Chapter 2300 Helplessness and Reality II
"From the moment Lloyd George came back from the United States, for a period of time in the future, it was decided that we would continue to be hostile to the United States, because we rejected the demands of the United States. When we were weakest, we were all against the United States. If people say no, then it is tantamount to dispelling the last sliver of illusions Americans have about the British Empire, at least for the next few years. We and the Americans have returned to the state of hostility before the war. This state will not be due to the relationship between virtue and virtue. A few small problems can make a fundamental change!" Asquith said.
"An order of hundreds of millions of pounds? Are you kidding me?" Earl Belfort said with a slightly embarrassed face.
"This is really no joke. Just before coming to Germany, the Japanese government submitted a 200 million pound order contract to the empire. The products include a large number of materials from machinery, various minerals, rubber, crops, and weapons. Japan The terms of payment are very good, and I simply cannot refuse from an economic point of view, and our trade with Japan has already started, not only normal trade but also military trade!" Prime Minister Asquith's words made Earl Belfort Surprised.
"This is impossible! The military power of the British Empire is basically concentrated in Europe, and more than 70% of them have been destroyed! How can we have excess military assets to sell to the Japanese? It is impossible to send things out!" Earl Belfort said in surprise.
"Hehe, although the British Empire has been hit hard like never before, even if there are some fragmented things left, the total amount is still considerable! And these things are outside the control of the Germans! For example, our base in Singapore, where there are countless Hundreds of various artillery, hundreds of thousands of mines and torpedoes, and various communication facilities, aviation equipment and army equipment! And our aircraft engine production plant in Canada is actually providing aircraft engines to the Japanese This may be one of the important reasons why the Americans demanded that Canada be separated from the empire. Not to mention various minerals and agricultural products.” Lloyd George said.
As the supreme commander of British military production during the war, Lloyd George knew the military production of the British Empire well. In fact, because of the intensified blockade of the British mainland by German submarines, Lloyd George had dispersed the military production of the United Kingdom more than a year ago. For example, Canada, which has a relatively good industrial base, will use it to produce aero engines. The produced aero-engines can be transported to the UK by a high-speed cruise ship at full speed. The probability of being ambushed by a submarine during this process is very small, and Canada's resources and manpower can be fully utilized. But now, the United Kingdom has been defeated and the aircraft can no longer be used, so the spare aero-engine production capacity can naturally be used in other areas... For example, export to Japan!
To be honest, the British are really short of money and crazy now. Even if the Germans don't open this hole, the British must find ways to do business with the Japanese! And the current situation is basically that as long as the Japanese want to buy and the price is reasonable, then the British will sell it! The British understand this, the Germans understand it, and the Americans understand it too! Even Asquith doubted whether the aero-engines and precision instruments produced in Canada were exported to Japan, which caused the Americans to want Canada to be separated from the United Kingdom....
There are many things that you will continue to do even though you know it will lead to bad consequences. It’s easy to be willing, because if you don’t do it, it will lead to more serious consequences! What would happen if the British really cut off all economic and trade ties with the Japanese? Britain has lost a large number of orders, and even financial bankruptcy is light! The disintegration of the British colonial system in the Far East is very possible!
This is definitely not alarmist talk! The allies are originally birds of the same fate, and when disaster strikes, they fly separately! To some extent,
Even if allies use each other or even cheat each other! Belfort thought very well, for his own benefit, in order to reconcile with the United States, Britain can throw the Japanese aside! Then sorry, the Japanese are not good men and women! If you can do the first grade of junior high school, others can do the fifteenth grade!
For Japan, the basis for maintaining the Anglo-Japanese alliance now is that Britain can help Japan fight against the United States! Well, if the British can't help Japan against the US, what will Japan do in the face of an unprecedentedly weak Britain? In the case that it is about to have a war with the United States related to the fate of the country, Japan will definitely attack the British colonies! Among other things, at least you can grab a wave first! And why does Britain stop the Japanese at this time?
And once the Japanese really do it, India and Southeast Asia, which have long been dissatisfied with British rule, will definitely have a series of chain reactions! What will this lead to? For Britain, which is already powerless to suppress, it will naturally lead to the collapse of the colonial system. If the British lose Southeast Asia and South Asia after losing Africa, then the British Empire will really return to hundreds of years ago overnight and become a Pure island nations, even Australia and Canada will change course! After all, the tiger skin of the British Empire is useless, and it is better for the two dominions to find new masters!
Therefore, it is not only Germany and the United States, but also Japan that can fundamentally destroy Britain and have motives. Of course, the latter is only possible, but it is only this possibility that makes the British have to continue to bite the bullet and do business with the Japanese!
As for if the UK is forced to die, can the UK jump back and completely side with the Americans? How to put it this way, the Americans may accept the UK as their younger brother, but they will never return the previous benefits to the UK! Because the United States does not need a United Kingdom that has the potential to become a superpower, and from a pragmatic point of view, for a long time after the war, Britain's military strength is nothing compared to countries at the level of Germany! There is no need for the Americans to fall out with the Germans over this insignificant ally! There is no need to pay too much! This is the sad reality in Britain right now!
Therefore, judging from the current situation, even though Britain is really unwilling to continue to maintain relations with Japan, it still has to do business with the Japanese in order to repay the war indemnity. And the Japanese also have enough means to force the British to continue to maintain the Anglo-Japanese alliance. In order to prevent Japan from running amok, Britain must also maintain a good relationship with Japan! As the biggest enemy of the British, Germany also hopes that the relationship between Britain and Japan can be maintained, so as to prevent the approach of the United States and Britain and consume the Americans.
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