Chapter 691 Big Three Meeting (34 More)

It is certainly safer to let the parliament decide, and it can also prevent the government from taking the blame for anything. But there is also a huge disadvantage, that is, anything discussed in the parliament will be widely circulated, and it is impossible to keep it relatively confidential.

In other words, the British Parliament may have just started to vote on whether to fight the United States, and the US ambassador to the UK will receive the news and then urgently contact the United States to prepare.

Such a situation is impossible to avoid, after all, there are many people in the parliament, and no country can completely keep it confidential.

Before submitting the proposal to the parliament, the British government urgently contacted many countries to determine the opinions of each country.

Among them, the most important countries in the UK are France and Australasia, which are also the strongest countries in the World Alliance besides the UK.

Arthur will naturally not object to such an action, because Australasia can also gain unexpected gains.

Especially after the elimination of the enemy of the United States, the only remaining island country no longer poses a threat, and Australasia's Pacific hegemony is basically doomed.

The attitude of the French is ambiguous about this. They are neither opposed to fighting the United States, but they are not so enthusiastic.

After all, although the French can also gain considerable benefits, the United States is Britain's biggest competitor, not France's competitor.

The British benefited the most from destroying the United States, but for the French, it was just that, and they could not even resist Britain's rule in Europe.

But France would not oppose Britain's war against the United States, let alone stand on the opposite side of Britain as in the American War of Independence.

Not to mention that there is indeed a huge gap in strength between France and Britain at present, the public anger caused by the Americans because of the flu alone has determined that there will not be too many allies in this war.

The United States offended almost all countries in the world during the flu, and the termination of the payment of reparations brought up the old story of the flu again.

If Britain took this incident as a breakthrough and launched a war against the United States, could the French still fight against the whole of Europe?

For the French government, if the Anglo-American war broke out, France would immediately join the British side and use more achievements in exchange for more lucrative benefits.

Compared with letting Britain and Australasia divide the United States, France would rather participate in the division of the United States, at least not let the gap between Britain and France widen.

As for the life and death of the Americans, France has ignored it. The United States cannot be saved now, unless the French are willing to lose most of their interests and risk the entire country to help the Americans.

But unfortunately, the founding fathers of the United States are not available just because they are available, after all, there are not so many fools.

France's help to the United States may allow the United States to maintain its independence, but the price is definitely unbearable for France.

The French still understand the principle of "a friend dies before a poor Taoist dies". In the context of the economic crisis, of course, they will take the lead in ensuring their own interests.

On June 5, 1928, in an inconspicuous residential building in London, England.

This small place brought together important representatives from several countries, including British Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill, French Minister of Justice and War Louis Bardo, Australasia's European Royal Affairs Director David, and Australasia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom John.

The real purpose of the meeting of several people, in addition to discussing whether to fight against the United States, is to divide the spoils after the possible war.

As long as it is a large-scale war with many participating countries, it is necessary to divide the spoils in advance.

To put it bluntly, there must be various interests behind the war, and interests are also the most attractive place.

If it is not agreed in advance and divided, the end of the war means the arrival of another war.

For the three countries of Britain, France and Australia, which can almost determine the situation of the entire world alliance, the private division of the United States by these three countries actually represents the direction of the situation in the United States after the war.

Under the leadership of these three countries, small countries have no room for resistance, even the Americans are the same.

One feature can be seen from the candidates of the three countries, that is, the participants in this meeting are basically the war factions of various countries.

Churchill naturally needs no introduction, and Louis, the Minister of Justice and Army of France, is also a radical and war faction in the military.

David, the head of the European royal affairs, and John, the ambassador of Australia to the UK, basically obey Arthur, and Arthur's attitude is needless to say.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Britain, France and Australia have so many war factions is actually because after defeating the United States, each country can share enough benefits.

The United States is close to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the east and west, which also means that the three countries can get a piece of fat from the United States.

After eliminating the United States, Europe will become the pearl of the world, and Britain will dominate the entire Atlantic.

