Chapter 568 There Are Japanese Devils in the Atlantic Ocean

Half a month after the Battle of the Faroe Islands, the battleship "Duke of York", flying a British royal flag, arrived in Quebec City on the St. Lawrence River under the escort of a light cruiser and six destroyers.

The reason why the royal flag was hoisted was because the British Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's youngest daughter Princess Margaret were on board this brand new battleship.

The mother and daughter boarded the "Duke of York" on the afternoon of April 7, the day when Princess Elizabeth returned to London from the Netherlands, and then left the Port of Liverpool at night... From then on, the mother and daughter were separated.

However, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at this time, as well as the Canadians who welcomed them at the dock in Quebec City, did not expect that the two local guests would stay in Canada for a long time. They did not expect that Princess Margaret, who was only 12 years old this year, would become their queen 10 years later - Queen Margaret I of the United Kingdom who ascended the throne and was crowned in Ottawa, Canada!

"Excuse me, please allow me to ask a somewhat rude question. Will she become Queen Margaret I of Canada?"

It turned out that it was not that no one thought that Princess Margaret would become the queen. After hearing the news that Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret arrived in Canada, US President Roosevelt immediately invited the British ambassador to the United States, Viscount Halifax, to the White House and asked a somewhat embarrassing question in person.

"No, Her Royal Highness will not become the Queen of Canada. She is the future Queen of England!" Viscount Halifax was silent for a while, and then answered Roosevelt in an inaudible voice.

"The future Queen of England?" Roosevelt looked at Viscount Halifax, "Then what about Princess Elizabeth?"

Viscount Halifax said in a serious tone: "Princess Elizabeth's love affair with German Prince Friedrich will not be accepted by the British people and government, so she will be deprived of her inheritance rights."

"Is there such a thing?" Roosevelt looked at the British ambassador in surprise, "Has the news of depriving Princess Elizabeth of her inheritance rights been announced?"

The British ambassador said seriously: "It has been decided, but it has not been announced yet. This requires waiting for the right time."

"Timing?" Roosevelt was stunned.

"It will be announced after His Majesty the King and the government move to Canada."

"Will Princess Elizabeth come to Canada?"

"No," said Viscount Halifax, "She will stay in the United Kingdom and serve as regent."

Then how can you deprive Princess Elizabeth of her inheritance rights? Once George VI is gone, Princess Elizabeth will be Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom! Why deprive her of her inheritance rights!

The American President looked at the British ambassador speechlessly. The shamelessness and cunning of this group of elites in the British Empire have really reached the pinnacle. They can actually come up with such a shameless method to preserve their existing wealth and status.

I am afraid that from now on, every prominent British family will be divided into two, half of whom will be loyal to George VI and Princess Margaret, and the other half will stay in the United Kingdom as a loyal servant of Queen Elizabeth.

This is good. No matter who wins or loses the war, you British families can keep your wealth and glory, and you will not lose anything! Not only will there be no loss, but there may be additional benefits...Canada is much larger than the United Kingdom, and its resources are much richer. If there are millions of British people and a large amount of British capital and technology moving in, it is hard to say whether it will develop in the future!

Roosevelt frowned. These British masters are of course calculating. But are the British people all fools? Wouldn't they know the calculations of you aristocratic elites? You have left a way out, but you are also ready to play both sides, and you still want them, the proletariat, to serve as soldiers and die? This is not a good thing to think about!

"Do you still want to defend the homeland?" Roosevelt tilted his big head and looked at Viscount Halifax with a tangled face.

These days, he discussed the Faroe Islands Battle and the issue of defending the British homeland with the generals of the navy, army and army aviation every day.

In fact, the Faroe Islands Battle was a mixed blessing for the United States. Britain's defeat was of course a worry. Originally, the European joint fleet led by Germany had the upper hand in the Atlantic. Now that Britain has lost 4 aircraft carriers, Germany's advantage is even greater.

However, the United States' shipbuilding capacity is obvious. Not counting those worthless escort aircraft carriers and modified aircraft carriers, one Essex-class and at least two Independence-class (modified with the hull of the Cleveland-class) will be completed by the end of this year. By the end of next year, at least 8 Essex-class ships can be built, and 10-12 Independence-class ships can be built. So this worry is not particularly big.

The Germans' idea of ​​using wired remote-controlled gliding bombs to attack warships is a great joy to the United States. Because the US electronics industry is not worse than Germany, the remote-controlled equipment that Germany can manufacture can definitely be produced by the United States. Although the prototype of the gliding bomb has not been seen, the engineers of Westinghouse and General Electric in the United States patted their chests and guaranteed that they could make it when they heard the idea of ​​"wired remote control".

