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Chapter 1351 Cut off the polar bear's bear claw (second update, please subscribe)

What do the Russians want?
Soon the Persians and the British figured out what was going on.The Russians invaded because they sheltered the rebels who "rebelled against Rome".

"The Roman Empire will absolutely not allow any country that attempts to hide rebels who rebel against the Empire!"

London, [-] Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister.

“The Russians claim they crossed the border to go after the rebels, and they claim that Persia has not only harbored the rebels but even supported them for decades.”

The ashen-faced Prime Minister Archibald Primrose folded his hands and stared at Foreign Minister Kimberly who had just finished his report with gray eyes.

"What about the facts?"

Prime Minister Archibald Primrose asked inversely.

Even though he knew what was the truth didn't matter, what mattered?
It was the Russians who had invaded Persia.

"According to Persia's explanation, they have almost no binding force on the Kurds and tribal people in the border areas, and they promise that they will not support anyone in the past, present or future, and may support anyone to rebel against Russia. After all...for Persia As far as people are concerned, what they fear most is that Russia, like it is now, is looking for a reason to invade them..."

Kimberly's answer was the same as Prime Minister Primrose's conjecture, he thought about it, and then said.

"Why now? Since in the past few decades, those rebels have been fleeing to Persia for asylum?"

"Because we... the British Empire has become weak! Our concessions on the "Boolean question" let the Russians see our weakness and let them see opportunities, so they will ignore Persia as our sphere of influence, Invaded Persia!"

Although this sentence sounds a little harsh, Prime Minister Primrose knows that it is also true. The fact is that the British Empire did make concessions in South Africa, but there is no way to make them. , run out of blood?
"That is to say, it is our concession in South Africa, which is regarded as our weakness by the outside world. So is our interest in Persia not respected?"

Spreading his hands, Kimberly said:

"Your Excellency, that is exactly the case."

Primrose fell into deep thought, and the room suddenly became deathly quiet.

Six months ago, the death of Marshal Roberts of South Africa directly led to the downfall of the former cabinet. After taking over as prime minister, he immediately adapted to the situation and chose peace talks.

Peace Talk!

For the British Empire, peace talks were a last choice. On the one hand, the heavy casualties aroused public dissatisfaction. They were unwilling to shed blood for the gold mines in South Africa; There is no hope for the future at all. Besides, even if they win, what do they get?

Britain's patience has long since worn out.

Under such circumstances, peace talks seem to be the only option. Although they know that negotiations are likely to deal a blow to the prestige of the British Empire, who would have thought that everything would happen so quickly? It has only been half a year. The greedy polar bear They can't control their ambitions.

What should we do now?
Is the British Empire going to war for Persia and Russia?

As the prime minister, Primrose did not expect that after just a few months, he would have to face such a painful choice.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister..."

Secretary of the Navy Frederick Richards directly broke the silence,
"I believe His Excellency the Foreign Secretary has done his best. The matter has reached this point, and there is no chance of recovery. If we allow other countries to challenge the world order established by the British Empire, then, soon we will have to face Facing challenges from all over the world, Your Excellency, in the past few decades, the prestige of the British Empire has not been strengthened, but has suffered unprecedented impacts amidst constant challenges. If we cannot respond decisively, the British Empire will be revived. Prestige, then soon, the British Empire will be reduced to a second-rate country not worth mentioning."

"Resolutely deal with it?"

Primrose sneered:

"General, are we going to go to war with Russia?"

"War? Who knows?"

General Richards said.

"But if we don't respond, they will occupy the whole of Persia. At that time, the whole world will only see the indifference of the British Empire. At that time, the whole world will only see our weakness!"

"Your Excellency, we must intervene."

Kimberly thought for a while and said:
"In my opinion, we must give a direct answer in this incident, otherwise no country will pay attention to the international order and rules established by the United Kingdom, and the Russian invasion of Persia is now more of a test , If we don’t respond, then their ambitions will inevitably expand, and by then, they will definitely get their hands on the whole of Persia.”

"War... For the time being, the most sensible thing for the British Empire is to avoid war. After all, we have just ended a war that has no gain."

The worried look on Primrose's face was impossible, and totally unnecessary.He does worry about the future of Britain.

"The Russians have taken advantage of our wariness towards France and Ming Dynasty, and have obtained many benefits with our acquiescence and even cooperation, but we will never be able to satisfy the greedy appetite of that polar bear. They want everything, they are eager to have everything, They are not even limited to Persia. They even desire to obtain almost all the colonies of the Empire on which the sun never sets. Our concession will only make their ambitions continue to expand. Now they are finally unwilling to pretend anymore. Persia is just the beginning, Your Excellency Prime Minister , the British Empire cannot bear it any longer!"

Admiral Richards, who became more and more excited as he talked, almost jumped at the case.The reason why he is so excited is that as an imperialist, he cannot ignore the offense and disregard of the British Empire by others.

After a pause, Admiral Richards continued:

"Although I am a naval officer, I know very well what will happen if we lose Persia. Not only will we lose oil, which is extremely important to the United Kingdom-it will replace coal as the most important fuel in the future, but the Russians will also lose it. From there it goes to India! India could face an invasion from Russia at any moment! Now if we do nothing then all of us will be the sinners of the British Empire!"

Something has to be done otherwise no one knows what will happen next, for sure if they don't then the Russians will keep going south and eventually take over all of India.

"We have to do something..."

Primrose, who is well aware of the importance of India, nodded and said.

"To send our fleet there, we must let those Russians know our determination. Know that we will never allow them to expand in Persia, and will not allow them to occupy Persia, which will threaten our interests in India."

After thinking about it, he said again.

"Of course we don't want to go to war with them, but we must let them understand. The British Empire will never compromise or make concessions. Only in this way can we defend the interests of the British Empire."

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(End of this chapter)