stonecrandall Chapter 709
Chapter 709
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“Why, Mr. Attlee can’t even meet this small request?”
Ribbentrop crossed his hands, leaned back on the back of the chair, looked at Attlee with a smile and said.
Attlee’s mouth twitched. Is this a small request?
The Hans were really shameless. Their request was to kill the British Empire, but in their mouths it became a trivial request!
“Ahem, this matter is not for me to decide, but I will report this matter to the Prime Minister and other members of the cabinet later. Let’s see what they decide then. Let’s talk business now!”
Attlee was unwilling to continue to argue with Ribbentrop on this issue, because it seemed to be very disadvantageous to him if he continued to argue.
He wanted to change the subject and get straight to the point, but Ribbentrop didn’t appreciate it. He shook his head and said,”I don’t think it’s necessary. Your country has no sincerity at all. I don’t think it’s necessary to continue the negotiations!”
After saying that, he was about to stand up and leave!
Attlee was stunned. Why was the Hans ready to leave without saying a word?
The negotiations broke down before they even started?
If the negotiations broke down like this, how would he explain to Prime Minister Lloyd George, the Cabinet and Parliament after he returned home?
So Attlee stood up quickly:”Foreign Minister Ribin, please stay. I don’t think what you said before is completely without room for negotiation. How about this, I will report this matter back by telegram, and then please wait patiently for a while, okay?”
Attlee couldn’t let the negotiations break down like this. If the negotiations broke down like this, he would not be able to report his mission when he returned, so he had to find a way to stabilize the Hans, and then buy time, go back and try to see if the country can unify the Hans’ request. Although this request is very excessive, it is not completely impossible for the Prime Minister and Parliament to agree!
“Well, in that case, I’ll stay in Ireland for two days for Lord Attlee’s sake!”
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Attlee’s telegram was immediately delivered to the capital of Ireland, where the sun never sets. After receiving the telegram, everyone, including Prime Minister Lloyd George, was very curious. Attlee should have just arrived in Ireland not long ago, but he sent a telegram so quickly. Could it be that the negotiations had made progress so quickly?
When they opened the telegram, they were almost furious!
“This Attlee, why is he so cowardly?”
“Yes, he even dared to send such a request back by telegram. If it were me, I would have scolded the Hans to his face!”
“Humph, we absolutely cannot agree to the demands of the Hans. The Hans are greedy. We have agreed to their demands for Northern Ireland. Who knows if they will ask for Scotland and Wales next? If this opening is opened, it may be impossible to end it later!”
The attitude within the British government is consistent. Everyone feels that Hans has made such an excessive request before the negotiations have even started. This is really a bit unacceptable.
Although Northern Ireland is not as important as the British mainland, after the fall of the southern part of Scotland, this place is currently the only channel for the British mainland to escape to the Atlantic Ocean and Asia.
If they lose this place, the British mainland will have no safe outlet for them to escape!
No one wants to sit and wait for death.
Talking is just trying to get a better result.
If the negotiations fail, they can leave the British mainland and flee to overseas colonies to persist in resistance and fight the Hans to the death!
So in the eyes of the British people, Hans’s condition is unacceptable!
“Do you all agree with this?”
Prime Minister Lloyd George saw that everyone’s opinions were basically the same, so he said:”In this case, I will send a telegram to Attlee now. He should know what to do!”
……
Ireland, the hotel where Hans’ delegation stayed.
After returning to the hotel, Ribbentrop and the Deputy Foreign Minister were playing chess.
“”Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, do you think the British will agree to our request?”
Ribbentrop said as he made his move,”I don’t think so!”
The Deputy Foreign Minister was a little surprised to hear his words:”Then what about you?”……”
He didn’t finish his words, but his meaning was clear: Since you know the other party will not agree, why do you still make this request?
“”Haha, this is the task the Führer gave me!”
Ribbentrop smiled cunningly and said nothing more.
The Deputy Foreign Minister was a smart man. After hearing Ribbentrop’s words, he shut up and did not continue to ask this question.
However, in his heart, he still couldn’t help but be curious: Why did the Führer Mainz give such a strange task?
“War is the continuation of politics. Sometimes what cannot be achieved at the negotiation table can be achieved on the battlefield!”
Ribbentrop seemed to have guessed the other party’s inner thoughts. He did not give a clear explanation, but just casually said something that seemed irrelevant.
But this sentence undoubtedly awakened the Deputy Foreign Minister, and he immediately understood!
What the head of Mainz did must mean that the military will take action!
“”Knock, knock, knock!”
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
“Come in!”
A staff member came in and whispered in Ribbentrop’s ear:”We intercepted a telegram from the British capital to Attlee. After deciphering the content of the telegram, we got a reply from the British capital rejecting our request!” Hans has always done an excellent job in intelligence work, and has always attached great importance to the interception and deciphering of telegrams from the British capital.
Since the birth of the Enigma cipher machine, the deciphering work of both sides has entered a one-sided situation. Hans does not need to send additional personnel to reinforce his own telegrams, because their Enigma cipher machines are almost impossible to decipher.
Therefore, they have transferred a large number of outstanding talents into the deciphering team, and with the help of the advanced equipment provided by Mainz, their interception of telegrams from the British capital and other European countries has been greatly improved. Among them, the deciphering of the British telegram is the greatest, because the British capital is… Hans’s main imaginary enemy in Western Europe!
Huge investment has paid off. Since 1926, most of the telegrams sent from the British mainland, as long as they are intercepted by Hans, will be quickly deciphered by Hans, which makes the British intelligence almost one-way transparent.
And this time, when Ribbentrop visited Ireland and participated in the negotiations, he also brought a deciphering team with him. The purpose was to intercept and decipher the communication between Attlee and the Fog City, obtain intelligence from the British side in advance, and help them gain the upper hand in the negotiations!