It's really not that Roque deliberately ridiculed Nobuaki Makino, Nobuaki Makino is also a baron of the Japanese Empire, and he is the second ambassador representing Japan at the Paris Peace Conference, even if Roque hates the Japanese, he will not show it directly in such a public occasion.

How did Roque behave?

In southern Africa now, there is not a single Japanese --

Or to be more precise, there is not a single Japanese man, but there are some Japanese women in special industries in Cape Town, and this is not a deliberate insult to the Japanese in southern Africa, but a state act supported by the Great Japanese Empire.

The reason for this situation is not that the Japanese do not emigrate overseas, in fact, the Japanese during this period were also immigrating overseas in large numbers, there were many Japanese immigrants in Hawaii, Southeast Asia, and even South America, and in the current situation in southern Africa, the Japanese do not want to come, but the immigration company does not want to.

In southern Africa, the least popular are the Indians, and then the Japanese.

As for the Africans -

Sorry, there are no Africans in Southern Africa.

After attending the dinner at Pongaré, Roque left Paris early the next morning, without informing anyone.

Without a word, Roque arrived in Calais by train, then crossed the English Channel on a passenger ship and went straight to London.

What awaited Roque was a banquet, this time held by Kitchener to welcome Roque, all of whom were members of the military, but not the two previous commanders-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Frenzi and Haig.

That's fine, I guess Frenzi and Haig should be embarrassed to see Roque.

But maybe.

When Kitchener saw Roque, there was another bottomless flattery, and Roque reciprocated by repeating what he had said at the banquet in Ponengalae.

It is estimated that it will be repeated tomorrow when it arrives in Congress.

Kitchener was to receive Roque at his manor house on the outskirts of London, the weather in September was not bad, the smog had not yet formed, the air was fresh, the manor was not big, the garden was very well kept, and Roque and Kitchener were walking and talking on the grass.

"Locke, what do you think about the future of Europe?" Kitchener came up with a commanding position, this argument is a bit high, if it weren't for Roque knowing the direction of history, Roque really couldn't catch it.

"The world war is not over, the Germans will not be willing to lose, they are forced to surrender because they can't hold on, give the Germans another twenty years to accumulate strength, and when the next generation of Germans grows up, then the Germans will definitely make a comeback." Roque, as a front-line commander, had a clear understanding of the situation in Germany.

When the Allies began to counterattack, Germany was already at the end of its power, and the German army at that time did not even have enough food, and many soldiers could only get a pitiful amount of food to satisfy their hunger when they fought on the front line.

In addition to food, the Germans were short of ammunition, and when Ludendorff launched the Michael attack, the Germans seemed to have plenty of ammunition, but it was only a flash in the pan, and in the later stages of the Michael attack, the Germans were no longer sustainable.

Not only food and ammunition, but also the German army lacked medicine, experienced soldiers, the will to fight, and the source of reserves.

In short, everything was lacking, and if the Germans could still have sufficient logistics, then the coalition forces would not be able to advance so quickly.

At the time of the surrender of the German army, there were still 2.3 million German troops on the Western Front.

Although many of these German soldiers were children and old people, as long as Germany was capable, Roque had no doubt about the fighting spirit of the Germans.

"So what do you think should be done?" Kitchener also knew Germany well, and even more so about the current situation in England and France.

"We can't do anything, and in the interests of the British Empire, we should support the Germans to rise from the ashes as soon as possible and form a counterweight to France; But in the long run, we should completely squeeze Germany out, cut off the opportunity for Germany's future re-emergence, and turn Germany into a number of weak countries like Austria-Hungary - but this will lead to France being a dominant country on the European continent, and how to choose depends on how Winston and the French talk - "Roque has no good way, the current international situation is a mortal situation for the British Empire, there are strong enemies outside, hidden dangers inside, on the surface, the British Empire is still strong, In fact, only high-ranking officials such as Roque and Kitchener knew about the foreign powerhouses and middle-level cadres.

"Yes, what a trade-off—" Kitchener's steps were heavy, and no one probably thought before the world war that even if Britain won the world war, Britain would still be in such an embarrassing situation.

"The only thing we can do now is to keep the British Empire as intact as possible, but London's influence over overseas territories and colonies is getting weaker and weaker, and London has made a lot of promises to win the support of overseas territories during the world war, and now it's time to fulfill these promises." Roque reminded Kitchener that if the problem was not handled well, then by the time the next world war broke out, there would not be so many colonies and overseas territories working for Britain.

