Throughout the world war, the economy of the defeated countries was completely destroyed, but the victorious countries were also mostly not happy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the German Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the merger were victorious powers, after three and a half years of fierce war with Britain, France, and Russia, their domestic war resources were exhausted, and the national economy also stagnated in three years, with more than 6 million troops killed in the war, a total of 20 million civilians in the four countries were killed, and direct economic losses of 120 billion yuan.

Although Germany, Italy and Austria won the victory and seized the territories of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Tsarist Russian Empire and other countries, these places were basically destroyed in the war, the cities were in ruins, and the population fled in large numbers, compared with the losses of Germany, Italy and Austria, less than a third.

Of course, in the long run, due to the territorial expansion and population increase in Germany, Italy and Austria, the national economy will be greatly developed and improved in the next two decades. But for the time being, the economy of the occupied territories is collapsing, and it will take huge sums of money to restore the economy, and it will be difficult for German-Italian and Austrian to restore its own domestic economy, let alone help the occupied territories to restore their own economy.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Germany and Italy faced a severe economic situation, which was equivalent to regressing to the economic level before 1840.

However, although the Chinese Empire, which was also the victorious power, also consumed a huge amount of war resources, and even consumed more war resources than the sum of the entire Allied member states combined, the Chinese Empire had a developed economy and defeated its deadliest enemies, the United States and Japan and the Tsarist Russian Empire, in a blitzkrieg mode, so the negative impact on the national economy was not very large.

However, precisely because the negative impact is not large, it has led to the blowout development of national production in the Chinese Empire, and the common people have invested in strategic materials such as military industry, grain, cloth and other industrial production, export and stock trade, so that after the end of the world war, the military industry, clothing and food industry in the Chinese Empire has overcapacity, with the cessation of imports by the Allied Group, these excess capacity in the domestic market are facing serious unsalable, factories are forced to shut down, many investors who have not had time to withdraw are facing huge losses, and workers are facing a crisis of unemployment and layoffs. It even triggered a credit and financial crisis.

In the face of this serious problem, the civil and military officials of the Chinese Imperial Cabinet were very busy, they had never experienced such a situation, and it was difficult to find a solution for a while, so they could only invite Emperor Li Weiguo back from Chang'an, personally sit in Wuhan, the great capital, and give them instructions.

Li Weiguo could only think of two strategies, one was to aid Europe, such as aiding Tsarist Russia, Italy, the Ottoman Empire, and the Spanish Empire, and sending excess production capacity into these countries in the form of aid or dumping, so as to encircle and contain the German Empire.

The second option is to wage war and consume excess capacity through war, which is basically the same as the strategy of destroying the products of the factories and dumping the milk of the peasants in the event of an economic crisis in capitalist society.

Of course, there is also a plan, that is, free or ultra-low prices to consume in the country.

But such a solution is a risky one, because it has the potential to lead to a series of catastrophic consequences that cannot be measured. If industrial products are given to the people free of charge or sold at low prices, for example, if the surplus clothes and grain are sold to the people, then the people will no longer need clothes and food in a short time, and in this way, the clothes and grain produced by the clothing and grain factories will still not be sold, and the goods will still be backlogged, and the company will still not get the funds back, and the workers will not be able to pay their wages, and eventually they will have to go out of business and be laid off.

This is also the real reason why many people scold the capitalists for preferring to dump milk rather than give it to the common people.

Of course, surplus supplies can be given to the poor free of charge.

But the problem is that the Chinese Empire is already the most powerful country in the world, and the national living standard is high, and it is not purely poor at all.

Because in the Chinese Empire, as long as you are ethnic Chinese and Chinese nationality, then there will be jobs. You must know that the land area of the Chinese Empire has exceeded 30 million square kilometers, but it has a population of only 450 million, there is a shortage of labor, and the overseas colonies are vast.

In this case, there is no such thing as a pauper in the Chinese Empire.

Of course, there are still a number of homeless people in the Chinese Empire, but these so-called homeless people are not nationals of the Chinese Empire, they are all foreigners, some are bankrupt and live on the streets after working in the Chinese Empire, and some are smuggled to the Chinese Empire to work, and these people are evading the Chinese Imperial Police every day.

Would the Imperial Chinese government give surplus goods to these people free of charge?

The answer is no!

