For China, the British and even the entire Allies have a deep resentment. If it weren't for China, Tsarist Russia might not have perished, and the Allies would no longer be in a stalemate with Germany on the Western Front. So much so that a radical British official said that throughout the course of World War 1, the biggest enemy of the Entente was Germany, and the second largest enemy was Huaxia, which had been supporting the Allies behind it! Emotionally speaking, British society was more or less hostile to China from top to bottom. But Britain has the advantage of being practical, and it doesn't do things that it knows it can't do. Since it is impossible to take revenge on Huaxia, it seems to be a good choice for both parties to be a fairly friendly friend who can do business. And the purpose of Thomas leading the team to China is also this.

In order to curb Germany's excessive expansion, Huaxia took the olive branch handed over by the British, and repaid the British with practical actions. But if you want to say that the British are not wary of China, it is impossible. In particular, some of the technical cooperation requirements put forward by China are all technologies that the British consider very crucial in the future, and the so-called sharp weapons of the country cannot be taken lightly, and it is obvious that the British are wary of cooperating with China without distinguishing between friend and foe. And as a member of the Entente, the British had to take into account the views of the United States and France. After all, once a real fight breaks out, the United States is Britain's biggest reliance, and France is the Entente's last bridgehead on the mainland!

Fortunately, Huaxia was not in a hurry and gave the British enough time to think about it. At the same time, the British high-level officials also began to discuss the question of the future relationship between Britain and China, and at the same time, they also discussed within the Entente countries the question of how the Entente group should deal with China. And if you want to understand this question, you must know what is the purpose of the cooperation between China and the Entente? What can China gain from the Entente. And what could China give to the Entente?

"Although Huaxia has a strong comprehensive national strength, it has almost all the conditions to become a big country, the world's largest territory and population. A more efficient government and an ambitious national spirit, a gradually improved level of education and better transportation. With relatively high-end and a large amount of industrial capacity, this ancient country has the ability and determination to become a world-class power again, both in terms of hardware and software. At the same time, however, we must also realize that China's development is extremely uneven, and the developed eastern regions have become industrial zones that can compete with European countries. The west, especially the newly conquered North Asia, can even be described as barbaric, and there is still a gap between it and the old capitalist power like Britain in terms of key technical fields. ”

"Then after analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of this country, I think the leader who built Huaxia with his own hands should know what Huaxia needs now. Another upgrade of industrial technology and a large amount of money to build the west. And so far he is taking the first step. The second part may be to introduce foreign capital to accelerate the development of China, which is undoubtedly very suitable for China's current national conditions. Huaxia will not expand indefinitely, that was the choice of the Russian, and what he needs now is to digest what he has just taken. And then finally turn it into your own. So they have no intention of continuing to expand. Chamberlain Cheung once commented on China in his eyes in the British Parliament. And his views have been echoed by the top levels of the government. Especially in the latter paragraph of the group, Huaxia has no intention of continuing to expand, otherwise it would have acted as early as the 1st World War. At that time, the power of the British Empire in Asia was unprecedentedly weak.

Although it is still difficult to accept emotionally, in fact, the British believe that if the Allies and the Entente fight in South Asia in the future, China will indeed not help the Germans, but will definitely give the British and the Entente a certain amount of support, for this British colony has no possibility of occupation, and at the same time can help the British to defend South Asia. It seems that the British really couldn't find any reason to refuse to cooperate.

The United States was a very important factor in the cooperation between Britain and China, and it was different from Britain, which had already recognized that it was ready to become a second-rate country and that its main task was to ensure the security of its colonies. Americans are very confident in their own national strength, and they do have the capital to be confident, the world's largest industrial power. And there is also a huge population. In addition, the United States has a group of younger brothers in the Americas. Although the US government believes that it is impossible to start a war with China, there is still a contest between the major powers in various aspects, and as far as the United States is concerned, they do not like China, at least on the issue of cooperation in some key areas, and they will not lightly contact China. And if Britain, France, and China carry out exchanges and cooperation, then China's strength will also rise, and this is naturally not something that the Americans want to see, so the United States has obstructed it to a certain extent in many aspects.

