Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2559 Four Palaces
Now the United Kingdom, its traditional ally France, can no longer be relied upon. The two allies of the United States and southern Africa are eyeing each other. Winston wants the British Empire to ensure its competitiveness. Russia may be the last hope.

This is really not nonsense. If Winston does not want to see the British Empire become a vassal of southern Africa and the United States, and completely become a second-rate country, then he must work hard to muddy the water and profit from it. This is also a traditional British skill. Otherwise, with the mere British Isles, there is no chance that the sun never sets.

However, with the current strength of the United Kingdom, it really cannot support Winston's huge plan.

Cyprus is not far from Crimea, and can be reached by plane and ship. In order to save time, Rock, Roosevelt, and Winston all chose plane as the means of transportation.

Rock's landline is still the famous "African King", Roosevelt's landline is Air Force One, and Winston, as the British Prime Minister, does not even have his own private plane, which is really a bit shabby.

Nor could it be Winston's fault.

Custom-made special planes are expensive, and the UK can't afford the money. Although the UK's finances are exhausted, the money can still be squeezed out.

The problem is that if you want to customize a special plane, you must pass a special budget from Congress, which makes members of Congress very unhappy.

Finances are so tight, and precious funds are wasted on custom-made private planes. Our Prime Minister is too extravagant!
If one is ordered for the prime minister, should one be given to the king?Where is the queen?Where is the speaker? There are so many dukes and marquises?

Forget it after such a calculation, it is not impossible to change the "York" transport aircraft that Aurora has just finalized.

When it comes to transport aircraft, the RAF is full of grumbles.

The United Kingdom did not pay much attention to the air force at the beginning, which caused the British air force technology to lag far behind southern Africa.

After the outbreak of World War II, the importance of the British military rose rapidly. During the Battle of Britain, in order to obtain related technologies from southern Africa and the United States, the United Kingdom was forced to sign a lot of "unequal treaties", one of which was that the United Kingdom could not develop by itself. Military transport aircraft.

This is not a unilateral request made by Southern Africa. The Americans also requested the same. Without research and development of military transport aircraft, relevant technologies cannot be accumulated. In this way, after the war, if the UK wants to develop its civil aviation industry, it will have to rely on southern Africa and the United States. help.

The British are also chicken thieves.

No research and development, no modification, the performance of the Lancaster bomber produced by the British fortress in southern Africa is quite good, so Aurora "developed" York on the basis of Lancaster.

Although the "York" is a transport aircraft in name, it is still a bomber in essence. It is okay to transport goods, but it is more uncomfortable for people to ride.

Suffering is second.

The point is that the dignified Prime Minister of the United Kingdom can only take a special plane modified by a transport plane. The transport plane itself is a counterfeit, and it is rounded up to fit the identity of the Prime Minister of the British Empire. He is not even worthy of owning a comfortable private plane. This is really embarrassing. Russia went.

It's not over yet.

Crimea in January is still covered with ice and snow. The winter this year is extremely cold. There was another blizzard a few days ago, and the landing conditions at the airport are a bit harsh.

The African King landed at the airport first without incident.

When Air Force One landed, snowflakes began to float in the sky again. Fortunately, the pilot's skills were quite good, and there was no danger.

When Winston's special plane landed, the snowflakes in the sky had turned into heavy snow. The pilot's realization was severely hindered. He couldn't even see the airport runway clearly. Landed at the airport and arrived in Yalta the next day.

Big Beard still knows how to entertain guests. In order to receive the three allies, Big Beard used tens of thousands of people, and only 1500 train carriages were used for the building materials used to repair the palace.

Considering Roosevelt's physical condition, the bearded man placed Roosevelt in the Livadia Palace, which was the summer palace of the tsar, which was specially used for the tsar's summer vacation, with more than 90 rooms.

During the renovation, the Russians added electricity and heating to the Livadia Palace, laid 20 more telephone lines, and underground air-raid shelters could withstand the pressure of the entire building collapse.

In addition, Big Beard also thoughtfully arranged 60 service personnel and 40 cars for Roosevelt and his entourage, most of which were American-made cars.

