Chapter 1357: Fighting for Gold!

"Oh God! Wealth worth 200 million pounds, all of which went to Birmingham? How so? The ministers of the British Cabinet exclaimed! In particular, Chancellor of the Exchequer David . Lloyd's. George, more like a dead mother. Previously, according to Secretary of State Winston. Churchill's words, they already knew, the fall of Birmingham was probably a foregone conclusion. If Birmingham is occupied by the Chinese, then these riches will definitely be occupied by the Chinese. With the bandit character of the Chinese, it is simply impossible to get China to return this wealth!

"Your Excellency Churchill, I don't care what the army uses, I must hold Birmingham! Those wealth must not fall into the hands of the Chinese! Prime Minister Asquith said with red eyes. This wealth is very likely to become the funds for the revival of Britain, and with this wealth, the revival of Britain will be even more effective with half the effort!

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I will try my best to find a way! The War Office has already sent two corps to reinforce Birmingham, and I will send a few more! It's just that I can't guarantee whether I can get to Birmingham in time! "Winston. Churchill said. He is well aware of the importance of the royal family's wealth to Britain, and if he can't keep Birmingham, he will be pushed out as a scapegoat!

"Send the most elite troops to Birmingham as well, I remember that the army has just formed an armored unit, and all of them are sent over! No matter what, we must hold Birmingham and drive the Chinese away! Prime Minister Asquith said firmly!

"Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!" Winston. Churchill had no choice but to reply. But in reality, he didn't have any certainty in his heart. The British Army did have an armoured unit, but the tanks it had were only built by the British Army itself, and their performance could not even compare with the Chinese Army's T4 Wild Wolf light tank, let alone the Chinese Army's T5 Cheetah medium tank. Moreover, the armored forces of the British Army only have more than 100 tanks in total, and once they are put into the battlefield, they are destined to be annihilated by the armored forces of the Chinese Army. However, now Prime Minister Asquith has no other way but to put all his hopes on it!

"Your Royal Highness, do the Chinese know that the wealth of the royal family is in Birmingham? If they didn't know, maybe they would have taken Birmingham and wouldn't have found the riches! "Colonial Chancellor George. Nathaniel. Marquis Curzon said. After all, the secret storehouse of the royal family's wealth must be very secretive and will not be known so easily. If the Chinese did not know, perhaps they would not pose a threat to the wealth of the royal family!

"We can't be sure! However, the Chinese spies are pervasive, perhaps they already know that the wealth of the royal family is in Birmingham, so they will march to Birmingham! In any case, we can't afford to take this risk! Although this wealth belongs to the British royal family, it also belongs to the whole of Britain when the country is in trouble! The Prince of Wales said.

"Your Royal Highness, please rest assured, we will do our best to protect these wealth, Chinese don't want to take this wealth away!" Prime Minister Asquith patted his chest and said.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, can we turn to the Germans for help? If the German team can get there before Birmingham falls, they may be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese! "Foreign Secretary Edward. Sir Grey built yì road!

"No way!" Prime Minister Asquith and the Prince of Wales said almost in unison.

"The Germans must not be let know that the Germans are not good people, and that Germany is already insane after two years of war, and if they knew the whereabouts of this wealth, it would have been shipped back to Germany! When the time comes, it will be Britain that will lose! Prime Minister Asquith said. Although Britain now needs to rely on Germany to keep the country, it is also guarding against Germany. If it were not for the current critical situation, the British did not want to keep their country by capitulating to the Germans. In the future, if given the chance, the British would certainly have rebelled against Germany. Of course, the premise is that China must be defeated first!

"If the Chinese don't know the royal family's secret warehouse in Birmingham, then these gold and treasures are not in danger!" If the Germans knew, then we wouldn't have thought about keeping the wealth! The Prince of Wales also said!

Thus, the Foreign Secretary Edward. Sir Grey had no choice but to give up the idea of inviting the Germans to come out! After all, the Germans are no better than the Chinese. Now the relationship between Britain and Germany is simply using each other!