The Chinese Empire in this time and space, under the leadership of Li Weiguo, is not in the mood to be a good man, and will never help foreigners free of charge, even if things are moldy in the warehouse and fed to mice.

Li Weiguo thought about it, and finally came up with a plan that would kill multiple birds with one stone.

Europe wants to help, and Li Weiguo is still willing to do whatever can disgust the German Empire, after all, Germany will become the strategic opponent of the Chinese Empire in the future.

But aid is not gratuitous, and the Chinese Empire is also conditional.

For example, aiding the Kingdom of Italy, the Chinese Empire demanded the lease of a naval base in Sardinia, Italy.

Although the Kingdom of Italy is very unhappy with the Chinese Empire, after all, the Chinese Empire seized the French island of Corsica, which is something that Italy has been thinking about for several lifetimes, so it is very unhappy with the Chinese Empire. However, with the merger of the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the German Empire's occupation of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and other countries, the land area tripled, and the entire Kingdom of Italy was encircled.

As a result, the Kingdom of Italy would face a formidable threat from the German Empire. Especially after learning that the German Empire had the idea of unifying the whole of Europe, the Kingdom of Italy was completely panicked.

Only the Chinese Empire could prevent the German Empire from unifying Europe, or at least the German Empire's invasion of Italy, so the Kingdom of Italy could only reconcile with the Chinese Empire and turn to the Chinese Empire for help.

After much negotiation and bargaining, the Kingdom of Italy finally agreed to lease the naval base to the Chinese Empire. In return, the Chinese Empire would provide military protection to the Kingdom of Italy proper, sign the Treaty of Rome between China and Italy, and urgently provide Italy with an interest-free loan of 100 million yuan for and only for Italy's purchase of military and civilian supplies from companies in the Chinese Empire, which would ensure that these supplies were of the highest quality and lowest prices in the world. At the same time, in terms of military technology, the Chinese Empire is willing to help the Italian military develop advanced main battle tanks and aircraft.

As a result, the Chinese Empire added another naval base on the European side of the Mediterranean.

Similarly, the Chinese Empire negotiated with the Spanish Empire to lease the Gibraltar naval base to the Chinese Empire. In return, the Chinese Empire provided military protection to the Spanish Empire, and the two sides signed the Madrid Security Treaty between China and Spain, and provided military aid and an interest-free loan of 50 million yuan to the Spanish Empire, which could only be used to purchase military and civilian supplies needed from the Chinese Empire, and relaxed military purchase restrictions to the Spanish military, allowing the purchase of high-tech weapons and equipment from the Chinese Empire.

In this way, the Chinese Empire obtained another naval base on the European side of the Mediterranean, plus the Sardinian naval base previously obtained from Italy, as well as Cyprus, Corsica, and Port Said, and the naval power of the Chinese Empire completely blocked the Mediterranean line, connecting the British Isles in the North Sea, Iceland, etc., and blockaded the North Sea.

A week later, the Chinese Empire entered into negotiations with Denmark to lease Skagen Island as a naval base.

Denmark did not enter the war and did not join either the Entente or the Central Powers, maintaining a neutral attitude during the world war.

However, the German Empire seized some territory in Denmark when it launched the Prussian-Danish War twenty years ago, so Denmark panicked when the German Empire revealed its intention to unify all of Europe.

As a result, the Chinese Empire also became a lifesaver for the Kingdom of Denmark.

Denmark was not involved in the war and was not invaded by the German Empire, so the national economy was not bad, and during the war it exported a lot of materials and gained a lot of wealth.

But the fear of the German Empire was enormous, so when the Chinese Empire approached the Danish government to discuss cooperation, Denmark was willing to cooperate.

After several rounds of negotiations, the two sides quickly finalized the details, and the two sides signed a security treaty, and the Chinese Empire leased Skagen Island as a naval base to provide military protection to Denmark. At the same time, the Chinese Empire and Denmark comprehensively upgraded their cooperative relations and established a Sino-Danish military alliance. The Chinese Empire opened restrictions on technology exports to Denmark, and some high-tech military and civilian technologies were allowed to be exported to Denmark.

The Kingdom of Denmark was very pleased with this, and the Chinese Empire had previously banned the export of all kinds of high technology to Denmark because of the relationship between the German Empire. Now Denmark can buy advanced weapons and equipment and civilian technology from the Chinese Empire, which is a big gain for Denmark.

