Chapter 137 UK-Russia agreement reached

“I don’t think we have to go too far by Spanish standards, and if we had a little less support for artillery and machine guns, I think that spending could go down a lot!”

President Tilton stood up and became the old man. The upgrade of the U.S. Army is certain, but if it is true by the standards of the Spaniards, it is too high.

“I think this kind of extremely advanced force can only be expanded to about 200,000 people in the U.S. military to deal with all possible situations.”

Too much is too much for the U.S. government to afford, but too little is also ineffective. 200,000 people are already a force that can decide everything on the battlefield.

Although the United States has a large population, in fact, there are not many people willing to serve the country on the battlefield in this era.

Mostly war-weary people fed up with the constant wars in Europe.

The population of the United States has soared from 31 million during the Civil War to 10 million in just 10 years.

Most of them are new Americans who have just immigrated to the United States and have almost zero sense of belonging to the United States.

“Your Excellency, if it’s just 200,000 people, I think it may still be a little stretched!”

“During the First Civil War, the army in the north was as high as 2 million, and after the continuous population growth today, if we go all out, I think the number of exhibitors this time will be far more than that.”

“So my idea is to equip the army with about 400,000 people in order to remain unbeaten in a real sense.”

The army commander-in-chief Valverde maintained a more rational mind. It has only been 12 years since the last civil war. It is completely impossible to say that the level of this war is not as good as the last time.

“But Your Excellency Valverde, you know that the Japanese bought a division’s equipment from Spain, which cost 20 million game towers.”

“If you follow the idea of ​​400,000 people, it is very likely that there will be a total cost of 450 million game towers. It is impossible for the Alliance to pay for this amount of money!”

The Minister of Finance said reluctantly, this number is not small, Spain’s GDP is only 41.2 billion competition towers a year, this amount of money is completely astronomical.

Even if the United States has deep pockets, it is impossible for the United States to take out so much money at once. After all, not everyone is like the British. A Boer War cost 200 million pounds.

“But the price that the Spaniards sold to the Japanese was obviously a premium price. The Allied countries can get the lowest price by virtue of the current diplomatic situation.”

No one is continuing to argue. They all looked at the most central Confederate President Tilton.

The military upgrade is certain, but how to upgrade is the point of contention between the two sides.

“Let’s talk to the Spaniards first, see what kind of offer the Spaniards will give us, and then decide how many new troops we should expand!”

Tilton decided that this discussion is nothing but empty talk without knowing exactly what price it will get.

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Alfonso, who is far away in Madrid, does not know that a super big deal is about to be delivered to his door, and he is still thinking about the deal with the Russian Empire.

At present, the friction between Germany and France continues, and the British are doing their best to win over the Russian.

Once the two sides reached an agreement on the Balkan issue, the equipment of the Spaniards could start to be sent to Russia in an instant.

But apparently did not make Alfonso wait too long, February 1, 1877.

Britain and Russia joined together to condemn the Germans’ actions.

The Spaniards who received the news for the first time contacted the Russians directly. Although they were a little impatient, Spain is now seriously short of money.

This big deal, if successful, could greatly help Spain’s current financial crisis.

What kind of agreement the two countries reached in the Ottomans is not very clear to the Spaniards, but apparently the British gave in.

The Russian ambassador officially announced his visit to France as the “Savior of France”, and Bismarck’s second diplomatic failure came again.

And in Berlin, Bismarck yelled angrily again.

The position of the Russians represents that they once again betrayed the Three Emperors Alliance for their own interests.

Although the credibility of the Russians has not been very good, but such a series of betrayals, it is not only the German government that has started to get angry.

But the German people also began to dissatisfaction with the Russians.

Before this, the Germans had a positive attitude towards all kinds of support from Russia.

Whether it is the Balkan issue or various issues, the Germans’ support for the Russians is not small.

But since the reunification of Germany, the ever-increasing power has made it impossible for the two sides to continue to be friendly neighbors.

But the German people naturally cannot think according to the thinking between countries, and the Russians’ behavior is a blatant betrayal in their eyes.

On the other hand, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, another member of the Alliance of Three Emperors, although the relationship between the two sides is not very good, at least it did not violate the most basic covenant.

The worst thing to do with Germany is to remain silent, rather than stand up against it with great fanfare.

This also led to the fact that Germany finally chose Austria-Hungary as its ally in the later period~www.readmtl.com~ Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time had only the population of the Russian Empire and a developed military industry.

It is understandable that the Germans chose Austria-Hungary.

The political trend is such that in the early days of Bismarck’s administration, the friendship between countries was pinned on the personal friendship of the monarch.

The direct conflict between Russia and Germany has already come to the fore.

In 1879, the Three Emperors Alliance was finally broken, and the German-Austrian alliance treaty was signed. The initial purpose of this alliance was to oppose the Russians.

Then in 1882, the Italians joined the league, and Deo ushered in the best teammates.

The Allies of the First World War have since been born.

And the best allies of the Russians are naturally the French who can now win over all the forces against Germany.

France and Russia came together naturally, and Britain joined the alliance at the beginning of the 20th century, which eventually became the prototype of the Allies in the First World War.

It can be said that the German-French war crisis of 1875-1877 indirectly and directly led to the establishment of two major military groups during the First World War.

From the unification of Germany, the start of the First World War has been doomed.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the Spaniards, Spain was just a spectator in both world wars, even because of its adherence to neutrality.

Spain also made a war money during the First World War.

But in fact the Spaniards remained welcoming to the Germans during the First World War, because of the subsequent French expansion in North Africa.

The two sides changed their previous friendly relationship, and the accumulation of contradictions was extremely deep. However, because of the sea on all sides, the British army could bombard Spain at will, and finally did not choose to join the Allies.

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