Chapter 47 Multiple Factors
, London time must be divided, the British House of Commons holds a closed-door meeting
According to the British political system, parliament will only hold a closed-door meeting at the request of the Prime Minister when it involves the highest national interests and state secrets. Before that, the last closed-door meeting occurred many years ago, on the eve of Britain's participation in the Iraq War.
Now, the reporter waiting at the door of the House of Commons became annoyed.
What is even more annoying is that this wait is a whole day.
It was not until the mouth of Feng Fen that the door of the House of Commons opened again.
While the reporters flocked to the ground, George had already left the House of Commons under the escort of the guards and was on his way to Buckingham Palace.
About half an hour later, a spokesperson for the British royal family revealed the news that the Prime Minister met with the king.
The reporter who heard the wind immediately moved to the battlefield and surrounded Buckingham Palace.
In fact, by this time, many reporters have seen the clues.
The war has broken out and there is no reason to waste precious time. If the situation is similar to those many years ago, that is, Britain is determined to defend the Falkland Islands with military actions, then George should initiate a war resolution in the House of Commons and let the whole world know in an open manner that Britain is determined to win. According to the British system, if it wants to launch a foreign military action, it must be recognized by the king, because the royal power has long been undermined, so the former minister only needs to go to Buckingham Palace to go through the motions; after the legal procedures and processes are complete, the Prime Minister will issue a war mobilization order and make a series of personnel appointments. In comparison, the process of the resolution this time is obviously different; the House of Commons holds a closed-door meeting, indicating that there are still objections or some uncertainty on the issue of military action; George went to Buckingham Palace without publishing the news, the main purpose is not to complete formal work, but to quietly gain enough time for the upper-level decision-making.
From the standpoint of the British government, you can understand that as long as George appears in front of reporters, he will have to come up with the final resolution.
Fight, or not?
The old point blade was separated and George left Buckingham Palace.
When passing through the "front" composed of reporters, George did not reveal a word in front of the reporters. Only his secretary mentioned during the rescue that the Prime Minister's Office would hold a press conference after the thug.
For me who had been waiting for a day, the old Tangning Street number became the next destination.
In fact, some journalists with "foresight" stood outside the Prime Minister's residence.
With the exact news, major news media immediately adjusted the arrangements for the country.
The focus is on, and the Prime Minister's press venue is open. After several severe security inspections, the reporter entered the venue in an orderly manner.
Old minutes later, George appeared in front of the reporter and also appeared on the TV screens of each household.
At the end of the declaration that lasted less than a minute, the British Prime Minister did not mention the word "declaration of war". He simply repeatedly emphasized that the United Kingdom of Great Britain would take all necessary means, including military actions, to recover the Falkland Islands, sever diplomatic relations with Argentina from the immediate beginning, recall diplomatic personnel stationed in Arabia, and expel Argentine diplomats and repatriate Arab nationals in the UK.
George's declaration was more or less unexpected.
Although the news of the war broke out just as the news broke out that morning, some news media predicted that Britain would never declare war on Argentina, but all news media believed that George would not be worse than Mrs. Thatcher back then, and would definitely take an extremely tough stance and attitude to announce the launch of the Marine Island as quickly as possible.
Of course, George will not ignore the influence of the United States. To put it bluntly, for Britain, stabilizing the United States is more important than stabilizing the Republic.
From George's standpoint, he had enough reason to believe that Wang Yuanqing would not do stupid things.
Argentina is not Pakistan, nor the South Atlantic Ocean is not the Indian subcontinent.
Although the Republic has the most powerful army in the world and air force comparable to the United States, even the Republic's soldiers admit that the No. 2 Republic Navy is far worse than the United States Navy. In terms of scale, the Republic's Navy is only half that of the United States Navy. In terms of independent combat capabilities, the Republic's Navy has just entered the ranks of the "global navy", and as early as four ago, the United States Navy was a veritable global navy.
If the Republic wants to intervene in the South Atlantic, it can only rely on the navy.
Without a strong enough navy, the Republic must stay honestly in the Western Pacific and Northern Indian Oceans.
It can be seen from this that even if Argentina is defeated again, as long as Britain does not send troops to invade Argentina's mainland, the Republic will not interfere in the Cambridge dispute.
As long as the Republic does not interfere in the Cambridge dispute, even if it sends a few submarines, Britain can defeat Argentina.
