Chapter 463: Shelling the British Ministry of Magic
In a small forest outside the Burrow, Zhang Xu and a group of others gathered around a round table conjured by Transfiguration to discuss the next rescue operation. Above the table was a model of the floor of the British Ministry of Magic. And around the table, in addition to Zhang Xu, there were several comrades such as Mrs. Adams from the United States, Yuri from Russia, and the French Aurors from the French Ministry of Magic who came to carry out the "evacuation" mission, and there was not a single Englishman here.
Because the ensuing action was so slap in the face of the British, imagine a group of foreigners storming into the seat of a country's supreme authority, such as 10 Downing Street and the White House, fighting and rescuing the hostages, in any way slamming the country's face to the ground and stomping on it. And this is just as valid in the wizarding world.
It's fine if it's a British-led operation, but the current situation is that the British Ministry of Magic has too much to do after transferring to Hogsmeade, so it can't pull out reinforcements, and Zhang Xu on the government side doesn't want to take the initiative to find them, and they also want to help the British Ministry of Magic stabilize its position in Hogsmeade, and the Order of the Phoenix needs to rush to Hogwarts immediately to protect Hallie. In this way, only Zhang Xu will preside over this operation, and if there are Britons participating at this time, it will be regarded as a British traitor.
Therefore, Zhang Xu and his party did not embarrass the Weasleys, and everyone consciously went to a nearby place to discuss the operation.
As for why Zhang Xu presided over this operation, of course, in addition to the fact that the three hostages were all close to him, and he had information about the location of the hostages, it was because he took out a lot of gold coins to pay everyone for hard work.
In this way, Zhang Xu was in front of the operation, and the wizards from all over the world who participated in the operation received Zhang Xu's money, and afterwards the British side investigated it, and they could throw the pot to Zhang while counting the money, so everyone was enthusiastic. And Zhang has already patted his ass and returned to China by then, will he still be afraid that the British will be held accountable?
On the other hand, the wizards involved in the operation from various countries accepted Zhang Xu's money is only one of the reasons, and the most important thing is that everyone can make a big fuss at the British Ministry of Magic and slap the British wizarding community in the face for a while. Therefore, many people only symbolically received a little money from Zhang Xu, for example, the French Aurors quoted 200 gold coins per person, and the Russian comrades only needed 100 gold coins. Zhang Xu wrote a check on the spot and paid the money first before doing things.
As for why the wizards of the United States, Russia, and France are so enthusiastic about being able to go to the British Ministry of Magic and slap the British wizarding world in the face, it can only be said that the European and American wizarding circles have been unhappy with Britain for half a century.
Since Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald and sat in the position of the number one white wizard in Europe and the United States, the British Ministry of Magic began to pull up the banner as a tiger skin, using Lao Deng as a sign to secretly suppress the Ministries of Magic in other European and American countries, just like the countries in the Muggle world that have atomic bombs carry out nuclear blackmail against non-nuclear countries.
In the Quidditch World Cup a few years ago, the Bulgarian Minister of Magic teased the British Minister of Magic on the pretense of not knowing English, and the deep reason was that the Bulgarian Minister of Magic had too much resentment against the British Ministry of Magic, but the British Ministry of Magic was wielding the stick of "Dumbledore's blackmail", so he could only find some face through this form.
Now that Dumbledore is dead, the shadow that has been suppressed on the heads of the Ministries of Magic in Europe and the United States has disappeared, and the excuses and people who have taken the blame are ready, this is a good time for everyone to take revenge and complain.
So what brought the nephew of the relative to be injured, the wedding of the brother's granddaughter was disrupted, and the family of the director of the ministry was bullied by the gringos in a foreign country is just a superficial reason.
In particular, the French Aurors, who had just rushed from France to carry out the task of protecting and evacuating the French at the scene, had the most positive response when they heard that Zhang Xu was going to take someone to the British Ministry of Magic to rescue the hostages, including a French citizen.
How can the matter of adding to the obstruction of the British be justified without the participation of the French?
Mrs. Adams's reaction was also very positive, she brought her nephew to England to see the world, but she was injured by the British, and if she returned to the United States in such a gloomy way without doing anything, where would her face be the "flower of the Aurors".
Yuri's side also quickly agreed to Zhang Xu's request, as a wizard who had worked in Lubikayan, such a thing could not be missed, and he also brought a few skilled helpers.
So such a four-nation coalition army was quickly formed.
On the other hand, Zhang Xu is not afraid that Scrimgeour will come to him after returning to Hogwarts next month, and if Scrimgeour IQ is online, he will be very grateful to Zhang Xu for this operation.
Scrimgeour also knew the truth of "people and land, people and land, people and land, people and land", so he approved the "dynamo" plan for all departments of the Ministry of Magic to immediately evacuate the Ministry of Magic and move into Hogsmeade's "dynamo" plan to re-establish the flag when Voldemort personally led the attack on the Ministry.
However, after the transfer to the Ministry of Magic, it faced a very serious problem, that is, which of the "Vichy government" formed by Rufus de Gaulle Scrimgeour and Voldemort at the former site of the Ministry of Magic represented the magical orthodoxy of Great Britain.
Therefore, Rufus de Gaulle Scrimgeour had to use all possible means to weaken the power and prestige of the "Vichy government" in order to maintain the legitimacy of his Hogsmeade authorities in the hearts of English wizards.
If the Ministry of Magic is now broken by a group of foreigners at the hands of Voldemort, although this is a slap in the face of all British wizards, the prestige of the "Vichy government" that bears the brunt of it will definitely plummet, and Scrimgeour can only say with tears in his eyes that the friendly people are doing a good job.
Unless Scrimgeour and Voldemort can work together to fight the humiliation and get back on the field at this time, this is impossible.
And Zhang Xu thought through this in a short period of time, so he dared to summon this international force for rescue operations.
The goal of the rescue operation is clear, to rush into the lowest dungeon of the Ministry of Magic as quickly as possible to rescue the hostages, and then evacuate immediately before the Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic can stabilize their position.
None of the people in the grove were rookies, and in a short period of time they had developed a practical plan of action. It had only been an hour since Kingsley Shackle's news that the Ministry of Magic had been breached.