The result of a quarrel between one or two high-ranking officials. It's just that no substantive decisions have been made.

Lord Richards was extremely disgusted with the Admiralty Secretary Churchill's long hand and his unwillingness to cooperate on any issue, which led to a breakup between the two sides.

The Army still orders and uses the Mark II and III cruisers, but requires further technical improvements, and the equipment that has already been purchased must not be discarded?

And the Admiralty separately sent orders to the Ocean Empire to equip three Marine Corps divisions with imported tanks, and for this land war, Churchill really could not influence more.

At the end of September, the medical team from the Ocean Empire arrived at the French front and was warmly welcomed by people from all sides, and was immediately divided into more than a dozen medical teams and devoted themselves to the intense work of rescuing the wounded.

Therefore, from the beginning of medical doctrine, there was also a large merchant fleet, with a total of 117 ocean-going freighters, which filled more than 10 ports of Britain, France and other countries, bringing a large number of industrial products, which greatly alleviated the material shortage of the Entente countries.

The cargo included high-quality flour and dried fruits from Mozambique, canned fruits and seafood from Somalia, tobacco, spices, sugar and chemical products from Borneo, various rubber products from Australia, bicycles, trucks, complete sets of machinery and equipment, petrol, diesel and kerosene, weapons and ammunition, the contents of which included almost everything from aircraft, tanks, artillery to individual rifles, as well as a large number of woolen uniforms, blankets and woolen socks produced in Australia. It is the most urgently needed munitions in the increasingly cold Western European battlefield.

Although the Ocean Empire did not participate in the European wars and remained neutral, its strong support for the Entente is telling.

Early October

The armed uprising of the citizens of Panama, Central America, overthrew the corrupt government that oppressed the people, established the pro-Chinese Government of National Unity of Panama, and carried out a large-scale purge with the armed support of the Panama Canal Company.

Panama City's gangsters and street gangsters have been massively swept away, a large number of former government officials have been thrown into prison awaiting justice, and the turbulent Panama City has once again been caught in a shift between the old and the new, and the city has been filled with gunfire for days.

No one knows how many people have quietly disappeared in the midst of social upheaval?

And all that

In the magnificent and tragic European war, it was so unnoticeable that it was ignored by international public opinion, intentionally or unintentionally.

What seemed to be a splash on the surface of the enlarged lake soon returned to calm.

Fuso finally officially declared war on Germany, and sent troops to attack the fortress carefully built by Germany in Qingdao, burning the war to the Shenzhou mainland.

And in this year

The Ocean Empire intensified its immigration to North America, with 473,100 people immigrating to the four North American states throughout the year, achieving a structural shift in the ratio of Chinese to white residents by the end of the year, and greatly consolidating its rule in the region.

Also in this year

There were many German residents of the Ocean Empire who chose to return to their home countries to fight in the war, the most famous of which was Major General Joseph Adenauer, the eldest son of Count Conrad Adenauer.

Major General Joseph Adenauer, commander of the Reich's Beilun Division, had participated in the North American War and established a distinguished service, he chose to retire after the outbreak of the European War, and returned to Europe with more than 100 German officers, joining the German army for the first time.

Kaiser Wilhelm II attached great importance to the return of Major General Joseph Ardenauer, personally received him and highly commended him, and immediately appointed him deputy commander of the German Fifth Army and promoted him to the rank of German lieutenant general.

The incident aroused great indignation in London and Paris, and set off quite a diplomatic storm.

As a result, the Ocean Empire had to send another 550-strong medical team to Europe, barely suppressing the anger of its partners.

Emperor Li Fushou specially issued an edict;

It is strictly forbidden for any soldier to retire for the purpose of participating in the European Continental War, affecting the neutrality of the Empire, and once verified, severe punishment will be carried out, and all honors conferred will be deprived and he will be held accountable.

In the native territory of the Ocean Empire

German residents are the largest group of white immigrants, with a population of 1.174 million, with Cairns-dominated German cities and dozens of small towns where Germans gather, and have considerable influence in North Queensland and Victoria.

Among the four North American states, German-American residents are also the largest white group in the region, with a total of more than 836,000 people, about one-third less.

Therefore, how to appease the white German community has become a rather headache for the empire.

After the outbreak of the war in Europe, many German merchants actively supplied supplies to Germany, and the Reich turned a blind eye to this.

Neutrality is to do business at both ends.

Britain, France and other countries have repeatedly protested to no avail, although the above orders have been repeated, but the actual control measures are looser, and some German businessmen export through the United States, which makes the supervision more difficult.

After the outbreak of the European War, the Ocean Empire occupied almost seventy percent of the foreign demand orders of Britain, France and other countries, and provided financial loans denominated in gold and ocean again and again, which strongly supported the front-line war.

