69novels Chapter 272
Chapter 272
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“Is this guy sure he wants to come?”
Foreign Minister Ribbentrop had just returned from Fog City. The Six-Power Naval Treaty in Fog City had reached its final moment. Fitch Ratings would soon announce the ranking of the strength of each country, and based on this ranking, each country would be able to obtain a naval tonnage quota corresponding to the ranking!
At this last moment, Ribbentrop was worried that he could not control the overall situation, so he hurried back to prepare to listen to Mainz’s instructions.
When he came back, he happened to hear about this matter, so he asked casually.
“The Italians have no choice. Except for us, no other countries around them will support their external expansion. So sooner or later, the Italians will lean on us. Allying with us is Italy’s only choice!”
Mainz saw this matter very clearly. Why did Italy get together with Hans during World War II? In fact, it was because the two countries each needed each other’s help!
The Third Reich of the mustache took a fancy to the Italian navy and hoped that Italy could contain the energy of the British Empire in the Middle East and reduce the pressure on Hans’ homeland.
Italy, on the other hand, took a fancy to the powerful strength of Hans and hoped to get a powerful ally to get them out of the predicament of being surrounded by enemies.
It was because of this wish that the mustache abandoned his disgust for Italy and forgave the Italians’ betrayal in World War I, and the two countries finally came together.
However In this world, Mainz believes that there is a basis for cooperation between Hans and Italy, but there is no possibility of an alliance!
He is very clear about Italy’s level and knows what the consequences of having this ally will be, so he has no interest in forming an alliance with Italy!
However, not forming an alliance with Italy does not mean that they cannot cooperate with Italy.
On the issue of the Balkan Peninsula, Hans and Italy’s interests are consistent, at least for now!
Ribbentrop knew Mainz’s attitude, so he did not continue to ask about this matter. Compared with the Italians in the south, he was obviously more concerned about the Six-Nation Conference in the Fog City.
“General, do you have any information about Fitch’s data?”
This is what Ribbentrop wants to know most, because it was Mainz who proposed to determine the naval quotas of each country based on its strength, and Fitch was also his choice. In this case, he must have his own channels to obtain first-hand information.
And this information is what Ribbentrop needs most at the moment!
“Are you asking about the results of Fitch’s investigation?”
Mainz looked at Ribbentrop and asked.
Ribbentrop nodded. It was nothing new for him to be seen through. He had encountered this several times before. General Mainz seemed to have a special ability and could always easily see through other people’s thoughts!
“I do have the result here. If you want to see it, I can give you a copy. However, the result will not be announced within a week. If you want to see it, you can only see it in my office. You cannot take it out of this office to avoid leaks. Do you understand?”
Mainz can trust Ribbentrop because he was promoted by himself. He has always been a person who does not doubt people and does not doubt people. Since he is a confidant promoted by himself, he naturally does not doubt his loyalty.
But not doubting Ribbentrop does not mean giving him unconditional trust. After all, Ribbentrop can keep his mouth shut, but what about the people around him?
Maybe there are other countries lurking around him?
“Thank you, General. I’ll stop here!”
Ribbentrop’s expression became serious. Since General Mainz said so, it means that the information is indeed very important.
As for why he didn’t let him take it out to read, Ribbentrop knew it very well. He was probably worried that someone on his side would leak the information and leak it to other countries!
Although the three countries of the British Empire, Hans and Eagle Sauce can obtain first-hand information through their own channels, the other three countries do not have such good means, so they will find ways to obtain information from the three countries that know the information in advance, namely the British Empire, Hans and Eagle Sauce!
After all, if they really wait until Fitch announces the results of the investigation, it would be too passive, and the time left for them would be too short!
In order to gain as much benefit as possible for themselves, various countries will do whatever it takes. It can be done!
Therefore, Ribbentrop did not think much about General Mainz’s cautious approach. He did not suspect that Mainz was doubting his loyalty or something.
After seeing Ribbentrop’s serious attitude, Mainz handed him a thick document.
