Europe and the United States have never been monolithic, but the contradictions have never been so obvious.
It can only be said that the generals present have relatively fiery personalities and cannot learn the tact and compromise of politicians.
In addition, the Changi Naval Base is far away from Europe after all. The colonial mentality of the generals is still very obvious. They cover it up at home and completely let go in Southeast Asia.
"Gentlemen, let's talk about tomorrow's drill -" Tang Li tried to bring the topic back to tomorrow's drill.
"What's there to say - I don't want to cooperate with some arrogant guys -" Louis Garibuel was still angry and stared at David Stephen fiercely.
The French people's dissatisfaction with the continental balance policy that the British government has always pursued, as well as the increasingly serious appeasement policy, has accumulated to the extreme.
After the Franco-Prussian War, Britain supported France in order to contain Germany.
After the World War, Britain chose to aid Germany in order to contain France.
Every Frenchman hates this British behavior.
Especially for soldiers like Louis.
But the French had to give in. After all, they had to rely on Britain to fight against Germany. This feeling of humiliation made the extremely proud French extremely entangled in their hearts.
"Oh, only those with real strength are qualified to be arrogant. Some people can't be confident even if they want to." David Stephen sneered. No matter how proud the Gallic rooster is, it still has to bow to Britain.
Tom Bartlett didn't say anything, and just watched on the sidelines with a smile, very satisfied with the current scene.
Once Europe unites, Americans who have been shouting isolationism all day long will really be isolated. This is something Americans absolutely don't want to see.
After the World War, the U.S. Navy finally became qualified to be on an equal footing with the Royal Navy.
In fact, the current strength of the U.S. Navy is greater than that of the Royal Navy. After all, the warships of the U.S. Navy are all newly built in recent years, have short service times, advanced technology, and continuous upgrades. The Royal Navy is now lagging behind.
As for the French Navy, it is simply not qualified to be taken seriously by the U.S. Navy.
What Tom Bartlett was thinking about now was how to drag Tang Li into the water. The US Navy remembered the sinking of the "Lexington".
"Gentlemen, no matter what is going on in Europe now, at least in Asia, we must maintain cooperation so that we can cope with the increasingly severe pressure." Tang Li No matter how hard Europe goes, the most powerful people in Asia are now the Japanese.
As mentioned before, Japan's military expansion has had an impact on the interests of various countries in East Asia. Britain and France both have extensive interests in East Asia, but the strength of the Eastern Fleet and the Far East Fleet is seriously insufficient. Is it right to start internal strife at this time?
Sensible.
"Don, I think your worries are unnecessary. The naval holiday era is not over yet. Our planet is in an unprecedented security period." Tom Bartlett's expression was relaxed. I don't know if he felt the same in his heart.
Just as easy.
"If Washington really thinks so, then why do you need to build five new 'Yorktown' class aircraft carriers?" Tang Li's words directly made Tom Bartlett look bad.
Why does the United States want to build five "Yorktowns"? Don't you southern Africans have any AC numbers in your heart?
"Even if I don't say it, we all know the situation in East Asia. The Japanese have proposed to turn Asia into Japan's Asia. If we still can't recognize the reality, then we'd better be prepared to leave East Asia." Tang Li
Not to be alarmist, the ambition of the Japanese is the same as that of the Germans, and it is becoming more and more obvious.
"The Japanese are dreaming. They don't have the strength to swallow up Asia." David Stephen dismissed it. Although the United Fleet is now very arrogant, in the eyes of the Royal Navy, it is just empty air.
A century-old navy is no joke.
"Here's the problem. Just as you said, the Japanese don't have the strength to swallow up Asia, but they want to do so. I don't need to emphasize the consequences of this." Tang Li's angle was tricky, and the calm Japanese couldn't help it.
Terrible, terrible are the crazy Japanese.
Let’s not talk about whether Japan has the power to monopolize East Asia. Ambition is like weeds in spring. As long as the conditions are right, it will grow freely.
If the Japanese think they have this ability, then the Japanese will move forward unswervingly towards this goal.
Then sooner or later the war will break out.
"Gentlemen, I have the latest information here. The Japanese Combined Fleet is also preparing to conduct exercises, and both 'Nagato' and 'Mutsu' will participate." Li Yaozu's words made everyone frown.
The Japanese were not invited to joint exercises between Changi Squadron and East India.
The Japanese organized exercises themselves.
This pertinence is also very obvious.
"Have you been invited?" Tang Li was curious. The Japanese would definitely not invite the Changi Squadron to their exercises.
Even if invited, the Changi Squadron will not participate.
"It should be just a routine exercise -" Tom Bartlett probably didn't believe it himself.
