821 A son of heaven and a courtier
George V still lives in the royal palace in the suburbs, the smog in London has nothing to do with George V, the battles on the front line have nothing to do with George V, and even the impeachment of Parliament has nothing to do with George V, reincarnation is really a technical job, everyone else is trying to advance to Rome, only George V was born in Rome.
George V can guarantee a leisurely and comfortable life, because there are millions of soldiers fighting the front line, so George V is still very good with military generals, he knows very well who guarantees his power, if it all depends on the politicians in Parliament, France is the future of Britain.
Roque and his group, all of them were British ministers, except for Haig, who was far away in France, and the military top brass almost poured out, so George V had to pay attention to it, and he entertained Roque and his group in front of the fireplace in the study, in the form of a family tea party.
Unfortunately, there were few sofas in George V's study, only Kitchener and Roque had their places, and Winston and William Robertson and John Jerico had to sit on the stools that the chamberlain had brought in makeover.
It was normal for Kitchener to have a seat in front of George V, who was the Minister of War of Great Britain, the spiritual symbol of the British Army, and whose status in the Army was about the same as that of George V.
Roque has a seat because Roque's title is an earl, don't look at Roque's ability to get a knighthood, it is very difficult for others to get a knighthood, Roque is easy because Britain has a need to envelop southern Africa, others have to rely on war exploits, Frenzi was named Viscount of Ypres after returning home, Kitchener was awarded the title of Viscount after the British Expeditionary Force won the Boer War, and was only made an earl after the outbreak of the World War, William Robertson is not even a nobleman now, and was only made a baron after the end of the World War.
"Britain can't live without a prime minister, I'm going to announce a new prime minister tomorrow, what do you suggest?" George V knew what Roque and his gang were coming to him for in the middle of the night, and Winston, as the only non-military member, represented the attitude of Roque and Kitchener, who were important military officials.
"We agreed that Winston was the right fit." Kitchener has very few words, and there is no need to speak at length at this time, and the fewer words there are, the more weight they have.
Neither of them spoke, but sat in their seats with their backs straight, their eyes on George V, waiting for George V's decision.
It is clear that the military has unified its thinking, which is important for Britain now, especially given that Parliament is divided.
"Winston, what do you mean?" George V wanted to hear what Winston had to say.
"Your Majesty, if I were the Prime Minister of the British Empire, I would definitely lead the British Empire to win this war and safeguard the glory of our British Empire!" Winston didn't say much, but his attitude was still resolute and showed strong confidence.
George V nodded in satisfaction, and George V was not satisfied with Lloyd George, who was a commoner, although they both had George in their names.
Lloyd George was orphaned from an early age, adopted by his shoemaker uncle, married a farmer's daughter, was elected to parliament as a solicitor, and in 1908 Lloyd George became Chancellor of the Exchequer, he opposed the British arms race, opposed the British use of troops overseas, and even though Britain faced a serious threat from the German army, Lloyd George tried to create obstacles to Kitchener's preparations for war.
After the outbreak of the world war, Lloyd George realized that war was inevitable, and the British people were agitated, and Lloyd George also changed his attitude, he strongly encouraged Britain to start a full-scale war, and had a serious disagreement with Prime Minister Asquith.
Congress initiated the impeachment of Asquith at this time, which was very cruel to Asquith, whose son had just been killed in the Battle of the Somme, and now impeaching Asquith is tantamount to depriving Asquith of the right to avenge his son with his own hands.
Crucially, Lloyd George was Welsh.
Roque and the others did not bother George V for too long, and after a brief meeting, the generals left George V's royal palace and Roque and Winston returned to Winston's country house in London together.
In the United Kingdom, Roque had to keep a low profile, Roque could not use the armored command vehicles commonly used in southern Africa, although Roque did not have weapons installed on his armored command vehicles, but for London, the huge armored command vehicles were steel monsters, and Roque could not make this impression on Londoners.
Winston was also very low-key in London, and Winston didn't even use the Lord car with the Duke of Marlborough coat of arms that Roque gave him, but chose a relatively inexpensive ordinary car.
There were only four seats in the car, with Roque and Winston sitting in the back, Angel and Winston's secretary in the front, and the guards in the other car, and Winston was excited and talked non-stop along the way.