Even if he sells his life, whether he will sell to the extent of the First World War is also a question worth measuring.

Kitchener is also a difficult question to answer, and it doesn't make sense to say it, Kitchener is now in semi-retirement, and he will retire completely when he steps down from the post of Minister of War.

"I talked to Janny about this the other day, and Janney made a suggestion at the time, since the current model cannot be sustained, can we still make the influence of the British Empire continue to exist—" Roque still chose himself first, whether it succeeded or not, it was not Roque's responsibility.

Gianni is Jan Smoltz.

"Go on—" Kitchener couldn't wait.

"Janney means the establishment of the Commonwealth, members of the Commonwealth voluntarily join or withdraw at any time, all members of the Commonwealth have equal rights, do not belong to each other, and the king remains the object of allegiance of all members." Roque didn't say too deeply, just a brief mention of it, which already made Kitchener frown.

Sure enough, it was almost impossible to get an old-school military man like Kitchener to accept something as new as the "Commonwealth".

However, Roque still has to express his attitude clearly, and it is obvious that Kitchener's questions to Roque are almost on behalf of the British government, so Roque, as Minister of Defense and Minister of War for Southern Africa, also answers on behalf of Southern Africa.

Even with Roque's current prestige in Britain, it can be said that Roque answered on behalf of all the overseas territories and colonies of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India.

"This is a blatant betrayal of the Empire!" Kitchener was furious, his beard trembling, and his eyes literally burst into flames.

"No, no one betrayed anyone, and no one tried to do wrong, this is an inevitable choice for the development of the country, times have changed, my lord-" Roque still couldn't help but be naughty, but unfortunately Kitchener didn't know about this stalk.

It is estimated that it was this last out-of-tune sentence that touched Kitchener.

After Roque finished speaking, Kitchener stopped and looked at the clouds in the sky and was silent for a long time.

Just when Roque could barely take it anymore, Kitchener lowered his head and sighed, "yes, times have changed—"

Then he stumbled.

Roque's eyes were quick, he reached out to hold Kitchener, and turned around to call someone.

The whole of London was agitated by this stumbling of Kitchener, who had the supreme prestige in England as the god of the British army, almost comparable to that of King George V of England.

Especially now that the world war has just ended, although in fact Kitchener's role in the world war is extremely limited, and even played some side effects at the beginning of the war, but as the Minister of War, Britain won the final victory under the leadership of Kitchener.

Now that the trumpet of victory has been sounded, and the veterans have persevered until after the end of the war, it can be said that all the British people were moved by the spirit of Kitchener and prayed for Kitchener's physical condition.

Kitchener was immediately taken to the hospital, and King George V rushed to the hospital to visit Kitchener that day, and Winston, after learning the news, even put aside the Paris Peace Conference, left the leaders of various countries alone, and returned to London to visit Kitchener.

"Locke, you don't have to blame yourself too much, it's none of your business—" Winston, who hurried to the hospital, comforted Roque.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Roque really didn't blame himself-

Now Kitchener is almost 70 years old, according to the average life expectancy of this era, it is an absolute high life, if it were not for Roque's reminder, Kitchener should have died in the sea two years ago, and it is a blessing to live until now.

As for whether it has anything to do with Roque, it's really hard to say.

Think about a 70-year-old man, who should have lived in seclusion in the countryside to enjoy the joy of family life with his children and grandchildren around his knees, but because of the outbreak of the world war, he worked hard all day as the Minister of War, not to mention a 70-year-old man, even young people can't stand it, Winston is only in his 40s now, his hair is falling out one by one, and the nasolabial folds on his face are getting deeper and deeper, looking like a 60-year-old man.

Roque looks very young, but Roque knows that the world war Allied countries will definitely win, so Roque has no psychological pressure, so his mentality is good, and his spirit is naturally good.

Instead, Roque doesn't know anything about history and doesn't know that the defense line will completely collapse that day, and let's see if Roque can sleep so well every night.

Of course, in Winston's presence, Roark still showed his depression and respect for Kitchener: "Alas—it's my fault, I shouldn't have talked to the marshal about things that were too heavy, and those should be the problems we should be solving." ”

"What did you talk to the marshal?" Winston was curious.

Roque looked at Winston coldly with ill intentions and said lightly: "England-Union-Commonwealth-"

Winston's eyes widened and he clutched his chest, feeling like he was about to have a heart attack in the next moment.

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