69novels Chapter 600
Chapter 600
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Prime Minister Lloyd George was furious. He was a lawyer, so he had no military experience and didn’t know how the army fought!
However, the Royal Navy had never suffered such a heavy defeat before. Even in the Battle of Jutland, the Royal Navy suffered more losses on paper than the German army, but they had the advantage strategically.
But this time, both tactically and strategically, they lost everything and couldn’t even keep their underwear!
“I need an explanation. Why did you lose so badly this time? What exactly caused this result?”
Prime Minister Lloyd George was simply furious. The Royal Navy was the foundation of the British Empire. If the Royal Navy’s strength declined, the fate of the British Empire would also go downhill.
This was simply unacceptable to the ambitious Prime Minister Lloyd George. He accepted the invitation of King George V and served as Prime Minister of the Cabinet again. He did not want to see a declining British Empire that lost its position as the world’s hegemon in his hands, but wanted to see a strong British Empire that continued to flourish and sweep across the world and build a foundation for eternity!
But now, none of the things he expected happened, and the things he didn’t want to see happened one after another, which made Prime Minister Lloyd George exhausted and exhausted!
He was already a little desperate!
Prime Minister Lloyd George even regretted in his heart: Was he right or wrong to accept the invitation of King George V?
“”Mr. Prime Minister, please calm down. Now is not the time to lose our temper. What we should consider now is how to clean up the mess and not let things continue to deteriorate!”
First Minister Attlee, who is only 44 this year, persuaded Prime Minister Lloyd George.
In Attlee’s view, things have already happened. Instead of wasting time to hold someone accountable, it is more meaningful to spend time on how to solve the current problem.
Moreover, as the news of the Battle of the North Sea continues to expand, the international situation is bound to become increasingly unfriendly to the British Empire. At this time, the British Empire must come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, otherwise, not only will their world hegemony collapse, but even their own safety will be difficult to guarantee!
Prime Minister Lloyd George is not a person who likes to act impulsively. He was just stimulated by the news and couldn’t control his emotions in anger, so he lost his composure.
After hearing Attlee’s persuasion, Prime Minister Lloyd George quickly calmed down.
“You are right, we should not waste time on this now!”
Lloyd George calmed himself down, and his eyes looked at the newspaper on the table, and a nameless anger rose in his heart.
Although he did not know where the Times got this top-secret information from, the fact that the Times directly published this information as news was a stab in the back for the British government, making them feel like they had eaten a fly, and they felt extremely uncomfortable!
“The top priority now is to calm the panic of the domestic people as soon as possible. The government must immediately come forward to dispel the rumors and deny the news of the failure of the naval battle!”
Prime Minister Lloyd George is 65 years old this year. He has been in politics for ten years and has accumulated a lot of experience.
As an experienced old politician, he knows very well that when the people suddenly learn of this news, they will definitely feel panic in their hearts, because in the hearts of the Japanese, the Royal Navy has always been invincible.
Suddenly someone told them that the Royal Navy suffered a disastrous defeat, the main fleet lost five battleships, and the aircraft carriers were almost destroyed. They will definitely be scared!
Therefore, the people must not be allowed to panic at this time. The best way is to dispel the rumors, treat the news from the Times as false news, and strongly deny the result of their defeat to the outside world, and also exaggerate the ending that they have won a great victory!
“I’ll leave this matter to you, Attlee. This is a test from the Empire for you. I hope you won’t let me down!”
Prime Minister Lloyd George patted Attlee’s shoulder heavily and said to him.
After handing over the propaganda task of restoring public opinion to Attlee, Prime Minister Lloyd George looked at another confidant-former Admiral Churchill!
After Lloyd George returned to the post of Prime Minister, Churchill was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Although Churchill knew almost nothing about finance, he gladly accepted the appointment, and also helped the British Empire to re-establish the gold standard system, stabilized the monetary policy of the British Empire, and stabilized the British Empire’s shaky financial system after the war!
With this political achievement, Churchill’s reputation in the British Empire has improved significantly. , plus he is ten years older than Attlee and ten years younger than Prime Minister Lloyd George, so many people predict that Churchill is very likely to become the next Prime Minister.
Churchill himself is also an ambitious person, so he is full of expectations for the rumors among the people. In fact, as early as 1924, he participated in the election independently, but suffered a disastrous defeat and was forced to continue to rely on Lloyd George.
At this time, after being re-employed, Prime Minister Lloyd George not only failed to save the situation, but even accelerated the pace of the British Empire’s decline, which made many people in the country begin to be dissatisfied with him.
In this case, as long as Churchill can continue to make some political achievements, then his position as Prime Minister is basically stable!
“The navy has suffered a heavy blow. We must speed up the navy’s existing shipbuilding plan. How much money is left in the treasury to support the navy?”
Prime Minister Lloyd George stared at Churchill with burning eyes. He hoped that Churchill would not let him down.
Churchill thought for a moment and said,”There is indeed not much money in the treasury, but our gold standard is still unstable. We can slightly adjust the exchange rate between pounds and gold to raise more funds for the government without stimulating the market as much as possible!”
“Very good, then how much money do you expect to bring me?”
Although Churchill did not give a clear figure, Prime Minister Lloyd George was still satisfied with his answer.
No matter how much money Churchill can come up with, as long as his attitude is willing to cooperate, not the kind of fierce resistance, then everything will be fine!
“”It is estimated to be 500 million pounds!”
Churchill glanced at Lloyd George and said tentatively.
After hearing the news, the latter subconsciously frowned.
500 million pounds is not too much, but not too little.
If it were in peacetime, this number would basically be enough for the British army’s military expenditure for two years!
However, in wartime, this money can’t even last for three months!
Once the war machine starts, it will be a tireless gold-eating beast. If you want to start it, you need to continuously invest huge amounts of money in it!
This is a heavy burden for any country!
“The potential that can be tapped in our country is not great, so if you are really in urgent need of money, I suggest that we turn our eyes to the west!”
Prime Minister Lloyd George frowned and asked,”You mean, Eagle sauce?” _