Chapter 2631 2 Dial 0 Pounds One

"Hiss... Just a statement? If my information is correct, the Japanese government once asked Britain and Japan to cooperate by threatening the British colonies. After that, the Japanese also used the same method to threaten the French, so There is a certain scale of military trade between France and Japan. If we relieve the French from worries, wouldn't it be bad if France chooses to cut off military trade with Japan and instead cooperate with the Americans?" Prince Baden asked road. "And it's just a statement, and we have created actual hostility with Japan. Will the Japanese listen to us?"

"Do you know what true fragrance is?" the crown prince said in his heart, remembering a meme on the Internet in later generations!

"First of all, your understanding of France's policy is wrong. First, you have misunderstood the nature of the France-Japan arms deal. In fact, it was not the threat from Japan to France that led France to sell arms to Japan, but because The French need money and the Japanese need arms. This is a consensual transaction. That is to say, regardless of whether the Japanese threaten France or not, France is actually willing to trade with the Japanese! Japan's threat to French colonies is just a threat to France and Japan. An excuse for a deal, an excuse that can be used to stall the Americans!" the crown prince said with a smile.

"I don't quite understand what it means." Prince Baden wiped his sweat and felt that he couldn't keep up with his thinking!

"First of all, let's make sure that in the future, the British still have the idea and ability to confront the empire. From this perspective, the British should ease relations with the United States, and they should be concerned about the arms trade with Japan. There will definitely be resistance. But France is different. France’s highest requirement is to maintain its current status and become a neutral country. They have no need to improve relations with the Americans because strategically they need to be between the United States and Germany. Seeking a balance. Well, so, when it comes to dealing with Japan, France is actually just after money! The more money, the better! And the current offer from the Americans is not enough to offset the arms trade between France and Japan, then you Tell me, what would the French choose?”

"In addition, after the war, the weapons that the French can equip more than 2 million troops are actually a pile of scrap metal. Wouldn't it be better to convert these things into funds? So I am not worried about the conflict between France and Japan at all. The arms trade will stop!" the Crown Prince explained.

In later generations, the U.S. government can spend its own money to purchase MiG-29s from the former Eastern European Warsaw Pact countries, and then throw them directly into the aircraft graveyard to let them die on their own. However, in this dimension, no matter how cool the U.S. government is, it is impossible to purchase enough for hundreds of thousands of people. The reason for the French weapons is very simple. The military systems of the two sides are incompatible, and the cost of these weapons is too large. If Americans have the spare money, they might as well buy their own country's weapons, so it is not suitable from an economic and military perspective. of! But Japan is different. Japan's industrial capabilities are too poor. Domestic production is not enough for battlefield consumption, so Japan can only outsource a large amount! And if the British provided air force and naval equipment, then the French provided most of the heavy artillery, vehicles and ammunition used by the Japanese army!

As for whether the Japanese will listen to the Germans? I will definitely listen! Because if the Germans were really serious,

So when the Japanese combined fleet faces the US-German combined fleet, it will be GG every minute. Do you dare not listen?

So, now the question is, if Japan can no longer threaten France's Far East colonies and the arms trade between France and Japan does not have the last fig leaf, what will the Americans think? The Americans will consider that their aid to the French has not been recognized by the French, and the French are still doing arms trade with the Japanese. So the question is, how can the United States and France still be friends?

But what the Germans did was glorious, and neither France nor the United States could say anything! It reflects the behavior of a responsible big country! Well, at least the folk image is full of it! Tell the whole of Europe, follow me and he will protect you. Even in the far East, the majesty of the German Empire is still inviolable! How about it? Is this pretense perfect?

Well, someone wants to ask, since the army is not good, can France and the Americans cooperate in the navy, and then let the French get more benefits from the Americans than from the Japanese, and choose to give up France? What about the Japanese arms trade?

In theory it's possible, but in practice it's not possible! There are many reasons, the most important of which is that, as a country that is extremely short of funds, if it can get orders from the United States and the Japanese at the same time, why only make money from one person?

The descendants of the French have done a lot of these things in the arms market, such as France's arms trade with India and Pakistan. The French can sell Mirage 2000 to India, Mirage 3, and Mirage F1 fighter jets to Pakistan. The French can sell Agosta 90B submarines to Pakistan, or Scorpion-class submarines to India!

What the country pays attention to in doing things is to put interests first, and don't think too much about face and other things. In fact, if it weren't for the great pressure from the United States, the French Mistral would have entered the Russian Navy! And now? The Americans do not have as strong influence as later generations, and they want to use some economic benefits to get the French to give up the arms trade with Japan? Dream on! The French are already ready to eat the plaintiff and eat the defendant!

And to be honest, Americans may not necessarily appreciate the current equipment of the French Navy! You know, the current United States is not the United States of World War II in the future. It used the Lend-Lease Act to first send out tens of billions of dollars in goods, and then collected the money. After the war, there was a Marshall Plan to continue spreading money! At this time, the United States is still relatively miserable, and funds are relatively tight. How can it be possible to buy some useless things?

Do Americans need battleships? Yes, you can talk to the Germans about this. As long as the price is reasonable, we will also give you a 5-star admiral and a crew with full skills. Do you want to buy a warship from Germany? Yes, even if Germany is not enough, as long as the Americans are sincere, Ruprecht can sell you some warships from the Austro-Hungarian Navy! And they are all fast battleships! Ships immediately upon payment, no delays at all! Why did you buy a French warship? How many super-dreadnoughts are left in the French Navy now? There are only two or three scattered kittens, and their performance is not as good as Helgoland. Why would the Americans buy them? They are all slow boats!

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