The words of the foreign secretary made Henry's heart move, dragging the United States into the water, to a very good choice, turned over this hole card, although the time was earlier, it was impossible to deal a fatal blow to Germany, but after the powerful United States joined, it was definitely a morale boost for the entire Entente camp.

Britain regarded Germany as an imaginary enemy, on the one hand, in order to unite the country, and on the other hand, not for the domination of Europe, but at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, it was the time when the world's scientific and technological level was changing with each passing day. At the same time, Britain, in addition to maintaining its suppression of Germany in the navy, was far inferior to Germany in many ways such as industrial production and commodity exports.

On the surface, it is to win over Russia and France to form the Entente to deal with Germany's aggressiveness, and once the war starts, it will jointly attack Germany with Britain, France and Russia, and attack Germany on both sides and in two directions, with Russia's land advantage and France's money advantage, the odds of victory are very high, so as to ensure Britain's superficial superiority.

The odds of winning are the odds, but they are not absolute, Britain has dominated the whole world for so many years, how can it be possible to prepare only one hand, he not only took the Entente as the first hand, but also prepared the second hand. The latter is actually very simple, that is, the United States, the first industrial power in the whole world, compared with Russia, the United States has a greater advantage, but the total population is a little less, but the industrial capacity and urbanization degree. Even the level of combat effectiveness is far above that of Russia. Coupled with the advantages of race and ethnicity, the United States is the natural hole card of Britain.

The United States is blessed with unique conditions. The industrial output value has long surpassed the United Kingdom to become the world's first, and it is also an emerging country, in terms of the level of scientific and technological development, Germany and the United States are a grade, and even in depth, the United States is stronger. In terms of current status, Germany is obviously different from the United States, that is, the United States is born with a huge land area, and there is no shortage of resources and markets. There is no eagerness to find colonies like Germany, but it has only encircled the Americas, not completely, at least most of South America is not cold to the United States. All along, the United States has maintained the principle of an open door in the world, which is nothing more than for the sake of equalizing interests, and it has also been unusually strict in protecting things in the Americas, which is also the fundamental reason why the United States has no threat to Britain. The American colony, the Philippines in Asia, is a small island with no other luxury.

The ruling class in the United States is white. The War of Independence was fought against the British, and the Civil War also suffered a big loss because of the mutual support of Britain and France, but later. After completing reunification, the United States devoted itself to developing its own economy. Externally, the friction with Britain and France is decreasing. And the relationship between the same root and the same species has become a natural connection between the United States and Britain.

At the beginning of the war, when preparing for war against Germany, Britain consciously included the United States in order to let the United States intervene in the war, but the United States was also very smart and never spit out, and the two sides seemed to play dumb riddles, and they clashed for a long time on this issue.

However, Britain's plan still has some effect, unlike European countries, the United States has no history, the history of the founding of the country is only a few hundred years, they are a highly commercial society, pay attention to interests, and what interests can be compared with the arms dealers when the war comes, the huge industry of the United States, also relies on exports, the door is open in order to get more markets, and now Britain in order to win over the United States, directly handed over part of the arms orders and a large number of other orders to the United States, how can the United States give up, Almost step by step, I walked in, and I fell deeper and deeper.

One side has intentions, one side has intentions, Britain deliberately cedes interests, the United States out of confidence in the Entente, step by step follow-up, how to say that the land area and population, dozens of times that of the Allies, on this top, there should be no problem in defeating the Allies, investing in them is equivalent to a profitable business, the United States did not make it clear that it invested in the camp of the Entente, but invested a lot of money in the Entente, almost more than 30 billion US dollars, this part of the money, some of which became company shares, waiting for dividends, Some of them are expanding production to supplement orders, while others are invested directly in government bonds.

The national bonds purchased by major American consortia belonging to the British government and the French government are as high as 2.7 billion US dollars, including 2.1 billion on the British side and 800 million on the French side, as for Russia, although he is also a member of the Entente countries, but the shrewd Americans do not recognize his strength at all, and his national bonds, only Britain and France, bought a little out of support, the total amount is only 120 million, and the sales in the United States are only 20 million, or they are purchased piecemeal, which is very different from Britain and France.