The French can also share a share of the benefits, at least the falling franc can be slightly stabilized for a while, and the French can get out of the shadow of war and economic crisis.

There is no need to say more about Australasia. After defeating the Americans, Australasia became the overlord of the Pacific and the most powerful country in the Southern Hemisphere.

Faced with such lucrative benefits, even the French who knew that it might make Britain stronger could not help but be tempted.

The struggle for interests is often the determining factor in whether this war can be started. If even the post-war benefits cannot be distributed peacefully, then there is no need to fight this war.

Because they knew this, as soon as representatives from various countries met, they immediately got to the point, which was the distribution of U.S. interests.

French Army Minister Louis was the first to speak: “Everyone, France does not mind joining this war, but we need benefits that can match the cost of the war.

If New France can be rebuilt, we are willing to raise more than 300,000 troops to join this battlefield. "

The representatives from Britain and Australasia frowned upon hearing this. Fortunately, Australasia remained silent for the time being.

But the British were directly unhappy. Churchill directly refused: "This is simply impossible, Minister Louis. The area of ​​New France runs through the entire United States from north to south, occupying almost one-third of the total area of ​​the United States.

Are you doing this to directly carve up the United States? Putting aside the opinions of other countries, the internal problems in the United States alone are enough to give us a headache. "

Although the land in the central United States is relatively barren, it is not as developed as in the east.

But the area of ​​New France is too large, which also means that Britain and Australasia must also get equal areas to achieve relative fairness.

If this is done, it will evolve into the three countries directly carving up the United States, and the hatred of the Americans will naturally be transferred to the three countries of Britain, France and Australia.

The United States is not one of those colonial indigenous countries. The United States has a population of hundreds of millions. Even if it is divided into three parts, it is not easy to digest.

More importantly, the British would not accept France gaining such a huge area as New France, because France would also rely on the large population of the United States to quickly get out of the economic crisis and become the next threat to British rule.

"Then there's no need to play, Mr. Churchill." French Minister of War Louis smiled and shook his head, showing a helpless look.

"Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma." Churchill looked at Louis and said with a deep expression: "Of course, if you have the ability, it's not a bad idea to win Texas.

The British Empire can only accept this. If not, we can only regret losing France as an ally in this war. "

As long as France did not join the opposition, Churchill would be completely able to accept it even if it remained neutral in this war.

Because the only thing the United States can rely on is its navy, but the navy of Britain and Australasia is enough to crush the United States.

For the British, the richest east coast of the United States must be in their own hands.

The west coast is closer to Australasia. Even with the developed city of Los Angeles, the British will not compete with Australasia.

After all, with the exception of Los Angeles, California, other areas such as Washington (state, not city), Oregon, and Nevada are still as poor as the West Coast of the United States a few decades ago.

These areas have no use except for their size, which is far inferior to the East Coast of the United States, which has a population of tens of millions.

In addition to the east and west coasts, the only thing the French can obtain is the central region of the United States.

The French are definitely not willing to get only the central interior of the United States, which also means that coastal areas like Louisiana must be ceded to the United States.

Louis took an American administrative map and looked at it for a long time, then turned his attention to Churchill and the others: "How about adding Alabama and Florida? The French army and navy can be mobilized for this war at any time."

Although Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas combined make up five states, these five states are still too barren compared to the eastern United States.

However, if Alabama and Florida are included, France can be considered as occupying the south coast of the United States, forming a situation in which British Australasia and British Australasia carve up the coastal states of the United States.

The number of seven states is also a big supplement for the French. The combined population of these seven states is enough for France to survive the economic crisis and even make a lot of money.

French capitalists will also be satisfied. After all, the benefits that these seven states can create are definitely measured in billions or even tens of billions.

With the support of capitalists, there will be no shortage of funds for this war. As long as funds are sufficient, the French army can be mobilized for this purpose.

"This is obviously impossible." Churchill frowned and rejected Louis' request, but still gave other conditions: "No matter how much you can give to New Mexico, you have to give some benefits to other countries, right?"

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