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Chapter 808 Russian System

It is said that Italians are the best at taking sides.

In fact, it is not the case. The United States is the fence-sitter who is best at taking sides, while Italy is a person who goes with the flow.

The agreement with the UK is the US's habitual double-betting. It wants to divide the European market with Russia, and also wants to join forces with the UK to seek benefits. It is a standard way of wanting both.

The current cooperation is just a test by the Americans. If Russia's reaction is not strong, Britain and the United States will carry out closer cooperation in the future.

George has never been a moral gentleman and has already secretly dug a trap for the United States.

The Americans thought they had a good idea and were dumping their goods into Europe through Britain, thus gaining a temporary lead in the competition with Russian goods.

Since Russia and the United States signed the agreement, American capitalists, led by the Delaware Automobile Group, have started a new round of large-scale investment, building more factories, hiring more workers, and producing more goods.

On the surface, the US economy is growing rapidly and the situation looks very good.

But in fact, the goods produced by the United States have far exceeded the demand of the United States. Once the demand in Europe declines, an economic crisis will break out in the United States.

George emphasized three things at the defense conference. First: continue to improve the technical level of Russian weapons and equipment and maintain Russia's technological advantage.

Second: Increase the emphasis on technical arms and increase the proportion of technical arms among active military personnel.

Finally, we will continue to strengthen cooperation with our allies to counter the pressure brought by the international situation.

Economically, Russia will also retaliate against the United States.

However, the way to counter is not to engage in a price war with the Americans, but to improve the reputation of Russian products through public opinion.

Before the World War, in order to suppress German products, Britain labeled German products as "Made in Germany" to stigmatize German products.

Russian products also have the "Made in Russia" label to prove that they are made of genuine materials.

Although both are canned food, the canned food exported from the United States to Europe uses a lot of animal offal or scraps that Americans do not eat, and its cost is much lower than that of Russian products.

The canned beef exported by Russia to Europe contains more than 90% beef. Compared with the unscrupulous American merchants, Russian canned beef is more in line with European habits.

Currently Europe, especially Germany, has just emerged from the economic downturn and has not yet reached the stage of pursuing food safety. It is good enough to have something to eat.

But with the development of the economy, sooner or later Germans will go beyond the level of having enough to eat and start pursuing eating well.

George hopes that Europeans can understand the differences between Russian and American products. In this way, when pursuing a higher quality of life, Europeans will naturally abandon American products that cut corners and make Russian products, which are higher in price but better in quality, their first choice.

Given Russia's influence in Europe, this is easy to do.

As December approaches, European businesses begin preparing for Christmas, which is the most important holiday of the year for most Europeans.

On December 12, the British newspaper The Times evaluated canned beef on the London market and ultimately concluded that although the price of American canned beef sold in London was slightly lower, its quality was far inferior to that of real Russian canned beef.

On December 12, The Times conducted another evaluation of cars sold in the British market, and the final conclusion was that American cars were good for nothing except that they were cheap, and were not at the same level as Russian cars.

The cheapest car in Britain was not the Russian Polestar or the Delaware Scarab, but the Ford Model T.

In pursuit of cost advantage, the Model T simplified all unnecessary facilities on the car, and even only produced black Model T cars to reduce costs, which made Ford the best-selling car brand in the United States.

The Delaware Automobile Group itself was one of Ford's shareholders, and the hot sales of the Model T did not affect the profits of the Delaware Automobile Group.

In Britain, the Model T sold for about 20 percent less than the Polestar.

For the United States, a country with a vast land and sparse population, cars are not toys but essential daily necessities.

In Europe, where old money is rampant, only rich people buy cars. Poor people simply cannot afford them, and there is no need to do so.

Rich people don't care about that 20%.

In the UK, sales of the Model T were originally not as good as those of the Polestar series. After the Times published the evaluation results, sales of the Model T dropped to single digits per day.

Given the relationship between Britain and the United States, the Times' report is still based on facts and does not add fuel to the fire.

Compared with the British, the French are unscrupulous.

France is the European country that discriminates against the United States the most, so the French not only report the defects of American products truthfully, but also dig up old issues and lash out at the United States for its atrocities during the world war.

France was the country most damaged by the world war.

Therefore, the United States, which had been trading with Germany until it entered the war, was the culprit for France's losses.

