Two days later, in the evening, London.

Winston Churchill sat down in his chair and looked at the three men in his office: Army Chief of Staff Ironside, Admiral Cunningham, and Privy Council Speaker and Keeper of the Seals. Ed Lee.

"It seems that Her Majesty the Queen has indeed fallen into the hands of Lin Youde." Winston Churchill spoke more slowly than he usually did, "The Germans probably deliberately gave our spy the opportunity to get close to the maid named Isabella, and he fired a shot, using a special large-caliber single-shot pistol, and then the target subconsciously blocked the bullet." ”

Only the goddess can block large-caliber pistol bullets fired at close range without using equipment, and Germany cannot suddenly find a new adult goddess who also happens to resemble Queen Isabella of England.

There will be no such coincidence in the world, and it must be Isabella herself.

"Your Excellency, I think now we need to get in touch with the Germans immediately to find out what they are trying to do......"

"No, it's not necessary." Winston Churchill waved his hand slightly, "If Lin Youde wanted to exchange Her Majesty the Queen for peace, he would have informed us through the government of a neutral country, but he didn't, but directly disclosed the information that Isabella was in his hands in this form." He did not want peace talks, because he knew better than anyone that as soon as he showed signs of peace talks with us, the Russians would make their moves. He also knew that after the peace talks began, I would stall for time and give the Russians a chance to act. ”

The three people in the office looked at each other.

Churchill continued: "For Wood, the only 'peace' he can expect is for us to turn to them at once, as the rest of Europe has done. ”

"But in that case, shouldn't he announce the Queen's death?" Clement asked.

"How do I know why he did it." Winston Churchill shrugged, "Maybe he just wants to show the world that he has conquered another god queen, or the queen of England." Maybe he hated us as a Chinese because we killed many Ming Empire gods in the war with the Ming Empire more than a hundred years ago, so he wanted to humiliate us in the form of our queen. It's all possible, how can I possibly know what he thinks. ”

Churchill took out his beloved cigar, held it in his mouth without igniting it, and continued: "Rather than guess what he thinks, let us consider how to take advantage of the situation." Now he doesn't explicitly say that Isabella has defected to him, but his propaganda department has sprinkled photos of their intimate moments all over Germany, and I bet we'll soon receive them from spies. All we need is to put the photographs in their original form in the English newspapers, with a very regretful statement, to successfully avoid the resentment of the people towards the impending retreat. That's enough for me. ”

"But what if Lin Youde wants us to do this?" Cunningham frowned, "Isn't that just a trap for him and a success for him?" ”

"What good will he get from this trap?" Winston Churchill asked rhetorically, "He won't do anything that doesn't do good." ”

"Perhaps, Her Majesty the Queen was just taken prisoner and did not betray. That's why Lin Youde wants to isolate His Majesty like this and cut off her thoughts......"

"God," Ironside shook his head, "the report says she's not in any visible restraints, and that's why we're allowing the Spy to shoot her to see if she's the Queen." It turned out that she could use her powers, but she neither tried to escape nor assassinate Lin Youde - according to the report, Lin Youde was almost attached to her at that time! ”

"The reason why he didn't assassinate Lin Youde may be because His Majesty knew that he couldn't escape if he assassinated Lin Youde, and he would definitely die, and he didn't escape, maybe he just didn't find a chance. We all know that if His Majesty wants to escape, the most reasonable way is to grab a Shenji with magic armor. It takes a lot of planning and preparation, and it's only been a few days? ”

"But the soldiers of the expeditionary force can't wait." Winston Churchill interrupted Cunningham, "We must begin the retreat, immediately, immediately." The front line has collapsed, and the gods have returned to the warships, and we may not have enough morale to maintain the formation of the troops if we don't start retreating. You don't want to see the soldiers of the expeditionary force surrender to the Germans one after another, Admiral! ”

Cunningham was silent.

"To proceed with the withdrawal of the troops, and at the same time not to arouse the discontent of the people, my dear majesty must be a scapegoat, and her disgrace alone will be exchanged for the unity of Britain to the outside world."

"Do you know that the people of the Queen's treason will be unanimous with the outside world?" Cunningham had a skeptical look on his face.

Churchill was completely unmistakable: "Yes, as long as we guide it properly." We want to make the people feel that we have been deceived by the Germans, calculated, and arouse hatred against the Germans and against Lin Youde, and then we will get a consistent external result. ”

"But the pan-humanists will get in the way, right?" "They are quite good at guiding public opinion," Clement worried, "...... they are very good at guiding public opinion."

"Then arrest them all and kill them." Winston Churchill said categorically, "Mercy is a crime against the nation at such times, and the interests of the British Empire must not be lost in the hands of a woman." Gentlemen, we all know that no matter how difficult it may be, if we hold out, Germany will be in a situation of being attacked on its back. Last time they were defeated, this time they will be defeated as well. So we have to make sure that the country continues to fight, which is the first priority, and everything else can be sacrificed. ”

Churchill's gaze swept over the three men in front of him, and he waited for a moment, as if deliberately allowing time for them to digest what he had just said.

