Chapter 241 Cannon Fodder (Part 2)
Hanjing, State Council.
China's high-level meeting on World War I is continuing.
"So, when should we intervene in the war to get the greatest benefit?" asked Xiao Tu, Vice Premier and Minister of Finance.
Wen Desi smiled and said, "At least it is not the time. Judging from the current situation, the Allies and the Allies are not exhausted yet, especially the United Kingdom, they are not at the end of their lives. Especially the navies on both sides have not fought a decisive battle, so the time is not yet ripe. According to the information, at least it will take after next year.
He continued: "The great powers that have not participated in the war are waiting for the opportunity, the United States is waiting for the opportunity, and we are waiting for the opportunity, so we don't have to worry...
"There is another question. What if the United States does not join the Allied Powers, but joins the Allied Powers? The United States has always been salivating about British colonies. If the Allied Powers can't stand it, they will join the Allied Powers and divide the British colonies together. This may not be the case?" Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry Ban Chuanzhi raised a new question.
As soon as Ban Chuanzhi said this, the participants immediately discussed it.
Indeed, with the current investment of the United States in Germany, this possibility is not without. If the Allies suffer too much loss, wouldn’t the United States joining the Allies to have a “beef meal” more easily than fighting the Allies, and it seems to make greater profits. Even if the losses of those investing in the Allies in the past can be transferred to Niu Niu’s colonies. Don’t forget that Canada is next door to the United States. As long as the United States really turns its back, Canada’s strength will definitely be flew away by the car. Also, Niu Niu is in South America, and Australian colonies will also become the American colonies.
As for the US military-industrial complex, they can guarantee their own interests by just the United States joining the war. As for where they stand, it doesn't matter.
Judging from the American moral integrity, this possibility is not only present, but also quite large. You should know that the biggest imaginary enemy of the Yingjiang Navy has always been the Niu Niu Navy. Besides, the hatred between the two families has always been very entangled. Recently, in the last century, Yingjiang went to push Canada, but failed to win the strong X but was pushed by Japan, Niu Niu, and even the White House was burned. Not to mention the War of Independence, the War of Independence is a little more distant.
For China, of course, it has made several preparations. After all, the scripts in this time and space are different. So whether it is the Allies that fail or the Allies are exposed, China can make trouble. The only difference is the issue of how much you make.
But if the United States joins the allies and the Allies fails, the benefits China can get will be greatly reduced. Because China is still digesting new territory and is not ready to annex Australia, British India, and its naval strength is not enough now and will not be able to eat for a while. These places are too far away from Europe, Germany and Austro-Hungary are powerless, and the United States is the most likely to eat these pieces of fat. If these places are eaten by the United States, it will be troublesome, and ten times more troublesome than they are in the hands of Britain.
From the overall strategic perspective of China, before China has the strength to eat these places, it is better for the UK to continue to retain these places than the United States to be cheaper.
"No, I don't think it's not..." At this time, Premier Zhang Lizheng said confidently: "I think the United States will not join the allies. Even if the Allies can't stand it, they will support the Allies..."
"Why?" asked Ban Chuanzhi.
"Because the United States will never accept a unified Europe. In this regard, the United States and Britain have the same view. A unified Europe is definitely not in the interests of the United States. Britain is just an island country. Once the homeland is severely weakened, it will be difficult for the colonies to be kept. But if the allies win, Europe will be a whole, which is not as easy as island countries..."
This is the experience of later generations. After the decline of the British shit, the United States took over. Like the United Kingdom, they continued the so-called "continental equilibrium" policy. In the later generations of the original time and space, the European Community and the euro were all caused by the United States' use of various means and did not achieve the predetermined goal at all.
Zhang Lizheng paused and continued: "So, for the United States, the best outcome is that the Allies were severely weakened and the Allies lost this war, so that Europe would continue to maintain a split situation, and the strength of old colonial empires such as Britain and France was greatly reduced, and then those colonies would be infiltrated by the United States with various excuses. Don't forget that the United States actually does not care about land. Their land is vast enough and they are not so eager for land. What they need is a market. So for them, it doesn't matter who the colonies are in the hands of, just develop the market for them. This is the biggest difference between the United States and the old colonial empires, and ours. The victorious Allies will definitely not refuse to open the colonial market to the United States..."
After Zhang Lizheng finished speaking, he started to discuss with the congregation again.
After a while, Wen Desi said: "Prime Minister Zhang is right. From a strategic perspective, joining the Allies in the later stage is indeed the best way for the United States to do. Don't forget that there are eight of the top ten industrial countries in the world today. If Germany integrates Europe, there will be a very, very terrifying industrial country in the world. Such an opponent is much harder than the decline of Britain and France. This is an opponent that no one wants to meet. If the United States wants to replace Britain and become the world overlord, it must avoid such opponents, otherwise it is hard to say who will replace Britain at that time."
