After dismantling some of the defensive weapons, the four-shot bomber had a bomb load of an astonishing 1.9 tons, and in the case of a 50-kilogram standard aerial bomb, the bomber flew once and dropped bombs that weighed as much as a salvo fired by a heavy artillery brigade.

In the case of artillery divisions in southern Africa, a heavy artillery brigade is armed with 36 150 mm howitzers with shells weighing 45 kg.

The bombing of Brussels was carried out by the 1st Bomber Wing, with 40 bombers starting from the 1st to carry out continuous bombing of multiple targets in the city of Brussels.

German fighters took to the skies in an attempt to intercept the bombers, but were devastated by the Gale fighters, and after three consecutive days of air battles, the German air force in Belgium was almost depleted, and Belgium completely opened its airspace to the bombers of the British Expeditionary Force.

At the same time as the bombing of Brussels began, more tanks were sent to Belgium, and the British Expeditionary Force began training more tankmen for the next attack on the Germans.

As Roque had expected, Robert Niveller did not find support from Roque, and instead sought the support of the British government, hoping to force the British Expeditionary Force to cooperate with the French forces through the British War Office.

What Robert Niveller did not expect was that, unlike the French government, which was plagued by internal strife, after Winston became prime minister, Kitchener's position was consolidated again, in order to win over the Conservative Party, Winston invited Lloyd George to serve as Minister of Finance, a position that was important in peacetime, but during the war, the power of the Minister of Finance was greatly limited, and the Ministry of War did not need the approval of the Ministry of Finance to purchase supplies.

Robert Niveller did not get the support he wanted in the British Government and the British War Office, Roque's position in the British Expeditionary Force was as stable as Mount Tai, and Robert Niveller's English could not win the favor of Winston and Kitchener, even if it was standard.

Robert Niveller's mother was British.

On January 10, the Allied high-level meeting was held in Rome, and when Winston was on his way to Rome, he stopped by Roque's headquarters in Dunkirk.

After the British Expeditionary Force invaded Belgium, Roque moved his headquarters to Dunkirk, which was closer to the front line and closer to the English Channel.

Dunkirk was also home to the British Expeditionary Force's supply center and field hospital, and the largest field airfield was built here, where Roque finally used his armored command vehicle, which Winston was very envious.

"Or you're more free here, God knows what I've been through in London, endless meetings, endless papers, sometimes I wake up suddenly in the night, but fortunately there is constant news of victories on your side, and I now understand why Asquith used to look sleep-deprived, and my sleep is now seriously under-slewn, and the quality is very bad." Winston didn't look very good, he was very emaciated, the bags under his eyes were obvious, his expression was full of exhaustion, and he didn't even light his favorite cigar, but just held it in his hand.

"That's when you choose to keep yourself busy, and if you want to be lazy, learn from President Ngare—" Roque wasn't laughing at anyone, the country was different, and it couldn't be generalized.

It is interesting that the French prime minister has changed four times since the outbreak of the world war two and a half years ago, but the president has always been Poncaré.

The French system of government is like this, the president does not make mistakes if he does not do things, the specific work is done by the prime minister, and as a result, the prime minister becomes the scapegoat, and the president is safe and sound.

Roque's meaning is obvious, there are a total of 23 members of the British cabinet, Winston, the prime minister, is only responsible for the general direction, and the specific work is in charge of the cabinet ministers in charge of various departments.

"If only it were so simple, I worked hard to become prime minister, but not to make a living." Winston was a man of pursuit, and he was never a passable man, as evidenced by the fact that he still carried a gun when he was a journalist, even though his gun got him into a lot of trouble.

If it weren't for the fact that Winston was armed with a gun during the Second Boer War, then Louis Botha would not have had a reason to detain Winston, and the journalists were not military personnel, and the Boer Republic also needed journalists to help propagandize at that time.

Back at Command, Roque learns the true purpose of Winston's visit to Roque.

The British government ran out of money.

"Our military spending last year accounted for 70 percent of the gross national product, taxes can only cover a quarter of the expenditure, and we have to give military aid to the Russian Empire and France and Italy, God forbid, now I don't have to worry about the Kingdom of Servi and the Kingdom of Romania, otherwise we would have to spend more money." Winston was gloomy, as far as Roque knew, Britain was buying about £15 million a week in southern Africa, and so far, not counting the loans owed by the British government to the RAND Bank, the British government owed the federal government of Southern Africa a total of 78 million rand.

