Chapter 20 Everyone is in action
In the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street in London, Lloyd-George is holding a secret meeting, and the content can be said to be a cliché, should he fall to the ground and kill the biggest competitor of the United States in one fell swoop?
The main war faction and the main peace faction have been arguing for more than a year, from the king and prime minister to the ordinary citizens, all of them are discussing this issue.
Just as the Americans hate the British, the British do not have any good feelings towards the Americans, and the ordinary people, who were originally anti-war, did not jump out this time.
Perhaps in their impression, the United States is only a small country in the Americas, which is not worth mentioning, and it is impossible to block the union of European countries, plus the casualties caused by this flu to the British are more than the world war, and countless families of the dead have become the firm main battle faction!
In any case, the flu was brought by the Americans, and there is nothing wrong with settling accounts with the Americans, and there are so many countries working together to repair the outbreak, and everyone is happy to see it.
Ordinary people can think like this, but politicians can't think like this, really think that Americans are unprepared?
Just look at the slipways that the United States has been working on in the last 24 hours, they are busy making dumplings, local governments are also strengthening militia training, and the military-industrial complex is once again running at full capacity!
On the one hand, the Wilson government is pretending to be a grandson, pretending to be pitiful to win sympathy, and on the other hand, it is also stepping up preparations for war, preparing to resist the blows from various countries by force!
Ferdinand's showdown with the British is precisely because of this, the longer the time drags on, the better prepared the Americans are, and the more difficult this war will be!
Perhaps the United States is still very weak now, but the war potential of the world's first industrial power is definitely not low, and if the first wave cannot reach the United States, the subsequent war will be difficult to fight.
The main reason for the internal controversy in the British government is still the issue of interests, the power of the British Empire has now expanded to the peak, even if the United States is killed, it will not be able to eat!
The same problem existed in France and Bulgaria, where everyone was busy digesting the gains of the world war and reviving the domestic economy.
Lloyd-George began: "We have made a mistake in our previous judgment, the Bulgarians have a better appetite than we thought, and their hostility towards the Americans is even greater than we expected!"
Just now, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made it clear to us that if you want to do something to the Americans, do it immediately, otherwise they will not participate!
Their reasons may be clear to everyone, if it drags on, when the Americans are ready for war, it will be another protracted war.
So how do we reply to them now?
You must know that in our previous plan, if the main force of action against the Americans was us and the Japanese, and the other countries were all in the number, we were worried that the losses would be too great, and we could not make up our minds for a long time, but now it is different, and there is another big country that is willing to go all out.
After Bulgaria joins, we can even bring the French in, and the four great powers will strike at the United States at the same time, and militarily we will be invincible!
Now can everyone express their opinions? ”
The Minister of State asked coldly, "What about military spending?" First the world war, then the flu epidemic, the economy of the British Empire has been tossed and half-dead, if the war continues, I am afraid the consequences will not be so simple! ”
Churchill, Secretary of the Admiralty, retorted: "If we do it against the Americans, the problem of military spending will be easily solved, and some consortia will be willing to provide us with loans, and the anti-American sentiment among the people is strong, and it will be easy to issue a war bond!"
And as long as the Americans are defeated, these expenses can be borne by them, this war will not last too long, the countries act together, as long as the naval forces of the Americans are defeated, Washington will have to give in to us! ”
Whether or not to go to war against the United States, the British capitalists were also divided into two factions, and there was no doubt that the bankers were the bankers who advocated a defeat for the Americans.
The Americans took advantage of the opportunity of the world war not only to get rid of their financial control, but also to swallow up a large number of their interests in the United States with their backhand, and as losers, they naturally want to regain the interests they once lost!
Britain and the United States have been each other's largest trading partners for a long time, and now the Cold War between the two sides has caused them heavy losses.
Of course, capitalists usually have no obvious boundaries, and it is very normal to engage in multiple industries at the same time, so now the strength of the main battle faction has actually taken over!
Lloyd-George is also a member of the main war faction, for very practical reasons, he needs the support of domestic consortiums in order to bring the British Empire out of economic underestimation as soon as possible!
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The Cabinet could not agree on the matter, and Lloyd-George interrupted the argument and said, "Well, if we can't agree on it, let's throw the issue to Parliament and let our MPs make decisions for us!" ”
Everyone chose to remain silent and let the parliamentarians decide, then war was inevitable, and there were hundreds of thousands of families of the victims in London alone, who were undoubtedly staunch avengers!
How could the Wilson administration's bitter ploy gain popular approval? The European media is not blind, and in order to make up the 3.8 million death toll, the US government has almost superimposed the death toll of the whole country in the past two years.
And there are also cases of death, simply put, people are still alive, you are dead in the household register, a large number of fraud incidents have been exposed one after another, and the credibility of the Wilson government has also been ruined.
Naturally, Ferdinand's credit is indispensable for this, even if it is a bitter trick, it is impossible for the US government to really take more than three million young people to make up the number?
Hundreds of thousands of people have died in history, and this time and space has suddenly increased so much, there are no ghosts?
Of course, the Wilson government has no choice, even if they want to create a big casualty, they don't allow it in time, in the peak of the second wave of deaths, your death toll is only so small, and the last wave suddenly increased tenfold, it's hard not to gang up?
Even in order to stabilize people's minds, the initial number of casualties announced by the U.S. government was less than the actual number, after all, the U.S. government was only targeted after the outbreak of the second wave of influenza, and it was impossible for them to prepare a fake in advance for the prophet!
The bitter meat scheme has just been fermented and has been exposed, and people who have been deceived into sympathy will naturally not have any good feelings for them anymore.
Of course, if everyone wants to do something to them, even if the United States has suffered heavy casualties, it is useless, and Europe's right to speak is still in the hands of Britain, France, and Bulgaria, and as long as public opinion is guided, the goal can still be achieved.
