The sun never sets.

The alliance can obtain various new technologies, and can promote economic development by upgrading technology, so there is no need to pursue the land under the sun like the United Kingdom and the United States.

They were willing to join forces with the United States to deal with the British Empire - although American diplomats did not say so, this is what they did - simply because they did not want to be targeted by the United Kingdom and the United States.

Therefore, the alliance is not in a hurry at all, and only needs to develop its own strength. As long as the alliance is well built, other things will naturally follow. However, just because the alliance does not go around the world to cause trouble does not mean that trouble will not come to them.

On September 1917, 9, the Central Asian Military District received news that several local pastures were attacked by other tribes. The grassland tribes often fought each other, and in Central Asia, tribes could go to war over an iron pot, so it was very common for them to be attacked during a fight.

The local leaders did not take it seriously at first and just sent a few militiamen as usual. However, something strange happened. Before the people sent to investigate the situation came back, the armed forces received a call from the military district, asking them to immediately gather troops to rescue Yemu Town.

"That's not necessary... Yes, yes, we'll go right away!"

The militia company commander breathed a sigh of relief after hanging up the phone, and then immediately shouted, "Assemble! Gather everyone immediately and go to the logistics department to get weapons and ammunition!"

"Ah? Captain? What's wrong?"

"There are enemies attacking Nomu Town, let's go and kill them!"

"Um...Captain, how many enemies are there?"

"We don't care how many enemies there are, we only care where they are!"

"........."

Yemu Town is a small town with few people on ordinary days. Only when it is about to snow will there be more herders and wholesale merchants around. In this undeveloped land of Central Asia, there are many villages like Yemu Town. They are the most basic organizations that the alliance can control and the nodes of the People's Revolutionary League's rule in Central Asia.

When the militia arrived at Nomu Town, the battle was going on fiercely. The attacking party was firing guns and cannons into the town, and the people in the town were also firing guns outside. The sound of "ping pong" was very lively.

The attacking party not only had rifles, but also several cannons. Although the cannons were not very accurate, they were still cannons, and they beat the several policemen in the town so hard that they could not raise their heads.

“There’s a cannon!”

The militia commander was not an ignorant person. He had been to Russia with Marshal Li and fought against the Germans. He knew the power of cannons. The enemy's cannons were not thick enough or long enough. They looked like field artillery and should not be as powerful as the German howitzers. But cannons were cannons and their power was definitely not comparable to that of rifles.

But the enemy does not have only artillery, the militia is also equipped with artillery. Although it is just a mortar, a mortar is also a cannon, right?

Deploy the troops, fire a few cannons, and then, under the cover of the only machine gun, launch a bayonet charge. If this level of skills and tactics were put on the European battlefield, it would definitely not survive for a few days, but in this primitive and barbaric place of Central Asia, it was very powerful.

There were at least five or six hundred enemies besieging Nomu Town, equipped with machine guns, cannons, and a large number of horses and camels, but they were repelled by a charge by the militia.

The tribes that came to attack Yemu Town came from hundreds of miles away. These Muslim tribal warriors were good fighters in the era of cold weapons, but now it is not the Middle Ages, and they cannot win the battle just by relying on the bonus of faith in Allah.

The British and Russians only needed to send a few thousand men to beat the Iranians into a panic. The green believers outside Yemu Town also had foreign guns and cannons, but their combat effectiveness did not improve much.

The crisis was quickly resolved, but it was only the beginning. In the following days, Iranians often launched attacks on local farms and towns. Some attacks were repelled, while others were not.

Central Asia was still in a relatively primitive state. After the villages and towns were captured, the enemy carried out bloody massacres, sometimes even brutal massacres. They did not kill for the sake of killing, but for pleasure.

The situation became worse and worse, and the Central Asian Military District had to send out regular troops to fight. However, the enemy's frontal combat power was not strong, but it was very cunning, always changing its location after firing a shot, and it had mastered the essence of guerrilla warfare.