It should be noted that the money borrowed by the British government from the RAND Bank was secured by the gold of the RAND mining area, that is, if the British government did not repay the money after the war, then the RAND Bank could take away the management of the RAND mining area.

"It doesn't matter if France or Italy matters, you must be careful of the Russian Empire, if you don't do it, you will lose all your money-" Roque reminded again, judging from the current situation, in the First World War, all the participating countries lost money, and even if it was the victorious country, it would not be able to recover its costs after the war.

In all wars before the world war, basically the victorious country was able to recover the cost after the war, but the world war was an exception, which lasted too long, and the cost of the participating countries was too high, to the point that the defeated country could not recover the cost even if it was eaten alive.

In the First World War in another time and space, Britain spent a total of 9.1 billion pounds, France spent 150 billion francs, equivalent to 5.9 billion pounds, and Germany spent the most, a total of 9.8 billion pounds.

"I knew it was possible, but we had no choice but to try to keep the Russian Empire going, or else if a million German troops on the Eastern Front were released, you know what the outcome would be." Winston can't help it, everyone knows that the situation in the Russian Empire is not good, but no one can do anything.

Roque nodded again and again, of course he knew what would happen if all the German troops on the Eastern Front were released.

At the beginning of 1916, the Allies had a total of 4 million troops on the Western Front, about 175 integrated infantry divisions, and the rest were all auxiliaries.

The German army on the Western Front totaled 2.5 million men, about 134 infantry divisions, and if one million were added, then the British expeditionary force might be able to withstand Belgium, and the French army at Verdun would definitely collapse.

This would explain why Roque had to put his headquarters on the coast, and if things were bad, Roque could get on board and run back to England at any time.

"We now have only 400 million worth of marketable securities and 87 million worth of gold, and you know what that means, if we don't get more loans, then the UK government will go bankrupt in the next few weeks." Winston came to Roque for money.

"Go to the Rand Bank—" Roque didn't want to talk to Winston about money and hurt his feelings.

"I've found it, all the mortgages that can be mortgaged have been mortgaged, Prime Minister Asquith even used the taxes of the British Empire as collateral in order to find you for a loan from the RAND Bank, what else can you look at? You're welcome! Winston was dissatisfied, and looked at Roque with contempt in his eyes.

Really special feng shui takes turns, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China-

Can't say, can't say, let's still say Britain.

"Winston, I'm a soldier—" Roque said with a sincere expression.

"Load! Why do you continue to pretend to me, do you dare to say that you have nothing to do with the RAND Bank? Do you dare to say that you have nothing to do with that Ada? You seem to have forgotten which bar you put me in the first place—" Winston has such a good memory that Roark himself has forgotten.

Even though Winston reminded him, Roark thought about it for a long time before he remembered that it was the first time Roark had met Winston, who was drunk at Ard's manor, and Roark and Henry had placed Winston at Ada's Table Mountain Bar.

"Okay, okay, how much do you want?" Roque is helpless, the mild-mannered Winston can burst into foul language, which shows how angry Winston is.

"Sixty million, every month!" Winston Lion opened his mouth that the British government would purchase £15 million worth of supplies in southern Africa every week, and in other words, the British government would have to pay on credit in the future.

Nima, is it too late for Roque to order a sign that reads "This is a small profit, and there is no debt" on the door of Ade's mansion?

It is estimated that it is too late.

"Sixty million, and every month—" Winston nodded with every Roque saying, looking at Roque with hope in his eyes.

Roque didn't tease Winston for too long: "How much money do you think the Rand Bank has?" What the hell are you trying to empty the RAND Bank! ”

If the RAND Bank is emptied, it is estimated that it will not be hundreds of millions.

"Whatever you think, we're all in the same boat right now anyway, and if the ship sinks, you won't make a penny!" Winston was just as ready to play tricks as he was to play tricks.

"Winston, this isn't like you—" Roque said.

"Less nonsense, Southern Africa is still not an overseas domain of the British Empire, will you, the Earl of Nyasaland, still serve the king, and do you still want Southwest Africa and Tanganyika?" Winston Soul Trifecta.

Yes, definitely!

Absolutely!

Absolutely!

"In addition to the two river basins—" Roque made an offer, and if he didn't knock it hard at this time, Roque wouldn't be Roque.

"Okay, whatever you want, as long as you're not afraid to die!" Winston doesn't bargain, Roark gives whatever he wants, the British government is already on the verge of collapse, and Winston won't care about the final ownership of the two river basins.

Left and right are nothing more than land, which is really not uncommon for the British Empire.