Chapter 717: The British's Choice
In the thirties of the 20th century, why did Britain and France appease Germany? Why indulge Hitler's beast again and again?
Do the leaders of the two countries really fail to see the disadvantages and consequences of this? Is this possible? Really when Chamberlain and Albert. Lebrun is an idiot!
The biggest reason why Britain and France indulged Germany again and again, apart from the decline of their own economy and strength, the growing influence and strength of Russia, the poor party in the north, and the fact that Britain and France wanted to lead the way to the east and watch the tiger fight, was that they knew that even if they suppressed Germany and took Germany, the huge consumption would only make the two old empires, which were already crumbling in world hegemony, completely fall from the throne!
It's like the boss fighting the second, and the result is cheaper than the third. Britain and France were unwilling to give up their vested interests, so they could only indulge in the revival of Germany, not to mention that with the poor party Russia on their side, they prayed that Hitler would really target the poor party Russia, not himself.
The same considerations, the same uncomfortable facts of the British Empire, are now being laid out before the eyes of Whitehall and Parliament.
The British Empire also had only two choices: first, smash the pot and sell iron, and fight with China to the end, just like the encirclement and suppression of Napoleon at the beginning of this century, unyielding, ready for repeated defeats and wars; Second, to make peace with China for the time being, to recognize China's vested interests in Central Asia and Northern Europe, and to recognize China's existing interests in the South Seas and North America, and to withdraw from the war on the open side.
As for secretly supporting the United States and supporting France, then there is no need to say more.
India was so important to the British Empire.
On April 12, 1895, the London Parliament held a vote to determine the future direction of the British Empire. Both the upper and lower houses voted in favor of a 'peace agreement' with China by an overwhelming margin ahead of 'war'.
Although the editorial published in The Times the next day bluntly stated: "From the moment the voting ended. The British Empire lost its crown. Because the elite of the British Empire has lost their courage to be fearless! "But that doesn't stop the upcoming peace talks between China and the UK. This cannot prevent France and the United States from hating and cursing the British Empire.
Of course, the most resentful and angry here is the United States.
The Chinese have already hit the Mississippi River, backed by Mexican crude oil. Although the oil refining capacity of the West Coast of North America is poor, it can maintain the fuel supply of a part of the Wehrmacht's armored forces. Then the U.S. military was defeated.
But Lao Mei's industrial manufacturing capacity is really amazing. In the Denver Campaign, which had just ended with the Southern Route Army, the US army had a total strength of 80,000 troops, and was equipped with more than 1,200 artillery pieces of various kinds and more than 100 airships of various types. It simply scared Comrade Xiang Fa, the current commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht's North American Expeditionary Force.
Although the United States has not yet been able to build qualified armored vehicles and tank vehicles, they are developing by leaps and bounds in artillery and air armaments at a speed beyond the imagination of China and the army. Therefore, the expeditionary force's Northern Route Army was impatient to attack Omaha just after the Battle of Denver.
This battle was supposed to wait for another half month and twenty days, and the Northern Route Army needed to prepare and rest for a while before heading east of the Mississippi River. The Missouri River, the largest and longest tributary within its basin range, launched an attack. It was the great firepower and speed of development shown by the American army in the Battle of Denver that caused the general command of the expeditionary force to immediately change its plan -- every day of pause, the strength of the Americans in Omaha increased by a small margin.
80,000 people, more than 1,200 artillery pieces of various types, how many people have been integrated into one cannon? This density is comparable to that of the Wehrmacht. In the Battle of South Dakota, which the Northern Route Army fought last month, the United States had 1,300 artillery pieces of all kinds for 150,000 people.
Xiang Fa's memory has always been very good, and he remembers that in the battle summary, at the beginning of the expeditionary force landing on the west coast of North America, there were not many cannons in the American army. Their main combat opponents at that time were the militias of the states. When did the firepower of the Americans become so strong?
Even though the American Resistance in Denver is supported by Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and other states. This also confirms the rapid development of the old US military industry from another aspect.
When the powerful industrial capacity of the eastern United States, even half, one-third, transforms the wartime industrial system. It will also make it difficult for the Wehrmacht to raise the offensive against the United States.
And since China's defense forces have reached the Missouri River region and are within walking distance of the Mississippi River, the entire United States can be said to have been attacked by them.
There are also several states in the south that do not have control in their hands. But the Wehrmacht had already split the Southern Route Army to attack and sweep. The population base of these states is so small that it is far from comparable to that of the regions east of the Mississippi River. So. After each war, the resistance of the Americans weakened a little. Their population simply cannot support a team that often loses battles. There are as many troops as ever. At the same time, such a war is also the best, most justified and least eloquent means of reducing the proportion and number of young and strong aborigines of the Wehrmacht.