Rock did not need to arrange for a car, and all the cars used by him and his entourage were shipped from Cyprus.

The service personnel are even less needed, the Secret Service staff are more professional than the service personnel arranged by the Russian side.

Rock's residence is the Vorontsov Palace, which was built from 1828 to 1848. It was the official residence of Count Vorontsov, the chief executive of the Novorossiko Territory during the Tsarist period, Russian politician and military strategist. Designed by the British court designer Edward Blore, it faces the Black Sea and is built against the mountains, with more than 150 rooms.

The residence of the bearded man himself is the Yusupov Palace.

Compared with the palaces of Roque and Roosevelt, the most prominent feature of Yusupov Palace is its solidity. It is not so much a palace as a fortress. , Anti-gas bunkers, enough to withstand a direct attack of [-] kilograms of bombs, the defense is comparable to the Liege Fortress.

Relatively speaking, Winston's resident is relatively shabby.

The palace where Winston stayed was called the Massandra Palace, which was also the residence of the Tsar and was specially built for Alexander III.

Ominously, Alexander III died before Massandra Palace was completed.

Like Roosevelt, Beard provided service personnel and cars for Winston and his entourage.

The difference is that the cars provided by Beard are half produced in southern Africa, half in the United States, and none of them come from the United Kingdom.

This is also in line with the character of the bearded man.

After all, Britain is the least active in aiding Russia. Since the outbreak of the war, the assistance given has been pitiful. There are even single-shot rifles from the last century in the list of supplies, and I don’t know which corner of the warehouse it is from. Find out.

Winston was not in the mood to pay attention to these details. He arrived in Yalta a day later than Roque and Roosevelt. Roque and Roosevelt had already met the bearded man last night. Winston was eager to know, Roque And Roosevelt, talked about something with the bearded man.

"After yesterday's dinner, the three of them watched a performance. As for what they talked about, our people couldn't get close, but it can be seen that they are all in a good mood." British Ambassador to Russia Sir Clark Carr I was not in a good mood. Among all the four palaces, the Massandra Palace was the smallest. It could not accommodate all the members of the British delegation. Sir Clark Carr and some members of the delegation even had to find another place to live.

The bearded man was quite considerate. He built a dormitory at the Shaki Air Force Base not far from Yalta for the entourage of the three-nation delegation. The conditions must be much worse than the palace.

Winston remained silent, and he could accept a smaller palace. The early contact between Rock and Roosevelt and the bearded man made Winston very uncomfortable.

At this moment Winston has forgotten that before that, it was his suggestion that the trio met in Cyprus in advance.

In the evening, there was a banquet as usual, and the address was at the Livadia Palace where Roosevelt stayed. Because of Roosevelt's physical inconvenience, the next meeting will also be held at the Livadia Palace.

The convoy of the British delegation arrived at Livadia Palace almost at the same time as Rock's convoy.

The Russian military officer in charge of security work didn't know whether it was intentional or not, and signaled to let the British delegation's convoy wait and let Rock's convoy go first.

This detail was noticed by Winston, and the instant expression was more stern than the weather.

The dignified Prime Minister of the British Empire, when he gives way to others, even Rock can't do it, after all, it's a matter of the state.

The Russian officer was also expressionless, looking at the British delegation convoy with extremely cold eyes.

Britain and Russia, not to mention how big the hatred is, at least it is at the level of a world feud.

Before the outbreak of the World War, Britain's misfortune was diverted from the north. The earlier Napoleon's attack on Russia also had a lot to do with Britain.

Britain's policy towards Europe has always been a continental balance policy. France was extremely strong during Napoleon's time. In order to maintain a continental balance, Britain naturally formed an alliance with Russia to fight against Napoleon.

Considering the strength of the Royal Navy, Napoleon chose to attack Russia first, breaking the Anglo-Russian alliance.

Therefore, Russia has always been the scapegoat of the United Kingdom. Every time the United Kingdom encounters a serious crisis, Russia suffers.

In this context, the Russian officer directing the traffic did not directly draw his gun and shoot at Winston's convoy, so he was already very restrained.

