Chapter 354: The German-American Crisis

The United States has always been capricious and an out-and-out opportunist when dealing with some thorny international issues abroad, because it has always adhered to the idea of benefiting others and self-interest for a long time, and whenever US interests are severely tested, it often slips away with a pat on the ass and throws some responsibilities on other countries.

The United States, which cannot afford to make a profit, has not contributed much wisdom to the world, but on the contrary, it has demanded rewards exponentially, and it was not Germany that first discovered this phenomenon, but Britain and France.

From dealing with the legacy of war to geopolitical and political disputes in various countries, the Americans will actively participate in it, extort money, reap benefits, and even deliberately provoke the countries concerned to resort to force, while themselves take the opportunity to earn war money.

After Britain took the lead in economic depression after the war, the United States gradually moved to the center of the international stage.

In order to protect its own economy and its own enterprises, the United States has never actively sought an international consultation mechanism, but has blindly used trade intimidation and economic sanctions to bring countries to their knees, and has been repeatedly rebuked and opposed by European countries.

Since Japan's strong entry into Huaxia, the influence of the United States in Huaxia has gradually declined, and it has been marginalized, obviously very passive.

Therefore, the deterioration of the situation in Huaxia and the fall of the northeast directly led to the fact that the United States was no longer able to realize its original vision, and had to slowly turn to cooperation with the Huaxia government in order to achieve the goal of cultivating war "agents".

Turkey, a small partner that had been slowly armed by Germany, became a rising star in the Balkans, and although the Ottoman Empire no longer existed, the Kemmer government remained ambitious, using German influence to force Greece to retreat.

Not long ago, the US media broke the news that Turkey is influencing the normal international order and endangering regional security, and the Senate and the House of Representatives are calling on the government to intervene in the situation on the European continent and the Balkan Peninsula in order to restrain the greedy attempts of Turkey's and its allies.

The drunkard did not mean to drink, the United States was clearly aimed at Germany's military expansion.

At the same time, the Soviet Union also began to express concern about Germany's military developments, especially when the Turkish side decided to deploy the next batch of cutting-edge warships in the Black Sea, which aroused the vigilance of the Soviet Union even more.

The big powers don't buy each other, the world pattern is quietly regrouping, especially the United States, which was once thriving, is brewing to form gangs and factions in order to consolidate its hegemonic position, and in addition, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and other countries have overlapping interests in many parts of the world, and the crisis of confidence is affecting the relations between the major powers.

In 1926, when the two major social camps of the international situation began to move from behind the scenes to the forefront, newspapers and radio stations in the German Confederation and abroad were in mourning, and speculations began to be about the fate of mankind.

According to US media reports, Germany may play a pivotal role in the two camps of the East and the West, and even some media believe that Germany will not be attached to either camp, but may become a spoiler of the new international order.

Eric put down the newspaper and laughed, he didn't understand where the news of the deer was coming from, but one thing was very clear, and that was that these propaganda positions had gradually become a tool for manipulation by many politicians.

Soon after, German public opinion news published an article entitled "The United States' Financial Strategy and the World's Response," saying that the US policy shows strong selfish desires, and requires all countries to recognize its hegemonic status while also being subservient to the national interests of the United States.

As soon as the article came out, the world was in an uproar, many people of insight thought that the article told the truth, and some people thought that the article was fighting for attention.

On March 26, the German Senate and the House of Representatives unanimously approved President Eric Adrian's decision to increase military spending for the next fiscal year, and he is ready to continue to expand the federal armed forces to meet the challenges of the times while continuing to develop the economy.

In order to distance itself from relations, the United States is gradually and irresponsibly leaving a number of sensitive areas.

After years of civil war, although the situation of the Huaxia military war has eased somewhat, there is still a complicated factional struggle and the embarrassing situation of the local armed forces acting independently.

The beautiful vision of multi-party cooperation was short-lived in Huaxia, especially the ruling authorities' unlimited **** and liquidation of other parties, which led to the entry of ill-intentioned maritime neighbors to the east and disrupted the military aid of Germany and the United States.

Soon after, in exchange for the safety of the overseas Chinese, the United States compromised with Japan and left behind the complicated mess.

In the face of extreme uncertainty in the world situation, Eric basically did the work of Turkish President Kemer, admonished him to work hard to consolidate his domestic power, and not to blindly provoke in the surrounding areas, especially in the Black Sea, for the time being, and secretly sent a special presidential envoy to visit the Soviet Union and Southeast Asian countries, in order to dispel the concerns of neighboring countries and gain widespread support.

Since the resumption of bilateral relations with Germany, France has lived a good life without quarrel with the world, but it cannot resist the co-optation and temptation of the United States and Britain, and in order to obtain the economic support and security of the two countries, it has begun to make irresponsible remarks about Germany in the international arena, but the new government does not want to turn against Eric, so the tone is slightly mild.

In the foreseeable future, the United States is likely to expand its influence everywhere, including much of Europe, so Eric has been on high alert and has further boosted the country's military strength.

The headquarters of the German Navy's First Fleet was deployed in Wilhelmshaven in the north, also known as the North Sea Fleet, and Admiral Reinhardt Schell temporarily assumed the duties of commander of the North Sea Fleet.

With the launch of the Z-21 series of destroyers and frigates, the First Fleet has gradually developed a strong combat force.

