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Chapter 266: Loan kidnapping of Britain and France

Peace talks with the Chinese are not without the possibility of success! But if it is only China and the United States, then they will definitely have to pay a large price, which is unacceptable to the United States!

However, it is not impossible to think about it! Although the strength of the United States in all aspects is second-rate in the calculation of the Western world! In the end, it is also inextricably linked with Europe! Compared with Huo Jiajun, a completely foreign force, the United States must have received more support! Therefore, if the entire Western world can be mobilized to collectively oppress the Chinese, it may be able to make them retreat automatically!

Of course, if this is the case, it is necessary to pay a lot of benefits to Western countries. But compared to www.biquge.info the compensation for Chinese land, it is easier for the American people to accept!

"Frederick, what do the British and French say?"

"Now there is a large-scale economic crisis in both of them, and the French are second only to ours in the domestic economic damage! So they did not agree to our proposal at all! Moreover, the order of nearly two billion francs handed over to them by the Chinese at this time is much higher than ours! As for the British, now they are preparing to attack the Egyptians and completely control the Suez Canal. Moreover, the Chinese also have an order of 100 million pounds handed over to them. So until now they don't have a clear attitude either!"

"However, they did not promise to help us force back the Chinese attack, but I think they will never allow the Chinese to really defeat us and occupy Washington!" Frederick said confidently.

"Oh, why?" asked Henry, curious. As Minister of War, this war with the Chinese, his pressure can be said to be the greatest except for the president! Especially with the more and more information in his hands about the strength of the Chinese People's Army, and as those squadrons leap thousands of miles in two days. The raids on Chicago and Houston showed combat effectiveness, and it made him clearly understand the gap between the strength of the new army of the United States and others!

So all along, he was worried that the Chinese army would continue to attack east along the railway. If they really beat down Washington, the capital of the United States, then he, the US Secretary of War and the supreme military commander in charge of all US military forces, will really be nailed to the pillar of shame in history. Be someone else's glory!

Therefore, after hearing Frederick's words of such affirmation, he couldn't help but ask in the first place!

Although from the founding of the United States of America to the present, the British have taken an attitude of suppressing our development! They have done everything possible to obstruct the economic and industrial progress of the United States! However, the loans given to us by the British have continued unabated over the years, from the victory of the Civil War to the present. In less than 30 years, we have received a total of 1.5 billion pounds of British pounds in loans, which is 6 billion dollars at the current exchange rate between the pound and the dollar!

"So. They must guarantee the existence of our American zhèngfu, otherwise where will they get back this loan! The same situation is with the British, France! Although they have only given us a loan of $500 million. Equivalent to nearly three billion francs! But the stingy French are not willing to suffer such a big loss! Therefore, we do not need to worry about the danger of Washington at all! Moreover, the Chinese are not stupid, so up to now, they have only further occupied Milwaukee and New Orleans, and have not continued to advance eastward in a big way, because they know very well that we, the United States, have kidnapped the two most powerful countries in the world with huge loans!" Frederick said with a somewhat proud expression.

After listening to his words, it was like a clear spring blowing through everyone's hearts, taking away the anxiety and anxiety that they had been pressing in their hearts for a long time! Ever since June 1 got the news that the Chinese occupied Chicago and Houston, President Alan Arthur has been worried, for fear that they will become prisoners of the Chinese without knowing it! Now their worries can finally be put down a little!

"So, can we calmly organize an army, and then launch a counteroffensive against the Chinese and take back our lost land?" Henry Adeno couldn't help but ask.

"Hehe, so to speak, General!"

"That's really wonderful!" Everyone said one after another, the reason why the current political situation in the United States is embarrassing is because there is no decent army stationed in the United States at all! They are always worried that the Chinese will launch a surprise attack on the United States, and then they will not even have the slightest strength to resist!

Although relying on the prestige of other countries now makes the squadron have scruples and dare not continue to advance eastward! However, it still makes the high-ranking officials of the United States of America a little uncomfortable!

"In this case, General Henry, you should hurry up and train our soldiers! After two or three months, this batch of recruits will be trained into the army, and I will authorize you to recruit another 300,000 people for training! I believe that with these 600,000 troops as a guarantee, no matter how well-trained the Chinese army is, the difference in numbers is enough to make them defeated!" Alan Arthur said confidently.

