The reason is very simple. After Hans established diplomatic relations with the Russian Bear, the Russian Bear could provide Hans with all kinds of cheap materials to support Hans' industrial development.
Hans can provide the Russian Bear with the machinery and technology they need to help the Russian Bear recover from the war.
One of the two countries can obtain the raw materials it needs, and the other can obtain the technology and products it needs. It can be said to be a win-win situation!
However, in this way, the British Empire blockaded Hans at sea, and the attempt to lock Hans up completely failed!
"Everyone, we must stop the Hans' shipbuilding plan and cannot let their conspiracy succeed, otherwise what is the meaning of the Washington Naval Treaty we signed?" The British Empire said to the representatives of various countries worriedly. If there is anyone who is most nervous about Hans' vigorous development of the navy, then the country that the British Empire must be.
After all, Hans is right at the doorstep of the British Empire. If they develop their navy, they will definitely conflict with the British Empire's Royal Navy, so the British Empire has the strongest desire to stop Hans!
However, other countries are relatively far away from Hans, and the conflicts with Hans in a short period of time will not be as big as the British Empire, so they naturally don't have much interest in the British Empire's proposal!
"We are an East Asian country, thousands of miles away from you in Europe. Europe's affairs are your own business. What's the point of dragging us, an Asian country, into this?"
The representative of Foot Basin was the first to stand up and express his opinion. He was not very enthusiastic about the proposal of the British-Sun.
If the British-Sun had made this proposal a year ago, then Foot Basin, as their younger brother, would definitely follow the lead of his older brother.
After all, a year ago, the British-Sun and Foot Basin were allies who signed an alliance agreement.
Foot Basin has always regarded the British-Sun as his teacher and older brother, and the British-Sun has also taken good care of his younger brother.
Not only did he personally help them build the Kongo-class battleships, but he also gave them blueprints and technology so that they could build battleships in their own country!
It is precisely because of the British-Sun's generous help that Foot Basin's navy is so strong at this time and has become the leader of the Far East.
Even if it cannot be said to dominate the world in the Pacific, at least it can be on par with the Pacific Fleet of the Eagle Sauce!
However, all this changed last year!
Under the instigation of the Eagle Sauce, the British-Sun pulled Gaul, the Eagle Sauce and Foot Basin to sign a four-nation treaty. Although this four-nation treaty clearly stated On the surface, the restrictions on all countries are the same, but because the Foot Basin is here in East Asia, they are undoubtedly subject to the greatest restrictions of the Four-Power Treaty.
This treaty hurt the Foot Basin people very much. In addition, after the expiration of the alliance agreement between the British Empire and the Foot Basin, the British Empire did not renew the contract with the Foot Basin and terminated its alliance with the Foot Basin. This made the Foot Basin feel very angry and thought that they were betrayed and betrayed by the British Empire!
That is to say, from that time on, the Foot Basin people no longer had a good impression of the British Empire, but were full of hostility! As soon as the
Foot Basin people jumped out to express their opinions, the Eagles also followed suit.
The Eagle representative was a confidant selected by President Harding himself, and his characteristics were exactly the same as President Harding.
He was originally interested in participating in such a thing, and at this time he saw through the British Empire's little calculations, so he said lazily:"Our Eagle Sauce is also in a relatively low position, so we are unable to interfere in your European affairs. If you think it is necessary, you can do it yourself, and we will not interfere!"
After changing the president, the Eagle Sauce people have completely changed their international strategy. From going out into the world during President Will's period, they have changed to traditional isolationism. They only want to protect their own little piece of land and have little interest in intervening in the affairs of other parts of the world!
Moreover, the culprits of this change are none other than the British Empire and the Gauls sitting here!
After all, the Eagle Sauce suffered more than 500,000 casualties in the First World War, but got nothing at the post-war spoils division meeting. The League of Nations that President Will worked so hard to promote was also controlled by the British Empire and the Gauls, resulting in the Eagle Sauce working hard, bleeding and sacrificing, but getting nothing. Yes!
This result has made the people in the United States lose interest in continuing to participate in international cooperation, especially in cooperation with the British Empire and the Gauls!
If the British Empire and the Gauls had taken the feelings of the British Empire into consideration when they were dividing up the legacy left by Hans, and at least gave them some, things wouldn't have turned out like this now!
Hearing the statements of the Foot Basin and the British Empire, the British Empire representative suddenly became anxious!
These two countries suffered the least casualties and the smallest losses in World War I, so the British Empire still expected them to take the lead and act as the scapegoat!
As a result, these two guys just gave up as soon as they came up, how could that work?
So, the British Empire representative said very seriously:
"Everyone, if you don't agree with this, then the Washington City Naval Agreement is meaningless. In this case, why not tear up the agreement!" It seems that the British Empire is also forced to tear up the treaty to threaten the Eagle Sauce and the Foot Basin!
Hearing this threat from the British Empire, the Eagle Sauce representative's eyes lit up, and a look of joy appeared on his face. He asked,"Really? Does your country really want to tear up the naval treaty?"
The naval treaty signed last year dealt the biggest blow to the Eagle Sauce. They started construction on more than a dozen battleships, but were unable to continue construction due to the restrictions of the treaty. Some are being demolished, and some are still waiting to be demolished!
If the British really want to tear up the Washington Naval Treaty this time, then the Eagle Sauce people don't need to demolish their expensive warships at all. They can just resume work and complete the construction of these battleships! Anyway, for the Eagle Sauce government, they made a fortune in the First World War, and they are not short of money at this time!
Since they are not short of money, even if they engage in an arms race, the financial pressure on them will be very small. They don't have as much pressure as other countries, and they can fully afford such a shipbuilding plan!
Seeing the happy expression on the face of the Eagle Sauce representative, the foot basin suddenly became anxious!
The whole world knows that the Eagle Sauce people are rich, and everyone knows that the Hans have borrowed billions of dollars from the Eagle Sauce! The
Eagle Sauce people don't have to worry about money, but other countries can't!
Especially the foot basin, they have risen too short, so they haven't accumulated much wealth at all, and the navy is an aristocratic branch of the army, and the development of the navy is very It is often expensive. The cost of building a large battleship can often reach tens of millions or even tens of millions of pounds. In addition to the training of personnel, maintenance and training of ships, all of these require money!
At the beginning, the foot basin vigorously developed the navy because the shipbuilding plan of the Eagle Sauce was too terrifying, so the foot basin had to follow up, otherwise their advantage in the Pacific region would be completely gone! However
, building ships under huge financial pressure has caused the economy of the foot basin to become very problematic. The domestic finances are already on the verge of collapse and bankruptcy. If they continue with such a crazy shipbuilding plan, they will definitely be the first to fail. After all, the foot basin has too few colonies, unlike the British Empire, which has so many colonies that can suck blood.
If the foot basin had conquered the Celestial Empire at this time and turned it into its own colony, sucking blood from the 400 million people of the Celestial Empire, then they could still hold on, but the foot basin has not yet annexed the Celestial Empire, so they are a bit overwhelmed by such an arms race!
So they immediately stood up to object:"No, the treaty must not be torn up. We have already dismantled two warships. If we sign the treaty now, it will not be fair to us!"