Ida now has hardly changed from when she first met Roque 20 years ago.

No, there is still change, 20 years ago, Ida was as cold as ice, and Cape Town was famous as an "iceberg rose".

Now Ida is mature and charming, with a changeable temperament, to be charming, sensual and sensual, and is a well-known "iron-fisted strong woman" in southern Africa.

Abbreviated as "Iron Lady".

Before you know it, the children are adults, and according to British tradition, even if you don't get married at this time, it's time to get engaged.

So in the past two years, more and more people have come to Roque, not only Xiao Si, but even Henry has ideas.

Although Henry is Roque's eldest brother, Arthur is a brother and sister, but he is not related to Henry's children.

And blood relations are not a problem among the aristocracy, among the European aristocracy, cousins and cousins are more married, and cousins and cousins are not uncommon-

HMM, I have to go to Germany to see an orthopedic surgeon.

Roque is open to his children's marriages, and this "openness" means to go with the flow, even if Arthur and Gavin like normal girls, Roque will not interfere.

At the end of the dinner, Roque officially took office, controlling all the military power of the Southern African Union.

In the morning, Henry Lewis Stimson came to the Pretoria Ministry of Defense to visit Roque as promised, and at this time, there was no such thing as the harmony of last night, and the start did not go well.

"Southern Africa must disband the Atlantic Fleet, withdraw the military base in Halifax, and withdraw the garrison in Canada, and cancel the military base in the Bahamas, and not build any military facilities in the Bahamas." Stimson is a tough ecology, and on the issue of American interests, Stimson will not budge.

"These are the internal affairs of our Commonwealth, and the United States has no right to interfere-" Roque is equally tough, the military base in the Bahamas can be discussed, since the Atlantic Fleet has been established, it is absolutely impossible to revoke it, and Halifax will not give up:"-What's more, we have not stopped you from building a military base in Liberia, and it is the freedom of southern Africa to build a military base on British territory! ”

Liberia is an amazing country, and you can tell the relationship with the United States by looking at the flag.

After the rise of the abolitionist movement in the United States, a large number of free blacks appeared in society, and in 1816, the United States established the Colonization Society to send free blacks back to Africa to establish colonies.

In 1821, a group of free blacks, led by E. Ayrs, the personal representative of President James Monroe, and Captain R. F. Stockton, arrived at Cape Mesurado on the Grain Coast, forcibly "purchased" a piece of coastal land 130 miles long and 40 miles wide from the local Mamba and Deyi chiefs, established the first black American settlement area on Providence Island in Cape Mesurado, and declared independence on July 26, 1847, establishing the Republic of Liberia. Another black American immigrant community established the Republic of Maryland on February 4, 1854, and later in 1857, Maryland was incorporated into Liberia.

After the Civil War, the United States relaxed its grip on Liberia, and after 1871, Liberia was forced to sign border treaties with British and French colonists several times, so much so that it lost about 40% of its original territory.

After Canada leased Halifax to southern Africa, the United States strengthened its control over Liberia by building military bases in Liberia and gradually squeezing out British and French influence in Liberia.

However, the construction of a military base by the United States in Liberia is really not a big threat to southern Africa, and Liberia is more than 3,800 kilometers away from the nearest territory of southern Africa, which cannot pose a substantial threat to southern Africa.

The military base built by the United States in Liberia really threatens the shipping lanes between southern Africa and Europe, but southern Africa is not without countermeasures in this regard, and the military bases in southern Africa on the island of Santa Maria can also threaten the shipping lanes between Liberia and the United States, and there are mutual checks and balances in this regard.

"The US military base in Liberia will not pose a substantial threat to southern Africa, and the stationing of troops in Halifax in southern Africa has seriously threatened the security of the United States, and there were some misunderstandings between us before, and now that the United States has canceled the Chinese Exclusion Act, it has released full goodwill towards southern Africa, and if you don't respond, then our relations may deteriorate further." Stimson directly threatened that the Halifax military base, which is less than a thousand kilometers from New York, could directly threaten New York if long-range bombers from southern Africa took off from Halifax.

Not only New York, the long-range strategic bomber in southern Africa has a combat radius of more than 1,500 kilometers, Halifax is less than 1,300 kilometers from Washington, D.C., and Detroit is only 1,500 kilometers from Halifax.

In other words, most of the heavy industrial bases of the Great Lakes of the United States are within the operational range of strategic bombers in southern Africa, and once a war breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"We certainly welcome Washington's cancellation of the Chinese Exclusion Act, so we could consider canceling the military base in the Bahamas, but Halifax is in the interest of our entire Commonwealth, and there is no room for concession in Southern Africa." Roque reciprocated, but only so far.

