If the British Empire were willing to ally itself with the United States and wage a war against China together, such a price would obviously be enough in exchange for huge concessions from the United States on these three issues, enough for the United States to abandon Europe, to abandon debt, and to abandon attempts to establish a world currency of the dollar. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the British Empire really had no interest in waging war against China with the Americans, because the British Empire could not afford another world war, and began to fight a four-year war ten years ago, not to mention that Britain's national debt had multiplied several times, and it also owed a huge amount of foreign debt, a large outflow of gold, the British pound almost lost its international currency status, and the British Empire almost lost its world hegemony.

If they are allowed to fight a world war again, the economy of the country that has not yet recovered will not allow it, even the people will not support it, and even the nobles with a strong sense of honor will probably not agree.

Britain has always maintained a strong aristocratic politics, and their aristocracy has a high sense of honor and is a real elite, so the British aristocracy complex is very strong, and many commoners will pretend to be nobles abroad, or find a noble ancestor for themselves, such as a large number of Americans of English descent.

It is a pity that this war caused heavy losses to the British aristocracy, and the British casualties were millions, of which the nobles alone were close to 100,000, and the nobles were often officers in the army, and their casualties were obviously very abnormal, because the British aristocracy had a strong sense of honor, always in front when charging, and always in the rear when retreating, Churchill served in the Admiralty during the War, and as a result, because of his command of the Anglo-Australian coalition in Turkey, there were huge casualties, resulting in Churchill being distrusted and resigning, In order to redeem his honor, he asked to go to the front line to participate in the war to wash away the shame, and it was this aristocratic honor on Churchill that made the British aristocracy pay several times higher than the price of civilian soldiers.

After the war, the British government counted that one out of every seven aristocratic officers died at the front, while only one out of seventeen ordinary soldiers died. Such a casualty ratio, coupled with the fact that the English aristocracy was often a devout Puritans, insisted on monogamy, never divorced for the rest of their lives, and had few children, which made many aristocratic families who had been inherited for hundreds of years extinct.

Because the British aristocracy paid such a heavy price, the aristocracy that had a great say in the British political system had a serious anti-war sentiment, just like Churchill was in a high position in the British government in World War I and World War II, there were too many big aristocrats who had the right to speak in the British government, and their anti-war naturally affected the governance of the British government, which is why Britain had always adopted a policy of appeasement against German aggression before World War II, and did not dare to take tough measures, for fear of causing a world war.

When the commoners and nobles were all anti-war, it was impossible for Britain to go to war with China. Even if there is a glimmer of possibility, I am afraid that the Americans will not be able to pay this price.

Therefore, the Americans asked Britain to put pressure on China and impose sanctions on China, and the British Empire was ambiguous for a while. When the Americans asked how the British would react in the event of a war between China and the United States, Britain modestly said that the British Empire would stand by the United States, and that the British Empire would use all resources except military to help the United States, specifically by providing financing, resources, and weapons support to the United States, which was what the United States had done, selling arms; At the same time, Britain promised to impose sanctions on China within the framework of the League of Nations, but only economic sanctions.

But what can Britain sanction China? The British Empire said it would embargo all military strategic materials to China, such as iron ore from Australia and oil from the Middle East.

For the United States, this is a fart of a kind, and what they need most is British military strength, especially the invincible armada of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Australia does not export iron ore to China, and China can also import iron ore from Brazil and Siberia. The Middle East does not export oil to China, and the Tyumen oil fields in Siberia can support China's military machinery.

After a month of urgent consultations with the British, the Americans found that in the end, the United States still had to single out China.

During this period, the Chinese were not idle; on the one hand, they seriously warned the United States not to complicate the situation, and on the other hand, they mixed the South and North Ocean fleets to form a joint fleet, and after the emergency overhaul of the aircraft carrier fleet that attacked Hawaii, they were also incorporated into the combined fleet.

At the same time, it held urgent negotiations with Japan, and at the request of the Japanese government, the diplomatic treaty between the two sides was amended, allowing the Japanese army to be capped at 1 million, and the result of the urgent relaxation of Japan's military ties was that once the war began, Japan could provide 1 million modern army recognized by the West.

At the same time, North Korea promised to recruit 1 million troops in the event of a war, and the Koreans did not want to fall behind Japan in the slightest, and the Ryukyus said that they would provide 200,000 tons of shipping capacity, Siam would provide 300,000 troops and rice for 1 million people as military rations, plus China's 3 million troops in active service, and the United States would face an invasion of nearly 6 million East Asian coalition forces, which made the Americans feel that China was actively preparing to land in the United States to fight.

