Not only the French Prime Minister, but also the entire Europe, government officials are a high-risk profession.
Although the French Prime Minister will not last long, at least his life will not be in danger. Leaders of other countries will be in a miserable situation. If not, they may die in an unknown way, and the probability is quite high. The higher the position, the more dangerous it is.
Compared with the Austrian Chancellor and the Yugoslav King, the attack on the Japanese delegation did not even stir up a splash, and people were not even interested in discussing it.
The biggest impact will definitely be on the naval meeting. Japan is currently the "third strongest" country in the world in terms of naval strength. Without Japan's participation, even if the naval meeting finally reaches a resolution, it will be meaningless.
The reason why I put the quotation marks is because the naval strength of various countries is quietly changing. Southern Africa, which has ten aircraft carriers, has a total tonnage of about 280,000 tons. Although the BB parties in the navies of various countries are still struggling desperately, everyone already knows it.
Realize that the strength of the Southern African Navy is definitely no less than that of the Royal Navy and the United States Navy.
Even slightly beyond that in some sense.
In addition to capital ships, Southern Africa has been vigorously developing small warships, mainly light cruisers, in recent years by taking advantage of loopholes in the Washington Naval Treaty and the London Naval Treaty.
From 1922 to 1932, a total of 165 warships were built in southern Africa.
During the same period, the United Kingdom built 148 ships, Japan built 164 ships, and the United States only built 40 ships. Southern Africa surpassed Britain, the United States, and Japan in both quantity and quality.
This is normal. At the end of World War I, the navies of Britain, the United States, and Japan had already reached considerable size. There was not even a single battleship in southern Africa at that time.
Now ten years have passed, and the Southern African Navy has just reached the same level as the Japanese Navy in terms of number. It is still far behind the United Kingdom and the United States, so there is still a lot of room for Southern Africa to continue building warships.
After the attack on the Japanese delegation, the naval meeting actually lost its meaning, and the southern African delegation focused more on negotiations with the Americans.
Americans drop unrealistic $5 billion compensation demand.
This is a prerequisite for Southern Africa to return to the negotiating table.
"Compensation is impossible. However, from a humanitarian perspective, the new Brazilian government can provide some financial compensation to the U.S. Marines who died in the war. The standard can refer to the pension standard provided by the U.S. government to fallen soldiers after the World War." Yang
·The conditions proposed by Smith are very harsh. The world war was the standard more than ten years ago. After the floods during the economic crisis, the exchange rate of the US dollar has been falling, and its gold content is not as good as before.
“Nyasaland Company and Favalt Steel Group have promised not to change the price of iron ore arbitrarily. If the American Steel Federation is willing to purchase iron ore from the Iron Four Corners and Pilbara, then it will hand over the commercial issues.
Let's solve it in a commercial way. I believe that the elites in the business community will have a reasonable solution, but before that I have a request." Yang Smozi is now completely dominant. Hull's expression is ugly, but there is nothing he can do.
The key point is that we lost the battle. The U.S. Marine Corps failed to live up to expectations, so what could Hull do?
Washington now acknowledges that its involvement in Brazil's civil war was a war at the wrong time, with the wrong opponent, in the wrong place.
The economic crisis has just ended, and other countries are busy restoring their economies to make money and build warships, but the United States is stuck in the mud. It has wasted billions of dollars in Brazil and gained nothing.
Now Washington just wants to withdraw from Brazil in a dignified way and devote more energy to economic development. Washington no longer cares whether this will lead to the loss of U.S. hegemony in the Americas.
"We hope that the United States can interrupt all trade with Japan and completely implement the economic sanctions imposed by the League of Nations against Japan." Yang Smuts' request made Hull unable to remain silent any longer.
"Trade with Japan is also a commercial behavior of American companies. The U.S. government has no power and will not interfere." Hull insists on free trade.
"Come on, Mr. Secretary, you can save these words for the press conference. We still need to be more sincere." Yang Smuts decisively exposed Hull's little trick. The Monroe Doctrine and free trade in the United States are basically two different things.
A completely contradictory theory.
"Have you not noticed that Japan's military expansion has threatened the interests of all of us. The key is that the Japanese are not satisfied yet. They are demanding more and more rights and will demand more in the future." Yang·
Smith showed no mercy, and Americans often deceive themselves and others.
On the day after the attack on the Japanese delegation, Osamu Nagano, the Japanese ambassador to the UK who attended the naval meeting on behalf of Konobu Haya, publicly stated at the naval meeting: Japan hopes to achieve the same level as the United States and the United Kingdom in terms of total tonnage of naval battleships.
same status.