Subsequently, Winston. Churchill immediately made up his mind, bypassing Admiral Hamilton and giving orders to several elite units of the British Army, asking them to get to Birmingham in the shortest possible time, and then hold it! If Birmingham falls, they must take Birmingham back! Admiral Hamilton was so upset with this that he approached Winston. Churchill, strongly expressed his protest! Winston. Churchill had no choice but to tell Admiral Hamilton the truth. After all, Admiral Hamilton was the commander of the British Army's home defense, and without his cooperation, the transfer of the British Army would have caused a lot of trouble!

"What? The wealth of the royal family in Birmingham? My God! Why are they doing this? Why do you want to get your wealth there? Admiral Hamilton jumped at once. Originally, the wealth of the royal family had nothing to do with the government and their soldiers. However, now this wealth is going into the hands of the Chinese, which immediately makes him very dissatisfied!

"The royal family was also worried that after the fall of London, the wealth would be obtained by the enemy, so it was transferred. No one thought that the Chinese would land in Liverpool and attack Birmingham! "Winston. Churchill said a little speechless!

"Hell! The railway north of London was blown up by the Chinese, and if you want to send reinforcements from London to Birmingham, you can only take the train to Northampton and then walk from Northampton to Birmingham. It will take at least three days! Admiral Hamilton said!

"General, can we hold Birmingham?" Winston. Churchill asked.

"Your Excellency, it's hard! Although you have already ordered 4 corps to go to Birmingham for reinforcements, plus the 2 corps sent before, the total is only 300,000 men. With the strength of the Chinese Army, to defeat our 300,000 people, perhaps only 100,000 people are enough! What's more, the Chinese can also get the support of fighters! Admiral Hamilton said with some frustration!

"In other words, we can't hold Birmingham?" Winston. Churchill asked.

"Your Excellency, I will personally go to Birmingham, and I will send our main forces to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese in Birmingham!" If we can win, then we can keep these riches! If it fails, there's no way around it! Admiral Hamilton said!

"Well, General, I support your decision! For a fortune worth 200 million pounds, we must fight to the death with the Chinese! "Winston. Churchill said. A fortune of 200 million pounds is enough for them to fight!

"Okay, Your Excellency, I'll rush to Birmingham at once, and I'll find a way to hold Birmingham!" Admiral Hamilton said!

Admiral Hamilton hurried to Birmingham, the British Army only had 4 corps in Birmingham, that is, 200,000 defenders, and most of them were second-line troops, and it was very difficult to hold on until reinforcements arrived! At that time, Admiral Hamilton will have to lead hundreds of thousands of British troops to retake Birmingham. This is quite a challenge for him and the British army!

At the same time, the Chinese emperor Wang Yuze was receiving a secret message from the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, General Wei Zhiyong. As the former world hegemon, Britain is also a key target of the Military Intelligence Agency, which has deployed a lot of spies in Britain to comprehensively listen to Britain's political, military and economic intelligence. The British royal family is also the focus of the MIA's monitoring!

Although the British royal family transferred the wealth of the royal family at the end of last year, it was very secretive, but it still left a lot of clues. After tracking the matter, the agents of the Military Intelligence Agency finally found out the truth of the matter. The agents did not dare to slack off and immediately reported the situation to their superiors. And when it finally came into the hands of General Wei Zhiyong, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, it was time for the Chinese Army to land in the UK!

"Your Majesty, we are eighty percent sure that the British royal family has transferred their wealth to secret warehouses around Birmingham, but we don't know exactly where the secret warehouses are! If the Army can capture Birmingham, it should be able to find these secret warehouses! Admiral Wei Zhiyong said with some excitement!

"Can you estimate how much wealth the British royal family has transferred to Birmingham?" Wang Yuze asked. It would be best if you could get the wealth that the British royal family has accumulated over the centuries! China has spent billions of Chinese dollars in this war, and although the harvest is quite amazing, the wealth accumulated over the years since the establishment of the empire has almost been spent cleanly! If you can get a windfall, it will undoubtedly help the empire quickly regain its strength!

"Your Majesty, according to our estimates, the wealth of the British royal family is expected to be between £150 million and £200 million!" Lieutenant General Wei Zhiyong said!

"That is, 600 million to 800 million Chinese dollars? Not a lot! If you do it, you must get this fortune! Wang Yuze said domineeringly!