One hundred and sixty-one visits to the UK
After the baptism of the war, many people in the UK have seen the current situation clearly. If they continue to be the world's boss, it is probably impossible. However, if they want to be the second-generation world, they must help the Americans defeat China. If China exists, they may not be able to realize their dream of being the second-generation. It is precisely because of such a dream that Britain began large-scale recruitment in China. After the retreat of the Chinese and German armies, in order to rebuild the country they destroyed, Britain has put many soldiers into construction. Now they have to recruit them to the army. Just like China, the combat effectiveness of veterans is the strongest.
However, the British industrial production capacity is not good. Although they fought with the Americans and carried out the largest strategic bombing in history on Germany, the British themselves knew that whether it was aircraft or bombs, they were all transported from the United States. Britain was only able to repair the aircraft. There were several small aircraft manufacturers in the United Kingdom. However, because the machinery was too outdated, if it was produced in the United Kingdom, it would probably be more resources. Therefore, the United States did not restart these arsenals and allowed Britain to produce some fighter jets themselves. Another reason was the Americans' idea. They did not want the United Kingdom to become stronger. It was already very good to allow them to produce single-seat fighter jets.
As for large strategic bombers, the Americans were not prepared to let the British produce them at all. Although the British obtained various drawings and even dug up several craftsmen from the Americans, after research, the British finally gave up the production of large aircraft. It was not an easy task to produce such four-engine aircraft. In addition to building a production factory, there were too many small factories up and down, and all kinds of parts needed to be produced. Britain now obviously does not have such ability, so they can only import the entire aircraft from the United States. Anyway, Britain and the United States are now a family, and the planes are only exchanged for some bonds. Whether they can pay them back then depends on the outcome of the war.
Britain ceded many islands in the ocean to the Americans, which was also part of their advance payment. These islands were strategic places in the ocean, otherwise the British Empire would not have occupied this place. The Americans happily accepted it. Many people have said that the Americans' maritime hegemony began with Britain. This sentence is true at all. If these islands were not in the hands of the Americans, they would not be able to build a large number of naval bases all over the world. After all, when the United States stood up, the strategic places around the world were divided up by the British and French coalition forces. Including the Germans, they did not get a good colony, so they could only fight against Britain and France.
The Germans were not lucky. Although they won the war in Europe, they did not have a strong navy. Colonies around the world were still in the hands of Britain and France. Germany resolved France as early as 1940. But did the large French colonies have anything to do with Germany? On the surface, they obeyed the Vichy government, and the Vichy government also had a very good relationship with Germany, but in fact, they basically had no contact. The major colonies were basically self-sufficient. They did not have the ability to expand externally, but they had the ability to protect themselves. Germany still did not obtain a large amount of resources from the colonies.
The methods used by the Americans are more advanced. They are different from Germany and do not launch direct attacks on Britain and France. They just sell weapons to both sides of the belligerent countries. When one of yours fails, they choose to join one of them, so they can get a large number of colonies. Just like now, neither side can hold on. Britain must rely on the United States, so Britain's overseas territory must be handed over to the United States. In the past, the United States had a lot of ideas about Canada, but Britain protected it tightly. Does Britain still have the ability to protect Canada at all? It has no ability to protect Canada. Canada is like the fat meat in the mouth of the United States. You can't have any opinions when you want to eat it.
Of course, the Americans cannot put this matter on the surface. The United States was very happy about the recent British increase in troops. They specially sent President Truman to visit Britain and negotiated with Prime Minister Churchill. Some time ago, due to the South African battle, people from both countries were almost tense, all of them were fools General Eisenhower. If it weren't for this guy, the South African battle would be another result. Britain would not have suffered heavy losses. The Americans only felt pain in the losses of the South African battle, but this changed the proportion of the British navy. Now that the British navy has declined again, I'm afraid that even the Japanese joint fleet will not be as good as that of the Japanese united fleet. You must know that Japan is just a protector.
In fact, in the eyes of the Japanese, the British are also a protector country. The UK is the same as their Japan, which is an island country, and does not have much ability. Japan depends on China and Britain depends on the United States. Is there anything different? But the British do not think so. Although they are actually dependent on the United States, the UK has a vast overseas territory. Therefore, when talking to the Japanese, they still have a very high vision and basically look at the Japanese with their nostrils, which makes the Japanese feel very unhappy. So whenever the Japanese meet the British army, they will beat them hard and let these arrogant Englishmen see that we Japanese can beat you.
The British were not very enthusiastic about President Truman's visit. After just ending the Battle of South Africa, the Royal Navy lost nearly half of it, which was aggravated for the UK because they did not have the ability to recover. The UK has now built two new shipyards. In addition, the original reserved shipyards have only about 40% of the production capacity. Moreover, the UK lacks a large amount of resources. After blocking the Suez Canal, the resources from major well-known places could not be transported in at all. Therefore, it is impossible for Britain to restore it. It can only be counted on the resources of the Americans. Will the Americans give them resources? It depends on the United States' idea.
Chapter completed!