The Chinese Empire frequently attacked Europe, and constantly wooed small countries around the German Empire, such as the Sino-Italian Alliance, the Sino-Western Alliance, the Sino-Russian Alliance, and the Sino-Danish Alliance, and these allied countries surrounded the German Empire one after another, cutting off the German Empire's access to the sea from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and the Black Sea, and encircling the German Empire's high seas fleet in the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean.

Berlin, Headquarters of the Imperial General Staff.

Wilhelm II walked into the strategic analysis conference room with a black line on his face, Hitler followed closely behind, and Schlieffen and other senior German generals stood up and saluted.

"Alright, sit down! Let's talk about the situation! ”

Wilhelm II glanced around, then sat down expressionlessly.

Schlieffen then replied: "Your Majesty, the Chinese Empire has been making frequent small moves around our German Empire recently. The Kingdom of Italy, the Spanish Empire, and the Kingdom of Denmark have recently secretly concluded treaties of alliance with the Chinese Empire, Italy leased the Sardinian naval base to the Chinese Empire, Spain leased the Gibraltar naval base to the Chinese Empire, and Denmark also lent Skagen Island to the Chinese Empire to build a naval base, forming a situation of encirclement of our German Empire on all sides, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to us. ”

"Italy, Denmark, and Spain only admitted at the time of our embassy's formal submission of their concerns that they had signed a treaty of security alliance with the Chinese Empire, which was not part of the Central Treaty, but was a bilateral military treaty, and this underscores the military conspiracy of the Chinese Empire to isolate our German Empire," Hitra added. ”

When Wilhelm II heard this, he immediately slammed the table in anger.

"Damn the Chinese Empire, we didn't want to mess with him, but he actually bullied us, standing on our heads and shit and peeing, I will never agree!"

Schliefen, Hitra and the others looked at each other and shook their heads with wry smiles.

They knew very well what even if the German Reich did not agree? Is there going to be a war with the Chinese Empire? That cliff is going to the toilet with a lantern - looking for death!

Wilhelm II said sharply: "Since the Chinese Empire has been determined to deal with us, then we should no longer have any scruples and immediately formulate countermeasures, we must not only be bullied and not fight back, we must let the Chinese Empire understand that the German Empire is not easy to bully!" ”

Schlieffen replied: "Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable to the Empire, the several major peninsulas of the entire European continent are all turned to the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire has garrisoned troops there, and the Chinese Empire controls the peninsula, which is equivalent to controlling the sea into which the peninsula protrudes, and the Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea exits are all controlled, and once the German Imperial High Seas Fleet wants to enter the Atlantic, Arctic Ocean, and Indian Ocean, it will face a direct threat from the Chinese Imperial Navy. ”

Hitra shook his head and said: "At present, the empire can only choose forbearance, once a military conflict breaks out with the Chinese empire, we have no chance of winning!" The reason why the Chinese Empire has not chosen to wage war against us at present is not because they are afraid of us, but because the Chinese Empire is not sure whether it can defeat us in one go, after all, the victory or defeat of the war is not absolute, and there are various possibilities for this. ”

Wilhelm II didn't listen, but asked: "I just want to teach the Chinese Empire a lesson, and you come up with a way!" The German Reich could not be a turtle with a shrunken head! ”

Schlieffen shook his head, then looked at Hitla.

Hitra thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to take revenge on the Chinese Empire!" Your Majesty, Your Excellency of the General Staff, please look at the map! ”

At Hitla's beckoning, Wilhelm II, Schlieffen and others came to the huge map.

Pointing to the west coast of France, Hitler said: "The last European peninsula is in France, which is currently under the control of the Empire!" From here, you can directly enter the North Atlantic, so the Chinese Empire thinks that it has blocked us, but in fact France is a loophole, and the long distance from England to Spain is something that the Chinese Imperial Navy cannot completely block. ”

Schlieffen said: "Although this is the case, the empire is still blocked in the Baltic and Mediterranean directions, and the high seas fleet needs to be separated in peacetime to defend the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean, the North Sea and the North Atlantic. ”

Wilhelm II nodded and looked at Hitla.

Hitra laughed, "I'm not done yet! (To be continued.) )