Chapter 946: All for Victory (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
The Kingdom of Belgium, with a population of less than five million, claimed to be able to mobilize half a million troops in a war, which stunned all countries. At the same time, it also shows the determination of the Kingdom of Belgium. In order to win, they were already planning to go out. The statement of the Kingdom of Belgium made the Chinese Empire even more satisfied. Admiral Sun Hao and others even decided that even if the Kingdom of Belgium was destroyed in this war, after the war ended, the Kingdom of Belgium would definitely be restored, and they would do their best to make up for the Kingdom of Belgium.
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Cavour, and the Minister of War, Pilimont, looked a little ugly. The Kingdom of Sardinia had a population of 20 million, but they pledged only 700,000 troops, only 200,000 more than the Kingdom of Belgium. Their population, however, was four times that of the Kingdom of Belgium. This is undoubtedly a slap in the face!
"Damn the Belgians, they must be slapping the fat in the face. With a population of less than 5 million, it is possible to mobilize an army of 500,000 people, and other industries in their country do not need labor? The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Cavour, cursed in his heart. In his opinion, this is simply a deliberate attempt by the Kingdom of Belgium to embarrass the Kingdom of Sardinia.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the 700,000 promised by the Kingdom of Sardinia is only the minimum. We can continue to mobilize more troops if the war warrants. Mobilize up to a million troops! Pilimonte, Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia, said.
Admiral Sun Hao nodded, and then said, "The three million troops that the Chinese Empire promised to invest are also the minimum. If the war doesn't go well. We will continue to invest more troops, and there is no upper limit! ”
Admiral Sun Hao's words were very domineering, but. The delegates of various countries had to believe that Admiral Sun Hao had this capital. After all, the population of the Chinese Empire has exceeded 400 million people, and it is said that it is close to the 450 million mark. Such a huge population is almost the sum of all European countries! Coupled with the strong industrial strength of the Chinese Empire, even if it is armed with tens of millions of troops, it does not seem to be a difficult task!
Of course. The stronger the Chinese Empire, the more troops it invested, which also happened to be in the interests of all countries. As long as the war can be won. As the victorious powers, they can naturally rely on this to obtain more benefits. Of course, according to the previous mention of the Chinese Empire, which country destroys more enemies. Whichever country has the greatest benefit. The Chinese Empire in the post-war period. There will inevitably be more benefits.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia Albrech. Feng. Ron and the chief of the Prussian General Staff, Colonel-General Reihel, glanced at each other, and in their respective eyes, they saw solemnity. They knew that after returning home, they would probably have to revise their mobilization plan. Once war broke out, the Kingdom of Prussia had to send more troops to ensure their interests. In addition, the strength of the Chinese Empire is too terrifying. If the Kingdom of Prussia wants to be an enemy of the Chinese Empire, I am afraid that it is not possible for the time being. You have to think long-term.
The Chinese Empire promised a minimum of three million troops. Combined with the fact that the Kingdom of Prussia pledged to invest a minimum of 1 million troops, the Ottoman Turkish Empire's 1 million troops, the Kingdom of Spain's 1 million troops, the 700,000 troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the 500,000 troops of the Kingdom of Belgium, the entire Eurasian military alliance will have at least 7.2 million troops in the war. This is only a preliminary budget, and if necessary, the size of this army will be further expanded, even to more than 10 million.
The delegates of the various countries attending the meeting were stunned by the great strength that the alliance could display. After all, this is definitely the largest army that humanity has ever put in. They believe that victory in future wars will be theirs.
Over the next few days, military meetings continued. The Kingdom of Prussia proposed to unify and coordinate the wit in Berlin. After all, the European theater is the most important and at the same time the most complex. It's just that this joint command does not have the strength to command the armies of various countries, only the power to build a new command. The high command of each country is still responsible for the mobilization of the armies of various countries.
The Chinese Empire did not refuse this, after all, in the Asian theater and the American theater, almost all the Chinese * army fought alone. On the European battlefield, however, it is the multinational* armies that work together. Placing the Joint Coordination Command in Europe would be closer to reality.
In the absence of objections from the Chinese Empire, this resolution was passed. They unanimously decided to start the formation of the Joint Coordination Command within three months and to make the Joint Coordination Command operational. Realize the sharing of military information within the alliance so that when war breaks out, countries can reflect it in a timely manner.
