When Isabella made the decision to go to war, it was Winston who was most surprised. Churchill, but he immediately lowered his face and calmed down, and said nothing - anyway, the queen's decision was exactly what he wanted, so it didn't matter what caused the queen's change.

Several cabinet members who had relied on Chamberlain's connections were surprised, and the foreign minister headed by him first asked, "Why did you suddenly make such a decision, Your Majesty?" ”

"Because I suddenly understood," Isabella said in a deep voice, looking at the Foreign Secretary, "that if the present Germany is allowed to develop, the position of the British Empire will be threatened." I can't sit idly by. ”

"But ......"

"There is nothing but that, we must go to war, save our French allies, smash Lin Youde's ambitions, arrest him, judge him, and then imprison him forever." Isabella's tone was very resolute, and her eyes were firmly fixed on the foreign secretary as she spoke, and her eyes flashed with determination.

The Foreign Secretary sighed.

"Okay, Your Majesty. As long as the French government is communicated in advance, the British Army can indeed land on French soil and fight alongside the French army. This will not cause any problems in the international community, but Your Majesty, this war is very likely to develop into a full-scale war like the last war, and even if we can win it, we will lose a lot. I hope you will carefully consider whether it is worth ...... doing so."

"Of course it's worth it," Isabella interrupted the Foreign Secretary, "if we don't fight this war, Germany will grow stronger, and then we will find that we can no longer defeat him." ”

"Him?" The foreign secretary raised an eyebrow because Isabella was saying "him", which is a third-person pronoun for a man.

Isabella did not answer the Foreign Secretary's question, but continued: "Anyway, we're going to war, it's as simple as that. We knew before that the French government would eventually lose the war, and if we didn't want to lose our last ally on the mainland, we had to send troops directly to help the French government, and this situation was inevitable. Since we are all going to send troops in the end, why didn't we send troops sooner? ”

The ministers looked at each other, and then Winston Churchill said: "The tradition of Britain is not to fear any war, gentlemen, have you forgotten the banner raised by General Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar?" England wants every officer and soldier to do their duty! Now that Your Majesty has made up your mind to go to war, please do your duty like ordinary soldiers! Otherwise, you hand over your position to someone who can do your duty until the last moment. ”

Churchill paused, glancing at the crowd.

No one contradicted him, so Churchill said to Isabella: "Your Majesty, we have no problem with going to war. ”

"You're going to leave you with no allies in politics forever." Isabella sighed.

Churchill shook his head and said, "No, as long as there are common interests, they will become allies, and it has nothing to do with personal likes and dislikes." If a person does not choose allies based on interests, but on his preferences, then this person cannot be a qualified politician. ”

"That's not true."

As soon as Isabella began, Churchill retorted: "Children only distinguish between right and wrong, and adults only look at the pros and cons, Your Majesty." ”

Isabella stared at Churchill for a few seconds, then finally shook her head.

"Well, whatever you want. Gentlemen, since there is no one to argue about the start of the war, I now declare that the present Cabinet will be formally reconstituted as a wartime Cabinet as of this date, with the right to requisition and mobilize all resources beneficial to the war, and that until the end of the war there will be no general elections, and the appointment of officials will be decided directly by me, and will no longer be subject to the Guò Parliament. At the same time, I ordered the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, and the British Army to begin a general mobilization at once. ”

After Isabella finished speaking, she turned to the foreign secretary.

"I need you to communicate with the French government, but if you don't think you're up to the task......"

"I can do it, Your Majesty." The Foreign Minister said this anyway, although he looked unhappy.

"Then, this emergency meeting is here, most of you have experienced the last war, you know what you should do next, tomorrow the wartime cabinet will hold the first imperial meeting, before that everything that needs to be done is done, let the meeting end."

"Your Majesty," the Chancellor of the Exchequer asked, "when will we issue a declaration of war to Germany?" ”

"We will do this as soon as the communication with the French government is over, and before that we condemn the German government for funding rebels in France in an attempt to destabilize its neighbors." Isabella glanced at the Foreign Secretary, "I don't think I need to say more. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do as you tell me."

"Then adjourn the meeting."

The Cabinet members rose and left the Queen's office, which had been used as an emergency conference room, with only Churchill sitting still.

