Chapter 565: One England, Two Englands

The cousin of German Emperor William III, the cousin of German Prince Friedrich, and the future British old lady Queen Elizabeth II, is still a graceful and beautiful girl. She was wearing a white court dress, standing in a reception room in the Dutch Dorren Manor (now owned by Prince Friedrich), with a charming smile, introducing herself in a somewhat stiff German to the new German Defense Minister Marshal Hersman and Hersman's wife Chloe who were visiting the Netherlands.

"Your Excellency, Imperial Marshal, Marquise, I am Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Wettin, the first heir to the British throne."

"Wettin? Isn't it Windsor?" Hersman looked at Elizabeth II, who was still a loli in front of him, and asked in English.

Elizabeth slightly pouted her little mouth, then looked at her eldest nephew Prince Friedrich standing beside her with affection, and said: "Friedrich thinks that I should restore the surname of the German Wettin family after I inherit the throne."

The little girl is pretty good! When Hersman thought of this, he looked at Prince Friedrich, who was almost unable to hold back his smile.

As the fourth son of William III, he was originally not destined to be the king. Unexpectedly, a little cousin Elizabeth who could inherit the British throne fell from the sky, and fell in love with him, the "uncle's nephew" at first sight.

This time, he really had good fortune, luck in love, and luck in the throne. However, all these "luck" were brought to him by Hersman in the final analysis, and he also knew the purpose of Hersman's visit to Doron Manor to meet Elizabeth.

Hersman came to Doron Manor as the leader of the Junker Group to investigate Elizabeth! If Hersman objected, then Elizabeth could not become the future Queen of England. Although Prince Friedrich could still get the beauty, she was just a little beauty, not the little beauty queen.

So in front of Hessmann, Prince Friedrich did not dare to act like a royal consort. He politely asked Hessmann and his wife to sit down, and then said in a grateful tone: "Imperial Marshal, you have done so much for our Hohenzollern royal family, more than Prince Bismarck and Count Moltke combined. If it weren't for you, I would still be a penniless and destitute prince, so Elizabeth and I will never forget your contribution to the Hohenzollern dynasty."

The "Hohenzollern dynasty" he mentioned here does not refer to the German Hohenzollern dynasty that his second brother will inherit, but to the dynasty that he and Elizabeth II will create in the future - the children of Elizabeth II and Prince Friedrich will have the surname Hohenzollern, and they belong to the British Hohenzollern dynasty.

Friedrich and Elizabeth did not forget Hessmann's contribution, and naturally they would repay him in the future. However, Hessmann did not care about Elizabeth II's return at all, because many people had said similar things to him. Among them, there is a Russian empress, one is the king of Iran, two are leaders of the Arab Baath Party, and there is also the president and prime minister of Israel. Oh, and there is also a great Italian leader Mussolini.

However, Hersman still smiled politely, and then asked Elizabeth in English, "Your Highness, I hope you can tell me the truth. Will there be two Britains in the future, or one Britain and one Canada, or one Britain with its own expression?"

Elizabeth frowned and was very confused by Hersman's question. She looked at her cousin Prince Friedrich, who smiled and explained, "Elizabeth, the Imperial Marshal wants to know whether you and His Majesty King George VI will separate."

"Maybe you need to separate for a while." Princess Elizabeth said slowly.

"Then will he hand over the British throne to you?" Hersman asked again.

Princess Elizabeth shook her head and said, "I will become the regent of Britain."

That's "one Britain, each with its own expression"! Hersman thought that Britain would lose half of the surrender letter, but he didn't expect Fatty Qiu and George VI to let Britain bet on both sides. The fat man allowed the king to go to Canada to continue to be the running dog accomplice of American imperialism, and let Elizabeth stay in the country to be the queen, and also let Elizabeth marry the son of William III.

In this way, no matter how the battlefield will be fought in the future, the British Empire will not lose everything, and those British political elites will have a place to be in power.

These guys are much more shrewd than the German Nazis!

"Okay," Hersman smiled and said to Elizabeth, "Your Highness, I sincerely hope that you can become the Queen of England in the near future."

Hearing this, Prince Friedrich smiled and looked at his beloved aunt-the Imperial Marshal nodded, and Aunt Elizabeth would soon be the queen.

"But... we also have conditions!" Hersman's tone suddenly became a little serious. He said, "King George VI and the British government can take away things on the British mainland. But things that cannot be taken away cannot be deliberately destroyed and must be left intact to the British people, otherwise there will be no United Kingdom of Great Britain in the future!"

