Chapter 58: 058 The Hammer at the Palace of Westminster
Christina led her nephew into her office and asked before she could sit down, "What the hell is going on?" ”
"I asked the Intelligence Department's operations team to let me meet Hannah before the assassination."
As soon as Raymond finished speaking, Christina's eyes widened and exclaimed, "Are you crazy? It's hard to find out where the other Einsatzgruppen team has always kept its operations secret, and it's because you're afraid that people like you won't be able to find out. ”
"That's why I left Germany right away and went back to China." Raymond looked free and took out a bottle of red wine in front of the wine cabinet, and without pouring the glass, he directly pulled the cork and drank several sips to his mouth.
This made Christina frown.
"Watch your manners, don't be like those rude New Worlders!" In the world world here, because there are not many American gods (and the skin color is also relatively ...... health), so despite their economic power, Americans are still not well received in Europe's upper class, and old upper-class people like Christina basically refer to them in private as New Worlders.
Raymond shrugged, in fact, he had several American friends in private, and he was far happier with these Americans than with Europeans, but he wouldn't tell his aunt about it.
After putting the bottle away, Raymond sat down on the sofa and said to the First Consul of the French Republic in a serious manner: "The Germans have a completely new weapon, and they used this weapon to end the war." ”
"I know they must have some kind of new weapon," Christina frowned slightly, "They always have new weapons, but they can only be effective under very complicated conditions, I have already learned those weapons in the last war, and it is not a big deal." ”
"It's different this time, Auntie!" Raymond propped his hands on the table and raised his voice to interrupt his aunt's words, "I was outside the factory when the explosion occurred, and I have seen the corpses and wounded sent out of the factory with my own eyes, plus the first eyewitness I received from Hannah, I think this new weapon is some kind of special bomb, which can create a wide range of high temperatures in addition to the shock wave of ordinary bombs, and in addition, judging by the shape of the deceased's body, it is likely that it also caused suffocation!" ”
Christina looked unpleasant, but she listened carefully to her nephew's words, and then fell into deep thought.
After a moment she said, "You say it's hot? ”
"Yes, the Divine Princesses can be unscathed, but how many of the Warrior Princesses girls can form protection against the heat? Even if it is equipped with a special magic amplifier, I'm afraid that less than a third of the girls can do it, right? ”
The French consul fell silent again, and after thinking for a while, she asked her nephew in a serious tone, "Have you checked the size of that bomb?" Can it be fired using a cannon? How big is the aircraft needed for aircraft projection? ”
"The scene was very chaotic at the time of the explosion, and the Imperial Army, which had been defeated like a mountain, didn't even think about keeping it secret, so I successfully found out that the bomb was camouflaged in the form of a magic lubricant and sent into the factory. I refer to the standard canisters used by the German Imperial Army, and I think it is more unrealistic to fire them from cannons, but it is entirely possible to use aircraft to carry out airdrops, and it is completely possible to transport them by car or hide them in small houses. ”
Raymond's words made Christina sigh.
"In that case, it will be troublesome, and it is too dangerous to rush into the army before knowing the reserves of this new weapon."
"I don't think the reserves will be large, but ......" Raymond stopped talking, and just looked at his aunt with "you know" eyes.
Christina sighed again: "Yes, it's time to choose, if too many battle queens are killed by this kind of bomb, I'm afraid that the other families will take the opportunity to pull us down, they have long wanted to do this." ”
Christina massaged her acupoint with her hands.
Originally, the armed intervention in Germany was made by Christina to increase her bargaining chips in the upcoming election, and now she is undoubtedly in a state of difficulty in riding a tiger, change the decision to intervene, you must give people the truth, insist on interfering, in case the war Ji loses too much, she will also step down.
"That's why I hate the Republic." Christina unabashedly expressed her inner thoughts, "If I were the empress, France would definitely be in a much better situation than it is now, and I am fed up with this game of mutual elbowing!" ”
"Auntie......"
"Yes, yes, I know the way, I know the way, I have to find a way to deal with the current situation." Christina put down her hand rubbing her eyes and turned her head to look out the window.
Time passed in silence for a long time, and Christina turned to look at her nephew with a look of determination: "You go to London." That young girl and her adoptive mother are carved out of a mold, and she will definitely adhere to the so-called continental equilibrium policy, Raymond, you are already a mature and steady diplomat, you know what you should do. ”
"Yes, Auntie."