Even if the alliance between Britain and the United States is the same, there must be checks and balances, and blind concessions will not bring peace.

In another time and space, without the participation of southern Africa, Canada gradually became a vassal of the United States.

In this time and space, southern Africa was born, and Roque wanted to turn Halifax into a sharp knife next to the heart of the United States, ready to deal a fatal blow to the United States.

Only then will the United States not be unscrupulous.

"If the southern African army does not withdraw from Canada, then there is no possibility of a thaw in our relations." Stimson got up angrily, Roque wasn't as easy to deal with as he thought.

In the evening, George Legge came to visit Roque, Neville went to visit Stimson, and in Pretoria at night, everyone was watching the negotiations between the United States and Southern Africa.

At present, the United States and southern Africa can be said to be the only bright spots in the economic development of all countries in the world.

If the United States and southern Africa can coexist peacefully, the world economy will recover further and the fiscal situation of all countries will improve.

If relations between the United States and southern Africa deteriorated, all countries in the world would be forced to take sides, and World War II could break out sooner.

This is a huge catastrophe for the whole world, and no one can afford the consequences of another world war.

"—So sir, you should also take into account the mood of the Americans, there is a Chinese proverb that says, 'Do not allow others to sleep on the side of the couch,' and you are the best military expert in the world, and you must understand the meaning of this sentence." George Legge came up and put a hat on Roque, and he was the best in the world.

Luo Ke was embarrassed suddenly, he was just a trade dog in his previous life, and he mixed up with the military forum for a few days at most, and the experts really couldn't talk about it.

However, considering that Xia Fei and Haig can be marshals, George Legger's evaluation of Roque is not excessive.

It is a universally accepted reality that if Haig were allowed to remain commander-in-chief of the British expedition, the world war would probably be delayed for a year.

If it is postponed for a year, even the British will rebel.

"George, the friction on the US-Canada border some time ago has seriously affected Canada's security, and if the Atlantic Fleet is withdrawn from Halifax, then Canada will sooner or later become a vassal of the United States, and this result is absolutely unacceptable to us." Roque also has a reason to fight for every inch of land, didn't the Americans say that "America is the America of the United States", then honestly run the Americas, the world is the world of the British Empire.

"No, no, my lord, the United States and Great Britain are allies, and we have fought side by side in the past world war—" George Legge played the emotional card, but he seemed to ignore part of the facts, and replaced it with other Britons, who might have turned his face now.

All Britons will not forget the war of independence that broke out between Britain and the United States.

Of course, we will not forget the various kinds of support that European countries gave to the United States during the Revolutionary War in order to create more trouble for Britain.

France has gone the extra mile in this regard.

The Statue of Liberty in New York was given to the United States by France.

"George, we were allies with Germany—" Roque punned.

Roque refers to the Anglo-German alliance between 1793 and 1815, when European countries formed an alliance against the emerging bourgeois France, of which the first and second anti-French alliances were against the First French Republic; The next five alliances were fought against Napoleon's First French Empire.

To put it bluntly, it was an anti-French alliance, and if it weren't for the concerted efforts of all European countries, Napoleon probably would have unified Europe long ago.

This is again an eternal pain in the hearts of the French.

Therefore, in international relations, don't say who is right and who is wrong, there are only eternal interests, there are no eternal friends, there is your first year of junior high school, there is my fifteenth.

"Locke, this joke isn't funny." George Legge also thought Roque was showing his British humor.

The British sense of humor –

This in itself is a joke.

"I'm not telling a joke, I just want to tell you that Stimson wants to protect the interests of the United States, and I also have my own responsibilities, I am the Marquess of Nyasaland of the British Empire, and at all times, I will put the interests of the British Empire first." Roque was blunt and didn't expect one or two talks to solve the problem.

In the evening, Roque and Neville spoke on the phone.

Stimson's attitude was equally adamant that if Southern Africa did not abolish the Atlantic Fleet and cancel the garrison in Halifax, then the United States would review the Washington Naval Treaty.

This is what it means to tear up the Washington Naval Treaty.

Roque is not surprised, the Americans have reversed their word, Roque has also been mentally prepared, tear it up, if the United States tears up the "Washington Naval Treaty", then the most nervous is not Britain but Japan.

At that time, I am afraid that an arms race will break out between the United States and Japan.

In this case, Roque would be happy to see it happen.

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