US Secretary of State George Van Buren has left No. 10 Downing Street and returned to the US Embassy to wait for good news.
The Duke of Wellington and his cabinet members, however, could not go anywhere and had to stay at No. 10 Downing Street to continue their meetings to discuss the national policy of the British Empire.
In order to listen to the opinions of the military, the Duke of Wellington also called the First Sea Lord Sir Thomas Hardy and the Army Chief of Staff Sir Allure Clark, as well as the Director of Military Industry Somerset who was responsible for military production.
After roughly introducing the true situation of the North Atlantic Battle and the determination of the United States, the Duke of Wellington frowned and looked at his cabinet ministers - the current British government is a coalition of two parties, and the Duke of Wellington frowned In fact, it was the "joint scapegoat" launched by the Tory and Whig parties.
After all, the British Empire is facing a war with great risks. If you are not careful, you will fall from the position of the empire on which the sun never sets. Therefore, the leaders of the Tory and Whig parties were willing to step back and let the Duke of Wellington, who had a high reputation but no party, serve as wartime prime minister. According to British tradition, the MPs who can serve as ministers are senior MPs who are more influential in the party. Therefore, whether Wellington, a military prime minister who was detached from both parties, could implement his policies depended on whether he could get the support of his ministers.
The Duke forced a smile and said: "Obviously, we have successfully tied the Americans onto the imperial tank... and the opening of the America-Atlantic battlefield is also very beneficial to us. After all, Before the opening of the Nicaragua Canal, ships of the Ming Navy had to sail around South America and Africa before entering the North Atlantic! That was a long journey of almost 20,000 nautical miles, which would definitely put their warships and sailors in a state of fatigue.
In addition, except for the Mexican shipyard in Yinlishabai Port, the Ming Navy has no shipyard in the America-Atlantic battlefield that can repair ships. This means that damaged ships in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean can only be repaired by a few dry docks in one shipyard. If the Americans can occupy Yinlishabai Port, it will mean the complete failure of Ming Dynasty's North American-North Atlantic strategy.
And our joining will be the decisive factor in Ming's defeat in North America and the North Atlantic... And it will be the United States that bears the main cost of the North American-North Atlantic War. "
The British cabinet ministers in the conference room had expressionless faces, apparently not moved by the Duke of Wellington's analysis. Except for Viscount Palmerston and Robert Peel, who had supported him from the beginning, everyone else seemed indifferent.
Duke Wellington paused and then said in a worried tone: "And if we don't join the war, then the United States is likely to be defeated by Ming... And once the United States fails, Ming will not only firmly control Mexico, but We will also gain territory in North America, maybe Florida, maybe Louisiana. By then, the Ming Navy’s Atlantic Fleet will often cruise the English Channel!”
When they heard that the Ming Dynasty naval fleet was going to sail freely in the English Channel, several members of the British cabinet were finally a little moved, but more than half of the cabinet members still had no reaction.
The Duke of Wellington had no choice but to continue looking for reasons that were enough to impress the cabinet members. He said: "In addition, the Texas Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force supported by the Ming Dynasty will most likely use their aircraft-carrying warships to engage in breaking engagements in the North Atlantic in the future. .....At that time, American cotton and oil will not be able to be imported into the UK! This will seriously hit our British textile industry and hinder the fuelization process of the Navy."
This is indeed a problem!
In the Battle of the North Atlantic, the two aircraft-carrying warships of the Texas Sea did show a strong ability to fight in small formations, which means that the aircraft-carrying warships have extremely strong ability to break engagements - an aircraft-carrying warship has The combat radius can reach or even exceed 100 kilometers, so the efficiency of this kind of battleship in breaking up engagements is much higher than that of armored cruisers and cruisers.
The Duke of Wellington continued: "And France will be in a very advantageous position in future industrial competition because they can import cotton from Egypt and oil from Rakshasa!"
As soon as they heard that they were going to lose to France, the cabinet members of the Duke of Wellington finally became restless!
"Prime Minister, we cannot allow this to happen!"
"Yes, we in Britain must not lose to France..."
"Yes, we can't lose to France!"
"The old Frenchman is the most hateful, especially Louis XVII! He has completely forgotten who organized the anti-French alliance time and time again to help him restore... He actually wants Paris to replace London as the financial center of the West! "
For the United Kingdom, losing to the Ming Dynasty is not fatal... The worst it can do is lose Australia, Oregon and part of India. The most it can do is let a real yellow peril Prince Zhu sleep with Queen Victoria and give birth to a British king named Zhu. come out.
This is nothing to be ashamed of! The real Yellow Peril in this timeline is not the same concept as the Yellow Peril in another event line. The latter is racial discrimination - bullying you and calling you a "disaster"! And the current Yellow Peril is just stating a fact.
But losing to France... Then Britain will face the choice of existence or destruction!
After all, the Duke of Normandy during the Norman Conquest was a vassal of the King of France (the Normans were actually descendants of the Viking pirates), and Emperor Napoleon almost landed in England that year... If it weren't for the Marquis Nelson who defeated more with less, If the French Emperor's combined Franco-Spanish fleet was defeated, the Bonaparte dynasty would now rule Britain.
Of course, Louis XVII is not so black-hearted now, and he seems to have no interest in conquering Britain. But he wants to defeat British manufacturing and British finance!
During this period, Louis XVII and his younger brother Louis the Black had frequent contacts with British industrialists and bankers, and offered many preferential terms...which were also unacceptable to the British. .
Britain can lose, but France cannot win!
Oh, not only France, but no powerful country on the European continent can win enough to break the balance of power... Even if this country is not too hostile to Britain, not even Britain's traditional allies can !
Finally finding a subject that could impress the cabinet members, Duke Wellington breathed out and smiled: "Of course we will not lose to the French, because the French will fight with us, and they will be our allies against the Yellow Peril. , how could we lose to our allies?”
Of course it would be great to drag France into the water! However, there are still a few cabinet members who do not believe that such a good thing can happen.
"Prime Minister, are you really sure you can bring the French into trouble?"
"Louis XVII and Zhuge Weijiu of the Ming Dynasty's Zhuge family have a close relationship as father and son!"
The Duke of Wellington smiled and said: "Gentlemen, I can assure you that Britain will never declare war on the Ming Dynasty without France following it. I will personally attend the Congress of Vienna and speak to the leaders of Vienna and France Carry out full communication to ensure that he can lead the French army to fight with our British Empire. No matter what the outcome, France will advance and retreat with the United Kingdom!"
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Austria, Vienna, Rothschild Palace.
This is Baron Solomon Rothschild's mansion in Vienna. To a certain extent, it is also the real center of power of the Austrian Empire.
I don’t know since when, there has been such a legend in the Austrian Empire-there are two kings in Austria, one is the emperor of the empire, and the other is King Solomon. This King Solomon is Solomon Rothschild, the second son of Meyer Rothschild. His Rothschild Bank controlled Austria's finances and was the empire's largest creditor. It was also the financial backer behind Prime Minister Metternich.
Such a man who had everything he wanted in Europe and had everything rained him down, was now standing in front of the Rothschild Palace with a group of well-dressed European Jewish elders, with a sad face, and greeted a group of French foreigners. The golden carriage guarded by the legionary cavalry bowed respectfully, not daring to show any slights.
The owner of this golden carriage is His Highness Zhuge Weijiu, King Wu of the Ming Dynasty!
