The Chileans certainly welcomed Emperor Yang's proposal. In fact, at this time, their financial resources could no longer sustain the construction of the two battleships. The Argentine participation in the war caused extremely serious panic in South America, especially Brazil and Brazil, which had border issues with them.
Chile. More than 200,000 Argentine troops were armed under the banner of going to Europe to join the war, forcing these two countries to expand their armies on a large scale. No one can guarantee whether the Argentines will fight with the support of the Allies once the Allies win the war.
The two neighboring countries started to take action. Chile, in particular, was the most nervous. Brazil was better off after all, its population was four times that of Argentina, and the border problems between the two sides were not big. This was enough to curb the Argentinian ambitions towards Brazil.
But Chile can't. The country's population is not as large as Argentina's, and it has been quite troubled internally in recent years. With the development of science and technology, more and more people want their saltpeter. If it hadn't been for this war, the entire saltpeter market would have been completely wiped out.
Germany's synthetic ammonia and China's petrochemical products have squeezed out the market. Compared with them, Argentina has much stronger financial resources and war mobilization capabilities, so Chile must make early plans.
The army's large-scale expansion will definitely take up their already small military expenditures. With their financial resources, it would be good to delay the construction of the two battleships for another three years. Of course, they welcome such a good deal now, although the Hongwu-class battleships
The cruiser is one level weaker than the Kunlun-class battleship in terms of firepower and protection capabilities, but the 35-knot high speed is very suitable for a country like Chile with a coastline of 5,000 kilometers, and even the nine 280 main guns can be used against it.
The Kunlun-class battleship is not without the ability to fight.
In this way, the two battleships originally ordered by the Chilean Navy became two battle cruisers, two battle cruisers that could be delivered immediately. Shortly after the contract was changed, the two battleships had just been completed in Sweden. They were planning to return to China to install the latest fire control system.
The battle cruiser was urgently equipped with an export version of the centralized fire control system, and then drove directly to Valparaiso, Chile, driven by shipyard employees.
At this time, the British army also began to land in Italy in large numbers. At the same time, at the urging of Germany and Austria, Greece and Montenegro declared war on the United Kingdom. In fact, they had fought the British army many times, but they had not officially declared war.
Shortly after the declaration of war, two fast battleships of the Greek Navy engaged the British escort fleet in the southern part of Corsica. These two high-speed battleships with a speed of 32 knots used their 24-gun 280 guns with a crazy rate of fire.
mm main gun, successively sank two old British battleships, and then sailed away in front of the two British battle cruisers. This battle not only won honor for the Greek Navy, but also made them become the real British battleships.
of enemies.
Because of the failure of this naval battle, the British domestic criticism of France increased. After all, the reason why their old battleships took the risk to participate in the escort was mainly because the four French battleships of the French Navy were on the sidelines. In the past, they were the unlucky Italians who were on the sidelines.
People, the British people turned a blind eye, but now the unlucky one is the British Navy, and the British will definitely quit. In order to take care of the mood of their allies, the French Navy had to coquettishly leave the Port of Toulon, but they have no interest in running away
When arriving at Taranto to relieve the siege of Italy, even if two British battle cruisers are added, there is no hope against six Combined Forces class ships. Therefore, after the French fleet leaves port, it is only responsible for ensuring sea control in the Western Mediterranean and protecting those entering from the Strait of Gibraltar.
British merchant ship.
Of course, this is totally fine for the British. With the addition of these four Guba-class battleships, the Greek naval operations immediately converged a lot, the safety of maritime transportation was guaranteed to the maximum extent, and the British Army began to continuously invest in the Italian battlefield.
, the situation can be said to be extremely dangerous, and Taranto is finally safe.
After an entire army group was committed to the battlefield in southern Italy, the Greek-Henan coalition fighting here immediately couldn't hold on. This huge army, with a total of 350,000 people left after casualties, had to give up the capture of Taranto.
The intended target began to turn around and attack north. At the same time, the Austro-Hungarian Sixth Army continued to move south along the eastern coast of Italy. The Italians did not have much strength in this area, so how could they withstand the attack from both sides? Soon
The three armies of Ossi and Hei have completed their rendezvous in the Italian port city of Spekara.
However, at the same time, the British army, which was closely behind the Greek-Hero coalition, also drove over, and was blocked by the O-Chicago coalition in the south of Pescara. The Italian front line was basically stabilized.
Starting from the French-Italian border along the Apennine Mountains and heading south to Pescara, the British-Italian coalition blocked the six armies of the four German, Austrian, Greek and Black armies. In addition, there was a French army in the Alps that was in a stalemate with a German army.