This also means that Japan is ready to break through the 300,000-ton limit on the total tonnage of its battleships and start sprinting towards 500,000 tons.
At the same time, Osamu Nagano also proposed that since the provisions of the "Washington Naval Treaty" and "London Naval Treaty" are outdated, he called for the abolition of the restrictions of these two treaties and the end of the "Naval Holiday Era."
Both of these requirements are excessive and fully reflect the Japanese ambitions.
Although the "Navy Holiday Era" has actually ended, raising it so publicly is undoubtedly a public humiliation to the United States and Britain.
After all, the United States and the United Kingdom took the lead in revising the Washington Naval Treaty and the London Naval Treaty respectively.
Yang Smuts's attitude is very clear. Japan now demands the same status as Britain and the United States. If it agrees to the Japanese request, the Japanese ambitions will continue to expand. What will be done then to continue to meet the Japanese demands?
Then God knows whether the Japanese will win over Longwang Shu.
Not being satisfied is even more troublesome. The Japanese are now like spoiled brats who are violating international conventions without scruples, completely ignoring the serious consequences of such bad behavior.
"The Japanese are walking on the wrong path. The further they go, the more mistakes they make." Hull finally couldn't help but expose the true purpose of the Americans.
Everyone in southern Africa knows that the Japanese are building Yamato, don't the Americans know?
Definitely know.
Not only did the Americans fail to alert the Japanese, but they continued to provide raw materials to the Japanese. The reasons behind this were complex, and a considerable part of them was hoping to divert the disaster eastward and trigger a conflict between southern Africa and Japan.
Japan is now like a fool who is not very clear-headed. The Americans are constantly fanning the flames, hoping that Japan will target southern Africa directly, and they will not hesitate to lease the port of Palawan Island to the Japanese to provide them with
A springboard for a direct attack on Changi Naval Base.
The Japanese are obviously taking advantage of their own tactics. After the 70,000-ton "Yamato" is built, it can be used to attack southern Africa and the United States. Eighteen levels of hell or seventeen levels of hell are all at the discretion of the Japanese.
"We cannot all pay for the private interests of some people. You and London are making the same mistake. The Japanese have already demanded the abolition of the "Washington Naval Treaty" and "London Naval Treaty". The French and Italians have made it clear
If they will not dismantle their new battleships, do you and the United Kingdom still have to put shackles on yourselves?" Yang Smuts was heartbroken. He thought about it for several nights and still couldn't figure out why the United Kingdom and the United States did this.
The London Naval Treaty and the Washington Naval Treaty both expired in 1936.
There are only three years left before 1936. Japan is expanding its military force, Germany is expanding its military force crazily, and war clouds are gathering in the Mediterranean. The situation is very similar to that before the outbreak of World War I. At this time, the United Kingdom and the United States should prepare for the upcoming Second World War.
Be prepared for war, instead of being self-restrained like now.
"Oh, Minister Smuts, haven't you realized that France, Italy, and even Japan are not our real opponents at all." Hull revealed the secret. This is what Americans are really worried about.
Regardless of the high jump of the Japanese, Japan has limited national strength and insufficient resources. Whether in terms of strength or potential, it is simply unable to compete with the United States, Britain, and southern Africa.
Yes, in addition to the US and UK, there is also Southern Africa.
Therefore, what Yang Smuts believed to be self-imposed, in the eyes of the Americans and British, was precisely the best effort to limit the arms race.
The restrictions are not limited to Japan, France, and Italy.
Even if these warships are built again, they will not be able to build a few in the end.
If Britain, the United States and southern Africa go all out, the situation will be completely out of control.
"So what we want to restrict is never France and Italy, nor Japan, but us, the United States, and your southern Africa." Hull looked arrogant, pointing his finger first to his nose, and then to Yang Shimozi.
Since the United Kingdom was not mentioned, the implication is that even the United Kingdom is not worthy of being a rival to the United States and southern Africa.
"Wait a minute, we in southern Africa are peace-loving." Yang Smuts is a standard Anglo-Saxon when he is shameless.
"Shut up! Give your southern Africa peace-loving, look at how many aircraft carriers you have built, look at how many fighter jets and long-range bombers you have, look at how many heavy tanks you have, don't say that your aircraft carriers and heavy tanks are all for
"We are prepared to protect the security of Southern Africa. There is no country in Africa, or even in the world, that can pose a threat to the security of Southern Africa." Hull looked disgusted. Even though he is already so powerful, he still keeps saying he loves peace. It is really true.
Sorry.
"You can't say that. Are you building so many 'York City's in one go just to go fishing?" Yang Smozi felt a little hot on his face, but he also felt a little inexplicable and secretly happy.