That is to say, George had enough confidence in military victory.
Since we are confident in winning this war, Britain certainly hopes that the United States will continue to adopt an ambiguous attitude to offset the influence of the Republic and stabilize Latin American countries.
In George's view, the United States is the most uncertain factor.
Fortunately, Brandino was a very smart politician and had long guessed the idea of the British Prime Minister. The policies he adopted were in line with the interests of the United States and the interests of the United Kingdom, and did not cause trouble for George.
After returning to the Prime Minister's residence, George began to make relevant arrangements.
Of course, for Brandino, who is far away on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the UK adopts a "relatively restrained position, which is more in line with the needs of the United States.
When the war broke out, Brandino was sleeping.
When the secretary was shouted out of bed, the US president was not surprised because intelligence agencies such as uranium had long issued warnings that the war would break out before April Blade.
In the next few hours, Brandino received a lot of news, which also gave him a clearer understanding of the situation.
Relying on the powerful military reconnaissance satellite system, Brandino knew much more than George. Shortly after the war broke out, Brandino received a definite report that it was learned that dozens of tile transported assault troops, and that these tilted rotary wing aircraft did not return to Argentina immediately, but stayed at Port Stanley. In addition, when the British Prime Minister and the House of Commons debated what position to take, Brandino had mastered the method of Argentina to transport troops to the Cabernet Island, and knew that the Argentina's air transport capabilities were very limited.
While talking to George, Brandino did not forget to mention such critical intelligence.
I have to say that Brandino played this trick very well.
Telling the British Prime Minister that Argentina cannot provide sufficient combat supplies to landing troops through air transport will certainly make the British Prime Minister determined and urge the British Navy to take action immediately, using submarines deployed to the war zone to block the island of Horse before the task force set off. Although Brandino has helped Britain so much, it is fundamentally serving the interests of the United States, because the faster the UK achieves a decisive victory, the more it will force the Republic to make concessions and avoid conflicts turning into war. In other words, if it can defeat the Arab army before the task force arrives, the Republic will definitely not continue to risk support.
Argentina's military operations will mediate as a mediator. Because Britain has the initiative, Argentina cannot gain any advantage in the armistice negotiations. As long as Argentina is forced to accept the fait accompli, the conflict can end without much damage to the United States. In the long run, this conflict will definitely change Argentina's foreign policy, make Argentina feel disappointed with the Republic, and thus surrender to the United States. As long as the United States persuades Britain during the armistice negotiations and does not over-damage Argentina's interests, it can change Argentina's mind and eliminate the unstable factors in the backyard. Of course, this is the most ideal result. With Brandino's political awareness
Some British news media believe that the tepid "war declaration" expressed was influenced by the Republic. Although this comment did not mean to belittle the British Prime Minister, nor did it mean to accuse the British government, because in the eyes of the British media, the Republic is the culprit of the Cambridge conflict. Without the Republic's attitude, the British government should not make its position.
The situation has developed to this point, which only means that all parties are unsure.
For Pei Chengyi, who is in the situation, the situation is not much better.
After talking with Hua Jianfeng, Pei Chengyi contacted Li Cunxun. It was not until this time that he realized that the Military Intelligence Bureau had not only expected that the Argentine authorities would not take the military advisory group seriously, but also had taken relevant actions long ago. To be precise, letting Hua Jianfeng bring three submarines over is the special arrangement of the Military Intelligence Bureau. According to Li Cunxun's deployment, Pei Chengyi must first calm down and not compromise easily. The situation will change soon. As long as the Argentine authorities take the initiative to ask for help, Hua Jianfeng will propose to establish a joint command. At this time, Hua Jianfeng will take active actions, and as Argentina's highest military adviser, Pei Chengyi should stop when he sees it.
Without Li Cunxun's words, Pei Chengyi understood that one was just a black face and the other was a blush.
What surprised Pei Chengyi was that Li Cunxun did not command remotely, but sent Liu Xiaobin over again and asked Liu Xiaobin to be fully responsible for the matter here. Although Li Cunxun did not say it too clearly, according to Pei Chengyi's understanding, Liu Xiaobin would not listen to his command, and he did not need to listen to Liu Xiaobin's command. Both of them were the highest in charge, one was responsible for intelligence work and the other was responsible for combat command, cooperating with each other and not interfering with each other.
With Li Cunxun's order, Pei Chengyi was much more relieved.
Chapter completed!