Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

"..." Dowding in the headquarters frowned and looked at the report.

The German army was bombing the southern part of Scotland indiscriminately, which made him puzzled and unable to figure out the German army's intentions.

Is there nothing worthy of the German army's attack?

It wasn't until an hour later that news came that shocked him. The German army dropped a large number of paratroopers in the mountains of southern Scotland!

Dowding hurriedly reported the news to Prime Minister Churchill.

"What?!" Churchill was also shocked. "Are the Germans going to launch a landing war?!" I squatted in the basement every day these days, my thin hair was messy and stuck to my greasy scalp, my brows were furrowed, my face was pale, and my droopy eye bags were reflected in the cold light from the roof. The bottom looks big and dark.

While panicking, he was also secretly glad. After all, the British Empire still had the strength to fight at this time. As long as it defeated the German landing operation, it might become a turning point in the war. "Send a notice to the entire army immediately in my name, 'Wellesley.'"

"Wellesley" was a secret word that had been set beforehand, and its meaning was "the invasion has begun." "Wellesley" refers to Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington; a famous British military strategist and politician who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 and ended the First French Empire. It is not difficult to see the beautiful wishes of the British for this secret word.

After receiving the order, the armies distributed ammunition supplies to the frontline soldiers as quickly as possible. The soldiers entered their respective combat positions and stood ready.

"Where will they land from?" Churchill muttered, standing in front of a huge map of Europe. In terms of distance, Calais is most likely to start. The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of the English Channel, only 35 kilometers away from the French coastline on the opposite side.

It is also possible to set off from Norway, Denmark, Iceland and other places and land in Scotland; the Germans airdropping paratroopers to Scotland seems to be good circumstantial evidence. Just because of the inferiority of the air force, the British had no idea about the deployment of German troops in Iceland.

Soon Dowding sent the specific location where the German paratroopers landed.

It's Boumare, Scotland.

Churchill frowned, thought for a moment, and asked. "Bumare? I remember there was a recruit training base there, right?"

The Imperial Chief of Staff, who came to attend the meeting, nodded. "Yes, there is a battalion of new recruits being trained there."

"Those German paratroopers airdropped into Bumare, why didn't they report it?" A faint uneasiness flashed in Churchill's heart. Unless all the people in Bumare were dead, they would not report it. He picked up the phone and contacted Dowding. "Has Bumare been bombed before?"

"Wait a moment." Dowding rummaged through a pile of reports for a while and replied. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Boumare was not bombed."

Churchill found his secretary and gave stern instructions. "Contact Bumare immediately and ask what's going on?!" The uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger. According to common sense, it is safer to skydive at night. After all, skydiving in broad daylight and exposing the target to too large a target is equivalent to death. And if the German army wants to drop paratroopers, they must at least eliminate threats on the ground, right? Aren't you afraid that the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground will cause excessive casualties if you rashly drop paratroopers without even bombing?

Or are the Germans simply not worried about being attacked by ground fire? Or were they confident there would be no fire attack from the ground?

Why are they so confident?

After a while, the secretary hurried back. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Boumare's phone cannot be reached, and the radio cannot be reached!"

Churchill's heart sank, and his face turned extremely ugly. "Everyone, the situation is not good. It seems that we have a traitor among us. The top priority is to eliminate these paratroopers as soon as possible..." Before he finished speaking, a staff officer ran in in a panic. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Germans, German radio..." As he said this, he ran straight to the radio in the corner and turned on the switch under the astonished eyes of everyone.

"...The heroic Scottish people have taken the first step. Our paratroopers have successfully parachuted into the Boumare area and joined the anti-British struggle organizations there..."

"What!!" Everyone was shocked, and Churchill's eyes that seemed to be bursting with sparks were staring at the radio. His sharp gaze seemed to tear the radio into pieces, and the muscles on his face were twitching crazily. His face was horribly distorted.

The UK mainland is not large, only 40,000 square kilometers. But it is divided into four parts, namely England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. England, Scotland, and Wales add up to Great Britain, so the full name of the United Kingdom is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

In 1603, because Queen Elizabeth I of England died without a successor, her great-nephew and King James VI of Scotland got the opportunity to take over England and changed his name to James I, realizing a "dynastic union", and the two countries shared the sovereignty and divided the country. . Although Scotland and England share the same monarch, secret conflicts are gradually accumulating.

In 1692, a rebellion broke out in Scotland.

King William III of England required all Scottish nobles to swear an oath of allegiance to him. When the MacDonald family failed to take the oath within the deadline due to accidental reasons, William III planned a massacre, killing almost all of the MacDonald family, causing strong dissatisfaction among the Scots.

After establishing its capitalist regime, England began rapid overseas expansion. However, the Navigation Act issued during the period of William III did not allow the Scots to engage in trade with the English colonies.

At the end of the 17th century, Scotland experienced a serious economic crisis.

In order to get out of the crisis, Scotland established the African and East Indies Trading Company in 1695, similar to the East India Company. When the company attempted to establish its own colony on the Isthmus of Darien (near Panama), it was besieged by Spanish colonial forces while England stood idly by. In the end, the company suffered heavy losses, and many Scottish nobles lost their money. Anti-British sentiment in Scotland reached its peak, and rupture was imminent.

When things got to this point, the first people to realize the seriousness of the situation were the English. As Scotland and England drift further apart, the pro-French forces in Scotland are ready to move, and the nightmare of being flanked by France and Scotland on both fronts in history has begun to reappear in the minds of English politicians. In addition, the Scots are brave and good at fighting, and the backbone of the British Army are Scots. If Scotland and England completely fell out, Britain would lose important war resources. In this case, the English began to use both carrot and stick to try to get the Scots to agree to merger negotiations.

First, the Foreigners Act was promulgated, which stipulated that if Scotland refused to negotiate merger, Scots in England would be treated as foreigners, and the export of certain Scottish goods to England would be prohibited. This made Scotland realize that leaving England would face severe economic consequences.

England even directly paid some Scottish dignitaries to bribe them. Among them, the bribed Duke of Queensberry was previously a supporter of pro-French forces, but later exerted great energy in the Scottish Parliament and actively advocated the union of Britain and the Soviet Union. Many Scots accused him of betraying the country, while the English called him a hero.

The actual situation at that time was that Scotland had been unable to enjoy the benefits of England's economic development for a long time, so anti-British sentiment was serious. Now that England is suddenly generous, many problems can naturally be solved. As a result, in 1706, Britain and the Soviet Union began negotiations on the merger issue. England made huge concessions in exchange for Scotland agreeing to annex. According to the final agreement, England agreed to open its trade and shipping system to Scotland, and Scotland's tax burden will be lighter than that of England. England agreed to provide Scotland with nearly 400,000 pounds of funds as "cash compensation", more than half of which was used to compensate the victims of the "Darien Incident". Scotland no longer has a parliament, and representatives are elected to the new Parliament of Great Britain. Scotland's church and legal systems remain unchanged.

On May 1, 1707, the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament jointly formed the Parliament of Great Britain, marking the official completion of the merger of the two countries. The economic dividends of the merger enabled Scotland's economy to take off in the mid-18th century. England was freed from worries and could confidently and boldly compete with France and Germany for European hegemony and even world hegemony, eventually becoming the "empire on which the sun never sets."

Therefore, although Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, it still has considerable autonomy. Especially in many aspects such as internal legislation and administrative management, Scotland maintains considerable independence. Even Scotland's legal system is separate from England's.