Well, the Hans' refusal has put the ball back on the Allied side!
The representatives of the five countries looked at each other, staring at each other, not knowing what to say.
"How about adding a little more?"
The Italian representative said cautiously, while secretly observing the expressions of representatives of other countries!
The domestic situation in Italy was not peaceful at this time. Mussolini's march into Rome caused chaos in Italy. Although the government army and the police did not resist the French army, the Red Party along the way mobilized the people to rise up in resistance.
The war lasted from northern Italy to southern Italy. Although the Red Party did not have many troops, their combat effectiveness was quite strong, and they used guerrilla tactics, which made it difficult for Mussolini's army to destroy the other side at once!
The war broke out in November last year and has lasted until now. It has been almost half a year, and there is still no victory.There was no sign of stopping.
Under the influence of the war, the social unrest in Italy caused panic among the people. The national strength of the whole country was seriously depleted in the civil war!
Although the Italians have always regarded themselves as European powers, after they completed the unification, they also followed the example of other European powers and went overseas to expand their colonies. They even launched an invasion of Africa for this purpose. They fought several battles with the native chickens to seize North Africa.
However, the Italians are more or less self-aware. Although they have become a great power, compared with the traditional European powers, they are far behind in terms of industrial strength and population size. Even the Gauls, who are closest to them in strength, have more industrial strength, military scale and combat effectiveness, and total population than them. Not to mention the Sun
Never Sets and the Hans!
Therefore, the Italians are the most accepting of the reality that the quota of the main battleships of the Hans navy is higher than their own. After all, the Hans are indeed stronger than them. The Italians have figured it out, but the Gauls have not yet figured it out!
The quota of 175,000 tons is already the same as theirs. If Hans is given more, he will surpass them!
Letting Hans be on an equal footing with them is the biggest concession the Gauls can accept. If Hans' quota continues to increase, the Gauls will lose their balance!
"I object!"
Not surprisingly, the Gaul representative immediately stood up and expressed his opposition after the Italian spoke.
"Well, since your country is against increasing the stakes for Hans, can your country find a way to solve Hans' problem?"
The Eagle Sauce people are not very satisfied with the attitude of the Gauls.
Ever since they were betrayed by Gaul and the British Empire at the Eiffel Tower Peace Conference 4 years ago, the Eagle Sauce has been seriously dissatisfied with the Gauls.
In the past few years, the Eagle Sauce has been looking for opportunities to confront the Gauls, completely forgetting the kindness of the Gauls who sold iron to help them more than 150 years ago.
After the Eagle Sauce people said this, representatives from other countries turned their attention to the Gauls.
Yes, since you have stood up to oppose, then you should find a way to solve this matter!
As long as you can solve this matter, no one will have any objection to your opposition!
However, if you can't solve the problem, your opinion is worthless. After all, things like mouth cannons have no meaning except wasting everyone's time!
The Gaul representative blushed, and cursed the Eagle Sauce people's ancestors hundreds of times in his heart!
If they have the ability to solve Hans' problem alone, do they need to come here to waste time?
"Well, now is not the time to say angry words. The Italian representative is right. We are negotiating with Hans now. Since it is a negotiation, it is normal for everyone to bargain!"
The representative of the British Sun rubbed his forehead. He felt a little exhausted. He never thought that things would turn out like this!
"If we negotiate with the Hans in this way, it would be too passive. We have been discussing for most of the day and finally came up with a result, but after sending it to the Hans, they rejected us in less than half a minute. In this way, we really have no way to determine the specific attitude of the Hans!"The
Eagle Sauce people also felt that this was not going to work, so they said:"The Hans have some friendship with our country, so how about this, we invite the Hans to come and participate in the six-nation talks, and then work together to discuss a new naval treaty, what do you think?"
Representatives from various countries were all enlightened and felt that the Eagle Sauce representative's proposal was good!
In face-to-face negotiations, everyone can test each other's bottom line, so that they can come up with a plan that is more beneficial to each country!
"Well, in that case, let's hold this meeting in Fog City!"
As the host, the British made the decision. The Eagle representative did not choose to go against the British this time. Instead, after the meeting, he immediately sent an invitation to Hans in the name of the Eagle, inviting Hans to attend this naval arms control meeting!
"Prime Minister, I think the Allies are plotting against us. They have five countries, and we only have one. If we go to the six-nation talks, we will be attacked by many people. We will be in a passive position at that time!"When
Foreign Minister Ribbentrop heard the news, he immediately came to Mainz to ask for an audience.
In his opinion, the invitation to the six-nation talks was a complete conspiracy.
"It is indeed a conspiracy, but I decided to attend this meeting!"
Mainz said to Ribbentrop with a smile
"Ah? You know this is a conspiracy, why do you still..."
Ribbentrop is a little confused and can't figure out the real attitude of his own prime minister.
"Do you know the Nagato and Mutsu battleships of the Japanese Navy?"
The battleships Nagato and Mutsu belong to the Nagato-class battleships.
Both of these battleships were developed and produced after the Battle of Jutland, after the lessons of the Battle of Jutland were learned!
The full load displacement of these two battleships is as high as 39,000 tons, the caliber of the main guns reaches 410 mm, and they have been launched and put into service before the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, which made these two battleships escape the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty!
In this era, there were only seven warships that also escaped the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, including the two Nagato-class battleships of the Foot Basin, the two Nelson-class battleships of the British Navy, and the three Colorado-class battleships of the Eagle Sauce.
These seven battleships are the few battleships with a main gun caliber of more than 400 mm at this time, so they are called BIG7!
Ribbentrop's research on the navy is not very deep, but he is a diplomat after all, and he has heard about the battleships Nagato and Mutsu, so when he heard Mainz's words, Ribbentrop immediately reacted!
"Prime Minister, you mean the tactic of procrastination?"
Mainz saw that the other party understood, so he nodded and said,"The Vulcan Shipyard is secretly building a battleship with a displacement of more than 41,000 tons, code-named Bismarck-class battleship. This battleship has been under construction for more than half a year. Currently, more than three dozen workers are working overtime to speed up the construction. In another four months, they will be able to launch it!"
"Therefore, we have to buy time for these two battleships, so that we can complete the construction of these two battleships before the signing of the treaty!"
The people of Jiaoben heard that the great powers wanted to limit the naval arms race, so they worked overtime and completed the two battleships, Nagato and Mutsu, before the signing of the Washington Treaty!
Their early completion saved the two battleships from being demolished!
At this time, listening to General Mainz's words, he seemed to have the same plan, intending to make the Bismarck-class battleship a fait accompli before the Allies realized it!
"Ribbentrop, I plan to send you to Fog City to participate in the negotiations. Your purpose is very simple, at least to win us a quota of more than 300,000 tons, and to find ways to delay the time to four months later!"