Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2631 Political Amateur
In the United States in 1945, the manufacturing industry had not yet been hollowed out, and the industry was still very strong.

If there is no southern Africa, the United States is the undisputed No. [-] Blue Star.

The status of the United States is very embarrassing now. He did not complete the harvest of Europe with his strong industrial capabilities like in another time and space. For the United States, his task is only half completed.

The United States has indeed hollowed out Europe by virtue of the war, but the biggest beneficiary is not the United States, but southern Africa, and even Russia has gained much more than the United States.

Before the world war, Russia was not accepted by the international community and had no strong potential for war, but it was locked in the Arctic Circle and could not escape.

Although Russia was severely damaged by the war, it broke through the joint blockade set up by Britain and France, and even extended its influence to Western Europe, which was the dream of successive Russian tsars.

Compared with southern Africa, the biggest problem of the United States is that it has been separated from Europe for too long, and its influence on Europe is seriously insufficient, so that few European countries want the loans provided by the US government. Compared with the United States, southern Africa conditions are more favorable.

Southern Africa not only gives money, but also provides the technology, materials, solutions, and most importantly security guarantees needed for reconstruction. This is what European countries value most.

The United States is not without strength, the key is that it has no credibility.

In each of the two world wars, the United States fanned the flames before the war. After the outbreak of the war, it had both sides. In the end, it couldn't squeeze out any profits, so it ended in person.

Compared with the United States, southern Africa is not much better, and the money that should be earned is not less, but the magic is that the trust of European countries in southern Africa is much higher than that of the United States.

"America is the America of the United States, Africa is the Africa of southern Africa, Europe should also be the Europe of the Europeans, and cannot completely fall to a certain country." Winston said earnestly at Charles de Gaulle's official residence in Paris.

From Pretoria to Washington, Winston turned around and found that the country most likely to join forces with Britain was actually France.

Although the UK and France have constant conflicts, they are generally cooperating. In many key areas, the interests of the UK and France are the same.

For example on the colonial question.

After Roosevelt's funeral, Truman reaffirmed Wilson's fourteen points after World War I in Washington about disarmament, free trade, and the correct handling of colonial issues, hoping to use this as the basis for rebuilding the international system after the war.

It has been 27 years since Wilson put forward the "Fourteen Points". The fourteen points put forward by Wilson were directly reduced to an international laughing stock because of their impracticality. Therefore, the United States did not even join the League of Nations, picked up the Monroe Doctrine again, and opened a new era. reincarnation.

Looking back now, the United States is out of the League of Nations system, which is the biggest failure of the League of Nations, and it also paved the way for the outbreak of World War II.

Wilson put forward fourteen points with a clear purpose, which is to break the world system established by Britain and France, maximize the industrial advantages of the United States, and then reshape the international system led by the United States.

Britain and France, for a time, triumphed in excluding the United States from the League of Nations.

Unexpectedly, the United States did not follow the script given by Britain and France, but completely broke the dominance of Britain and France through World War II.

At the end of the last world war, Wilson's fourteen points were ridiculed by everyone.

This time Truman repeated the fourteen points, and Winston and de Gaulle were helpless.

The "Fourteen Points" put forward by Truman was further deepened on the basis of Wilson, especially the part on free trade and colonial issues, which was supported by southern Africa.

Twenty-seven years ago, southern Africa did not have the ability to challenge Britain and France, and neither could the United States. At that time, the colonial system of Britain and France was still monolithic and could not be leveraged at all.

Roque was not the Prime Minister of Southern Africa at that time, and he was unable to make decisions on behalf of Southern Africa.

Now that Southern Africa and the United States have joined forces, they already have the ability to overthrow Britain and France. Therefore, after returning to Pretoria, Rock clearly expressed his support for the "Fourteen Points".

Without the support of Southern Africa, Winston still has the confidence to suppress the ambitions of the United States, and even with the cooperation of Southern Africa, Winston is confident that the United States will be driven back to America.

