2255 The British will not surrender until the last drop of Indian blood has been shed
No matter how big a country is, it will perish if it is warlike. This is the valuable experience left by our ancestors.
Having a long history has such advantages. Too many things have happened over the past thousands of years. Many things have already happened in history. Our ancestors have stepped out of trouble for us. We cannot let our ancestors go in vain.
Southern Africa benefited greatly from the two world wars. Americans were jealous to death and wanted a piece of the pie but couldn't find the right way. Compared with the United States, European countries trusted Southern Africa more. The United States could only choose Germany and Japan.
And now Russian betting.
The trust of Britain and France in Southern Africa was not easily gained. During the last World War, Southern Africa organized a million-strong expeditionary force to go to Europe to participate in the war. They aided the Allies regardless of the cost and united Britain and France to defeat Germany. This was the basis of trust.
In this world war, southern Africa did not join the war immediately. This has a lot to do with the appeasement policy of Britain and France before the war.
Neither the British nor the French are worried about German expansion, and naturally southern Africa will not come out for Austria and Poland.
After France stopped resisting, Southern Africa joined the war and once again became the savior of European countries.
When Southern Africa entered the war, the United States was still selling war supplies to Germany and Japan for trade profits.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Americans to gain the trust of European countries.
Winston's trip to the United States fully proves this point.
Winston's trip to southern Africa did not go well, which made Winston very angry.
What makes Winston even more angry is that the United States has made more excessive demands than southern Africa.
The United States can increase aid to the United Kingdom, but requires the United Kingdom to open the Commonwealth to the United States and allow the United States to participate in the management of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. It also hopes that the United Kingdom will send its gold reserves to the United States, and it also hopes that the United Kingdom will use the United States as a government in exile.
first choice.
These requests were so excessive that Winston dared not agree to any of them.
If the United Kingdom opens the Commonwealth to the United States, then the Commonwealth may simply disintegrate. The influx of southern African goods has seriously affected the interests of the British Empire. If American goods continue to influx, the market share of British companies will be completely divided.
Britain can allow southern Africa to become independent, voluntarily give up Halifax, and even sell Changi Naval Base to southern Africa, but it will never give up the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.
The Mediterranean is Britain's bottom line and must be protected. It is clearly an extraterritorial country, but despite the opposition of France and Italy, it claims to have core interests in the Mediterranean. The Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal control exports from the Mediterranean to the left and the Americans want to participate in management.
It's a dream.
Rock and Winston still have a tacit understanding.
Britain's ability to hold the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal relied heavily on the help of southern Africa. The process of the North African campaign proved that without the assistance of southern Africa, Britain might have been completely defeated in North Africa.
Even so, Roark had no idea of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.
It’s not that I don’t want to, but it’s not time yet. The British Empire is now a centipede and can still struggle for more than ten years. Southern Africa cannot fall out with Britain just yet.
As for Britain's gold reserves, a large part of them have now been sent to southern Africa as loan collateral. If the Americans want gold, they have to ask the southern Africans if they agree.
It has been mortgaged once and cannot be mortgaged again. There is no shortage of gold in southern Africa, but not a gram is redundant.
In fact, the above is not without room for discussion. What really makes Winston angry is the government-in-exile.
When the Battle of Britain was at its most tense, Winston never considered abandoning the British mainland and forming a government in exile abroad.
Winston did not say anything, but in fact he was already on guard. If he really lost the Battle of Britain and could not stop the German invasion, then forming a government in exile would be the last option.
Even if it were to be formed, the United Kingdom would not choose the United States or Southern Africa. Canada or Australia would be a better choice. These two are still members of the Commonwealth.
However, the trip to the United States was not fruitless. When Winston was in the United States, he was surprised to find that Southern African capital has penetrated the United States to an astonishing degree. Many large companies in the United States have shares of Southern African capital, such as Ford, DuPont,
Rockefeller Oil, as well as some major companies established in recent years, have the shadow of southern African capital.
