The Rise of Australia

Chapter 908 Straits Convention and Escape

Because of the conflict between Britain and Russia, the meeting was deadlocked for nearly half a month.

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

This convention, which was compromised by Britain and Russia, is not so biased.

According to the provisions of this Straits Convention, during the war, if Turkey is a non-belligerent country, all warships of participating 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 more than 10,000 civilian ships of various countries from passing through the Strait of Constantinople.

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

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

But in fact, it is still the British who are obviously taking advantage.

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

Let these countries send representatives to station in the Strait of Constantinople. On the surface, it is to control the civilian ships of various countries passing through the Strait of Constantinople, but in fact it is to supervise the ships of Britain's enemies, that is, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania.

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

If it is determined that such civilian ships are transporting scarce materials in Germany and Italy, Britain, France and Australia can also organize warships to attack and disrupt the import of materials from Germany and Italy.

The problem of the Strait of Constantinople has been solved, but the British representatives are not in a hurry to leave Constantinople.

Because next, the matter of winning over Turkey to the Allied warship is the most important thing for the British.

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 can completely blockade Russia, Bulgaria and Romania in the Black Sea, which is actually equivalent to achieving the original purpose of the British.

Of course, if the British are not prepared to turn against the Russians, they will not intend to completely blockade the Russian fleet.

But before that, the British want to blockade the fleets of Romania and Bulgaria to ensure that Germany and Italy will not obtain resources from overseas.

But then again, Germany and Italy do not seem to have too many overseas resources to obtain.

Africa is almost the territory of Britain and France. In addition, Spain, Portugal and Belgium occupy a certain scale of colonies.

But among these three countries, perhaps only Spain can really export materials to Germany.

However, Spain does not have many colonies in Africa, and the help they can provide to Germany is not too great.

Looking at Asia again, the only country in Asia that may be able to help Germany vigorously may be the island countries that are also great powers and allies.

But the problem is that the situation of the island countries is not very good at this time, and even their homeland has been blocked by Australasia.

Although there is no great risk for the time being, it is a bit of a fantasy for the transport fleet of the island country to transport supplies to Germany and Italy through the Indian Ocean.

Needless to say, Oceania is the undisputed overlord, and it is an ally of Britain and France, so it is naturally impossible to transport supplies to Germany.

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

The only possibility is actually South America. After all, there are many countries in South America, and the countries are restraining each other, so it is inevitable that some accidents will occur.

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

Britain and France have naturally expected such a situation.

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

In addition, even the coast of Spain will be supervised by Britain and France. If it is really confirmed that there are fleets from South America and Spain in large quantities of trade, Britain and France will not care about Spain, a country that is not even a great power.

Even Britain and France have prepared for Spain to join the war, but what is unexpected is that Spain has indeed strengthened its ties with Germany and Italy, but has not declared war on Britain and France so far.

This makes the 300,000 troops prepared on the southern border of France somewhat embarrassing. Even the British have been trying to win over Portugal to resist Spain.

But Spain has been slow to act, which makes the preparations of Britain and France useless.

In other words, even if Spain joins the war, it will not have much impact on the current European war.

After all, Spain's population severely restricts this country. A population of more than 26 million does not have much effect in front of Britain and France.

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

The Spanish Civil War, which looks very simple in the eyes of major powers such as Britain, France and Germany, is the most powerful military strength that the two major forces can bring out in the Spanish Civil War.

More importantly, this military strength was only brought into play after receiving a large amount of military assistance from Germany, Italy and Russia.

Without the assistance of external powers, the Spanish Civil War would have been fought even worse.

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

Hundreds of thousands of troops invaded the three Nordic countries in a mighty manner. After a whole winter of attack, they had already 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 not large. In addition, because they have not participated in the war for a long time, their military strength is not strong.

If it weren't for the ice and snow in Northern Europe, these three countries would not have lived so peacefully. It's just that they were unlucky and happened to encounter 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 ice and snow environment can be tolerated.

What's more, it hardly takes too many troops to attack the three Nordic countries. The strength of the three Nordic countries is weaker than that of Belgium and the Netherlands. For the powerful German army, it is easy to attack.

More importantly, because of the winter, most of the Baltic Sea is frozen, and the British fleet cannot enter the Baltic Sea at all.

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

Arthur also knew the news that Finland was attacked. But the current situation is that Australasia can't help Finland at all unless it can quickly resolve the war in the island country and mobilize at least 2 million troops to Europe.

But this is impossible. First, it is not in line with the interests and strategic planning of Australasia. Second, perhaps Finland has been eliminated by Germany before Australasia eliminates the island country.

Therefore, Arthur gave Dmitry another suggestion, that is, to be ready to establish an exile government at any time and go to London.

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

Even if Dmitry persists in this war, he can still gain the reputation of firm resistance after the victory of the war.

As for the desertion and abandonment of the people, it only needs some media publicity to be forgotten by people.

After all, this kind of thing is also like the general trend, which is fundamentally irreversible.

For example, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, although she became an exiled monarch during World War II, she still restored her status as the Queen of the Netherlands after World War II, and her own reputation was not affected at all.

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

Finland's population is not too large. If you resist Germany firmly, it will not only fail to change the final result, but will also put great pressure on Finland's already small population.

This is not conducive to the reconstruction of Finland after the war, nor is it conducive to Dmitry's rule in Finland.

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

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

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

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

But if Dmitry decided to resist firmly, Arthur would support Dmitry 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 bad thing. Let the Germans control the three Nordic countries, and the contradictions between Germany and Russia will become deeper and deeper.

You know, Russia's most important territory is in Eastern Europe. But if the German-Italian group occupies a 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 will also face the threat of island countries.

Compared with each other, 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 Germany and the island countries, and liberating Russia's two seaports.

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

Of course, even if you want to escape, you can't escape hastily.

You still have to save face, at least in front of the public and the army, Dmitry still has to be the monarch who resolutely resists Germany.

After a few days of resistance, under Dmitry's special deployment, Helsinki, the capital of Finland, was still broken by the Germans.

In order to escape being captured, Dmitry took a plane through the territories of Sweden and Norway and went to London, the capital of the United Kingdom.

Fortunately, the northern territories of Sweden and Norway have not been occupied, and it is relatively safe for Dmitry to pass through here.

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

And among all the choices of countries to flee to, London, England is the first choice for monarchs of all 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 if they stay in Britain.

Britain is still a monarchy. After the war, they want to continue to be kings and grand dukes, and the support of Britain is also very important.

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

London is actually very large. After most monarchs fled to London, their first choice is actually the manor on the outskirts of London.

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

This is actually a feature of European monarchies, that is, those private manors with a long history, very large and prosperous.

Although Australasia has become a representative country of monarchy, at this point, Australasia is still far inferior to the United Kingdom, which has a longer history.

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

In addition, Arthur did not have much of a hobby for manors, so the royal family did not actually build many manors.

In addition to building private manors for several sons, the only real estate under Arthur's name was Sydney Palace and the Palais des Nations.

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

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, is also one of the mineral resources that Germany lacks besides oil.

A large amount of iron ore is needed to build airplanes and tanks, and even to manufacture weapons such as rifles. Although there are also a large number of iron ore in Germany, with the continuous expansion of the German military industry, the iron ore mined in the country is actually not enough.

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