Chapter 338: The Royal Family Escape (Part 2)

After Hamurabbi's words were spoken, the hall suddenly became quiet and everyone was stunned. King George IV of England's face was also a little abnormal.

"No, absolutely not. In such a critical moment, how could His Majesty the King leave London?" Liverpool opposed loudly. Those who supported him also made suggestions, indicating that they also disagree with the royal family's withdrawal from London.

"Everyone, London is about to be a battlefield. I believe everyone knows the power of the French. No matter what the outcome of the war, London will definitely turn into ruins. At this moment, how dangerous it would be if His Majesty the King stayed in London! If His Majesty the King suffered any harm, then how do we think of the people's explanation?" Hamurabee denounced.

After hearing his explanation, the opposition immediately became much smaller. Yes! London is about to be a battlefield. If His Majesty the King and the royal family are damaged in London, they will really not be able to explain. George IV was also very happy. In his opinion, helping Hammutabee is indeed correct. In this situation, he can still think about himself. From the bottom of his heart, he still agrees to temporarily let the royal family and the government evacuate to the north. But he certainly cannot express such a meaning, so he winked at Villams and said, "Don't fight anymore. I will not leave London. I will fight with my soldiers to resist the invasion of the French."

George IV's words received a lot of praise, but Villams had already understood what he meant, so he continued to comfort him: "Your Majesty, I admire you very much, but have you ever thought that if you stay in London, the great manpower of His Excellency Hammutabee must spend a lot of manpower to protect your safety, which is not good for the defense of London. Therefore, I plead for you to temporarily evacuate London for the sake of the country."

"Please evacuate London temporarily by Your Majesty and the royal family." Hamurabi also said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, I still object. If you and the royal family evacuated London at this time, it will undoubtedly greatly blow everyone's enthusiasm for fighting the French army. Please stay, encourage our army's morale and strive to win the war." Liverpool still insisted.

At this time, George IV was already a little unhappy. Staying in London would be a great danger. He was the king of England, so how could he stay in such a dangerous place?

Williams immediately said: "Your Excellency Liverpool, you must know that if the royal family stays in London, the danger is quite great. If something happens, who can afford this responsibility."

"London is about to be a major battlefield to fight against the French army. In order to avoid greater casualties, I ask His Majesty the King and the royal family, the government has temporarily evacuated London. War is the business of our soldiers, and those innocent people cannot sacrifice in vain." Hamurabi said with a righteous face.

"This?" Liverpool had nothing to say. London has millions of civilians. If the war was going on in London, the casualties of these civilians would definitely be very huge. If this happens, then his prime minister will definitely not be able to do it.

"Well, I agree to the withdrawal of His Majesty the King, the royal family, the government and the civilians from London. Where should we withdraw? There are so many civilians and the time is so short, how can we get them to withdraw from London?" Liverpool asked. Since he agreed to Hamurabbi's proposal, he raised all these possible problems and discussed it and resolved it. After all, these matters will definitely be left to the government.

"I think I'll retreat to Birmingham for the time being. It's 150 kilometers away from London, so it should be safer." Foreign Minister Lord Smigley suggested.

"No, London is too close to Birmingham. If the London Defense War fails, it will be our next strategic location to block the French army. Moreover, the French can fight from London to Birmingham in up to 4 days, so it is still unsafe. I think it should be withdrawn to Manchester." Hamurabee suggested.

"If you want to be safe, you might as well retreat to Edinburgh." Some people who were dissatisfied with Hanmurabi cheered.

"Yes! It's okay if you retreat to Belfast, Ireland."

"Hum." Hamurabi naturally knew that these people were making things difficult for him, and snorted coldly, and then said: "Scola and Ireland are not safe for us. If we retreat to Edinburgh, it will inevitably cause turmoil in Scotland. The situation in Ireland is also very chaotic. Since the French army landed in our country, the Irish resistance organization has become active. I suspect that the French funding they received would have been in chaos if we had not wanted three infantry divisions in Ireland."

