Chapter 716 Plan to carve up the United States

Because of the expansion of territory, 1 was more grand than usual, but it did not go as far as a military parade.

As Australasia becomes increasingly powerful, Arthur does not need to use military parades to enhance national pride and cohesion.

Moreover, military strength is naturally kept secret as much as possible. Only the unknown is the most taboo.

After the National Day, time came quickly.

This is the time agreed by various countries to hold a peace conference, and it is also the time that various countries are looking forward to carving up the United States.

Arthur naturally attaches great importance to this conversation. After all, the interests are naturally divided as much as possible.

The peace talks team sent by Australasia was led by Deputy Prime Minister Dai Ze Watson, who was accompanied by a number of cabinet ministers and important government officials.

They had set out as early as early December and there would be no problem arriving in London before January 15th.

Countries around the world understand the current dire situation of the United States. It would also be beneficial for other countries to resolve the chaotic situation in the United States as soon as possible.

After all, what everyone wants is a relatively stable region, not to wipe the butt of the dead US government.

Only a stable region can create profits for each country, while a chaotic region will increase political and financial burdens for each country.

On January 15, the peace talks officially began.

The first item negotiated at the peace conference was the carving up of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

When the Pacific Team surrendered, Britain, France, and Australia had already divided it up. Therefore, the only object to be divided up this time is the US Atlantic Fleet, but it is also a huge fleet with nearly 20 main warships and a large number of small and medium-sized warships.

Similar to the strategy adopted by Arthur when carving up the Atlantic Fleet, Australasia did not have many requirements for warships, which also caused the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet to be almost divided between Britain and France.

The UK naturally occupies the majority. Directly took away 15 dreadnoughts, 3 battlecruisers and a large number of small and medium-sized battleships.

This almost emptied the US Atlantic Fleet and greatly strengthened the strength of the British Royal Navy.

Judging from the current situation, the Royal Navy, which has once again expanded its navy, has left other countries by a long way.

From the perspective of naval strength alone, France, Australasia and the island countries combined may not be a match for the British.

Of course, this is just unilateral speculation by British politicians. From the perspective of each country's naval scale and technological level, they made such a prediction that seemed crazy but was not much different in reality.

However, no one knows how an actual naval battle will play out. Perhaps only when a war actually breaks out will we know who is strong and who is weak.

Of course, at present, in terms of the size of its navy, the British Empire is enough to crush other countries.

After Britain had eaten the meat, France was naturally the first to gnaw the bones.

Because of Australasia's withdrawal, the French also obtained 3 dreadnoughts and 2 battlecruisers, which strengthened their naval strength to a certain extent.

It is worth mentioning that the French specifically requested the full acceptance of American submarines, even at the expense of New Mexico.

The British are naturally responsible for this, because New Mexico can be used to win over Mexico, and by the way, Mexico can become a powerful force against France in North America.

And not only France, but Mexico can also contain Australasia's development in North America.

As mentioned before, most of the west coast of the United States was once Mexican land, and Mexico naturally claimed these lands during this war.

It's just that the arms can't twist the thighs. Texas and California are occupied by France and Australasia respectively. Mexico naturally has no way.

This is a good thing for the British. Although Texas regained its independence as the Lone Star Republic, the master behind the Lone Star Republic was clearly France.

This also means that Mexico will definitely have certain conflicts with France, and even the outbreak of war in the future is very likely.

By holding back part of the French army in North America, British influence in Europe would become even stronger.

The same goes for Australasia. Even if California becomes independent in the future, Australasia's control will definitely be behind it.

Mexico naturally has ideas about this region with a population of more than 5 million. With Mexico as a check, the development of Australasia will at least not be so smooth.

Such a strategy can solve the threat of two powerful enemies in North America, which also makes the British government very generous and willing to hand over all American submarines to France.

After the partition between Britain and France, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet really had only a little bit of soup left.

Of course, if each country is only allocated a few small and medium-sized warships, it is actually no problem for everyone in the remaining 20 or so countries to have a mouthful of soup.

Most countries don't care about this. After all, what everyone cares about is whether they can eat a piece of meat from American soil, not on a warship.

Even if it can get one or two battleships, can the country's overall strength be comparable to that of the great powers?

It would be better to eat one more bite of the country or get more profits. This is what you can actually get.

