Chapter 2278： Negotiations broke down two (1/2)
”Canada provided the British Empire with more than 500,000 soldiers in this war, and suffered more than 200,000 casualties. Well, I want to know how many armies are in the United States? Some problems in the world can be solved without money. Yes.” Lloyd George's face leaked the ridicule. To be honest, the current US Army really can't handle the Canadian Army in World War I.
The American industry is indeed very strong. There is no doubt about this, but compared with the United States that can explode at any time during the Second World War in history, the United States in this era is still far behind, let alone this plane. Even the greatest role of the U.S. Army in the history of the Allied Powers was to provide a large number of soldiers, and the French provided weapons...
The U.S. Army of this era lacks too much. They do not have a large-scale army strategy, lack their own systematic equipment, have no actual combat experience, and have no army guiding ideology. This weakness is omni-directional, which is completely different from the small-scale US army before the Second World War, because before the Second World War, the Americans had studied armored forces, the motorization of troops, and the establishment of artillery systems. All these were done during the interwar period, at least people have a theoretical basis! But now, hehe, the U.S. Army is so much worse than the European powers!
”You are questioning the power of the United States!” Lan Xin said with a gloomy face.
”I'm just stating a reality!” Lloyd George has no thoughts of retreating. ”In that case, I think this negotiation should be over, and we don't have to talk anymore.”
”The conditions of the Germans will make you come to us again.” Lan Xin retorted.
”Absolutely not!” Lloyd George said categorically before leaving!
half an hour later. In a room next to the meeting place, Robert Lanxin reported to Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Taft about the meeting.
”It seems that our negotiation has failed this time.” Taft said dejectedly. ”It is difficult for me to understand why the British refused to be so direct and rude. Are they not clear about their situation?”
”After all, we asked Britain to give up a dominion with an area of nearly tens of millions and a population of tens of millions, especially this dominion gave the United Kingdom more than 500,000 troops in the war.” Roosevelt said.
”Is it because our asking price is too high? What if we change Canada to Australia? In this case, we also have an ally in the Pacific. After all, without the protection of the British Empire, Australia can only protect us from the Japanese. Aggression.” Robert Lanxin said.
”As long as the British want to become a top country in the world, they will not give up whether it is Australia or Canada. Did you know? Australia has a population of less than 5 million, but more than 400,000 people have participated in the war. The Canadian population may even reach 600,000. Without the troops of these two dominions, the British would be over!” Roosevelt said.
”It seems that our plan has serious problems from the very beginning. We want the British to be our helpers. We are the master and they are the auxiliary. The British just want to use us to tide over the difficulties in a short time, and then They regained their supremacy. But the British did not want to think about it. With Germany, why would they restore their former glory? This time, the British started with very good conditions! However, the result was still lost,” Lan Xin said.