Chapter 291: Strength Analysis
There were many wars in Europe, not only were the European powers exhausted and the fiscal deficits were exhausted, but the financial situation of the British was not good, but compared to the European powers, the British were the countries with the most intact strength!
For the European powers, who had already generally implemented the standing army system, the scale of the war was constantly expanding with the progress of the industrial revolution, the development of the economy, and the expansion of the scope of conscription!
The army is no longer an expensive baby bump, but a strategic 'expendable'!
To put it simply, in such populous countries as Britain, France, and the Kingdom of Austria, the biggest constraint of war is no longer human resources, but finances, gold coins!
Because there are a large number of factories in these countries, the popularization of steam engines has liberated Europeans from heavy manual labor and low production efficiency, and often the production value created by a European worker can reach several times or even more than ten times that of feudal countries!
This creates a situation that rulers love to see, where they can open up to recruit soldiers without worrying about running out of capacity!
Of course, the country must be able to afford huge military spending!
As for Prussia, a small but capable country, it is still very rare to persist in the War of Resistance for several years and consume the male youth to the limit......
A small country like Prussia often won or lost in a short period of time in the face of wars with great powers in Europe......
The military strength is not good, the land area is small, and if you defeat a few battles, you will drive directly to the national capital, and play a yarn!
It is precisely because of the difficulties of the small country that Frederick's military talent has reached an incredible realm, which makes Zhao Dutian fully appreciate the charm of his personal military talent, and at the same time, Zhao Dutian did not hesitate to increase the reward for Napoleon's head again......
Frederick was able to fight the old-fashioned monarchical mentality, adhering to the dictatorial monarchy, and if Napoleon had risen, it would have been a capitalist revolution with the initial mobilization of the people!
The capitalist revolution is not the kind propagated by later generations, only supported by the capitalists, in fact, it is easy for capitalist countries to launch a movement of national mobilization to join the army!
Add to this the support of those rich capitalist factory owners, and one can imagine how much more efficient the war machine of the whole country is than that of the feudal state!
This is also the reason why World War I and World War II were badly wounded, and tens of millions of people who died in a battle could resist and continue to fight!
Although the people are not the masters of the capitalist countries, the rich capitalists and the governments they control, in order to win the support of the people, will inevitably divide more practical interests to buy the people......
The people's vision is clear, and if they really can't live well and don't have enough to eat, they really dare to play revolution!
Russia during the First World War fell because of the revolution, and the defeated Germany and Austria-Hungary also fell because of the revolution!
However, the Russian Revolution was supported by the Germans, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Revolution were supported by Britain and the United States......
During the European War, the Han Empire was constantly expanding its territory under Zhao Dutian's military policy, and fought wars for several years.
The endless flowering bullets are certainly spectacular and shocking, but at the same time, they are also bombarding gold coins......
Therefore, Zhao Dutian knows very well that the Han Empire, which has just swallowed the Spanish colonies, can use the finances of white tyrants to slowly digest and absorb the spoils of war, and use the carelessness of liberating America to envelop a group of Indian slaves to suppress the smaller number of whites, as for the black slaves, in Zhao Dutian's eyes, they are all garbage to be cleaned up......
If there was a war with the British at this juncture, the British would have been very uncomfortable, and the large national debt they had issued would not only be unrecoverable, but would continue to mortgage the newly acquired colonies......
At the same time, the very hurtful wartime economy cannot be canceled, as long as it fights with the Han Empire for two or three years, Britain is basically in a similar situation to the European continental powers, and the Han Empire is ......
Well, in the worst-case scenario, it's likely that more than half of the swallowed land will be spit out!
Since it is dangerous to continue to fight, it is natural to consider the pros and cons of peace, although the British are very dissatisfied with the rise of the Han Empire in this war, but the British have also eaten a full stomach, for the parliamentary system of Britain, the militants must occupy a minority, most of the people still like to sit on the ground and make money. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition to curbing the rise of Zhao Dutian in the battle with the Han Empire, the British got at most a colony in ruins, and the most important thing is that the victory of the Han Empire made the British not sure of victory!
Therefore, Britain is still inclined towards peace in general, but the inclination does not mean pleading!
With the arrogance of the British, they will definitely not accept excessive peace treaties, at most sign a time-limited treaty of mutual peace, and the big guys will develop and digest the fruits together, recuperate their strength, make up for the financial deficit, reorganize the army, and when the time is ripe, they will be able to compete again!
With the urine nature of the British, the most labor-saving, convenient, and least troublesome way for them to restore their country's finances is naturally to loot the colonies to support the native people!
While gaining the hearts of the people, you can also make money quickly!
As for the thoughts of the colonial people, what attitude the British government will have, Zhao Dutian, who has had a honeymoon period with the British government, knows very well!
The British government, including the British people, is a typical idea of the homeland as the main and the colony as the auxiliary, which at first glance seems too normal, but it is different for the colonial people!
Zhao Dutian thought of the American Revolutionary War in his previous life, and he naturally didn't understand why those British immigrants had to fight against their suzerain, but after coming to this world and having deep contact with the British, he already understood that as long as the interests are different, brothers can stab each other!
After listening to the analysis of the Imperial General Staff, Zhao Dutian thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind to negotiate peace with the British!
After the end of the war, the British will inevitably deploy heavy troops in North America, but now the British finances are not good, and the supply of heavy troops will naturally be pressed on the shoulders of the colonial people, and the United Kingdom, which has achieved the achievements of the empire on which the sun never sets, naturally will not care about the ideas of the small number of colonial people, under the oppression of the group of British capital vampires, the Han Empire will have the opportunity to make the British North American colonies mess up by themselves!
As long as the British colonies are in turmoil and the Han Empire has completed the integration of the territory of South America and the provinces of Mexico, it will usher in a truly glorious moment!