"I strongly agree with Colonel Douglas's judgment. This is definitely not an avoidance of war." John Connor emphasized this point, "Under our witness, the 42nd Division showed great courage and restored peace in the Persian Gulf.

.As for the European battlefield, hasn’t General Pershing already arrived with an army of 2,000 men?”

At this stage, General Pershing's main task is not to do anything to Germany. The two thousand people he led firstly showed that the United States had fulfilled its commitment to participate in the war. The other main task was to discuss with Britain and France that the American Expeditionary Force wanted the British and French coalition forces.

have the same status as the ANZAC and the Algerian Army, and must not give up their command rights like the ANZAC or the Algerian Army.

The United States of America must be on an equal footing with Britain and France. Until this problem is resolved, the American Expeditionary Force on the European battlefield will remain at its current size for a long time.

Therefore, the current main destination of the American Expeditionary Force is still the Persian Gulf, so here comes the Persian Gulf, a strange scene of Americans versus Americans, and the flag of the Confederate States versus the flag of the United States.

"Now that the expeditionary force has arrived in the Persian Gulf, we can have no scruples." After Douglas MacArthur left, John Connor and Brown tacitly said, "The Arabs in the Middle East who side with the British, the boss has never said

We are willing to go to war, especially the resistance army led by the eldest son of the Hashemite family under our noses."

"Assemble the guns to suppress them." Brown said without thinking, "Now is the time. If it is not possible, I can give this credit to the 42nd Division. I think Douglas MacArthur will like it."

"Him!" In the villa in Sheffield, New York, after just listening to the introduction of the head of the bodyguard, the slave owner heard that Douglas MacArthur was an old friend. Sheffield was only familiar with him from history books, but he was not familiar with his father.

We have really cooperated with MacArthur. When we were in the Philippines, the relationship between the two parties was pretty good.

After thinking for a while, Jessla called back, "We will try our best to help MacArthur achieve meritorious service on the battlefield. For a long time, this person may be needed to help with business in Manila."

As for the resistance team of the Guardians of Mecca, Sheffield has always had no bad feelings towards them, but if they want to reach out to the Persian Gulf, it is another matter. With Hijaz, there are so many good places in Syria that are not occupied, so they have to come to the Persian Gulf to cause trouble.

Unforgivable.

At present, Britain and France have discovered that the United States, which just entered the war, is not the iron-headed Russia. Compared with the attitude of European countries in fulfilling their alliances, these American country bumpkins have been very disappointing from the beginning, with only an army of 2,000 people.

After arriving in Europe, all that was left was the naval force. But more troops arrived in the Persian Gulf, and the so-called Allied forces, whose main force was also composed of American citizens, stared along the occupation line where the war had ceased.

It neither helped the British troops in the Persian Gulf regain an inch of land, nor had a positive impact. On the contrary, as the American expeditionary force arrived in the Persian Gulf, the mercenary army began to turn its guns and began to suppress the pro-British Arab armed forces.

But at this time when the United States is particularly needed, Britain and France, especially the British, can only choose to turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye to the Arab armed forces' cry for help.

This kind of humiliation has been a very unfamiliar feeling to Britain and France, especially the British, for the past three hundred years. Sheffield knew this well.

At the end of the year, Sheffield United Company began to calculate the trade volume since the outbreak of the world war. A total of 3.2 billion US dollars of arms trade figures for the Allied Powers showed how profitable the war was for arms dealers. And the Allies, since the beginning of the world war

Since the outbreak of the war, the Union Company has still had $540 million in trade with the Allies.

This can be compared to the original World War I. The differences were mainly in the Allied camp. Slave owners remember that compared to the real history, compared with the billions of trade with the Allies, the trade of 1.5 million US dollars

Well, we can clearly see the preference of the United States between the two camps. With the existence of the United Company, it is different. It has directly turned into a trade volume of 540 million US dollars.

The Sheffield United Company single-handedly consolidated the neutral status of the United States and made its claims of love and peace more worthy of the name. This does not include the United Company's mergers and acquisitions of overseas German companies during the war.

Up to now, the United Company, which has consolidated its free trade status, is a complete practitioner of the free trade concept.

As for the so-called usury, it has nothing to do with slave owners. Just ask how much money Citibank owned by the Rockefeller family and Morgan Bank owned by the Morgan family lent out.

"I don't usually feel it. Calculating it is shocking, but the profit margin is not high." Anne, who was chatting on the phone with Sheffield, said with some suspicion, "It seems that the investment in the Persian Gulf is too much."

"Don't forget about the billions." Sheffield comforted, "Although it is a barren land in the eyes of many people, I believe my vision is not wrong."

