Chapter 12: It's time to fill in the pit
The opposition between the two major monetary alliances in the world also showed the world the weakness of the British, who had lost on the Old Continent, despite their huge influence on the American continent.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the center of the world has been in Europe, and the consequences of the decline in European influence have been extremely serious.
In order to reverse this unfavorable situation, the MacDonald government threw an olive branch to Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, which had not yet taken sides.
The British tried to resolve the German-French and Italian contradictions through external means, and formed a Western European alliance to confront Bulgaria.
Obviously, this step was difficult to do, but the British insisted on doing it.
It's not that the MacDonald administration is stupid, it's that they have no other choice!
Unless the countries of Western Europe can resolve their contradictions, they will be able to unite, and only by uniting the forces of Germany, Italy, France and Spain at the same time will they have the strength to compete with Bulgaria.
As for the more distant potential allies, Soviet Russia was exhausted by the Japanese, and at this time Soviet Russia was not the huge Soviet Union, although their land area was huge, but they couldn't stand the small number of people!
Even if it is pulled over, it is useless, and if it is not good, it will still pass on the revolutionary ideas, and the hidden danger is too great.
Japan in the Far East is not in their consideration at all, and an alliance without common interests has no existential value.
The interests that the Japanese wanted were basically in the hands of the British, and even if they wanted to compromise, they could not resist the Japanese appetite.
From Australia to the South Seas, from Indochina to India, they are all targets of people's prying eyes, and if this can be compromised, John Bull simply compromises with Bulgaria, and the price paid is smaller.
In contrast, it was more likely that Japan would fall to Bulgaria, after all, the interests of the Bulgarian Empire in the East added up to a little, and it was abandoned.
The reason why the parties did not unite, it is also funny to say, Bulgaria does not need the Japanese, they already have enough advantages, there is no need to add the presence of a partition of the spoils.
Anyway, even if the Japanese are crazy, it is impossible to run over and PK with Bulgaria, unless they have bulldozed India, and the geographical advantage is such a dick!
In order to win over the four countries, the British also invested in it, such as:
John Bull said to the Italians: "Derpy, as long as you follow me well, the debt can be relieved, and Sardinia will pay you back immediately.
John Niu said to the Germans: Hans mess with me, the debt is negotiable, as long as you join the Allied Kingdom of Poland, it will be yours, and you will fight wherever you go elsewhere!
John Bull said to the French: Don't get scared of the Gallic chickens, now that the European continent is about to be unified by Bulgaria, if you don't put down the shelves, you will only be a second-rate country in the future.
Obedient, we will join forces to defeat this enemy, and when the time comes, we will share this world, and the future of the world will be ours for all of us. (weird)
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The olive branch of John Bull was still useful, and the Italians were the first to come to it, but they made a condition: the British had to return Sicily to them, and the French had to pay back the territories they had occupied.
Well, the empty promises of white teeth did not seem to work very well, and the Italians were taught a lesson that there were no plans for the annexation of the Balkans, which they knew was impossible to fulfill.
To put it mildly, the British fooled the Italians, and they wanted Sicily to be able to win but after winning, and it depended on whether they contributed to the alliance, and the French were not a problem, they helped to get the land back.
The first one was fooled, and naturally there was a second, and the conditions proposed by the Germans were similar, only the French returned their territory, and everything was negotiable.
Little Ferdinand did not do it in vain, at the beginning of the British operation, he did not go to sabotage, anyway, as long as Germany and France are together, this alliance is full of contradictions.
Isn't this the condition that Britain promised Italy and Germany exposed, and the French people were angry.
If they join the Alliance, the French Republic will have to pay 15% of their homeland, are they really fools?
Bulgaria will become big if it is big, what does it matter to them?
At least Bulgaria is only tossing in Eastern Europe, and the loss of French interests is not large, and this Western European alliance is the existence of France's life!
MacDonald's heart is bitter, our promises are all preconditional, and they will not exist until after the defeat of Bulgaria, but is the war going now?
