Earl Li Jianyang met Churchill's somewhat puzzled eyes, showing a determined look, obviously what he wanted was London's true thoughts. And not verbally perfunctory.

Everyone is a smart person, so there is no need to hide it.

Although Li Jianyang served in the British army, his family had a lot of wealth, and he held a British passport to work for the London government, he was after all Chinese, not an Ancoru Saxon, and he was congenitally determined that he could not truly integrate into British high society.

Churchill also speculated about his identity and background, but tacitly did not talk about it publicly, and the two sides maintained a certain tacit understanding.

Since he asked, it may be that the influential big man behind him needs to know the answer.

Churchill, the Admiralty Secretary of State after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was a real core member of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith's cabinet, and he knew very well what the top political figures were really thinking, and his answers were unquestionably authoritative.

Hesitated for a moment

Churchill asked with a solemn expression; "Lee, will the Ocean Kingdom really join the Entente to deal with the Germans?"

"The answer is yes, at some point in the future."

"How far into the future?"

"It depends on when the Entente needs it most?"

"I see, so we're still friends?"

"Of course, just as I have been fighting for Great Britain, and it is and will not be shaken in the future, the Ocean Kingdom will always be Britain's best friend, a member of the Commonwealth, and it is and will not be shaken in the future."

"Oh, that's great."

Churchill let out a long sigh of relief, and he organized his language and continued; "The policy of the British Empire is to pursue only eternal interests, and no eternal friends.

Actually, you can completely ignore what London thinks, because the Ocean Kingdom is already strong enough to say "no".

In the opinion of the top management of London, they have always been vigilant and kept a distance from the Ocean Kingdom, but they have no choice but to see that their dependence on the Ocean Kingdom is getting deeper and deeper, which is not subject to the will of a certain person.

I don't like it, but I want to be friends.

The Oceanic Kingdom's extensive influence in the Pacific region is the basis for London's realistic response, which is far better than being an enemy.

I think that revered emperor is the second most outstanding monarch in the last two hundred years after Queen Victoria, and he is like a skilled dancer who always moves forward with the right drum on the world stage, which is impressive.

Whenever we tried to deal with him, someone would jump out and grab the hind leg and get in front of the British gun.

It used to be Tsarist Russia, now it's Germany, and in the future the hell knows who else?

Before you know it, the Ocean Kingdom has grown so strong that Britain has developed a strong dependence on him, as Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and I have seen as a number of other influential politicians.

Problems were raised, but there were no solutions.

As you can see, the biggest problem we are facing now is to solve the anti-world order alliance led by Germany, yesterday it was the Marne and Gallipoli, today it was Verdun, the French allies suffered a heavy setback, and tomorrow maybe we have to make some moves on the Somme.

Everybody is very busy, like I said before.

Whenever we want to do something, there are always people who jump out and stand in front of the gun, and now it's the Germans, who else will there be?

Man, if you're right, we won't have the energy to harass him for years after the end of this war known as the World War.

As for the future, it is difficult to say, the British Empire will never tolerate any country threatening the world hegemony, not France, not Germany, not the United States, nor the Ocean Empire, this is not a matter of the will of a certain person or group, but a matter of national interests.

Maybe by then, we'll all be retired and we can still have afternoon tea together. ”

"I agree with you, Winston, the Ocean Empire is the beneficiary and defender of the existing international order, putting the interests of Great Britain first, this is a phrase that my friend would like to convey privately through me."

Friend?

Churchill chewed on these two words carefully, and was soon relieved.

With Li Jianyang's status, he is far from being qualified to speak for the dictatorial emperor, perhaps a certain high-level of the government, so it is more reasonable to explain.

Now that the words have been spoken, the atmosphere of the chat has been further improved, and they are much more cordial to each other.

"Lee, you know I've been in a bad financial situation, and some time ago my publishing house didn't deliver the manuscript on time, and these damn bastards dragged my manuscript fee, which was five thousand two hundred pounds, what the hell." Churchill said indignantly, with an expensive Cuban cigar in his mouth, and with a swaggering expression.

If you don't hear the content of his speech clearly, you will think that he is assigning tasks to Li Jianyang.

Li Jianyang is also used to it, this guy already owes him 11,320 pounds, why is there a whole thing?

Once, at a grand reception in high society in London, Churchill was going to take the woman he had just talked to out to fool around, and his pocket was cleaner than his face.

It just so happened that Li Jianyang didn't bring any money that day. He only had £20 on him, so he stuffed it all to him.

