69novels Chapter 438
Chapter 438
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“Although we now know that Hans’s target may be Jie Ke, we have to respond to Hans’ threat of war!”
“From now on, the Royal Navy will immediately enter a state of combat readiness. All military personnel in the country will stop taking leave. Military factories will immediately start fully to step up the production of various weapons and equipment for the army. The government must also step up the preparation of materials to prepare for a larger-scale war!”
Prime Minister Stanley is still very courageous. Even if the war does not break out in the end, he will prepare according to the worst plan. Otherwise, once the two sides really fight, and they have no preparation, then they will definitely be the one who suffers!
Moreover, if the British Empire launches a war mobilization, it will actually be a deterrent to Hans. If Hans takes the initiative to make concessions after seeing that the British Empire has launched a war mobilization, then it will naturally be a victory for the British Empire!
So Prime Minister Stanley is making preparations for both situations. He is ready to exert extreme pressure!
Before the deadline given by Hans, let the ball be kicked to Hans and let the Hans make the final choice! The fate of the Prime Minister of the British Empire After the order was issued, the entire country of Britain was quickly mobilized. The Royal Navy ended their vacation, left the port, and entered the North Sea region, ready to attack the northwest coastal area of Hans at any time!
Inside Britain, the British Army announced an expansion of its army and air force, and began to set up conscription offices in various cities, towns, and other places, calling on young people to sign up for the army, as if they were going to fight a world war!
At this time, someone revealed the ultimatum that Hans sent to Britain and the ultimatum that Britain had sent to Hans before.
Now, the whole world knows that the two countries have begun to confront each other!
The news that Hans was going to declare war on Britain soon spread throughout the country. The news spread to Europe. After learning of the shocking news, the stock market in Fog City quickly experienced a panic drop. Many wealthy people, worried about the safety of their own lives and property, fled the British mainland with their families to North America, Australia and other places.
There are colonies here, and it is far away from Europe. If they flee here, unless a world war breaks out that affects the whole world, it is difficult for them to be affected here, and their own safety is still guaranteed!
The panic drop in the stock market in Fog City did not affect the stock trading in Gotham City, Eagle Sauce. In the Gotham Stock Exchange, due to the stimulation of the impending war in Europe, a large number of buyers poured into the market and rushed to buy stocks. The purchase of military industry stocks has caused the Eagle Sauce’s stocks to rise by 20% in just a few days, which has increased the decline from 1925 to 1926!
The Europeans are about to go to war again. This news is indeed good news for North America and the Eagle Sauce people.
After all, during the last world war, they took advantage of the Europeans’ busy wars to seize the market worldwide and pour goods all over the world and even Europe. Even now, the Eagle Sauce people still miss it very much!
For the Eagle Sauce people, if Europe fights such a large-scale war again, they are very likely to get rid of the economic crisis with orders from Europe! Since the outbreak of the Eagle Sauce’s economic crisis at the end of 1925, in more than a year, the scope of the Eagle Sauce’s economic crisis has been very wide, and almost all walks of life in the country have been affected.
At this time, at least one person in the Eagle Sauce country has lost his job, and tens of millions of families need to receive government relief to survive!
In order to get a job, people racked their brains and did everything they could. In some places, there were even more than 100 people competing for a government firefighter position. In order to get the government to hire them as firefighters, some people would even take the initiative to set fires and create fires artificially!
This kind of chaos is common across the country. The impact of the economic crisis on the Eagle Sauce is very huge. In 1925, the GDP of the Eagle Sauce dropped from a peak of nearly 100 billion US dollars to less than 70 billion US dollars, a drop of more than 30%!
And there is no sign of an end to this decline. The economic situation in 196 has not improved at all compared to 1925. Even because European countries have raised their tariff levels, it has made it more difficult for Eagle Sauce to sell its products, causing many foreign trade export companies in the Eagle Sauce to go bankrupt!
Some economists estimate that if Eagle Sauce can’t find a good way to solve the economic crisis this year, their GDP this year will drop by another 30% on the basis of last year. In this way, in just two years, the GDP of Eagle Sauce has fallen by nearly 50 billion yuan, and the GDP has been cut in half!
The heavy economic pressure and great social security pressure made President Harding almost breathless. In the past year, he has rarely become diligent. Not only did he not go around flirting with other women, he even rarely left the Kashiwa Palace. He was with his staff almost every day to discuss how to solve the domestic economic crisis! After all,
President Harding is not a screw-lucky man, and even if he is, he can’t solve this serious problem in just one year.
So although President Harding tried very hard to find a solution to the problem, his efforts failed without exception!
Just when President Harding felt dejected and frustrated, news came that a war was about to break out in Europe.
This news made President Harding very excited. He realized that if Europe could really fight, then the Eagle Sauce might be able to take this opportunity to completely get rid of the economic crisis!
Moreover, maybe with this opportunity, they can replace the British Empire and become the new world hegemon!
“This is a good opportunity for us, we must not miss it!”
President Harding was obviously forced into a corner. The current situation in Europe was not very clear. Although the British Empire and Hans issued ultimatums to each other, they did not fight directly. Although they cursed fiercely, no one knew whether they would fight in the end!
At this time, pinning all hopes on the outbreak of war in Europe, and a war with an intensity no less than that of the First World War, was obviously a bit optimistic!
However, the situation in the United States was not very good at this time. The first reaction of everyone after hearing the news was actually no different from that of their own president.
They all hoped that Europe would fight, the fiercer the better, no matter how many countries participated in the war, how many people were affected, and how many soldiers died, these had nothing to do with the United States!
The only thing that mattered to them was the orders from Europe!
“Although they have lost the constraint of the Russian bear, the
British Empire still has Gaul as an ally. In addition, they have many colonies and a large number of allies. If a war really breaks out, I am afraid Hans will suffer!”Guo Wuqing said worriedly. It sounded like he was worried about Hans.
But in fact, he was just worried that Hans would give up fighting the British Empire to the end because he felt he had no chance of winning. This was not what they wanted to see!
So to provoke a war, they must……
“We must help Hans!”
Before Guo Wuqing could express his thoughts, someone else spoke his mind first!
“Hans is alone, without any allies. After the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a thorn appeared in their belly. In this case, the Hans people are not confident enough to fight the British Empire and Gaul to the end. Therefore, we must provide some help to Hans, strengthen their confidence, and let them think that they have allies to rely on. In this way, Hans will dare to fight!”
Since President Harding sent a telegram to Mainz to buy an airship last time, he has a good impression of Hans and Mainz.
So, after hearing this suggestion from his staff, he immediately nodded in agreement.