The matter was reported to higher authorities and the situation was soon clarified. The enemy was using British weapons, and there were British instructors in the ranks of the tribal warriors. It was obvious that this was something the British government had done in order to gain control of Central Asia.

Bribing local tribes to work for the British was something the British government had done before. After the World War, a large number of troops were restored, and the millions of rifles and cannons became a burden. Those weapons that killed people could not be thrown away casually. They had to be stored. A large number of warehouses had to be built, and it also cost money to keep the weapons.

How to sell them? Basically, they can't be sold. During the World War, all countries produced a large number of weapons. Germany produced 850 million rifles and 28 machine guns; Britain produced 400 million rifles and 24 machine guns; even Russia produced 330 million rifles and 3 machine guns. Other countries also produced a lot of weapons.

After the war, so many weapons suddenly flooded into the international arms market, making the price of arms very cheap. The German government sold weapons all over the world, mainly to those countries in South America, which had a pro-German tradition. Many retired soldiers also went to South America to serve as instructors.

The UK supports

They seized some weapons from the Nationalists, and then armed the tribes in Central Asia with weapons and ammunition, and sent the warriors of Allah to kill and burn on the alliance's territory.

[People's Revolutionary League] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately protested to the United Kingdom, but the British ambassador said that the affairs of Central Asia had nothing to do with them. He also suggested that they were very concerned about the local religious conflicts and hoped to send the International Red Cross to mediate the local armed conflicts.

Chapter 702: Discrimination

Jordan was the British ambassador to China before, and when the Human Innovation League was established, he became the ambassador to the League. He graduated from Oxford University with a master's degree in literature, and according to the tradition of British politics, he should have been able to move up. But his family background was too low, unlike Churchill, who was born into aristocracy, but was just the son of a farmer, so he could not be compared with Winston Churchill.

Even though Churchill's reckless actions killed 15 troops, Jordan could not catch up with Churchill.

Jordan said in a very sincere tone: "There is no need for our country to have a conflict with your country in Central Asia. What good will it do for Britain?"

"But the fact that the attackers used British weapons and British officers were among the attackers is not false."

Jordan felt very aggrieved. As the ambassador of the British Empire, when did he have to grovel and explain to others? However, things are different now. The British Empire is only an empty shell, and it has to explain to the alliance that it was not the British government that did it. Although the British government often did such things in the past, this time it was really not.

Downing Street said so, and Jordan believed it. Even if he didn't really believe it in his heart, he believed it on the surface.

"... When the British Empire evacuated Belgium, it lost a lot of weapons. The German government has a large number of British weapons. Perhaps the German Empire sold those weapons to the Greens."

"What about the British officers? How do you explain this?"

"Perhaps it was a German officer pretending to be one. Germans and British people look exactly the same. Just by looking at their appearance, it is difficult to tell whether a person is German or British."

"Are you saying that someone is deliberately framing the British government in order to stir up a fight between the British Empire and the Alliance?"

Zhu Erdian sighed, "That should be the case."

"Let's assume that what the Ambassador said is true. Britain has no reason to go to war with the Alliance. Then, when we solve the Central Asian issue, Britain will not hinder us."

Zhu Erdian was alert, "How does the alliance plan to solve the problem in Central Asia?"

"I think occupying Tehran is a good idea. As long as we control Tehran, we can solve the problem at the source..."

"The British Empire will never agree to any unilateral changes to the situation in Central Asia!"

"Hey, this is just a suggestion. Mr. Ambassador, don't get excited. Drink your tea first."

The tea was good, this year's West Lake Longjing Mingqian tea. Zhu Erdian had lived in China for many years and could tell the difference between good and bad, but now he felt a chill in his heart, so how could he care about tasting the tea?

For more than a hundred years, Central Asia has been a battleground between Britain and Russia. Now that Britain's opponent in Central Asia has become the People's Revolutionary League, which is more powerful than Russia, it is natural for Britain to want to redivide the sphere of influence in Central Asia. However, the British government cannot hand over Central Asia so easily. The British government's diplomats plan to use the salami-slicing tactic to divide the interests of Central Asia into small pieces and use those interests that are cut like sausages to delay time.