The British had to take into account the attitude of the Americans, so the British had some scruples about cooperation in electronic and underwater acoustic research in China, after all, the engines were made by the British themselves, and there were no external factors, and the British did not look down on the liquid-cooled engines of the Americans. But radar and underwater acoustic research is cooperating with the United States, which has expressed its "unwillingness" to allow American technology to appear on Huaxia equipment.

And just when the British were in a dilemma, the French made some changes to this already deadlocked cooperation. "No matter what you think of China, it is an indisputable fact that China has become the world's first-class power, and China, the United States and Germany are the three countries in the world's first tier, then Britain and France, and then Italy and Austria-Hungary. Whether you want it or not, we can't ignore Huaxia on some key issues that determine the direction of the world. And I have to admire that Huaxia can actually use a subsystem that is not first-class to make first-class equipment, and this kind of talent in design ability is what we currently lack the most. I think you have some lingering feelings about the horror of the battleship Longxiang, right? What part on this battleship in Huaxia that we can't build? But we can't put it all together. The French general Xia Fei once again commented on China at the high-level meeting of the Entente.

And the meaning of the French in this passage is very clear, they have two meanings, one is that Huaxia is one of the decisive forces that change the world, and if he cannot be our friend, then it will be a loss for us. The second is that we do need Huaxia, at least in terms of future weapons and equipment design, Huaxia has a huge advantage. They can give our army a huge equipment advantage, so in this case, whether from a strategic or tactical point of view, it is necessary to communicate with Huaxia! And the British very much agree with this, especially the officers of the British Royal Navy.

Not only do I agree with it, but I am also very anxious. The reason is very simple, although the Chinese designers provided a lot of design concepts to the British, but did not tell the British how to realize these design concepts, not to mention, purely from the armored deck of the armored aircraft carrier, how to use the open hangar structure to support a 170 meters long, 24 meters wide, 100MM thick armor plate is a very difficult problem to solve, the British have not done it, even if the area and thickness of the armor deck of the British armored aircraft carrier in history are far smaller than the Fury-class aircraft carrier of this plane, At this point in time in the world, I am afraid that only Xu Jie can solve this problem with the lessons learned from the Japanese production of Shinano in the late stage of World War II!

The statement of the French is obvious, that is, France supports the cooperation between the Entente and Huaxia, and then said that at the appropriate time, France is willing to cooperate with Huaxia in ship power and army weapons, and ship power is also one of the technologies that Huaxia dreams of. And the fastest and highest tonnage cruise ship in the world at that time in history was also made by France, and its name was Normandy. And since the French are all in favor, the British are actually willing. Then the Americans can't say anything about it anymore. The United States of this era is not the United States of the end of the Cold War.

"We still don't want the technology of the United States of America to be dispersed to China. But we will not interfere in the project of economic and technical cooperation with China between your country and France. "In the end, the Americans came up with a compromise. As for saying that if the British "accidentally" reveal some American things, the United States has nothing to do, on the one hand, the Americans may not know, and on the other hand, when it comes to technological heritage, the United States is inferior to the British in some aspects. Of course, another factor is that the British will also "accidentally" disclose some Chinese technology to the United States! Of course, these technologies can't be too sensitive. Otherwise, it will affect China's future support for Britain, and the United States must support Britain. Not necessarily. The British believed that when China realized that it was impossible for the Entente to hold South Asia, it would definitely jump out and carve up South Asia with the Allies. After all, this is also one of the important ways to prevent Germany's eastward advance and increase its own strategic depth at the same time!

"The British finally agreed to our cooperation, does this mean that in the future we may stand with the Entente?" Yang Yonglin asked after handing the text in his hand to Xu Jie.

"It's not necessarily allies who share a common goal. Although we share common interests with the Entente on the South Asian issue, there is an essential difference in our treatment of Germany, and we want Germany not to go too far, not to destroy Germany completely! The United States is more terrible than Germany, so we need to let the United States and Germany fight across the Atlantic forever! I see? Xu Jie said with a smile.

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