On June 7, a Labour MP proposed a motion to assist Jews in moving to Madagascar. As soon as Churchill saw this proposal, he knew he was facing an impeachment crisis. Churchill's character was strong and combative, and he never compromised with opponents. Even knowing that the odds were against him this time, he did not back down at all and continued to persist in the struggle against the compromise faction in the British Parliament.

The obese British Prime Minister tucked his right hand into the lapel of his chest and said with the momentum of his "fight to the end" speech when he took office, "Honorable Members, the British Empire has not been extricated from danger..."

Unlike the last time when all MPs listened solemnly to the speech, the backbenchers immediately made a racket, expressing their dissatisfaction with Churchill, and the British Parliament returned to its usual noisy appearance. With such a backdrop, even the most solemn speech became like a farce.

The late Prime Minister Chamberlain represented the view of the British upper class starting from 1937, which was to prepare for war domestically and bluff internationally, delaying the war as much as possible until Britain was ready. But the British public and leadership did not want to engage in a war like World War I.

The war had been going on until now, and casualties in Europe during the Western European campaign were not large. After a great war involving millions of people ended, the total number of deaths on both sides was only 200,000. In World War I, 200,000 people was just the consumption of a few days. The British public and leadership very much hoped to stop the war. If the price of stopping the war was only sacrificing Poland, Britain thought there was no problem at all.

After Churchill finished his speech, a Labour MP immediately jumped out to recount the persecution of Jews throughout Europe. Anti-Semitism was a tradition of thousands of years in Europe; the British MP didn't need to hide it at all, just telling the truth was enough.

Anti-Semitism was only a very small part of the racist ideology of Nazi Germany. To date, Hitler's idea was only to expel Jews from Europe. Due to Germany's military victories, the fascist camp in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, and France had all set off waves of anti-Semitism. There was no longer any place for Jews in the entire Europe.

Hitler himself did not want to use massacres against Jews at this stage, so he reached an agreement with the Vichy France authorities to exile the 7 million European Jews in the Nazi-controlled area to Madagascar.

Given the current mentality in Europe that generally regarded Jews as a pressure relief valve, if these 7 million Jews could not leave Europe, their safety could basically not be guaranteed. In World War I, 15 million soldiers and civilians died in the war. The number of these 7 million Jews in imminent danger was almost half of the military and civilian deaths in World War I. Many of them were old people, weak people, women, and children.

The Labour MP righteously accused Churchill of being a guy who watched 7 million people go to their deaths but turned a blind eye.

Churchill didn't care about such attacks at all; he only cared about the British Empire. As long as the British Empire could survive, let alone 7 million Jews dying, even if 70 million Jews died, or even if other countries besides the British Empire were destroyed, or even if more than half of British subjects were destroyed, Churchill wouldn't care.

But the views of most MPs were different from Churchill's. They loved the British Empire that could easily bring them benefits, but they were not happy to be buried with the British Empire. Facing the speech full of humanitarianism, the MPs responded with thunderous applause.

This time it was no longer a struggle between the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, but a struggle between the compromise faction and the hardline faction. The Speaker of the House adopted a secret ballot for the vote. Listening to the number of votes counted, Churchill's face was ashen, and finally he stood up and left his seat. The compromise faction won a complete victory in this vote, thoroughly overwhelming the hardline faction.

When the news reached Berlin, Hitler immediately went to the Reichstag. Although Hitler came to power through parliamentary struggle, after the outbreak of the war, Hitler went to the Reichstag in military uniform and announced to the emotionally fanatical MPs: "I have put on my uniform again today. If the war is not won, I will absolutely not take off my uniform."

After that, Hitler rarely appeared in the Nazi Reichstag, handing over propaganda work to Goebbels. Hitler's limited appearances thereafter were after the victory of the Polish campaign and the victory of the Western European campaign. Every time he appeared, it brought huge success. The German people spontaneously gathered on the streets in high spirits to salute the German Führer who brought incredible victories.

When Hitler walked into the Reichstag building and stepped onto the podium, all Nazi German MPs stood up and saluted Hitler. Hitler just waved his hand, and the whole venue immediately quieted down. This time, Hitler's voice was not hysterical, but steady and dignified. "Comrades, Britain is a great country, and the British people are a great nation. I want to make peace with them!"

Hearing this, those Nazi MPs from capitalist backgrounds were extremely excited, and other Nazi Party MPs were equally pleasantly surprised. In Germany, even the Nazi Party hoped to pocket the dividends brought by the war as soon as possible after achieving such a huge victory. It was just that the British side was very stubborn and refused to negotiate peace with Germany. Now that Hitler said this, it meant that peace was very likely at hand.

