Chapter 808 Russian System
It is said that Italians are the best at taking sides.
Actually, it is not the case. The United States is the one who is best at taking sides, while Italy adapts to the changing circumstances.
The agreement with the United Kingdom is a habitual hedging bet by the United States. It wants to carve up the European market with Russia, but also wants to join forces with the United Kingdom to seek interests. It wants both.
The current cooperation is just a test by the Americans. If Russia's reaction is not strong, there will be closer cooperation between Britain and the United States.
George has never been a moral gentleman. He has dug a hole for the United States long ago.
The Americans thought they had a plan and dumped goods to Europe through the United Kingdom, temporarily gaining a leading advantage in the competition with Russian goods.
After Russia and the United States signed the agreement, American capitalists, led by the Delaware Automobile Group, began a new round of large-scale investment, building more factories, hiring more workers, and producing more goods.
On the surface, the U.S. economy is growing rapidly and the situation is excellent.
But in fact, the goods produced in the United States have far exceeded the demand of the United States. Once the demand in Europe drops, an economic crisis will break out in the United States.
George emphasized three things at the national defense conference. First, continue to improve the technical level of Russian weapons and equipment and maintain Russia’s technological advantages.
Second: Increase the emphasis on technical arms and increase the proportion of technical arms among active military personnel.
Finally, continue to strengthen cooperation with allies to counter the pressure brought by the international situation.
Economically, Russia also wants to counterattack the United States.
However, the way to counterattack is not to engage in a price war with the Americans, but to improve the reputation of Russian products through public opinion.
Before the World War, the British stigmatized German products by labeling them "Made in Germany" in order to suppress them.
Russian products also have the label "Made in Russia" to prove the authenticity of Russian products.
They are all canned goods. The canned goods exported from the United States to Europe use a large amount of animal offal or scraps that Americans do not eat. The cost is much lower than that of Russian goods.
The canned beef exported from Russia to Europe contains more than 90% beef. Compared with the black-hearted American profiteers, Russian canned beef is more in line with European habits.
Nowadays Europe, especially Germany, has just emerged from the economic downturn and has not yet reached the level of pursuing food safety. Some food is good.
But with the development of the economy, Germans will sooner or later transcend the level of having enough to eat and begin to pursue eating well.
George hopes that Europeans can understand the difference between Russian products and American products. In this way, when Europeans pursue a higher quality of life, they will naturally abandon American products that cut corners and replace them with products that are higher in price but of better quality. Russian goods as first choice.
With Russia’s influence on Europe, it is easy to do this.
In December, European businesses are beginning to prepare for Christmas, which is the most important holiday of the year for most Europeans.
On December 1, the British "Times" evaluated canned beef on the London market and finally concluded that although the price of canned beef sold in the United States in London is slightly lower, the quality is far inferior to the real thing. Real canned Russian beef.
On December 5, The Times conducted another evaluation of cars sold in the British market. The final conclusion was that American cars are useless except that they are cheap, and they are not at the same level as Russian cars.
The cheapest car in the UK is not the Russian Polestar or the Delaware Scarab, but Ford's Model T.
In pursuit of cost advantages, the Model T simplified all unnecessary facilities on the car, and even produced only black Model T cars to reduce costs. This made Ford the highest-selling car brand in the United States.
Delaware Auto Group itself is one of Ford's shareholders, and the hot sales of the Model T did not affect Delaware Auto Group's profits.
In the UK, the Model T sells for about 20 percent less than the Polaris.
For the vast and sparsely populated United States, cars are not toys, but necessary necessities of life.
For Europe, where old money is rampant, only rich people will buy cars. Poor people simply cannot afford them and there is no need.
Rich people don’t care about the 20%.
In the UK, the sales of Model T cars were originally not as good as those of the Polaris series. After the Times published the evaluation results, the sales of Model T cars dropped to only single digits every day.
Based on the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Times report is still based on facts and does not add any extravagance.
Compared with the British, the French are unscrupulous.
France is the European country that has the most serious discrimination against the United States, so the French not only report truthfully on the defects of American products, but also go over old scores and criticize the United States for its evil deeds in the world war.
France was the country most damaged by the World War.
So the United States, which had been trading with Germany until it entered the war, was the culprit of France's losses.
This conclusion is obviously biased. Although Americans are hateful, Germany is the culprit.