The reason why the first strong force of the Federal Navy was deployed in the direction of the North Sea, Eric had deep considerations. From the perspective of geographical form, the North Sea is an important maritime gateway in the northeast of the German Federation, from which more than 30% of the country's import and export materials are sorted, loaded and unloaded, and then enter the interior of Germany and many countries around the world; At the same time, it is also Germany's most basic northern maritime barrier and access to the sea.

From Wilhelmshaven all the way north, through the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, you can quickly enter the Arctic Ocean; If you go south, you can enter the Mediterranean Sea through the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay, and the Strait of Gibraltar, echoing the Mediterranean Fleet that is under construction.

In addition to effectively guarding the southwestern outlet of the Baltic Sea, the North Sea Fleet can also go out of the Atlantic Ocean at any time.

As soon as something happens in Europe, the First Fleet can quickly move south to the English Channel and cut off the military influence of Britain, the United States, and other countries on the European continent.

It may not be realistic to rely on a weak navy, but Eric's biggest killer is actually in the sky.

Eric is not actually a clever politician, let alone good at political manipulation, but he has a keen insight and imagination, and the big deal of the navy soon aroused the vigilance and concern of many countries in Europe and the United States, the most sensitive of which is the British Empire as a maritime power.

In order to reduce the pressure of international public opinion, Eric began to focus on détente with Britain, and in addition to Andreas von Schmidt's frequent travel among members of the royal family, Germany also responded to Britain's request for Germany to participate in the colonial maritime patrol.

All this, as long as the British do not make noise and other countries do not pay attention, they can basically do everything well.

It seems that the peace and tranquility of the world is not a good thing for the United States, which must constantly beat other countries and find trouble to show its hegemony.

The United States, which is bordered by two oceans and has a vast territory, does not lack mineral resources, but in recent years, it has suddenly taken a strong interest in Middle Eastern countries such as the Gulf region.

The Soviet Union has always been the most influential country in the Middle East, but the Soviet Union is also one of the few great powers in the world that does not recognize the world hegemony of the United States, in order to allow Turkey to smoothly deploy the Black Sea Fleet without being excluded by the Soviet Union.

At the same time that Germany did not lack technical strength and advanced equipment, Eric joined forces with Turkey to invite the US national energy department to jointly explore the Black Sea offshore oil reserves.

The United States, which started by playing geopolitics, immediately understood this, and not only quickly dispatched a large "team of experts," but also became close friends with Germany, eyebrows, and even began to point fingers at the Black Sea coast.

The Soviet Union hated it to the core, but it was helpless to watch Turkey brazenly deploy its fleet on the southern shore of the Black Sea.

The United States did have an incentive to challenge the Soviet Union if it could, but by comparison, the United States was undoubtedly still at a disadvantage in terms of power in the Middle East and even in the Black Sea.

However, the United States is good at forming factions, and although it will not deploy its own troops in this region for the time being, it is fully capable of turning this region into a mess, constantly stirring up contradictions between many countries in the Middle East and the Soviet Union, and reaping black profits from it, which also makes the Soviet Union feel extremely uncomfortable at all times.

Although the United States never forgets its hegemony, Congress does not want the United States to be prematurely drawn into Middle East affairs, but should force the region to gradually distance itself from the Soviet Union by adopting a policy of co-optation or dual containment of the Soviet Union's Middle East allies.

Eric used the power of the United States to downplay Soviet influence in the region, but at the same time made the Soviet Union wary of Germany.

Germany and the United States did not hold hands as closely as the Soviet Union imagined, and they parted ways immediately after the honeymoon period.

Eric did not want the United States to interfere too much in the Middle East, let alone see the Kemmel government get too close to the West.

Turkey's strong dependence on Germany, coupled with the rudeness and arrogance of the Americans, led to the subsequent collapse of cooperation in oil exploration in the Black Sea.

Without a suitable springboard, the United States can only look at the Middle East from a distance, and this is undoubtedly a very uncomfortable reality.

With the first contact, the US authorities secretly began to plan the next move, although the Senate and the House of Representatives knew that it was as difficult as the sky, but in the case that there was no shortage of small partners, they began to put pressure on Germany step by step.

Soon, the United States began to change its promises to Germany after World War I to fulfill them conditionally, that is, to impose financial sanctions in disguise, further increase Germany's domestic production and construction costs, and at the same time instigate civilians in Greece, France, Italy and other countries to compensate the victims of Germany's "indiscriminate killing" during the war in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.

This kind of compensation is different from State compensation in that it is difficult to accurately calculate to a large extent, and although it has been fully considered in the application of State compensation, it does not rule out that some war victims have not received corresponding compensation.

This is clearly a balancing act played by the United States to force Germany to take in, compromise, and cede some of its interests in the Balkans and the Middle East.

Eric was so angry that he instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly launch a diplomatic offensive against the United States, and on the other hand, he asked Deputy Foreign Minister Ratnau to go to the above-mentioned countries to conduct surveys and statistics.

The situation in southern Europe was becoming more and more delicate, and it was only the United States that was trying to enter the Black Sea region before entering the Black Sea region, but the United States was not willing to stop there, and then the countries along the Baltic Sea were once again the object of American lobbying, on the grounds that they would unite the countries to work closely together, show their military presence, and prevent the Soviet Union's gradual encroachment and armed aggression into Eastern Europe.

In fact, these two measures were aimed at coordinating other countries to contain Germany, and at the same time, they were also promoting the suppression of the Soviet Union in many ways.