Henry pondered for a moment and said: "The plan with the French side is all in charge of the military, you don't have to worry about it, or you can go to the United States for a while, see what they say, and see if you can reach the intention!" ”

The prime minister set the tone, the foreign secretary nodded, and responded to the errand, watching the foreign secretary hurry away, Henry stood outside the window, looking at the river outside, the Americans are not so simple, they don't see rabbits and eagles, now, they haven't made enough money, and the possibility of making a move is almost minimal, but with the business character of the Americans, the necessary preparations can be done, if this plan can achieve good results, the pace of the United States entering the war should be near. The level is different, and the things you see are definitely different, Henry sees the overall situation, but the foreign minister sees a couple.

Time is urgent, the foreign secretary did not have much preparation, with his men hurriedly set off, between Britain and New York, separated by the entire Atlantic, close to 6000 kilometers of voyage, for the anxious foreign secretary, did not choose a comfortable cruise, but chose the fastest destroyer, along the way at a speed of more than 23 knots, accelerated to the United States, at most only four or five days, can cross the Atlantic.

The British side sent a telegram to the American side in advance, informing the American side of the arrival of the foreign minister, but did not tell the Americans what was going on.

After receiving the telegram from the British side, the United States knew what was going on, and immediately informed the foreign minister and the high-level officials of the US military and political sides, and the foreign secretary had come, and what else could happen, isn't it obvious, Europe is inextricably fighting, Britain and France are gathering and retreating, how can the United States not know what is happening here, let alone Europe, even the situation in Asia, the United States has also made it clear through various channels, and the overall situation is absolutely very sinister.

The United States is also very depressed, at the beginning of the war in Europe, they have confirmed that both sides make money, of course, in terms of heart, or Britain and France have the upper hand, in a sense, the colonies of Britain and France and the population that can be mobilized, far above Germany, if the war is protracted, Britain and France will definitely be able to survive, when the time comes, the United States will gradually reduce the trade with Germany, and Britain and France, which go all out to support, by the way, join the camp of the Entente in the end, and win the greatest benefits.

The plan was very good, and at the beginning, it was also according to this, but as we walked, the script actually changed, the strength of the Entente was far above the Central Powers, and the Central Powers except for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and even Italy were all weak chickens and were not valued, as long as Britain, France, and Russia could resist the attack of Germany and drag the war in the direction of a protracted war, the United States could be left and right.

But no matter how good the plan is, the script will change, Germany's three-plate axe is a little too fierce, first of all, the Schlieffen plan, Germany actually did not choose to attack France directly in the southern mountains, but adopted a large-scale detour, undeclared war, directly attack Belgium, and relying on a sudden attack and powerful airships, forcefully pulled out the fortress of Liège in Belgium, even if the Americans look at it with the strictest eyes, it is worthy of an indestructible fortress.

However, the German army was so strong that the fortress of Liège did not resist even a day, and it fell in one fell swoop, and the whole of Belgium was only 3 days, and even when Belgium fell, the outside world did not know much, because of this, the plan of the whole western detour was quite sudden, and when Germany suddenly attacked from the Belgian-French border, everyone did not expect it.

But this is just the beginning, to say, France is also a traditional army power, the initial disadvantage, should be able to change in the later stage, and even resist the German offensive, but the next situation was shocking, even the United States did not expect that France, which is extremely powerful in the world, did not block for a long time, only a little more than a month, it was attacked by Germany to the territory of France, the French capital Paris is a little precarious, it can be said that the loss of the entire northern region, France lost almost one-third of its territory, about 40% of the population and industrial production capacity, there is a crazy blood transfusion of the colonies, but the weakening of France is almost inevitable, how to fight the war at this time.

In order to support France, Britain, which invested a million troops, was easily surrounded and annihilated by Germany, and if it were not for the generator plan, 350,000 were urgently withdrawn, I am afraid that the war in Europe would have ended.

When the British Foreign Secretary arrived, he must have given the United States a showdown on joining the Entente camp, and this kind of decision should have appeared in a few years, but now, only three months after the start of the European war, it is already imminent, and what the Americans should do, they can't decide, and they are in a dilemma. (To be continued......)