After the end of the world war, France was in trouble both internally and externally. It was deeply mired in colonial wars and could not extricate itself. There was already an internal rebellion in France.
The report of "Le Figaro" pushed the United States to the forefront, allowing the French to find a breakthrough for emotional catharsis. Not only did the French begin to spontaneously boycott American products, some restaurants in Paris posted "Americans" "No dogs allowed" warning sign.
In Germany, U.S. goods are subject to even more severe boycotts. Although Russia has not officially counterattacked the United States, Russian businessmen have found another way.
The United States bypasses the agreement with Russia through the United Kingdom and dumps goods at low prices to Europe.
Some smart Russian businessmen also dumped goods into Europe through the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Russia and Yugoslavia are allies, and Russian is also the common language in Yugoslavia. When Russian goods enter Yugoslavia, they don’t even need to change their labels, and they enter Europe openly.
Although the cost of American products is low, including shipping costs, it is actually about the same as Russian products.
Based on the relationship between Russia and Germany, Germany recognizes Russian products more. Even if Russian products are more expensive, the German elite will still choose Russian products.
After the end of the World War, millions of Germans went to Russia to work, and their families also benefited, allowing countless Germans to survive the most difficult stage. This made many Germans have a good impression of Russia. .
Russia's assistance to Germany has made more and more Germans grateful to Russia. Many Germans have begun to reflect on why Germany and Russia became enemies.
On this issue, there were extensive discussions among all levels of Germany, and the final answer was the demands of the allies and the provocation of the United Kingdom.
This answer is actually incorrect.
Germany and Russia became enemies, mostly due to the ambition of William II.
But at this time, it does not matter what the truth is. The Germans only want to believe what they recognize, so the German Empire, like the Russian Empire, is a victim of the world war.
With this conclusion, a feeling similar to sympathy for each other has formed between Germans and Russians.
Many people don’t know that the earliest compulsory education in the world appeared in Germany, so the educational level of Germans is second to none in Europe. This is one of the important reasons for Germany’s rapid rise at the end of the last century.
After the United Kingdom and the United States signed the agreement, Old Karl visited Alexandria again, hoping to invite the German police force to participate in next year's Rivne exercise.
Not a military observer group, but a German police force.
Bound by the Treaty of Versailles, Germany can only retain 100,000 troops. With such a small number of people, not to mention maintaining German national defense, they cannot even guarantee the internal order of Germany.
Therefore, in addition to the 100,000-strong army, Germany also established a police force with a total number of more than 600,000.
This is nonsense.
You must know that before the outbreak of the World War, Germany's total military strength was only 750,000.
Now the total strength of German soldiers and police has exceeded 700,000.
In response to this situation, there were also disputes within the Allied Powers. France once asked Germany to reduce the size of the police.
Germany rejected France's request, citing domestic needs.
In order to ensure the order of German rule, the Allies acquiesced to this situation.
Germany will add another 25,000 police officers next year.
"The United States has begun military cooperation with Britain, and you should know what this means."
Old Karl hopes to gain George's support.
The fourth batch of trainees studying at the Amur Army Academy has graduated before this winter. Although more than half of the trainees still choose to stay in Russia, Germany still sent the fifth batch of trainees.
There are 160 students in this group. They will not only learn military command, but also train with the Russian Air Force and learn the advanced tactics of the Russian Air Force.
“Two countries that are superstitious about sea power, what can they do together?”
George is not superstitious, the essence of sea power is correct, and he does control the sea. He controlled the whole world, but George believed in the totality theory more.
As long as Russia can maintain its lead in the army and air force, it will be invincible. No matter how many battleships the United Kingdom and the United States build, they will not be able to block Russia.
"George, the European market will be saturated sooner or later, don't you want to open up the American market?"
Old Karl knows George very well and knows how to persuade George.
America——
It’s not that George doesn’t want to, but Russia’s strength is limited and now it can only focus on Eurasia.
When Russia can completely break the monopoly of Britain and France on overseas colonies, it will not be too late to open up the American market.
At that time it will no longer be a competition between Russia and Britain, but a direct competition between Russia and the United States.
"If we join hands, we will dominate the European continent."
Old Karl once again proposed an alliance between the two countries and completely join the Russian system.
(End of this chapter)