The scale of the Livadia Palace is indeed much larger than that of the Massandra Palace where Winston lived. Compared with the Livadia Palace, the Massandra Palace is almost the kind of country house common in England.

As the temporary owner of the Livadia Palace, Roosevelt did not greet guests at the door, which Winston could accept. After all, Roosevelt was in poor health and could not ask too much.

Greeting the guests at the door was Catherine, the daughter of Harriman, the US ambassador to Russia. She was also one of the supervisors during the restoration of the palace. Americans still attach great importance to safety issues.

Britain also paid attention, but had no chance to send supervisors, because the Russians did not renovate the Massandra Palace at all.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, welcome to Crimea, I hope you can have a good time here, after all, the winter in London is a bit difficult--" the attitude of the bearded man is not very good, he will expose his scars as soon as we meet, and he will always Puns.

Wudu, I understand everything.

The meaning of the beard is also obvious, not only in London, but in the whole of the UK, this winter is very difficult.

Although Russia is also uncomfortable, but compared with the UK, the beard feels pretty good.

Roque and Roosevelt were not uncomfortable. They sat by the fireplace and each had a glass of wine that Roque brought from southern Africa. The vodka was too powerful for the two elderly people to bear.

"You two guys are too extravagant. Don't you know that there are still many people who are starving in this world?" Winston pointed at Sang Huai. Although the winter in Britain is tough, at least no family wears sackcloth and mourning.

It is impossible to scold the bearded man directly, and Winston still counts on the Russians to help check and balance southern Africa and the United States.

Both Roque and Roosevelt are very self-cultivated people, and they would not turn against Winston just because of a word.

Beard is not necessarily.

"Come and enjoy the fire, winter in the northern hemisphere is too cold—" Rock also made a pun, and in winter in the northern hemisphere—

Southern Africa is very pleasant all year round, neither too hot nor too cold. Rock really doesn't have much experience of ice and snow.

This is also a reassurance for the bearded man.

There is no reason for southern Africa to attack Russia. It is too cold here for southern Africans.

"Now I'm beginning to understand why the Russians are so tenacious." Roosevelt didn't touch the wine glass in his hand, and he couldn't drink any alcoholic beverages.

His physical condition is so bad, and he is still running here and there for peace, crossing half of the world, just for this, Rock has to respect Roosevelt.

"Of course, no matter what difficulties they face, the Russians never and will never give in!" The bearded man's expression and voice were proud, and the performance of the Russians in this war was indeed admirable.

But then, what the bearded man said was not very pleasant.

"——So, Russia deserves the greatest harvest, and everything that Germany owns should belong to Russia." The bearded man has a big appetite. According to him, even France has to pay to the Russians.

Italy depends on the situation. After all, Italy is also responsible for Russia's losses.

"It's time to discuss the issue of reparations after the war." Rock didn't follow the idea of ​​the bearded man, let's talk about land cession and so on, let's talk about reparations first.

The reparations must be indemnified, and the land must also be ceded. During the St. Petersburg meeting, the bearded man proposed that the territory Russia obtained through the partition of Poland with Germany should belong to Russia permanently, and some land from Germany should be taken as compensation to Poland.

As for how much hatred would be left behind by doing so, that was simply out of Beard's consideration.

So Poland and Russia are also feuds. Thinking about being divided up four times in history, what a great feud this is.

"In the last world war, it seems that Germany's indemnity has not been fully paid--" Roosevelt followed Roque's words, and also reminded the bearded man that with Germany's current ghost, it can't make much money.

"Yes, if it weren't for the last world war, we treated Germany too kindly, and there would be no World War II." The bearded man's demand for Germany is not only to lose money, but to knock the bones and suck the marrow.

Of course, these words also hit Winston.

The Paris Peace Conference was dominated by Britain and France.

Since the method of the Paris Peace Conference has proved to be a complete failure, it is best for Winston not to speak on the way of handling Germany this time.

Winston is depressed, the Russians are less reliable than Southern Africa and America.

(End of this chapter)