Now with the support of Southern Africa, Winston cannot support himself alone, and he needs a reliable ally.

Then Winston sadly discovered that the most reliable one was actually France.

"Both France and the British Empire have huge overseas colonies, and it is precisely because of the benefits delivered by the colonies that Britain and France can maintain their due international status-now it is obvious that someone is replacing Germany and becoming a challenger to the international order , we have no way out, if we lose our overseas colonies, the British Empire and France, we will become a third-rate country like Spain or Italy.” Winston really didn’t fool de Gaulle this time, the situation is really as dangerous as he said , a little carelessness can never be restored.

"Your Excellency, the situation is far less serious than what you said, not to mention that we are still allies now-" De Gaulle was eccentric, not because he didn't realize it, but because the UK had stabbed too many times in the back, and France already had one. better choice.

Britain established an alliance with France only after the Second Boer War, when its national strength was greatly weakened, coupled with the threat of Germany.

This relationship is not strong. Although Britain sent expeditionary forces during the two world wars, it is also ready to abandon France at any time and return to the British Isles.

In the First World War, the situation was not serious enough to abandon France, and Britain's purpose was not exposed.

No one expected that after the outbreak of World War II, Germany's offensive power was so strong, and Britain did not fulfill its promise at all. It voluntarily evacuated from Dunkirk at the beginning of the war, which also became an important factor in France's rapid defeat.

If Britain's evil deeds stop here, de Gaulle can barely accept it. He is not an unreasonable person. If it were him, he would make the same decision.

What made de Gaulle completely disappointed with Britain was Britain's attitude towards Free France.

When the Free France was established, not only did the United Kingdom not recognize it, but it also left the French troops who had been withdrawn from Dunkirk to the British mainland to assist in the defense. If it weren't for the help from southern Africa, Charles de Gaulle would not even be able to keep North Africa.

In such a UK, de Gaulle would never dare to show his back.

"I know your agreement with the southern Africans, and you should also know that Locke and I are good friends, old friends for decades, we have known each other since the Boer War, and the relationship has continued until now, but the relationship between us It will definitely not affect the relationship between southern Africa and the British Empire." Winston has a clear distinction between public and private, and he also hopes that de Gaulle can distinguish right from wrong on major issues.

"Is Britain capable and willing to help France rebuild?" De Gaulle asked the most critical question.

For France now, the security issue is not the most important issue, but reconstruction is.

The biggest source of threats to France has disappeared, and threats from Britain and Russia are potential. De Gaulle believes that if war breaks out between France and Britain and Russia, Southern Africa will definitely not sit idly by.

For the French, they don't care much about whether the foreign troops stationed in France are southern Africans or Germans.

The key is who can provide them with tangible benefits.

That's what the French really care about.

"Of course!" Winston vowed.

De Gaulle was unmoved, watching Winston's performance quietly, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

The UK may have the ability, but absolutely no will.

Although Britain suffered heavy losses in the war, after the war, it still has the ability to sort out its family property and rebuild. The key is whether it is willing or not.

There is a saying in later generations, friends hope you have a good life, but not better than him.

France fell during the war and suffered much greater losses than Britain. The funds needed for reconstruction are astronomical, and the time may last for decades.

If De Gaulle listened to Winston and united with the United Kingdom to close the market to southern Africa and the United States, then the British would have the final say on how much they could give at that time.

It is useless to write in black and white. The greatest impact of World War II on the world is to destroy the country's credibility.

From this perspective, international relations really need to be rebuilt.

"If we don't do something, then in the near future, Europe will have no choice but to become a vassal of southern Africa and the United States, at the forefront of confronting Russia, and will be caught between Russia, southern Africa, and the United States. What should I do?" Winston is also a three-inch tongue, and human nature belongs to play.

France has always been known as the most "democratic and free" country, and the French are also proud of it.

