Chapter 341: The Attitude of the British Government

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On March 20, Qi and Lu launched a full-scale military operation to invade the Canadian self-government, and the Earl of Inspectors-Robert Gray, the Governor of the Canadian self-government, immediately made a detailed report to King Edward VII of England; Wilfried Laurel, Prime Minister of the Self-Government Government of Canada, also briefed British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith on the details of the entire incident.

The Governor General and Prime Minister of the Canadian Self-Government have only one purpose, that is, to seek military assistance from Britain to repel the attacks of Lu and Qi, otherwise, the Canadian people will be treated by the Americans, and even have the danger of being wiped out.

British Prime Minister Asquith did not dare to slack off, and immediately convened a cabinet meeting to discuss the issue of rescuing Canada, as long as it involved the Xia Empire or matters related to the Xia Empire, it was a big deal for the British.

Sir Grey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke first at the cabinet meeting: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, this time the Qi and Lu countries attacked Canada, it was completely a war without election, and the Xia Empire has not expressed its position so far, that is, the battle between the vassal states, if the British Empire participates in the war against the Lu State and the Qi State, not to mention the victory or defeat for the time being, the Xia Empire will definitely participate in the war, then the scale of the war will be difficult to control, and they will even directly occupy Singapore or more territory like the last war, And the British Empire does not have so much military power to defend our colonies right now. ”

The Minister of War said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I agree with the Foreign Secretary's opinion, not to mention the affairs of the Xia Empire for the time being, I analyze from the military aspect, Qi has 150,000 regular troops, Lu has nearly 2 million regular troops, and they still have hundreds of thousands of mercenaries and garrisons, how many land forces can our British Empire send to the war?" Ten thousand? Or 4 million? Even if we send 4 million regular troops of the British Empire, we may not be able to defeat them, this is still the case that the Xia Empire does not send troops, so as long as we send troops, the Xia Empire will definitely not support Qi and Lu, but choose to attack our colonies in other places, so that we are unable to defend against it, and it can even be said that in the face of the Xia Empire's huge army, we are powerless to deal with it. 【】”

The Foreign Secretary continued: "My intelligence shows that the Xia Empire has formed regular troops of 40 corps, each of which has 0 officers and soldiers, and this does not include the troops directly under the General Staff; Moreover, my information shows that this time Lu did not use the regular army at all, but only used a part of the mercenaries and garrisons, and they fought for the purpose of military training. ”

The Minister of the Navy said: "Your Excellency, if it is a rescue now, it is very difficult, the entire St. Lawrence River is still in a frozen period, our navy cannot pass, and if our navy goes to war, it is easy to attract the navy of the Xia Empire to the Atlantic, which is very unfavorable to our overall layout." ”

The Colonial Secretary said: "I agree with you, we cannot conflict with the Xia Empire for the sake of the backward, remote, and poor Canadian self-government, which is a contradiction between vassal states, and the suzerainty can coordinate and call on them to negotiate peace, but they should not end up in person, otherwise it will be very detrimental to our overall colonial cause, and at the same time, let those colonies that wish to be autonomous see that they have left the bosom of the British Empire, and their survival is a problem." You know, our biggest colonial profits come from India, Singapore and South Africa, and I don't want the war to spread to these three places, and these three places are just the fat in the mouth of the Xia Empire, and they can take a bite at any time. ”

Prime Minister Asquith was very conflicted, since all the cabinet members opposed to supporting the Canadian self-government, and he could not draw arbitrary conclusions, so he ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Sir Gray, I hope that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can contact the Xia Empire as soon as possible to see what caused the Lu State and the Qi State to meet with the Canadian Autonomous Government, can't they sit down and negotiate to resolve the conflict?" ”

Sir Grey hurriedly agreed: "Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, we will communicate with the Xia Empire's ambassador to London and the Xia Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as soon as possible. 【】”

The Prime Minister said helplessly: "Now that the meeting is adjourned, I need to immediately enter the palace to communicate with His Majesty King Edward VII, and tomorrow we will hold a cabinet meeting to discuss and decide according to the situation." ”

The King of England felt that Prime Minister Asquith's explanation was unacceptable, and asked: "If we do not rescue the Canadian self-government, what will our other vassal parliaments think of the British Empire?" This will turn other vassal states away from us. ”

The Prime Minister explained: "Your Majesty, this is a contradiction between the vassal states of the British Empire and the vassal states of the Xia Empire, if we join rashly, then the Xia Empire will definitely join this war, and the scale of the war will expand indefinitely, and the consequences are not something that our British Empire can afford." ”

King Edward VII is very aware of the current difficulties faced by Britain, but he is not reconciled, as the hegemon of the world, Britain has fallen too much, and now it can't even protect its own dominions, which is really sad.