In the New Year, Arlington Manor was more lively than in previous years. Sheffield returned with a lady of the same status as his wife and fourteen children, watching many descendants playing and playing, even William Rockefeller, Margaret Carnegie and others.

Whichever stop the newlyweds go to is very emotional.

"Today, this place finally looks like a big family." Annabel was very happy to see so many descendants gathering together. When she was out walking, she said to Sheffield, "What do you want to do with Harry's two daughters?"

"I don't have any idea, I haven't seen them very often." Sheffield frowned and said truthfully, "Even if they have any demands, as long as they are not too excessive, there is nothing wrong with them based on their blood relationship."

"Didn't you think of killing them?" Annabelle glanced at the heir and said nonchalantly, "That would be safer."

"Um? No, they really pose no threat to me." Sheffield smiled bitterly, "I have many children now, including Alexander and Douglas in name only. Even if something happens, United Company will not fall into their hands.

Grandma, why do you always take things to such extremes?"

"Because I didn't think too extreme, I really did this." Annabel said without joking at all, "Your grandfather originally had a brother, but they disappeared later."

Sheffield didn't answer. He felt that with this style of work, it would be a pity not to become the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

The arrival of the New Year did not delay the quarrel between the United States and Britain and France. In Paris, General Pershing persisted in his fight for the independent right of action of the American Expeditionary Force. The 100,000-strong Persian Gulf Expeditionary Force was enjoying the rare coolness in the Persian Gulf region.

Sheffield was still discussing secret operations with Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of War Newton Jr., thinking about how to include the expenses incurred by the mercenaries he had recruited into the war funds approved by the federal government.

The slave owner is fine with this. Who are they working so hard for? Isn’t it for the interests of the United States? Isn’t the Confederate States a part of the United States? Since the United States can profit from his persistence today in the future, it can share military expenses equally.

What's wrong?

Although compared to the U.S. Army, which currently has a total of 260,000, the operation of the 250,000-strong Eighth Army may not be so easy to achieve seamlessly, but it depends on manpower. Isn't there currently a large-scale recruitment? After the recruitment is completed, at least there will be

With millions of people enlisting in the army, it is not difficult to work out the numbers.

As for the number of soldiers participating in the war, based on the principle of letting the Yankees die first, Sheffield told the Secretary of War that the country's main population is concentrated in the north, and the south is mainly an agricultural area. The vast farmland requires labor, and the mobilization rate may not be enough.

would be ideal.

This is also true. This is the characteristic of any country. Although on an industrial scale, the mobilization rate of France in World War I was higher than that of Germany, France fought on its own territory. During the Civil War, the mobilization rate of the Allied Powers was also high. Similarly

Because the battlefield is in my hometown.

But sending an expeditionary force is completely different. The soldiers of the United States must be mainly Northerners. The main reason is that the Democratic Party is in power now, and the Yankees must make sacrifices for this.

Newton also agreed with the conclusion that the mobilization rate of the agricultural population was not high, and concentrated the conscription mainly on the Great Lakes region.

"Sooner or later, little Newton knew that this was the right decision." The slave owner who achieved his goal gave precise comments.

When the veterans of World War I protested in protest, they set up machine guns to suppress them? Aren't they our Dixie people with strong martial arts?

Just after the New Year, President Wilson released a fourteen-point peace plan at the White House. The basic theory guiding the future foreign intervention of the United States was officially released. There are two main points involving other participating countries. The second one is that the United States believes that as long as it is on the high seas, the United States has

There is complete freedom of navigation here, regardless of whether it is wartime or not. Article 5: The opinions of the local people must be respected regarding the ownership of each colony.

These two points are not only directed at the defeated Germany, but also at the victorious countries such as Britain and France. Because Britain and France have a large number of colonies overseas.

First, the United States wants to replace Britain as the world's strongest maritime power, and second, it wants to carve up the overseas colonies of Germany, Britain, and France. As for the Soviet Union, which has just replaced imperial Russia, the United States says it expects the Soviet Union to develop in the direction of freedom. To put it bluntly,

, that is, the United States wants the Soviet Union to change its color. At the same time, the United States believes that the small Eastern European countries controlled by Imperial Russia also have the power to develop in a free way.

The New York Daily News said that this is the fairest principle that the United States can think of for world peace. Compared with the public opinion in the United States that praised it, there was silence in Britain and France.

"Mr. President is still a little optimistic. Unless we go to war with Britain and France immediately after Germany surrenders, otherwise, the two countries will not agree." In front of Alice Roosevelt, Sheffield said helplessly, "The things are good.
Chapter completed!