"It is definitely not a cost-effective deal to eat the British colonies and create an opponent that is more terrifying than Britain. I believe that the top leaders of the United States can definitely see this. Even if they really can't see it, we will find ways to let them see it." Wen Desi smiled.
He didn't say anything else, even if Germany integrates Europe, it is absolutely not in line with China's interests. China and the United States have the same attitude in this regard. An additional terrible opponent is definitely something that any challenger who is determined to be the "earth hegemon" does not want to see. The United States does not want, and China does not want to.
So, Er Dezi was destined to be a tragedy. With the two industrial countries, the world's number one and the world's third, behind the scenes, Er Dezi was destined to be able to "drive the king" and bit Niu a little harder.
In fact, in order to win over China to join the allies, Germany also made many empty checks. Not long ago, German Ambassador to China Xin Ci and Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to China Neseen and found Wen Desi and wrote a short check for the boss.
The entire British India and British Southeast Asia, British Arabia, French India and French Indochina basically packaged all the colonies and spheres of influence of Britain and France in Asia to China. Not to mention the homelands occupied by Russia, William II even said that if the car flew to Russia, it could be allocated to China to the east of the Ural Mountains.
What a big pie
Unfortunately, this big pie was drawn. Besides, even if this big pie is real, with China's current strength, it will not be able to eat it, and even if it is eaten, it will be overwhelmed.
If it were a middle school second, it might have agreed happily, but Wen Desi had already passed the age of middle school second. It is most stable to eat rice in one bite. With many black technology plug-ins from Xingke, China is not short of technology or funds now, what it lacks is digestion time. As long as you wait for another twenty years, you will have enough digestive ability to eat these places, but it is not possible yet.
Therefore, Wen Desi would never agree to the conditions of that guy Wei Er and tied himself to the chariot of the Allied Powers.
Chief of Staff Xin Jie said: "General Wen, the human resources of Britain and France are very tight now. If they are asked to hold on, they may have to strengthen their transportation forces and allow them to transport more colonial troops to Europe."
"Well, that's for sure." Wen Desi turned to Ban Chuanzhi and asked: "Premier Ban, how are the merchant ships we built for the Allies?"
Yangon, Myanmar.
Myanmar is also a strong country in history. The Gongbang Dynasty founded by Yongjiya was the last dynasty in Myanmar and the most fortress period. The Gongbang Dynasty not only unified the entire Myanmar, but also used troops to expand its territory everywhere. At the end of the 18th century, a war between the Qing Dynasty and Myanmar for the control of territorial and resource control in the border areas (Qing-Myanmar War). The war finally ended with a contract signed between the two sides.
The Gongbang Dynasty had a great ambition. Not only did it pK with the Qing Dynasty, but it also invaded Thailand many times and broke out with Thailand many times. It was also prepared to annex Manipo and Assam on the Indian border, which made Britain, which occupied India at that time, very uneasy.
In order to resolve the threat from Myanmar to India, Britain launched two British-Burma wars in 1824 and 186. Britain won both wars, and finally captured the city of Bogu and called it the Lower Myanmar, and established British Burma management. In 182, Myanmar, which was unwilling to give up, signed a secret treaty with France to cooperate in anti-Britishness, making Britain determined to completely eliminate Myanmar. Then Britain launched and won the Third British-Burma War in 183. The Gongbang Dynasty was destroyed. Britain appointed Myanmar as a province of British India and set up the government in Yangon. Therefore, Myanmar was only part of British India at this time.
Today, an army gathered at the Yangon port. This army consists of ten divisions, with a total number of more than 150,000. This may be the largest army dominated by Burmese people after the demise of the Gongbang Dynasty.
They gathered here in the harbor to board the ship.
Sotun is a member of this army. He is a colonial officer who serves for Britain. Although he is just a captain company commander, he is a rare "high-ranking official" of Burmese. You should know that in the colonial forces, most of the officers are British, especially middle and senior officers, who are almost all British. It is very rare for the colonial natives to become lieutenants.
The Yangon port must not be able to accommodate 150,000 troops, and these troops are stationed around the port. Anyway, Britain ordered a large number of merchant ships from China and the United States this time, which is enough for this group of troops.
Sotun's infantry company belonged to the First Myanmar Division and was stationed in the northwest of the port. Early this morning, the division commander came to him to pass on the order to prepare for boarding. It is said that the troop transport ship had arrived at the port.
"Zashan, go and notify your brothers to gather and board the ship at the port." Soton gave an order to his messenger. Soon, his second company had assembled and then followed the large army to head towards the port.
"Oh, what a big boat"
"Yes, this ship is really big and made by British, right?"
"No, I heard it was made by China and bought by the British..."
Chapter completed!