Besides, the Ocean Empire itself is very powerful, and it is the current big financier, so the surface work is okay. Britain, France and other countries were not able to persecute too much, so they had to hold their noses and endure it.

In the turbulent international turmoil at the beginning of the 20th century, the United States was the most lost person.

After the outbreak of the Great War in Europe

Orders from Europe flew like snowflakes, which greatly stimulated the industrial restructuring of the United States, but at this time, the United States painfully found that there was a huge capacity gap.

Today's rice industry has only recovered to about seventy percent of what it was before the wool war due to the severe damage and suppression of the war, coupled with heavy war compensation, especially the steel industry, which is far from enough to digest the massive orders in Europe.

So it was no surprise...... These large orders have all been diverted to Australia.

The opportunity is given to you, I can't grasp it!

White House, Philadelphia

A high-level economic meeting with the President himself was being held, and the atmosphere was so dreary that Treasury Minister Rubin and Industry Minister Robert Christen poured bitterness that it seemed to turn the meeting into a grievance meeting.

"Due to post-war regulation, the Federal Reserve Bank had limited financial means, and the state treasury had to pay 67 cents in the principal and interest of war reparations for only one dollar, which left us with no more financial resources to support domestic industrial development. The post-war liquidation syndicate was like a firm shackle that severely constrained economic development, and we were helpless about it. ”

After Treasury Minister Rubin finished speaking, Industry Minister Robert Christen followed up with a speech, saying;

"The industrial side was severely eroded by the capital of Britain and the Ocean Empire, and the controlling stake of large enterprises, including the Detroit Steel Complex, fell into the hands of the Ocean Empire capital.

In today's North American market, the price of steel has soared, from $11.7 before the war to $43.75 a ton today, and foreign capital has made huge profits.

The domestic iron and steel enterprises have also maintained the same tacit understanding, only slightly increasing steel production capacity, hoarding and raising prices to obtain excess monopoly profits.

Those who are trying to expand their factories and buy equipment to increase production have had to abandon or postpone their plans to expand production due to constraints such as soaring costs and difficulties in obtaining loans from banks.

From the perspective of international competition;

The crazy growth of North America and other material prices, so that our products are no longer competitive, and the ocean empire took the opportunity to expand production frantically, it is expected that next year's steel production will increase by 43% ~ 50% on the existing basis, and most of the other industrial categories are similar.

The loss of a large number of industrial orders is an unbearable pain in the current industrial development of North America.

If we want to revitalize the industrial majesty of the United States, we must crack down on monopoly enterprises and give strong financial support in order to inject fresh blood into the economy of the United States and flourish.

Mr. President

The current war in Europe is a once-in-a-century opportunity for the United States to emerge from the defeat of the Wool War, to get rid of the burden of huge war reparations, and to restore customs and financial autonomy.

If I don't take advantage of this great opportunity, I will be pessimistic about the future of the country. ”

After the two cabinet and financial bigwigs spoke, the room fell into an embarrassing silence.

Everyone knows the truth, but how can we get rid of the containment of the ocean empire?

President Davin Porter frowned, thought for a moment, and said; "Perhaps...... Only a French solution can solve the major problems at hand. ”

As soon as this person came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the venue.

The so-called "French plan" is to refer to the practice of the French after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, and repay a huge war reparation of up to 5 billion francs in advance, so that the country can return to the normal track of development and quickly restore its national strength.

Otherwise, with a shackle around your neck all the time, how do you develop?

Dancing with shackles is not a cruel beauty, but more of a helplessness.

After the victory of the Franco-Prussian War, German Prime Minister Bismarck carefully calculated France's national output and proposed a huge war reparations of 5 billion francs, which was expected to take 20 years for France to repay.

This was a German conspiracy to contain the development of France, how similar was it to the Ocean Empire?

But the French, stimulated by the defeat, aroused high patriotic sentiments, raised a huge sum of 5 billion francs in just two years, and Germany, which received reparations, had to withdraw from the occupied French territories, which was called the "French plan".

The problem now is that the government has no money, customs revenues and fiscal policies are strictly regulated, the financial industry and Wall Street are also under heavy blows, and the industrial and economic circles are waiting to be fed, and they can only rely on the united efforts of the wealthy big capitalists to raise money.

After just four years of post-war reparations, and the total amount of principal and interest that has not yet been repaid is as high as $8.2 billion, are the big capitalists willing to spend so much money to contribute to the country?

The biggest problem of the United States today is that there is no Juche nation, lack of patriotism, lack of cohesion, lack of national awareness, and the increasing influence of the financial capital of the ocean empire, which will become a huge obstacle.

What Mr. President said is tantamount to a light fart and a lamp grass ash to eat, the key is how to implement it?

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