Chapter 229: The Conqueror Descends

The Führer's plane flew over the coastline of the British Isles in a mighty formation, and at this moment the crew of the plane could not help but feel a sense of pride as conquerors. For hundreds of years, no head of state has been able to set foot on this land as a victor.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was perhaps once the most powerful country in the world, and the flag was once found throughout the territory known to mankind. No matter how great the generals and monarchs were, they could only look at the English Channel.

Britain's record in history is not very conspicuous, many times it is on the side of being repeatedly beaten, and it is impossible not to admire the resilience of this nation, they have been able to defeat and fight again and again, although they have experienced countless defeats, but in the end it is often these unruly British who have the last laugh.

Given the racial nature of this people, they should not be placed too much trust in them at any time, treachery is their forte, and framing allies is their instinct.

Britain is different from France, although it seems to be arrogant and stubborn, but in fact it is a masochist who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and if he is beaten hard, the French will know how to be more obedient than anyone in any other country in Europe. If you look at the history of the French, you will find that they have always been accustomed to being ruled by tyrants, and every revolution broke out because the kings and monarchs of France were too soft and merciful to the people. And everyone who led France to the throne of the strongest empire in Europe was a king who was extremely tough on his people, and those who were overthrown by the mob were generally evaluated as "good people" in the future. The only exception was the Corsican dwarf, whose tragedy was due to offending almost the entire royal family of Europe.

The British, on the other hand, would have the opposite effect on them in the same way as they had done against the French. Tyrants were also very popular in England in history, perhaps because of the culture of that era, but unlike those nationals on the European continent, the British were more barbaric and uncivilized, so they copied the British kings of European monarchs. Soon it came to an end.

The British don't care whether the monarchy is divine or not, they only know that you can cut off Lao Tzu's head, but don't want to touch Lao Tzu's money casually, and in the end they finally succeeded in limiting the king's power through a series of violent activities and political transactions, in order not to make the kings on the other side laugh, they also called it a constitutional monarchy. It can be seen that if he wants this nation to bow its head and submit to the domination of Germany, Xu Jun feels that if he does not use some special means, it is unlikely to be achieved in a short time.

The disposition scheme for France does not apply to the UK at all. This has long been agreed by experts, and even the always elegant Moder pointed out to Xu Jun in a letter that it was necessary to hold on to the eggs of the British at this time.

Xu Jun agrees with this, for this country that is born with a backbone and a special conspirator, it must not relax at any time, and before the British really integrate into the alliance, they must firmly control the key points of this country.

Xu Jun already has a plan to achieve this goal in a short period of time, but if he really wants to achieve it, he must get the cooperation of most British politicians. Xu Jun has already planned on this issue. If necessary, he can even cede a part of his benefits to the other party in exchange for the approval of the plan.

How much real benefit Germany can get from Britain, to be honest, Xu Jun does not have high expectations. Britain was over-consumed in the world war and economic crisis. The country's finances have been running high for many years, and if it weren't for the solid foundation laid by the era of plundering the world, and the resources of a bunch of colonies, Baldwin's administration would have declared bankruptcy and could not make ends meet.

Britain's own gold reserves were nearly depleted before the war. The government's blind miscalculation of the exchange rate led to the flow of most of the gold to the other side of the Atlantic, and ultimately led to the total defeat of Britain in the post-war financial war, leading Britain to abandon the gold standard that it had followed for centuries. This was once seen as a sign of the wealth of the British Empire.

The post-war peace policy caused the military industry and arms enterprises to bear the brunt of the blow, and even almost affected the entire industrial chain. Britain's pillar industries were severely damaged in the subsequent emergency crisis, and the end result was that when war broke out, a large part of the equipment used by the British army was actually behind the times.

The British government has set tax rates on almost every commodity, trying to control the production of goods in this way, which can be seen as a variant of the planned economy model in some ways. Xu Jun felt that he understood why British parliamentarians and politicians were so keen to force the government into the war when Hitler invaded Poland, apparently trying to solve the country's political and economic difficulties, as they had done during the previous war.