Hitler roughly introduced the negotiations between Britain and Germany and stated, "The war will inevitably end, and peace will come, but our cause will not end; it will only continue to grow and strengthen in peace! Comrades, I have decided to make peace with Britain."

All German MPs saluted Hitler again, shouting "Sieg Heil!" These Nazi MPs firmly believed that the decision Hitler made must be correct.

In Germany, there was absolutely no lack of Germans hooking up with Britain. Hitler's speech in the Reichstag was transmitted to Britain on the same day. Since Hitler had already made such a statement, the British compromise faction, after a series of tense consultations, decided to trust Hitler one more time. But this time Britain was not as easy to fool as in Chamberlain's time; Britain demanded that Germany first withdraw from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark.

On June 17, the German army withdrew from Denmark first. On June 18, the German army began to withdraw from the Netherlands and Belgium.

And Germany's demands were also met. On June 19, the first ship of rubber arrived in Germany. This was the first time Germany had obtained the commodity of rubber in nearly two years since the outbreak of the Polish campaign.

On June 22, Germany completed its withdrawal from the Netherlands and began to negotiate with the Vichy France government on future German-French relations.

On the same day, the plane of the Dutch royal family representative arrived in Amsterdam and received a warm welcome from the Dutch masses at the airport.

On June 23, Britain reached an agreement with Germany and France on the migration of Jews.

On June 25, the British vote of no confidence succeeded, and British Prime Minister Churchill stepped down sadly.

On June 29, the Labour Party won the victory in the emergency election, and Attlee became Prime Minister. In his inaugural speech, Attlee, who was also considered a hardliner, stated, "The primary task of this government is to restore peace."

On July 1, Britain and Germany formally began peace negotiations.

On July 4, the German army terminated "Operation Barbarossa," and various armies began to return to camp.

On July 15, the Anglo-Japanese Peace Treaty was signed.

On July 28, the German army began to withdraw from the French Atlantic region, returning these areas to the French Vichy government.

On July 31, the French Vichy government announced the end of the war and the beginning of French reconstruction, and sent a document to the Free French government, stating that as long as members of the Free French government returned to France before December 1, 1941, all previous charges and sentences against these people would be revoked.

On August 1, Army Day, He Rui reviewed the Army. Seeing the torrent of armor passing in front of the reviewing stand under the formations of the Air Force flying continuously overhead, He Rui was in a quite happy mood.

After having dinner with military representatives consisting mainly of ordinary soldiers and grassroots non-commissioned officers, He Rui held a plenary meeting of the Military Commission with Li Runshi and others who had rushed back. Li Runshi made a report to the Military Commission. The French Vichy government had begun sending telegrams to the Free French government continuously as early as mid-July, and had also sent people to Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Champa, to contact personnel within the Free French government.

The Vichy government announced that Germany would completely withdraw from France in mid-November, and the French general election would be held on December 1. Under such a situation, most people in the Free French government chose to return to France. However, the French Communist Party unexpectedly decided to stay and cooperate with China.

Not only that, there were now more than 250,000 members of the Spanish Republican government in France. After Franco seized power in Spain, these people were stranded in France with nowhere to go. After China published the *Pacific Charter*, this group of people was trying every means to go to China. Most members of the International Brigades in France also chose to come to China.

Regarding these situations, Li Runshi gave his own analytical conclusion. "The *Pacific Charter* and the Anglo-German peace talks have made European revolutionaries realize that the reactionary forces of the whole world are beginning to unite comprehensively in the face of the just cause of liberation. Those revolutionaries are willing to join the cause of world liberation. Even Molotov in Mexico sent a message hoping to come to China."

Hearing Molotov's name, the comrades just exchanged a few glances. No one wanted to provoke this former Soviet leader and creator of the Soviet Red Army who had always advocated world revolution. From a realist perspective, allowing Molotov to come to China meant expressing hostility towards the CPSU that had exiled Molotov.

Li Runshi was also very clear about this. He continued to talk about the recent movements of various colonial governments in Southeast Asia. China had been recruiting a large number of international students from Southeast Asia without scruples since before the outbreak of the Polish campaign. With the insight of the colonial governments, they quickly understood the threat China posed to these colonies.

Getting tens of thousands of colonial youths to study in China, learning knowledge of various government departments—if China seized these colonies, this group of educated colonial youths could quickly form a new government according to China's requirements.

By early 1940, the colonial governments in Southeast Asia adopted means to prevent youths from going to study in China. But it was already 1940, and the comrades responsible for this work soon received orders from above: "Except for adopting means of killing people, all means can be adopted."

