Britain was obviously willing to mediate, while the United States was in a strange position, and apparently did not want to mediate the great war between the East China Autonomous Government and the other in Shandong.

At this time, American goods were seizing the international market, and the capital power of the seven autonomous provinces in East China became an obstacle for the United States.

First of all, let's talk about freight.

The tonnage of the cargo ships of the East China COSCO has increased dramatically, to the level of 1.6 million tons at this time, and the tonnage of their offshore transport vessels has exceeded 2 million tons.

The tonnage of cargo ships in the United States was only two million tons in this era, and the American faction was the third.

Originally, Britain, France, and Germany were at war, and Germany's merchant ships could not sail normally, so the tonnage of the United States rose to second place, but as a result, the tonnage of cargo ships owned by the East China Autonomous Government exceeded that of the United States.

Although the United States does not know the specific tonnage, but according to market research, the tonnage of ships in East China Autonomous Political Axe is definitely not inferior to that of the United States, as for why it has grown so fast, God knows!

Soon the United States attributed the reason to the fact that the East China Autonomous Government had borrowed a lot of foreign debt and invested heavily in the shipbuilding industry, even though the United States had borrowed much more foreign debt than the East China Autonomous Government.

Although the East China Autonomous Political Axe is crazy about borrowing, it is obviously still inferior to the United States, and the United States' international status and international relations are naturally not comparable to those of the East China Autonomous Political Axe.

In fact, the tonnage of ships of East China Ocean Shipping Company has skyrocketed so rapidly, which is naturally the result of Xia Jun's cheating, and a 10,000-ton merchant ship has 300,000 points, which is simply a drizzle for Xia Jun at this time.

It's just that he can't be too unrestrained, so it's still sporadic exchange, but after a long time, the tonnage will come up, plus the East China Shipbuilding Company will build merchant ships, and no one can feel what is wrong.

The East China Autonomous Axe not only surpassed the United States in terms of tonnage of cargo ships, but also made it impossible for American goods to have a market for many products.

For example, in the paper and textile industries, American goods are almost impossible to go abroad, and they can only be sold in some areas where policies are advantageous.

In terms of coal and steel, coal and steel from China have also become the strongest competitors of coal and steel in the United States, and China is rapidly expanding its production capacity for these two commodities.

However, in those blank markets in the UK, these goods are the mainstream goods.

After all, in a poor enemy area, people generally consume things like textiles, coal, steel, and small commodities.

These small commodities do not need too much technical surname to produce, but the equipment owned by the small commodity manufacturers under the axe of the East China Autonomous Government is relatively advanced, and the small commodities manufactured are of high quality and low price, coupled with the large-scale application of new materials such as plastics, as well as good packaging, it is even more so that all kinds of small commodities in the seven provinces of East China Autonomous Province are like tigers, and they are in the limelight in the international market, and it is difficult for American goods to compete with them.

This has made the United States feel the pressure brought about by business, and the United States is a country that attaches the most importance to commercial competition, and although the East China Autonomous Government now attaches more importance to commercial competition than the United States, this does not prevent the United States from paying attention to the commercial market.

At this time, the United States naturally hoped that the East China Autonomous Political Axe would be plunged into a war, so that among the neutral countries, basically only the United States would have the ability to occupy the international market.

After all, at this time, a great war broke out in Europe, Britain, France, Russia, and Germany were at war, and the government axe of East China and East China was also at war, and the only major country in the world that did not fall into war was the United States.

Although it seems that the economy of the East China Autonomous Political Axe has not been affected by the war, the US Political Axe believes that as long as the war continues to expand, the economy of the East China Autonomous Political Axe will definitely be affected, which is conducive to the United States' control of the international market and is conducive to the United States to pull more orders.

As for the political axe, at this time, the company had completely fallen into the quagmire of war, and coupled with the commercial suppression of China and the United States, the commodity did not eat a few pieces of meat in the international market at all, and the market was shrinking.

As long as these countries are in the middle of a war, the United States will be able to make a lot of war profits.

This is a great opportunity for the United States, which has made a prediction since the outbreak of the war, which reports that if the war continues, the American political axe may make nearly $10 billion in orders.

In fact, according to the original history, in addition to selling a large amount of materials in cash, the United States borrowed more than $20 billion from other countries alone.

At this time, the United States could not predict how long the war would last, but the US political axe absolutely did not want to intervene in the Sino-Chinese war in Shandong.

This war is in the interests of the United States!

Soon, the United States rejected his request for mediation.

It's just that it didn't take long for the United States to suddenly say yes again.

This is because the United States has found that if it does not mediate now, it is very likely that it will lose the battlefield in Shandong, and the opportunity to continue to expand the Sino-Chinese war will also be lost.

Once the Ben is defeated on the battlefield in Shandong, it may not be possible to break out again in a short period of time with the self-made political axe of East China.

