"Your Excellency the Prime Minister's suggestion, I personally agree with it deeply!"

Unlike John Major, who had a calm face, as soon as he finished speaking, the foreign secretary sitting at the long table raised his hand to speak, and the spirited member of the Labour Party tried to express his support for the Prime Minister, apparently regardless of partisanship, "I think this is also the cry of every British citizen: in the face of the threat of evil and centralized force, the British Empire must have an ultimate means of deterring the invasion, and not use the flesh and blood of its own people to fight against the tide of Russians!"

Of course, the Americans have their own plans, but after all, this is good for the future of the empire, this is a foregone conclusion! ”

"With all due respect, Mr. Attlee,"

Before the old man's words fell, a middle-aged man with a round face and rosacea next to him disagreed, and the Home Secretary named Blair looked left and right before speaking, and the thin lady next to him nodded, "If all of us here have not understood correctly, what Your Excellency means, after the deterioration of the war situation in the Middle East, our British Empire is no longer able to resist the military threat of the Warsaw Pact, so there is no choice now, and we must resort to such a complete strategic adventure, to guarantee that the country will not suffer aggression? ”

"Yes, my sir, if you don't mind taking back the word 'adventure'."

"But...... It's an adventure. ”

Seeing the two ministers looking directly at each other across the long table, next to a kind-faced minister for women's affairs with gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her high nose leaned in and interjected, this slender Welsh woman also had a very soft voice, "Although she is not an expert in military affairs." But I also support Mr. Blair's comments. It should be said. This is not only an adventurous act, but with our observations of the current regime in Russia, it should be said...... It's more like a gamble with unpredictable consequences. ”

"Really? - I really don't understand, what are you all afraid of? ”

Minister Tony Blair, who had been staring at the rosacea, and Attlee, who advocated toughness, spoke in an even more blunt tone:

"In any case, we have dealt with the Russians countless times over the years, including the current brutal and long war, gentlemen. I think His Excellency the Prime Minister's words are completely correct and a wise way to assess the situation: now we must admit that the strength of the British Empire is no longer what it used to be, and there is no need for us to continue to fight on the front lines of the evil empire, and the 'Trident' is the only guarantee for Britain to get out of the battlefield and survive alone! ”

As he spoke, the old man looked directly across the long table with a pair of eagle eyes, and the cold gaze he conveyed made Blair and the others a little wary, although many of the people present did not agree with his speech.

At this moment, Silence sat at the other end of the long table, and Louis Mountbatten, the tall, dignified Secretary of State for Defence and Scottish Affairs, raised his hands and clapped his hands in the slanting sunlight that entered the chamber. Then he picked up a stack of materials on the table; With a cough from the Secretary of State for Defense, there was a moment of silence in the room. Only a deep, calm voice echoed around the hall:

"Listen to me, gentlemen.

Regarding His Excellency the Prime Minister's remarks, I think each of our colleagues here will have their own considerations.

But today, here and again, I must solemnly remind everyone in this room that when the glorious United Kingdom is bogged down in the mire of an inexplicable war, and when it struggles in a pool of smoke and blood in the face of an overwhelming array of Russian warplanes, do we still have to resist this for our allies, even at the cost of setting ourselves on fire and paying an even more painful price?

Let's face it, gentlemen!

Since the outbreak of the war, after occupying an entire land of Western Europe and forcing the armed forces of the free world to the English Channel and the Pyrenees, the power of the evil chariot of the Soviet Russian Empire has not been what it used to be.

Yes, from the eyes of all of you, I can see doubt, I can see surprise, I can see a wavering feeling; But this is the truth, not the fantasy, and the conventional military forces of the Kingdom of Britain cannot withstand the invasion of the Russians, even with the full support of the United States.

I hope that you will pay attention to this point and keep it in mind at all times. ”

“……”

The speech was finished, and the loud voice was still echoing in everyone's ears, and the huge conference hall became silent for a while, except for the heavy breathing of those present because of their nervousness.

Louis Mountbatten, a veteran of the United Kingdom's Navy, was so powerful that all the ministers who supported or did not support the Prime Minister's proposal fell silent, and for a time no one spoke in favor of it, let alone a word to refute it.

