"The Admiralty intends to send submarine forces to carry out attacks on merchant ships transporting supplies for Germany? Will this irritate a certain great power? George Legge asked with some concern. At a high-level meeting between Britain and France, George Legge offered his own views on the upcoming actions of the United Kingdom.

"Definitely, but as long as the reaction is not too violent, then I think such an attempt is necessary. According to international practice, it is legal to attack ships at sea that are transporting supplies to an enemy country. The Germans have also attacked American transport ships, but the United States is only protesting, and China will not do anything more fierce. A Navy officer next to him said.

"The Huaxia Republic will definitely not have a large-scale head-on conflict with us in a short period of time, the reason is very simple, their target is Russia, although it is not good to say this, but IMHO, the collapse of Russia is only a matter of time, and this point in time depends on the attrition of the German army and the needs of the Huaxia government." At this moment, Lloyd George suddenly interjected. The tone was so indifferent, as if it were not an ally of the British, but an unrelated country.

"Although the Huaxia Republic has always maintained a strong navy, this cannot hide their strategy of focusing on the north. Not only did they expand their army, but they also spent a considerable part of their fixed asset investment in Russia, and a lot of infrastructure was built, with a clear purpose, which was to prepare for future wars. Although they had defeated Russia twice in a row, and although they had acquired a large amount of land from Russia, the Chinese leaders were still not satisfied. What they need is to bring down this centuries-old empire, and then take over the Russians' territory and power in Asia! Before that, of course. Huaxia also needs to consume the Germans well. At least Germany cannot be allowed to get the whole of Ukraine. ”

"Wars revolve around interests, especially in the eyes of a good strategist, there is no reason to start a war without interests. The reason why we backed down in the Saipan incident last time was because we needed to give an explanation to both China and the United States, but this time it is different, the United States is already on our side, and China is intervening in the Indian Ocean on the condition that it can obtain greater benefits from the north. This is clearly not worth the cost. As long as we don't go too far, the Huaxia Republic will never have a direct conflict with us, one is that they don't really have the heart to do it. The second is that they are not ready for the relevant aspects, and the third is that they are preparing to eat the fat of Russia! Lloyd George said.

"Is Russia really irreversible? If Russia is annihilated, then we will have to face the pressure of the Allies as a whole alone. Churchill said with a frown.

"The collapse of Russia is certain, and this is made up of many factors. After the Russians lost the Second Sino-Russian War. Kaiser Wilhelm II had already seen the weakness of the Russians and the strength of the Russians, and although Russia was restored with the help of our loans, this was only a return to the past. Russia has rotted from its roots, and if the losses of ethnic Russians in Russia were greater in the war, whether it was Poles, Ukrainians, Belarusians, or the peoples of Central Asia, they would have taken advantage of the situation. What's more, Germany may have chosen the right proxies internally, and as long as the Russian Army is heavily damaged, there is a good chance that our allies will become enemies within a day. ”

"It's well known. Even if China gave Russia any more aid, the Russian Army would still not be an opponent of the Germans. On the Western Front, we can also rely on the Americans, and on the Eastern Front the Russians can only rely on themselves! Russia, a giant with feet of clay, has been targeted by Germany, Austria-Hungary and China, and it is impossible for it to escape! Even if Germany will not be the victor in the end, Russia will definitely die! ”

If Xu Jie heard Lloyd George's words here, he would definitely give a thumbs up, he analyzed too much, and basically said the future plan of the Huaxia Republic! Xu Jie's interest in places like Myanmar, India and Malaya is low, and one of the most important factors is that there are too many people there. Unlike the United Kingdom, the Republic of China has an abundant labor force. Unlike England, which had to rely on the population of the colonies. On the contrary, too much population will bring too much trouble to China. Therefore, Huaxia is not very interested in continuing to attack India or other Southeast Asian regions, and a single Dutch East Indies is enough for Huaxia to digest slowly.

But Siberia is different, there are abundant resources here, and more importantly, there are not many people! On the one hand, it can alleviate the population pressure of China, and on the other hand, there will be no ethnic problems. And this place is so big, so big that it can be developed for hundreds of years! Having resources and land is the foundation for a strong country and a prosperous people, as long as this place can be obtained, China's natural resource endowment will surpass the United States to become the world's first! Coupled with the world's largest population and an efficient regime, then no external force can shake him! With such a big cake in front of it, even if China suffers a little loss in the Indian Ocean, it will definitely not turn its attention back to the south and ignore the north! A qualified strategist must first be able to find the point of interest, and then he must be able to distinguish the priority, and Xu Jie can naturally see which is more important.

