Tuesday 17 March, 5 a.m., over Cumbria County in the north-central part of England

In the darkness of the night, the stars and the moon were also obscured behind the thick clouds. The cold wind howling in the face made people shrank all over.

Although the sunrise is not far away, the sky and the earth seem to be even darker - perhaps, this is the so-called "darkness before dawn"!

The vast ground is lit with sporadic orange lights, but if you look closely, you can see that the lights are much dimmer than usual, and in some places, especially in gas stations and supermarkets, there are piles of blazing fires, reflecting the night sky red.

Riots, looting, riots, shootouts, explosions, ethnic vendettas...... Countless sins erupted in the night, causing hundreds of lives to be lost.

Above this land dominated by slaughter and despair, two figures in black cloaks are flying through the air on a magic broomstick.

Although he wore a thick wool cloak, a sturdy leather jacket, long leather boots on his feet, leather gloves on his hands, and antifreeze ointment on his face, due to the unique wet and cold weather in Britain, the cold wind with night fog blew in his face, which still made Wang Qiu on the broom tremble.

At the same time, even if he had a parachute bag tied to his back just in case, such a thin flying machine also made his heart weak. And the angular magic broom under his crotch, apparently without regard for the comfort of the rider, made him feel a burst of egg pain - I really don't know how the English wizard could endure the pain of eggs for decades, he only rode for a few hours. I felt that my eggs hurt so much that I was about to become impotent.

In addition, what made Wang Qiu feel even more unhappy was his traveling companion who was riding on this broom with him at this time......

“…… Alas. It's really unlucky, when I watched "The Witch Home Delivery Service" and "Harry Potter" when I was a child, I thought that flying on a broomstick was a romantic and handsome thing, but when it was my turn this time, Weishenme actually flew alone on a broomstick, and I was not romantically riding a broom with a young witch to enjoy the intoxicating scenery at dusk. Instead, he put his arms around the waist of a middle-aged man. Blowing a cold wind in the darkness of the early morning! ”

“…… Oh, so that's what you thought...... I'm sorry I'm not a pretty young witch! ”

Former Permanent Undersecretary of the British Ministry of Magic and Permanent Undersecretary of the Department of Polar Development. The newly appointed interim British cabinet secretary, the only wizard on British soil who did not participate in the coup d'état, Harry . Lord Gordon, while distractedly manipulating the magic broom under his crotch, complained with a stinky face. “…… I also feel like a cabinet secretary. If you put it in your country, you are a figure at the level of the premier of the State Council, and it is very bad for you to be a driver! What's more, in that case, why don't you go to Alexandria, ancient Egypt, on the other side of the wormhole, and talk to the charming Queen Cleopatra? I heard that in order to obtain military support, this shameless queen seems to have mortgaged her own body to you! ”

“…… Isn't that nonsense! You can't carry a wormhole through the air! Wang Qiu, who has become more fluent in English recently, also unceremoniously ridiculed each other," ...... Weishenme to mention the queen? Uh-huh—Mr. Gordon. I understand! You must be jealous, right? ”

“…… Hehe! Eat one's heart out? Are you kidding? Youngster. Even if your abilities are stronger, don't look down on your predecessors! The number of wormholes I have traversed is at least ten times that of yours, what kind of romantic battles and fragrant scenes have you never seen? Even the harem of the Turkish sultan, I once broke into the bath just in time for a group of concubines, one of whom was a modern person who traveled through the past in the form of a soul......"

Harry sneered and put on an old face, "...... At that time, it was just in time for the Sultan to die, and in order to help them escape from the palace and avoid the tragic fate of being strangled and buried, they all served me like a Sultan, and they were very enthusiastic! On the contrary, it is you who clearly look like a thief has a thief's heart but not a thief's guts...... Queen Cleopatra seems to be a virgin until now! Don't deny it! I've always had a very accurate eye for women! ”

“…… That's because according to the previous agreement, before I could get her body, I had to help her unify Egypt...... And now she only has half of Egypt in her hands, and the other half is still in the hands of the rebels, so she can't fulfill the contract......" Listening to Harry's frank words, Wang Qiu thought about it, and simply told the truth, and at the same time turned the topic to what he was interested in," ...... Let's talk about it, what does the harem of the Turkish sultan look like? ”

“…… Belch...... How so? The women in the sultan's harem were beautiful, and the utensils, furniture, and clothing used were luxurious, and there was Chinese blue and white porcelain everywhere. It's a pity that the house is so bad, small and dilapidated, not ventilated, all of them are only one-story bungalows, those who know know that this is a palace, those who don't know think that it is a prison or a concentration camp, and the bathrooms in the palace are even more crowded like the gas chambers of Auschwitz......"

