In the plane where Qing Ying lived in his previous life, the national bond of "blood thicker than water" between the two Saxon cousins of the United States and Britain seems to be an unbreakable relationship. And those who speak in a London dialect all day long are even more eloquent to cite the arguments of the United States in the two world wars, and condescendingly look down on those forces that are trying to be enemies of Britain from a distance of time and space: Look, with the world's most tyrant father behind me, how can these challengers who are not self-sufficient have the slightest chance of victory?

However, behind these seemingly conclusive words, there are countless paradoxes hidden. From the hostility between the United States and Britain after the end of World War I due to Britain's brazenness, to the plan formulated by the United States to raid Canada in the 30s of the 20th century; From the slap in the face of Britain in the Second Middle East War to the subsequent collapse of its colonial system...... There is no trace of blood friendship in it. In the final analysis, this argument of relying on the lighthouse nation as a hardcore ally is nothing more than a ploy that the country can only use to remember the glory of the past after the irretrievable sinking of the red sun that has shone over London for three hundred years!

In fact, as long as strategic decisions rise to the national level, there is no longer national culture and kinship in the eyes of the rulers, and only interests remain eternal. It was for this reason that forty years after the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the continent was reorganized and two sharply opposed power blocs emerged. And the United States, of course, is no exception. At present, isolationism is rife in the country, and everyone from parliamentarians to the general public has not the slightest interest in directly getting involved in the bloody slaughter between the European powers; in their minds. The only way to make a windfall is to take the opportunity. is the most practical last word. As for whether these shiny and lovely currencies are pounds sterling francs or makkrones. Who's going to bother with that?

It is precisely for this reason that when the German ambassador visited Wilson at the White House and proposed that German financial institutions headed by Deutsche Bank were preparing to issue a large amount of national debt in the United States, the US president readily agreed after a short period of silence. The German ambassador even suspected that Wilson had long been looking forward to German fund-raising in the United States, so as to get a sip of soup next to the German chariot of conquest. After some verbal bargaining, the amount of the first loan in Germany was set at 400 million marks, with an interest rate of 6% per annum. The interest on debts issued during war is generally much higher than in peacetime; Actually, this number. These were already low interest rates that had led to a significant increase in Germany's credit rating in view of Germany's successive victories on the European battlefield.

In the early morning of December 3rd, when the cowboys who like to wander in the financial world got up early as usual and came to Wall Street to observe today's inventory, they found that a brand new bond had appeared on the light display boards of major banks and began to be put on sale. Compared with the high interest rates of more than 8% in Britain and France, the yield of this bond is not so attractive; However, when they saw the identity of the issuer, their eyes showed a look of surprise and excitement.

"My God, isn't this the Central European Empire that defeated the British Royal Navy? They have finally landed on the financial markets in New York! A richly dressed middle-aged man lifted the silk-rimmed eyes on the bridge of his nose, and his words were full of surprise and excitement. After a while, a large crowd gathered under the electronic display board; They all craned their necks to look at the gross sales and interest earnings. The calculations were already beginning to be made in my head.

While the American cowboys enjoy the most enchanting splendor on the planet, the smoke of European war is as far away as another world; But that doesn't mean they're ostriches on the North American continent. Ignoring the ongoing war in Europe. In fact, more than 1,000 war correspondents from the United States had already filled the military brigades of the two camps in the past six months, and a large number of first-hand war reports on the European battlefield were transmitted back to China every day. At the same time, the major newspapers and media in the United States, including the Washington Post, also devoted huge pages to reporting direct information about the European battlefield.

For the purpose of investing overseas to make money, Americans are arguably more concerned about this European war than the civilians of any neutral country. And Germany's previous successive victories on the battlefield were sent home in great detail by conscientious journalists. No matter how much the Allied media played with the Spring and Autumn period, it is an indisputable fact that they lost their cities and lost their lands one after another. And under the constant influence of the ears and eyes, the American people's perception of Britain, France, and Russia, the three old European powers, is also quietly changing. The British Empire, which once burned down the White House and reached the pinnacle of its majesty in human history, has now passed away, and has been lost again and again in their most glorious blue water ocean; And the appearance of France and Russia is even worse than the other, and in the face of Prussia's powerful force, it does not even have the strength to barely parry!