Although, this military meeting was a bit difficult. However, some results have been achieved. After all, no country is stupid, and even if it wants to fight for post-war benefits, it must first ensure that the war can be won. If you lose, you'll have nothing. It's useless to talk about anything else. The most important thing is to win the war.
After this military conference, the countries of the Asia-Europe military alliance began to actively prepare for war, and in order to win the war, the manpower, material, and financial resources of each country have been transferred to the military aspect. In a short period of time, this will undoubtedly have a serious impact on the economy and people's livelihood of various countries. However, if you can hold out until after the war and ensure victory in the war, then it will be worth it!
The news of the high-level military meeting held by the Asia-Europe Military Alliance has not been kept secret. The North Atlantic Military Alliance soon learned about it. Their intelligence officers tried in every possible way to find out the contents of this meeting. However, it did not work out. The Empire's Military Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, with the help of this military conference, opened a wide net, waiting for intelligence officers from various countries to send them to the door.
According to statistics, before and after the end of this meeting, the Empire's Military Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security arrested more than 1,000 intelligence agents from various countries, causing the North Atlantic Military Alliance's intelligence network within the Empire to be devastated. This will also help the Empire to be able to keep secrets when conducting military operations in the future!
In order to deal with the threat of the Asia-Europe military alliance, the British Empire also called on the senior officials of the North Atlantic military alliance countries to go to London to convene an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the aggressive Asia-Europe military alliance.
The member states of the North Atlantic Military Alliance sent high-level officials to the meeting. French Foreign Minister Count Valewski and War Minister A.J. Saint-Arnault, Russian Foreign Minister Count Neschel Rodie, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army Duke Gorchakov, Austria-Hungary Foreign Minister Count Roden Lovin and Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal Joseph Radesky, US Secretary of State Daniel Webster and War Secretary Charles M. Conrad, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Johann Rudolf Tolbeck, Minister of War De Vries, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal Duke Saldania, Marquis of War Marquis Lolai, Prime Minister of Greece Antonios Cretis, and Minister of War Miaoris rushed to London to attend the meeting.
Although there are eight member countries of the North Atlantic Military Alliance, Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the United States are the five most important members. The other kingdoms of the Netherlands, Portugal and Greece are just playing the role of soy sauce.
At the meeting, Britain reaffirmed the threat of the Eurasian military alliance to the North Atlantic military alliance and called on all countries to devote all their national resources to the war in order to win.
As the leader of the North Atlantic military alliance, the British Empire was the first to show its attitude. In terms of navy, Britain is the only country in the entire North Atlantic military alliance that has a strong navy that can confront the navy of the Chinese Empire. The rest of the countries either do not have a navy, or the navy is very weak and cannot be used. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of defeating the Chinese Empire at sea could only fall to the British Empire.
In terms of the army, the United Kingdom has stated that it will invest at least three million in the army. Of course, fools know that it was the British who threw all the troops of the colonies into it. The Anglo-Indian army in India alone was in the millions. Moreover, with India's population of 200 million, it is not difficult to increase the number of troops by one million. Together with British South Africa, British Canada and other colonies, it is completely possible to arm more than half a million people. An army made entirely of British, to be able to have a million, would already be remarkable.
France boasts of being the second most powerful country in the North Atlantic military alliance after Britain, with a population of 35 million. The French stated that they would mobilize at least one hundred and fifty men for the war. They will also mobilize more troops to fight if needed.
Russia is an old army power, and the standing strength of the Russian army now stands at 1.5 million. In addition, Russia has the largest population of any country, with 60 million people. The Russian side stated that after the start of the war, Russia would mobilize three million or more troops into the war.
The population of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also quite large, and the total population of all the states that made up the Austro-Hungarian Empire combined was already more than 40 million. Austria-Hungary stated that they would be able to mobilize at least two million people for the war! Of course, it is difficult to say how much combat power these Austro-Hungarian armies were capable of. However, on such a large scale, scaring the enemy will also scare the enemy to death!
As for the United States, although it is one of the five great powers in the North Atlantic, it was severely injured in the last war, and mobilizing a million troops is already the limit of the United States! (To be continued......)
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