After all the cabinet members were gone, Churchill said to Isabella: "I guess the reason for your sudden change of attitude is probably related to the recent rumors that Lin Youde has added a new daughter?" ”

Isabella stared at Churchill for a long time, and Churchill calmly withstood the Queen's gaze. Finally, Isabella nodded: "You're right, judging from the information we have obtained, the Lin Youde family has added another divine concubine." ”

"I see." Churchill leaned back in his chair, his fat body looked like a lump of cotton spread out on the chair, "The world has been tirelessly studying the law of the birth of the god queen for hundreds of years, but no progress has been made, and now it is really embarrassing that an oriental boy can become the first man in the world who can make the god queen pregnant with the god queen." ”

"I'll tell you straight," Isabella tapped the table with her slender fingers, "The purpose of the war is to capture Lin Youde alive, so that at least while he is alive, he can ensure the interests of the British Empire in the world." ”

"You don't have to be caught alive, do you? Killing him would also ensure the future prosperity of the British Empire. Churchill pulled his favorite cigar out of his pocket, "Eliminating the threat is the first priority, and then the more profitable." ”

Isabella glared at Churchill and said to him, word for word: "I'm non-smoking here." ”

Churchill stopped his hand from the lighter, and a second later he slumped the cigar off his lips.

"Your Majesty," said Churchill, purging his cigar like an upside-down pen, to the Queen, "since the main objective is to eliminate the threat of Lin Youde, I think we should take more decisive action, and it is a waste of soldiers' lives to throw British soldiers into the French battlefield and fight the French rebels to the death, and we should let them die more meaningfully." ”

Isabella stared at Churchill – as if she had been glaring at the fat man known as an independent conservative since the end of the emergency cabinet meeting.

Churchill looked at Isabella with a look of resignation, and he said calmly: "I never expected you to like what I do, but I promise that what I do will be good for Britain." ”

"I'll judge whether it's good or not," said Isabella coldly, "so put your thoughts out there, and let me see how you are working for the good of the British Empire." ”

Churchill stood up, came to the globe in the Queen's office, turned Europe on the sphere to the Queen, and pointed to the North Sea section and said, "That's my answer." If we throw our forces into the French battlefield, we will have to engage the German troops crossing the border in France, and no one can guarantee that this war will not turn into a meat grinder like the last war, and finally drag everyone to exhaustion. So I think we should throw our forces directly to the German mainland, and the Royal Navy was able to do that. We landed in Bremerhaven, occupied Bremen, and then attacked Hamburg both by land and by sea. As soon as we captured the port of Hamburg, we gained a foothold in Germany itself. ”

Isabella stood up, walked around her desk, and came to the globe, looking at where Churchill was pointing.

"I remember that during the last war, you also mentioned a similar mention to yì?"

"In the last war, we did not remove the threat of the German High Seas Fleet until the end, and a hasty landing could make the German High Seas Fleet desperately fight, and none of us was sure whether the glorious Royal Navy would be able to defeat the German High Seas Fleet. I was Lord of the Admiralty at the time, and I was well aware of the Royal Navy's prediction of victory, and the subsequent Battle of Jutland proved that the Naval Staff was right in its fears, and that the Royal Navy might not have been as invincible as it had been. ”

Churchill paused, and continued: "But now, the German Navy has only a few old and broken ships, and the Royal Navy has several newly built battleships, and the King George V will make the whole German Navy tremble. Your Majesty, the time has come to execute my vision. ”

"However, this plan would inevitably require us to supply the troops invading the German mainland by sea, and we may need thousands of freighters to ensure the supply."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Churchill looked assured, "We have enough cargo ships, and your army will be well supplied." In the worst-case scenario, we also have a backup supply plan, which is to attack the Netherlands with Belgium and open up the road. The Netherlands now don't even have much standing army, and rely entirely on the gods to protect their lowland territory, a country that hasn't fought a decent war for decades. They will be defeated by the light yì. ”

"Then why didn't we just go with the Dutch attack in the first place?" Isabella asked, confused.

Churchill replied: "There is no moral problem with our attack on Germany, but there will be with an attack on Holland." ”

"You think about morality?"

"Of course, the international community will have to reshuffle the cards after the war is over, and we must be prepared, so even if the Netherlands follow Germany in declaring war on us under their alliance with Germany, we should try not to attack it as much as possible - unless it sends troops abroad to fight. The same is true for Denmark and the Nordic countries. ”

Isabella thought silently, her eyes fixed on the base of Jutland on the globe - where Hamburg was.

After five minutes of silence, Isabella raised her eyes, looked at Churchill and said, "Well, you convinced me, Mr. Prime Minister." I will order the Navy and Army to draw up battle plans according to your ideas. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Churchill bowed to Isabella as he spoke, turning and walking towards the office door.

But he didn't take a few steps before he stopped and looked back at Isabella: "To be on the safe side, let me ask you, you don't have any personal feelings for Lin Youde, right?" ”

"Children only talk about likes and dislikes, and adults only look at the pros and cons." Isabella changed what Churchill had just said and returned it to him as it was.