Chapter 2302 Steep Changes Part 1

Think about the restrictions imposed by the Allied Powers on the military research and development of the defeated Germany in history, which not only limited the scale, but even restricted some technical details, such as the maximum elevation angle of anti-aircraft guns to 45 degrees... . The pistols developed by the Germans even limit the length of the barrel.... And in this plane, the Germans can completely imitate the restrictions on Britain's naval and air armaments!

"It's still early to talk about these issues. We must first ensure that the British Empire will not go bankrupt and the government can continue to operate." As a politician, Asquith is somewhat resistant to military technology. After all, in his opinion Come on, if the country cannot operate stably, what is the use of so-called armaments?

"Well, we can ignore other things for the time being, but we must keep at least two fury-class battleships, right? We can decommission three dreadnoughts for this! Four ships are also fine! The naval arms race will not stop with the end of the war Both the Japanese and the Americans are building warships equipped with 16-inch guns and with a standard displacement of more than 35,000 tons, and the British Empire will not be able to build new capital ships in the next 10 years. This consequence is unacceptable." Lloyd George once again requested road.

"I will consider this issue, but not now..." Asquith hadn't finished speaking, the urgent knock on the door interrupted the conversation inside the room.

"Damn it, didn't I tell them not to bother us if there is nothing important to do?" the somewhat impatient Prime Minister complained. After taking a look at the restless prime minister and the red-faced Lloyd George who had been arguing just now, the Earl of Balfour stood up decisively and came to the door. incoming telegram.

"It's an urgent telegram." Earl Balfour handed the telegram to Prime Minister Asquith.

"I hope it's not bad news." Asquith muttered and opened the telegram. In fact, this was just his self-consolation. At this time, with the British Empire besieged on all sides, how could there be any good news? However, even though he was prepared in his heart, after reading the content of the telegram, Asquith felt a burst of cold air directly from the tailbone to his forehead, and the old man felt that his heart seemed to be beaten by a pair of big hands. Grab it hard!

"What's the matter, Prime Minister?" Lloyd George said a moment later, after seeing Prime Minister Asquith stabilize his emotions.

"An accident happened in India, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata! Large-scale riots occurred! And the local Indian army refused to maintain social order! There were even mobs attacking military camps and government agencies! Damn, the Governor of India actually said that he could not maintain the local order, he still wants support! Now we don’t even have enough daily necessities, how can we get support for him! This is too bad!” Asquith collapsed on the chair weakly, and the telegram in his hand was gone. slipped on the floor.

As a senior executive of the British Empire in this era, maybe other things are not proficient, but how to suppress the colonial independence movement, the British Empire has a history of hundreds of years, and there are many wars fought around the colonial independence movement, with victories and failures. Those who failed, such as the American War of Independence, won more, such as the suppression of the Mahdi uprising in Sudan, the suppression of the Indian national uprising, and so on. So for this issue, the British are considered experienced.

But how about a word? Make bricks without straw! If it is in normal times, for Britain, the uprisings in various places are nothing more than a cold, but for Britain, which is already a little bit terminally ill, this cold will be fatal! Think about it, if India becomes independent from Britain at this time,

For Britain, it is definitely not the loss of the most dazzling jewel in the British crown.

You must know that India in the British colonial era is not the India after independence in later generations. The scope of India in the colonial era is very large! Later generations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the entire South Asian subcontinent are included! If India’s national independence movement succeeds, then the entire South Asian subcontinent will disappear from the territory of the United Kingdom with more than 4.5 million square kilometers of land and hundreds of millions of people, and then there will be a chain reaction. Similar movements may occur in Burma and Malaysia in later generations .

In this way, except for the so-called Dominions, the British Empire will lose almost all its colonies! And when those dominions found that the British Empire was on the verge of collapse, they would definitely not do their best to help Britain tide over the difficulties, and the most likely time was to directly choose to disband! After all, no one wants to bury a dead empire with him! And by then, would the British Empire still be considered an empire? It is estimated that even if the British really want to be younger brothers to the Americans, the Americans are too lazy to accept it, right?

"It seems that the first thing we have to do now is to stabilize the situation in the colonies. I propose to temporarily send a recess note to the Germans, and then you return to London immediately to deal with the situation in India. We must stabilize the situation in India in a short time. For We can give certain benefits to the moderate political parties in India, and at the same time resolutely crack down on the rioters!" said Earl Belfort.

"It's very difficult. If I remember correctly, all our police, troops and paramilitary forces in India combined are only about 70,000! The local soldiers are simply unreliable, and this time is no longer the time when the Indian national uprising At that time, we could still bribe feudal princes, but now that those princes are gone, we cannot use tens of thousands of troops to suppress the whole of India!" Lloyd George said helplessly.

Why were the British able to quickly quell the Indian national uprising that spread throughout India? The British Army's ability to recruit and fight is indeed one aspect, but the most important thing is that the British's political skills are very good, while the Indian insurgents' political skills are very bad!

In the process of suppressing the uprising, in addition to the British army, there were more Sikh soldiers and local princes. The British first relaxed their policy on the princes and let them stand on their side. The number of princes and soldiers who participated in the suppression of the Indian national uprising exceeded 200,000! It was also the British who took advantage of the dispersion of the Indian national uprising to defeat them one by one. And what about the Indian insurgents? They don't have a clear goal, or some princes want to restore their rights, so this policy is not popular. After all, in the eyes of Indian civilians, the kingdom and the British colonial government are not good things....

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