"When I become Prime Minister, I will first call back that butcher Haig, you are the most suitable person for the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force - how about making Neville the Minister of Munitions? You have such a good relationship with Neville, he will definitely not pull you back on the military needs - Nyasaland should have saved a lot of tanks, send the tanks to Walvis Bay for loading as soon as possible, and the Nyasaland military industrial complex will soon get the order - if you are the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, what will the Mediterranean expeditionary force do? Do you have a good fit? Winston was very excited, the new prime minister was going to reorganize the cabinet, and there would be a big change in cabinet members, and Roark played a great role in this process, without Roque's thread, Winston would not have been able to get the support of so many military generals.
"Neville is indeed the right person for the Quartermaster General, he was already working in the Quartermaster Department - Nyasaland already has a thousand and a half hundred tanks, how many does the War Department need? After I leave the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Chief of Staff Ian Hamilton, is the most suitable candidate, we have worked together very well, there will be no large-scale fighting in Asia Minor anytime soon, and I will transfer the Southern African Expeditionary Force back to France. Roque is welcome, the benefits that should be asked for are not soft at all, and Roque also hopes that Britain can be more united, so as to better safeguard British interests.
To safeguard the interests of Britain is to safeguard the interests of southern Africa.
"Locke, no matter what, you must lead the expeditionary force to win the war, we have no way back this time, if we lose the war, we will lose the future." Winston finally calmed down after getting out of the car, defeating Lloyd George was only the first step, and winning the war was the ultimate goal.
"I will—" Roque did not have any ambitions, nor did he give a deadline, it was not easy to defeat Germany, although Roque replaced Haig, but the French troops were not back on the right path.
It is impossible to defeat Germany only by relying on the strength of Britain, the outbreak of the world war to the present, the German army has shown extraordinary learning ability, in the process of fighting with the Southern African Expeditionary Force, the German army and the Southern African Expeditionary Force have learned to build fortifications, and they are better than the blue, and now the German army has learned the offensive mode of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and the German army is constantly improving.
For Roque, replacing Haig is just the beginning, and Roque still has a lot of work to do, the Anza-New Zealand army with heavy losses needs to be appeased, the Fourth Army, which has basically collapsed, needs to be rebuilt, and the Indian army, which has been sluggish since the outbreak of the world war, Roque also has to find ways to play a role.
Although Roque did not like the Indian Legion, sitting in Roque's position, Roque had to do everything possible to unite all the forces that could be united to defeat the Germans, which was the role that the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force should play.
Early the next morning, George V appointed Winston as interim prime minister in Parliament and appointed Winston to form a cabinet.
The first thing Winston did after taking office was to send a telegram to Haig, hoping that Haig would resign voluntarily and leave France in a dignified manner.
Winston's new position for Haig was Home Commander, who was responsible for commanding all forces in the British mainland, including those who were being trained at boot camps.
Haig was reluctant to accept his resignation, and on the same day Winston appointed Roque commander of the British Expeditionary Force, and Roque left London for France the next day.
Of course, before leaving London, Roque did not forget to let Winston watch Kitchener, and he was absolutely not allowed to go to the Russian Empire, not even to leave England and take a ship to France.
Winston did not feel anything abnormal, after the Battle of Jutland, the German high seas fleet shrank in the military port and could not come out, the submarine force was extremely active, on June 16, the day before Roque arrived in London, the German submarine sank the British Cardena shipping company ocean liner "Lusitania".
The Lucitania is a cruise ship funded by the British government, and artillery is installed in hidden positions on the cruise ship, which is considered a "quasi-cruiser" of the United Kingdom.
The sinking of the Lusitania killed 1,200 people, including 124 Americans.
This time, the United States did not make a statement, and when it was learned that 124 Americans had died in the sinking of the "Lucitania", the whole United States was so excited that President Woodrow Wilson could not wait to order the whole country to mobilize for war and prepare to join the war.
The United States in this time and space did not make much profit before and after the world war because of the rise of southern Africa, and in another time and space, the United States sold materials and flew up, counting the money until the hand cramped, and the government and businessmen made a lot of money, and the United States in this time and space only got some orders for agricultural products, and because of the competition of South African companies, the profits were not much, so the Americans were very anxious now, and they were worried that they would get nothing.
The United States has tried to enter the war several times, but has been opposed by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan was a staunch pacifist who lacked diplomatic experience and opposed the entry of the United States into the war, and after the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States carried out a national mobilization, William Jennings Bryan resigned voluntarily, and Woodrow Johnson appointed Robert Lansing as the new Secretary of State.
Robert Lansing is now in London and is fighting for better conditions for the United States to enter the war.