This conclusion is obviously biased. Americans are indeed hateful, but Germany is the real culprit.

After the end of World War II, France was trapped both internally and externally, and was deeply mired in colonial wars. The country was already in turmoil.

The report in Le Figaro put the United States at the forefront and gave the French an outlet to vent their emotions. Not only did the French begin to spontaneously boycott American products, but some restaurants in Paris also posted warning signs saying "Americans and dogs are not allowed."

In Germany, American products have been boycotted more severely. Although Russia has not officially retaliated against the United States, Russian businessmen have found another way.

The United States bypassed its agreement with Russia through the United Kingdom and dumped its goods into Europe at low prices.

Some smart Russian businessmen also dumped their products into Europe through the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Russia and Yugoslavia are allies, and Russian is also the common language in Yugoslavia. Russian products entering Yugoslavia do not even need to change the labels and can enter Europe openly.

Although the cost of American goods is low, including shipping costs, they are actually about the same as Russian goods.

Based on the relationship between Russia and Germany, Germany is more accepting of Russian products. Even if Russian products are more expensive, Germany's powerful class will still choose Russian products.

After the end of World War II, millions of Germans went to Russia to work, and their families benefited from it, helping countless Germans get through the most difficult period, which made many Germans feel favorable towards Russia.

Russia's aid to Germany has made more and more Germans grateful to Russia. Many Germans have begun to reflect on why Germany and Russia became enemies?

There was extensive discussion among all classes in Germany about this issue, and the final answer was the demands of the allies and the instigation of Britain.

This answer is actually wrong.

The reason why Germany and Russia became enemies was largely due to the ambitions of William II.

But at this time, it didn't matter what the truth was. The Germans were only willing to believe what they recognized, so the German Empire, like the Russian Empire, was a victim of the world war.

With this conclusion, a kind of sympathy formed between the Germans and the Russians.

Many people don’t know that the earliest compulsory education in the world appeared in Germany, so the education level of Germans is second to none in Europe. This is also one of the important reasons why Germany was able to rise rapidly at the end of the last century.

After Britain and the United States signed the agreement, Karl Sr. visited Alexander again, hoping that German police forces could be invited to participate in next year's Rivne exercises.

Not a military observation group, but a German police force.

Bound by the Treaty of Versailles, Germany could only retain an army of 100,000. With such a small number of people, not only could they not maintain Germany's national defense, they could not even guarantee order within Germany.

So in addition to the 60-strong army, Germany also formed a police force with a total strength of more than people.

This is nonsense.

You should know that before the outbreak of World War II, Germany's total military strength was only 75.

The total strength of Germany's soldiers and police now exceeds 70.

There were disputes within the Allied Powers regarding this situation, and France had asked Germany to reduce the size of its police force.

Germany rejected France's request, citing domestic needs.

In order to ensure Germany's ruling order, the Allies acquiesced to this situation.

Germany will add another 2.5 police officers next year.

"The United States has begun military cooperation with the United Kingdom, and you should know what this means."

Old Karl hopes to get George's support.

The fourth batch of students studying at the Amur Army Academy graduated before the arrival of winter this year. Although more than half of the students chose to stay in Russia, Germany still sent the fifth batch of students.

There are a total of 160 students in this batch. They will not only learn military command, but also train with the Russian Air Force and learn its advanced tactics.

"What can two countries that believe in sea power do together?"

George is not superstitious. The essence of the theory of sea power is correct. It is true that whoever controls the sea controls the whole world, but George believes more in the theory of totality.

As long as Russia can maintain its lead in the army and air force, it will be invincible. No matter how many battleships Britain and the United States build, they will not be able to impose a blockade on Russia.

"George, the European market will be saturated sooner or later. Don't you want to expand into the American market?"

Old Carl knew George well and knew how to convince him.

America--

It’s not that George doesn’t want to, but Russia’s strength is limited, and now it can only focus on the Eurasian continent.

When Russia can completely break the monopoly of Britain and France on overseas colonies, it will not be too late to explore the American market.

By then it will no longer be a competition between Russia and Britain, but a direct competition between Russia and the United States.

"If we join forces, we will dominate the European continent."

Old Karl once again proposed that the two countries form an alliance and completely join the Russian system.

(End of this chapter)