Indeed, when a strong foreign enemy emerges, it can unite the various segments of society that are pitted against each other over the unemployment rate, the poor economic situation in the country, and the polarization between the rich and the poor, and at the same time can be used to suppress all voices dissatisfied with the government, a large number of orders for arms and ordnance and logistics materials can also lead a large part of enterprises to resume production, and large-scale conscription and the recruitment of various logistics service personnel can greatly reduce the number of unemployed people in the market. Wartime supply control allowed the government to increase its control over the people, while continuing to control the output of various commodities in a planned economic model, eliminating the inflationary damage caused to Britain by the excessive liberal economy.

At that time, the British did not think that they would lose, and the politicians who had tasted the sweetness of victory had always thought that the defeat of Germany was undoubted, and this time they would not be as soft-hearted as they had last time, and they had to completely crush Germany into powder and fill the shriveled stomach of the British Empire with German flesh and blood.

Unfortunately, with the successive defeats of the British army, all their expectations were disappointed, and the domestic problems were not alleviated, but worsened by the war losses. And what Xu Jun is about to face now is such a mess, although as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, but it doesn't mean that this camel has begun to rot.

Even if Xu Jun did not come to this world, the decline of the British Empire could not be avoided, and the history of World War II did not allow Britain to regain its strength, but accelerated the disintegration of the empire. This immensely powerful empire has transformed into an island nation that wanders on the fringes of Europe, though it has not changed its-stirring nature. But I can only stir it up a little bit, and I don't have the strength to lift the table anymore.

When the German Army accepted the surrender of the British, they quickly recovered from their excitement, and they carefully counted their captures, only to find that most of them were useless. Most of the weapons of the British Army are still at the level of the last war, and due to the tightening of the pillar industry, the quality of the products has also lost its guarantee, and there are many artillery guns produced after the war, and the performance is not as good as the products before the war. Not to mention British tanks and armored vehicles, which were inferior to their European counterparts in both design and function. The only thing that still interested the Germans was the small tracked cars.

The situation of the British Royal Air Force is not much better than that of the Army, and after a month of bloody fighting, the Luftwaffe has written a legend in the clouds with the burning wreckage of British fighter jets. The RAF's fighter unit was almost wiped out, losing all its technical equipment, leaving the Germans with less than a squadron of fighters and a large number of scrapped airframes that had been damaged or disassembled into parts.

The British bomber force was largely retained. However, most of them are rusty on the side of the runway due to the lack of spare parts and fuel, and most of the models are old and dilapidated, but there are only a dozen initial models that can really make the Germans shine. The Luftwaffe is working on plans. Preparing for a census of all the air force equipment in the British mainland, they found that there were considerable gaps in the information obtained from the British military and the records of the actual troops, and that something must have been missing.

The equipment of the British Royal Navy is the main thing that the Germans are eyeing the Germans, as the world's first fleet. The legacy left behind is truly coveted. The German Navy is negotiating with British government officials to complete the handover of assets in a relatively peaceful manner. A large number of small and medium-sized ships and auxiliary vessels are involved. There are also military port base shipyards in the mainland, various design institutes, research institutes, military academy research institutes, equipment laboratories, and other scientific research institutions, and the warships that are about to be completed or under construction piled up on the slipways of various shipyards are an incalculable asset.

The German navy tried its best to show moderation and restraint on this issue, for fear of provoking the other side before taking control of the situation, because the British Royal Navy never lacked the courage to fight, and forced them to reproduce the rainbow once, and then it really made people want to cry without tears.

In fact, most of Britain's wealth had been lost abroad before the war, and it was turned into real estate and bonds, and the gold seized from the bank coffers in London was not a fraction of that of France. The Germans seized a large amount of cash and foreign exchange, as well as stocks and bonds, but very little could really be used, and if Germany did not make efforts to stabilize the British economy, it would soon become a pile of meaningless pieces of paper.