No one said anything more now. "Okay. Your Majesty the King and the Royal Family will retreat to Manchester. As for the civilians, it will be enough to withdraw from London. What do you mean by your Majesty the King?" Liverpool thought for a while and said, there was not much time now. Of course, he did not forget to ask George IV what he meant, and it was considered to show goodwill to him.

"I have no other opinion, just do it," said George IV.

"That's it. The Army Department carried out the reorganization of the troops and the defense of London. Other departments of the Cabinet immediately started the evacuation of the royal family and civilians, so these must be completed within 4 days." Liverpool finally said.

In this way, under the order of Liverpool, the entire London and even the surrounding areas became busy. First of all, the army, Hamurabee reorganized 280,000 British troops, divided them into 14 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry brigades and 8 artillery brigades. The recruits of the 30 divisions who were undergoing training also ended their training ahead of schedule. Most of these soldiers only learned how to shoot. As for whether they could hit the target, it depends on God's blessing. Those tactical actions and other things have not been learned. Anyway, their fate has been decided, that is, to be used as orders or cannon fodder on the battlefield.

On the second day of the meeting, King George IV and all members of the royal family left London, and thousands of carriages were used to carry their families and property. Most of them were accumulated over hundreds of years, with countless gold, silver and antiques, and conservative estimates were tens of billions of francs. After learning from the intelligence department that the British royal family had fled London with such huge wealth, Xiao Jie was so excited that his eyes were red. He even vowed to take this batch of treasures for himself. If the British army had not sent troops to protect them, he would even want to send airborne troops to snatch the treasures. Despite this, he still asked the intelligence department to pay close attention to the movements of the treasures so that after defeating the British army, he could transport them back to France as spoils.

After the civilians learned from the announcement issued by the government that London would become a battlefield. After the government called on the people to temporarily evacuate London, a large number of people fled London with their families and fled to cities or rural areas in the north. Everyone hoped to escape as far as possible. Of course, there were still many people who were unwilling to leave London. These people accounted for about 20% of the total population of London. Most of them were missing their hometowns or the elderly, the weak, sick and disabled, and were unable to evacuate London. In just three days, London had changed from a prosperous city to a lifeless city. Apart from the brigade of soldiers, there were no other people on the streets.

June 28, Paris, Palace Duille.

"Your Majesty, according to the latest news, most of the civilians in London have evacuated, and the rest are soldiers, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and those who are unable to evacuate." Eck reported to Xiao Jie.

"Is that so? It seems that the British side is planning to fight us in London." Xiao Jie said with some disdain. "Who is the commander of the British army? How many troops have they gathered in London at the moment?" Xiao Jie asked.

"The British commander was Hamurabee, who had just taken over military power from Liverpool, and Wellington and Bill were his deputy. Near London, the British army gathered a total of 730,000 troops. Among them, only 280,000 were combat-capable, and the others were just mobs." Eck also replied contemptuously. Although there were many British troops, he was not very serious about these.

When Xiao Jie first heard the number 730,000, he was secretly shocked, but when he heard that only 280,000 were required to fight, he felt relieved. "How many British troops are there besides London?" Xiao Jie thought for a while and asked.

"There are about 9 infantry divisions. But these armies are relatively scattered. Although they all have certain combat power, they will not pose any threat to our army."

"What about our army? How are Marshal Dawu and General Monty prepared?"

"Martyr Dawu has led the 1st French Army to Meadstone, and has taken over the command of the battlefield, and various strategic materials on the front line have been replenished. Marshal Dawu has submitted a report that from tomorrow, our army's attack will be launched again. At that time, Marshal Dawu will attack Croydon, where the reorganized British 12th Infantry Division, the 5th Cavalry Brigade and the 6th Artillery Brigade, with a total force of about 25,000. The conquered that
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