Chapter 697 Mediterranean Raiders
"This is a small matter. The main thing is that you have to run this business well. I am not very old, so I can help you for some time." Sheffield leaned against the fence and said with a smile, "In the long run,
, the profit cycle of the steel industry is still quite long, and now that the war has broken out, this is a coveted industry. It is easy to make money and difficult to operate. You can take over during this period and the difficulty will be reduced. By the time the war is over, it should be
I’m still familiar with the steel industry, so I won’t have to worry about it then.”
"As for you, Margaret, since you marry my son, I will make sure that little William gives you enough respect. Although I can't control whether your relationship will always remain the same, you will become adults after you get married.
, we should accommodate each other." Sheffield said to his daughter-in-law, "Our family, due to some historical factors, is very accommodating to the hostesses of each generation, so you should not be wronged."
"I feel great, Father!" Margaret Carnegie had a strong sense of empathy and considered herself a member of the family. At least her eloquence was much better than that of William Rockefeller.
She really shouldn't have had any discipline other than physical discipline in the past. Sheffield couldn't help but sigh. Even if he looked a little like the big-breasted and brainless Edith Rockefeller in the past? The result was even more old-fashioned than little Rockefeller. Thinking about it carefully, this child is simply
Going all the way to the old Rockefeller style.
"It's a good thing that you and little William have complementary personalities." Sheffield began to praise, looking very pleased, "But this is a small problem. It turns out that my grandmother Zeng Jin also told me that our kind
Entrepreneurs of the upper class can withstand countless failed entrepreneurships and only need to succeed once. They are completely different from the common people. These words are correct. It is really not many people like the Vanderbilt family who always fail in their transformation.
See. I’m not worried about your ability at all. We’ve discussed some things. This steel kingdom belongs to you. If the time comes, maybe you can merge with the United States Steel Company. It’s not that we don’t know each other anyway.”
"There's no problem with Aunt Louisa?" As soon as William Rockefeller spoke, Sheffield's face turned cloudy. Margaret Carnegie quickly added, "There's never been a problem with Mother Louisa."
"Yeah! The little guy can talk." Sheffield showed a smile and said, "One person can't solve everything. No matter how energetic he is, he can't take care of everything. In the future, marriages will continue. Only if we unite together will we not be able to solve everything.
If you are eliminated by the times and see emerging industries, the success rate of group robbery will be much higher."
Today the slave owner taught a lesson to one of the heirs. As other children grow up in the next few years, there should be many similar occasions. The reason why we have this time to teach is related to the boring life in recent months.
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The novelty of the war has passed for the entire United States, and the slave owner is certainly not surprised. His life is now as boring as the citizen class, and he thinks about the same things. He can use the war to live a better life than before.
A few days later, Sheffield abandoned the status of two Canadian Dominions. This was not a difficult thing to do. Although the United Kingdom still had strong control over the Canadian Dominions, the United States, as a close neighbor, could do it.
This little thing is so easy.
There are many Canadian stars in Hollywood, and Mary Pickford is one of them. Now this American sweetheart has got her wish, with her swollen belly turning over and becoming the master in front of Sheffield.
"I feel like I'm just wasting my precious time. Can't we do something exciting?" Sheffield couldn't help complaining in front of the female star. The battlefield in the Middle East was a bit strangely calm.
The news in the past two months is that after the German-Austrian Allied Forces shifted their focus to the Eastern Front, Bulgaria officially participated in the war and joined the Allied camp after receiving the benefits promised by the Allies. The members of the Allied camp are now German, Italian, Austrian, Ottoman, and Bulgarian.
The role of Bulgaria's participation in the war was also very obvious. With the participation of the Bulgarian army, changes occurred on the southern front, which had been anxious. It lived up to the name of Little Prussia. The first thing it did when participating in the war was to help Austria-Hungary solve a difficult Serbia.
Hard nut. From a geographical point of view, Bulgaria's participation in the war was fatal to Serbia. The Serbian army was attacked from both sides. Serbia, which had always been entangled with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was under siege by the Allied forces, and the entire territory was occupied by the Allies.
The slave owners knew that Bulgaria had the highest mobilization rate among the participating countries in World War I. After participating in the war, it did not suffer any loss from the war with the Allies. Entering the war at this time would make Britain, which was still hoarding troops in Egypt, face an even more difficult situation.
Bulgaria and the British army fought in World War I, and the British army was defeated. After Sheffield knew the news, he divided the supplies shipped to the Persian Gulf into Bulgaria's share and transported them to this small Eastern European power through Baghdad.
After Serbia was actually defeated, the entire Allied Powers became one, and each participating country reduced its defenses on one or more fronts. The one that benefited the most was Austria-Hungary. The second most powerful country among the Allied Powers, because Italy participated in the war, it did not have to go south to the southwest.
