Baldwin likes to sigh, ‘What Britain needs most is wild flowers, birds, and the British Prime Minister.’

Facing the gang of MPs in the House of Commons, the British Prime Minister was not afraid to go to the House of Commons, but he did not want to go to the House of Commons for questioning. Before deciding when to accept the questioning, the Prime Minister held a cabinet meeting.

This is the second all-round war meeting held to deal with the Sino-British War. The first time was to make a decision to urgently send 120,000 white troops to Myanmar. As for the result, the cabinet members now know.

After the cabinet members sat down, the Prime Minister and First Minister of Finance Baldwin glanced over the cabinet members. The British Minister of Finance Churchill held a cigar and looked awe-inspiring. To be precise, the British Empire's Finance Minister should be called the "Second Minister of Finance", and the First Minister of Finance is directly and concurrently served by the Prime Minister.

The Second Minister of Finance Churchill served as the Minister of Navy during the war, while the Minister of Navy Betty participated in the Jutland Naval Battle and had outstanding military achievements. Several other ministers held positions in the wartime cabinet between 1914 and 1918.

Prime Minister Baldwin's heart was even more stable after his eyes swept over these people. These people have experienced war and are naturally the least likely group of people to get ahead. Although Churchill is regarded as a war madman, Churchill cannot change the situation alone. Moreover, Churchill, as a representative of the hardliner, must insist on his attitude. Prime Minister Baldwin is not surprised by this, and it is not uncommon to have various opinions within it, nor is it scary. As long as Churchill does not have to do something out of the ordinary, it doesn't matter.

Of course, if Churchill, a white supremacist, and the staunch imperialist, really do something out of order, he will be relieved of this guy after the inquiry is over.

There is a saying in British politics, "The Prime Minister's order is the law," especially in the cabinet.

The colonial minister took the lead in submitting the report of the Deputy King of India, Governor Irving. When Governor Irving proposed to send 1.2 million British local troops and form 2 million British and Indian troops, no cabinet members immediately expressed their attitude.

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But there is no need to say much at this time. As long as you don’t speak, you can express your attitude. The conference room is temporarily silent.

Of course, Prime Minister Baldwin wanted to defeat the Chinese army, but Prime Minister Baldwin himself was a financial professional. Prime Minister Lloyd's cabinet served as a senior official of the Ministry of Finance for a long time. He was very clear about the current financial situation in Britain. In order to make up for the trauma of the European War, Prime Minister Baldwin worked hard. The "China Military Power Assessment Report" submitted by the Minister of the Army clearly stated that the current Chinese Defense Army can be expanded to more than 5 million.

"Has the Army Department brought out an assessment report for the British and Indian troops?" Prime Minister Baldwin asked the Army Secretary.

"Your Excellency, according to the Army's assessment, the combat effectiveness of the British and Indian troops cannot complete the separate combat against the Chinese army. You may be able to expect to exert their combat effectiveness in defense with complete fortifications." The Secretary of the Army gave the summary content of the report.

Seeing that the Army Minister was very decisive, the Minister of the House asked the Colonial Minister, "Can the British and Indian troops really not fight against the Chinese army?"

The colonial minister felt that the Minister of the Interior was targeting him. However, he was not angry, and it seemed that other cabinet members did not feel anything strange. After the Sino-Japanese War, the British Army evaluated the Chinese army. The evaluation report believed that the Chinese army was well-organized and well-trained, and was a very combat-capitalized professional army. Even on the Western Front battlefield of the European War, it was a very capable army.

The British and Indian troops once fought on the Western Front. Although they showed certain combat courage and enthusiasm at the beginning, under the fierce artillery bombardment of the German army, the morale of these Indian troops quickly plummeted, and since then it became the breakthrough point for the German army to launch a battle. In the end, Britain had to withdraw the Indian troops from the Western Front and let them fight against those desert tribes in the Middle East.

Therefore, the colonial minister clearly gave the answer, "Not only the British and Indian troops, but also the troops in Malaya, South Africa and other places also had no need to fantasize about them."

