Well, what should Britain do in the face of this situation? The British strength is now in a very delicate state. In this plane, Britain was a defeated country in World War I, so his situation is much worse than in history. If the British could forcefully suppress everything with guns and cannons in history, then now, the British will have some strength to do this.

But at the same time, it should be admitted that although Britain failed, it still did not reach the point of collapse. The two most important autonomous lords of Australia and Canada still surrendered to the British Empire. The nationalism in various colonies had not been completely awakened, or had not found a path suitable for them, making their efficiency in resisting colonial rule became very low. After Germany acquired the British colonies in Africa, it also allowed Britain to objectively close the front and get rid of some burdens, which made Britain's colonial rule possible.

So, the problem is a bit complicated now. If the British are strong enough, then it is enough to suppress them directly. If the British are no longer able to maintain colonial rule, then giving up directly is also a good choice. Now, what makes the British feel depressed is that Britain is between these two extremes... It is true that the sunset of the empire is absolutely unacceptable to the British, and continuing to maintain it means huge investment and bloodshed! Especially when the British still want to fight the Germans in Europe!

So, no matter what, Britain needs to maintain its rule in a cheap and efficient way, especially when the local forces are insufficient and the colonial army may not be reliable! So, what are the forces that the British can use?

It is unrealistic to allow Australia and Canada, which have just experienced the war, to continue to provide a large amount of military power. First of all, the two dominions in this war also paid a very heavy price! Australia now has only more than 4 million people, providing more than 400,000 troops! More than 200,000 casualties! Such huge casualties have caused Australia to suffer severe blood loss and greatly affected Australia's perception of the British Empire. The same is true in Canada. It is not realistic to let them continue to undertake large-scale military tasks. And if they rely on British local personnel? This seems very difficult. After all, nearly 2 million people were killed and injured in this war!

Well, since the power within the British Empire system is not enough, what about using external power? This kind of thing is not many in British history, but it is very common in European history, such as the interference of European countries in the French Revolution, and Russia's military assistance to European countries during the European Revolution in 1848! Therefore, the British must consider taking advantage of the power of their allies when they have no choice.

But unfortunately, after this war, Britain will not have reliable and powerful allies for a long time, and there are even fewer allies that can be used in Southeast Asia or South Asia! Look at the map, after the war between the United States and Japan ends, Southeast Asia will be dominated by three forces. As a strong outsider, the United States, the local tyrant of East Asia, and the British Empire that is not glorious!

Even if a certain degree of reconciliation was reached between the United States and Britain, the United States could provide funds or even equipment, but the Americans would never directly help the British suppress the rebellion of the colonies. The Americans would use the military power in their hands carefully. And helping the former enemy, the British, maintain their colonial rule, was not in line with the mainstream American public opinion. This would be very political pressure, and the most important thing is that this was a loss-making business! The British did not have enough funds to "hire" the American army!

Well, let me tell me why the Americans should give some blood to a guy who is not an ally? You know, after the end of the Second World War in history, Britain became the younger brother of the American Empire, but the United States still watched the collapse of the British colonial empire. Even when Britain, France and Israel joined forces to compete for the Suez Canal, they chose to suppress their attitude! Therefore, it can be said that even if Britain and the United States became allies, the Americans would not help Britain in the issue of suppressing the colonies, because on this issue, the Americans only had trouble and no benefits to help Britain!

So what about Japan? How would they do it? In Ruprecht's view, helping Britain maintain its colonial rule in Southeast Asia is cost-effective for Japan. Of course, there is a premise, that is, Britain and Japan are still allies, and Britain has not reached a certain tacit understanding with the United States!

First of all, from a geographical point of view, after the expansion was completed during the war, the British and Japanese colonies had actually been bitten together. For example, Britain and Japan shared Kalimantan and Guinea Island. The turmoil in the British Far East colonies will directly affect the stability of the Japanese colonies. Therefore, from this perspective, ensuring the stability of Malaya, Sarawak and other places is also necessary for Japan.

Secondly, in this war, Britain and Japan had reached a tacit understanding on certain "employment agreements". To be honest, in the world war in this plane, the Japanese made more efforts than in history! Even several battleships sank! The Japanese army that once participated in the war in Europe also exceeded 200,000. The decisive factor in this situation was the British pound and the tacit approval of Japan's invasion of the Dutch East India!

Although the British have been complaining that the Japanese participated in this war for the sake of the British pound, without any sincerity and kindness to their allies. But it has to be admitted that the "cost-performance ratio" of the Japanese army is relatively high. Of course, this does not mean that the Japanese army is very high in combat effectiveness, but because the "price" of the Japanese army is very low! After all, unlike the local British army that has to consider pensions and resettlement issues, the recruitment cost of a soldier in the Japanese army is just a postcard! The pensions and wage costs are also very low!

As for the problem of the low combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, this is actually not a problem. After all, how high combat effectiveness is needed to deal with a colonial uprising? It is not a tank and plane to deal with the Germans! The inhuman blood and cruelty of the Japanese army are not a problem in the eyes of the British, because the British believed that this could well deter independent elements in the colony. As for whether the Japanese would occupy the nest in the end? The British were not very worried. First of all, Japan's poor political and diplomatic situation made it impossible for Japan to damage the British-Japanese relations for some small interests! After all, Japan now has no ally in the world! And after the war, Japan has to try its best to win over the British to barely fight against the United States!
Chapter completed!