The worst thing about parliamentary decision-making is that there is no secrecy and efficiency, and when it is submitted to the British Parliament for discussion, almost the whole world knows what the British want.
Therefore, before the London Parliament made a decision, British Foreign Secretary Gray and Bulgarian Foreign Secretary Metev had secretly arrived in Paris, with the purpose of of course, to get the French on board the ship, and to divide the spoils in advance!
The attitude of the French towards this operation has always been perfunctory, and in addition to their heavy losses in the world war, there is also a reason for profit.
Kill the Americans, for the British is to solve the biggest opponent, and any country that intervenes to challenge the pound sterling system is their mortal enemy!
For the Japanese, the two great powers in the Pacific are too crowded, and besides, the contradictions between the United States and Japan have been going on for a long time, and how can they refuse to be able to take out their biggest competitor in the Pacific?
For Bulgaria, on the surface there is no great benefit now, but what about the future? Britain and France, who have abandoned their martial arts and are bent on playing finance, can become very good friends, but the United States, the world's largest industrial power, is destined to be competitors on both sides.
Even killed the Americans, as soon as the oil age came, Bulgaria was the center of the world, and the economic trend of the whole world was under Ferdinand's control!
Not to mention becoming the only overlord in the world, how can you be the most important member of the hegemon, right?
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The French do not want to participate in the cooperation, it has nothing to do with it, and everything is negotiable in terms of direct interests, which is why the British and Bulgarian foreign ministers visited Paris this time.
After the greetings, French President Poincaré, as the host, said: "I already know the purpose of your visit, but what is the benefit of participating in this operation for the French Republic?" ”
British Foreign Secretary Gray replied with a smile: "America is the America of the world, and there should be a share of your country, such as your country's Louisiana region of North America, don't you want to take it back?" ”
(Note: The Louisiana region of North America is between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, stretching from Canada in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, which is equivalent to the 13 states of the present-day Midwest of the United States.)
In 1800, Napoleon, who had just come to power in France, relied on his military strength to seize the Louisiana region of North America from Spain.
The presence of a powerful France was very unsettling to the newly independent United States, as Napoleon was likely to plot against Canada to the north, and then to allow Native American Indians to harass the American border.
In 1802, the then President of the United States, Jefferson, took advantage of the Anglo-French war to negotiate with France, plus the threat of war, bought 2.6 million square kilometers of land from the French at a very low price of 15 million US dollars, and the honeymoon period between the two countries ended! )
This period of history has always been a pain in the hearts of the French, who brought their own dry food and contributed money to help the Americans win the War of Independence, but in a blink of an eye, they were robbed by the Americans, and it is strange that they can let go!
Poincaré's face is very ugly, this period of history has always been a pain in the hearts of the French, and almost all French politicians are avoiding this period of history.
Without waiting for Poincaré to answer, Metev made up another knife next to him: "Mr. Poincaré, you should know the temperament of the Americans, there is nothing in their eyes except interests, and now they are the world's largest industrial power."
In terms of war potential, they are stronger than the Germans, and if they are allowed to continue to develop, I am afraid that in the future we will all have to act according to the color of the Americans!
If we miss this opportunity, even if the Americans want to unify the American continent in the future, we will not be able to stop it, and once the Americans unify the American continent, the era of belonging to our Europe will be over!
Even if our three countries join forces, they will not be able to resist a united America, and their war potential will be greater than that of a unified Europe, and if they want to, they can even turn us into history! ”
Gray was shocked in his heart, and seemed to understand why Bulgaria was so active this time, completely frightened by the development of the Americans, and of course he was also frightened!
Looking at the history of the expansion of the Americans, there is still a great possibility that this will happen, and now the total industrial volume of the Americans has > of Britain + France + Bulgaria + Austria-Hungary + Russia + Japan, and even the countries in the world that are barely counting the great powers combined, are not comparable to the United States!
Of course, Japan and Russia can be ignored, Japan's total industrial output is less than 1.5% of the world's total industrial output, and Russia is busy fighting a civil war, so it doesn't care about industrial development at all!
Even so, it is very terrifying, if they don't crack down again, after they transform their industrial strength into war strength, it will be difficult to say who will say in the future world!
Poincaré's face was even more gloomy, interest + American threat theory, if the French government refuses this operation again, it is estimated that Britain and Bulgaria will not take them to play together!
He was sure that even if France declared neutrality, Britain and Bulgaria would still promote the war, and without France there would be other countries to replace them, such as Austria-Hungary, but the influence would be much smaller!
Now the reason why Britain, France and Bulgaria often act together is to give the outside world the illusion that these three countries are allies, and they use the tiger skin of the alliance to deter other countries.
The effect is still very good, much stronger than the historical Anglo-French alliance, whether it is Japan, or the United States, or other countries, when facing the Triple Alliance, everyone is unconsciously weaker.
Therefore, France will never be able to withdraw from the Triple Alliance, and a single France will not have the strength to maintain its current international influence!
Because of the common interests, even if the British have the most to gain from it, and the two countries have ideas in their hearts, everyone still has to maintain the existence of this alliance.
Poincaré is also a politician after all, how can he not hear this hint? I saw him say righteously: "The perverse actions of the US government have seriously jeopardized world peace and stability, and the French Republic, as a responsible power, has the obligation to make a contribution to maintaining world peace and stability!"
I suggest that the League of Nations should come forward to form a coalition to stop the US government's wanton research on biochemical viruses in disregard of human existence, and arrest the mastermind of this terrorist attack against humanity! ”
is worthy of being a politician, and in a short period of time, he turned passive into active, put a series of hats on the head of the US government, and directly characterized this "American flu" as an anti-human terrorist attack!
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