Chapter 522: Is the World War coming?
The elder Chamberlain was indeed good to the British people, but he simply bought them with benefits, did not mobilize and organize them, and even kept restricting and suppressing the trade union organizations that could have played a little role, so there are people who are unhappy with them, but what is the use of not organizing? Not to mention an armed uprising, not even large-scale demonstrations and strikes, this may be to blame for the old Chamberlain himself, which can be regarded as lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot, right?
But in any case, the old Chamberlain's contribution to the British Empire is there, and its basic plate - the strength of British industrial capital is now quite strong, those conspirators still did not dare to completely criticize the old Chamberlain as they did with Cromwell, but then sacrificed those who launched the mutiny as scapegoats, anyway, as long as the old Chamberlain is killed and the liberals are brought to power to change their ways, their goal will be achieved, and it doesn't cost money to shoot a few sycophants to the dead, what's the matter?
Since activating the last level of authority of the system many years ago, Li Hui no longer worries about assassination in China, because even fatal injuries can be cured instantly, but because the old restrictions on using the system have not been lifted, if he is surrounded by enemies and cannot get out, then he still has to die, so Li Hui only sent a message of condolence through diplomatic channels, and did not go to the United Kingdom to attend his funeral in person. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info can't help it, those bastards even killed their own prime minister, not to mention Li Hui, a bigger thorn in the side?
This made Li Hui feel a little regretful in his heart, although he had not met the old Chamberlain a few times, and there was a huge difference in age and position, but if their political and economic policies were carefully analyzed, the thinking was basically the same, although the starting points of the two were completely different......
Speaking of which, Li Hui was able to succeed, but the old Chamberlain finally failed, in addition to Li Hui's systematic help, perhaps the problem was precisely the different starting points of the two sides.
Li Hui also pointed out one point in his condolence telegram, while affirming the ability and achievements of the old Chamberlain, he also unceremoniously pointed out the inevitability of his failure, "Skip that thrilling step and make money directly from money, it is the dream of all capitalists, as long as the basic system remains unchanged, industrial capital can only be subordinated to financial capital, because the latter is exactly the goal that the former expects to be!" Counting on the former to support itself to limit the latter will eventually fail even if it can achieve certain results in a short period of time......"
However, if we expand our horizons to the whole world, the road Li Hui will take is more difficult than that of the old Chamberlain, and if he adheres to the "labor theory of value", he is destined to become the enemy of the rentiers who make money all over the world, and the international financial capital group that once dominated the whole world and vainly wanted to restore its former dominance is destined not to let go of Li Hui and the powerful new China he created......
"It seems that the First World War in this time and space, and perhaps the last World War, is finally coming!" , Li Hui made such a judgment, but his expression was very relaxed, because since he crossed over, he had already realized that there would be such a day, not to mention that the current Huaxia Republic is no longer what it used to be, even if he is an enemy of the whole world, he is not afraid.
However, Li Hui did not take the initiative to provoke preparations for war, because time is on China's side, even if this world war breaks out only a year late, China's strength will be greatly improved. In particular, now that the last level of system technology has begun to be studied, every year will be completed, a number of significant key science and technology research and development will be completed, such as the radio communication technology and land-based aviation technology that were the focus of research in 1914......
Although the radio communication equipment, which is equivalent to the advanced level in the mid-1930s in history, is huge and bloated and cannot be carried by individual soldiers, it can be installed on ships, airplanes, and even tanks, and the tactical coordination capability will be greatly improved, which is of great significance.
Not to mention the great value of land-based aviation technology, the last generation of biplane fighters against the predecessors of the current Western countries is simply a massacre; Not to mention the bombers of the same period, the speed was so fast that the enemy's fighters could not catch up, from this point of view, the fighters may not even be needed, and the progress of bomb load, bomb delivery accuracy and air-ground coordination tactics has made the bombing effect increase by many times, and the improvement of endurance has made long-range strategic bombing have a preliminary feasibility; The advent of the large transport aircraft DC3 has made air freight a new mode of transportation to choose from, although China's national strength is not as exaggerated as the United States during World War II in history, but even if it can only play a tactical role, it is enough to give the Western powers a headache.
However, like automobiles, airplanes must meet a number of prerequisites in order to be fully functional. Cars need to have a well-developed road network, and airplanes must first have airfields, and in order to save precious metals, it is necessary to build aircraft factories as soon as possible, and at the same time to start training pilots who are more precious than airplanes. Even if only these factors are taken into account, Li Hui hopes that the world war will break out as late as possible.
What makes Li Hui happy is that the Western powers did not take action immediately, and the reason is not difficult to guess, the Western powers are not prepared for a world war at all, and if they do it in a hurry, facing the Huaxia Republic, which has a standing army of more than 5 million and is more advanced in both weapons and tactics, it is no different from sending them to death. In addition, the financial oligarchy will need time to regain control of Britain and the entire Western world, and the United States, as the number one main force, will need to wait for Theodore Roosevelt to return.
As soon as the countries of the West began to use their war machines with all their might, the chronic problem of insufficient demand soon disappeared again, the industrial growth rate of all countries rose sharply, and the capitalist world seemed to usher in a new period of prosperity. However, it is not so long ago that the Western people, who have just experienced two similar situations, are no longer surprised by this, and in addition to the fact that there are many "cannons" and little "butter" produced during the preparation period, the supply of Western daily necessities has not increased but decreased, and the people's living standards have not improved much.
Of course, because the unemployment rate has indeed dropped significantly, it is definitely better than before the preparation for the war, but the scene of the people's fanatical support for the war that the warmongers expected did not appear, because of the previous cruel Three Kingdoms War and the Great Patriotic War of Soviet Russia, even if the First World War was not fought, the people of Western countries have deeply understood how cruel the all-out war is, and it is naturally not so easy to fool them into enthusiastically competing to be cannon fodder as they did in history......