Chapter 447 Peace Ambassador Chamberlain resigns
As early as the 4th century BC, Sun Bin, a famous military strategist in China during the Warring States Period, proposed the idea of "fighting one and defending two", advocating that one-third of the troops should be used as the vanguard during combat and two-thirds of the troops should be used as the rear team to move when orders are ordered.
Alexander, the king of Macedonia in Europe, proposed the idea of taking up the reserves with medium-equipped infantry, and established and invested in the reserves in time in the Battle of Caucasia, defeating the Persian army.
Napoleon's failure back then was also because there was no reserve team in the end.
At critical moments, investing more reserve teams can play a decisive role.
But now, Gan Molin can't wait to push all the reserve teams up, which makes the British generals feel uneasy, especially now speaking, the highest figure in the British representative, Churchill, the Minister of Navy.
Churchill frowned with his brows as he clamped the cigar in his mouth in his hand. He raised his own questions to Gan Molin opposite him.
The war has just begun, and we have to suppress all the troops?
"Now, it's the best time to join the reserve team. We have judged the direction of the Germans' main attack." Gan Molin said: "We must use a beautiful victory to tell the Germans that no matter how many advanced tanks they have, they cannot pose a substantial threat to us."
Now is the best time to completely defeat the Germans! This is Gan Molin's judgment. At this time, he firmly believed in his judgment.
After saying that, he paused and continued: "Although we have pushed all the reserves up, we will mobilize national defense immediately, and subsequent troops will be formed continuously. At most one week, we will have ten reserve troops of reorganized divisions."
Now that the war has begun, a new war mobilization must be carried out, and retired soldiers are recruited, it is easy to gather another army.
Thinking of the cruel meat grinder in the battle made many people tremble, but now, they have no choice. Twenty years ago, a new generation of young people just grew up, and they need to be consumed on the battlefield.
If you want to blame, blame the Germans!
Churchill still had questions, but before he could raise it, an adjutant hurriedly walked in and said to Churchill: "Mr. Churchill, please return to London immediately."
Returning to London immediately? Churchill couldn't help but ask the adjutant: "What happened in London?"
"Chamberlain is resigning, and he nominates you to take over as prime minister." Churchill was stunned, and then he was happy again.
Arthur Neville Chamberlain, a representative figure of Britain's appeasement policy in the 1930s.
Born in 1869, he is now seventy years old.
Those who have experienced World War I no longer want to experience a war. The call for peace echoed over Europe. In this case, Chamberlain, who served as Prime Minister, made a series of concessions to Germany and Italy, hoping to exchange for peace in Europe.
The policies he implemented were later called "appeasement policy" by later generations.
Germany advanced into Sudetenland, sent troops to invade Austria, and then deployed troops to the Czech border. Chamberlain delivered a speech in the lower house to condemn Germany's aggression, but there was no specific action.
When Germany invaded the entire Czechoslovakia, Britain began to take measures to strengthen its defense, and Chamberlain announced that it would provide military support to Poland.
However, when Poland was invaded by Germany, although Britain declared war on Germany, it did not take any action to war.
All of this was for the peace of Europe. I did not want Britain to enter a state of war. Another generation of young people died. Britain was already afraid.
In fact, Chamberlain's behavior was welcomed by the British. After the Munich Agreement was signed, the old Chamberlain returned to the UK on a plane. At the airport, Chamberlain was unprecedentedly welcomed.
He brought peace to Britain!
However, as the situation changed, Chamberlain was finally abandoned by the British.
When Germany bombed the British naval base, the British were in an uproar and they felt extremely indignant about it.
Faced with the German attack, Chamberlain made some decisions, such as bombing Libyan oil fields, etc., but none of these played a real role, and Germany's all-out war was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"You have been sitting here for too long and have done nothing good. Let's go, let's tell you in the name of God, get out!" In Congress, a member of Congress quoted Cromwell's declaration when he dissolved the parliament. He waved his fists and was extremely angry.
He seemed to have forgotten that when the Munich agreement was signed, he also waved his arm to support it.
"The government must vote for distrust motions, immediately, immediately!" Another MP said loudly: "Look at our government, what good things have been done over the years!"
Germany's attack on France made these British politicians realize that the policies that Chamberlain had always implemented were wrong, appeasement, and made Germany stronger little by little. Now, Germany has begun to truly threaten Britain and France!
In fact, from the perspective of later generations, all the appeasements made by Chamberlain in the 1930s were in line with the situation of that era. No matter who sits in that position, he has to do that.
Churchill was tough, but who had supported Churchill at that time? When Churchill released the German threat, Churchill was scolded.
"Fatty Qiu, get out of here and leave the parliament!" A member of parliament once scolded Churchill directly, saying things that everyone doesn't like, and being someone they don't like, this is the end.
Churchill's war arguments were not supported by anyone, but Churchill was driven out of the government.
When the war broke out, the British suddenly realized that Churchill was right and quickly invited the tough Churchill back to serve as their prime minister.
And now, this is the process.
The vote on the motion of distrust of Chamberlain's government was held almost ten minutes later. Dozens of MPs who originally supported the government voted against it. Chamberlain, who was standing aside, knew very well that it was time for him to step down.
Although Chamberlain intends to continue to remain in office until the new round of crisis is over, and at this critical moment, he wants to turn the tide and draw a perfect end to his political career, he still has to submit his resignation to the king and formally recommend Churchill to succeed as British Prime Minister.
At this time, Churchill, who had been making a fuss about Germany's ambitions a few years ago, finally came to everyone's expectations.
Chapter completed!