Harry said with a slight disdain, "...... I really don't know what the Turks think, they have the ability to build the mosque so tall and magnificent, but they build the palace so low and cramped. Later, a sultan figured it out and built a gorgeous palace in the European style, but unfortunately it was the late 19th century, and the Ottoman Turkish dynasty was overthrown and destroyed in a short time. How? You haven't traveled back in time to ancient Turkey? ”

(This was the case with the old royal palaces in Turkey, where only one floor was built to prevent anyone from sending messages to the outside of the palace, such as what it meant to hang something on a window.) Moreover, the palace covers a small area, but the number of harem beauties is very large, and there is only one floor. Except for the Sultan's quarters, which were quite spacious, the rest of the places were crowded like university dormitories, with seven or eight low-ranking ladies living in a room, and servants and cattle squeezing the stables...... According to the tourists who have visited it, after spending decades in this kind of rat nest, they must be able to adapt to life in a submarine. ）

“…… Belch...... Although I killed a Turkish sultan with poison gas, the Turkish harem ...... I haven't seen it with my own eyes. But. I dumped a circle of nuclear waste around the Turkish capital and turned it into a radioactive wasteland...... Wang Qiu replied casually.

“…… It's ruthless! Harry raised his left hand in appreciation, as if appreciative, and gave a thumbs up to Wang Qiu behind him. …… This is the decisive style of my generation of traversers! I never thought I could be so vicious and anti-human! Definitely qualified for the International Court of Justice in The Hague! ”

“…… Are you praising me or scolding me......" Wang Qiu rolled his eyes, and then once again found a topic to poke Harry's heart, "...... Why don't you talk about how you have turned almost all the wizards under your command into rebellion, and even tried to kill you at Hogwarts Castle? ”

“…… Who called them too greedy? More than half of the tens of millions of pounds spent every year still fall into their own pockets, who can afford such corruption? Harry said solemnly. …… If they could live a simple life and be honest, I wouldn't have ruined their jobs. ”

“…… Oh. How did I hear that the entire cost of the eleven wizards of the Ministry of Magic's execution department passing through the wormhole to carry out the mission was less than a fraction of the cost of your group of secretaries holding banquets and balls in London for three days? Even the benefits and salaries are far behind those of the civilian workers in the rear, and there is no pension linked to the price index. Wang Qiu unceremoniously exposed Harry's old bottom," ...... It's clear that you, the leader, are too partial! ”

“…… Hold on tight. In order to be able to get to the outskirts of London in time. We have to speed up now! ”

“…… Hey, don't change the subject...... Wow - are you an aerobatic pilot? Don't forget that we took more than 2,000 lives with us! ”

- In the midst of someone's long screams and chatter, the speed of the magic broom suddenly increased, and it slashed through the air like a rocket.

Note that this is not just an English gentleman and a Chinese intern, but an "army" of two thousand people moving south!

Well, in a sense, this can be said to be a real "one ride for a thousand......

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Go back a few hours ago. When the coalition of the European Union, Russia and China formed a coalition to encircle London, the coup forces were about to be destroyed. Shili, the three parties who once cooperated sincerely at the beginning, soon became unsurprisingly in the same bed and began to sell each other's teammates.

-- The situation is so good that it feels like victory is within reach, and it is time to consider the distribution of the spoils.

First of all, the European Union, by virtue of its geographical proximity, is trying to throw off its allies and monopolize the sweet fruits of the conquest of Britain. On the one hand, they mobilized the naval fleets of various countries to seize the Portsmouth military port with the Chinese fleet coming from afar, so as to avoid allowing the Chinese to gain a foothold in Britain; On the other hand, it is to urge Colonel Banazal, who is on the battlefield in Kent, to speed up his advance, strive to defeat the dying throes of the "Knights of Nelson" as soon as possible, and plant the military flag of victory on the bell tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster!

While this is a very good idea, their ability to organize and act is clearly a little unsatisfactory - as the joke goes: What are the typical EU bureaucratic characteristics? The Italians are organized, the Germans are resilient, the French are humble, the Belgian imagination, the Dutch are generous, and the Irish are intellectual...... Obviously, the efficiency of the European Union's organization of troops to go to the battlefield is really too abrasive and procrastinating in this modern war, which requires "hours" rather than "days" as the unit of combat time.

There is no way, the Normandy landings during World War II lasted two and a half months, and they can already be called devastating. And now in this British intervention operation, the French Foreign Legion has advanced outside London in less than forty hours, but it still seems too slow.

As human society enters a fast-paced and busy era more and more, the pace of war and reissuance will naturally be greatly accelerated.

The reason why the EU coalition was agile and commendable at the beginning of the operation was that on the English Channel coast, it was basically only the French, or more precise, the French Foreign Legion, who were fighting independently, and a magical special operations team funded by the Germans was just a head. However, as the intervening forces continued to advance and the war expanded dramatically, the contradictions on all sides began to become apparent - the French side was unwilling to continue to assume almost all of the combat obligations independently, and hoped to receive more assistance from other allies. The rest of the EU believes that France has the most to gain in this matter. He is unwilling to squander his capital to benefit France.

