Chapter 693: One versus Thirty, Fair, Right?

Speaking of the relationship between France and the United States, in addition to the well-known American founding father Louis XVI, there is another past event that the French are reluctant to mention, that is, in the early 19th century, the Americans took advantage of the fire to seize France's huge colonies.

This incident was only a few decades away from the American War of Independence. France, which had just helped the Americans gain independence, was threatened by the United States and bought 2.6 million square kilometers of French land in North America at a very low price of 15 million US dollars.

What is the concept of 2.6 million square kilometers of land? The area of ​​mainland France is about 550,000 square kilometers, and the land that the United States took advantage of the fire is about 5 times that of mainland France.

This history has become a permanent pain in the hearts of the French. In addition, Louis XVI used his family's wealth to support the United States, which instantly reduced the French impression of the United States.

It is not an exaggeration to say that most French politicians are avoiding this period of history, which is also the second most painful injury after the Franco-Prussian War.

Now that there is an opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob the United States, the French will naturally not let it go. After reaching a consensus on interests with Britain and Australasia, the French are actively preparing for war and are ready to cut a piece of meat from the United States.

Although France suffered a huge trauma in the previous world war, and even the entire French society became cowardly.

But this is also divided by the target. In front of a country like the United States, which is not militarily strong, France is still the powerful country.

More importantly, this war has Britain and Australasia as a backup, and the main force must be Britain and Australasia.

The French only need to mobilize a small part of the army to gain a large amount of territory, and those French politicians will definitely not miss this kind of thing.

Although the World Alliance has been arguing about whether to launch a war against the United States, everyone knows that the World Alliance will not make a decision before the British make a decision.

The reason is simple. Only the British navy can crush the US navy, and only by defeating the US navy can you land on American soil.

The reason why the American army is so weak is entirely because the navy alone can protect the United States.

If the US navy cannot be defeated, let alone the World Alliance uniting, even if all the countries in the world unite, they may not be able to defeat the United States.

Fortunately, the British acted quickly. The capitalists saw the benefits, and the officials saw the achievements that could be made by defeating the United States. The proposal to launch a war against the United States did not encounter any opposition, and was even officially announced by the British Parliament with an approval rate of more than 80%.

On June 17, 1928, the World League held a regular meeting.

After Britain had decided to fight the United States, the voting of the World League also became rapid.

There was no difference from what Arthur expected. As long as Britain, France and Australia united to decide on something, other countries would have no room for resistance.

However, there was no need to resist such things, because as long as they joined, they could bring huge benefits to themselves, and those countries had no reason to refuse.

On June 18, the World League officially announced that it would launch a war against the United States, and declared that this was a war to judge the sins of the United States and a just war to safeguard the interests of all mankind.

On the same day, the World League issued an ultimatum to the United States, demanding that the United States continue to pay compensation for the flu and make a new round of compensation for the global economic crisis caused by the collapse of the New York stock market.

The announcement stated that in view of the harm caused by the New York economic crisis to the economy of all mankind, the United States would pay a total of 17.3 billion pounds in compensation to the world and provide relief to civilians who are suffering from hunger due to the economic crisis.

If the flu compensation that has not been paid before is added, the United States will pay more than 20 billion pounds in compensation to the world, which is more than 65 billion US dollars when converted into US dollars.

Obviously, the World Alliance is sure that the Americans will not agree to pay such a huge amount of compensation, so it has set such a condition that the Americans cannot fulfill at all.

The reaction of the Americans was not beyond Arthur's expectations.

The US government first rejected the World Alliance's compensation request and stated that the World Alliance's request was absurd and violated human morality.

At the same time, the Americans also stated that they would do their best to maintain the security of the United States, even if it would cost huge sacrifices and casualties.

Unfortunately, when this ultimatum was issued, the attitude of the World Alliance would not change.

The World Alliance did not care about the attitude of the Americans, and even the countries that had decided to fight the United States were worried that the United States would agree to pay compensation and miss the best opportunity to divide the United States.

After the United States refused to pay compensation, the World Alliance also responded quickly.

On June 20, 1928, Britain, France and Australia announced the formation of a joint army at the World League Conference, each sending 100,000 troops to attack the United States.

In the following week, more than 70% of the member states of the World League announced that they had joined the war against the United States.

