Chapter 509 Conqueror

It took ten days for the naval engineering force to seal the breach in the river dam, and another week for London to be completely drained before Yannick left for London.

Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee received advance news of Yannick's upcoming visit to London. Of course, for safety reasons, the German side did not disclose the specific itinerary. But for these people, the date is not important, what is important is the significance of the visit itself. After all, Germany is the new master for Britain today, so the new master's first visit should not be taken lightly. You might be able to save some money on compensation if you are more comfortable with the service.

"We must greet it with the highest standards." Clement Attlee held a special meeting for this purpose. "I will lead the team, and all of us will go to the airport to greet the German Crown Prince." Prime Minister Churchill was slumped on the hospital bed at this time, unable to move, and he could only worry about large and small matters.

"It doesn't seem to be high enough," said the Foreign Secretary. "Can you please invite the royal family to come too?"

There is a principle of "reciprocity" in diplomacy, which means that for governments that have diplomatic recognition of each other, the host country will invite and receive officials of the same position as the visiting foreign guests (this principle applies to official or state visits). , not applicable to private visits).

This kind of diplomatic etiquette is mainly reflected in formal occasions during visits. For example, when a foreign head of state or government officially visits, the receptionist Congress holds a welcome ceremony and welcome banquet (not necessarily a state visit). If the visiting head of state is a foreign head of state, Then the head of state of the country will come forward to host the welcome ceremony and welcome banquet; if the person visiting is the head of government, then the head of government of the country will come forward.

The men who are coming now are the men who conquered Europe. Even if all the high-level governments of the defeated countries are mobilized, they are not qualified!

Clement Attlee sighed. "But His Majesty is bedridden."

"How about inviting Her Royal Highness the Queen or Her Royal Highness the Princess? I think Her Royal Highness the Princess is good. After all, she is the future Queen."

Clement Attlee nodded. "Okay, I will ask for instructions. As for security work, the German side is fully responsible, so we don't need to worry about it."

Nowadays, all key departments in the UK are controlled by the Germans. It can be said that Yannick's visit this time is like walking around in his own back garden. This most important security work is naturally the responsibility of the Germans themselves.

Finally, three days later, on March 26, Yannick's "Air Force One" special plane took off for London.

This "Air Force One" was modified from a HE-177 bomber and can be said to be a luxury business jet. The original bomb bay was transformed into a gorgeous office by engineers. The floor was covered with an expensive wool carpet, and the original simple inner walls of the cabin were covered with precious oak boards; the four specially added portholes were hung with dark red velvet curtains.

There is a small desk on the left side of this office, and a row of leather sofas against the wall on the right side. The overall design looks well-coordinated and does not feel small or crowded.

Sitting on the sofa, Yannick thought about his next plan.

The British Empire surrendered, and then naturally the Soviet Union followed.

Although Yannik wanted to immediately send his troops eastward and deal a fatal blow to the Soviet Union, which had suffered heavy losses in the Soviet-Finnish War, the army needed to rest and recuperate.

Since last year's blitzkrieg in Poland, the German army has been sweeping across Europe non-stop, and it has long been exhausted. This time it has to rest for about half a year. Half a year later it will be October, when it is the autumn rainy season in the Soviet Union, and then winter comes. Winter combat is not the German army's strong point. Looking at the entire World War II, not only from the end of 1941 to the beginning of 1942, the German army performed poorly every winter whenever it had exchanges of fire with its opponents. It can be said that Germany, a country pursuing land hegemony, largely focused on winter operations.

It seems that we can only launch an attack in April next year like the "Barbarossa Plan" of the original time and space. Fortunately, there will be no cheating Mussolini at this time. (According to the original "Barbarossa Plan", the German army was originally preparing to launch an attack in April. As a result, 27 Italian divisions were defeated in Greece. It was so embarrassing that the German army had to dispatch its main army to deal with Greece, which delayed the attack on the Soviet Union for 2 months. It was not until late June that the attack on the Soviet Union began. These 2 months basically determined the final fate.)

However, delaying the attack is not without its benefits. You can build more aircraft, tanks and cannons, arm more soldiers, and reserve more supplies and resources.

On the other hand, Stalin might have ordered the construction of more Maus tanks and Gustav cannons. And this time there would be no material support from Britain. (From June 1941 to May 1945, the materials provided by Britain to the Soviet Union included: more than 3,000 Hurricane aircraft, more than 4,000 other aircraft, 27 naval ships, 5,218 tanks, more than 5,000 anti-tank guns, 4,020 ambulances and trucks, 323 mechanical trucks, 1,212 Bren and Lloyd, 1,721 motorcycles, aircraft engines worth 500 million pounds, 1,474 radar sets... A total of 4 million tons of war materials, including food and medical supplies, were delivered.) Even if the United States fully supported the Soviet Union (during the entire war, the United States provided the Soviet Union with military products, spare parts and other industrial raw materials worth 9.8 billion US dollars in a nearly free manner, equivalent to 180 billion US dollars in later generations), unless the United States opened a second battlefield behind Germany and invested a large number of troops, it would be powerless to turn the tide. At that time, the materials supported by the United States would be wasted, and Roosevelt would be very distressed.

According to the support rate in the United States at that time, Roosevelt's third election was basically out of the question. And even if the United States joined the war and wanted to open up a second battlefield, without the springboard of Britain, where could it go? On the contrary, Germany would be very lucky if it didn't cause trouble for the United States.

And last time he scared the Americans with a "flying bomb" with a range of more than 1,200 kilometers, and the Americans seemed to be really scared. The US ambassador to Spain was secretly contacting the Spanish vice president, wanting to buy the blueprints of the "flying bomb". However, the vice president Salazar insisted that he would not sell less than 500 tons of gold, and the US Congress would not easily agree to the deal; Yannick was thinking about whether to lower the price.

At this time, the special plane formation was flying over the British coastline. Looking at the white boundary line below, Yannick felt a sense of pride as a conqueror. After all, no monarch in the past few hundred years has been able to set foot on this land as a victor. He is the first person in modern history.