Britain is in trouble now, but it is still there. It will take only a few years to regain its strength. By that time, the British Empire will still be the empire on which the sun never sets and dominates the world.

But all of this takes time.

The losses brought to Britain by the war were greater than any pre-war prediction. During the war, 750,000 people died in Britain alone (not including the approximately 200,000 people who died outside Britain). Britain's merchant ships lost 70% in the war, while the shipbuilding industries of the United States and the People's Revolutionary League had a huge growth during the war. Due to the German blockade and the sharp decline in civilian industrial production during the war, Britain's foreign trade was reduced by more than half, and its export volume was surpassed by the United States and the Allies, and it fell to third place in the world.

At the same time, Britain's imports almost doubled, resulting in a huge trade deficit, which increased from less than 1910 million pounds in 1916 before the war to nearly 19141 million pounds in 8. In order to cope with the huge war expenses and make up for the huge trade deficit, Britain had to rely on borrowing to survive, turning from a creditor country to a debtor country. The British government placed the heavy burden of the war on the vast majority of working people, and the domestic public debt increased from 4 million pounds in August to billion pounds at the end of the war. The amount of foreign debt was also astonishing.

After the war, the production of heavy industries such as steel directly related to military production in the UK dropped sharply. At the same time, the British government continued to issue paper money to make up for the fiscal deficit, causing domestic prices to soar and the purchasing power of the pound to drop to one-third of the pre-war level. In the spring of 1917, Britain had to announce its abandonment of the gold standard because most of its gold had been spent during the war.

The World War had a huge impact on Britain's economic strength and also reduced its political control over the dominions and colonies.

The national sentiment of the colonies and the centrifugal trend within the British Empire intensified. Therefore, on the one hand, Britain became increasingly dependent on the overseas federations of the empire, striving to strengthen the economic ties within the empire and expand the empire. On the other hand, the dominions began to demand equality with Britain, and the colonies sought more autonomy and fought for independence.

When Britain declared war on Germany, the British dominions and colonies did not express any objection and joined the war without hesitation. However, as the war dragged on and the national consciousness of the participating countries strengthened, the dominions and colonies gradually paid attention to their national interests. When the British Empire participated in the war, the dominions independently commanded their military operations like sovereign states and no longer accepted British intervention.

Under such circumstances, what right did Britain have to challenge the powerful Human Revolutionary Alliance? Not to mention provocation, the British Empire didn't even have a good way to deal with the Human Revolutionary Alliance's idea of marching into Tehran.

When Jordan heard the alliance diplomats openly claiming to occupy Tehran, he felt a chill in his heart, and then he said in a tough and timid manner that he would not accept any changes to the situation in Central Asia.

"The Empire once maintained peace in Iran and Central Asia together with Russia. Now that the Russian Empire has been incorporated into the People's Revolutionary League, the division of spheres of influence should remain the same."

"If the British government can guarantee that there will be no more attacks against the alliance in Central Asia, we can recognize the original division of power. But if the British government cannot restrain the Muslims in Iran and Lilak, then the People's Army has the right to act freely."

Lin Yongchang did not want to continue the war and wanted to shift the focus of his work to economic development, but there were still some people in the country who wanted to continue to expand the territory. Among these people were Chinese, Russians, Japanese, and people from other member republics.

Chapter 703 Poland

"The US government may really want to take action against Britain, but they definitely don't want to share the British colonies with us. They want to take them all for themselves."

Lin Yongchang said to Wang Qi, Yang Du, Molotov and others: "The United States and Britain both belong to Western civilization and are both Anglo-Saxon people. They can be regarded as sharing the same culture and race. Once Britain loses its position as the world hegemon, the British ruling class will certainly hand over hegemony to the United States in order to preserve its vitality and facilitate a comeback in the future."

