Chapter 305: Negotiation Collapse
After the opening of the new sea route, the entire world ushered in the modern colonial era. Western powers opened up lands around the world as colonies and used the wealth of the colonies to develop and enrich themselves. Therefore, the colonial plunder of the West in recent centuries is essentially the basis for these countries to become developed countries. Because through colonial plunder, they have gained unprecedented wealth and completed the primitive accumulation of capital. This is what all developed countries now have. The main reason is concentrated in the West.
In the more than two centuries after the "Glorious Revolution", Britain participated in all-round colonial wars and colonial plunder, and established a huge colonial empire - known as the "nation on which the sun never sets."
Although the independence of the 13 colonies in North America in the 18th century dealt a blow to the British colonial system, Britain did not relax its plunder of colonies around the world at all. In the 17th century, the British occupied Madras, Bombay and Calcutta in India. In the mid-18th century, the British sent troops to occupy Bangladesh. After that, they launched several colonial wars against India. By the 1830s, except for some princely states in the central and northern parts of the country, In addition, the whole of India became a British colony.
Judging from the colonial history of the world, India is definitely the richest, because Africa, the Middle East, and South America were all very desolate at the beginning, especially the Americas, which were developed by Europeans, so the benefits they gained were not many. . Only India is a prosperous land in Asia, with rich resources and a large population, so the wealth and oil and water it creates are very sufficient.
During its 200 years of colonization of India, Britain gained a lot of wealth. According to the historical data of British colonial India, the wealth that Britain obtained from India in 200 years was as much as 54 trillion U.S. dollars. If spread over 200 years, it would reach 270 billion U.S. dollars every year. In other words, the United Kingdom gained 270 billion U.S. dollars of wealth from India a year. , this is an astronomical figure, contributing 40% to the UK's GDP every year; allowing the UK to firmly maintain the level of the world's largest country.
There was a saying in the UK at that time, that is, "As long as we rule India, we will be number one in the world. If we lose India, we will become a third-rate country." This sentence well reflects India's status in the British colonial system.
What's more important is that during the war, Britain needed blood transfusions from its colonies. These damn Soviets actually wanted Britain to cut their flesh! ?
Forget about cutting off the flesh, they actually want to cut off the heart! !
Aiden suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly. "Comrade Molotov, are you kidding? British India is an integral part of the British Empire!"
Molotov seemed a little impatient and said coldly. "This won't work, and that won't work either. So what are you going to do to invite us to send troops?"
The Soviet Union wanted the British Indian colony by name, and valued its geographical location more than its wealth.
Since the ancient Tsarist times, it has been believed that the Indian Ocean is the center of the world. Whoever occupies it will occupy the entire world!
Now it is the Soviet Union, no longer Tsarist Russia, but Lao Maozi's ambition has never changed. If the Soviet Union obtains India, then the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans will all have the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union will rule the entire world. .
As everyone knows, they died of this ambition in the original time and space.
Since the 1970s, the United States and the Soviet Union have been competing for hegemony in a situation where the Soviet Union is attacking and the United States is defending. The Soviet Union inherited the Tsar's strategy of moving south, and attempted to use Afghanistan as a base to move south, then open up a land channel directly to the Indian Ocean, threaten the oil-producing areas of the Middle East and encircle Europe in a roundabout way, echoing its Pacific strategy, and ultimately achieve its goal of world domination.
Judging from the strategic layout of the Soviet Union at that time, the European part of the Western Front was the most important direction of the Soviet Union, and also deployed most of the Soviet troops; the Soviet Union was in a dominant position along the Pacific coast of the Eastern Front; and the Soviet Union cooperated with Vietnam in the Southern Pacific region. Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam established the Soviet Union's largest overseas military base. Using this military base, the Soviet Union could directly deter the entire Southeast Asia region. In the southern Indian Ocean region, the Soviet Union urgently needed to open up land passages to the sea so that the three fronts, east, west, and south, could go hand in hand.
In order to move south to the Indian Ocean, Afghanistan must first be occupied.
As everyone knows, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and began to decline, eventually leading to its disintegration.
Although he really wanted to flip the table and leave, thinking about the precarious motherland, Aiden still had to swallow his anger. "Comrade Molotov, you should also know that the current situation in our country is a bit tense, and we cannot raise enough resources in a short time. If you can accept it, we can sign an agreement first, and when the war is over, we have I’ll provide it to you when I have spare time.”
This means that you can issue an IOU first and pay later.
"Agreement?" Molotov had a sarcastic smile on his face. "Thinking about your country's dishonest behavior towards its ally France in the past few days, it is really uneasy to feel at ease."
Aiden's face looked a little ugly, and he was about to explain, but was interrupted by Molotov. "So we think that getting real money or actual benefits first is the safest way to cooperate with you. Ignore the white paper like the agreement. If we want the Soviet to send troops, we must cede India! You are Give up the whole of Britain, or give up only an insignificant colony; which is more important, your country should know very well! "
The negotiation broke up unhappily. Aiden returned to the UK angrily, while Molotov reported the details of the negotiation to Stalin.
After listening to Molotov's report, Stalin snorted coldly. "These stupid British guys want us to start a war with Germany with just a few words?"
Molotov hesitated and asked. "Great Comrade Stalin, if Britain is forced to agree to cede British India, what should we do?" The Soviet Union's most powerful KV-1 tank has not yet entered mass production, and more advanced fighter jets are also under development; A big battle cannot be fought in a short period of time.
Starling took a sip from the cigarette pot and spoke slowly. "Then it's the best. If the British want to give, we will take it. As for when the war will start, we have to wait until we are ready." If the British give India to our side, our side will occupy it first! As for when the war will begin and to what extent it will be fought, the Soviet Union has the final say.
In Stalin's heart, the British were definitely more hateful than the Germans. And he also knew very well that with the current situation of the Soviet Union, it was simply impossible to start a full-scale war with Germany. What's more, there are still several Soviet warships in the German shipyards. At least they have to wait until those warships return to China before they can turn against them.
After all, the Soviet Union exported so much iron ore in exchange for the construction of aircraft carriers and large-caliber naval guns. Although there were frictions in the process, at least it is still very stable now.
Although Germany supported Franco during the Spanish Civil War, and the Soviet Union supported the Spanish government, and the two sides fought for a long time, Germany delivered the warships ordered by the Soviet Union on time, showing a good reputation.
But at that time, both sides were tacitly tampering with each other secretly, and did not jump out to show their faces. If a war breaks out between the two sides, who can guarantee that Germany will hand over the built warships? Maybe those warships will become a weapon for the German army to attack the Soviet Union.