If the situation described by Winston happens, while France loses democracy and freedom, de Gaulle will also lose the support of the French.

Well, on the latter point, it actually happened.

France is indeed democratic and free. The French are grateful to de Gaulle, but they are only grateful, and have not risen to an irreplaceable level.

De Gaulle used to be a soldier, and he had been fighting during his leadership of Free France. At least so far, De Gaulle has not had much outstanding performance in governing the country.

Compared with the veterans of French politics, de Gaulle is a poor novice. How can such a person lead France back to the top.

"Prime Minister, if the Comintern can lead France back to its peak, then I don't mind if France becomes a country in the Russian model." De Gaulle's love for France has surpassed belief.

"Are you serious?" Winston couldn't believe it, and his hatred of the Russian model was never hidden.

"Of course, if France can return to its peak, I am willing to retire on the spot, go back to my hometown to buy a vineyard, go fishing if I have nothing to do, take hunting dogs to hunt, go home to barbecue with my family at night, drink some home-made wine, and we will eat Meat, hounds gnawing bones——" De Gaulle was fascinated, compared with the turbulent Paris, de Gaulle really envied the pastoral life.

"May your dreams come true—" Winston stared at de Gaulle fiercely, as in the famous photograph.

"Thank you!" De Gaulle accepted Winston's blessing with a smile on his face.

It doesn't matter whether the eyes are fierce or not, it can make Winston feel embarrassed, and De Gaulle feels that he should have a drink at night.

When leaving Charles de Gaulle's mansion, Winston was not disappointed.

It should be said that Winston did not have much hope for de Gaulle.

Without de Gaulle, Winston had other options.

Even de Gaulle was not the best choice, because in the opinion polls in Paris, the majority of people did not like de Gaulle's election.

The two most powerful people in the French provisional government, apart from de Gaulle, is Renard.

There is no need to look for Leonard. His relationship with Southern Africa is unbreakable. He is the biggest spokesperson for the interests of Southern Africa in France. If Leonard changes his nationality to Southern Africa tomorrow, Winston will not be surprised at all.

Number three was Felix Gouin, interim Speaker of the Congress from the Comintern.

There was no need to look for this man, and Winston was worried that after seeing him, he would not be able to resist whipping him with a cane.

Some people hate the Comintern, others like it.

While Winston was thinking about who to go to next, Felix Gouin also welcomed his guests.

Felix Gouin's guest was none other than Winston's biggest rival in Britain, the leader of the British Labor Party, Clement Attlee.

Unbeknownst to Winston, the British Labor Party led by Clement Attlee is about to withdraw from the coalition cabinet and launch a general attack on Winston.

According to Winston's plan, Britain should hold a general election after the war. At that time, Winston, who led Britain to victory in World War II, was confident of defeating any competitor.

Attlee didn't want Winston to get what he wanted, he didn't even want to wait for the war to end, for the same reasons Winston wanted.

Once the war is over, Winston will have the most dazzling aura, and Attlee will have to work harder to pull Winston down.

Now is the best time.

"We might as well unite and hold general elections at the same time, so that we can echo each other. If we win at the same time, we will dominate the world." Attlee didn't mention a word at this time, the British Labor Party and the French Workers' International are completely different things.

Compared with the French Workers International, the British Labor Party is a bait, with only one guise.

The pretense is also valuable. After all, under the banner of "workers", Attlee Lily France hopes to get the support of the Workers International, so that Attlee will have more confidence in defeating Winston.

"France is a democratic and free country, and has no interest in dominating the world—" Felix Guin was not indifferent, and did not respond much to Attlee's enthusiasm.

Unlike the British Labor Party, the French Workers International is an organization that truly represents the interests of French workers. Felix Gouin has little interest in British hypocrisy. Even without the echo of the British Labor Party, Felix Gouin is confident of defeating de Gaulle.

After all, how much threat can a political amateur be?

(End of this chapter)