them is French wine and passionate girls!