After the early morning of the evening of the 20th, the Prime Minister of Qi declared war on Canada, and the reason for declaring war was the same as the reason for the declaration of war on the United States by the Xia Empire in the early summer, which was to abuse Chinese workers and exclude Chinese.

It seems that after the rise of the Xia Empire, they began to settle accounts for the injustice suffered by the Chinese, and the British felt very innocent.

On the 21st, the British Prime Minister continued to hold a cabinet meeting to discuss whether to provide military assistance to the Canadian government.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of the Admiralty, the Minister of War and the Minister of the Colonies, and the Minister of Indian Affairs all tried their best to provide military assistance to Canada, they were really afraid of the military power of the Xia Empire, and the Xia Empire's navy had always led the trend of super battleships, since they dared to sell the battleships and battlecruisers in service, then they should have more advanced battleships, otherwise no country would do anything that damaged its foundation; Let's talk about the army, just the number makes the British feel extremely frightened, the local organization is 40 armies, Lu is stationed in nearly 2 million troops, Qi is currently expanded to 3 armies, and there are a huge number of mercenaries and garrisons, just imagination is a headache.

More importantly, there are a large number of Chinese, as many as hundreds of millions of people, and as long as they have weapons, they can quickly equip millions or even tens of millions of troops.

The rise of the Chinese is a disaster for other peoples.

The British Prime Minister convened several cabinet meetings in succession, but failed to reach a decision to send troops to Canada.

Later, the Canadian General Staff issued a call to war to the national militia to defend the homeland by force, and quickly curbed the momentum of the offensive of the Qi and Lu armies, so that the British cabinet saw the hope of victory for the Canadian government, if they could block the attack of the Lu and Qi armies, and make their casualties exceed their bottom line, the British Empire could issue an initiative for peace negotiations in time, so that the Xia Empire had a decent step, and it was likely that the Canadian problem would be satisfactorily resolved.

I didn't expect the development of things to get out of control, first of all, the Lu mercenaries launched a massacre race against Canadian civilians, and then the Lu airship troops bombed important Canadian cities three times in a row, making the capital Ottawa, the economic capital Montreal, and the important industrial city of Toronto bombed into ruins, and Lu adopted indiscriminate bombing, causing nearly one million casualties, and the prime minister of the Canadian self-government sacrificed his life for the country in the bombing, which completely destroyed the confidence of Canadians to continue to resist.

In the minds of Canadians, Japanese mercenaries are a group of inhumane guys, even women, the elderly, and children, and even their ears are cut off after killing, which makes people shudder to imagine, they are simply not people, they are a group of devils.

The capital was destroyed, the Parliament, the Governor's Palace, and all other state institutions were destroyed, and the Prime Minister gave his life for the country, something that has never happened in Europe since the millennium of war.

The city of Montreal was in flames, with 80 percent of the city's population suffering casualties, nearly 400,000 casualties, and 10 percent of the Canadians wiped out in a single bombing.

In the face of tremendous pressure, on the morning of the 28th, Quebec declared its independence and surrendered to the state of Lu in order to protect its people from bombing.

On the afternoon of the 28th, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia declared their independence under the same pressure and surrendered to the state of Lu.

On the afternoon of the 28th, the Governor General of Canada, Earl Inspector Robert Gray, announced the temporary position of acting prime minister and proposed peace talks between Qi and Lu.

The governments of Lu and Qi ignored the initiative of the Canadian Prime Minister at the same time.

On the 28th, with the assistance of airships, the Lu army surrounded and completely annihilated two Canadian divisions and 15,000 militiamen stationed in Toronto, and none of the 39,000 Canadian officers and soldiers survived, all of which became the exploits of Japanese mercenaries.

The Kingston artillery group position has been razed to the ground by Lao Li's airship on the night of the 27th, and now the entire Windsor-Quebec corridor has become undefended against the Lu army, and the Lu army can drive straight into the Atlantic coast, and no army can stop the attack of the Lu army.

The declaration of independence of the three southeastern provinces is a distrust of the government, for the prime minister this is a draw from the bottom of the kettle, and for the Canadian chief of the general staff, he is now a bare-bones commander and has no troops available.

The British government knows that Canada is finished, and it is too late to send troops to the rescue.

On the evening of the 28th, the Qi army also adopted the strategy of the Lu army, sending airships to carpet bomb the positions on the outskirts of Winnipeg, and the Royal Mounted Police, the army, and the militia on the front line were devastated.

The bombing of the Qi airship became the last straw that crushed the Canadian Prime Minister, Earl Gray.

At 8 a.m. on the 29th, Earl Grey announced the unconditional surrender of Canada.

The attitude or decision of the British government is no longer important to the Canadians, what matters is that the war is over, they are still alive, and they are lucky to be alive compared to those who died. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.