This document is the number that Fitch spent almost half a year on after conducting in-depth and comprehensive investigations in various countries. Although this number may still have some flaws, the accuracy should be very high!
This survey result can accurately reflect the national strength of the six most powerful countries in the world today. Based on these data, the strength of each country can be roughly ranked!
Ribbentrop took a deep breath, opened the thick document, and then read it attentively!
What is recorded in this document is very It is very detailed, not only counting the population, land area, number of troops and many other data of each country.
And it also conducts specific analysis on these statistical data!
Taking Hans as an example, after investigation, Fitch determined that Hans’ current total population is 81.2487 million, of which the total number of elderly people over 60 years old has reached 7.6897 million, and the proportion of elderly people exceeds 9.46%, which is the country with the highest proportion of elderly people among all countries!
Based on the proportion of elderly people, Fitch deducted points for population when judging Hans’ national strength.
In contrast to Hans, the number of elderly people in North America is relatively small, but the number of young people is large, so part of the score of the Eagle Sauce was also deducted, because there are too many children who are unable to work and cannot become workers immediately, but They will consume social necessities, and adults will need to take care of them, so they will become a burden on the family and the country, consuming a lot of support fees, so they will also be deducted!
Among the populations counted by Fitch, the valuable population mainly refers to adult men and women. The value of men is higher than that of women. The more adult men there are, the higher the score!
Except for Hans and Eagle Sauce, the total population of the other four countries does not exceed 60 million, so even after deductions, the two countries still score higher than other countries in terms of population!
Among them, Eagle Sauce scored a full 100 points with a total population of 103 million. Based on Eagle Sauce, in the scoring of other countries, Hans scored 82 points, the sun never sets scored 63 points, Gaul scored 60 points, Foot Basin scored 59 points, and Italy scored 43 points.
It can be seen that except for Hans and Eagle Sauce, the scores of other countries in this area are basically the same. The main reason why the sun never sets and Gaul scored higher than Foot Basin and Italy is that they have a large number of colonies and can requisition the population of the colonies, so they have a slight advantage over Italy and Foot Basin, which do not have many colonies.
The reason why the score of Jiaoben is not too far behind is that the population of Jiaoben is over 53 million, and it is still increasing rapidly. In addition, they have two colonies, and the population of the colonies adds up to more than 2.4 million, and they are all Confucian civilization populations, so their utilization is relatively high, so their score ranks fifth!
Italy is the worst, with a native population of less than 40 million and no colonies, so the score is far behind other countries!
After the population, the score of the land area is taken into account. This score will take into account many factors such as total area, cultivated land area and usable area.
Moreover, Fitch’s judgment also includes the area of the colonies, but the area of the colonies must be discounted and weighted according to the utilization value.
Hans has a relatively small land area. After the annexation of Audili, it is only 650,000 square kilometers, and there are no colonies, so they are at a disadvantage in this area!
It is quite surprising that the highest score is from Britain rather than the British Empire. However, considering that the British Empire’s homeland is only 240,000 square kilometers, while Britain’s homeland is 9.57 million square kilometers, of which 1.57 million square kilometers are plains, it is not surprising that Britain got the first place with such a huge gap!
However, the vast colonies of the British Empire still brought them a lot of blessing. In terms of the total score, Britain once again got a full score of 100 points, and the British Empire got the second highest score of 84 with its numerous colonies. The
Gauls had a large number of colonies in North Africa and also in Asia, so they got the third score with 68 points. Italy and China both have large mountainous areas. Italy at least has some plains located on the southern foot of the Alps, so Italy���Li scored more than Jiaoben, they got 43 points, Jiaoben only 38 points! After only looking at two items, Ribbentrop’s forehead broke out in cold sweat. He found that the advantages of Eagle Sauce compared to other countries were too great!
This country was born with the capital to become a superpower!
PS: Due to special reasons, it may not be updated tomorrow. Today, two more chapters will be added, starting with 20,000 words! _Feilu reminds you: Three things to do when reading-