Lenin said in much more fluent Chinese: "American businessmen and British aristocrats often intermarry. If there is a transfer of hegemony, it will be easy for the British ruling class to become the American ruling class."

"Yes, that's it. Did you hear about the Titanic?"

The Titanic was once the largest and most luxurious cruise ship in the world. It was started in 1909, launched in 1911, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean on its first voyage. It was a very tragic shipwreck, killing more than a thousand people, but compared with the world war, it was nothing.

Most of the comrades have not heard of this matter. Perhaps some have seen an introduction to it in the newspaper, but so many years have passed, who can still remember it clearly?

Comrade Stalin said: "I have heard of it."

Everyone looked at this man who was not very tall and not very good-looking. Stalin spoke eloquently. He had been in Vladivostok for many years and spoke Chinese more fluently than his tutor. "The Titanic was the most luxurious cruise ship in the United States. It sank on its first voyage. This shows that the shipbuilding technology of the United States still has many shortcomings and is far from comparable to that of Britain and Germany."

Lin Yongchang was a little surprised at first, but then he praised: "Comrade Stalin's point of view is very novel, and I didn't expect this angle. The United States is not only inferior in shipbuilding technology, but also not very good in many aspects. However, there are also many excellent areas. For example, their mechanized agriculture is better than ours."

"In addition, I want to say that there were many wealthy American businessmen and British aristocrats on the Titanic. A single leaf can tell the whole story. It is beyond doubt that the British aristocracy and the American business elite have merged."

"Our current goal is to enhance our own strength. Only when we are strong can we be fearless of those evil spirits."

Comrade Lenin had great difficulty listening. He could carry on daily conversations in Chinese, but he had little idea of idioms and classical Chinese. However, he could still understand Chairman Lin's general meaning.

He pondered for a moment, "With the current strength of the alliance, it is enough to liberate more places. The strength of the imperialist powers has been consumed too much in the war. Now is the best time to liberate the entire Old Continent!"

"No, it's not enough. The imperialist ruling class doesn't care about casualties. Didn't Churchill say that Britain would never surrender unless the last Indian died?"

Lenin originally agreed to build the Union first and then liberate the world. But when he found out about the Union's assets, he changed his mind. The People's Revolutionary League can produce more than 3000 million tons of steel every year, has a population of million, and has accumulated wealth from the world wars. With so much capital in hand, what else can we do? Let's liberate all mankind!

Of course, Lin Yongchang would not agree with this view. He is not a true Marxist. Although he is generally left-leaning, he does not have the idea of liberating all mankind. Sometimes he even doubts the necessity of liberating the whole world.

If the entire earth were unified, would there be a completely unrestrained powerful regime?

Government? Capitalism is bad, but bureaucracy is not much better. If the two are combined to form bureaucratic capitalism, that is the worst kind of capitalism.

But those are too far away. We have to take one step at a time and eat one bite at a time. The current small goal is to compile the "25-year plan" and then complete it. In order to achieve this goal, the alliance needs a stable and safe environment.

"I think the things in Central Asia were not done by the British."

The comrade from the Military Commission said: "There are also frictions on the border between Romania and Poland. Grand Duke Nicholas hopes that the Central Committee will grant him the power to attack Poland."

Poland and Finland both gained independence during the decline of the Russian Empire. Finland was better off, as it was only autonomous and had Alexei become the Grand Duke of Finland, but was still a subject of the Tsar. The Finns originally wanted Alexei Romanov to be the King of Finland, but the central government of the People's Revolutionary League believed that Finland was an autonomous region, not a country, so Alexei could only be the Grand Duke.

Finland was not a core territory of the Human Innovation Alliance, and its system was different from that of the Alliance, but it remained within the framework of the Alliance. Poland, on the other hand, became completely independent, which made many Russians, including Grand Duke Nicholas, very dissatisfied.

