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Chapter 791: Continue to exert force
When the Courage exploded, there were no other ships around. If the Courage was attacked, it must have been done by a submarine.

During World War I, the German army built more than 300 submarines and sank 5708 ships of various types with a total tonnage of nearly 1300 million tons.

The Washington Naval Conference did not reach a consensus on submarines. All countries are developing submarine technology, and today's submarines have made significant progress compared to those during World War I.

If the Western Austrian government had submarines, the British blockade of Western Austria would completely fail.

As for blocking Theo, it's ridiculous in itself.

Theo is not Transvaal, which is surrounded by British colonies. With an area of ​​more than 200 million square kilometers and a coastline of 12500 kilometers, this is simply an impossible task.

Next to Theo is the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, which is less than 500 kilometers away at the closest point. The transport planes of the Grand Duchy of Yuriev do not even need to refuel for a flight.

The British never do business at a loss, and when London realized that it could not force Theo to give up its independence through force, negotiation became the only option.

On March 3, the second round of negotiations between the British and Western Austrian governments was held in Coconut City in the presence of Russia, the United States, France, Italy, and Germany.

The day before the negotiations began, the Sydney Morning Herald revealed that the British military's martial law in Perth had resulted in the deaths of more than 4000 Persian people.

Gordon, who was extremely angry, demanded that the British troops withdraw from Perth immediately and that representatives from various countries form a joint investigation team to investigate the crimes committed by the British troops in Perth.

Chamberlain was overwhelmed. Now it was not just a matter of Theo's demand for independence. Canberra's active participation had further complicated the situation.

During the Western Australia referendum, Canberra only issued a bland statement of opposition and took no substantive action.

It was only after the Western Australia referendum that Canberra realized that the British Empire had weakened to such an extent, and so Canberra began to make moves.

The only thing that Canberra misses about Britain is the protection of the Royal Navy.

If the Royal Navy had weakened to the point where it could no longer protect Australia, Australia would have lost all reason to remain in the Commonwealth.

No one wants to have an evil mother-in-law above their head.

London's bottom line is to give Australia and Canada the same diplomatic autonomy, but retain judicial power.

As for Western Australia, Britain could allow Western Australia to be independent, but the British troops must be able to withdraw from Perth in a dignified manner.

After the British army imposed martial law on Perth, Perth’s contact with the outside world was completely cut off. Now the outside world still doesn’t know what exactly happened in Perth.

The actual situation in Perth is more serious than what the Sydney Morning Herald revealed. Once the British army's actions in Perth become known to the outside world, it will cause an irreparable blow to the image of Britain.

What worries London most now is whether Western Australia's independence will trigger a chain reaction.

Although Theo has great potential, its population is too small and its influence is not great.

If India, with a population of 3.6 million, is influenced by Western Europe and begins to demand independence, that would be the end of the Commonwealth.

Once it loses India, Britain will completely become a second-rate country.

In January this year, famine broke out again in India, and it is estimated that at least one million people died.

Incredibly, Indians seemed to have become numb to the frequent outbreaks of famine and had no desire to resist at all.

That’s right, they were starving all day long and had no energy to resist British colonial rule.

India's upper class is also satisfied with the status quo and does not want independence at all. This country is completely hopeless.

George sent a telegram to Bobov, encouraging him to keep up the good work and continue bleeding the British Empire. Bobov had the same intention, and it might not be that easy for Britain to get out of Theo.

In the past few months, more than 1 volunteers have arrived in Theo, and Port George has the ability to counterattack on the basis of its defense.

The British are also continuing to increase their troops. The number of British troops stationed in Perth has exceeded 5, and the financial burden is becoming increasingly heavy.

Last month, British troops in Perth had planned to launch an attack on Kalgoorlie, but London did not agree given the distance between Perth and Kalgoorlie.

The British army in Perth was attacked every now and then.

If the British army left Perth and entered the wild, they might be completely defeated.

Compared with a certain group of natural horse thieves, the British Indian troops' field combat capabilities were almost non-existent.

Compared with the situation in Theo, the national strike held by the British Trade Union Congress over miners' wages at the beginning of this year made London even more anxious.

When the Conservative Party came to power, in order to win the workers' votes, it promised to formulate more welfare policies for the British working class after taking office.

This is the consequence of comparing with each other.

The Conservative Party represents the interests of the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie and cannot truly safeguard the interests of the working class. Therefore, this strike is the largest strike in the UK since the end of World War II.

What angered British workers was that Churchill, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative Cabinet, not only publicly cursed the striking workers as "enemies of Britain", but also suggested using machine guns to suppress the strike.

Churchill's outrageous remarks not only failed to scare the workers, but instead led to more workers joining in, and the scale of the movement grew.

At critical moments, there are still people who behave like humans.

Russia further added fuel to the fire by deciding to raise the minimum wage following a strike by British miners.

Russia's reason is that the original minimum wage standard no longer conforms to Russia's actual situation as the Russian economy develops, so Russia's wage increase is not targeted at any country.

As the news spread, the strike intensified in the UK and began to spread to France and Germany. Even Prince Karl could not help but complain to George, hoping that Russia would not easily use this kind of map cannon to carry out indiscriminate attacks.

George was helpless.

Russia took preventive measures in advance because it was worried that the strike in the UK would spread to Russia. It really did not mean to fire a map cannon.

Facts have proved that Russia's prevention is very necessary, otherwise Russia will be in chaos like Britain, France and Germany.

So Prince Carl should not blame Russia, but should look for the reasons in himself.

George almost pressed Carl's head to make him reflect.

The strike in London had not yet subsided when Russia once again announced in a high-profile manner that Canadian Frederick Banting, winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, had accepted an offer from St. Petersburg University to serve as a professor of medicine at the university.

This is the sixth Nobel Prize winner to work in Russia in the past two years.

These six Nobel Prize winners are all winners in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine.

This situation attracted the attention of the British academic community. Banting and his assistant Best won the Nobel Prize for discovering insulin. Before that, diabetes meant chronic death.

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