Tang Li also didn't believe that military exercises were very expensive. The cost of operating BIG7 battleships of the "Nagato" and "Mutsu" level for one hour was calculated in units of "10,000". This time the combined fleet was in full force.
Going out is obviously a demonstration.
Because of this new situation, the banquet ended hastily, which fully proved the pressure the combined fleet exerted on the navies of various countries.
It is different from the generals who participated in the exercise.
The news that the combined fleet was about to hold an exercise was a shot in the arm for Satoshi Tsunoda, and Satoshi Tsunoda's mood instantly improved.
It is true that Satoshi Tsunoda was under too much pressure during this period.
Pan Asia Corporation has paid millions of yen for the Sarawak oil field, but now it has not seen even a drop of oil.
If this continues, Satoshi Tsunoda may have no choice but to break his belly and apologize.
He betrayed everyone's trust.
The current Japanese government is in a very difficult situation. After the United States begins to gradually reduce its trade volume with Japan, Japan's only import channel is about to close. This makes the Japanese, who already have an extreme lack of sense of security, even more worried. Japan's demand for industrial raw materials has also increased.
Getting stronger and stronger.
The exercises of the Combined Fleet can at least give some greedy guys a warning, telling them that the Japanese are not easy to mess with, so that the construction of offshore oil wells will be greatly accelerated.
In the agreement between Pan Asia Co., Ltd. and the Kingdom of Sarawak, Pan Asia Co., Ltd. must complete the development of the oil field within one year, so that the Kingdom of Sarawak can obtain profits from the oil field as soon as possible.
Now half a year has passed, and there are no oil wells left. Satoshi Tsunoda is worried. Once the oil field fails to produce oil as scheduled, according to the agreement between Pan Asia Co., Ltd. and the Kingdom of Sarawak, Pan Asia Co., Ltd. will lose the right to exploit the oil field.
"Is there no news from the Americans yet?" Nakamura Kuro was also worried. The exercises between the Changi Squadron and the East India Fleet were about to be held. Nakamura Kuro vaguely felt that an alliance against Japan was being formed.
This is very disadvantageous for Japan.
The main reason why Japan is so eager to expand abroad is because of its lack of strength.
The Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the successive victories in the World War greatly stimulated the ambitions of the Japanese, and Japan eagerly hoped to obtain an international status commensurate with its strength.
Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has tried to leave Asia and join Europe.
However, the mainstream society formed by the Anglo-Saxons is not so easy to integrate into, and even now Japan has not been able to get in.
With Japan's national strength, it is simply unable to afford a huge combined fleet.
Not to mention that Japan is still devoting all its national strength to build "Yamato".
Among all the victorious countries in World War I, Japan had the most resolute attitude toward Germany's reparations, and it relied on Germany's reparations to support Japan's continued military expansion.
Unfortunately, the Germans had no money. After paying only one billion pounds, Germany stopped paying reparations.
The United Kingdom, the United States, and Southern Africa certainly don't matter, but Japan will be in big trouble.
For Japan, which is in financial difficulty, it is not an option to keep purchasing industrial raw materials from the United States. After all, Japan’s gold reserves are only so small, and even if they are used to buy raw materials, they will not be enough for Japan to create a “Yamato”.
Therefore, Japan can only expand externally to plunder the industrial raw materials needed for domestic construction.
Now you know why the United States reduced trade with Japan?
It’s not that Americans have a strong conscience.
But the Japanese have no money!
This is what American capitalists are like, and they will never give up until they squeeze out every last penny.
"The prices charged by Americans are too high. A worker's daily salary is 20 US dollars. This is simply robbery!" Satoshi Tsunoda yelled. This was 20 US dollars in the 1930s.
"Can't we do without those American workers? What Americans can do, we Japanese can also do." Nakamura Kuro also didn't expect that Americans have such a big appetite.
That's twenty a day.
Not January 20th.
"No, this is part of our agreement." Tomoya Tsunoda was helpless. The Americans were willing to export offshore oil production technology to Japan on condition that the engineers and workers used to build the oil derricks must be hired from the United States.
After the oil wells are erected in the future, Americans will be hired to operate them.
If parts are damaged and need to be replaced, they must also be purchased from the United States.
It's ok if you have cheap parts.
The key point is that the Americans also set the price of parts and components extremely expensive, with a fractional ratio of about 800%——
In short, the Japanese were tricked to death by the Americans this time.
"Then urge American workers to get there as soon as possible. If this drags on, the interests of American workers will also be harmed." Nakamura Kuro still doesn't realize how hateful Americans are.
"No, American workers have already started calculating their wages from the moment they board the ship, so their interests will not be damaged -" Tsunoda Satoshi's expression was dull. There are indeed reasons for so many lawyers in the United States.