In the face of the terrible threat of polar bears, the air raid sirens that once sounded in the city of London seemed to prick everyone's eardrums, and even this important meeting in front of them could not avoid the secret worries of the participants; In the south of England, where there are many knives and guns and war secrets, there is still no place to call peace, and this kind of fear that slowly seeps into the heart is deeply felt by everyone here.

How long has it been since the end of World War II that the United Kingdom, which dominates the British Isles, has heard an air raid siren?

Such a sharp question may be answered by the elders in this room, but the so-called answer must also be extremely frustrating.

"So, - everyone!"

After a long silence, John Major, who was at the head of the long table, finally spoke again.

After a period of fruitless debate, and seeing that the Cabinet members had no intention of refuting Louis Mountbatten's tough rhetoric, despite their own opinions, the Prime Minister knew that the big picture was decided, and that all he needed to do was to put the final word on it, without taking into account the feelings and moods of those who were indecisive.

Having said that, this kind of behavior in the face of the threat of an evil empire would have received overwhelming support in the National Assembly, and what he, the prime minister, had to do was to conform to the will of the people, right?

"As the de facto leader of the British Empire, the Commander-in-Chief of the three armed forces of the United Kingdom, I place here for the record to reiterate the resolute action which we are about to take; At 9:50 a.m., I will appear at the Capitol to address all the members of the Assembly and to all the citizens of the Kingdom.

May the splendor of God shine forever on my land; Expelled evil for me, and was Quartet for me! ”

Reciting the concluding remarks aloud, and rising from the chair at the top of the long table, Prime Minister Major raised his hand to adjourn the meeting, and then hurried out of 10 Downing Street and into the black Rolls-Royce car waiting at the entrance of the hall.

After the Prime Minister left first, the important ministers of the United Kingdom Cabinet who walked out of the chamber in order stood outside the door of the official residence at the beginning of the fog; In the short time he waited for the car to arrive, Louis Mountbatten, the swaggering Secretary of State for Defence and Scottish Affairs, strode over his colleagues, his finely crafted leather boots stepping over the heavy paving slabs, his aged face with a kind of apologists of reverence, his tone as calm and tough as ever:

"Good luck, gentlemen! Since the Falkland Islands First World War, today will once again be the day of the most united British people. ”

“……”

In the face of the tall and majestic Secretary of State for Defense, the other participants were silent, only the gray-haired Foreign Secretary Attlee stepped forward and shook hands with the solemn Mountbatten and exchanged a few words.

When the silver-white Rolls-Royce sedan slowly drove up and sent the Admiral to the car and waved, Attlee turned to look at the silent ministers next to him, bowed slightly to the expressionless Minister of Finance, Winston Gregory, and then threw up his cane as if no one was around, and hobbled all the way away in his own car.

Seeing Attlee walking away with a rebellious look, the round-faced Home Secretary Blair showed a slightly disgusted expression, he beckoned the driver to drive the Rover car closer, turned around and bowed slightly to the Minister of Women's Affairs next to him:

"Looks like I've got to go to the Palace of Westminster.

In that case, may I have the pleasure of inviting you along, Ms. Lisa? ”

A few minutes later, passing through the sparsely populated Downing Street into the avenue, motorcycles with flashing police lights escorting the way, Blair, who was sitting in the back of the Rover car, turned his head to look out the window, he could feel the tension in the city, and the vitality and vitality that was difficult to recover for a while; The car turned all the way onto the street, merging into the busy Queen's Road, he heard the question of the lady next to him, turned his head and smiled helplessly:

"Yes, Ms. Lisa, I think the so-called 'decisive action' of His Excellency the Prime Minister is about to become a foregone conclusion."

"But it's really...... It's dangerous, isn't it? ”

Lisa Havilland, who is in charge of public affairs in the Cabinet and is not a member of the Cabinet Hierarchy, is obviously deeply concerned about this Cabinet meeting this morning, but the composition of power in the Cabinet is such that they, the ministers in charge of general affairs, cannot interject in the topic of the future and fate of the country:

"I personally remain deeply skeptical about the current situation. Of course, now we are at war with the Russians, and I don't have any affection for them, but ...... Seriously, Blair, can't we find a safer way to get out of this war with dignity?

Perhaps, we are not able to accept being like the French, but ...... I still find it difficult to agree with such an approach, and I do not think that it would be of much use. (To be continued......)