The British simply did not expect how strong the Western European alliance would be!
The Italians can be ignored directly, their navy can't win the pirates now, the air force is still at the level of World War I, there is no combat effectiveness, and the army seems to be useless except for being funny, in general, it is used to strengthen the momentum!
According to the British assumption, the main force of the land war in the Western European Union is Germany and France, and the rest is negligible, and the combined land forces of Britain and Italy are estimated to be unable to defeat Austria-Hungary.
MacDonald was not so confident, believing that the Germans and the French could cooperate sincerely on the battlefield, and if they didn't fight first, they would take care of the overall situation.
He can say with certainty that once the fight starts, it will be the Germans fighting alone in the Eastern European Alliance, and when the fight is almost over, the French will come up to grab the heads, and the eighth-story may still take the heads of the Germans!
This is determined by interests, if you win the Germans, France can expand the mainland, and if you win Bulgaria, they won't be able to get a single hair, and smart people know how to choose!
Paris
"Damn John Bull, you're playing on us for fools!" President Albert Lebrun roared
Strategic security? Is this fooling ordinary people? Any politician knows that since the First World War, Bulgaria's strategic center of gravity has not been on the European continent.
Now to say that Bulgaria unifies the European continent, is it more nonsense to say that they unify the island of the world?
Now that the European continent borders Bulgaria are all their allies, it is clear that it is impossible for the Bulgarians to attack their allies.
In this regard, Bulgaria is much stronger than John Bull, and there may be a stabbing in secret, but on the surface they have never done anything to pit their teammates.
This is also the reason why little Ferdinand is so easy to pull allies, as long as the treaty is signed, there is no need to worry about the threat from Bulgaria, this is already the consensus of the world.
Now if a war is provoked on the European continent, Bulgaria will have no choice but to expand its territory to Italy, and the best remaining interests can only be divided between Austria-Hungary and West Russia.
This multiple-choice question is very easy to do, the cost of occupying Italy is enough to grab Egypt, South Africa and Sudan, and by the way, it is enough to take the remaining areas of Persia and hit India.
Anyone will calculate this account, saying that Bulgaria has ambitions for Egypt and South Africa, and everyone believes it, saying that they have ambitions for France itself?
President Albert Lebrun would prefer to believe: the Germans have ambitions for the French mainland, the Italians for the French homeland, the British for the French homeland, the Spaniards for the French homeland, but not Bulgaria!
"Your Excellency the President, Britain is just fooling Germany and Italy, and now that Bulgaria is in a big situation, as long as the Eastern European Alliance does not take the initiative to provoke a war, this war cannot be fought on land!
If you can't fight a war, how can you talk about victory? If you can't win, that's a blank check!
Of course, Germany and Italy can also try to take the initiative to provoke a war, as long as we don't join, and see how the Eastern European Alliance will behave with them! French Prime Minister Faraday said with a sneer
Many politicians have seen this problem clearly, and it is not in Bulgaria's interests to make a big move on land.
Nicholas II is also old, the Russians do not want to fight now, they have not yet recovered from the civil war.
The national contradictions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire have been almost dealt with, and this great cause will be accomplished in the next few decades, and it is even less likely that they will risk starting a war.
The main forces of the Eastern European alliance did not have the desire to start a war at this time.
Britain and France, where anti-war ideology prevailed at home, also had no idea of provoking a war, and they did not even have plans to expand their armaments.
Germany and Italy have the idea that because of the economic crisis, their domestic contradictions have intensified, and they urgently need to divert the contradictions, and now they are relying on anti-"oil" to alleviate class contradictions.
If you want to completely survive the crisis, the best way is to plunder the wealth from the outside, after all, they have been squeezed for more than ten years, and they are already in need of the country.
Having ideas is not the same as having strength, staying for more than ten years, without external support, the current Germany and Italy combined, may not be enough for Austria-Hungary to clean up.
The weapons and equipment of the First World War were already backward, and the military production capacity was less than one-third of that of the First World War, and even the German army during the First World War was even stronger than they are now.
