Russell looked at the map on the wall, pointed to the island of Ireland to the west, and said: "Although the rebellion in Great Britain has basically been put down, the situation in Ireland is getting worse and worse!" Those damned Irish rebels have captured Colraine, the only one in the north of Ireland that is controlled by our government forces! Not only that, but 3 warships were burned, several troop carriers and 2 gunboats were captured. Now the entire island of Ireland, only the area between Cork and Tralee in the southwest is still in the hands of government forces, and the rest of the place is completely occupied by the rebels! ”

Ramsey was silent. He naturally knew about this situation, and he knew the news of these war situations before Prime Minister Russell. But what else can he say? Many of the troops defeated by the Irish rebels were infantry officers from his War Office, and he also had a share of responsibility for losing the war.

Wallace seemed to be trying to defend himself, saying, "Mr. Prime Minister, there are too many Irish rebels, and they are armed with firearms on a large scale. This is amazing! We thought that the rebels would not exceed 100,000 men at most, that is, poor peasants, armed with some iron hoes and sticks, and a few shotguns at most, but we never expected that from the beginning, the Irish rebels greatly exceeded our expectations. Not only did the rebel army grow to more than 200,000 in a short period of time, but more than 100,000 people were equipped with gunpowder weapons and equipment. God, it's unbelievable!

And, Mr. Prime Minister, thousands of these Irish rebels were retired soldiers of the British Empire, and they applied the military skills they had learned in the British Empire to the government forces, to teach them the skills of warfare, to train a bunch of Irish peasants into soldiers, even more like an army than the government troops who had gone to suppress them. Coupled with the lack of troops stationed in Ireland, this result has been achieved! ”

Russell said coldly: "Don't look for these external reasons anymore! In any case, Ireland must not afford to lose! This is the closest territory to Great Britain, and once the rebels succeed, what will be the face of our British Empire? Wouldn't the other overseas colonies follow suit? Ramsay, now that these workers' rioters in Great Britain have been pacified, your War Office will immediately send an order to get ready, and I will give you two or three days, and these 200,000 troops will be sent to Ireland, and the rebellion in Ireland must be put down! By the way, Wallace, have you found out, I have recently heard that some British workers' rioters have fled to the island of Ireland to join the Irish rebels? ”

Wallace looked embarrassed: "Mr. Prime Minister, I have just learned about it, and I haven't had time to report it to you yet." In recent days, we have found that many rebellious workers have secretly left Great Britain, mostly for Western European countries and even the Americas, and we have not paid much attention to it. I didn't expect it to be that transit to Ireland, it's so hateful! These rioters, most of whom were English, Scottish and Welsh, what did they do with the Irish rebels? After saying that, Wallace seemed to think of something again, and said: "By the way, our people have found that a small number of Chinese forces have secretly contacted the leaders of the rioting workers, and it seems that they are the culprits who helped these rioting workers leave Great Britain!" More than a dozen Englishmen hired by the Chinese have been killed and arrested, including two Oriental faces, suspected to be Chinese, but they pretended to be incomprehensible and refused to confess, one has been killed, and another is seriously injured and is being treated. ”

"And this information? Why didn't you say it earlier! Russell shouted, "Yes, yes, that's how it should be." It must be the spies of the Chinese, who use the disguise of merchants and consulates to collect intelligence in ordinary times, and now they dare to do things that harm Great Britain! Maybe these workers are in rebellion, and they have their shadows! Also, riots in Ireland? Oh, God, Lord, I see...... Could it be that all this has something to do with the Chinese, and is it a conspiracy of the Chinese........"

Russell's face turned red, as if he was inflated, and he was very excited, and he felt that he had been greatly insulted and fooled, and he was extremely angry! It is a shame that he and the cabinet members have been kept in the dark, and they have not found out for so long. But how could he say such a thing, so Russell immediately closed his mouth, as if he was swallowing his own phlegm, and he looked at Wallace with some disgust, as if to blame him for why he didn't find out and deal with it sooner.

Wallace was a little meritorious and added: "By the way, Mr. Prime Minister, we have found out that there is a workers' leader named Mecas, who has established an international workingmen's association, and it seems that he is the leader to do things for the Chinese. After the failure of these workers' revolts, many of the mobs were transported to Ireland through this chieftain called Mekars, with the help of merchant ships hired by the Chinese, and it seems that there were also people there. But just as we tried to capture him, we went into hiding. Now thousands of military and police officers in London have been mobilized to search everywhere, and as long as this person is caught, he can find out if it is a Chinese conspiracy or not......."

