Chapter 271: British Attitude
"What? The British blocked all trade routes on the east coast of Mexico and also claimed that our war against Spain was an inhumane act of aggression? ”
Zhao Dutian suddenly heard the report of the Black Eagle of the Secret Service, and couldn't help but be stunned. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Mexico was in the hands of the Spaniards, there may still be some ocean-going trade that needed the safety of the east coast routes, but since the Han Empire occupied Mexico, the damage to the local economy was still not small.
It can be said that it would be good for the Mexican region under the control of the Han Empire to maintain self-sufficiency, let alone continue to trade with foreign countries!
The main task of the administrative officials transferred from the Han Empire is now to restore food production in post-war Mexico, not to increase trade taxes!
All in all, the British blockade of the east coast of Mexico had no effect on what is now the Han Empire......
And as long as the Han Empire does not stop using troops, any product produced in Mexico will be purchased by the imperial government at a low price to maintain the battle of the army on the front line, even if there is a surplus, it is impossible to sell the materials!
When there is a war, no one will dislike the abundance of supplies!
In particular, the main product of Mexico - corn and other grains!
In this way, before the end of the colonial war in South America, the British blockade of the east coast of Mexico was just fun......
As for that statement, it was even more of a joke in Zhao Dutian's eyes, he had heard too many similar condemnations and protests in his previous life, in that civilized world, condemnation and protests were useless, not to mention that this truth only existed in the era when the cannon was within range?
Those Europeans who colonized the world never spoke any reason to the local natives......
The slaughter of the natives is even more in tens of thousands, and even the history books will not record it!
Otherwise, how could the world in Zhao Dutian's previous life be full of countries founded by white people?
You know, white people only originated on Europa in the first place!
As a result, by the time of later generations, the people in power throughout the Americas had white skin......
English has become the world's lingua franca!
Therefore, in addition to making a stand to Zhao Dutian, this move of the British can also embolden the Spanish colonial authorities......
This is like the monkeys of Southeast Asia in later generations, as long as they have the support of the United States, they dare to unscrupulously call for war with the behemoth motherland......
It's just that the current Britain is far behind the United States in later generations, and the most important thing is that the British are still competing with the French all over the world for colonial interests, and they can't send troops to help the Spaniards!
You must know that the Han Empire can now easily pull out more than 100,000 regular troops, and the scale of artillery can also reach the standards of European powers, and even the sea power is not without resistance!
If there was to be a war with the Han Empire, the good situation of the British annexing the interests of the French colonies would probably be reversed!
This is also the reason why the British are just innocuous statements and not direct declarations of war!
The British are not stupid, they have already seen a significant increase in national power after the annexation of Mexico by the Han Empire, if you add the whole of South America, which has a good population......
Even if the British drove out the French, they would have to have a headache how to fight the threat of the Han Empire in the Americas!
It's just that, even so, the British are now at a critical moment in their confrontation with the French, isn't he afraid of angering himself with this statement, ignoring the interests of South America, turning the spearhead and stabbing the British colonies in the Americas in the back?
Just when Zhao Dutian was puzzled, Black Eagle's appropriate explanation followed: "Your Majesty, just three months ago, the last main force of the French in the Canadian region was defeated, and the entire French army in Canada and their Indian allies have completely surrendered!" ”
No wonder, the British have completely driven out the French colonial power in the Americas, and at this speed, it is a little too fast......
Zhao Dutian remembered that when the Han Empire attacked the Tucson elements, the British Army, which relied on naval superiority to forcibly land in Canada, was defeated again and again by a French army of several thousand men and driven back to the sea......
In less than two years, the British have turned the tables!
However, Zhao Dutian only had to analyze it a little according to previous intelligence, and he found the reason why the British turned the tables.
Soon after the outbreak of the European War, the French Navy was almost completely destroyed by the British Navy in the English Channel, and since then, France has basically lost contact with its transoceanic colonies!
The French colonies in India are fine, they are much richer and more developed than here in the Americas!
The French also have their own gun factories there, and with the local food and grass supplies, even if there is no support from the mainland, they will not run out of ammunition and food!
Canada......
Although the French in Canada are more capable of fighting, the French who have lost their supplies and are completely blockaded need muskets and artillery to fight again!
What's more, the British are not just besieging and killing the French, but constantly forming colonial militias and native armies, plus the army of Indian allies called the Iroquois League, and constantly launching attacks on French-controlled areas!
The frequent battles exacerbated the material consumption of the French, especially the shortage of firearms and ammunition, and made the combat effectiveness of the French army weaker and weaker!
The British kept bleeding the French troops in the Canadian colonies so much, it was natural that they could win!
It's just that Zhao Dutian didn't expect that a Canadian with so many French people would lose so quickly......
Of course, for Zhao Dutian, the disadvantages of the British winning in the Americas are not big, and the British are not only at war here, Africa, Southeast Asia, India, there are places where the British need to invest their troops everywhere, and the British have an advantage in these battlefields, as long as they continue to strengthen their military strength into battle, it is a matter of time before they win!
It is inevitable that the British could not draw troops from those battlefields and come to the Americas to fight a war with the Han Empire with unknown victories......
The British simply could not afford to bear the cost of the loss of the entire American colony at this time!
It's not just a matter of cabinet downfall!
"Hehe, the British can only disgust us with their mouths now, Black Hawk, you continue to pay attention to the progress of the European battlefield, as long as the British colonies in North America do not increase their troops, they don't need to spend too much strength to be vigilant, and those British troops who are now staying in North America do not dare to start a full-scale war with our Han Empire!" Zhao Dutian ordered indifferently.