129 Chaos 9
British Prime Minister Yau's life is getting harder and harder. After Britain and France declared war on Germany, Germany, which had swallowed Poland, began military operations in northern Europe in order to keep Norway's iron ore source. Having transferred a significant number of battleships into the Indian Ocean, Britain could only strengthen its power in the North Atlantic by weakening the Mediterranean Fleet. Now the Mediterranean fleet is essentially in name only, and Britain can't even piece together a decent fleet to suppress the Italians.
After paying such a price, one bad news after another from the Indian Ocean was received.
"The Chinese attack Mumbai!"
"The Chinese landed in India!"
"The Chinese bombed Delhi!"
Every piece of news made Britain sit on pins and needles, and after asking the Indian colonial authorities in Britain, it was found that it was all false news. In the midst of all this news, there is also news of China's attack on Sydney and China's landing in New Zealand. The world hegemony that the British Empire had painstakingly built was like a gravel castle on the beach, which collapsed under the impact of the waves. At the same time, some fantastic rumors began to circulate in England.
"Churchill was a spy for the United States!"
"Churchill will trade Britain's overseas colonies for the support of the United States!"
"Churchill tried to destroy the British Empire!"
"Churchill deliberately took a hard line on China in order to start a war. After starting the war, he could take advantage of the situation to sell out British interests. This man was bound to sell British land to the United States. ”
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In London, in Liverpool, in Birmingham, in Coventry, all kinds of rumours and leaflets spread like crazy. Since it is a war cabinet, it naturally has the power of comprehensive supervision, including censorship. After some investigation, the British intelligence agencies easily found that these messages were spread by anti-British organizations in Ireland. After some fierce arrests, those directly responsible were all imprisoned. Under severe torture, some of the Irish confessed to the mastermind behind the scenes. After investigation, the British side found that these masterminds behind the scenes were all Germans.
The case was solved, but Churchill was not happy. It was not the hostile actions of the Germans that disturbed him, but the rumors that undermined Churchill's attempt to rely on the United States. Qiu Chupang is not a fool, in such a situation where the wall is overthrowing everyone, Britain cannot fight it with its own strength alone.
China has a population of nearly 800 million, the Soviet Union has a population of 160 million, and Germany has a population of 80 million after merging with Austria and other places. The combined population of these three countries is 1 billion. The UK has a population of 45 million. The combined population of these three countries is 20 times that of the United Kingdom.
Since it was a colonial empire, Britain's colonial industrial strength was not strong. The interior of the colony is also divided into three, six, nine and so on. Worst of all, Australia and New Zealand, which China is fighting with all its might, are the direct descendants of the British, or at least the British criminals. This is the hardcore of the United Kingdom, which is second only to Canada. India, the most populous country in the British colonies, already had many local people clamoring for independence. The Chinese fleet struck hard at Britain's naval power in the Indian Ocean, and Britain was about to lose contact with India.
In such a situation, Britain can only find foreign aid. The French clinged to their Maginot Line, and the United States was the only one in the world that could have a strong industrial capacity and a large population.
Of course, Qiu is aware of the isolationist attitude in the United States. It is clearer that the United States did not reap the expected benefits after World War I, and it is extremely difficult to move the United States. So Qiu Fatpang can only come up with a huge price. While he was preparing, such rumors appeared, and it was not even necessary to wonder what the attitude of the hardliners in Britain who insisted on the interests of the British Empire would be.
And this timing is really good, and the entry point of "rumor-mongering" is even more spicy. Originally, Qiu Fatpang wanted to wait until some relatively crisis periods and use the crisis to make deals with the United States. In this way, the revolt in Britain could be minimized.
But this rumor appeared at this time, and he slandered Qiu Fatpang himself in advance that all his actions were deliberate, and all his actions were long-planned actions. If Qiu Fatpang really made such a decision in the future, it would be equivalent to confirming such rumors. No matter what the state of Britain was after the end of the war, Qiu Fatpang's own political future was completely ruined.
With great resentment, Qiu Fatpang still sent two envoys to set off. One way, of course, is to the United States, and the other is to China. Since Britain could not go to war on three fronts, or even on two fronts, the rational choice was naturally to make peace with the most troublesome one temporarily. China's monopoly on the Western Pacific could not shake Britain's foundation, and the emergence of a unified hegemon on the European continent was the beginning of Britain's downfall.
