"Sir, this is a Telegram from General Hamilton. He hopes we will dispatch the 4th Army Corps and 5th Army Corps to attack from London toward Canterbury, break through the German defensive line, and cover their retreat back to London!" a general reported to Richard Haldane, the Minister of War.
Richard Haldane's brows drew tightly together. He was undoubtedly deeply dissatisfied with the British Army's performance in the Southeast War Zone.
"What exactly are Hamilton and the others doing? Didn't he swear up and down before that they could hold the German offensive at Canterbury, and even defeat them? It has only been a few days, and this has already happened!" Richard Haldane complained. The forces the British Army had assembled in the Southeast War Zone were more elite than those in London. Yet they had fought themselves into such a state. Naturally, Richard Haldane was extremely dissatisfied. What was more, the troops Hamilton wanted transferred were the only two elite army corps stationed in London. If anything happened to those two army corps, the consequences would be too dreadful to contemplate. Would London not be left protected by nothing but a rabble?
"Sir, the Germans are too powerful. As a result, none of our plans in the Southeast War Zone have succeeded. Moreover, under the German attacks, we have suffered grievous losses. With the Germans pressing their fierce assault, the forces in the Southeast War Zone truly can barely hold on any longer," the general explained.
Richard Haldane fell silent. The battle situation had rotted to such a degree, far beyond his expectations. Yet that made him even less willing to send reinforcements to the Southeast War Zone. Doing so would leave London's defenses even more hollow. If the German military attacked London, what would they use to resist