Despite the unexpectedly tenacity of the French cousin, who resisted in the face of Paris being almost a blank slate, this did not hide the irretrievable decline of the current Entente camp. The Americans would not believe that the British and French armies and navies could now suddenly regain all the occupied territory and regain full control of the Mediterranean and the North Sea. These holders of overseas investment are all veterans who know the essence of it, and in the current situation, it is natural that they will have some different thoughts.

After several comparisons, the Americans found that buying these German government bonds was almost the best option. Although its yield is lower than that of the war bonds of Britain and France, it is still much higher than the interest rate of other investments, both domestic and foreign; What's more, they don't have to worry about the risk of the investment at all! At present, Germany is attacking cities and conquering cities on the European battlefield, and the momentum is like a rainbow; Whether it is mobilizing the world's second-largest economic and industrial production capacity in China, or looting and squeezing in the occupied areas, it can repay the principal and interest at a predetermined time without any pressure. This is not the case with Anglo-French bonds. It would be better if they could get a decent first game under the threat of the Allies, and with the rich family foundation and huge colonial system they had accumulated over the past hundred years, they would still have the ability to slowly pay off the foreign debt funds they owed; But if they lose a mess in the end, and even their wife's coffin is compensated in the armistice treaty, these American investors who lent money to Britain and France will lose all their money!

Cowboys who figured out this floor rushed to the trading desk, waved their passbooks and began to subscribe for the German bond; It is unknown whether this kind of high-interest loan fat, which can guarantee credit, will be encountered in the future. In just 10 days, Germany's first loans of 400 million marks were all bought up, and even the US government was not willing to be left alone, allocating $24 million to buy a share of 100 million marks after an emergency parliamentary session. American investors expressed great indignation at the government's competition for the interests of the people, holding the dollar tightly in their hands, waiting for the next German bond to land.

After securing the fundraising, the German ambassador began to travel back and forth between the American business giants, placing large orders with them at a banquet of tenders and hosts. According to the Berlin government's plan, procurement in the United States should give priority to domestic raw materials, so a large number of iron ingots, copper sand, rubber, cotton and linen were gathered, and oil was transported to ports and warehouses in the eastern United States like a tide through guò railroads and pipelines. Compared with secondary industrial products, these raw materials not only save a lot of man-hours waiting time, but their prices are much lower than those of finished products, so both the time and quantity raised are extremely considerable.

At the same time, the American shipping companies also took immediate action, concentrating their merchant ships at the predetermined ports and loading German supplies under the operation of dock booms. All kinds of ore raw materials stuffed the interior space of cargo ships, and a large amount of dark and viscous oil was pressed into the oil tankers moored at the dock through the sturdy and thick transmission pipelines under the roar of pumps.

American sailors were no strangers to the route to Germany, which went south through the Danish Channel to the Norwegian waterway. As early as the early stage of the war, many American shipowners, who pursued high profits, chose to accept the contract of the Germans to transport their goods to the German port of Hamburg by high-speed merchant ships. The only thing they were worried about was that the warships of the British Royal Navy, which were active in the Atlantic, would become an obstacle to their fortune on long voyages. Now, however, the situation is completely different.

With the successive defeats of the Royal Navy, the German Navy's strong edge had already broken through the bathtub of the North Sea: Captain Jackson, who had been captured by the German fleet with a full load of munitions and had made a trip to Hamburg, had returned to the United States and became the most typical reflection of the current situation in the Atlantic. The Americans discovered that the North Atlantic was no longer a word of Great Britain: they had an area beyond the reach of the whip, which was occupied by the power of the German navy. Since you can make money with peace of mind, where is not where to go?

In order to prevent the British fleet from causing damage to Germany's first large-scale wartime shipping and to ensure the safe arrival of cargo, the main force of the High Seas Fleet went to sea again after a short period of maintenance and went straight to the depths of the ocean to carry out escort support. Prior to this, the staff officers of the German Navy had drawn up an extremely detailed timetable, which would be sufficient to ensure the support of the transport fleet in the event of absolute superiority of the main fleet.

After a whole generation of dormant accumulation, Germany, which was congenitally at an absolute disadvantage, finally gained the real sea power that belonged to her. (To be continued......)

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Yesterday, I had a convulsion.,So I couldn't update it in time.,It's a chapter from yesterday, and there's a chapter today.