Be alert, because Bulgaria entered the war and solved the Serbian threat on the southern front.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had freed up a huge military force, was no longer the ally that needed to be saved by Germany. In addition to making Imperial Russia, which faced the Allies alone, feel more pressure. 300,000 Austrian troops arrived through the developed railway network in Germany.
On the Western Front, there was also an Austro-Hungarian Army Group that entered Italy and formed the Austrian-Italian Allied Forces in southeastern France.
The 300,000 Austrian troops entering France on the Western Front through Germany directly offset the 300,000 Canadian troops mobilized by the British. Although the Austrian-Italian troops in southeastern France were more symbolic, they also gave a taste of the two German armies.
France is feeling a lot of pressure due to the treatment of frontline combat. Only the trench barbed wire that has been formed on the French-Italian border and the Italian army with low combat effectiveness can make Paris feel a little comfort.
In June, news came that shocked Sheffield. At the request of London, Japan would send two divisions to participate in the war.
"Can the Japanese Army be consumed in the European battlefield?" Sheffield muttered with a strange expression. This world war has developed in a strange direction. This change has even made slave owners begin to doubt their own judgment.
The Allied Powers, Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Japan are facing off against the Allied Powers, Germany, Italy, Austria and Austria. The situation is currently five versus five. However, in terms of land strength, the Allies are territorially connected to each other and can offset part of the Allied Powers' national strength and manpower losses through mutual aid within the territory.
Advantages.
Sheffield wondered whether Japan made the decision to send the army to the main battlefield because of its aggressive attacks against Germany overseas and what the British had promised.
We still need to ask Sato and his daughter about this matter. Sheffield took an airship to Los Angeles. He wanted to understand what the Japanese were thinking. The two divisions could not survive even one battle in Europe. If they had to
If you feel that the Russo-Japanese War was a victory and that the European imperialist powers were nothing more than that, then you should send more troops there.
"This is a real even match. I wonder if there is public opinion in Tokyo now that they regret participating in the war? Mrs. Sato!" Sheffield asked, hugging Mrs. Sato's delicate body.
"There is no other way. The imperial government has occupied Germany's overseas colonies. Since it has participated in the war, it must bear some obligations. In addition, Britain has promised to reimburse all the expenses of the Japanese expeditionary force." Mrs. Sato let the slave owner hold her, with a tone of voice.
He said with some dissatisfaction, "The whole world knows that you are a pro-German faction in the United States."
"You are wrong. They are all acting based on interests. In order to prevent the United States from joining this tragic war, I must stand up and tell the citizens that the Allied Powers and the Central Powers are all the same thing, and the citizens of the United States are not worth fighting for.
They sacrificed their lives. As for matters in the Middle East, I protect Christians in my own name." Sheffield flatly denied the British slander against him and said righteously, "The United States cannot join this unjust war."
The war will continue for an unknown amount of time for the major participating countries, but it is basically over for Sheffield. He has always wanted an evenly matched world war, and now his goal has been achieved.
You can stay in the United States and perform blood transfusions on both sides with peace of mind. If there is one thing that is still missing, it is that the Arabs in the Middle East quickly opposed the rule of the Ottoman Empire. William Pasha wanted to go on a killing spree to kill the rebels in these oil-producing areas for the sake of the Ottoman Empire.
Wait until the war is over.
Now that we know the reason why Japan sent the army, the rest is private time. The slave owner and his mother-in-law have not seen each other for a long time, so they must have a good time to catch up with each other. "I have an obligation to take care of Mr. Sato's family!"
The last time Britain fought a large-scale naval battle in the Mediterranean was during the Napoleonic Wars. In the Battle of Aboukir in 1798, Nelson destroyed the French navy at the mouth of the Nile, allowing Napoleon to escape back to France alone, and also fought for the British
After arriving in Egypt, the British Navy never had a chance to open fire with a powerful opponent in the Mediterranean.
From then on, Britain monopolized the Mediterranean Sea and did not withdraw from this closed sea area until the Suez Canal War. The proximity of France and Britain made it difficult for the enemy to withstand the strangulation of the navies of these two powerful countries.
The British base in Gibraltar and the Port of Alexandria blocked the only two exits from the Mediterranean to the outer ocean. The island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean and the important island of Malta in the Central Mediterranean gave the British power even more power; the French navy
Toulon, Big Game, and Oran have made up for the British navy's gaps very well. There is no navy in the whole of Europe that has the strength to challenge these two.
But the Mediterranean advantage of the Anglo-French alliance is not impeccable. Italy's territory is like a sharp knife thrust into the Mediterranean. Unless the Italian problem is solved, Britain and France will not have complete control over the Mediterranean.
Chapter completed!