How many Americans have been in the war and what are the Americans who were captured on the battlefield? There are seven or eight hundred thousand people per million, and few have been able to be free and return to their hometowns. They were all put in prisoner-of-war camps and then sent to the production area.
By the time the battle has progressed, the armed forces of the Americans have expanded to 2 million, but the serious shortage of senior officers full of wisdom and middle- and lower-ranking officers with rich experience in warfare is the biggest factor affecting the combat effectiveness of the US military.
The old United States is not the old United States during World War II, or even the old United States after World War I. The smoke of the Civil War has long since dissipated over the United States, and in the face of the unfamiliar modern war, the Americans seem at a loss. So, they need the support of the British and the French. Therefore, the sudden retreat of the British would have dealt a heavy blow to the confidence and morale of the Americans.
Grover. Cleveland roared angrily at the European continent from the White House.
The sudden withdrawal of the British from the war and the complete calm on the Russian battlefield were a major blow to the morale of the American Resistance forces, and in Omaha the 200,000 Resistance troops were defeated by half the Wehrmacht attacking force, losing the most important city in the middle Missouri River in just five days.
And the British were about to withdraw from the war, so the plan of the Anglo-American Combined Fleet to merit the West Coast and cut off the maritime connection between the North American Defense Forces and Chinese mainland was also in vain. The British, no matter how despicable and shameless, could not afford to sell the capital ships of their North American and West Indian fleets to the Americans. And relying on the strength of the United States alone, the plan to cut off the sea route is a standard flash in the pan.
On the 20th day of the third month of the lunar calendar, it was sunny, and it was originally a small town in Wyoming, USA. The 13th Military Hospital of the Chinese North American Expeditionary Force.
With a shrill jingle sound, Wang Liqun reached out in a daze and pressed down the alarm clock at the head of the bed, and sat up for a while. His eyes were foggy and his consciousness was unclear. It was only two or three minutes before there was a flash of clarity in his eyes.
Wang Liqun's head was wrapped in thick white gauze. There may also be something to do with his confusion after waking up and the injury on his head.
As if he suddenly remembered something, he turned around and lifted the pillow, opened a red cloth bag hidden under the pillow, and once again took out the stack of 'banknotes' inside and counted them carefully.
This bill of exchange with an amount of 10,000 yuan and 1,000 yuan, I didn't see it once, and it deeply stimulated Wang Liqun. A total of 35,700 yuan, all of which were registered drafts of Huaxia Bank. In fact, Wang Liqun just lost this thing, as long as he holds his military ID, he can also withdraw the money at Huaxia Bank. God, when will our old Wang family be so rich?
This is all the harvest of Wang Liqun's trip to North America. It is impossible for a soldier to continue fighting with the capture, and the 'spoils' after each battle will be recorded by a special person in the unit, converted into Chinese dollars, and recorded in the name of each soldier.
Wang Liqun is just an ordinary soldier, he didn't have the good luck to find any treasures, and he was not the first to find warehouses or cellars or anything, he just followed the crowd all the way, and the amount under his name could also reach 35,700 yuan, which can only be said to be the wealth and prosperity of the old American country.
After smirking for a while, Wang Liqun put on a cotton cloth coat for himself, then put on a pair of cloth shoes and got out of bed. There were only two beds in his ward, and the military hospital was different from the field hospital, which had to be used for every inch of land, and the wounded here were more of a general.
The door was wide open, and from time to time a cold morning breeze blew in from outside, and another patient seemed to have gone out. The cool breeze made Wang Liqun excited, he glanced at his urinal, Lao Hu in the same room really didn't go to pour, it was really disappointing, Wang Liqun yawned, and then picked up the urinal Shi Shiran walked to the door, went to the bathroom at the north end of the ward to pour it out, and then washed it clean. Then the man leaned lazily against the doorframe. I picked up a roasted sweet potato left over from yesterday and ate it in small bites.
People, you can't get used to it. Let's just say that this Wang Liqun, more than ten years earlier, when he was a child, he hadn't eaten enough since he could remember, and he had a good meal of noodles and steamed buns for the New Year.
Sweet potato wotou, sweet potato rice, sweet potato cake, baked sweet potato, steamed sweet potato, boiled sweet potato, eat sour water in the stomach. At that time, he would never have thought of eating sweet potatoes. When I think about it, my mouth is sour.
But the new dynasty is coming, the Qin army eradicated the pioneer Qing Dynasty, regardless of whether the current Emperor Liu is a traitor or not, whether he is not a traitor or not, anyway, the life of the people has really changed a lot. (To be continued......)