Earl Li Jianyang faced Churchill's somewhat puzzled look and showed a firm look. Obviously, what he wanted was London's true thoughts, rather than verbally perfunctory.

Everyone is smart, so there is no need to hide it.

Although Li Jianyang served in the British army, his family had a lot of wealth, and held a British passport to serve the London government, he was Chinese after all, not Angkoru Saxon, and he was innately unable to truly integrate into the upper class of British society.

Churchill also had some speculations about his identity and background, but he did not talk about it publicly, and both sides maintained a certain tacit understanding.

Since he asked, it may be that the influential figure behind him needs to know the answer.

Churchill, as the British cabinet, second only to the Secretary of the Exchequer, is a real core member of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith's cabinet. He is very familiar with the true ideas of the top politicians. His answers are unquestionably authoritative.

Hesitated for a while

Churchill asked with a serious expression, "Lee, will the Ocean Kingdom really join the Allies to deal with the Germans?"

"The answer is yes, at some time in the future."

“How far is it in the future?”

“It depends on when the Allies need it most?”

"I understand, then are we still friends?"

"Of course, just like I have been fighting for Great Britain, now, I will not be shaken in the future. The Ocean Kingdom will always be Britain's best friend and one of the members of the Commonwealth. Now, I will not be shaken in the future."

"Oh, that's great."

It was obvious that Churchill breathed a long sigh of relief, and he organized some language and continued to say, "The national policy of the British Empire pursues only eternal interests and no eternal friends.

In fact, you can completely ignore London's idea, because the Ocean Kingdom already has enough strength to say "no".

According to the view of the London senior management, he always remained vigilant about the Ocean Kingdom and kept a distance, but he was helpless to see that his dependence on the Ocean Kingdom was getting deeper and deeper, and this was not changed by someone's will.

Although I don't like it, I still have to be friends.

The Ocean Kingdom has a wide influence in the Pacific region, which is the basis for London to take realistic countermeasures, after all, this is much better than being an enemy.

I think that respected emperor is the outstanding monarch who has been second only to Queen Victoria in the past two hundred years. He is like a skilled dancer who can always move forward with the right drum beats on the world stage, which is impressive.

Whenever we want to deal with him, someone will always jump out and pull the hind legs, and then block in front of the muzzle of Britain.

It used to be Tsarist Russia, but now it is Germany. Who knows who else will be there in the future?

Before we knew it, the Ocean Kingdom had developed very strongly, so powerful that Britain had a strong dependence on him. Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and I, as well as some other influential politicians, have seen this.

A question was raised, but no solution.

You have also seen that the biggest problem we are facing now is to solve the anti-World Order alliance led by Germany. Yesterday was the Marne River and Gallipoli, and today was Verdun, whose French allies suffered a heavy blow. Maybe we will make some moves in the Somme tomorrow.

Everyone is very busy, just like I said before.

Whenever we want to do something, there will always be someone jumping out to block the gun. Now it is a German guy, who knows who else will be there?

Man, if you're right, then we won't have the energy to harass him for years after the end of this war called the World War.

As for the future, it is hard to say that the British Empire will never tolerate any country threatening the world hegemony. France cannot do it, Germany cannot do it, the United States cannot, and the Ocean Empire cannot do it. This is not due to the will of a person or group, but is due to national interests.

Maybe by that time, we are all retired and can still have a cup of afternoon tea together.”

"I agree with you that Winston, the Ocean Empire is the beneficiary and defender of the existing international order, and puts the interests of Britain first, which is a sentence my friend wants to convey through me in private."

friend?

Churchill chewed these two words carefully and soon felt relieved.

With Li Jianyang's status, he is far from qualified to pass on the dictatorial emperor. Perhaps he is a senior executive of the government, so this explanation is more reasonable.

Since we are talking, the invisible atmosphere of chatting is further improved, and we all seem much more friendly to each other.

"Li, you know that my financial situation has always been bad. The manuscript written by my publishing house was not delivered on time some time ago, and these damn bastards dragged my manuscript fee. It was 5,200 pounds, it was a hell." Churchill said indignantly with an expensive Cuban cigar in his mouth.

If you don’t listen to what he said clearly, you will think that he is assigning tasks to Li Jianyang.

Li Jianyang is also used to it. This guy already owes him £11,320, why are there zero or even a whole thing?

Once, they attended a grand reception for the upper class in London. At the end of the day, Churchill had to go out to fool around with the woman he had just talked about, and his pocket was cleaner than his face.

