Chapter 1340: Chapter 649: I Have Big Brother Victor!
London, 10 Downing Street briefing room.
It’s past midnight, the London city outside is silent, yet an almost solidified oppression pervades the Pri Minister’s Mansion.
The clock on the screen rcilessly ticks away.
A statent draft, ticulously refined by the Pri Minister, core Cabinet mbers, and the Queen’s private secretary, is finally confird.
The Pri Minister scribbles his na with trembling fingers.
Of course, these Brits aren’t so broad-minded; they are sure to stir things up.
As expected, they held a ‘card up their sleeve.’
They carefully chose 3 AM London ti, when Aricas’ dia have mostly wrapped up work, Asia’s dia haven’t fully awakened, and the European Continent is at its drowsiest, as the official release ti for the statent.
“Release it.” The Pri Minister’s voice is weary, carrying a hoarse resignation.
Minutes later, the text titled “Statent from the Pri Minister’s Mansion on the Colombia joint operation” quietly appears in a less conspicuous spot on the United Kingdom Governnt’s official website, with no arrangent for a live press briefing.
On the release log, there is a note following the operator’s na: “Scheduled Release (03:00 GMT).”
They thought the night’s cover was sufficient to cloud the imdiate shockwave of the statent as much as possible.
However, they underestimated the modern dia’s instinct and the imdiacy of the global news network.
In London Financial City, Bloomberg’s 24-hour monitoring system was the first to capture the update alert from the governnt’s website.
A night-shift editor, responsible for monitoring global breaking economics and political news, had just finished his third cup of coffee. His eyes scanned the headline, and his pupils instantly dilated, all sleepiness vanished.
“Holy Shit!” He almost shouted it out, fingers dancing on the keyboard, leaving shadow trails. The urgent interjected red alert began flashing on Bloomberg terminals.
Almost simultaneously, the night shift teams of Reuters, AFP, and AP’s London bureaus reacted like a collectively awakened swarm of bees.
Never underestimate the traffic driven by news!
Damn it!
This is directly related to their bonuses.
The harsh ringing of phones, the urgent clattering on keyboards, and muffled shock-filled conversations shattered office tranquility, the reporters rushed to capture the text, translate key sections, and craft eye-catching headlines:
“Breaking News: The UK Governnt Issues Unprecedented Apology to xico for Colombia Operation Failure”
“Humiliation: London Admits Intelligence Errors, Praises xican Command in Stunning Statent” (Reuters)
“Decline of the Empire? UK Forced to Humbly Admit Mistakes, Acknowledges Military Failures to xico?”—AFP uses sharper wording.
Though the Sun Never Sets has long turned into ‘Always Sets.’
These telegram releases hit the global dia circle like stones thrown into a still pond of water, instantly stirring waves.
Many editors and anchors are jolted awake by phone calls and bounce out of bed, rushing to TV and radio station studios.
That apology statent, which attempted a low-key midnight release, contained the following core content:
“The United Kingdom Governnt hereby issues a statent regarding the serious setbacks experienced during the recent operation known as Colombia Joint Purge.
Through thorough and prudent internal review, it is now clear that the core reasons for the major difficulties faced in the initial stage of the operation were significant intelligence assessnt deficiencies provided by the Allies with severe delays, failing to accurately reflect the real dynamics and threat levels of the target, while the UK front-line command structure showed inadequacies in tily and effective coordination when responding to rapidly changing battlefield environnts. These factors directly led to the operation’s initial stage descending into unforeseen, dangerous chaotic situations.
In this critical mont, the United Kingdom Governnt must clearly acknowledge and deeply appreciate the extraordinary professionalism, excellent judgnt, and decisive crisis intervention capabilities demonstrated by the xican Federation Security Departnt Commander. It was precisely the xican Commander’s proactive assumption of actual command responsibilities during the joint operation, employing his calm, efficient, and highly adaptable command skills to swiftly and successfully adjust the tactics, that overturned the adverse situation, ultimately ensuring the attainnt of the core operational objectives while minimizing personnel casualties across all sides.
The United Kingdom Governnt expresses deep regret and offers the sincerest apologies to our xican partners for the additional risks and burdens caused by our intelligence and command failures; we fully understand the inconvenience this has caused to xico, and we promise to learn profound lessons and comprehensively review related processes to ensure such mistakes are not repeated.
The United Kingdom Governnt reaffirms its resolute commitnt to deepening security partnership relations with the xico Federation Governnt and believes that through honest communication and mutual respect, both sides can overco challenges brought about by this incident, and jointly strive to maintain regional security and stability.”
This statent maintains the ‘dignity’ of British diplomatic rhetoric, wrapping around words like ‘major defect,’ ‘serious delay,’ ‘insufficiency,’ and ‘regret,’ most importantly the first sentence, what does it an by Allied intelligence delay?
Seems like… it’s not my fault!
As the Eastern sky starts to brighten, London’s morning descends amidst wet, cold mist, the statent that tried to evade scrutiny in the night has already spread across the globe, through countless newspaper front pages, radio’s hourly news, TV morning shows, and every corner of the internet.
Outside Buckingham Palace, municipal departnt’s powerful water hoses are cleansing the stains left from last night, water flows across the cold stone steps washing away filth, but the air remains thick with the scent of humiliation.
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