"But the people don't know that they just see that the British have sacrificed our interests in order to win over Germany and Italy!
I bet that as soon as we announce our accession to the Western European Union formed by the British, tomorrow there will be a change of people here! President Albert Lebrun said helplessly
"We can explain to the people that all the countries around us have joined the Western European Union, and if we refuse, we will be politically isolated and militarily dangerous!" Faraday thought for a moment and said
"Did you find it useful? Joining the British coalition at the cost of betraying French interests, would it be strange if the opposition party did not take the opportunity to attack us as traitors?
Who would believe your claim that war will not break out, or that the Western European Union will not be able to win?
In the eyes of the people, the current French Republic is still the world's first army power, coupled with the former world's first army power, as well as the world's first naval power, there is no opponent in the world for such a combination!
And we are national thieves who have been bought by the British, who are fighting for the good of the British, traitors to France! President Albert Lebrun said angrily
In his opinion, the British were provoking France, and they were determined that they could only join the Western European Union for the sake of strategic security.
"But what about our national security? Surrounded on all sides by the Western European Union, our space for strategic options practically no longer exists! Daladier said with a frown
"Damn little Ferdinand, his political methods are far worse than his old man, and the establishment of an alliance is actually called the Eastern European Alliance, can't we Western European countries become allies?
That's it, now I don't even mean to invite us to join!
Didn't he know that as soon as they strike now, without us, the formation of the Western European Union by the British will immediately become a joke? Albert Lebrun roared
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"Father, it must be hard for the French to do this, right?" Little Ferdinand asked uncertainly
"Who knows? What if the French, having a fearless international spirit, joined the Western European Union directly? Ferdinand smiled slightly
The French joined the Western European Union? It is estimated that this alliance is also equivalent to the abolition, think about every time the German and French representatives start to quarrel, that scene is interesting!
We oppose what the enemy supports, and we support what the enemy opposes!
This is the political position of Germany and France that has lasted for decades, and the French must oppose whatever is in the interests of Germany, and the French will support it if they harm the interests of Germany, and vice versa!
This is the way for the politicians of the two countries to survive, and if they do not do it, they will be traitors, and the opposition parties will not let them go.
"Father, this joke is not funny at all, if the French government dares to join this alliance, there will be a revolution in Paris at once!
In the center of the Western European Union, a neutral country appeared, and the British would really allow Germany and Italy to attack France? Ferdinand Jr. was uncertain
"I don't know, I'm not the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. How do you know what they think?
But Germany and Italy really want to attack France, that's a fact!
In the First World War, the French ate more than 100,000 square kilometers of land in both countries, isn't it time to pay the price?
In addition to the contradictions, what should be done about the domestic problems of Germany and Italy now? If they don't start a war, will there be a thorough proletarian revolution?
Looking around, are there any soft persimmons to get your hands on? Either Germany and Italy will fight on their own, or they will attack France, which will be doomed on the day the Treaty of Versailles is signed! Ferdinand said calmly
If this sentence leaks out, it is estimated that the whole world will be in an uproar, as early as more than ten years ago, Bulgaria supported France to expand its territory, and it had already calculated all this.
Such a strategic plan is completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people!
"Father, what if the French win the war? Now Germany and Italy are both in a state of great vitality, and I doubt their strength! Ferdinand Jr. asked suspiciously
"Does this have anything to do with us? Germany and Italy are members of the Western European Union, and they are not members of our Eastern European Union, so this problem should be a headache for the British? Ferdinand said indifferently
According to the Bulgarian plan, as soon as France was defeated, it would immediately take action against the Western European Union, and by the way accept the French colonies in Africa as a reward for helping them drive out the enemy.
What if France wins? It doesn't matter, with the support of the Western European Union, they will still lose in the end with one against four, and after this battle, the British will end up on their own.
The best thing for the British is not to let this war start, and Ferdinand does not know if this can be successful.
If there is no war, Germany and Italy will collapse on their own, and this problem depends on how the British deal with it!