The war lasted barely two weeks, Britain's anti-missile defence system was hacked and disarmed and then the missiles started to fall. Not randomly. But specific targets such as the naval bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and up on the Clyde. RAF bases in Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire and Scotland destroyed almost overnight. Disarmed and defenceless the UK government surrendered to the Chinese on the 23 of January and Britain would never be the same again. The British
public had been told to expect "resolute resistance." Instead, they were told by a calm, accented voice on every television channel, that they were now subjects of the Eastern Administrative Authority. The Union Flag was gone from government buildings by the second week. Mandarin street signs were bolted in place by the third.
The story is set to this background. Britain fallen and its inhabitants sorted into groups. Some repatriated, some banished, some sent to camps and set to work, but most allowed to live and work under Chinese rule. The working classes the backbone of the country didn't notice a huge amount of difference to their daily lives, work, pubs, football were all encouraged and taxes lowered radically.
The main losers in the Great Change as it was officially known were Britain's middle and upper classes whose rules and privileges were largely revoked. Thousands of middle class women in particular had their rights restricted and their professional qualifications annulled, Instead they were re-purposed and set to work in factories and offices and anywhere they could be useful. They were known as Correction Girls, no matter their age, occupation or former social status.
Many former professional were now subjected to much more rigorous lifestyles that included back-breaking labour and rigorous corporal punishment. The 20k word story follows a number of women placed into new and unfamiliar roles and lives of shameful humiliation. And also the story of one particular collaborator who enjoys his new-found power and privileges very much.
