Great Britain, the Sun Never Sets Empire.
Lloyd, who was the Prime Minister at the time, stared at the information his assistant handed over. His fingers tapped on the table and he frowned without saying a word.
This person was not simple. He was one of the three magnates who controlled the Paris Peace Conference and was also the biggest magnates.
The ministers below were whispering to each other, and their words were quite intense. One of them whispered to another, You're really an idiot!
The atmosphere was a little strange. Time slowly passed in this atmosphere.
"Everyone here is an outstanding elite of the empire. Can you pay attention to your manners?”In the end, Prime Minister Lloyd could not stand the endless fragrant words and patted the table to calm everyone down.
"Everyone already knows about this matter. Tell me how to deal with this matter in the Far East.”
"Is there a need to say that? The warlords of Central Xia pointed their butcher knives at the people of the Imperium. This was a blatant provocation and a blatant humiliation. How many years had it been? Who among you remembered how many years had it been since the Imperium had suffered such humiliation?”The Minister of War looked around angrily. Although he did not say how to deal with it, the meaning was self-evident.
"I agree with Andrew's idea. Send the Royal Fleet to protect the people of the Empire and wash away the shame of declaring war on Central Xia.”The admiral appeared calm, but when he mentioned the Royal Navy, his face couldn't help but show some arrogance.
" I agree." The Minister of Air Force looked indifferent. After all, he only had a few thousand fighter jets under his command, so he had the least say. Instead of saying more, he might as well make friends with the navy.
"Do you all think that we should start a war against China?”Lloyd narrowed his eyes and looked at the ministers expressionlessly.
"I have an objection." The moment the Chancellor of the Extinction, Lukwen, met eyes with Lloyd, he instantly understood a large amount of information.
He immediately started to fight and began to express his thoughts righteously.
" It's not a wise choice to declare war on Zhongxia directly. The Imperium has just finished the world war, and its economy is in a slump. Its control over the colonies is not as strong as before.”
"From July 1919 to this moment, due to the influence of the world war, the Empire's domestic export volume has been reduced by nearly half, only 1.27 billion pounds.”
"And the net value of the export to Zhongxia alone accounts for 19% of the total. If we declare war on Zhongxia, where should we sell this share of export? If the other regions could not take it, then a large number of unsalable products would inevitably make the empire's economy worse.”
"What should we do with the large number of unemployed workers? Unemployed workers loitering on the streets would inevitably lower their wages. If workers could not earn money, they would naturally be unable to spend, which would lead to economic collapse. This was an endless cycle that could not be solved. How should this be handled?”
Lukewen swept his righteous gaze across the crowd and continued in a threatening manner,
"In addition, the Empire still has to pay off the 900 million pounds debt of America, and it also needs to increase the construction of warships to strengthen its control over the colonies. May I ask everyone, how can the Empire, which has a financial deficit and has no choice but to reduce the royal family's spending, have the money to support a war that spans half of the Earth and carries out a war against China in the Far East?”
Lao He stared at Lukwen and nodded without batting an eyelid, indicating that it was enough. There was a hint of approval in the depths of his eyes.
"Lukewin is right. The Empire's finances are indeed unable to support a large-scale war on the ocean. Otherwise, if we are dragged into the Far East, we will all be sinners of the Empire.”
"What do you mean? Are we going to let the despicable and barbaric Zhongxia people slaughter our people and trample on the dignity of the empire?”The admiral slammed the table and stood up, questioning loudly.
"Lloyd, I request the King to intervene!”The Minister of War also stood up, his tone unfriendly.
"Alright, I'll go and invite the king!" Lao He looked deeply at the two of them and walked out.
King George V arrived. After understanding the situation, he also had a troubled expression.
"Let's fight? Even though the military power of the empire was superior to that of Zhongxia, the empire's economy was unable to support it.”
"If we don't fight, won't anyone dare to trample on the dignity of the Empire in the future? Moreover, how were the families of the victims going to explain themselves? He reckoned that they had already started to surround his palace.”
"My Prime Minister, what do you think we should do?”After much consideration, King George V still passed the ball to the cabinet.
"If anything happens, it'll be his cabinet's incompetence. What does it have to do with me, George the Fifth?
" Let's declare war." Lloyd was silent for a long time."But it's not an all-out war against China, but only against the so-called Great Wall Guards!”
"Agreed!" George V's eyes lit up when he heard this. This would appease the public and restore the dignity of the empire, but it would not lose the huge market in Central China.
"Does anyone have any objections?" Lloyd glanced at everyone. Seeing that no one spoke, he began to exercise his power as Prime Minister.
"The Empire's Indian-Turkic Squadron in South Asia, the Singapore Squadron in Southeast Asia, and the Xianggang Sub-Squadron will form a joint attack fleet.”
"At the same time, invite Frances, Meriken, Itari, belgium, and Japan in my name and ask them to send fleets.”
"Yes, sir!"
With Lloyd's order, the British Empire once again showed the world the terrifying strength of its 200-year-old dominance over Earth.
The countries that were invited had the same intention. They responded to Lloyd's invitation and sent their own Asian fleets to meet up at the New Mountain.
On the 20th of July, a huge fleet appeared on the slope.
Among them, Great Britain had three battleships, four heavy cruisers, and nearly 20 frigates, destroyer, and so on, with a total of 150,000 tons.
Frances sent out two battleships, one heavy cruiser, one light cruiser, and more than ten other battleships, totaling 70,000 tons.
Beautiful Japan sent out two battleships, two heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, and a dozen other warships, totaling 120,000 tons.
Italy did not send any battleships, only a few cruisers, with a total of less than 30,000 tons, and the belgian total was less than 10,000 tons.
However, the Japanese were especially crazy. They directly sent out one-third of the entire country's warships, including five battleships, seven heavy cruisers, and more than 30 other types of warships. The total weight reached 220,000 tons.
This fleet of nearly 500,000 tons was enough to make the Royal Navy of the British Empire go crazy, let alone attack a warlord in China.
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