After the restrictions were lifted, colonial officials were immediately subjected to comprehensive corruption. The purpose of those colonial officials coming here was nothing more than to make a fortune and enjoy the feeling of being high and mighty. For these guys who might not get 3,000 Chinese Yuan a month, what did the future of the country have to do with them? Enjoying things they couldn't get before was the most important thing.

The nominal study abroad management continued until China published the *Pacific Charter* in 1941. During this period, China not only brought in more than 100,000 aspiring youths from Southeast Asian colonies but also brought in thousands of aspiring youths from African colonies.

These colonial youths all seriously studied the *Pacific Charter*, and the advanced representatives among them even observed the signing conference of the contracting states of the *Pacific Charter*.

Although Li Runshi knew that this number of youths was not quite enough, especially the number of revolutionary youths in Africa was still too small, he had already done his best and could only wait for the situation to develop later.

Quite a few cases regarding crimes against humanity in the colonies had been collected, and the Military Commission was waiting for He Rui to choose one. He Rui was not in a hurry at this time; he said, "Wait a bit longer. These things are too ordinary, and events that can trigger deeper contradictions in the colonies haven't appeared yet."

In the month after the meeting ended, several British capital ships arrived in Singapore and joined the British Pacific Fleet sequence. The British government also strengthened the suppression of pro-China forces in various colonies.

For Britain, Malacca was extremely important. In the Malayan colony, the British colonial government found reasons including low qualifications of school teachers and safety hazards to close the free Chinese schools opened by China for ordinary Malayans.

The Dutch government did the same. But doing so didn't make them feel safe. Although they could close the free Chinese schools opened by China, they couldn't persecute the Chinese in these colonies. If their prediction was correct, China precisely needed an excuse to start a war right now. The persecution of overseas Chinese in the colonies was the best excuse for war.

At this time, British and Dutch colonial officials proposed whether they could use locals to persecute China. In this proposal, the British government and the Dutch government would appear in the role of protecting the Chinese. Locals in the colonies would massacre Chinese expatriates, and the British and Dutch governments would immediately arrest the murderers and execute them as soon as possible. At the same time, they would strengthen protective policies for the Chinese. However, assassinations of Chinese by locals would continue to occur, and the British and Dutch governments would step up efforts to execute "criminals."

If it were the previous moderate foreign policy of the He Rui administration, this move might have obtained China's understanding while scaring away the Chinese in these colonies.

The British government immediately rejected such a self-righteous plan. The British themselves were masters of engaging in such things. Facing such provocation, the British government's attitude had always been clear: as long as the opponent's strength was inferior to their own, they would send troops to fight directly. The colonial government could certainly say that this was a conflict between locals and Chinese, but the British attitude had always been that failing to manage the locals well was the responsibility of the local government. Before the local government truly took responsibility, Britain had the obligation to help the local government restore order and suppress lawlessness.

It would be fine to do this when the Chinese Navy was very weak, but now the Chinese Navy was launching ships like dumping dumplings into boiling water. Doing so would only give China the best excuse.

Southeast Asian colonial government officials racked their brains one by one, trying to find a way to comprehensively weaken China's influence. In the Indian colony, the Congress Party held a national meeting.

Nehru, a young Central Committee member of the Congress Party, proposed his plan. "Our party's development in the southern region has encountered local opposition. I think it is necessary to expose their pro-China nature."

Hearing this proposal, the eyes of the Central Committee members of the Congress Party lit up. The ethnic groups in the southern region of India were different from those in the north. These people belonged to the untouchables in the eyes of Indian Brahmins. But these "untouchables" did not recognize Hinduism either; they formed their own political parties, making the political expansion of the Indian Congress Party in the local area very unsmooth.

Now the local parliament in India had been established, and the goal of the Indian Congress Party was to establish a political party leading the whole of India and become the actual ruling party of India under the British.

Now the British were cracking down on pro-China forces, which undoubtedly gave the Congress Party an opportunity. Judging from the British performance so far, they were very fearful of pro-China forces in the Indian region, and the means adopted were particularly rough. Anyone suspected of being pro-China was arrested first, and those arrested would be tortured.

If the British recognized the nature of these "pro-China Indian political parties," the Congress Party's political competitors would disappear, and the Congress Party's representatives in the local area would be able to smoothly receive local votes and quickly become the local political party leading the whole of India.

The upper echelons of the Congress Party had all received higher education and were elegant people who knew the meaning behind the words. Soon, the British colonial government began to receive news transmitted through various channels, and "factual evidence" of many relatively radical small political parties colluding with China was exposed by pro-British figures.

In such a tense situation, the British began a massive arrest.