69novels Chapter 346
Chapter 346
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Mainz’s inaugural speech, the full text of the speech was quickly reported to the public and the government by reporters and intelligence agencies of various countries.
To be honest, Mainz’s inaugural speech was very tough in terms of the content of the speech.
If you only look at his speech, it is easy to associate it with war!
Because there are so many words of hatred and war in this speech, it makes people feel that this is not an inaugural speech, but a war manifesto before the outbreak of war!
“Do you think the Hans are really threatening us with war?”
Because Mainz’s inaugural speech was so tough, the British Empire and Gaul had to hold an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the matter. Although there were conflicts between the British Empire and Hans, the conflicts between the two sides were not particularly large in general, at least not to the extent of the Gauls and Hans.
Moreover, Prussia was once a member of the British Empire’s battlefield and one of their allies to contain the Gauls, so the two countries did not oppose each other for too long.
For a British Empire that pursues a continental balance of power policy, they don’t need to make the relationship with a European country so rigid, which is of no benefit to them at all!
Moreover, the main opponent of the British Empire is not Hans but the Eagle Sauce of North America. At this time, if a conflict or even a war breaks out with Hans, it will actually be of no benefit to the
British Empire. The painful lessons of World War I have not been passed for a long time. If there is another war like World War I, which greatly weakens the strength of the British Empire, then the Eagle Sauce of North America will wake up with a smile in their dreams!
“There is no doubt that the Hans are hostile to us, but if we judge that they intend to wage war against us based solely on a speech by Mainz, I think it is an exaggeration!”The
Prime Minister’s chief personal adviser spoke up. In his opinion, it is very normal for the Hans to hate and even resent them, the Sun Never Sets.
After all, as a defeated country in World War I, Hans has reason to hate any country that defeated them. It was these countries that pushed them into the abyss, and then took advantage of their weakness to bully them!
However, Mainz’s identity is not just a soldier. He has now taken office as the president of Hans. That is to say, when he considers issues, he must consider them from a political perspective rather than just a military perspective.
From a political perspective, although Hans has gradually extricated himself from the quagmire of war, But Hans still had not recovered to the peak of the Second Empire at this time. Their navy was far from the High Seas Fleet. If they rashly started a war, Hans would probably suffer the bitter fruit of failure again.
Therefore, Mainz’s speech seemed to be tough, as if he was ready to start a war at any time, but in fact, he was just sending a signal in this speech.
This signal was: Hans would not allow the British Empire and the Gauls to set up a siege around them against Hans!
If the British Empire and the Gauls insisted on doing so, Hans would stop them at all costs, and this cost included starting a war!
“So that’s how it is. As expected, I also think that Mainz is not so impulsive. Although this guy is not very old, he is very cunning and very sophisticated. He is a little fox that is not easy to deal with!”
After hearing the words of his chief advisor, the Prime Minister of the British Empire breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Hans is not going to go to war with them now, it will be fine.
Other things can be tested little by little to test the bottom line and demands of both sides.
Don’t the Hans people allow the British Empire to mess around them?
That doesn’t matter. The two sides can find an opportunity to talk!
Hans has a national security claim, and the British Empire has a claim to maintain world hegemony. The two sides will exchange interests at the negotiating table and then reach an agreement that both sides can agree on. Wouldn’t this turn hostility into friendship?
“Do you think that if we negotiate with the Hans, we can dispel their hostility towards us and postpone or even eliminate the possible outbreak of war?”
The more the Prime Minister thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea. In his opinion, the First World War had proved that war was not only costly and expensive, but also ineffective.
Before World War I, facing the growing expansion needs of the Hans, the British Empire did not negotiate with them or satisfy them. Instead, it chose to join forces with the Gauls and took four years to defeat the Hans! In the four years of war, the British Empire spent tens of billions of pounds and lost millions of people!
The entire country owed a lot of foreign debts and was almost beaten into underwear!
What was the result?
They did destroy the Hans’ high seas fleet and destroyed the Second Empire, making it impossible for the Hans to threaten them for several years!
However, that was all they achieved!
They were only Hans was only suppressed in the first few years. After the military duo Hindenburg and Mainz came to power, Hans quickly began to recover and resumed military expansion and preparation for war. And this time was different from the last time. The last time, Hans and the British Empire had not completely torn their faces apart. Although the two sides disliked each other, they did not have any blood feud!
But this time, the two sides had such a blood feud!
As the defeated Hans, he put all the blame on the Allies for the millions of people lost during the war, the countries that were destroyed, and the accounts of being ridden and pissed on by the Allies after the war. As the boss of the Allies, Hans naturally hated the British Empire!
Under the influence of this hatred, less than five years after the destruction of the High Seas Fleet, Hans’ navy began to rise..
And this time, the warships of the Hans were even ahead of the British Empire. Their warships exceeded the Royal Navy in both tonnage and firepower. It can be said that they surpassed the Royal Navy in quality.
This kind of thing is the first time since the British Empire dominated the world!
Before this, the strength of naval warships of any country has never been comparable to that of the Royal Navy!
It can be said that if the Second Empire before World War I was following the British Empire, then at this time, they have already walked ahead of the British Empire, and it is the turn of the British Empire to follow the Hans!
Therefore, not only did the British Empire fail to solve this huge hidden danger, but they also angered the enemy with their own hands, making it even more difficult to deal with!
In this case, war is a costly thing. Should the means that are not very effective continue to be used? This is a huge question mark!
The people of the Never-Setting Sun are very worried. If they still use war to deal with Hans this time, they will use force to solve their opponents.
But even if they exhaust their energy and spend a huge price to defeat Hans, if Hans rises again in a few years and continues to oppose them as he does now, can they go to war again? Can the
Never-Setting Sun Empire still afford such consumption?
The Prime Minister’s words caused everyone to think. The Never-Setting Sun is essentially a group of businessmen. When they consider problems, they will weigh the gains and losses of interests. If things are not cost-effective and the cost is higher than the benefits obtained, then they will rarely waste time and energy to continue doing it. At this stage, with the rise of Hans and the rapid development of Hans’ navy, many people in the Never-Setting Sun have begun to reflect.
The ideas of these people coincided with the Prime Minister’s point of view.
They all believed that World War I was not cost-effective for the British Empire.
They could have had better means to resolve the threat of Hans, and should not have used a world war that took four years and cost countless people to resolve the conflict between the two countries!
The cost of this war was so huge that it might be equal to the income of the British Empire from its overseas colonies for more than ten years.
The key point is that the British Empire failed to completely eliminate the threat of Hans, which was the most unprofitable thing.
Therefore, many people are thinking, if they had included Hans in the world colonial system dominated by them, let Hans get a share of it, and then consciously maintain and support the colonial system dominated by the British Empire, would the result be different from now?
History does not allow assumptions. The past is over and cannot be undone.
However, now there is another opportunity.���In front of them: facing the new generation of Hans led by Mainz, can they deal with them through negotiation and exchange of interests instead of war?