Two years ago, Russian comrades proposed to recover Poland. At that time, the League was busy dealing with the Provisional Government and the Soviet regime, and put the Polish issue on hold. Later, they were busy dealing with the aftermath of the Tsarist Russian Empire, and the League's main efforts were placed on restoring Russia's industrial and agricultural production, so the Polish issue continued to be delayed.

With the alliance's vigorous rectification and support, the productivity of the Russian region recovered quickly, and then the comrades in Russia felt that it was time to settle accounts with Poland. All the remarks about recovering Poland were suppressed by Lin Yongchang, but the Poles actually didn't know what was good for them and dared to take the initiative to provoke them. Can they continue to tolerate this?

Generals in Europe were indignant and said they wanted to punish Poland and turn Poland into a part of Russia again. Some even shouted "Russia cannot lose Poland, just like China cannot lose Shandong". This is nonsense. Lin Yongchang knew that at a certain time and space, Russia not only lost Poland, but also Ukraine and Belarus.

To be honest, Lin Yongchang didn't care about the land of Poland or the population of Poland. It was not impossible to liberate Poland, and it was okay to leave it as it was. As long as Poland could serve as a buffer zone between the Union and Germany and did not join any organization opposed to the People's Revolutionary League, the Union could still guarantee Poland's independence.

But all this is based on a prerequisite, that is, Poland should not cause trouble for the alliance.

"Some Polish troops attacked border posts and villages, using German weapons."

The comrade from the Military Commission continued to report, “It is reported that Piłsudski and others have been released by the German government and have assumed leading positions in the Polish government.”

"The Military Committee believes that the Polish actions were directed by the German government?"

"It's possible."

"Maybe it was the Germans who ordered it, maybe not," Lin Yongchang shook his head. "Let's contact the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs first and ask them to restrain Poland."

The comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had to speak up, "........ Chairman, the Polish government is pro-British and American."

Chapter 704: Timing

The Poles were well aware of the Russian Empire's desire to possess Polish territory, and also knew Germany's thoughts on Poland. If Poland wanted to embark on the path of independence, it could only choose to turn to Britain and the United States. France was originally a good choice, but the Paris Revolution, the establishment of the French Commune, those Jacobins killed people at home, and wanted to export the revolution abroad. After dealing with the French Commune several times, the Polish government wisely gave up the idea of ​​allying with it.

"Are the Poles being directed by the Americans or the British?"

"It's possible."

Lin Yongchang thought for a moment and then asked, "Has Piłsudski returned to Warsaw?"

"Yes."

"Then send a telegram to Piłsudski and ask him to take care of the Poles. If he can't, the League will do it for him."

"I'm afraid a telegram won't do much."

The comrade from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "The situation in Poland is very complicated. Although Piłsudski has a high prestige, he still cannot fully control the situation below."

"Send him a telegram first. If the situation improves, that would be great. If it doesn't improve, or even gets worse, then we can consider the next solution. Comrades, what do you think?"

Those who could participate in the meeting were all high-ranking members of the People's Party, and most of them were "believers" of Lin Yongchang. Even those who were not so superstitious about Chairman Lin believed that Chairman Lin would definitely have a way. People like Yang Du and Lenin either had no military experience or were unable to say anything due to their status. Under such circumstances, naturally no one expressed opposition.

"Comrade Wang Chuanzhu, what do you think?"

Wang Chuanzhu was silent for a while, then said expressionlessly: "The Western Military Region should immediately prepare for war." The looks from the people around him became strange, but Wang Chuanzhu just ignored them. "Only by fighting can we make peace. It won't work just by giving in. If we just keep reasoning with the enemy, the enemy will not be grateful, but will think that the alliance has exposed its true weakness. We must take a fierce counterattack against the enemy's provocation to avoid more trouble later."

The discussion around him suddenly became louder.

Chang smiled and said, "Everyone's performance today was very good. Comrade Stalin thought of something that I didn't think of, and what Comrade Wang Chuanzhu said also made sense."

"Whether or not to go to war with Poland still needs special discussion, but Comrade Wang Chuanzhu's opinion can be used as a reference."