Chapter Eighty-Four: The Eagle's Choice

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Prime Minister Arthur Balfour said: "Your Majesty, we should make a clear decision on the affairs of the South China Sea, and if we continue to delay in this vague way, I think Hong Kong will become a very difficult issue!" ”

"Your Majesty, Mr. Prime Minister, Ministers and Generals, I think the most ugly thing is not the courageous initiative to reconcile but the hesitant indecision. I believe that if we decisively withdraw from the South China Sea war situation at this moment, everything will be resolved because of this. ”

Rear Admiral Fischer, First Minister of the Navy, said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, I have been expounding that the construction of our Imperial Navy should be to devote all our energies to strengthening the defense of our coastal waters, to apply the most advanced science and technology to our warships, and to drastically reduce our overseas fleets, so that our mighty British Empire's naval fleet will always maintain its most powerful and unfailing combat strength in order to adapt to more brutal wars in the future."

However, our imperial navy now has almost no funds for R&D and construction in terms of investing in the upgrading and transformation of new technologies!

Because our British Empire has invested a lot of money and energy overseas, wasting a lot of our time and money, our Imperial Navy is gradually regressing.

If this continues, it won't be long before Japan, Russia, Germany, and even this Hainan fleet will be stronger than ours! We can't go on like this anymore!

This dispute in the South China Sea is extremely unnecessary for us, and what a foolish act to get involved in such a boring way! I believe that no one will benefit from cooperating with a country like Japan that has no political credibility in the end!

In my opinion, it is the wisest choice that our dilapidated Far East Fleet should withdraw from Hainan as soon as possible, otherwise, it will disgrace our British Empire! ”

Prime Minister Arthur Balfour said: "Yes, General Fisher, though somewhat paranoid, has a point. Your Majesty, perhaps it is time for us to rethink our thinking. After the glorious history of 'glorious isolation', we should strive to cherish and consolidate the existing resources, and no longer have to be responsible for the so-called Covenant, because, I have a hunch that this king of Hainan has Napoleonic ambitions. We should consider looking for a more permanent and stronger partner in the Far East with a more developmental vision.

So, Your Majesty the King, gentlemen, I think we should consider whether this King of Hainan is a more promising partner for us.

As for Japan, a small country in the East, although they have a crazy dream, they simply do not have the civilization and quality to become the hegemon of the Far East for a longer time!

They are just a little snail who gets drunk one day, and because of this, they are arrogant and dream of becoming eagles. In this dream that they weave, they really blindly think that they are an eagle with wings spreading, and they really think that they can look down on the earth with the posture of an eagle.

However, no matter how beautiful a dream is, it is just a dream after all.

A snail can never have the body of an eagle, a snail can never have the mind of an eagle, and a snail can never have the heritage and character of an eagle! That's fate! This world will always be the world of intelligent creatures, if you can't have clear self-knowledge in the face of reality, then, one day, you can only bring shame on yourself!

I think that one day, when the snail wakes up from his dream, he will fall back to the ground from the illusory clouds he has weaved, and then he will fall very badly, which is the inevitable end of all fantasists! It is also the price they must pay, because your unrealistic fantasies have ruthlessly hurt other people's worlds!

So, Your Majesty the King, Ministers and Generals, I think that we in the British Empire should think more wisely about the South China Sea issue, and stop playing this ridiculous game with this unkind fantasist! If we were to be with such a madman, I think, the whole world would think that our great British Empire must be a madman in the truest sense of the word! ”

"Your Majesty," said Foreign Secretary Landdowne, "I think it has been made very clear by Mr. Prime Minister and General Fisher that the reform of our British Empire's naval construction should be put on the agenda. It should be a very good choice to reduce overseas spending and strengthen the naval defense at home. ”

Edward VII sighed and said: "No matter how brilliant the sun will eventually set, we have made a very funny choice in the South China Sea, I think, in the confusion of the night, we may be more likely to see ourselves clearly, because, under the passionate sun, we are easy to see only our own elongated shadow, so that we can not really recognize our own height, misestimate ourselves and the world around us."

So, dear gentlemen, I am very happy that we have finally seen ourselves and the world outside ourselves in the fog of this dark night, so let's be brave enough to make amends, I think, it's still too late, how about it? Sir Reims, you are an expert at this, you decide. ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, I propose that the military operations of our Far East Fleet in the South China Sea be halted immediately, and then I would like to ask Sir Nathan of Hong Kong to negotiate with their Hainan Fleet, and our bottom line is to maintain the safety of Hong Kong and the smooth handover of the personnel of the Silang. Everything else is negotiable. Do you think it's okay? Your Majesty, Your Majesty, The dark clouds on Ransdoorn's face lifted.

Prime Minister Arthur Balfour said: "I thought, Sir Reims, am I being too conservative? We should ask Hainan for a little more. For example, Hainan trade, the South China Sea sea lane, etc. ”

Churchill reluctantly said: "We can withdraw from the war in the South China Sea!" However, our 'Silang' has suffered a lot of losses, and our Far East Fleet has consumed a lot of supplies, and we should ask the Hainan Royal Government to give us sufficient compensation! ”

Lansdoorn smiled bitterly and said, "Gentlemen, I hope that what you imagine will come true!" But, dear gentlemen, we are not snails, we are eagles, and I used to be an eagle soaring in the bright sun! We should be realistic, realistic! We are not facing the pampered old lady Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, we are facing the king of Hainan, a strong-blooded and intelligent Hainan king! ”。

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