bookpower Chapter 293
Chapter 293
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At this time, the butterfly effect brought about by the appearance of Mainz has begun to show.
In the original history, the Eagle Sauce did not realize that its strength surpassed other countries until the Second World War and it was the world’s leading superpower. And the sun never sets only realized that it was no longer the omnipotent world hegemon after being beaten by the Third Reich in the Second World War!
But all of this was shattered by a ranking list of various countries’ strength made by Mainz!
The Eagle Sauce recognized its own strength twenty years in advance.
And the sun never sets also realized that its position as the world hegemon was shaky twenty years in advance!
So, the sun never sets began to have a crisis. They changed their national policy and regarded the Eagle Sauce in North America as their biggest enemy!
And this change completely affected the world’s pattern!
For a time, the world became a little strange to Mainz!
“Based on the intelligence we have now and the development of the international situation, I believe that the possibility of a maritime conflict between the United States and the British Empire is increasing!”
“So, how likely is it that a world war will break out?”
Because the changes in the international situation have deviated from the original history, Mainz summoned a group of his trusted subordinates and held a secret meeting in a private estate in Wolfsburg. The participants in this meeting were all members of the Forward Party, all of whom were loyal to Mainz, so Mainz didn’t mind revealing some things to them. After all, he needed the wisdom of these people to help him predict and deal with what would happen next!
“It is estimated that the world war will not break out in a short time. At least before President Harding steps down, the world war is impossible!”
Everyone expressed their opinions.
Mainz listened quietly on the side without speaking. He wanted to hear more of these people’s opinions. After all, they are the people of this era, so their opinions should represent the general opinions of other people in this era. These are for reference. Mainz himself is a time traveler, so it is difficult for him to put himself into the role of this era, so he often has a feeling of God’s perspective when looking at things!
“I agree with what Ribbentrop said. President Harding was really a weirdo. Although the Eagle Sauce had such powerful strength, he behaved like a house slave and had no ambition to make progress. Not long ago, he even let the US occupy the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific!”
The dispute between the British Empire and the United States over the islands in the Pacific Ocean is no longer news. The two countries have been fighting for these islands. Because the United States developed earlier than the United States, the United States had the upper hand at the beginning. They occupied a large number of islands in the North Pacific, such as the Shen Islands and the Hawaiian Islands.
But the United States came from behind and their external expansion was much larger. Their main infiltration direction was the South Pacific and the northern part of Oceania. The islands here have now fallen into the hands of the United States.
These islands were not originally large in area, and the resources on them were not particularly rich.
There were only some local indigenous people living on them, so from an economic point of view, the value of these islands was not very large.
However, the military value of these islands is very important.
To the west of these islands is the United States’ only colony in the Pacific Ocean – the Philippines.
This place was snatched from the hands of the British Empire in the war with the British Empire!
The Philippines is located in Southeast Asia, which is too far away from the United States, so the British Empire is also very worried about the safety here.
Since 1905, the Eagle Sauce has been strengthening its defense here and has sent a large number of troops to the Philippine Islands.
However, the transportation line between the Philippine Islands and the Eagle Sauce mainland is too long, and this long transportation line is almost separated by these islands in the Central Pacific. Therefore, for the Eagle Sauce, these inconspicuous islands are actually very important. If they cannot control these islands, then the Philippine Islands will definitely fall.
What’s more terrible is that once the foot basins gain a foothold on these islands, they will open the pace of expansion to Oceania. According to Hans’s intelligence, there are a lot of iron mines in Oceania. Once the foot basins get these iron mines, their factories will be able to fire at full power, and production capacity will definitely get a qualitative leap!
By then, the foot basin with a population of more than 50 million, even if its industrial strength is not as good as that of the Eagle Sauce, will not be as big as it is now!
President Harding turned a blind eye to this terrible consequence, without any sense of crisis, which makes people have to doubt his ability. How did he become the president of the Eagle Sauce?
“The First World War dealt a heavy blow to the ambitions of the Eagle Sauce.
The old Western European powers actually looked down on the Eagle Sauce from the bottom of their hearts and did not want to play with the Eagle Sauce.
That’s why they kicked the Eagle Sauce away at the Eiffel Tower Conference.
The Eagle Sauce, who was treated like this, naturally had no enthusiasm for the world order presided over by Western European countries, especially the British Empire.
They themselves had no way to challenge this order, so they could only close the door and show an uncooperative attitude!
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Mainz’s point of view is as sharp as ever, and his analysis of the Eagle Sauce’s mentality is very thorough.
Before World War I, the Eagle Sauce was like a young man who practiced martial arts at home, learned a lot of skills and planned to go down the mountain to make a name for himself and make everyone look at him with admiration. He had not seen the cruelty of the world and the ugly faces of various countries.
So, they went down the mountain with great expectations, worked hard for the landlords, paid a huge price, and helped the landlords drive away the enemy. They thought they could get the respect of the landlords and share some spoils, but the landlords looked down on them and kicked them in the face when distributing the fruits of victory. They kicked it!
Anyone would doubt their life if they were hit like this, let alone the Eagle Sauce who paid the price of nearly 500,000 casualties!
After the end of World War I, there was a voice in the Eagle Sauce country that many people thought that their participation in the war was the stupidest decision, because their efforts were not rewarded at all, so many people swore that no matter how fierce and large the war broke out in Europe in the future, they did not want to get involved, and let the Europeans fight to figure it out!
Under this social sentiment, President Harding’s isolationism can be said to be in line with public opinion, so it is normal for him to be elected president!
“However, even if the Eagles are not enterprising, they still have a bottom line. Their bottom line is that their sphere of influence cannot be invaded by other countries, and the Eagles’ sphere of influence is quite large. North America and South America, including their colonies, are all their sphere of influence. I think if the British Empire touches these reverse scales of the Eagles in the future, war may still break out!”
After listening to Mainz’s words, everyone nodded, and the man with a mustache asked,”What impact does this have on us? What kind of plan do we need to make?”
Looking at the eager eyes of the man with a mustache, Mainz smiled and said,”The British Empire is an ally of the Gauls and their main support. It is a sure thing for us to fight the Gauls, because Gaul is on the European continent. As long as our army enters the Iron Tower City, the Gauls will wave white flags to welcome our arrival!”
After hearing this, everyone laughed. The Gauls are indeed a soft persimmon that can be squeezed, but General Mainz’s words are a bit cruel. After all, the Gauls were still very brave in the First World War. They paid such heavy casualties, but they still fought to the death and finally persisted to the end and won the victory.
“You mean, our future combat target is the Gauls in the west!”
The mustache man’s eyes lit up, clenched his fists, stood up, and asked excitedly!
“No, Gaul is just our first target!”
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