At present, Britain is still an industrial country that is counted among the world's most advanced countries, with good domestic infrastructure and numerous factories and mines. If they can "take it all", the industrial strength of the European Union will naturally be greatly enhanced. Although it still cannot catch up with the United States, the gap will not be particularly large.

Princess Elizabeth smiled and replied: "Marshal of the Empire, before I left London, my father told me: Now the war between Britain and Germany is a gentleman's war. Both sides adhere to certain ancient and noble principles, so we will not fight like the Russians against Emperor Napoleon."

"We Germans also hope to fight a gentleman's war, which is most beneficial to the whole of Europe." Hersman nodded with satisfaction, "We Germans don't want to turn Europe into ruins. After all, Europe is our common home."

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"Ludwig, do you really want to continue fighting?"

After having lunch with the future Queen of England and the Queen's husband, Hersman and his wife Chloe left the Doron Manor in a brand new Maybach bulletproof car. On the way to Rotterdam, Chloe suddenly asked about the progress of the war.

"Yes, didn't Elizabeth say that she would become regent after George VI left." Hersman sat cross-legged in the spacious and comfortable back seat, looking at the beautiful spring scenery outside, and said with a smile on his face. "It won't be long before Britain has a king and a queen."

"A king and a queen?" Chloe frowned, "Does it sound like a war of succession?"

"Of course there won't be a war of succession," Hessman smiled, "but the disintegration of the British Empire has begun. In the future, Princess Elizabeth will become the queen of England, Scotland and Wales, and Princess Margaret will become the queen of Canada."

"What about Australia and New Zealand?" Chloe asked with a smile.

Hersman shrugged, "I don't know... maybe it will become the territory of the Japanese emperor?"

"Japan's Australia?" Chloe opened her eyes wide, "Will Hitler agree to such an arrangement?"

"We have no control over this matter," Hersman waved his hand and said, "The Pacific Ocean is too far away and out of reach. Let the Japanese and Americans decide. We must give the Japanese some motivation to fight, otherwise the Americans will use more power in the Atlantic."

"Americans?" Chloe frowned again, "Do we still have to fight with the Americans?"

"Of course, this is inevitable." Hersman smiled, "Otherwise, why did I come to the Netherlands? Isn't it just to fight with the United States?"

Shortly after the Faroe Islands Battle on March 25, Hersman handed over the post of Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Kesselring, and took over the Ministry of Defense from Schleicher. Therefore, his main job also changed from military command to military and political management, and he also became a minister of Hitler's wartime cabinet, so he naturally had to bear more diplomatic missions.

There are four diplomatic missions to be completed during this visit to the Netherlands. The first is to meet with Princess Elizabeth; the second is to finalize the "South Africa for East India" agreement with the Dutch government; the third is to negotiate the purchase of three Dutch battlecruisers under construction; the fourth is for Dutch Guiana.

The three Dutch battlecruisers were historically called Project 1047. The first ship was named "Lake Esse" class, which was designed and built by Germany to help the Netherlands. However, because Germany launched a war against the Netherlands, the project was not completed in the end.

However, in this time and space, the relationship between the Netherlands and Germany was as good as a family, and there was no invasion of the Netherlands. Moreover, Hirschmann and Schleicher did not regard the German "Scharnhorst" class as a treasure. When the Netherlands requested assistance, they directly gave the drawings of the "Scharnhorst" class to the Dutch. Therefore, the three battlecruisers under construction in the Netherlands were improved on the basis of the "Scharnhorst" class.

The reason why the Dutch spent more than 200 million Dutch guilders to build three improved "Scharnhorst" class battlecruisers was not to defend their homeland but to deploy them to the Dutch East Indies to deter the Japanese.

But now, the Dutch government has agreed in principle to "South Africa for the East Indies". The Dutch East Indies will soon be handed over to Japan in exchange for Japan's assistance to Germany in seizing South Africa, and Germany will hand over South Africa to the Netherlands - using "South Africa for the East Indies" is of course also to further win over and support Japan so that Japan can better fight against the United States.

Without the need to defend the Dutch East Indies, the Royal Netherlands Navy does not need three expensive battleships, so it wants to sell these three O-class ships under construction to Germany. Considering the inevitability of going to war with the powerful United States, Hessmann and Schleicher both agreed to purchase these three powerful battleships.

The issue of Dutch Guiana is a key step in confronting the United States!