The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1298 - 948 Infinite Submarine Warfare_2

Chapter 1298: Chapter 948: Infinite Submarine Warfare_2

Chapter 1298 -948: Infinite Submarine Warfare_2

Discussing in advance the areas of interest each country will divide up can not only effectively prevent post-war conflicts caused by the division of interests but also give each nation more motivation to participate in the war.

After all, including Britain-France-Australia and all other belligerent countries, the only thing that entices them to commit everything to the war is the division of territories after the war.

If the conference about the division of interests can ensure that all the belligerent countries get a piece of the pie, it certainly can also enhance their motivation during the war.

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On November 19, 1937, a conference on the division of interests among the Allied Nations was convened in London.

The number of participating countries was countless, with Britain, France, Australia fully participating, along with Greece, South Slavia, Turkey from the Balkan region, the Nordic Trio, the Low Countries, and more.

Moreover, if you include the governments of countries that had already fallen and the self-governing governments of the Commonwealth of Nations, over 20 national governments participated in this conference.

In broader terms, it was more like a routine meeting of the now-disbanded World Alliance. Participating countries spanned the entire world, with Britain, France, and Australia still leading as the strong countries.

It’s worth mentioning that although this conference was not public, the secrecy measures were not particularly stringent.

After all, the Britain-France-Australia Three Nations wanted to use such a meeting arrangement to strike a blow to the morale of the Central Powers led by Germany.

Seen from Britain-France-Australia’s perspective, they were already discussing how to carve up the territories of the Central Powers. If Germany had no countermeasures, wouldn’t that indicate their only fate was to be carved up as well?

Did the Germans have countermeasures?

Of course, they did, and even if they didn’t, they had to come up with some.

Frankly, setting aside the need for division of interests, just reacting to the conference in London forced the German government to organize a similar meeting as a counterattack.

This meeting took place in the German Capital, Berlin and many countries participated, led by Germany and Italy, with Romania, Bulgaria, and Spain also joining in.

If you count the puppet governments Germany had set up in Northern Europe, the Central Powers group attending this conference indeed had over ten countries.

Moreover, as a countermove, the conference organized by the German government was completely public, and the German Chancellor unhesitatingly declared that this meeting aimed to divide up the Colonial lands of Britain and France.

However, what was somewhat comical was that since the Island Nation had been utterly defeated and surrendered, the current Central Powers looked more like a two-person act of Germany and Italy.

The so-called division of Britain and France’s Colonies was in essence just Germany and Italy, at most with Spain, discussing the partition of Africa.

As for the rest, countries like Romania and Bulgaria were destined to have no share in the African Colonies.

First, it was a matter of distance, and second, the strength of those countries was not significant enough; Africa did not have so many Colonies to be divided among them.

For these reasons, the conference led by Germany seemed somewhat like playing house.

The real sovereign countries were just a few, and they still depended on Germany for survival, much like when Britain hosted a Commonwealth meeting decades earlier.

Returning to the Allied powers meeting in London.

London was bustling because it gathered representatives from dozens of countries.

To prevent Germany from joining the bustle at this time, Britain-France-Australia managed to assemble over two thousand Airplanes and chose to hold the meeting in a rather secretive Bunker in London.

Combining the security forces around the Bunker, the British could proudly declare that unless Germany employed the kind of weapon used by Australasia in the Island Nation, the Bunker holding the meeting was absolutely safe.

As time arrived at the morning of November 19th, representatives of various nations began to arrive at the Bunker in their cars, entering the heavily guarded Meeting Room.

The representative of Australasia was Mark, the Ambassador to Britain. For a country like Australasia, the level of the diplomatic representative sent was no longer so important.

On the diplomatic stage, the real power of one’s own country was what mattered most.

As long as the Power of Australasia remains within the top three in the World, any level of diplomatic representative sent out will be respected and hold a degree of influence.

In other words, this is the famous concept of “weak countries have no diplomacy.”

Although many countries participated in the London Conference, in reality, the ones with actual say were only the Britain-France-Australia Three Nations.

The rest, such as South Slavia, Greece, and other countries with insufficient power, could only hope to get a share of the soup while the Britain-France-Australia trio ate the meat.

The good news is, the remaining countries did indeed get a share of the soup.

It was not just a share of the soup, because most countries were able to get a share of the meat with the Britain-France-Australia’s proposal to tempt countries to increase their troops.

The first region to be discussed for division was the Balkan Peninsula, the area outside Eastern and Western Europe that was experiencing the most intense fighting.

Currently, there are two parts of the Balkan Peninsula that can be divided, namely Bulgaria and Romania.

Those able to participate in the division were the Balkan States themselves, such as Turkey, Greece, and South Slavia.

At this point, the influence of Britain-France-Australia was fully manifested. If the Balkan States wanted more meat, they had to get the consent of Britain-France-Australia.

In fact, Britain held the most sway over the Balkan voice.

France had suffered terrible losses in the war and its army performed poorly, which amounted to a complete fall out of the first tier of world powers.

Although Australasia’s current strength had already surpassed France and was not much less than that of the British.

The biggest problem, however, was that Australasia’s native land was too far from Europe, even the distance from the Balkan Peninsula was far greater than the distance from Britain or France to the Balkans.

As such, Australasia’s influence in the Balkan Peninsula naturally diminished, even less than that of France.

However, the stance of Australasia’s diplomats at the conference was still quite important.

If Australasia did not want a certain country to gain too much benefit, Britain and France would lean more towards Australasia for the sake of their own relationship with it.

This further confirmed the concept that “weak countries have no diplomacy.” Even if a strong country had no intentions for a region, other countries would involuntarily take into consideration the opinion of Australasia.

When it came to the division of interests in the Balkan Peninsula, the British still adhered to the policy of regional balance.

If Germany’s side were defeated, a very powerful country would rise in the Balkan Peninsula – South Slavia.

This would be a loss for the interests of Britain-France-Australia.

Generally, if a region has only one strong country, that country will inevitably have more say in that region.

This also means that if South Slavia were not controlled, the future of the Balkan Peninsula would be at the mercy of South Slavia.

It should be noted that the importance of the Balkan region is no weaker than any other area and possesses the St. Petersburg Strait, which is enough to limit Russia.

Therefore, the British absolutely cannot accept losing control over the Balkan Peninsula, even fearing a not-so-strong country like South Slavia.

This also means that a country capable of countering South Slavia must be supported in the Balkan region to maintain what the British call a policy of regional balance.

For this reason, it was decided that South Slavia, no matter what, could not gain too much benefit from the post-war distributions.

Otherwise, there would be no country in the Balkan region capable of opposing South Slavia, and the British policy of regional balance would be untenable.

So the question arises, which country should be supported to counter the obviously very strong South Slavia?

One must know that South Slavia is not an ordinary medium-size country. Its current scale already qualifies as a secondary power, and it must be restrained by another country of secondary power.