The dispute left the Kent front without sufficient logistical support to keep up with the attrition of the high-intensity fighting, forcing Colonel Banazal to temporarily retreat. Breaking away from the line of fire, the Nelson Knights also managed to survive the first day, which can be called a broken defense line full of holes.

As for the other side of the European Union, the Irish are willing to show off their might on the island of Great Britain, and the resistance before them is relatively weak, but the country has never been known for being good at war, and the Irish army has not been tested in any real war since its founding...... So, after a rush to drop a battalion fast ferry at the port of Bristol, the next move of the Irish Ministry of Defence was plunged into indescribable chaos and strife. So much so that the battalion, which landed ashore, had no idea what it was supposed to do. Without even getting permission from the Ministry of Defence to open fire, he had to eat fries and lay on the floor in a McDonald's restaurant in Bristol Harbour.

On the other hand, China and Russia, although they also have intentions against Britain, China is thousands of miles away. On the battlefield of Britain, there is only one task force like a rootless fleet. And the Russians are not interested in being separated by a Scandinavian peninsula. to touch the British mainland. Therefore, compared to the European Union, which wants to swallow the island of Great Britain in one gulp, the British still have a little room for negotiation with these two objects - especially since neither China nor Russia wants the already very declining EU countries to take advantage of the opportunity to overinflate themselves and pose a new threat to themselves.

Thus, after a period of secret negotiations on how to betray their EU teammates, the British Provisional Government quickly reached an agreement with China and Russia to sign this alliance and avoid the tragic fate of total destruction. Britain must hand over to China and Russia what remains of its zuihou overseas and spit out a lot to appease the EU, which China and Russia are not obliged to stand up to the EU on behalf of the British. It's just that through the above deals, the British can have more chips in their hands when negotiating, and the EU can grab fewer chips.

And as the price of obtaining these terms, the Chinese and Russians will help the British government to recover the capital London before the EU!

In this way, as long as Westminster, Whitehall, and Buckingham Palace, which symbolize power, are still in the hands of the legitimate king's legitimate government, the British will have some confidence in their negotiations with the EU countries. On the contrary, if even the capital has to be recovered by foreign troops, then the British will have to treat the EU as the emperor and let it be reprimanded and sent after the price of returning to the capital.

To put it bluntly, although the cooperation has been tentatively finalized, the offensive channel is difficult to arrange, especially when it is necessary to race against time to catch up with the speed - and worse, in this race, the Chinese and Russian "athletes" are at a clear disadvantage.

The French Foreign Legion has now established itself in Kent, and although it has been met by the main force of the armed forces of the "Nelson Knights", the forward force was still less than 50 kilometers from the center of London at one point under the full cover of the European Union Air Force.

An Irish battalion also landed in Bristol Harbour, and although they were slow and even somewhat clueless, they were also close to London, and there was little resistance up to the outskirts of London. Based on the current situation, it can even be said that the door to London has long been shamefully opened for the Irish! It's just that the ignorant Irish don't know what to do yet!

And the landing place of the Russians was Ras Point at the northwestern tip of Scotland, and from here to get to London, it was necessary to cross the entire island of Great Britain from north to south! On the Glasgow side, Wang Qiu had an "army" in his hands - the rabble that escaped from Hogsmeade, but not to mention how to mobilize these unrelated people to join the war and sell their lives, just how to get them from Scotland to London was a big problem.

-- Under the influence of firefighting, riots, absenteeism, and martial law, rail and road traffic in England had long been paralyzed, and Birmingham, the transportation hub north of London, was now under the control of the "Nelson Knights". The "royal army" from the north had to fight a battle of Birmingham before they could reach London...... And by that time the French would probably have already entered the city.

It is also difficult to organize an airborne operation, since it is not known how many radar stations and anti-aircraft missiles the rebels actually control. Although when the French Foreign Legion invaded the sea and the Battle of Kent broke out, the European Union Air Force was once in a no-man's land over Britain. But in the evening battle, more than a dozen EU warplanes and helicopters were shot down by ground-based anti-aircraft missiles. Organize a large number of transport aircraft in this case

Landing at sea was equally undesirable, and the Chinese task force, despite its large number of personnel, did not have landing ships with it at all, and could not organize a strong landing operation. In the same way, these untrained rabble around Wang Qiu do not know how to fight a modern amphibious landing war.

Therefore, after some brief and quick thinking, Professor Yang Wenli, as one of the Chinese envoys, quickly thought of Wang Qiu's ability and the wormhole he carried with him, and thought that he could use this strange shijie as a "troop transport container...... As a result, there was this long-distance broomstick flight that made Wang Qiu's eggs infinitely painful - no matter how sensitive the rebels' air defense radar was, they couldn't tell the difference between a wizard's broom and a big bird...... (To be continued......)