, nearly four million people are fighting on this long front, and no one has the ability to break through the other side's defense line.
But in general, the war situation was still unfavorable to the Allies, especially after Italy lost almost all its industrial centers. In order to supply their half-hearted army of 1.5 million, it greatly hindered the financial resources of the Allies, mainly the British.
, on the other hand, after successfully taking over industrial cities such as Milan and Turin in northern Italy, the military-industrial capabilities of the Allies have been greatly improved. The poor British now understand what is a burden.
"The British have been squeezed dry, and now we can only look to Nicholas." Emperor Yang stared at the world map like a conspirator, looking for a breakthrough for the Allies to completely reverse the war situation.
At this time, it is true that only Nikolai is left with some remaining strength. Although the Russian army has suffered the most casualties so far, with a total of more than 5 million casualties. Of course, this refers to the army. Neither the Entente nor the Central Powers have.
Calculate their civilian casualties. In addition, Nicholas still maintains more than 5 million troops on the Eastern Front, which means that he has mobilized a total of 10 million troops so far. This number is terrifying, but considering that Russia
With a population of 150 million, this number is not a big deal.
Britain and France, with a population of 30 million, both deployed 6 million troops. Compared with these two countries, it is obvious that Russia still has more people. Even though they have lost the most land and population, they are just like a woman's breasts.
There will always be crowding.
"Loan?" Just when Emperor Yang was worrying about the victory of the Allied Powers, Her Majesty the Empress of the Russian Empire visited China again and made him a request that was difficult to refuse in bed.
"Isn't this bad? Although based on the relationship between us, if you are short of money in normal times, it would be just a sentence to give me 120 million, but at this time, you have to borrow 1 billion all at once. What if you give up?
If William knows, it will be difficult for me to behave in the future." Emperor Yang said awkwardly.
"Hurry up and tell me the conditions!" Her Majesty the Queen said contemptuously while playing with little Yang Feng.
Now that this is the case, Emperor Yang naturally can no longer put on pretense.
"I can get a loan and give me your colony in Japan." He said with a smile.
"That was obtained with the blood of one hundred thousand Russian warriors." Queen Alexandra said.
"The one hundred thousand Russian warriors are just one hundred thousand gray cattle. Besides, that colony has no meaning to you now. It can neither increase your wealth nor bring any benefit to your strategic layout. Moreover,
We still have to maintain an army of 100,000 people to defend against the Japanese. What’s the point of keeping it any longer? Do you know how much pressure I’m under from domestic public opinion for you? Now even Chinese primary school students know about the Russian naval base in Aomori.
, is now the biggest maritime threat around China. Besides, Nikolai’s ancestors also stole so much land from China. Everyone knows that stabbing Nikolai in the back at this time is in China’s best interests.
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If it weren't for the feelings between us, to be honest, it would be perfectly fine for William and I to destroy Russia in one direction and the other. Needless to say, the whole east of the Ural River belongs to me, and the whole west of the Dnieper River belongs to him, and then the middle part is left for
We did the buffer zone and William had absolutely no input there.
I gave up such a good business for you. Now I just want a small piece of colony. It would be too hurtful for you to resist. Do you know that some people in our country have already regarded me as a historical person?
Those emperors who were seduced by vixens are compared to each other." Emperor Yang said with a dissatisfied look on his face.
What he said is true, because he has always provided arms to Russia behind the scenes. Some knowledgeable people in the country have indeed begun to be dissatisfied. After all, strength determines ambition. Now China's strength has made many people ambitious, and there is a call to take back the Far East.
It has been increasing, but Emperor Yang is always so entangled with a woman, which is very disappointing to them.
"Okay, I think Nicholas will consider it." Queen Alexandra hesitated and said.
It is a very good idea to give Russia some loans. Otherwise, it would be very worrying if Nikolai would always be unclear about William on the Eastern Front. Since he came to lend money, it means that he still wants to continue the war.
It is understandable. After all, he has lost more land so far. Even if he has an armistice with William at the cost of betraying Britain and France, places like Poland, Moldavia, and Lithuania will definitely not come back, including Ukraine and Belarus.
The land lost in this area of the west is mysterious.
Especially in Ukraine, after the German and Austrian occupation of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people's resistance to the invaders that Nicholas expected did not appear. On the contrary, a large number of Ukrainians ran to join the Allies. This shows that he is playing the role of the father of the Ukrainian people.
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