Among them, the countries that sent 50,000 troops were: Russia, Poland, and the Austrian Empire.

The countries that sent 30,000 troops were: the Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, and the United Sultanate of Kalimantan.

The countries that sent 10,000 troops were: Finland, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Mexico, the Philippines, Germany, and Italy.

The countries that sent less than 10,000 troops were: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia

From the number of countries involved in the war, we can see that the combined influence of Britain, France and Australia can almost affect all countries in the world.

By June 27, 1928, the number of countries that announced war against the United States had reached nearly 30, and the number of army troops that formed the joint army had exceeded 800,000, which is nearly ten times the current number of active U.S. Army personnel.

The size of the navy is even more exaggerated. The British navy alone has surpassed the U.S. Navy, not to mention the joint naval operations of the major powers.

It is no exaggeration to say that the joint army has formed an all-round crushing of the three aspects of sea, land and air compared to the U.S. military power.

Even if the United States occupies a natural geographical advantage, it can only sigh in despair in the face of such a huge gap in strength.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the curiosity of major European media about the reaction of the United States after learning about the size of the joint army, they are also curious about the reaction of the island countries in this incident.

Judging from the size of the joint army alone, if the strength of the United States is equal to that of the joint army, then this can be completely called the Second World War.

If the island countries join the United States, it really has the flavor of a world war. However, compared with the German Empire faced in the previous total war, the current United States and the island countries have a lot of defects, and it is much easier to solve them.

But in fact, in addition to the large number of participating countries, the 800,000-strong army of the joint army also has a lot of shortcomings.

First of all, the main force of the battle must be Britain, France, Australia, and at most Russia, the Austrian Empire and Poland.

The total number of troops of these five countries is about 450,000, which is more than half of the joint army.

This also means that most of the remaining countries are just soy sauce. Whether the United States can win the war depends on whether the United States can defeat the armies of these five countries.

As long as these five countries are solved, other countries look large in number, but they are just paper tigers.

Although the armies of these five countries add up to 450,000, there are not many truly elite armies.

Britain has always been known for its navy, and the combat effectiveness of the British Army is actually not strong. Most of the elite French troops were also consumed in World War I. According to the nature of the French, it is absolutely impossible to send their own elite troops to the 100,000 people who participated in the war.

Needless to say, the Russians are still at risk of civil war, and it is even more impossible for them to send their elite troops to participate in the war against the United States.

The combat effectiveness of the armies of the Austrian Empire and Poland is also questionable, and perhaps only Australasia itself is truly reliable.

However, the good news is that the combat effectiveness of the US Army is weaker, and it may not even be comparable to the British Army.

Although there may be a certain morale bonus in defending the country, the number of regular US Army is only about 100,000, and it has been reduced to 80,000 due to the economic crisis.

In addition to President Hoover's massacre of veterans, the combat effectiveness of the US Army may not pose a threat to the armies of other countries.

As long as the US Navy can be solved first, this war is actually more than half won.

It is impossible for the United States to stop the more than 800,000 coalition forces with an army of 80,000 people, and even if the United States starts to expand its army crazily from now on, it will not change the result.

If the army wants to form combat effectiveness, it needs at least six months of rigorous training, or more than a year of regular training.

The army that was hastily trained and sent to the battlefield could only be cannon fodder. Arthur was not worried that the US army would pose a threat to the Australasian army unless the Americans could develop more powerful weapons, such as fully automatic rifles, or ultimate weapons like nuclear weapons.

But the possibility of this was smaller than that of the US Navy defeating the United Navy, and it could basically be ruled out in advance.

The World Alliance's announcement that it was about to launch a war against the United States immediately ignited global public opinion.

Even if the US government carried out a large number of blockades, it still could not prevent the news from spreading throughout the United States.

There is no doubt that the American people are absolutely panicking. Just looking at the number of hostile countries is enough to make Americans give up resistance, not to mention that they are facing several great powers.

Even many media have begun to speculate where the United Army will land. Whenever such reports are published in newspapers, local American people will evacuate in large numbers and flee inland far away from the coast.

But unfortunately, there are too many coastal areas in the United States, and there are too many possible landing sites for the United Army.

Such reports can only increase the panic of Americans out of thin air, and they are of no help to the United States' war preparations.

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