vrcanaries Chapter 894: This chapter is really shameless
Chapter 894: This chapter is really shameless
Smith's eyes fell on Zhou Weiguo, and his intuition told him that this man would not ask anything good.
But he had no way to refuse. He came to question, but he knew better that the Empire was not right this time.
"Excuse me." Mr. Smith spoke.
Zhou Weiguo put out his cigarette and said, "Tonggu originally belonged to your defense zone. Logically, we are only here to help you defend against the Japanese attack. But I want to ask Mr. Smith, you didn't defend your own zone, and when we came to help, you withdrew without even saying hello. I want to know how you have the nerve to ask us for a reason."
Without waiting for Smith to answer, Zhou Weiguo snorted coldly, "You knew that the retreat of over 100,000 of our troops was in your hands, yet you still recklessly abandoned your supplies and equipment and evacuated. If we hadn't reacted quickly, we would be trapped by the Japanese army in the Tonggu area. We would even be in danger of being wiped out. I ask you, Mr. Smith, where do you get the nerve to hold us accountable? Is it because you are shameless, or are we your vassals, who can do whatever you want? Or perhaps you never considered us allies from the beginning."
"Misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding." Smith coughed. He now felt a little resentful towards the local side.
At an inappropriate time, they issued an evacuation order, which caused losses. Instead of considering their own responsibilities, they wanted to shift the blame for the destruction of the British 1st Division to the mountain city.
It is obvious that Shancheng does not want to take this responsibility, and they have even prepared sufficient reasons.
In his heart, he was even thinking about a question. Perhaps, even if the empire did not ask the reason, they would come and hold them accountable.
"It's a misunderstanding. You caused my independent brigade and the rest of the troops to fight bloody battles in Tonggu for over six days, yet you didn't attack once. I don't believe you know nothing about it. I think you should say that you don't take this place seriously. If that's the case, then we can discuss a joint defense plan with you for Burma and other places. After all, it was our people who died, and we gained nothing. Not only that, but you still complained about us. Do you really think our mountain city is easy to bully?"
broken.
Smith was dizzy after hearing these words. At this point, he had only one thought: the plan of secretly evacuating the mainland and causing the mountain city and the Japanese army to fall into a melee would probably end here.
"General Zhou, I think there must be some misunderstanding between us. As for your claim that we are not sincere, I don't think that makes sense. After all, you should have seen our sincerity, right?"
London, a city that suffered an air raid, had a lot of thick smoke covering the sky. Winston, wearing a leather coat, stayed in the underground bunker for more than an hour. After making sure that the air raid was over, he left the bunker under the escort of guards and appeared on the ground.
Colonial Secretary Smith saw him appear on the ground and immediately went to meet him and handed over the telegram in his hand. "Prime Minister, there is a problem. I am afraid that Shancheng will terminate its cooperation with us."
"What?" Winston, who had been planning to inspect the damage, lost all interest in asking about it. Bewildered, he asked, "Are you sure you're not kidding us?"
The idiotic look in Winston's eyes told him that his confidant was not joking. He looked at the Prime Minister's office building not far away and said, "Let's go in and talk first."
Although Berlin is not planning to attack the Reich's homeland, their air force has not weakened, but has increased a lot on the contrary. This place is not safe after all. The only safe places are the bunker and his own office.
Entering the office, Winston sat on the sofa and pondered for a moment before asking, "This is a betrayal, a shameless betrayal."
Winston vented his dissatisfaction. "To use Shancheng's words, they're a typical example of using people forward and not back. How come, after we take the area north of Mandalay, they won't assist? I don't believe that Shancheng is not worried at all. If we suffer significant losses, they really won't worry about the Japanese attacking them."
"Prime Minister," Smith said after taking in the angry yet helpless expression, "They... they probably really don't care."
Don't care, how could they not care, they...
“They can’t not care, as long as…”
"More than a year ago, they had no assistance, yet they still fought the Japanese vigorously. At that time, they didn't have enough weapons, and couldn't even distribute a rifle to each person. But think about their current equipment. You don't really think they will be worried whether we fail or not."
"Have you forgotten one thing? If we are defeated in Southeast Asia and we stop their attack, the Japanese army will definitely choose a new direction of attack. Do you think that Shancheng Town won't worry about this problem?"
Is the issue you are considering too far-fetched?
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this time, we should not allow the British First Division to evacuate without permission."
You've said this all your way, but the man in front of me didn't think about it at all after receiving the news. He only thought that the First Division was the main force and the elite over there.
Letting them withdraw to South Asia for rest and recuperation would, as a result, completely expose the Yamashiro army that was fighting a bloody battle there to the Japanese army.
If the independent brigade had not discovered it in time and mobilized its troops to resist their attack, the army in the mountain city might have been surrounded by now.
"Even if...even if we were wrong, they could hold off the other side for one day, so couldn't they hold off the other side for one more day?"
If they could hold on for one more day, the First Division would not have been caught up by the Japanese army.
However, just because they held out for one day less, the First Division was almost wiped out. Don’t they have any responsibility?
Winston, knowing he was in the wrong, stammered.
This sentence not only made Smith look at Winston with an incredible look, but even the Defense Secretary Johnson who came with him looked at Winston with an incredible look.
After looking at each other, both of them had an urge to cover their faces.
They felt that it was shameful for a prime minister to say such things.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we almost gave up the retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops to the Japanese army. Why...why do you think they will hold out for us for one more day?"