With Wang Guorui's order and the Military Commission, an order was issued, that is, the national army implemented second-level combat readiness. The second level of combat readiness is already a very high level, which means that war can break out at any time, and even every soldier must be ready to sit on his back, and those infantry must also put their weapons next to their pillows, and then be ready to assemble urgently at any time, and then be ready to go out to fight at any time. The second-level combat readiness is already very high, and if it is higher, it will affect domestic stability. Level 2 combat readiness is already a very high level, so it is enough to scare these Britons into silly.

As for whether this should be returned to Hong Kong, Zhu Erdian has no power to make the decision, and he can only send a telegram back to ask the British government. However, the British domestic cabinet also suddenly had a headache, this Hong Kong is actually not of great economic value, and there is no economic value about Britain at present. However, the reason why Britain is unwilling to give up is because Hong Kong is the face of the British. This Hong Kong was seized by the British, and if it was returned like this, how would it be a loss of face? In fact, many of the huge colonies of the British cannot bring much value, but the British have to occupy these colonies and maintain these colonies, and they even do not hesitate to spend a lot of wealth to do useless work, isn't it just to maintain these so-called face?

Therefore, they are naturally reluctant to return Hong Kong, and if they return it like this, the British will lose face in the international community. Therefore, the British Prime Minister Cecil will immediately hold a cabinet discussion again, and then whether to deal with this Hong Kong.

"We absolutely cannot sell Hong Kong, otherwise we will lose face in the British Empire. If we exchange Hong Kong to them, how will our British Empire survive internationally in the future? What will happen to our British Empire then? At that time, a series of colonies in our British Empire would bring great crises, and if we did this, it would be unstable within our empire! The Secretary of War said.

And everyone also expressed their disagreement, and some chose to remain silent. Because this will return Hong Kong to China, it will definitely be very angry, and even make the army dissatisfied. If Hong Kong is returned to China, then they will inevitably have more dangers, and they may also set a bad example for the future disposal of the colonies. So naturally they can't choose to just give it back to China, they must be very dissatisfied with this, so now they want to find a solution.

"Guys, do you think China will go to war against us?" Cecil asked.

Someone immediately replied: "Rationally speaking, it is impossible for us to go to war with China at the moment." The Chinese need time to develop and accumulate strength, after all, they are many years behind us, even if they have enough military strength, so what? After all, they are too far behind us, and in a short period of time they are far from our opponents in terms of industrial heritage and various national heritage. Therefore, as long as they are smart people, they will not choose to fight us at this time, let alone fight with us. ”

"Of course, it's not our right to go to war with them. Otherwise, we would definitely be involved in this quagmire of war with China, especially when we were in the Boer War, which has proven that our army is in fact not very effective in combat. A Boer has made us so costly, but we have not reaped the corresponding benefits, so how much does it cost us to win against a large country with a population of 400 million and a population of 400 million? Moreover, their China is no longer the Manchu government of the past, so we can't scare them. In the past, we were able to bully the Manchu government so much, not because they were weak, but because their ruling class did not regard themselves as Chinese, so they continued to sell the country. Now in China, we can't scare them! ”

"We don't know what these Chinese think. Anyone with the slightest political talent will know that it will not be beneficial for either of us if China goes to war with us at this time. If they go to war against us, they will suffer huge losses and lose the most suitable opportunity for development. And we will all inevitably lose an opportunity to solve the Germans, if we start a fight with the Chinese at this time, especially a big fight, it will not only do us no good, but will let the Germans take the opportunity to fan the flames there, and then wish we and the Chinese were fighting! So as long as the Chinese are not stupid, they will definitely not choose to go to war with us! ”

Obviously, this person, as a mature politician, subconsciously thinks that Wang Guorui will not go to war with them, so that he will definitely not lose Hong Kong. However, they obviously don't know what will happen to Wang Guorui.

"Can you guarantee that the Chinese will not go to war against us?" Cecil asked.

"I can assure you that as long as the Chinese emperor is not stupid and their cabinet ministers are not looking for their own death, then they will not go to war against our British Empire, so I don't think they dare so. Isn't it foolish for them to fall out with the British Empire for the sake of Hong Kong? So I don't think they Chinese will do such stupid things as long as they have some mature politicians. So, I think the Chinese are just blackmail, and we don't need to pay attention to them. ”

Cecil thought for a moment and said, "Since you judge so much, then we don't need to pay attention to them." Since they are like this, then we don't have to pay attention to them so much, as long as we do our own things well, the Chinese should not take such a risk to start a war with our British Empire, right? I don't think anyone in their country will agree to war. ”

"Our British Empire will not allow our territory to be lost for no reason, so we should guard our colonies, and we must not just lose them!" Cecil said.

The British Cabinet dissolved, and then the resolutions of the Cabinet were also reported to Zhu Erdian by telegram.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, we think that Hong Kong has been invested and built here by our British Empire, and we have invested a lot of things, and we can't just give it back to China. Therefore, we in the United Kingdom refuse to return Hong Kong, which has been ruled by our British Empire for decades, and has a lot of wealth invested by our British Empire, and all kinds of facilities built by our British Empire. It was the British Empire that brought civilization and wealth to Hong Kong, so I think the locals in Hong Kong will also be willing to live a civilized life. Therefore, we have invested a lot in Hong Kong, and naturally we will not agree to return it. Zhu Erdian said righteously.

Zhu Erdian, the robber logic, seems to be really like that, and he has no guilt. What he meant was that he had snatched Hong Kong over and put it into construction. It's like he illegally robbed other people's property ownership, so he is renovating, so the ownership of this house belongs to him as a matter of course. This is nothing more than bandit logic, thinking that if he puts something into this thing, then it is his. But in a word, the British will not return Hong Kong so easily, and if they return Hong Kong, it will be a slap in the face.

But this Englishman is actually a group of pirates in his bones, didn't they start out as pirates? When they finally got rich, naturally they all seemed to be gentlemen. However, pirates are still pirates in their bones, and they are not pirates because they change their clothes and pretend to be gentlemen. They are gentlemen in order to be better pirates, so that people think that they are gentlemen, not pirates. When they really want to get the benefits, they won't hesitate to show their pirate side and slaughter you for meat.

"Your Majesty, most of the British think that we want to develop this time, so they will not go to war with them. Therefore, they seem to have no fear and directly threaten us, and they think that we will not fight an all-out war with them and Britain for this Hong Kong. What they bully is that we want to leave the opportunity for development, so they are naturally not afraid of us going to war with them. Prime Minister Xiao Hongsheng said.

"The British really don't cry when they don't see the coffin! They think we don't dare to go to war with them? Do they think that we, China, will not dare to threaten them? Do they think we want to leave a chance for development, so they don't dare to go to war with them? But they don't know that we have an old saying, just walk barefoot and don't be afraid of wearing shoes, what do we have to be afraid of? So, we take the threat to them in turn. I think we can force them to back down. In fact, although we don't want to go to war this time, we must have a psychological war to see who can calm down more and see who has more hole cards. ”

"Although we don't want war with the British, it doesn't mean we're afraid of the British. Our determination to return the territory is incomparably strong, and we will not compromise because of the strength of the British. On the territorial issue, I have absolutely no room for compromise. Therefore, immediately convey the order to Li Yuanhong, ordering his destroyers in the southeast theater to bombard Hong Kong for me to deter them from the British. In addition, it was ordered to raise the level of national combat readiness to the first level of combat readiness. ”

"Yes, I'll go and deliver the order to Li Yuanhong right away!" Li Zhanfeng, director of the attendant room, said. (To be continued.) )