"The Germans will surely bomb us, they will not be able to cross the strait blocked by the Royal Navy, and air combat is the easiest and quickest way to achieve victory,

They will do everything they can to break our confidence, but the British people will never compromise, will never surrender, will never ......"

At the joint meeting of the British Chiefs of Staff, the British side made a predictive and preventive discussion about the impending war.

At the end of this meeting, the wartime Cabinet approved a war program that would effectively strengthen the various defensive measures.

First, the War Cabinet formed the Aircraft Manufacturing Department, with Beaver as the minister, to vigorously strengthen the speed of manufacture of aircraft and the proportion of models.

Thanks to the integration of production capacity by the aircraft manufacturing department, the monthly production of aircraft in the UK has rapidly increased from 700 to 1,000 aircraft, and this is not the final number.

At the same time, the air defense forces will be uniformly adjusted and deployed throughout the country, with emphasis on strengthening the air defense capability in the London area and the establishment of combat training units.

Under the authority of the Cabinet, a number of training schools have been established throughout the country, and every time and opportunity has been seized to train air and ground crews.

According to military estimates, this will allow them to add 200 pilots per month to the troops.

As for how much strength these pilots can exert in wartime, it will be left to the facts to verify, and they have no time to think about these issues now.

At the same time, the British side has also signed a large number of orders overseas, including aircraft, ships, all kinds of weapons, missiles, ammunition and military supplies.

The forces of the British colonies were also being mobilized, and Canada, the nearest one, began to prepare for war, and various industries developed rapidly from scratch.

Orders to the United States accounted for 30 percent of the UK's overseas orders, which was a big deal.

All companies in the United States are about to break their heads for these orders.

The closer the war gets, the busier the cruise ships and planes between the United States and London become.

It's just that the danger here is also not small, and almost every week you can see the news of cruise ships and plane crashes in the newspapers.

The CGT, which was newly sold to the British side, was also absorbed by the Admiralty and became an important production plant for the manufacture of ships.

However, none of this has anything to do with Li Zitao.

After handing over the CGT and arms to the British, he began to receive his own 'payment', and the most high-profile was naturally Windsor Castle.

Even in the midst of the urgency of war, the news sparked massive debates in Britain and Europe.

Fortunately, it was announced to the public that it was handed over to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, otherwise Li Zitao might be torn to pieces by angry British citizens, and he would not want to return safely.

When One Gulfstream took off from England and returned to the United States under the escort of four Lightnings, everyone who knew about his trip breathed a sigh of relief.

"My dear. As soon as he got off the plane, Li Zitao was hugged by Mary.

She was most worried about this trip, if it weren't for the fact that this matter was too important, she would never allow Li Zitao to take risks personally.

Now there are daily battles in the sky, and German, French, and British planes come and go in the sky with impunity.

If they encounter a non-native aircraft, they will not hesitate to open fire.

In order to avoid danger, Li Zitao's crew made a special trip to bypass the area where the war was most frequent, and returned to the United States unharmed.

"Don't worry, no matter who you are, don't try to take me away from you, God is watching me......" Li Zitao jokingly pointed to the sky, making Mary turn into a smile.

"The French are fighting among themselves, they won't last long, and the good news is that my mother has finally decided to leave and go to London to preside over the affairs of the state. ”

Hearing that his mother-in-law was leaving early, Li Zitao was happy for Mary, including himself, of course.

After all, seeing his wife worried every day, his life is not very easy.

Li Zitao also had a general understanding of the infighting among the French, and they had talked about it during their second brief meeting with Churchill before leaving.

As Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Defence and War, and representative responsible for coordinating the actions of French and British troops, de Gaulle had frequent meetings with Churchill in recent days.

He wanted to persuade the Churchill government to continue sending additional troops to France, including ground and air forces.

Especially after learning that the British had obtained a large number of new aircraft, de Gaulle's desire to obtain British support was even more urgent.

However, these were rejected by Churchill.

"We desperately need a victory to break the fear of FXS, the French battlefield has been reduced to a quagmire,

With the strength that Britain has now, it will only be dragged into the mire, and we cannot afford to take such risks again. ”

Churchill's fears were justified, as the Germans had opened the road to Paris and controlled the surrounding traffic.

The defeat of the French was a foregone conclusion, and the only thing Churchill wanted them to do now was to hold out a little longer and give Britain more time to prepare.

Moreover, within the French government, the call for peace talks is getting louder and louder, and the French are no longer in the mood to fight any more.

On June 14, the third day of Li Zitao's return to the American mainland, the German army officially entered Paris.

However, at this time, only four days after the declaration of war on France, there was a ridiculous news from Italy.

Mussolini, who saw that the Germans easily defeated France, also wanted a piece of the war.

So on the 10th, after fleeing Paris, the French government declared war against France.

During this period, Germany had already won an overwhelming victory, and began to secretly support the peace negotiators led by Petain to form a new government.

With the support of the Germans, Italy naturally got a share of the benefits, and France was willing to unconditionally cede part of the border to Italy.

But Mussolini was not satisfied, and when the Petain government was too busy to fulfill its promises, he brazenly attacked France.

The 325,000 Italian troops stationed on the border advanced towards France and launched an attack.

Opposite them were five divisions of about 90,000 troops, and Mussolini thought his army could easily defeat the opposing side.

But in fact, the 'Little Maginot Line,' garrisoned by France's most elite troops, the Alpine Division, gave Italy a big surprise.

The 325,000 troops, lacking heavy firepower, were unable to break through the defensive line at all, but were met with fierce counterattacks by the French army, causing thousands of casualties to flee in disarray.

This incident caused a lot of repercussions and public opinion in the international community, making Mussolini and the Italian army a laughing stock.

There were even jokes that 'if Italy is neutral, Germany will have 10 more divisions, Italy will join the Allied States, Germany will have 20 more divisions, Italy will go to war, and Germany will send 50 divisions to protect them'.