However, the German intelligence service unexpectedly obtained a large number of intangible assets, which were some classified government mail and important diplomatic files. The British people have all preserved the various transactions and secret treaties signed by the British governments with overseas countries, and the British were powerful, with tentacles all over the three oceans and four continents, and with strong military force, Britain participated in almost all world affairs and maintained close contacts with many countries.

These documents contain a large number of state secrets, and there are many dirty transactions in them, which, once known to outsiders, can immediately ruin the political lives of many people. Even an idiot can guess what the British who left behind this evidence had, this is a forensic when it is friendly, and it is a weapon when there is a conflict, and as long as you make a deal with the British, you may never be able to escape from the control of the other party again.

In addition to these things, Xu Jun is more concerned about the gains in science and technology, the only thing Britain is still leading the world so far, is only in scientific and technological innovation and discovery, until the end of the war, a large number of scientific and technological personnel who have cooperated with the United States were tempted to go to the other side of the ocean by generous remuneration, and at the same time took away a large number of theoretical talents, so that the strength of the British in the field of scientific innovation has been seriously weakened, from this point of view, the Americans actually hurt Britain more than Germany as an enemy.

The German intelligence services have been keeping an eye on these important scientific and technical personnel, and at the same time have invested a lot of resources in obtaining the results of the research institutes of various enterprises. Now it was finally time to take over the fruits, and Odin's Eye issued an order to the informants to bring these men under German control at all costs. Germany did not expect that they would immediately agree to cooperate with the German government, and that the problem would be resolved in time, and that even the hardest husks could be crushed to pieces under the coercion and inducement of German intelligence.

At the same time, the agents were ordered to ensure that they did not fall into the hands of other powers, including foreign governments and agencies, and that they could use force to achieve this goal, and that they could physically kill them as a last resort, as long as they did not fall into the hands of the German enemy.

Xu Jun is not an indecisive person, he immediately signed the order of the Eye of Odin, this is a cruel war, not a game of the Virgin, he may show the kindness of the leader in some aspects, but it does not mean that he will tolerate the enemy because of sympathy.

Xu Jun is not short of high-tech materials, and the things stored in his brain are completely ahead of this era, the problem is that he needs someone to copy and interpret those advanced technologies with contemporary technical level. In order to improve the level of scientific research in Germany, he must collect as much as possible the most cutting-edge technology and intelligence of this era, lest the elm heads in Germany only know what they can and do not know why they can produce a mature product, and they cannot just rely on the drawings to copy them.

The group had by this time flown over Cape Dover, and a squadron of fighters taking off from Field Airfield in Deere joined the escort queue, and these ME109s painted in dark green camouflage were the latest modifications.

If you don't get a more powerful engine, this could be the last modification of the aircraft. Mercedes-Schmidt was indeed a genius, but he, like Jiro Tokoshi, had squeezed out the potential of the plane, and the 109 had little room for improvement, unless it underwent a major structural overhaul, but it would have become a different aircraft.

Maybe next time I can discuss it with Mercedes Schmidt, glancing at the fighter jets dangling outside the window, Xu Jun secretly thought to himself with his chin propped up.

At this moment, the plane was only about 90 kilometers away from its destination, and soon a large number of houses and cultivated land appeared in the vast field under the fuselage. High in the sky, the German Führer looked down on the towns and villages of England, and he could clearly discern the damage caused by the war. Bombs that missed their targets created a series of craters in the field, and the streets were painted in black and white with the collapsed ruins of the villages and towns and the char of burned wood. Xu Jun even saw a group of German troops on the move, with a long convoy of trucks slowly moving along the winding road to the edge of the horizon.

After more than ten minutes of further flight, the plane finally reached the destination of the trip, the current lair of the Cyprus, the Royal Air Force's Biggin Hill Air Force Base, where there is a one-and-a-half-kilometer-long cement main runway, which is very suitable for such a large aircraft to land. Amid the rousing military music, Xu Jun's Imperial No. 1 plane slowly landed on the runway, and the island welcomed the second foreign conqueror in 900 years.

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