This situation is very serious. Every dollar earned by an American company must be distributed to the Southern African capital behind it. Whether the Americans become the final winner or Southern Africa dominates, Southern African capital will win the final victory.
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This aspect is represented by Goldman Sachs and Citibank.
The first content of Roosevelt's New Deal was to rectify the banking and financial industries, ordering the banking industry to suspend business for rectification and gradually restore bank credit.
Goldman Sachs and Citigroup were the first U.S. banks to resume operations.
Goldman Sachs received a capital injection from Rand Bank, and Citibank was backed by the Rhodes family. These two banks developed rapidly after the Great Depression, and their business volume increased to a new level. The only companies in the United States that can compete with Goldman Sachs and Citibank are
Lower Morgan family.
The Morgan family has also had a hard time in the past few years. U.S. Steel was forced to surrender to the Favalte Steel Group, AT&T was involved in a patent dispute with a communications company in Southern Africa, and Morgan Bank was jointly attacked by Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
The market share of the United States has declined year by year in recent years.
Communication companies in southern Africa are cooperating with scientific research institutions to develop communication satellites that can be used for communication relay. Once this work is completed, AT&T will completely fall behind.
Alvin was very concerned about Winston's trip to the United States. Winston was still in Australia, so Brad's office began to make targeted arrangements.
Winston's every move while in the United States was under the control of Brad's office. Where Winston went every day, who he met, and even the breakfast menu would appear on Alvin's desk the next day.
Alvin was not satisfied with this, because he did not know the content of the conversation between Winston and the American dignitaries, and the agents in Brad's office were not so powerful.
After staying in the United States for a week, Winston headed to Canada, which was the last stop of Winston's global tour.
Winston did not go to Ottawa, but went directly to Halifax. He wanted to determine how serious Canada's dependence on southern Africa was.
After the Second Boer War, Britain began to strategically shrink. In 1905, the British army withdrew from Halifax, and Canada lost the protection of the British army.
Canada is so vast and sparsely populated that it has no ability to protect itself.
The Americans noticed the decline of the British Empire and tried to increase their influence on Canada. Canada therefore requested help from Southern Africa, which was still within the Commonwealth at the time. The Southern African military took advantage of the situation and made Halifax one of the home ports of the Atlantic Fleet.
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Thirty years have passed since the southern African army stationed in Halifax.
Southern Africa has carried out extensive construction projects in Halifax, surrounding the military port and air force base, turning Halifax into a huge city. About 300,000 people live here, of which more than 100,000 are family members of the troops stationed in Southern Africa.
In 1919, the Canadian government signed an agreement with Southern Africa to lease land around Halifax to Southern Africa. The area of Halifax expanded five times.
In 1930, Halifax expanded again to include two nearby islands.
These two points in time were chosen just right. The first time was just after the world war, and the second time was during the economic crisis. The British government was too busy to take care of itself and was unable to give Canada more protection. Canada had to deepen its ties with southern Africa to ensure that
Not threatened by the United States.
"The arrival of the Atlantic Fleet has brought a brand new Halifax, and the entire province of Nova Scotia has benefited from this. With the protection of the Atlantic Fleet in Southern Africa, we can focus more on improving economic construction.
"To provide Canadians with a better life, we can also provide more help to the United Kingdom." Canadian Prime Minister William King meant something profound, and Winston could hear the sarcasm in William King's words.
The abandonment of Canada by the British Empire is not the end of the world for Canada. Southern Africa can provide better protection for Canada. Not only does it not require Canada to bear military expenditures, but it can also increase tax revenue for the Canadian government. This, in addition, further highlights the United Kingdom.
The incompetence of this sovereign state.
Do you feel ashamed that the once extremely powerful British Empire has been governed by people like you to the point it is today?
Are you ashamed?
Winston's face was so gloomy that he could shed tears, but he had nothing to say.
Winston was a former Lord of the Admiralty, so he naturally knew something about Halifax, a once important naval base.
