Chapter 2278 Negotiations Breakdown Two

"Canada contributed more than 500,000 soldiers to the British Empire in this war, and suffered more than 200,000 casualties. Well, I want to know, how many armies does the United States have now? Some problems in the world cannot be solved with money Yes." Lloyd George's face leaked a teasing sarcasm, to be honest, the current U.S. Army really can't handle the Canadian Legion in World War I.

The American industry is indeed very strong, there is no doubt about it, but compared with the United States in the history of World War II, which could explode at any time, the United States in this era is still far behind, let alone this plane, Even the greatest role of the U.S. Army to the Allied Powers in history was to provide a large number of soldiers, weapons and so on were provided by the French...

The U.S. Army in this era lacks too much. They do not have a large-scale army strategy, lack their own systematic equipment, have no actual combat experience, and have no army guiding ideology. This weakness is all-round, and it is completely different from the small-scale US army before World War II, because the Americans had already studied armored forces, motorization of troops, and the establishment of artillery systems before World War II. These were done during the inter-war period, at least people have a theoretical basis! But now, hehe, the U.S. Army is really far behind the European powers!

"You are questioning the power of the United States!" Lan Xin said sullenly.

"I'm just stating a reality!" Lloyd George didn't have the slightest thought of retreating. "Since this is the case, I think this negotiation should be over, and there is no need for us to continue talking."

"The conditions of the Germans will let you come to us again." Lan Xin retorted.

"Absolutely not!" Lloyd George said firmly before leaving!

half an hour later. In a room next to the venue, Robert Lansing reported to Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Taft about the meeting.

"It seems that our negotiation has failed this time." Taft said with some frustration. "It's hard for me to understand why the British refused so directly and rudely. Don't they understand their situation?"

"After all, we are asking Britain to give up a dominion with an area of ​​nearly 10 million and a population of tens of millions. Especially this dominion provided Britain with more than 500,000 troops in the war." Roosevelt said.

"Is our asking price too high? What if Canada is replaced by Australia? In this way, we also have an ally in the Pacific region. After all, without the protection of the British Empire, Australia can only take shelter from us to avoid the Japanese aggression." Robert Lansing said.

"As long as the British still want to become a top country in the world, neither Australia nor Canada will give up. Do you know that Australia has a population of less than 5 million, but more than 400,000 people have participated in wars. And the population of Canada joining the army may even reach 600,000. Without the troops of these two dominions, the British would be finished!" Roosevelt said.

"It seems that there are serious problems with our plan from the beginning. We want the British to be our helpers. We are the main and they are the auxiliary. The British just want to use us to tide over the difficulties in a short time, and then They regained their supremacy. But the British didn't think about it. With Germany, how could they restore their former glory? This time, the British started with very good conditions! However, they still lost in the end," Lan Xin said.

"We underestimated the arrogance and ambition of the British," Roosevelt said.

"Since the British are unwilling to submit, let Germany suck them dry! I would like to know,

When the British were faced with astronomical reparations, why did they pay, and how did they maintain the remaining colonies? Canadians don't even think about it, what can they get for Britain? Maybe they want to be more independent? " Taft said angrily.

The current situation makes the Americans feel very difficult. There have been problems with their strategies. The British don’t seem to want to give in. The Americans don’t even understand where the British have the confidence to deal with such an embarrassing situation.

"Can we lower some conditions?" Robert Lansing said.

"The British's asking price is too high. Judging from your negotiations, 1 billion pounds may not be able to satisfy the British appetite. Let's look at the situation first. After all, we are only related to the war, not participants." Theodore Roosevelt There is no good way either!

In fact, apart from the so-called unattainable task of fighting against the future German overlord, the United States and Britain really don’t have much objective need for an alliance now. The United Kingdom has been severely weakened and cannot provide great help to the United States, and the United States has no reason Provide huge financial aid to the UK. If it is possible for the two parties to gradually improve their relationship through commercial loans and medium-sized government bonds, but do you want to go directly to the level of an alliance to fight together? This is better to wash and sleep. Too fast, impossible!

While the Americans were very disappointed and dissatisfied with the outcome of this negotiation, the British were very straightforward. On the third day after the meeting, Lloyd George and most of the British delegation set foot on the ship back home. Except for leaving a contact group, the other personnel left cleanly. Before the British delegation returned home, the top British officials had already learned the main content of the negotiations through telegrams.

"Americans are more hateful than Germans." In a room in Buckingham Palace, King George V slammed the minutes of the meeting in his hand onto the table.

"Fortunately, they don't have as good a mouth as the Germans." Prime Minister Asquith made no secret of his strong sarcasm towards the Americans.

"If the Americans are willing to put us in an equal position, we might as well be allies. However, the reality is that they want to make us completely lose our potential to become a powerful country. If we agree to the demands of the Americans, then today Canada is lost, and Australia is lost tomorrow. The two most important dominion regiments of the British Empire will become history, and in the next war, we will not even have an army!" George V said.

"However, if we lose the help of the United States, how will we get through this time? Is there really no room for maneuver between us and the United States?" Although he is very indignant at the actions of the Americans, there is a sentence What do you say? People have to bow their heads under the eaves! If the British on the American side can still refuse, then the Germans really can't refuse.

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