"Enough!" Russell interrupted him rudely and yelled, "What are your men eating!" Are they all fools? And the Home Office, too, is a bunch of derelict things, taking the salary of Great Britain, but not doing their best. Do we have to wait for the outsiders and rebels to overthrow Great Britain and bury the British Empire? What are you still doing? Hurry back and tell the police and soldiers throughout Great Britain that if you see a Chinese, no, no, if you see an Oriental face, you will be arrested and sent to prison immediately! And those workers' leaders and the like, anyone suspected of colluding with the Chinese, even a government official, must be arrested immediately, and everything should be explained to the queen and the parliament! ”

After speaking, as if feeling that it was not enough to release the anger in his heart, Russell said to Ramsey again: "And your army is the same, I will immediately issue an order to declare the Chinese Empire a hostile country, and my Kingdom of Great Britain declares war on it!" Inform the Admiralty that all ships related to the Chinese Empire in the East, whether they belong to the Chinese Empire or merchant ships of other European countries, as long as they are shipped from the Chinese Empire or commissioned by the Chinese Empire to be transported to Europe, shall be seized. All the Chinese on board and the Europeans who were employed by them were arrested and handed over for interrogation! In addition, all shops and goods stores opened by Chinese in the Kingdom of Great Britain were sealed up and seized and ceased business, and at the same time, the consulates of the Chinese Empire in the Kingdom of Great Britain were demolished, and all the more than 300 students of the Chinese Empire in various parts of the Kingdom of Great Britain were seized and examined as spies. ”

Ramsey was a little stunned, in this way, not only is it a regular declaration of war, it is simply a move to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. Wallace was even more stunned, and he muttered, "Mr. Prime Minister, wouldn't this be too much...... Even if it is a belligerent country, for these ordinary merchants and students, it is enough to expel them back to their homeland, and will the detention and interrogation of them have too great an impact, and other European countries will not dare to trade with our Great Britain. ”

Russell's eyes widened and he said, "What's wrong?" This is how it should be dealt with the evil countries of the East! In the past, it was our Great Britain that was too merciful, but now let them trade all over the world, raise tigers for trouble, let them earn wealth and technology, and the whole country has become strong, not only has it usurped all the interests of our East Indies and the Far East, but it has also hit Europe with its ideas, and arranged the conspiracy to my Great Britain proper! They must be contained! By the way, it is also necessary to inform the navy and the major fleets to capture and seize Chinese merchant ships all over the world, prohibit all trade between neutral countries and the Chinese Empire, block all sea communication routes that can be blocked, not only prevent the trade goods from the East from being transported to Europe for exchange of goods, but also prevent all European industrial goods from entering the East. ”

As soon as Russell's words were finished, his assistant hurried over, and before he could knock on the door, he rushed in, raised a telegram in his hand, and said eagerly: "Mr. Prime Minister, something is wrong, there is bad news for Ireland!" ”

Russell didn't like his assistant trespassing, but in front of Ramsay and Wallace, he didn't reprimand, but asked coldly: "Ireland is bad enough, what bad news is there?" ”

"The cities of Cork and Tralee in the southwest of Ireland were captured by the rebels, and of the 14,000 British soldiers defending there, more than 5,000 were killed, wounded and captured, only 9,000 escaped, and nearly 2,000 of them fled and disappeared. The 7,000 government troops were hiding in Glenka, a small town in County Kerry in the southwest of the island of Ireland, and yesterday afternoon they were surrounded by nearly 40,000 Irish rebels. ”

"What!?" Russell was dumbfounded, his demeanor changed greatly, and he grabbed his assistant's collar in a panic and shouted, "What did you say? You repeat! ”

Ramsay and Wallace also exclaimed, "God, how is this possible? ”

The assistant said with a sad face: "Mr. Prime Minister, you have to accept this bad news, the army of the Kingdom of Great Britain on the island of Ireland has been completely defeated by the rebels. The entire island of Ireland has been captured by rebels! It is estimated that the day after tomorrow at the latest, the Irish will declare their independence and statehood! ”

"Oh God! It was a day that made Great Britain cry! No, I need to go to the queen at once and tell her about it! We must send troops to Ireland at once to stop them! This matter cannot be delayed! That's why I'm worried that there won't be enough troops. I have to get Her Majesty to come out and persuade Parliament to mobilize for a second emergency war mobilization, failing which another 500,000 troops will be raised to revive the glory of the British Empire! Russell said through gritted teeth.