It was just an understanding, not familiarity. Winston had only seen Halifax in photos before.
The Halifax in front of me is completely different from the Halifax in the photos.
The low and dilapidated naval base has now disappeared. After the Atlantic Fleet stationed in Halifax, a new naval base was built on the basis of the previous base, with more advanced facilities, better services, and a larger scale.
After 1919, the naval base was expanded again, and a new pier was built next to it to accommodate civilian ships.
In the following ten years, Halifax developed rapidly, the city continued to expand, and the base was surrounded by many high-rise buildings, which caused a lot of troubles to the operation of the base. In the 30 years, the Atlantic Fleet was planning to move the naval base from Halifax to Halifax.
The reason for Fax's move was to sign a new lease agreement with the Canadian government.
Now Halifax has completely turned into a prosperous city. After the naval base was moved, the anchorage of the warships was also moved to nearby islands. The Halifax city government transformed the former naval base into a maritime paradise.
Only three decommissioned warships have been preserved and transformed into memorials and museums.
After the outbreak of the World War, the battleship "West Africa" of the Atlantic Fleet was transferred to the Indian Ocean Fleet. The battleship "Congo" is expected to be decommissioned after the war and will definitely be converted into a museum. Halifax is competing with the Bay of Whales. I hope
Can the Congo be left in Halifax?
Whale Bay is also one of the homeports of the Atlantic Fleet and is also eligible to compete for the "Congo".
"After the war is over, Canada can gain a greater degree of autonomy. At that time, the United Kingdom may bring Canada back into the defense circle. The United Kingdom has always regarded Canada as its most important component." Winston
Now there are only so many chips left.
Like Australia, Canada was also ineffective in this world war.
The Australians' inability to work can also be attributed to the threat of war on the Australian mainland, but there is no threat of war on the Canadian mainland, and German submarines are unable to break through the joint blockade of the Royal Navy and the Allied fleets.
Still at the outbreak of the war, two German submarines broke through the Royal Navy blockade and entered the Atlantic Ocean. Several Canadian merchant ships were attacked and sunk by German submarines.
The two submarines were quickly sunk by the light cruisers of the Atlantic Fleet. After that, the Royal Navy increased its patrols, and the Atlantic Fleet also focused on anti-submarine warfare. After 1941, German submarines never appeared in the Canadian waters again.
Pass.
Winston knew that Canadians were very dissatisfied with London. During the last World War, the Canadian government used Canadians' refusal to perform military service as an excuse to provide far less assistance to Britain than Australia.
It was the same this time. After the outbreak of the European War, Canada only sent four divisions to the United Kingdom to assist in the defense. Since then, no Canadian troops have arrived in the United Kingdom.
"I'm sorry, Prime Minister, Canada has already been abandoned by the United Kingdom once. We still remember the pain of being abandoned, and we don't want to feel it again." William King directly refused and re-entered the defense circle, and may also——
No need, Canada is now within the defensive perimeter of southern Africa and does not need the protection of the Royal Navy.
The Royal Navy cannot even protect the British mainland, and the powerful fleet in the Great Air Battle of Britain is of no use at all. If Canada pins its hopes on the Royal Navy, it may die without knowing how.
Winston looked at William King with angry eyes.
William King's eyes were firm and he was determined not to give in.
"Let's leave this issue to the imperial meeting at the end of the year." Winston's heart was bleeding, his people were scattered, and it was difficult to lead the team.
I don’t know what the situation will be like at the Imperial Conference at the end of the year.
Australia has now made it clear that it embraces southern Africa.
Canada is also at odds with the British Empire. Needless to say, those small countries are just outsiders and will help whoever wins.
It seems that the most loyal country is India!
India——
Winston's attitude towards India has never wavered. During the last World War, when India's grain production decreased, the British transferred more Indian grain to the British mainland, resulting in a famine in India and the death of 20 million people.
When the British Air War was at its most tense, Winston said while chatting with his friends: The British would never surrender until the last drop of Indian blood was shed.
