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according to the british "daily mail" report on the 27th, former british prime minister johnson broke the news in an upcoming memoir that he ordered british special forces to formulate a combat plan during his tenure: to "invade" the netherlands to seize vaccines during the epidemic. .

according to reports, johnson claimed in the book that he had summoned the british government after two months of "futile" negotiations with the european union to obtain 5 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine that were "detained" in a warehouse in the dutch city of leiden. senior officials of the armed forces have asked the military to take action and seriously consider drawing up this "invasion" plan.

johnson also said that he was angry about the shortage of new coronavirus vaccine supply in the uk at the time, blaming it on the eu for "taking advantage", which even made him so angry that he "wanted to break pencils and kick trash cans." when talking to senior members of the british army, he was told that the british army could send special forces disguised as civilians to take commercial flights to the european continent, and then send another team to sail secretly across the english channel, sail along the canal channels of the netherlands, and then launch a landing operation to seize this batch of vaccines. however, he ultimately agreed with his advisers that sending troops to attack a long-term nato ally would be seen as "crazy".

the british "guardian" reported on the 28th that in response to johnson's claim that he had seriously considered sending troops to "invade" the netherlands to seize vaccines, senior members of the british conservative party expressed doubts, saying that this statement was obviously exaggerated and was being re-hyped in order to increase sales of his new book.

the report quoted several british officials who had served in the johnson administration as saying that they believed that the battle plan had never been seriously considered. johnson may have mentioned such an idea mainly as a joke because he knew that he could later use it in his memoirs. make the most of this. they pointed out that this so-called battle plan was never mentioned in the sworn testimony of johnson or other relevant officials during the official british investigation into the epidemic response.

among them, a former conservative party official involved in the epidemic response said, "it was a period of great pressure and many strange suggestions were made, but the idea of ​​invading european neighbors was never on the agenda." another source said. : "he obviously brought it up for his book."

former british foreign secretary alan duncan said, "i doubt whether this is a real proposal. but considering that the situation was so serious at the time, even if it was just a temporary idea, it is indeed worrying." the report mentioned that in when johnson was british foreign secretary, duncan was his deputy.

the guardian mentioned that johnson is expected to receive up to 4 million pounds in income from publishing this memoir.