That day, Li Jianyang happened to have no money. He only had £20 on his body, so he gave it to him.

"Is 3,000 pounds OK?"

"That's great, man, I know you're a Kang-chan person."

"Don't talk about those useless things, don't forget to pay back the money after getting the royalties, even if you pay a part of it first."

"God, look at your face. I want to take back my high praise for you just now."

"Okay Winston, don't forget to pay back the money after getting the royalties."

Li Jianyang is not used to his bad habit. Churchill is the highest-paid writer in the UK. He has a manuscript fee of tens of thousands of pounds a year. This money can be saved for two years to build a Wembley Stadium, which shows how rich it is.

But he was always not enough to spend money, because Churchill's living habits were not related to frugality, and his noble wife was the same.

I like famous wines and cigars, the luxurious pomp and banquets of the upper class, the seducing beautiful and identifiable aristocratic women, and the yachts and French beaches. Each hobby is very expensive.

Among Churchill's friends, Li Jianyang is the one who lends him the most money and never urges him to pay it back. So... once you get nervous.

Hahaha, Li Jianyang is the first choice.

Li Jianyang is not used to his bad habit. Churchill is the highest-paid writer in the UK. He has a manuscript fee of tens of thousands of pounds a year. This money can be saved for two years to build a Wembley Stadium, which shows how rich it is.

But he was always not enough to spend money, because Churchill's living habits were not related to frugality, and his noble wife was the same.

I like famous wines and cigars, the luxurious pomp and banquets of the upper class, the seducing beautiful and identifiable aristocratic women, and the yachts and French beaches. Each hobby is very expensive.

Among Churchill's friends, Li Jianyang is the one who lends him the most money and never urges him to pay it back. So... once you get nervous.

Hahaha, Li Jianyang is the first choice.

Through the narrow English Channel, the European continent is now full of war. After a few days of hard work, the Battle of Verdun was extremely fierce and reached a white-hot level.

After the Battle of Verdun was launched

At 16:45 pm that day, the German infantry launched a fierce attack and occupied the first defensive position that day, killing and injuring nearly 100,000 French defenders, with the attack momentum being positive.

In the next four days, the second and third defensive positions were successively captured, and 5 kilometers forward, occupying the important support point of Fort Duomont. When the infantry attacked, they used deep combat formations to advance in waves with scattered lines, putting strong pressure on the French.

Faced with a dangerous battle situation, the French Command quickly appointed the commander of the 2nd Army Betton as the commander of the Verdun front line, and mobilized all available troops, determined to fight the German army in the Verdun area.

On the 26th, Betton ordered the recapture of Fort Duomont.

After the French army gathered heavy troops, the overall situation fought back. After four days of fierce fighting, the losses were heavy, but the enemy was strong and we were weak on the battlefield, and the Fort Duomont was not recaptured.

Since February 27, the French army has used the only Baledik-Veldun Highway, which is the only way to keep in touch with the rear, to continuously transport troops and supplies to Verdun. Within a week, 3,900 trucks were organized, transporting 190,000 people and 25,000 tons of supplies. This is the first large-scale automobile transportation in the history of war.

A large amount of cannon fodder was filled to the front line, effectively suppressing the fierce attack of the German army, gradually stabilizing the last line of defense of Verdun, and the two sides formed a new balance of power.

At this time, Paris was shrouded in a tense atmosphere of war. Churches, public facilities and residential buildings in the city were filled with wounded people, and countless women were mobilized to take care of the injured. The city was filled with the smell of blood and rot, and it was no longer as elegant as before.

Every day, thousands of trucks transport reinforcements to the front line, and countless bodies and injured people were brought back. The truck's wooden carriage was soaked in blood, emitting an unpleasant smell.

This kind of scene day after day, it completely broke the hearts of the French.

Sadness shrouded in this once prosperous metropolis, French Le Nantes lamented;

The war is so cruel, the blood of France is drying, we have lost a whole generation of young people, and we will still lose our future, and we cannot let this continue.

The Sumatras who had just arrived were not trained or meticulously nourished. They were sent to the battlefield with a gun in their hands. What fate would they be waiting for?

The Battle of Verdun is like a bottomless pit that devours life. It is worthy of being the cruelty of the "meat stirrer". The huge casualties caused great fear of the French soldiers and refused to perform a counterattack mission that was equivalent to dying.

If an officer is forced too much, it will cause a large-scale mutiny.
Chapter completed!