The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 816

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: 0.040s Scan: 0.124sAfter several days of heated discussions, the Foot Basin finally agreed to the request of the Sun Never Sets and promised to send a fleet to the Atlantic to fight the Third Reich.

Of course, it is not completely costless to get the Foot Basin to agree to the request of the Sun Never Sets and the Eagle Sauce. The Foot Basin people put forward their own requirements!

“Open up mining rights in Western Australia and allow mining companies to explore minerals and mine iron ore locally!”

“Let the Eagles withdraw from Midway Island and hand it over to the Foot Basin Army to serve as a transit station on their march?”

After receiving the response from the Foot Basin, Chukir’s attention was immediately attracted by these two requests.

“It’s not over yet. The Foot Basin people also demanded a port concession on Hawaii Island for the transportation of supplies, and also asked the Eagle Sauce to open the Panama Canal, where they want to stockpile supplies!”

Arthur Henderson, the British Foreign Secretary, added, and then said:”I think the Foot Basin people want to take advantage of the opportunity that the Eagle Sauce is caught in the war and the homeland is invaded to expand their own power. They even want to get involved in the Panama Canal and completely control the Pacific Ocean!”

Chukir nodded in agreement. He could see the ambition of the Foot Basin!

“A few decades ago, Jiaoben was still very weak. In order to go to war with the Qing Dynasty and the Russian Bear, they borrowed a lot of money from us and purchased a large number of warships from us. But who could have imagined that in just twenty years, Jiaoben had grown to this point. At this time, after our Royal Navy suffered two major defeats in the Battle of the North Sea and the Battle of the Mediterranean, only one tenth of it remained, and its strength was seriously damaged!”

“The Eagle Sauce’s navy was trapped by the Third Reich’s aggressive offensive at sea, and had to transfer all its fleets in the Pacific to the Atlantic to participate in the war. This led to the Pacific region’s navy becoming dominated by the Foot Basin. Their combined fleet ranked fourth in the world at most before the war, lagging behind our British Empire, the Third Reich and the Eagle Sauce, but at this time, their strength has surpassed us and has become the existence we look up to!”

Chukiel’s tone was very emotional, thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west!

The obedient little brother who followed behind the British Empire has now grown to this point. Their navy has even surpassed the British Empire’s navy, which has forced the British Empire to look at the Foot Basin’s face!

If the main force of the British Empire’s Royal Navy was still there at this time, then they would not need to ask for help from the Foot Basin at all, and they could send their own fleet to the Atlantic to help the US military. Why would they need to look at the Foot Basin’s face and say good things to the Foot Basin?

“Yes, the combined fleet of the Foot Basin is already invincible in the Far East. Originally, the Pacific Fleet of the Eagle Sauce could contain them in the east, but now that the Eagle Sauce’s navy has been fully transferred to the Atlantic, the balance of power in the Pacific has been completely unbalanced. Fortunately, the Foot Basin is not ours at this time, but our ally. Otherwise, once the Foot Basin explodes into a war with us, our days will be difficult!”

General Mountbatten also said with emotion. The British Empire was born in an island country and is very clear about the importance of the navy. It can be said that the main reason for the fall of their homeland this time is that the army is weaker than the enemy, but the navy failed in the naval battle!

If their navy had been defeated before, relying on the sea control in the hands of the navy, what would they fear no matter how strong the German army was?

At this time, although they fled to South Asia, the coastline of Tianzhu is even longer. With such a long coastline, if there is no strong navy to protect it, the enemy can invade them from anywhere along the long coastline, and But they were totally defenseless!

In the two Opium Wars, the British Navy taught the backward Qing army a lesson in this way. Now, the tide has turned, and it is their turn to worry about their own coastal defense!

Thinking of this, everyone, including Churchill and Mountbatten, was indignant, and they all hated Governor Aiji!

If this guy hadn’t lost control of the Suez Canal, resulting in the annihilation of the Mediterranean Fleet, the Royal Navy wouldn’t have had such a hard time!

Fortunately, the Royal Navy was big and powerful back then.

Although the Home Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet of their three major fleets had been completely destroyed , but they also have the Far East Fleet, a slightly weaker fleet.

When King George V fled from his homeland, he brought with him some escort warships.

These warships, together with the combat ships of the Far East Fleet, plus part of the navy deployed in the three local colonies of Southern Philippines, Australia and India, their strength is about 20% of the peak of the Royal Navy!

Although the 20% strength of the Royal Navy cannot be compared with the navies of several major powers in the world, it is more than enough to compare with second-rate countries.

Therefore, the British Navy at this time is probably ranked first in the world. Fifth, it is second only to the Third Reich, Eagle Sauce, Foot Basin and Italy, and is much stronger than the navies of the Bear, Chicken, Celestial Empire and Samba!

Moreover, the British Navy has a very strong naval technical reserve, and there are a large number of excellent naval officers in the country. As long as they are given time and resources, they will surely be able to revive the glory of the Royal Navy in due course!

No matter what the outside world thinks, at least the British Navy itself is convinced of this!

However, before the navy is rebuilt, their navy is still too weak, so they can’t afford the consequences of being at odds with the Foot Basin, after all, the Foot Basin is not far away from them!

“Although we can see the wolfish ambitions of Jiaoben, Jiaoben is currently mainly encroaching on the interests of the United States, and the damage to us is limited. Jiaoben has always had his eyes on the mine in western Australia, and we have been delaying this matter for so many years, but we can’t delay it any further now, because we also need iron ore, so I think this is an opportunity for our two companies to work together!”

The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Philip, thinks that there is nothing wrong with cooperating with the foot basin, because the sun never sets in South Asia for reconstruction, they need a lot of steel, and South Asia itself lacks iron ore. If it is true as the foot basin people say, that iron ore can be mined in Western Australia, it will definitely be a good thing for them, because it means that they don’t have to worry about the supply of iron ore when developing industry!

Hearing the words of the chancellor of the exchequer, Chukir nodded. The words of the chancellor of the exchequer made sense. The wolf ambition of the foot basin was not aimed at them, at least not at them at the moment, but at the Eagle Sauce!

So it is not their turn to worry about the foot basin’s problem now.

First, fool the foot basin into sending troops, and then let the foot basin and the Eagle Sauce fight each other after they win.

They can just take this opportunity to stay out of it and develop with peace of mind.

When they have built South Asia well and the national strength has advanced by leaps and bounds, the foot basin and the Eagle Sauce will probably be crippled, and they can just come down to reap the fruits of victory!