Chapter 927: Chapter 692: Thirty Against One, Fair Isn’t It?
When it cos to the relationship between France and the United States, aside from the well-known Founding Father Louis XVI, there is also a period that the French do not wish to ntion. That was when, at the beginning of the 19th century, the Aricans took advantage of a vulnerable situation to rob France of its vast colonies.
This event occurred just decades after the Arican War of Independence, and France, which had just helped the Arican people gain independence, was threatened by the United States and sold 2.6 million square kiloters of its land in North Arica to the US for a re 15 million dollars.
What does 2.6 million square kiloters represent? The land mass of mainland France is about 550,000 square kiloters; the land seized by the United States was approximately five tis the size of France’s native land.
This chapter of history beca an eternal pain in the hearts of the French, compounded by Louis XVI’s draining of the royal treasury to aid the United States, which greatly worsened the French impression of Arica.
It is no exaggeration to say that most French politicians avoid this part of history, which is second only to the trauma of the Franco-Prussian War.
Now, given the opportunity to take advantage of Arica’s plight, the French certainly would not let it pass. After aligning interests with the United Kingdom and Australasia, the French began active military preparations, ready to carve a significant piece off of Arica.
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Although France had suffered imnse wounds in the previous world war and the whole of French society had turned timid,
this depended on the opponent. In the face of a country like the United States, whose military strength was not formidable, France was still a powerful nation.
More importantly, this ti the war was guaranteed by Britain and Australasia, with the main forces undoubtedly being from Britain and Australasia.
The French only needed to mobilize a small part of their military to gain vast territories, an opportunity those French politicians certainly would not miss.
Although there had been heated debates within the World Alliance about whether to wage war on the United States, everyone understood that until the British made a decision, the World Alliance would not co to a conclusion.
The reason was simple, only the British navy could overpower the United States Navy, and only by defeating the United States Navy could they land on Arican soil.
The reason why the United States Army was so weak was entirely because the navy alone could protect the United States.
If they could not defeat the United States Navy, let alone the World Alliance uniting against it, even if all the countries in the world joined forces, they might not be able to defeat the United States.
Fortunately, the British acted quickly. Capitalists saw profits in the endeavor, and officers envisioned the achievents they could create by defeating the United States. The proposal to wage war on the United States faced no opposition and was even officially announced by the British Parliant with an approval rate of over eighty percent.
On June 17th, 1928, the World Alliance held a routine eting.
After Britain had decided to wage war on the United States, the voting within the World Alliance also sped up.
Just as Arthur had predicted, once Britain, France, and Australasia united on a decision, other countries had no room for resistance.
But there was no need for resistance, as joining would bring great benefits to their own countries, so those nations had no reason to refuse.
On June 18th, the World Alliance officially declared its intention to wage war on the United States, proclaiming it to be a trial against Arican sins and a righteous war for the welfare of all humanity.
On the sa day, the World Alliance issued a final ultimatum to the United States, demanding that Arica continue to pay the compensation for the influenza and provide a new round of compensation for the global economic crisis caused by the collapse of the New York Stock Market.
The announcent stated that, considering the New York economic crisis’s harm to the global economy, the United States was to pay a total of 17.3 billion pounds in compensation to the world and to provide relief to the common people around the world currently suffering from hunger due to the economic crisis.
If the previous influenza compensation that had not been fully paid was included, the United States would have to pay more than 20 billion pounds in compensation to the world, which translated to over 65 billion dollars.
Clearly, the World Alliance was certain that the Arican people would not agree to pay such a massive amount of compensation and made demands that the Aricans simply could not fulfill.
The reaction of the Arican people was just as Arthur had predicted.
The Arican governnt first rejected the World Alliance’s compensation demands, stating that the demands were absurd and violated human decency.
Furthermore, the Aricans declared they would do everything within their power to maintain their country’s security, even if it ant making significant sacrifices and incurring heavy casualties.
Unfortunately, when this ultimatum was issued, the World Alliance’s attitude had already beco unchangeable.
The World Alliance was not concerned about the attitude of the Arican people and the countries that had already decided to wage war on Arica were even worried that the United States would agree to pay the compensation, missing the best opportunity to split up Arica.
After the United States refused to pay the compensation, the World Alliance quickly responded.
On June 20th, 1928, Britain, France, and Australasia announced in the World Alliance eting the formation of an Allied Army, each contributing 100,000 soldiers to launch an offensive against the United States.
