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Chapter 1554 The wind and rain are precarious, I am a British (second update, please subscribe)

In war, it is inevitable that someone will die.

In fact, in war, life is the least worth mentioning, and life is also the most precious thing.For politicians and generals alike, a soldier's life... is always one number among many.They only see victory or defeat in their eyes.

Apart from victory, everything else is not worth mentioning!In fact, this is the case with war, and war itself is a story that takes people's lives as bets.The winner will have it all, the loser will lose it all.

Who will be the ultimate victor in this war?
The Allied Powers headed by Britain, the United States and Germany?Or the allies headed by Ming, France and Russia?

In [-], no one knew the answer, but what is certain is that the situation of Britain and the United States is not very good. What they are facing is an unbelievably powerful enemy surrounded by enemies.They even lack the supply of many war resources.But even so, they are still not afraid, always fighting tenaciously.

It's just that no one knows how long they can hold on.

"Britain's last ally, Italy, has again refused to enter the war."

This is a newspaper headline.

"Anglo-German offensive frustrated at Verdun."

This is another headline in the newspaper, and such headlines flooded the sky for a while: "British Retreats in Persia!", "French Occupies Cairo!", "General Alekseev Advances to Pakistan!", "The Great Tang Empire - The Next Member of the Allies!", "The Great Tang - Targeting Southeast Asia?", "Imperial Army Achieves Great Success in North America", "Sun and Moon Banners Cover California", "Imperial Alliance Shakes Anglo-Saxons Again rule!"

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In this way, a series of serial maps published in daily newspapers around the world continue to show how the three countries marked by the Ming Dynasty, France and Russia crossed one border, and then expanded to another border.

In May [-], with the complete defeat of the British and Indian troops in Persia and the stalemate on the French battlefield, at this moment, Great Britain's war resources were almost exhausted, and the will to survive was undergoing the greatest test. Seek a breakthrough.

"Now, our war resources are being exhausted. If we cannot end the war with Ming Dynasty this year, then next year, we may completely lose this war."

In the prime minister's office at 10 Downing Street, War Secretary Richard Haldane looked at the prime minister and said directly.

"Currently, our saltpeter reserves are less than 2 tons, but the explosives and gunpowder needed for the front line all need nitric acid, and nitric acid is only extracted from saltpeter, and the vast majority of saltpeter in the world can only be obtained from Daming Obtained, in order to continue this war, we have to buy Chilean saltpeter from Spain, Portugal and other countries at a high price, and even need to collect urine to make saltpeter like in the 17th century, but this is simply a drop in the bucket. Once the empire stops exporting saltpeter, Our army will be left without explosives and, in fact, the Empire is discussing imposing an embargo."

In fact, it is no longer a discussion. At the request of France and Rome, the empire has begun to implement export control of saltpeter.

"If we don't force the Empire to the negotiating table this year, and wait until next year, after the Empire stops exporting saltpeter, how can we continue this war without explosives and gunpowder? That's the way it is, there are not enough shells on the front lines And bullets, not only will they defeat our army, but they will inevitably impose their will on us!"

The warning from the Minister of War made Prime Minister Cecil frowned, and then he silently smoked a cigar and said.

"It seems that we must implement the "South Atlantic Plan"..."

The "South Atlantic Plan" was proposed to give full play to the advantages of the British navy to break the current deadlock and create opportunities for the elimination of the imperial fleet. The implementation of this plan required the mobilization of the naval forces of the British and American navies.

"Yes, Your Excellency, although it is a bit risky, if it succeeds, the victory at sea will force the empire to come to the negotiating table and end the war through negotiations."

In fact, after the war has been going on for more than a year, for the politicians in London, what they think is definitely not the final victory, but a decent end to the war. The only problem is... Sometimes, the progress of the war It will not be transferred by their will.

On the day when No. 10 Downing Street approved the Navy's "South Atlantic Operation Plan", in a park in London, James Bond was playing chess with others, just playing chess. For entertainment, but the people who play chess with him are often in order to get some ration coupons - the war has changed many things, what is the biggest change?
就是生活物资的配给。从去年5月8日开始，英国人就必须凭借配给簿去商店购买黄油、糖和熏肉或生火腿，英国人几乎是立刻感受到了食物配给上的短缺。每个成年人每周可以得到2盎司黄油、5盎司糖和3盎司熏肉或生火腿。

Not to mention the ordinary people who are used to being extravagant, even those poor people can barely make ends meet with this little food. While the black market emerged at the same time, trading ration coupons is also very common. Sometimes, ration coupons are even more useful than pounds. .

People who play chess in the corner of the park are also more willing to bet on ration coupons. After all, at this time, food is the most important thing.

As for the pound...

Money doesn't necessarily buy what you need.

Here, many people are willing to play chess with Bond, because he always brings a few butter biscuits. In this period of scarcity, butter biscuits are a very rare luxury, and this... no, this is just him from the office. It's just the afternoon tea that I brought here.

Most of them are old people over the age of 50. They have not accepted the call-up. When playing chess, it is inevitable that someone will talk about the French war. Bond has never expressed any opinion on this. At most, he just invites the opponent to eat a piece. biscuit.

After two games of chess, Bond left again, and everyone in the park was used to it, used to him coming here to play chess every few days, used to eating the biscuits he brought, and of course There's speculation about what he does, many assume he's a wealthy businessman, but no one knows that he's one of the true masters of the British Empire - its top civil servant.Even the rationing system that was cursed by them originated from his design. After the outbreak of the war, Bond has been painstakingly maintaining the existence of the British Empire. From designing the rationing system to increasing income taxes, this reform in the upper class is called In order to copy the house, after all, the highest tax rate can reach 80% of the personal income tax, which is indeed similar to "copying the house".

The high tax rate is also the fundamental reason why Britain can continue the war. However, no one knows that this tax rate, which is almost equivalent to ransacking the house, was formulated by this handsome gentleman.

After leaving the park, Bond, as usual, bought a newspaper and stood at the bus stop while reading the newspaper while waiting for the bus. After the bus came into the station, he had finished reading the newspaper, and he put the newspaper on the side I put it on the mailbox, and then got into the car.

No one noticed that when he put the newspaper, a letter was stuffed into the mailbox, and soon the letter would be sent to where he should go, and then the contents of the letter would be sent by telegram , and finally, after going through several twists and turns, it will arrive at the place it should arrive at.

Everything that followed had nothing to do with Bond. After sending the information, he sat on the bus and looked out of the car silently. At this moment, the air defense siren sounded again.

The French bombing of London continues...

(End of this chapter)