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Chapter 1072 From the Community to the United States IV

In addition to the German Empire, the European Community now has three major powers, Britain, France and Russia. Among them, Britain and France are not the broken "Little Britain" and the "Little France" that are almost turned into Francestan as people know later generations. If these two countries look at the world map in 1944, there is no doubt that they are two world empires.

The territory of the two countries is made up of their homeland and colonies, among which France's native land now includes Algeria and French Morocco in North Africa. The colonies include West Africa, Central Africa's large territories and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. In addition, they also have countless overseas islands and have small territories in India. The total area of ​​the local and colonies is more than 12 million square kilometers. It is five times larger than the total territory of Germany and its subordinate countries, and its ruling population is close to 100 million.

As for the British Empire, although it is now divided into two, the colonies loyal to London still include all the territories of India and Britain in Africa, as well as countless islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The total territory is no less than that of the French World Empire, and the population ruled is even more than that of the entire Europe.

Moreover, London also received a promise from Berlin: there is only one Britain in the world, opposing two Britain or one British and one Canadian in any form. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and British islands in the South Pacific are all integral parts of the British Empire.

In other words, once the United States is defeated, the British Empire will still be an empire that never sets on the map!

For most of Britain who lived on the British Isle in 1944, the glorious and prosperous empire of Sun and Never Settling did not exist only on the map, but in their hearts and dreams, and it was so real.

Because just a few years ago, this glorious and prosperous empire still existed in the world and was still "ruling" the world!

Therefore, the British people of this generation are different from the French and Russian people.

The French had no idea of ​​dominating the world after the failure of the Franco-Prussian War. The Russians were educated by the Bolsheviks for more than 20 years and knew that imperialism was wrong. As for the idea of ​​liberating all mankind, there was no more now. As long as the young Russians go to Germany, France, and other wealthy countries in Europe, they know that they need to liberate themselves, not humans in Paris, Berlin or London in their lives.

Therefore, today's French and Russians are more willing to accept a European dominated by the Germans, as long as they can get more oil and water from it themselves.

But most British people are not willing to do this. They are still fantasizing about going back to the past or withdrawing from the European Community (the United States of Europe, the British don’t like it even more) to build their own Commonwealth.

The current British Prime Minister Mosley is very clear about this idea. However, the reality facing more than 40 million British people requires them to bow to Europe and integrate with Europe.

Only in this way can the pampered British people continue to maintain their decent and elegant gentlemanly life in the future. Otherwise... Mosley would not know how to become Prime Minister of the British people.

In the outskirts of Fort Europa, in a villa that originally belonged to the Hohenzollern Dynasty, Prince Friedrich and Prime Minister Mosley, who were fully responsible for visiting Her Majesty, were secretly talking in a magnificent study on the afternoon of June 17.

At this time, both of them knew that the Germans would take advantage of the atomic bomb and extortion of the Americans to push forward the process of European unification and turn the community into the United States.

This is not as simple as changing the name! Community or something, it is a customs alliance plus a currency alliance, which is basically the nature of a national alliance, and even a confederacy is not considered a confederacy. Therefore, the process of moving from the European community to European unification is reversible.

But the United States of Europe is different. It is a "country". It has a unified constitution, a unified parliament, a unified government, and a unified navy, air force and atomic bomb force!

Although all countries can retain their own army, this has no meaning to Britain. Because Britain has never relied on the army to dominate, the navy is the pillar of the British Empire.

Although there is no ship that can be seen in the Royal Navy in London, the spirit of the Royal Navy is still there, the developed British shipbuilding industry is still there, and most of the British Navy soldiers are still alive.

As long as the economy recovers, the British Empire will still have the opportunity to continue building ships and restore the navy.

In fact, the revival plan of the British Royal Navy had already begun to be implemented. The new generation of "Bold" class aircraft carrier was designed before October 1942, and the first ship "Bold" was launched at the Harlan Wolf Shipyard on October 24, 2019. Although the construction of this large fleet aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 33,500 tons was stagnated due to the defeat of the British mainland. However, the aircraft carrier under construction was not bought by the Germans, but continued to be maintained by the UK. As long as the finances were slightly more abundant, the project could be restored.

In addition, the development of the "Sea Rage" carrier-based fighter jets and "Sea Mosquito" carrier-based torpedo bombers that are equipped with the "Bold" class aircraft carriers has also made smooth progress due to the support of Germany.

Now the "Sea Rage" carrier-based fighter has been put into production, the Fokker 636 of the German Navy Aviation, and the "Sea Mosquito" is undergoing test flights.

But just as the Royal Navy was quietly beginning its revival, the Germans suddenly accelerated the process of European unification and also gained the support of leaders of France and Russia.

"Your Highness, the United States of Europe is too big." Prime Minister Mosley said in great embarrassment, "The community is barely acceptable to the people, and the United States has exceeded the scope of the people's acceptance..."

Prince Friedrich heard this and smiled mockingly, interrupting, "Prime Minister, whether the people can accept the United States is just your personal opinion and cannot represent the people."

The Prime Minister cannot represent the people, so who can represent it? Mosley looked at the prince with some confusion, "Your Highness, I understand the British people..."

"Let them vote!" Prince Friedrich waved his hand, "We just agree to Hitler's request, but the final choice should be handed over to the British people."

"You mean a referendum?" Mosley asked.

"Of course!" said Prince Friedrich. "That big thing is definitely a referendum. Not only Britain wants a referendum, but Germany, France and other countries that are preparing to join the United States of Europe must vote."

After all, Europe is Europe, and the process of unification cannot completely violate public opinion. The referendum process must be followed, but the referendum can also be manipulated by politicians and political parties.

Especially now, Germany, Russia and France have not had high democratic components, the ruling party is very powerful, and there are no truly favorable legal opposition parties. However, the situation in Britain is not much the same, and the fascist alliance is not very popular.

"But if the referendum cannot be passed..." Mosley asked, "I think this possibility exists. What should I do then? Can Germany really accept the result of our failure to join?"

This possibility is not only existent, but is very large!

Not only the British people may vote against joining the United States of Europe, but even the French and Russians may vote for a "no joining".

In this regard, Germany gave another option not to join the United States of Europe, but could stay in the European Community.

Of course, the European Community will coexist with the United States of Europe for a long time. The European Community is the primary stage of European unification, while the United States of the Confederate system (similar to before the American Civil War) is the intermediate stage of European unification, and the United States of the Federalism is the final form of European unification.

However, these three stages can coexist, and it is not realistic that all European Community countries choose to become the United States at the same time. In fact, there are three countries including the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland that want to join the European Community, and have been free from joining the community.

In addition, although Spain under Franco officially joined the European Community in 1942, it repeatedly delayed its participation in the European Mark and European Customs Area. At this meeting of the European Community Leaders, although Franco also expressed support for the United States, he still refused to join the European Mark and European Customs Area on the grounds that "the country's economy is too fragile."

Spain's neighbor Portugal was simply "ignored" by the European Community and is still an independent country with "free and free" status.

As for the Roman Empire, which could be "joined" with the European Community, there was no possibility of joining the European Community or the United States of Europe. In the eyes of Caesar of the Roman Empire, the European Community was just an alliance between Germanic barbarians and Slavic barbarians, and the noble Romans did not bother to join.

The British also have similar plots to Rome. They have always had the tradition of "from Europe outside". If the British can choose for themselves, let alone the United States of Europe, even the European Community wants to withdraw!

But can the Germans really allow the UK to withdraw?
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