Christina's plan is actually very simple, she will continue to pose as if she wants to send troops to intervene, but she will not really send troops, and after the British come forward to put pressure, she will put on a resolute attitude and resist the British to the end - of course, France will compromise in the end, but she Christina will become the Iron Lady in the eyes of the voters who has taken too much toughness on Germany and resisted the pressure of her old rival Britain, although she failed at the end, but as long as she guides the people a little, she will ignore this.
Raymond was sent to London to ensure that Britain would intervene, and the Queen Victoria II must have been happy to give herself the name of following the teachings of her ancestors.
Of course, these hands and feet cannot escape the eyes of sophisticated politicians, but even if they do, there is nothing they can do, because neither Christina nor Victoria II is on the right side in this matter that seems to be in the national interest.
And, Christina thought, maybe she would take a tough stance and make the nascent German Republic succumb to some kind of favor in exchange for peace, which would be even better, simply invulnerable.
Thinking like this, Christina couldn't help but sneer, and her nephew Raymond saw it in his eyes and asked at the right time, "Auntie, do you need me to bring you some wine?" ”
"Of course, it's still the same as before, gin." The old goddess has always been particularly fond of this "manly" wine, and it is said that when she was young and dominated the social scene, she once caused a fashion trend of gin drinking in the upper class of Paris.
Raymond took two glasses from the wine cabinet and filled them up to Christina.
After handing the cup in his left hand to his aunt, Raymond raised his right hand: "For France." ”
"For France!" Christina clinked glasses with her nephew and drank them all, and that's how she liked to drink it.
After putting down the cup, Christina looked at her nephew's handsome face again: "You leave for London tomorrow, and tonight, your task is to sleep with Lily Marlene." ”
"Auntie, you say it too directly every time." Originally, Raymond wanted to say "it's like a New Worlder", but in the end he gave up.
**
A week later, London, Palace of Westminster.
Unlike France, which established a gate republic after the revolution, Britain still maintains the same constitutional monarchy as Lin Youde's original world, the difference is that in the United Kingdom here, the queen is also the speaker of the British Parliament, and any resolution of the parliament cannot take effect without the queen as a god to knock the hammer. Of course, any bill proposed by the Queen cannot take effect without the approval of a majority of Parliament.
At the same time, the queen is also the chief of the "Knights of the Round Table Council" as a supervisory body, which is actually equivalent to the "M series" organization in Lin Youde's famous agent movie in the original world, and the queen is equivalent to the head of 007 "Mrs. M".
The Ms was sitting upright in the halls of the Palace of Westminster, listening to the generous speech of the stocky "Independent Conservative".
Isabella? Victoria was twenty-two years old, in the prime of her life, and most of the girls her age were now out and about in the early spring sun, and she could only sit in the dreary and gloomy hall, face to face with a large group of old men. The old guys gave Isabella the illusion that there was a musty smell in the air.
But she was still listening attentively to the words of the "old fellow", and the restlessness in her heart that belonged to a young girl could only be reflected by playing with the ribbon of the Order of the Garter she wore on her body.
Anyway, "Winston?" Churchill seemed to be finally about to end his three-hour generous statement, "We must take resolute measures to counterbalance the emerging German government!" Otherwise, it will again become a source of destruction of the European order! ”
Churchill ended his speech, but few people in the audience applauded.
It is now the Labour Party that has formed the government, and the Conservatives have a small number of seats in Parliament, not to mention the fact that the Independent Conservative had been very unhappy with many key Conservative Party members during his previous crackdown on the workers.
Most importantly, everyone present knew that Isabella didn't like the Humpty Dumpty.
In such a situation, you can imagine how many people will applaud him without knowing what to do.
Winston Churchill listened to the sparse applause and looked around the entire parliament, and the expression on his face was quite heroic and lonely. This made Isabella feel a little sympathetic to him, but she knew that if she unleashed even the slightest kindness, the fat man would take advantage of the problem to make a fuss.
Isabella sighed, she had seen the picture of Winston Churchill when he was young, and she couldn't understand how that young, handsome and suave young officer had grown into what he was now.
- If he had paid a little attention to staying in shape, he wouldn't have disliked him so much.
After Churchill's abrupt resignation, Isabella stood up, looked around the halls of Parliament, and asked aloud: "Is there anyone else to hear?" ”
The parliamentarians responded to the young queen's question with silence.
So Isabella slammed the hammer in her hand and announced in a loud voice: "Now the vote on the armed intervention of France in Germany begins!" Raise your hand, sir, who agrees to put pressure on the French government. ”