Throughout the history of the world, many times, a single thought of some people can often become a turning point in history, and can even compose a historical legend. Here, it does not matter whether Churchill confuses right and wrong and slanders the Chinese government for provocation. What is certain is that in
Before that, many of the ideas he talked about did not actually exist in his mind. Even because he was worried about the strength of the Chinese army, he never thought about truly becoming an enemy of China. However, in order to extend his term as prime minister,
, with just one thought, he created the above-mentioned rhetoric. But what he never expected was that just because of this one thought, he almost sent Britain into hell.
"Gentlemen, we do not lack the means to deal with the Chinese. I think it is time to show our strong influence and create some trouble for the Chinese. Aiden, please put the French matter aside for the next stage.
, I have a more important task to entrust to you. An Erla's work in Tibet is progressing too slowly, and I need you to completely open up the situation in Tibet..."
Since the end of the last century, the British government has been trying to separate Tibet from China's territory. Therefore, although the Chinese government has always maintained a highly vigilant attitude towards the British on the issue of separatism, the British, out of their own considerations, even
When the relationship between the two countries was the closest, the British did not withdraw their tentacles from Tibet. But now, it seems that the British persistence has reached the harvest season.
"...Imagine what Ouyang Yun's expression would look like when the Chinese are being completely entangled by the Americans, British and Soviet Russians, and Tibet is suddenly in chaos! Haha!" Speaking of happiness, Churchill was not at all happy.
Laughed vividly.
Prior to this, because members of Churchill's cabinet were focused on Europe, even though they knew that China's sudden confrontation with the United States and Japan at the same time would be an opportunity for Britain, they only limited themselves to political blackmail and did not mobilize troops.
The intention to use weapons. Of course, it can also be understood that they do not dare to use weapons or weapons with China.
Churchill suddenly raised this topic and described a very feasible and beautiful scene. Everyone was immediately moved. Perhaps because of the fact that China had deprived China of its benefits through the Opium War, the British mentality towards this ancient country in the far east
They have a natural advantage. According to them, the current China's combat power is indeed good, but the combat power of the Qing Dynasty before the Opium War was not good? At that time, the Qing Dynasty was known as the Celestial Dynasty! But the result
How about it? As soon as the British Empire's invincible fleet came out, the so-called Celestial Empire became a soft-legged crab in the gutter.
Among all the people, Aiden studied China the most, and he was the only one who remained cautious. He said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, are you waiting until the Soviet Union and China go to war? Gentlemen, you may not understand
Ouyang Yun, this person, to use an inappropriate metaphor, is a mad dog..."
Eden's words were so obvious that he meant to undermine his own prestige by inflating other people's ambitions, and he was immediately questioned by others. Colonial Secretary Stanley said: "Mr. Eden, are you being too cautious? Do you really want to wait until China is about to be defeated?"
If we take action, we will lose the right to speak on many things. I support Mr. Prime Minister’s decision on the Tibetan issue, and we should implement it immediately. The United States has asked us to take practical actions more than once, and we can just stir up trouble in Tibet.
Stop the mouths of Americans!"
"I think it is not enough to just provoke trouble in Tibet. The Chinese are deliberately inciting many countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East to rebel. I think we should immediately suppress them with thunderous means. This has two benefits. One is that it can crush the influence of these countries.
The second is to undermine China's prestige," said Bracken, the First Secretary of the Navy who had not spoken after Stanley.
As the First Lord of the Navy, Bracken was deeply resentful of China's disgraceful means of forcibly taking over the British Far East Fleet. Previously, Britain was weak and the political situation was unstable, but China was gaining momentum, so he could endure it.
Live. But now, with the obvious opportunity to beat the drowned dog in front of him, he could no longer calm down.
The idea of using thunderous means to suppress the colonial independence movement is not something that others have never thought about, but because the matter is of great importance, and it may be counterproductive if you are not careful, and the current Britain does not have the strength before the war at all, so others are
I was just thinking about it, but I didn't want to say it in public, for fear of giving political opponents a reason to attack me. Now, Bracken suddenly pointed out this matter, and everyone no longer had any scruples in this regard, so they all spoke freely.
"I agree with Mr. Bracken's suggestion. Britain should reinterpret its image to the world, otherwise some people will think that we can be bullied!"
"I think it is okay. Colonial interests are an integral part of the overall interests of Great Britain and must be resolutely safeguarded. And I think if we cannot be tough on this matter, it will affect the image of Great Britain and make those in Europe
The country looks down upon us, which will be detrimental to our rejuvenation!"
"Our biggest enemy, Germany, has begun to decline. Since some people are trying to challenge the authority of the British Empire, then we can just show our strength..."
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Churchill didn't know that one of his impromptu ideas would actually become a Pandora's box. In the following discussions, his cabinet members became increasingly tough. Under this collective tough atmosphere, a powerful China seemed to become
A paper tiger appeared, and its threat decreased again and again until it was ignored. Therefore, at the end of the meeting, not only the so-called "action plan to support ****" was adopted, but also the so-called "plan to rebuild the Far East colonies"
.In the latter "Plan to Rebuild the Far East Colonies", Churchill agreed to form a new Far East Expeditionary Force and granted it the ability to do things cheaply.
"...the size of the Far East Expeditionary Force should be at least thirty infantry divisions, including fifteen armored divisions and five mountain divisions. In addition, in order to deal with the threat of the Chinese navy and air force, it should be equipped with at least five fleet-class aircraft carriers and
More than a thousand fighter planes..."
The author of the above text is Bracken. Obviously, he has already planned to start a war with the Chinese Army in the Far East. There is no doubt that this is a huge military expansion plan for Britain at the moment. However, because the situation in Europe is relatively
Stability does not require retaining much military power, and the Americans have promised a lot of military assistance early in order to lure the British to join the communist group, so this is still within the scope of the British government. Therefore, except for Eden, others
All members of Churchill's cabinet voted in favor of this matter. This means that the British government has truly become a member of the Communist group and will send troops to actually participate in the war.
At this point, all the participating countries in World War III were gathered.