"Is 3,000 pounds okay?"

"Great, man, I know you're a good man."

"Don't talk about those useless, don't forget to pay back the manuscript fee when you get it, even if it's a part of it first."

"God, look at your face, I want to retract the high opinion I just had for you."

"Okay Winston, don't forget to pay back when you get the manuscript fee."

Li Jianyang is not accustomed to his bad problem, it is said that Churchill is the highest-paid writer in the United Kingdom, and the manuscript fee is tens of thousands of pounds a year, and this money can be saved for two years to build a Wembley Stadium, which shows how rich he is.

But he never had enough money to spend, for none of Churchill's habits were tied to frugality, and neither did his aristocratic wife.

He likes famous wines, cigars, the lavish pomp and banquets of high society, the seduce beautiful and noble women, yachts and French beaches, each of which is very expensive.

Among Churchill's friends, Li Jianyang was the one who lent him the most money, and never urged him to pay it back. So...... Once the hand is tight.

Hehehe, Li Jianyang is the first choice.

Li Jianyang is not accustomed to his bad problem, it is said that Churchill is the highest-paid writer in the United Kingdom, and the manuscript fee is tens of thousands of pounds a year, and this money can be saved for two years to build a Wembley Stadium, which shows how rich he is.

But he never had enough money to spend, for none of Churchill's habits were tied to frugality, and neither did his aristocratic wife.

He likes famous wines, cigars, the lavish pomp and banquets of high society, the seduce beautiful and noble women, yachts and French beaches, each of which is very expensive.

Among Churchill's friends, Li Jianyang was the one who lent him the most money, and never urged him to pay it back. So...... Once the hand is tight.

Hehehe, Li Jianyang is the first choice.

Across the narrow English Channel, the European continent is in flames at the moment, and after a few days of effort, the Battle of Verdun was fought extremely fiercely and entered a white-hot level.

After the Battle of Verdun

At 16:45 in the afternoon of the same day, the German infantry launched a fierce attack, occupying the first defensive position that day, killing and wounding nearly 100,000 French defenders, and the attack momentum was positive.

Over the next four days, the second and third lines of defense were captured, and the advance was 5 kilometers to occupy the important support point Fort Douaumont. When the infantry attacked, they advanced in waves in a straggler line in a deep battle formation, exerting strong pressure on the French.

Faced with a dangerous situation, the French high command quickly appointed Pétain, commander of the 2nd Army, as the commander of the Verdun front, and mobilized all available troops to resolve a decisive battle with the Germans in the Verdun area.

On the 26th, Beyne ordered the recapture of Fort Douaumont.

After four days of fierce fighting, the French army counterattacked and suffered heavy losses, but it did not change the situation of the enemy's strength and weakness on the battlefield, let alone recapture Fort Douaumont.

Since February 27, the French army has used the Baledique-Verdun road, the only one to maintain contact with the rear, to continuously transfer troops and supplies to Verdun, organizing 3,900 trucks to transport 190,000 personnel and 25,000 tons of supplies in a week. It was the first large-scale automobile transport in the history of the war.

A large amount of cannon fodder was filled into the front line, and the ferocious attack of the German army, which was effectively suppressed, gradually stabilized the last line of defense of Verdun, and the two sides formed a new balance of power.

At this time, Paris was enveloped in a tense atmosphere of war, and the city's churches, public facilities and residential houses were full of wounded, and countless women were mobilized to care for the wounded. The smell of blood and rancid stench permeates the city, and it never regains its former elegance.

Every day, thousands of trucks bring reinforcements to the front line, bringing back countless corpses and wounded, and the wooden compartments of the trucks are soaked in blood and smell unpleasant.

This scene is like this, day after day, and it simply breaks the hearts of the French.

Grief hangs over the once-bustling metropolis, the French newspaper Nantes lamented;

The war is so brutal, the blood of France is being drained, we have lost a whole generation of young people, we are going to lose our future, we cannot let this continue.

What fate awaits those Sumatrans who have just arrived, without training or meticulous nutrition, and who have been sent to the battlefield with a gun in their hands?

The Battle of Verdun was like a bottomless pit that devoured life, worthy of the cruelty of the "meat churner", and the huge casualties caused the French soldiers to be extremely frightened and refused to carry out the counterattack mission tantamount to death.

Too much persecution by the officers can lead to a mass mutiny.

The French were in desperation and could only send the natives and black soldiers who had just arrived to rush to the front and take on the most dangerous combat missions.

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