Rise of Australia

Chapter 908 Straits Convention and Escape
Due to the conflict between Britain and Russia, the meeting was deadlocked for nearly half a month.

But in the end, on February 1937, 2, the "Constantinople Strait Convention" was freshly released, and under the witness of many media, representatives of the eight countries formally signed the convention.

The content of this convention, which was reached through mutual compromise between Britain and Russia, was not that biased.

According to the provisions of this Strait Convention, during the war, if Turkey is a non-belligerent country, warships of all belligerent countries will be prohibited from entering the Strait of Constantinople.

At the same time, all countries should send representatives to control the Strait of Constantinople and prohibit civilian ships of all countries exceeding 1 tons from passing through the Strait of Constantinople.

If Türkiye is in a state of war, Türkiye can manage the military Strait of Constantinople on its own and other countries have no right to interfere.

Judging from the literal meaning, it is relatively fair to all countries, and neither Britain nor Russia suffered too much loss.

But in reality, it is still the British who are clearly taking advantage.

First of all, except for the two neutral countries, Russia and Turkey, all other countries are allies of Britain.

Having these countries send representatives to be stationed in the Strait of Constantinople was ostensibly to control the civilian ships of various countries passing through the Strait of Constantinople, but in reality it was to monitor the ships of Britain's enemies, namely Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania.

Although it seems that civilian ships under 10,000 tons are allowed to pass, these ships passing through the Strait of Constantinople will also be recorded, and the Allied military group led by Britain, France and Australia will naturally receive the intelligence.

If it is confirmed that such civilian ships are transporting materials that are relatively scarce in Germany and Italy, then Britain, France and Australia can also organize warships to carry out attacks and disrupt the import of materials into Germany and Italy.

The problem of the Strait of Constantinople was resolved, but the British representatives were not in a hurry to leave Constantinople.

Because next, the issue of winning over Turkey to the Allied chariot is what the British attach the most importance to.

Because according to the newly signed Convention on the Strait of Constantinople, if Turkey can join the British side, Turkey can decide the issue of the Strait of Constantinople on its own.

With the help of the British, Turkey could completely blockade Russia, Bulgaria and Romania in the Black Sea, which was actually equivalent to achieving the British's original goal.

Of course, the British would not intend to completely blockade the Russian fleet if they were not prepared to fall out with the Russians.

But before that, what the British wanted to do was to blockade the Romanian and Bulgarian fleets and ensure that Germany and Italy would not gain access to resources from overseas.

But then again, Germany and Italy don't seem to have many overseas resources to draw on.

Africa was almost entirely owned by Britain and France, with the exception of Spain, Portugal and Belgium, which had colonies of a certain size.

But among these three countries, perhaps only Spain has the potential to export supplies to Germany.

However, Spain did not have many colonies in Africa, and the help they could provide to Germany was not actually that great.

Looking at Asia, perhaps the only countries in Asia that could provide strong assistance to Germany are the island countries that are also great powers and allies.

But the problem is that the situation in the island country is not very good at the moment, and even its mainland has been blockaded by Australasia.

Although there is not much risk for the time being, it is a bit unrealistic for the island country's transport fleet to transport supplies to Germany and Italy through the Indian Ocean.

There is no need to say much about Oceania. Australasia is the undisputed overlord and is an ally of Britain and France. Naturally, it is impossible for it to transport supplies to Germany.

North America is also almost ruled by Britain, France and Australia, and Germany has no influence here.

The only possible place is actually South America. After all, there are many countries in South America, and each country is restrained by each other, so it is inevitable that some accidents will occur.

Especially when Germany can provide certain military technology and weapons and equipment, as well as a large amount of funds, it is inevitable that South American countries will transport certain materials for export to Germany.

Britain and France had naturally anticipated such a situation.

In the Strait of Gibraltar, the English Channel and the North Sea, the British and French fleets have deployed large patrol fleets.

In addition, even the coast of Spain would be supervised by Britain and France. If it was confirmed that there were fleets from South America trading heavily with Spain, Britain and France would not care about Spain, a country that was not even a great power.

Even Britain and France were ready for Spain to join the war, but what was unexpected was that Spain did strengthen its ties with Germany and Italy, but has not declared war on Britain and France so far.

This made the 30 troops prepared on the southern border of France somewhat embarrassed. Even the British were trying to win over Portugal in order to resist Spain.

But Spain did not take any action, which made the preparations of Britain and France useless.

Having said that, even if Spain joins the war, it will not have much impact on the current European war.

After all, Spain's population severely restricts the country. A population of more than 2600 million does not have much impact in the face of Britain and France.

In a word, Spain's backwardness in military technology, as well as its backwardness in the size of its navy and air force, meant that it would not have much impact on the war.

The Spanish Civil War, which seemed very simple to major powers such as Britain, France and Germany, was actually the most powerful military strength that the two major forces in the Spanish Civil War could muster.

More importantly, such military strength was only achieved after receiving massive military assistance from Germany, Italy and Russia.

Without the aid of outside powers, the Spanish Civil War would have been fought much worse.

As time entered February 1937, Germany had achieved certain results on the battlefield in Northern Europe.

Hundreds of thousands of troops invaded the three Nordic countries in a mighty force. After a whole winter of attack, they had captured a large area of ​​Swedish territory and were approaching the capitals of Norway and Finland.

Although the three Nordic countries seem to be large in area, their populations are small. In addition, they have not participated in wars for a long time, so their military strength is not strong.

If it weren't for the ice and snow in Northern Europe, these three countries wouldn't have lived so peacefully. It was just their bad luck that they encountered a war profiteer who was extremely short of resources at such a time.

For Germany, as long as the three Nordic countries have abundant resources, the icy and snowy environment can be tolerated.