At this time, of course, China will not be polite to the British. The British envoy proposed a ceasefire to Chen, who said it could be considered. "What happens after the ceasefire?" Chen Ke asked.
"What does China want?" The British envoy asked rhetorically.
"We demand that Chinese citizens be able to freely enter Australia and New Zealand without a visa, without the right to settle under examination, to open mines, to purchase land, to operate a business, and so on. The Straits Settlements must be dissolved, and Ceylon and Burma must gain independence. Britain handed over the Andamani-Coba Islands to China. Oh, by the way, in the agreement between Britain and Tsarist Russia, the lands ceded from northwest China, including Aksai Chin, also need to be returned to China. ”
Hearing Chen Ke open his mouth like this, the British envoy felt annoyed in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that his underwear had almost been checked, the envoy really regretted that he should have hidden a weapon such as a knife, and took out a knife at this time and stabbed Chen Ke to death.
As if he had not seen the sad and indignant eyes of the weak man of the British envoy, Chen Ke continued in a very pragmatic tone, "If Britain now reaches a peace agreement with China, Britain can concentrate on Europe." If the British refuse to do so, you will have no chance of using the resources in India. Not only is it unusable, but it also has to spend additional forces to maintain its presence in the Indian Ocean. Personally, I think that a country like the UK, which has a lot of political wisdom, can discern what to do at this point. ”
Since it is a condition put forward by Chen Ke, it is equivalent to China's final demand. The British envoy withdrew for the time being, and he was ready to send a telegram to Britain to explain China's demands to the British mainland.
"That's right!" As if remembering something, Chen Ke added, "Until the war in Europe is completely over, we demand a temporary takeover of Australia and New Zealand. Since we really want peace, we are naturally worried about waiting for Britain to win victory in Europe and then provoke a war against China. ”
Resisting his anger, the British envoy made sure that Chen Ke had nothing else to say, and left in a huff.
Of course, Qiu Fatpang could not accept such peace conditions, and he would rather give all this to the United States and induce the United States to take advantage of the fire, rather than sacrifice all this to China as the price of the vanquished praying for peace.
After the British envoy told Chen Ke of the British decision to fight to the end, Chen Ke did not express any surprise. Unless the British are insane, or have an immortal genius, it is absolutely impossible for the British to make an expression of consent.
"I applaud the bravery and steadfastness of the UK, a country should have backbone." As if China had not been at war with Britain at all, Chen Ke said in a sincere tone, as if he were discussing the philosophy of life with the British envoy.
The British envoy was initially confused by this non-hostile tone, and after a moment of confusion, the British envoy remembered that Britain was at war with China at this time, and that the British side had paid heavy sacrifices. If Chen Ke said such things in a scathing tone, it might be appropriate for the situation. Chen Ke agrees with the British that they should be more "backbone" from a God-like perspective, as if humans were dying like wild beasts, which is a real insult.
As an emissary, the English gentleman rarely lost his temper, but in front of Chen Ke, the muscles on his face throbbed spasmodically. Chen Ke didn't care about the behavior of this gentleman of the British Empire, he continued: "Since your country has made a decision, let's talk about the follow-up problems under this decision. We have captured a number of resistors in Australia and New Zealand, who are direct descendants of your British, and we are transporting them out of Australia and New Zealand by boat. Is the British side ready to receive them in Burma or in India? If you don't reply, we'll send them to India. ”
The words were so informative that the British envoys could never have imagined that China would begin to forcibly relocate local residents in Australia and New Zealand. That's millions of people, and forcibly transporting them from Australia and New Zealand to India is a terrible job.
Seeing off the anxious British envoy, Chen Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief. Forcibly relocating such a large number of people is also a very difficult task for China. But it is also a must.
In any case, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army could not engage in massacres, let alone genocide. It was a great problem to keep these white Australians and New Zealanders in the area, or to put them in concentration camps. In Chen Ke's education, when he is destined to be unable to get rid of trouble, he might as well take the "most troublesome" road that is not asking for trouble. In this operation, the white people of Australia and New Zealand were sent back to India under British rule.
Of course, Chen Ke definitely didn't have any good intentions. The arrival of millions of whites in India, where communication with Britain had been almost cut off, could be used by the British authorities in India to suppress local independence tendencies, and these people would also exacerbate internal tensions in India. And these are Britain's own problems.
Forced repatriation is certainly a "humanitarian crisis" of sorts, but these people are still alive when they return to "British soil". That's enough.