Leo Tai believed it was unfeasible militarily, but not politically.
He thought there was still a possibility for the colonies to remain unchanged: the Anglo-American Allies winning on the battlefield, forcing Germany's surrender, and using that prestige to successfully preserve their colonies.
If the British colonies were not affected by Shire's new colonial policy, there was no reason for France's colonial policy to change.
So, Leo Tai pinned his hopes on Britain's struggle with Shire, hoping Britain would stand up for France's colonies.
But he was disappointed in less than three days.
Britain was defeated at Saarbrücken, and it was a rout, with preliminary estimates of over two hundred thousand casualties.
More importantly, the ones who died and were wounded in this battle were not the Colonial Army but the homeland forces, the homeland elites.