After hearing such a clear answer, the Minister of the Interior stopped talking because there was nothing to say. The Minister of the Interior did not deliberately attack the Colonial Minister. Now the members of Baldwin's cabinet are all on the same boat. If the ship sinks, everyone falls into the water together. The reason for this is that part of the recruitment work is the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior, or a very difficult part of the work. If the war situation is determined earlier, you can prepare early. When things arrive at the door, you will only be in a hurry and may be blamed.

The cabinet members also basically determined that the war is inevitable, and the next thing to discuss is to expand the war to what extent. Prime Minister Baldwin asked the Chancellor of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill, "Mr. Churchill, have you already studied the war budget."

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Churchill came prepared and took out a stack of papers and distributed them to everyone. The cabinet members took it and saw that it was the British statistics on British military expenditure during the European War. According to statistics from the British Bureau of Statistics, Britain's military expenditure reached 550 million pounds in 1914, increased to 720 million pounds in 1915, increased to 1.05 billion pounds in 1916, increased to 1.36 billion pounds in 1917, and increased to 1.49 billion pounds in 1918.

After the cabinet members finished reading it, Churchill said: "Gentlemen, I think 1 billion pounds of military spending is a relatively appropriate number for the current situation."

The cabinet members exclaimed a burst of surprise. The 1 billion pounds figure was the British military expenditure in 1916. 1916 was a turning point. Both the Allies and the Allies were panting and considering a truce in peace talks. However, the peace talks broke down and the two sides began an endless battle since then.

Marshal Betty, the Minister of Navy, put down the paper and asked, "Mr. Churchill, do you think the scale of this war will be a comprehensive national war?"

Churchill replied decisively: "Yes. It must be a national war. Even if the He Rui regime cannot be completely eliminated, China must surrender to the British Empire."

The cabinet members were all knowledgeable, and even so, many people sighed slightly. Although they thought that Churchill would insist on such a tough attitude towards China's war, it was useless based on the information obtained by the upper level.

Some cabinet members also understood Churchill. As a representative of the hardliners in the cabinet at present, Churchill must explain to his supporters and to the British people. Not to mention the hard-working imperialists among the people, they are ordinary British people, and their attitude towards China is as tough as Churchill, or even more tough as Churchill's words proved that he actually knew that it was impossible to eliminate the He Rui regime. The British people hope that the British army could immediately enter the capital of China, arrest He Rui, lock him in a cage and send him to the UK to parade in public, conduct public trials, and hang him in the streets.

But not everyone among the cabinet members will be afraid of public opinion. For example, Marshal Betty doesn't want to be churchill. He continued to ask: "Mr. Churchill, do you think this war needs to be used beyond the intensity of the war?"

Although Churchill had been a minister of the navy, he knew that he was not qualified to say something "irrespectful". For example, accuse the navy of being incompetent. If the navy was incompetent in completing the landing operations of China's coastal provinces, Churchill would be strongly opposed or even despised by the upper class. Even as a representative of the hardliner, he was unable to save Churchill's political life.

So Churchill said firmly: "Gentlemen, I think the British Empire should mobilize enough troops to win this war."

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The Army Minister could not listen at this time and asked coldly: "Mr. Churchill, what do you think is enough troops? 2 million? 3 million? 5 million? Or, how many people do you think will survive the UK after this war?"

This issue was borrowed from the words of former Army Secretary Marshal Kitchener. In 1909, Kitchener became Marshal. In 1914, he was named Earl. On August 7, 1914, Lord Kitchener participated in his first cabinet meeting after becoming Army Secretary. At the meeting, he heard that some ministers believed that the war would end in only a few months at most (in fact, the people also believed so). Marshal Kitchener said: "The war will not end until the last 1 million people remain in our country."

Hearing this, some cabinet members were stunned, some cabinet members raised their lips slightly and showed a sneer. Even Prime Minister Baldwin looked cold and had no intention of speaking for Churchill at all.

Churchill knew that he had said everything he should have said, so he stood up with anger and said to Prime Minister Baldwin: "Sorry, I'm going to leave first."

After saying that, the Second Minister of Finance Churchill took the politeness, ignored other cabinet members, and left the conference room with great strides. When the door to the conference room was closed behind Churchill, Prime Minister Baldwin seemed to have nothing happened and said to the Secretary of the Army: "How many troops can we urgently transport to India at this stage? If we are in urgent recruitment, how many troops will we need to recruit in the first stage?"
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