At this time, he also wanted to get out of the quagmire of the war in order to seek enough benefits in this world war, but he had a dead end, that is, they had been unable to ride a tiger.

At this time, it would be more in the interests of the United States to intervene, because although this would allow the war to be temporarily stopped, it might allow the war to be prolonged.

As for the United Kingdom, their position has always been more biased.

This time, in order to get Britain to intervene, he proposed to Britain that if Britain had mediated the war, he could have sent 500,000 troops to the European theater to participate in the war.

He made a blank slip to Britain, and he naturally didn't want to get himself into a war in Europe, which was not of the slightest benefit to him.

Previously, the navy had promised to help Britain escort merchant ships, and Britain had already agreed to the conditions for Britain to obtain the status of a great power.

At this time, he did not want to give up this condition, and if he gave up this condition, Britain would definitely be very resolute in mediating the war for him.

Therefore, the book opened a white note, anyway, this white article will not be implemented in the end, and then find some excuses, anyway, the excuse is easy to find, and the UK will not be able to take the book at that time.

At this time, the European battlefield has shifted from movement warfare to trench warfare, which is similar to the situation in the Shandong battlefield, trench warfare is a war of attrition, and the Anglo-French coalition needs to mobilize a large number of soldiers and laborers into the battlefield.

France, for example, was expected to mobilize 200,000 men from the colonies to fight the war, a number that few people believed, but by the end of the war 600,000 had been mobilized.

Not to mention the British, who at this time was bothered by the problems of soldiers and labor.

For Britain, the Chinese political axe is a good target for agitation, and China has a population of 430 million, and if China enters the war, it will certainly mobilize many people.

It is a pity, however, that the East China Autonomous Axe has already overpowered China's Central Axe, and when the Central Axe decides on such an international action, it even depends on the face of the East China Autonomous Axe.

Yuan Shikai even more vaguely revealed that China's international affairs are taken over by the autonomous political axe of East China, and the power of the central government only involves a dozen provinces in China.

The East China Autonomous Government is a legitimate local government axe, and there is a division of labor with the central government.

At this time, the East China Autonomous Political Axe insisted on a neutral position, leaving Britain helpless, and the neutrality of the United States also made Britain very depressed.

At this time, China and the United States did not want to join the war for the time being, and Britain was naturally overjoyed when it suddenly got the wish of the political axe.

After Britain and the United States agreed on the same goal, they both jointly sent a mediation note to the East China Autonomous Government, and although the two countries acted in the same way, their goals were quite different.

The United States wants the war to continue, and as for who wins and who loses, the US political axe has no clear object of expectation, and although the East China Autonomous Political Axe is a pro-American faction, it has risen too quickly and has already competed with American goods in the international market. And the United States is also competing with the United States, but at present, the competition between the United States and the United States does not seem to be very fierce.

In the past, the competition between the United States and the United States mainly revolved around the Chinese market, and at the same time, the security of the Philippines, a colony of the United States, was also threatened.

However, at this time, the situation has changed, and the sudden rise of the East China Autonomous Political Axe has caused a lot of losses to the interests of all countries in China, although the United States can invest in the territory of the East China Autonomous Political Axe, but the return on investment does not seem to be as good as the investment of the East China Autonomous Political Axe in the United States.

On the Philippine side, the navy has been hit twice by submarines and bombers of the East China Navy, and the threat to the Philippines has been reduced a lot, and the United States basically does not have to worry about the Philippines reaching into the Philippines.

In addition, the East China Navy is constantly increasing its strength, but it does not threaten the security of the Philippines for the time being, and the only thing that makes the United States feel faintly worried is that the East China Autonomous Government is migrating to the Philippines on a large scale, but the problem is still not big at present, after all, the two sides are very friendly and cooperative.

However, as far as the interests of the United States are concerned, it is the best choice to let the East China Autonomous Political Axe and the Indigenous Political Axe contain each other, and it is also the result they are most willing to see.

And for the UK it is different.

At this time, great changes were taking place in China, British commerce in China had suffered a heavy market blow, and at this time a great war was breaking out in Europe, and the British political axe urgently needed to let Yuben defeat the autonomous political axe of East China in order to send troops to reinforce the European political axe.

At this time, it is said that Ben cannot be defeated, and once it is defeated, then the reinforcement of the European battlefield will become a utopia.

Moreover, Britain would prefer to see the East China Autonomous Axe lose in this war, which is in Britain's interest.

At the same time, the two countries sent a mediation note demanding a temporary cessation of the war from the East China Autonomous Government, with Britain taking a hard line and the United States taking a suggestive approach.

The reason for Britain's mediation was that the war between China and China had hindered the progress of the war in Europe, while the United States suggested that the East China Autonomous Government should first focus on production, as if it were very friendly.

He was very short of artillery, and he was also short of aircraft, and at this time only the United States in the world could afford to sell these weapons.

(To be continued)