What's more, it doesn't take too many troops to attack the three Nordic countries. The strength of the three Nordic countries is weaker than Belgium and the Netherlands. For the powerful German army, it is easy to attack them.

More importantly, because it was winter, most of the Baltic Sea was frozen, and the British fleet could not enter the Baltic Sea at all.

Now, the Baltic Sea is like the Germans' inland sea. A large number of German troops pass directly through the sea and land in the three Nordic countries in a rather special way.

Arthur also knew the news that Finland was attacked. But the current situation was that Australasia could not help Finland at all unless it could quickly end the war in the island nation and mobilize at least 200 million troops to Europe.

But this is simply impossible. Firstly, it is not in line with the interests and strategic planning of Australasia, and secondly, Finland may have been destroyed by Germany before Australasia destroyed the island nation.

Arthur therefore gave Dmitri another offer, which was to be ready to set up a government in exile and go to London.

With Arthur's help, Dmitry doesn't have to worry about losing his position as Grand Duke of Finland.

Even if Dmitri persists in this war, he can gain the reputation of being a resolute resistance after the war is won.

As for the incident of deserting the battlefield and abandoning the people, it only takes some media publicity to be forgotten by the people.

After all, this kind of thing, like the general trend, is completely irreversible.

For example, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, although she became an exiled monarch during World War II, she regained her status as Queen of the Netherlands after World War II and her reputation was not affected in any way.

Of course, another important point is that if you give up resistance quickly, you can avoid unnecessary casualties.

Finland's population was not too large to begin with. If it had resolutely resisted Germany, it would not only fail to change the final outcome, but would have put tremendous pressure on Finland's already small population.

This was not conducive to Finland's post-war reconstruction, nor was it conducive to Dmitry's rule in Finland.

To put it bluntly, those who are currently following Dmitry to fight against the German army must be the officers and soldiers who are loyal to Dmitry.

After all these people are killed, under the influence of the German government, the next group of people in Finland may not be completely loyal to Dmitry.

As the ruler of a country, Dmitry had to consider both the entire country and himself.

Of course, Arthur did not do nothing. Arthur said that if Dmitri wanted to go into exile, Arthur would let the British help him escape and ensure that he would live a fairly safe life in the UK.

But if Dmitri decides to resist firmly, Arthur will support Dmitri with a large number of weapons and equipment and wish him good luck.

In the end, Dmitry chose to go into exile in London.

Again, this is indeed the general trend. And this is not necessarily a completely bad thing. If the Germans control the three Nordic countries, the contradictions between Germany and Russia will become more and more serious.

You know, Russia's most important territory is in Eastern Europe. But if the German and Italian groups occupy the vast territory from Northern Europe to Central Europe, Russia's Eastern Europe will become very embarrassing.

One of the two seaports is restricted by Germany, and the other is restricted by Britain. The seaport in the Far East also faces the threat from island countries.

Comparing the two, Germany, which is adjacent to Russia, will definitely become Russia's first target.

After all, if Germany could be solved, it would be equivalent to solving the problems of Germany and the island country, and liberating Russia's two seaports.

Moreover, after defeating Germany, Russia not only has the hope of regaining the three Baltic countries, but also has the hope of obtaining the whole of Poland and becoming the overlord of the European continent again.

Of course, even if you want to escape, you can't escape in a hurry.

He still had to save face, at least in front of the public and the army, Dmitry still had to be the monarch who resolutely resisted Germany.

After several days of resistance, the Finnish capital of Helsinki was captured by the Germans despite Dmitry's special deployment.

In order to escape capture, Dmitry flew through the territories of Sweden and Norway and headed to the British capital, London.

Fortunately, the northern territories of Sweden and Norway had not yet been occupied, so it was relatively safe for Dmitry to pass through here.

It is worth mentioning that after Dmitry fled to London, the monarchs of Sweden and Norway made almost the same choice.

Moreover, among all the countries to choose from for escape, London, England is the first choice for monarchs of various countries.

This is actually easy to understand. After all, Britain is still a European country. If they are in London, they can still have an influence on their country and ensure that they can return to their former position after the war.

Secondly, as the most powerful country at present, their safety can be guaranteed while staying in the UK.

Britain is still a monarchy, and after the war, if they wanted to continue to be kings and grand dukes, Britain's support would be very important.

Although London was also facing German bombing, it was naturally impossible for these monarchs to live in the bustling downtown of London.

London is actually very large, and when most monarchs fled to London, their first choice was actually the manors outside London.

Although it looks like it is in the countryside, this carefully built manor is the most prosperous and luxurious place in London.

This is actually a characteristic of European monarchies, that is, private estates with a long history, which are very large and prosperous.

Although Australasia has become a representative country of monarchy, it is still far behind the United Kingdom, which has a longer history.

Counting from the establishment of the Principality of Australia, the entire country has only been established for more than 36 years.

In addition, Arthur was not very fond of manors, so the royal family did not actually build many manors.

Apart from building private estates for his sons, the only properties under his name were the Sydney Palace and the Palais des Nations.

However, these two palaces are the true embodiment of luxury and extravagance. Especially the current palace of the Palais des Nations, any palace in it is as prosperous and luxurious as the private estates of British aristocrats.

After the monarchs of the three Nordic countries fled, Germany took the opportunity to occupy most of the three Nordic countries.

This is good news for Germany at present, as the three Nordic countries still have a lot of resources, especially Sweden, which has a large amount of iron ore, which is one of the mineral resources that Germany lacks besides oil.

Building airplanes and tanks, and even making rifles and other weapons, all require a large amount of iron ore. Although Germany also has a large amount of iron ore, with the continuous expansion of the German military industry, the iron ore mined domestically is actually not enough.

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