It has never been possible to say that the British Empire has given them all guarantees, France is completely unreliable, Germany itself is difficult to protect, and the United States cannot help but feel once again that they have no friends in the world.

At the same time, Congress passed a bill for emergency conscription of 3 million, declared a state of emergency for the country, and passed a huge military appropriation budget to issue unprecedented orders to major shipyards to replenish the warships lost in Hawaii.

Mobilization has begun, which means that war is not far away, but the United States still has not declared war, it is only preparing for war, they cannot take the lead in declaring war, because time is not in their favor, China is ready for war, and the Americans are not ready, it can drag on for a day.

However, at this time, the Chinese government's diplomatic actions were launched, and China actively negotiated with Britain and France to express China's hope for peace, and the Manila incident was to protect the overseas Chinese, and the Hawaii incident was completely accidental, and China had no intention of provoking a war with the United States.

However, China's attitude has not been received by the US government, and diplomatic ties between the two countries have now been severed, and all diplomatic activities must be conveyed through a third country.

Obviously, Britain and France do not actively mediate relations between China and the United States, they would rather see China and the United States fight, and a war between these two countries is beneficial to Britain, because the last European war has greatly weakened the power of European countries, while China and the United States have made a lot of war money, and China has taken this opportunity to build a world's second industrial system.

The war between China and the United States is very likely to bring the world back to the state before the European war, and it is still a European country, to be precise, Britain and France dominate the world situation, so these two countries are not actively trying to make peace between China and the United States.

However, the attitude of the Chinese became more and more sincere, and directly asked the British Empire to mediate.

This time, the British could not pretend not to know, and they officially expressed their attitude to the US government.

In the eyes of the British Empire, war was inevitable, but suddenly the Americans also said that they were cautious about considering the issue of negotiating with China, which disappointed the British Empire.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, if I change to Germany, I'm afraid the war has already started, this may be that these two countries can seize the opportunity of the First World War, and European countries have all missed the opportunity, for example, Italy originally had the opportunity to make a fortune neutrally, but in order to divide the interests, they joined the war, and in the end not only did not get too many benefits, but owed a lot of bad debts, which led to the collapse of the economy and the fascists came to power.

In August, representatives of China and the United States gathered in London, England, to negotiate the conflict between China and the United States over the events in Hawaii and Manila.

The two sides quickly reached some consensus on the content of the negotiations, such as the fact that both sides agreed that the conflict was not a war.

If it is a war, there is no need to negotiate, and if it is a war, what the two sides have to talk about is a peaceful settlement, but about reparations, and in that case, there is no need to negotiate.

But in terms of responsibility, the two sides could not reach a consensus, and the Americans insisted that China should be fully responsible for the attacks on Manila and Hawaii and that the United States must be compensated. China insisted that Manila was an overseas Chinese protection operation, and the Hawaii incident was an accident.

China has only promised to negotiate the future of the Philippines and Hawaii, and as for compensation, it is the responsibility of both sides to make no compensation to each other.

After bringing the Americans to the negotiating table, the Chinese, on the contrary, were not in a hurry, unhurriedly arguing with the Americans, but privately began to actively contact Britain, France and other countries.

The reason why Britain and France secretly support the United States in waging war against China is to push the two major powers that have grown faintly enough to compete with Europe into war and weaken them, but if China and the United States go to war, Britain and France will definitely be affected, especially Britain.

Britain has reached a series of agreements with China in Guangdong, handed over Hong Kong to China, Guangdong government and British cooperation not only to ensure the safety of a large number of British capital assets in Hong Kong, but also will be in Guangdong and Britain to carry out comprehensive cooperation, the two sides have established a total output of 10 million tons of steel plant, put into operation has been 1 million, two years later will be fully put into operation, the establishment of three large shipyards, the introduction of Lloyd's register of advanced management model.

British capital participates in the operation of Victoria Harbor in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, and is responsible for the construction and operation of 3 10,000-ton seaports such as Xiangshan and Dongguan.

It can be said that in the steel, shipbuilding and shipping industries, Britain will gain huge benefits in Guangdong, and once Britain supports the United States and imposes an economic blockade on China, these interests will be lost, but the loss of these interests is still worth it if China and the United States can lose the strength to challenge Britain's hegemony in the world.

Now that the Americans and the Chinese are sitting at the negotiating table, it is very necessary for Britain to protect its interests in China.

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