Then when the clock in the room struck the hour, Churchill asked: "Who else is against it?" ”

Cunningham hesitated for a moment and said, "I have reservations. ”

"One abstention." Churchill turned to look at the other two.

"Yes, we must begin to retreat at once." Army General Ironside said.

Finally Clement? Ed Lee just nodded.

"Very good, then Isabella is a traitor now, this Lin Youde's bitch betrayed the interests of Britain and dragged Britain into the war, and after the goal was achieved, she ran to her sweetheart to receive the reward."

"Wait a minute," Cunningham said, raising his right hand, "will the Divine Queens accept this as we declare?" My daughter has a good relationship with Her Majesty, I'm afraid ......"

"So we're not going to say it straight." Churchill looked at Cunningham, "We will not focus our propaganda on the betrayal of the Queen, and after understatement, we will repeatedly emphasize to the military and civilians that we have been deceived and framed by the Germans." As for the goddesses, there may be a few goddesses who will be very unconvinced, but Britain needs a new queen, and we can use the crown to win over those who do not have such a good relationship with the former queen. ”

Churchill paused, and said to Cunningham in a questioning tone: "Or do you think it is possible that your daughter may have committed treason because she suspected that we had slandered Isabella?" ”

"No," Cunningham shook his head, "I've adopted her since she was a baby, and I know she won't. ”

"Mary? Neither will Brigitte. "I know this girl very well, she values the glory of the British Empire above anything else, and she will not let her friendship with Isabella take more than her loyalty to the British Empire." In fact, I personally think she's the best candidate for the new queen......"

"Who the new queen will have to communicate with the Anglican Church to decide." Clement, as Speaker of the Privy Council, interrupted Ironside.

Theoretically, the British gods are all adopted by the royal family, but in practice they will grow up in different environments, and only when it is necessary to choose a royal heir, the church will select the strongest little girl, bring her to the palace, and be raised by the current queen and his wife.

Therefore, legally speaking, the British gods and queens have the right to inherit the throne, and the specific successor must go through a complex set of procedures, and the state church decides. In the event of an accident with the current queen and no heir has already been decided, the process will be initiated.

"I'll think about that later." Churchill spoke before Ironside refuted Clement, "Now let's think about how to withdraw as many troops on land as possible." ”

**

Mary? Brigitte slammed the telegram from London in the highest order cipher code on the table.

"Nonsense!" Brigitte's face was full of anger, "Isabella is not the kind of person who would betray the British Empire because of the love of men and women!" And Elena, you and I both know that she only cares a little about that Lin Youde, and she doesn't get to the point of love at all! It is impossible for her to betray the motherland because of this. There must be something wrong with this! ”

"Mary ......"

"I want to go back home!" Brigitte turned out from behind her desk as she spoke, striding towards the door, "Get me a destroyer, I'm going back home to question those old men!" ”

Elena grabbed Brigitte's hand and raised her voice several degrees: "Listen, Mary, calm down!" In addition to Isabella's affair, the telegram demanded that we begin the first step in the execution of the generator plan, requiring us to cover the retreat of the army units to the Netherlands with all our might! If you leave the front now, are you abandoning the soldiers? ”

"I don't care if the infantry lives or dies! My dear friend is being wronged! I'm going to avenge her! ”

"Mary!" Elena's voice raised an octave again, "Don't lose your temper!" Isabella maybe—no, surely she was just caught, and we have a chance to clear her name!" And as long as she is given time, maybe she will be able to escape on her own, after all, if Germany were to deliberately create the illusion of Isabella's rebellion, she would not have been injected with a large number of inhibitors, and she still had a chance to escape. But if we had one less goddess now, and if you thought about Mary, the Germans would probably be able to separate a goddess and go down to the ground to kill all sides, and you don't know how many people will die because of it, right? In case the front-line troops collapse because of this, we really can't do anything! ”

Mary? Brigitte bit her lip so hard that she was about to bleed.

Finally, her tense shoulders relaxed.

"Well, you convinced me, but when this qiē is over, remember to remind me to beat Churchill hard."

"You can't beat him, Mary." Elena said firmly, "Now we need him." ”

"If it weren't for his bad idea......

"It was Isabella who decided to go to war, Mary. And the reason we all know is that she was worried that Lin Youde really gave birth to a litter of gods, so she agreed to Churchill's radical plan. ”

Isabella didn't keep her best friend a secret, so Brigitte and Elena both knew that Lin Youde might be a Divine Stallion, but neither of them revealed it to the other Divine Queens.

Mary? Brigitte stared at Elena for a long time before turning her face away.

"Let's study tomorrow's combat operations." She said.