Chapter 516 Let’s Fight!

The dignity of a diplomat lies in his motherland. Now that Germany has swept across Europe, even the former world hegemon, the British Empire, has been trampled underfoot. As a German diplomat, he naturally speaks quite tough.

After laughing a few times, Andreas's face suddenly turned cold. "It seems that your country has been ready for war for a long time?! Since you want war so much, I will give you war! From this moment on, our two countries are in a state of war!!" After leaving this sentence, Andreas stood up and left in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"!!" Roosevelt stared at Andreas who walked out of the office without looking back, and did not react for a while.

Previously, Roosevelt's think tank analyzed that Germany's next target was the Soviet Union, which was also what the United States wanted to see. After all, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight is in the best interest of the United States. When two tigers fight, one will be injured; the remaining one will not be a threat. At that time, the United States will pick up the shotgun and make a brilliant appearance. Wouldn't it be great to reap the final fruits?

Roosevelt also believed that the Germans would not dare to provoke the United States before this, otherwise they would have to face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, but he did not expect that the German ambassador would not play by the rules at all, and regarded a few threatening words as a declaration of war? And he accepted the challenge without hesitation? !

An ambassador naturally did not have this right, but before coming to the White House, Andreas received a secret report from His Highness, telling him that if Roosevelt dared to threaten war, he should immediately accept the challenge and not give him a chance to regret or explain. After returning to the embassy, ​​Andreas immediately sent the situation to the country, and then ordered the secretary to burn all the documents.

The time in London, England is 5 hours ahead of that in Washington, USA. At this time, Yannick was enjoying dinner with a group of British senior officials at Buckingham Palace. Anne hurried in and reported in a voice that was neither loud nor low. "Your Highness, just now, President Roosevelt of the United States declared war on our country!"

"What!" There was an uproar at the table. Deputy Prime Minister Clement, who had just taken a sip of soup, was almost choked. He quickly took a napkin to wipe the soup from the corner of his mouth, while the others looked at Anne who was reporting with a look of shock.

Deputy Prime Minister Clement couldn't help cursing in his heart, what a lunatic! If you want to declare war, you should declare it earlier. Even if you declare war a few months earlier, the British Empire will not fall into this situation! But you declare war only after Britain surrenders? ! Are these guys crazy? !

But thinking about it, Deputy Prime Minister Clement couldn't help but feel a little strange. If the United States wants to declare war, it has to wait until the foreign exchange in the treasury is converted into euros before declaring war? Now that the war is declared, it would be strange if Germany could exchange it for you. In this way, wouldn't the foreign exchange of European countries in the US treasury become waste paper? Americans must be heartbroken?

Could it be that Roosevelt is confused?

And Yannick cut the steak without changing his expression and spoke. "Oh? It seems that President Roosevelt can no longer bear it? Sir Clement, what do you think?"

Deputy Prime Minister Clement was speechless. What else could he think? Could it be that the United States would definitely defeat Germany and save Britain from the water and fire? Wouldn't that be courting death? But if it was said that Germany would definitely defeat the United States and conquer America, it seemed to be suspected of flattery. "Your Highness, I have to say that the United States is a formidable enemy that cannot be underestimated."

Just looking at the United States during the last war, you can know how terrible the country's war potential is.

As early as World War I, the United States ranked first in the world in terms of economic output. In 1913, the United States' economic output was about 39 billion US dollars, which was more than Germany and Britain at the time.

In terms of industry, it is not inferior. In terms of industrial scale, the United States' industrial output value accounts for 38% of the world, which is more than the three countries of Britain, France and Germany combined. In terms of industrialization level, assuming that the level of Britain in 1900 was 100, then the industrial level of the United States was 126 and that of Germany was 85. In terms of industrial output, the United States is far ahead of other countries. Take steel as an example. In 1913, the United States produced 31.8 million tons of steel, while Germany produced 17.6 million tons. The United States is the world's first industrial power.

What is most feared is that the United States has amazing war potential, relying on its strong industrial and economic foundation, rich resources and a large and highly qualified population.

Although the US Army is relatively weak, the US Navy ranks among the best in the world, and it has a large reserve of troops and weapons reserves, and its military production capacity has huge potential. When the United States was involved in the war in 1917, it soon broke out with amazing war potential. In just one or two years, the US military soared from 1.32 million to 4.8 million, of which 2 million crossed the ocean to the European battlefield and played a pivotal role in the European battlefield.

During the entire war, the United States supplied the Allies with US$10.5 billion in various materials and loans of US$10 billion, which strongly supported the Allies' operations. Because Britain and France obtained sufficient materials from the United States, they became stronger and stronger. Germany was not so good. Although Germany was short of resources and had a strong military, it could not withstand long-term consumption. By the end of the war, it was on the verge of collapse. If the United States had not joined the war, Germany might not have lost the war.

Yannick naturally knew the war potential of the United States. At least a few months ago, he was quite afraid of it. But now it is completely different! The British mainland has been taken by Germany. The United States has lost the bridgehead for counterattacking Europe. Let the United States cross the Atlantic directly and try?

"The United States is indeed a strong opponent. I quite agree with this. Unfortunately, they have lost the best opportunity to join the war." If the United States joined the war before Britain was occupied, the outcome of this war would be hard to say.

Of course, Vice Prime Minister Clement also knew what Yannick meant by this, and cursed the stupid Americans again in his heart.

Yannick asked Anne. "How is Dr. Goebbels?"

"In ten minutes at most, all of Europe will know that the United States has declared war on us."

Yannick nodded with satisfaction and gave an order. "Seize all American companies in Europe and freeze all assets." As mentioned earlier, Yannick deliberately lowered tariffs for American businessmen, with various preferential policies. There are hundreds of American companies of all sizes in Germany, and various real estate assets and liquid funds are countless.

"Yes!"

After Anne left, Yannick smiled and raised his glass to signal. "Everyone, cheers to President Roosevelt's generosity. He has contributed hundreds of billions of dollars to the European economy." France's 1,800 tons of gold are only more than 2 billion US dollars, which is simply a caterpillar compared to hundreds of billions of foreign exchange.

With this declaration of war, they can deny the largest source of foreign exchange. Perhaps in the future, they can rely on advanced networks and various channels for exchange. Unfortunately, there are no such advanced means now. Large-amount exchanges exceeding a certain amount can only be carried out by the state.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. Could it be that all this was planned by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?