In the following week, over seventy percent of the World Alliance mber nations declared they were joining the war against the United States.
Countries that contributed 50,000 soldiers included: Russia Nation, Poland, and the Austrian Empire.
Countries that contributed 30,000 soldiers included: the Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, and the Kalimantan United Sultanate.
Nations dispatching 10,000 troops included Finland, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, xico, the Philippines, Germany, and Italy.
Those contributing less than 10,000 troops were El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
The number of countries involved in the conflict demonstrates the influence of the Britain-France-Australia alliance, which almost has the power to affect all countries in the world.
By June 27, 1928, the number of countries declaring war on the United States had nearly reached 30, with the combined army strength of the Allied forces exceeding 800,000, almost ten tis the current active service number of the United States Army.
The naval size was even more exaggerated. The British navy alone had surpassed the United States Navy, not to ntion the combined naval forces of the major powers.
Without exaggeration, the Allied Army had ford a comprehensive crushing force against Arica’s military strength on land, sea, and air.
Even though the United States held a natural geographical advantage, it could only look on helplessly in the face of such a vast disparity of strength.
It is worth ntioning that, in addition to the curiosity of European dia about Arica’s reaction after learning the size of the Allied forces, they were also curious about the Island Nation’s reaction to this event.
Looking at the size of the Allied forces alone, if the strength of the United States were equivalent, this would absolutely qualify as the Second World War.
If the Island Nation were to join the United States, it would indeed resemble a World War scenario. However, compared to the previous total war against the German Empire, both the United States and the Island Nation currently have many flaws, which should be much simpler to address.
But in reality, aside from the large number of participating countries, the Allied army of 800,000 also has nurous shortcomings.
Firstly, the main forces in combat would certainly consist of the British, French, Australian, Russian, Austrian Empire, and Polish armies.
The sum of military forces from these five countries would be around 450,000, already more than half of the Allied force.
This also ant that the majority of the other countries were mostly there in a token capacity, and whether the United States could win the war depended on whether it could defeat the militaries of these five countries.
If these five were dealt with, the remaining nations, although nurous, would be nothing but paper tigers.
Even though the combined military strength of these five countries amounts to 450,000, not many of these forces could truly be considered elite.
Britain has always been known for its navy, and the combat strength of the British Army is actually not that strong. The elite units of the French Army were mostly depleted during World War I, and given the character of the Frenchn, it’s highly unlikely they would send their elite troops to participate in a war against the United States.
There is no need to ntion the Russians, who still face the risk of civil war and thus would least likely send their elite forces to wage war against the United States.
The combat effectiveness of the Austrian Empire and Polish armies is also questionable; the most reliable force might be Australasia itself.
However, the good news is that the combat effectiveness of the United States Army is even weaker, perhaps not even comparable to the British Army.
While there might be a certain boost in morale in defense of the holand, the conventional United States Army numbers about 100,000 and it was reduced to about 80,000 due to the economic crisis.
Furthermore, with President Hoover’s massacre of veterans, it is uncertain whether the United States military could pose a threat to other countries’ armies.
As long as the United States Navy could be quickly dealt with, the war could be considered half won.
It is virtually impossible for the United States to defend against an Allied Army of over 800,000 with an army of only 80,000, even if the United States were to start rapidly expanding its forces now.
To develop combat effectiveness, an army would need at least six months of rigorous training, or more than a year of standard training.
An army hastily trained and sent into battle could only serve as cannon fodder, and Arthur had no worries that the United States Army would pose a threat to the Australasia Army, unless the Aricans could develop more powerful weapons, such as fully automatic rifles, or ultimate weapons like nuclear weapons.
But such a possibility is even slimr than the United States Navy defeating the Allied navy, and can virtually be ruled out beforehand.
The World Alliance’s announcent of impending war against the United States imdiately ignited global public opinion.
Despite heavy censorship efforts by the United States governnt, they could not stop the news from spreading throughout the country.
Undoubtedly, the Arican people are in a state of panic. The re number of hostile countries is enough to make Aricans give up resistance, not to ntion facing several Powers as well.
There are even many dia outlets speculating about where the Allied forces might land. Whenever such reports are published in newspapers, local Aricans massively evacuate, fleeing to the interior regions far from the Coastline.
Unfortunately, there are just too many potential landing spots for the Allied forces along the extensive coastlines of the United States.
Such reports only manage to increase the panic among the Arican people without any assistance to the war preparations of the United States.
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