After recognizing these things, Lloyd George believes that even if Britain does some tricks on the Indian Ocean route, the reaction of the Republic of China will not be strong, at most it will be a protest, and then send warships to escort some merchant ships, but this may be a great pressure for Huaxia, which has built relatively few main warships and auxiliary warships in recent years, I am afraid that only a very small number of ships can be protected, and the submarines of the British Empire can still hunt most of the ships with peace of mind, and they can avoid the escort in the encounter. In the case of not clashing head-on with the escort warships of the Huaxia Navy, as long as we are measured, we will not make much trouble.

And more importantly, even if something unpleasant happens, Huaxia will still provide all kinds of materials to the Entente, firstly, Huaxia must ensure that Russia does not collapse too quickly, to cause some damage to the German army, and also to let the remaining Russian army have the ability to defeat the spokesman supported by Germany, in case Germany completely becomes bigger, secondly, no one and interests can't get by, Germany's various technologies are needed in China, is it not necessary for the British in terms of technology? Germany can pay in all kinds of hard currencies, and the British give real money! No one has trouble with money! There are a few things happening at sea that are just a drizzle compared to these big deals. (Historically, the United States also sold things to Germany in World War I, but in very small amounts!) ）

And adhering to the British Navy's usual tough approach, how normal it is to seize ships that transport supplies for local use for their own use, or how normal it is to auction them, if it weren't for the fact that their strength is a little stretched now, the British will definitely not just forget it! The British attack will definitely be more intense!

After repeated research, it was determined that China would not choose to go to war with the Entente because of this, and after it was determined that the Americans also expressed "understanding" and "support" for this. The British submarine forces stationed along the coast of the Indian Ocean finally began to attack the convoys transporting supplies to the Allies with "restraint", and at first they first determined that the target was flying the flags of the Allies and other neutral countries except China. Although the Entente did not have many submarines deployed in the Indian Ocean, it still put great pressure on the Allies.

"It's hard to destroy the other party's sea power, and it's even more difficult to control the sea for me." At this time, Xu Jie didn't know that Britain would dare to attack the Huaxia fleet, so he was happy to watch the excitement at this time. After the start of the war, the submarines of the German Navy fought British transports in the Atlantic Ocean quite happily. Even with the huge number of auxiliary warships of the British, it was a little unbearable, and now, when the Allies found that their routes were messed up by the Entente, the three Italians, Austrians and Turkey, which were already stretched thin in the number of auxiliary warships, found that in the most tragic month, at least more than 30% of the supplies were sent to the sea by the British submarines, which were all bought with real money! Just sink into the water and be with the seafood! Of course, with them sank into the sea a large number of seafarers.

If the submarines of the Central Powers were sneaky in the Atlantic, then the submarines of the Entente in the Indian Ocean could be called an open fire battle! Compared to the Entente, the escort force of the Central Powers was simply weak, and Italy had been in the bathtub of the Mediterranean Sea and had not considered the issue of ocean-going escorts at all. The production of anti-submarine destroyers is a little nervous to even match the main fleet, let alone escort the merchant ships coming and going. However, the Allies also have their own solution, which is more laborious, that is, to pass all the ports along the Indian Ocean coast through the fire! Anyway, all the capital ships of the British were, and a few armored cruisers could blow up the almost defenseless Indian ports, and the British seemed to be a little afraid of China, and the attacks on all transport ships generally took place in the waters west of the Bay of Bengal. Far from the strength of Huaxia!

But things changed as things unfolded, especially after 1916, when the brutality of the war made the contest between the Allies and the Allies even more brutal, and the German Army successfully drove Russia to the Ukrainian border on the Eastern Front, while a force moved north to attack the Baltic coast. And on the Western Front, Britain and France organized several attacks. And a certain breakthrough was made in the direction of Alsace and Lorraine, which the French dreamed of. The German Army, despite heavy losses, still held the western defensive line. The war situation on land will inevitably affect the sea, and this time, the British submarine has finally begun to target the Chinese transport ship! A merchant ship carrying rubber and aluminum ingots was sunk in the Arabian Sea, and this made the Chinese government, which had been watching jokes, finally unable to sit still!

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