Chapter 301: The Fog in London(2/2)
But on the other hand, despite Japan's statement that it would "not attack Chinese areas outside the German-occupied areas." Faced with the stalemate on the Jiao'ao battlefield, it did not hesitate to mobilize the main force of the navy to form an army for use in Jiangsu.
Open up a new battlefield, thereby breaking the passive situation on the Jiao'ao battlefield, further expanding the sphere of influence in China, and taking advantage of the fact that European countries are unable to curb their ambitions to establish a "dominant position" in China. They even do not hesitate to use secret negotiations with Germany as a bargaining chip to force
Britain made concessions on the China issue.
"I don't dare what the Chinese used to sink the Japanese warships, but at least now, we don't need to sacrifice our own interests for Japan. I've long had enough of the ambitions of those damn Japanese!"
In front of Roush George, Churchill did not hide his antipathy towards the Japanese at all. To be precise, this antipathy was caused by Japan's infinitely expanding ambitions.
"In the past, what we worried about was that Japan would turn to the Allies and Germany, and then their fleet would turn the Pacific and Indian Ocean into Japanese lakes, so we had to sacrifice British interests, but now, the damn Japanese fleet is being used by China
The sinking of the enemy not only prevented us from making further concessions to Japan's ambitions, but more importantly, at least for the next six to ten years, we will not need to consider Japan's maritime threats!"
As Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill naturally knew that before the war, although there was a "Japan-British Alliance", in fact that alliance treaty had already existed. Because of the serious differences between the two countries in Asia and the China issue, the Japan-British alliance had already
On the verge of rupture.
"It can be said with certainty that for Britain, after the war in Europe is over, we will have to face the challenge of Japan in Asia and the Far East, and now, the Japanese who have their teeth pulled out do not have ten years to
It would be impossible for their navy to return to pre-war levels, and this bought Britain valuable time. Before the end of the war, the Far East could maintain a relatively stable situation that was extremely beneficial to Britain."
After saying that, Churchill quickly added another sentence.
"The only pity is that after Japan lost its fleet, we can no longer get maritime support from Japan. However, even if there was no defeat in the Yellow Sea, how likely would Japan be to send their fleet to Europe? So, instead of letting them use the fleet to blackmail
Britain might as well be sunk by the Chinese like it is now!"
After Churchill expressed his views, Foreign Secretary Gray spoke.
"Now both the Chinese and Japanese are trying to end the war, and this is when Britain exerts its influence in the Far East. It also makes the two countries realize that British influence will not be affected in any way because of the war.
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After a pause, Gray looked at the Prime Minister and said.
"Perhaps, we can also receive unexpected gains. Judging from this conflict, I think the squadron is fully capable of winning the defense mission. Maybe, we can consider it!"
"Chinese? Are you kidding me?"
Churchill immediately exclaimed, with a hint of mockery on his face.
"Those opium ghosts, do they know how to fight?"
Chapter completed!