After all, the high annual maintenance costs of warships do not fall from the sky. They must be paid for with real money.

For a small country, having too many warships is not a good thing, because the size of the country already determines the size of the army it can sustain.

The British taking over a large part of the Atlantic Fleet seemed to make the Royal Navy stronger, but in fact Arthur preferred it.

The annual maintenance cost of 15 dreadnoughts and 3 battlecruisers is not a small number.

This seems to have greatly strengthened the strength of the Royal Fleet, but it is also destined to share a large part of the British Navy's military expenditures.

The remaining military budget has become smaller, and the British have naturally spent less on aircraft carriers.

Coupled with dealing with the United States, the British should invest less and less in aircraft carriers in the next few years until the main battleships retire or the United States economy recovers.

But both of these take a long time. You know, the United States has not only experienced an economic crisis, but the war has also severely devastated the United States.

It is impossible for the U.S. economy to return to its heyday within 5 to 10 years.

Five to ten years are crucial to the development of the country, and aircraft carrier-related technology can even take a big step forward.

This is also what Arthur sees as an opportunity for Australasia to develop aircraft carriers. Not to mention surpassing the UK in terms of the number of aircraft carriers, at least in terms of aircraft carrier technology, it is a big step ahead of the UK.

As for whether the British will vigorously develop aircraft carriers while maintaining a very large royal fleet, this is almost impossible.

The most famous policy of the British Navy before was that the size of the Royal Fleet was equal to the combined size of the Second and Third Navy.

But now, after taking over the American fleet, the Royal Navy's fleet has even exceeded the second, third and fourth navies combined.

This is a very exaggerated figure, and the maintenance costs of the navy are enough to give the British Empire a headache.

It is also for this reason that when the warships were divided up, both Germany and Russia expressed no demand and demanded that their share of warships be replaced with actual funds. Warships can be exported to any country.

The French naturally readily accepted the demands of Germany and Russia. You know, both Germany and Russia owe a huge debt to the French.

The French do not even need to contribute any funds. They only need to forgive part of the debts of these two countries to obtain the share of warships they should have received.

Although not much, it is still a big supplement for France, whose navy has obviously fallen behind.

More than 100 years ago, France was the well-deserved European hegemon. Now both its army and navy have declined a lot.

After the carving up of warships was completed, all countries' attention was focused on the next issue, which was the handling of American soil.

The United States will definitely be divided and dismembered. This is a truth that every country understands.

But the most important thing about how it will be divided up depends on the opinions of the three great powers, Britain, France and Australia.

In today's world order, it is very difficult for small countries to obtain decision-making power. It can even be said that they have basically no decision-making power.

The fate of Czechoslovakia in history also proves this truth, that is, the fate of a weak country can only be controlled by a strong country, even if it involves the country's territory and sovereignty.

The good news is that the British obviously care more about the role of the World Alliance, which also means that it is completely fine for the participating countries to take a sip of soup.

At the beginning of the second issue, some countries said that since the United States has dozens of states, it is entirely possible to allocate one American state to each country participating in the war.

But soon, this proposal was rejected by Britain, France and Australia.

This is not how the cake is divided, and the land area and population of each state are hugely different. This division may seem reasonable, but it is the most unreasonable way.

Moreover, it is naturally impossible for Britain, France, and Australia to agree that the land they have worked so hard to conquer will be divided up so much by these small countries.

In fact, in addition to some originally neutral countries, the conference venue was obviously divided into three factions, led by Britain, France and Australasia respectively.

As long as these three countries reach a compromise on their proposal to carve up the United States, other small and medium-sized countries will have no choice but to accept this option.

In the end, it was the British who took the lead in putting forward their own proposal:

The British regained the original 13-state colonies and established two new political powers in the 13-state colonies.

The French gained control of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, as well as the Lone Star Republic.

Australasia gained the Territory of Hawaii, Alaska, California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and the U.S. Pacific Islands.

On this basis, Michigan will be annexed to Canada and become Canadian land.

In addition, a coalition government of the United States will be established with Illinois as the center. All countries participating in the war can jointly manage it, and all participating countries can enjoy the highest power in the coalition government of the United States.

This so-called coalition government of the United States is basically the new United States. The new United States proposed by the British was still very large, including some areas in the central and eastern parts.

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