Although up to now, he still does not know how many troops there are in the People's Army that invaded the United States! However, the two sides are separated by the vast Pacific Ocean, and the logistics and transportation are too cumbersome! I believe that the number of their troops will not exceed 300,000! When the time comes, the huge superiority in troops will be enough to offset the gap between the soldiers of the two sides in terms of war experience and quality!

"President, if we want to form a new army, I'm afraid our finances can no longer afford it!" Raymond Orr couldn't help but smile bitterly! From training to becoming an army, a soldier has to equip them with rifles, uniforms, ammunition, and other military equipment and logistical materials, and 300,000 soldiers need to consume more than $50 million a year, and this is still in the absence of war, if they participate in the war, the logistical materials will be doubled, plus the casualty pension, without 100 million US dollars can not be supported at all!

In this way, if 600,000 regular troops are counted, the annual basic consumption will be 100 million, which will be doubled in the case of war! If before the economic crisis, although such a consumption was very heavy for the United States, it was not unaffordable.

However, the United States is now mired in the abyss of the 13th economic crisis, and it is not known whether it will be able to reach $200 million in fiscal revenue next year! Moreover, a country is not only war, but also needs money for education, the salaries of civil servants, and so on!

"Didn't Congress pass the bill to allocate 300 million yuan and expand the army by 300,000 before? Of which 200 million was for the navy! But now we are facing a land threat from the Chinese, so let's use this part of the appropriation for the army first!" Alan Arthur looked at the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, and said a little lonely,

The whole United States knows that the current US President, Chester Allen Arthur, is a staunch naval expansionist! He has preached on more than one occasion in public that the United States needs to build a huge navy to safeguard US national security and commercial interests!

Now, he actually ordered to take the initiative to cut the navy's shipbuilding funds! No wonder everyone in the conference room looked at him so strangely!

"Okay, let's discuss today's matter here first! As for the economic crisis, ......!" Alan Arthur paused, turned his head and glanced at the middle-aged man sitting on his left, "Raymond, after you go back, immediately gather the people in the Ministry of Finance to discuss it, and see how much our dollar depreciates is appropriate!"

"I see, President!"

Hearing his words, Alan Arthur nodded, now the most important thing for the United States is to repel the military invasion of the Chinese, otherwise even if there is a good plan, it will be difficult to make the stock market sè!

The economic crisis that swept the entire capitalist world broke out, and all the capitalist countries in Europe fell into chaos! With the passage of time, the damage caused by the economic crisis became greater and greater, a large number of factories went bankrupt, and the number of unemployed workers rose sharply, leaving all countries in a state already very busy! Even the war in Egypt, which Britain had already prepared for and was preparing to launch, had to stop because of the chaotic situation at home!

Now, apart from the chaos caused by the economic crisis, the whole world can be said to be the calmest time, and even Huo Jiajun and the United States did not have a single war in the six months after the economic crisis broke out! However, it can be understood from the actions of the other side that they are actively preparing for each other, and once it breaks out, it will be an earth-shattering war!

"Report!"

"Come in!" Wu Guangzong, who was leading a group of officers belonging to the American Theater of Operations, was constantly writing and drawing on the map, discussing the strategy of dealing with the Americans' military counteroffensive, and said without raising his head.

"What's the matter?"

"Commander, San Francisco Provisional 47th Division is in an emergency!" the intelligence staff officer said loudly.

"Oh, Forty-seventh Division, all right, you can read it!" Wu Guangzong said.

The 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions arrived in San Francisco at 16 p.m. today.

"Heh, they're already here, they're really fast!" Wu Guangzong threw his pencil and said excitedly.

"After waiting for them for so long, they are finally here! Now we can have a big fight, otherwise I can't stand it after training all day!" Diao Fei, who has already served as the deputy commander of the American Theater, couldn't help but say excitedly!

"I see that you are not idle, but greedy!" Wu Guangzong couldn't help but laugh and scold!

Hearing his words, Diao Fei couldn't help but smile and touch the back of his head! He, a recruit who had joined the army for less than three years, was an out-and-out junior in front of Wu Guangzong, who had already been in the army for ten years! After being reprimanded a few times and laughing a few times, there was not the slightest unhappiness in his heart!