0039 A Perception of the Causes of the Decline of the British Empire

"As for the excuses and justifications for sending troops, I don't think they are needed at all. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Although there are some faux pases, but, Josephine, I don't think that the current Britain, France, Germany and the United States can have the spare strength and will come back again because of a Philippines that spends hundreds of millions of pounds on military spending. If our target is Xiangkang or French Indochina, for the sake of the British Empire and France, you may send troops, but the Philippines has nothing to do with the British Empire and France. And ......," Sudu looked deeply into Josephine's beautiful eyes, "even if there is another 'crow. 'The war', Lin Youde and I will definitely not lose, and you will definitely not be able to pass Shanghai. ”

Josephine subconsciously avoided Sudu's sparkling eyes, this noble knight felt sorry for the sins committed by his predecessors, "I'm sorry, I apologize for the unjust war that my predecessors fought. ”

"I apologize too!" Cecilia also subconsciously followed.

Well, speaking of which, the two women around Sudo happen to be John Bull and Gallic Chicken respectively, and in a sense, Sudo has already reported a little bit to the British and French. The revenge of the piece of war.

However, this is just a ridicule, and being beaten if countries are backward between countries is the trumpest portrayal of the law of the jungle, which does not matter whether it is right or wrong, it is only related to the strength of the country and the entanglement of interests.

"As for the Divine Princess, Josephine, you also see my decision." After taking Suzhou and Hangzhou Province, Su Du captured 39 Shenji, and for these people, he directly handed them over to the Political Work Department for ideological education, and under the bombardment of a series of weapons of mass destruction, such as Marxism-Leninism, Mao Weiren's Thought, Deng Weiren's Theory, Three Represents, and Eight Honors and Eight Shames, some of the more enlightened Shenji quickly accepted the ideological transformation and abandoned the darkness to join the National Army. Su Du reorganized the camp based on these ten or so gods, and divided them into two groups according to a group of ten people. The establishment of the Nationalist Army in Sudu was completely in accordance with the Rabbit Communist Army, with squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions, group armies, and front armies. Because Shenji is a special combat force and the number is small, Su Du has established that the highest establishment is a battalion and the lowest is a group.

"Mr. Sudo, why do you think that Britain is not capable of fighting that war again?" As a British girl, even if it is not from this world, Cecilia still has a sense of belonging to the United Kingdom, and feels that Sudu seems to have some disdain for the current Britain, and can't help but start the dissatisfaction mode.

"Well, Cecilia, I apologize, I admit that the British Empire is still capable of crowing against China again. Pieces of war. Su Du didn't want to cause the displeasure of the queen on the throne of the British Empire because of these words, not that he was worried that he would not win the battle, but this kind of battle of will was completely unnecessary.

"But, Cecilia, the decline of the British Empire, you should be very clear, and I personally think that there are both historical inevitability factors and the mistakes of the empire itself."

"In this respect, Britain and France are the same." Seeing Josephine put down the teacup with a glare, Cecilia pouted unhappily, seeing that the British and French forces were about to organize a joint attack on China, Sudu hurriedly explained, "You listen to me first. ”

"We are all well aware of the rise of the British Empire. Since the 60s of the 18th century, the first steam engine was born in Britain, and since then Britain has begun a vigorous industrial revolution. life, to the 40s of the 19th century, industrial leather. It made Britain the undisputed number one power in the world and the only industrial power at the time. At that time, Britain consumed more than half of the world's steel, coal, and cotton, and the industrial products it produced were sold all over the world. It can be said that Britain mastered the entire steam age. ”

"However, from the sixties of the 19th century, the British Empire, which was extremely glorious, began to decline......"

"Wait." Hearing this, Josephine couldn't help but interrupt Sudu's words, "I don't agree with you, Mr. Sudu, although it was not a just war, but the second crow in 1860. The winner of the war was the Anglo-French forces. Although I don't have much affection for Britain, it is undeniable that the power of the British Empire reached its peak of glory at that time, only slightly worse than that of France. Josephine was indeed a French girl, admiring the strength of England and not forgetting to respond to the British, so the Anglo-French army immediately fell apart, and Cecilia turned to glaring at the French.

"But after the peak, it's downhill, isn't it?" Su Du asked lightly, "On October 13, 1860, the British and French forces invaded the imperial capital, and Emperor Xianfeng fled in a hurry, and on October 24, the British and French forces signed the "Imperial Capital Treaty" with the Qing court under the threat of burning the Forbidden City, and each received an indemnity of 8 million taels of silver. In addition, in the imperial capital, especially the Old Summer Palace, the British and French forces robbed countless gold and silver treasures. Sudo's words made Josephine and Cecilia bow their heads in shame, after all, such a bandit act was committed by their own country.

"If the first crow says. The purpose of the war was to open up the Chinese market, sell industrial products in China, and increase the trade surplus, so this time it became naked plunder—just send a few warships and 10,000 or 20,000 idle troops, and you can get untold wealth, is there a better way to make a fortune in the world? Since I can grab it once and I can match the GDP of the United Kingdom for a year, then I still have to work hard to engage in that industrial leather. What is the life? ”

"History is so strange that the British Empire was pleasantly surprised to find the best means of making a fortune, only to be pushed to the opposite side of the times by this means of making a fortune."

"Josephine, I believe you have been in Shanghai for so long, and you also know something about electricity!" Speaking of this, Su Du changed his words and mentioned electrical.

Remembering the light that seemed to catch the stars on the ground that night, Josephine nodded solemnly, "Well, that's the light of human civilization, and I see the future in it. ”

"If the British mastered the age of steam, they led the first industrial revolution. Life; Then China has mastered the electric era and led the second industrial revolution. life of the country and the nation. "Actually, it should be the United States, but this world has Su Du and Lin Youde, so it leads the second industrial revolution. It will only be China, not only in the electric age, but also in the information age and even the cosmic age, as long as the concept of a country still exists on the earth, it will only be China that will become the strongest leader.

Su Du's words were domineering, and the outstretched arm seemed to hold the whole world in his palm, even though he understood that the rise of China was by no means a good thing for France, but Josephine still couldn't help but feel a sense of respect and admiration for Su Du, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh in his heart again How good it would be if Su Du was a Frenchman.