In addition, the United States' ability to produce high-altitude heavy bombers is definitely stronger than that of Germany, Italy, and Japan combined.

So Roosevelt set another small goal a few days ago - first build 10,000 B-24s and B-17s with remote-controlled gliding bombs to bomb Japanese warships!

But today, the Queen and Princess of England suddenly came to Canada (the US government did not know about it in advance), and it seems that they want to live and work in Canada, which has ruined the good situation.

Because once the British royal family, government, nobles and elites flee to Canada, leaving behind a group of proletarian poor ** people, will they be willing to fight the Germans to the death? What is the point of fighting the British mainland defense war?

And if the British mainland cannot be defended, then the United States will have no springboard to counterattack the European continent. Without a springboard, can the Americans still cross the Atlantic Ocean of 5,000 or 6,000 kilometers to land on the European continent? Can the United States still build an ultra-long-range bomber with a combat radius of 5,000 kilometers to bomb Europe flat?

"Mr. President, of course we will defend the homeland! As Prime Minister Churchill said in his speech, we will fight the German Nazis everywhere, including the homeland! The king and the prime minister will fight on the homeland until the last moment, and then leave on an ultra-long-range plane."

The words of Viscount Halifax made Roosevelt feel a little relieved. As long as George VI and Churchill did not leave, the morale of the British military and civilians could be maintained.

Viscount Halifax went on to say: "Although the determination of the King and the Prime Minister to fight can inspire the morale of the British military and civilians, but... we can't fight only on morale!"

"I will immediately order the resumption of the transportation of supplies to Britain." President Roosevelt did not waste words and immediately cheered the British with real money.

"Only supplies?" Viscount Halifax showed a disappointed expression, "The British people hope to fight side by side with the American people against the darkest and most brutal Nazi regime in the world!"

"The United States will join the war!" Roosevelt gritted his teeth. He was now being blackmailed by the British. "They will escort first, on the grounds of preventing Japanese ships from attacking our British allies in the Atlantic! We have received intelligence that a Japanese commerce-breaking battleship has now entered the Atlantic!"

This reason is quite nonsense. The United States' British allies are almost strangled to death by the Germans. Is it necessary for Japanese ships to come all the way to break the commerce?

However, the United States is a country that emphasizes procedural justice. As long as the procedures are correct, there is no need to be afraid of others catching the pigtail.

Although the United States and Britain are not allies in the war against Germany, they are allies in the war against Japan. Therefore, it was legal for the United States to cover British transport ships in the name of fighting against Japan. This was Roosevelt's power as a wartime president. If others want to find fault, they have to prove that there are no Japanese in the Atlantic, which is of course impossible to prove.

However, the American ships escorting British ships cannot actively attack German surface ships. You can fight underwater, because who knows whether you are a German submarine or a Japanese submarine underwater? But battleships and cruisers floating on the water with German flags cannot actively fight. Unless the Germans open fire first, of course, there is no need to wait until the American ships are really hit by shells before fighting back. As long as the German warships fire live ammunition in the direction of the American warships, it can be determined that the American warships have been attacked by Germany, and then the American warships can fight back and provoke war according to law.

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"Roosevelt! Liar!"

A person was screaming hysterically! In the meeting room of the German Chancellery, in front of a large number of cabinet ministers.

"He actually said there were Japanese battleships in the Atlantic. As the president of a great country, how could he ignore the facts and talk nonsense like this! How could Americans tolerate such a liar who is full of lies staying in the White House? Are they all blind and deaf?"

Hersmann listened to Hitler's nonsense and regretted taking over Schleicher's job. If he were the Chief of the General Staff now, he would not have to go to the Chancellery to attend cabinet meetings, and naturally he would not have to listen to Hitler's nonsense every few days.

"Hess!" Adolf Hitler asked angrily, "Didn't you say that Roosevelt would not be an enemy of Germany? Didn't you say that the United States would not ask about European affairs before defeating Japan? Didn't you say that we can coexist peacefully with the United States?"

Rudolf Hess lowered his head, blushed, and looked ashamed to find a hole to crawl into. At first glance, he was an honest child who was deceived.

"Mr. Prime Minister," Hersmann didn't want Hitler to scold Hess anymore. There was nothing he could do about being honest. Hess had always been like this. "In fact, we have ways to deal with Roosevelt...if we don't want to declare war on the United States for the time being."

"What way?" Hitler asked, and then as if to explain his position, he added: "Now is indeed not the time to declare war on the United States...Aren't we going to occupy Guyana as a springboard to enter the Americas? Even if we want to declare war, we should wait until we occupy Guyana."