The sun never sets.

The British Hong Kong authorities suppressed the strike, and the British Hong Kong Army attacked the striking workers, creating the "Sha Tin Massacre."

Chapter 729 Negotiation

"...The economic situation of the British is not optimistic. On the surface, the British economy is back on track, but the workers' movements this year are much more frequent than last year..."

"So, the UK's economic downturn is real?"

"Isn't that right? Didn't they say that the global economy has recovered?"

"You can't apply the situation of the Union to other countries. Britain's fiscal revenue has recovered, but the living standards of the British working class have declined."

"Bang bang bang!"

Lin Yongchang knocked on the table and said, "What we need to do now is not to find out the British people's fiscal revenue and economic situation, but to come up with a solution to the Shatin tragedy."

The light shone on Lin Yongchang, casting a brilliant golden glow on him. The others listened attentively, and Lin Yongchang looked to the left and right, "What does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs think about this matter?"

Tang Shaoyi stood up and said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' opinion is to protest to the British government..."

"Ha, another protest!"

There was a sneer in the corner. Lin Yongchang glanced over there, and the comrades of the Military Commission immediately fell silent. "Comrade Tang Shaoyi, please continue."

".......In addition to protesting, an investigation team needs to be set up immediately to investigate the Shatin incident."

Tang Shaoyi said a lot, but the main points were: First, the British Hong Kong authorities must hand over the murderer; second, the British Hong Kong government must compensate the victims; third, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future, the Alliance will send troops to Hong Kong to protect the interests of the Alliance people.

Lin Yongchang was generally satisfied with the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the specific terms still needed to be revised. However, many comrades also believed that this was a great opportunity to recover Hong Kong. They followed the "Shatin Incident" as an excuse and directly sent troops there. Could the British Hong Kong government's small force dare to resist?

The strength of the Alliance's South China Sea Fleet is much stronger than that of the British Far East Fleet. Even if a fight breaks out, it can be guaranteed that it will not suffer losses in a short period of time.

Lin Yongchang rejected the proposal to take back Hong Kong now. "Let's follow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' method. Comrade Tang Shaoyi, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be responsible for the negotiations with Britain and produce results as soon as possible."

"Yes, we will definitely work hard."

Tang Shaoyi paused, then said: "In order to speed up the progress of the negotiations, I suggest that it is better to let the comrades in the navy and the army prepare."

"Hmm? What preparations are you making?"

"Be prepared to use force to expel the British if negotiations fail!"

Everyone at the meeting looked at Tang Shaoyi, and a buzzing sound was heard in the corner. Lin Yongchang praised: "This is a good suggestion, let's do it!"

The British Hong Kong government was very arrogant at first, refusing to negotiate with the Alliance on the "Shatin Incident", and even after the Alliance mobilized its troops, it still did not take it seriously. With the invincible British Royal Navy, would the Alliance really dare to take action?

As we all know, the alliance was at the critical moment of the "Second Five-Year Plan", and all resources were used for domestic construction. Besides, it was just a few workers who were beaten to death, so what did it count as?

However, the Alliance's response to the "Shatin Incident" exceeded the Hong Kong government's expectations. In addition to setting up machine guns and cannons across the river, a fleet was also dispatched. Seeing that the Alliance seemed to be serious, the Hong Kong government became anxious.

The British Royal Navy is very powerful, but its warships are deployed all over the world. In this world, the German High Seas Fleet did not sink itself and is still one of the biggest threats to the British Royal Navy. The German Navy's submarine force brought hunger to the British Isles, but the High Seas Fleet is the biggest enemy of the British Royal Navy.

Most of the British Navy's capital ships were used to watch over the High Seas Fleet.

As for the US Navy, it only has a few old battleships deployed in East Asia. Among the warships that the British Hong Kong government can command, the strongest is a heavy cruiser, which is completely unable to compete with the Alliance's super-dreadnought battleships.

In front of the super-dreadnought battleship, the heavy cruiser could only be blown into pieces.

Before the main fleet of the Royal Navy arrived, the small fleet of the British Hong Kong government could not play any role.

"What do those Chinese want to do? Are they really going to go to war with the British Empire?"

"Probably not, but... maybe."

"What do we do now?"

"Isn't the Alliance jointly researching a new type of destroyer with the Empire? How could this be......"

Because the alliance set up artillery and brought in tanks and warships, the British Hong Kong government fell into panic. The Indians and white officers in Baotou stacked sandbags and put up barbed wire, but everyone knew that those things were useless.

Not to mention the terrifying 15-inch cannon on the super dreadnought, the British Hong Kong government could not withstand even the 150mm howitzer, and there were tanks on the opposite side.

The phone rang, and the Governor of Hong Kong angrily asked the staff of the Alliance, "What on earth do you want to do?"

"What we want is fairness and justice!"

"what?"

The Governor was shocked at first, then his face flushed, "There's no need to send the battleship over here!"

The deployment of battleships consumes a lot of fuel. Deploying a fleet, even a small one, costs hundreds of thousands of pounds. The governor felt very aggrieved. Wasn't it just killing a few workers? Was there any need to go to such great lengths?

The Alliance blocked access to Hong Kong, cutting off Hong Kong's supplies, and soon Hong Kong fell into starvation. Some people from mainland Britain were very familiar with this, as they had suffered the pain of the blockade in previous wars.

A large number of union workers left the isolated island, which further deteriorated the situation in Hong Kong. No one cleaned up the garbage on the streets, and the smell of feces and urine was everywhere in the city. Hong Kong was gradually becoming a "stinky port".

British diplomats who were negotiating with the alliance protested, saying that this was not in line with international practice. "..... Your country should immediately lift the blockade and restore order in Hong Kong!"

The Alliance's envoy responded politely, "Once the negotiations are over, the blockade will naturally be lifted."

"Then you guys talk!"

"Our country's requirements have been written into the memorandum. The specific terms can be discussed in detail, but the main framework cannot be changed."

".............", the British diplomat felt humiliated, and felt that the British Empire was humiliated, "This is not a negotiation, this is an ultimatum!"

“No, this is negotiation.”

"........."

The British government rejected the request of the Hong Kong British government to transfer the main fleet to the Far East, and gave instructions on what happened in the Far East, compensation should be paid and apology should be made. As for the Alliance's desire to station troops in Hong Kong, it can also be agreed. With the entire Nanyang being the Alliance's territory, Hong Kong's status is not that important.

Chapter 730: The Great Indian Revolt

The "Sha Tin Incident" was resolved quickly, the victims' families received compensation, the British Hong Kong government apologized, and several people were identified as the murderers, and the matter was over.

Although some people say that life is priceless and that human life is of paramount importance, in fact, life has a price. Not only does human life have a price, but it is also divided into different levels. The lives of people in big cities are more expensive, while the lives of people in rural and other remote areas are cheaper.

This is an objective fact that even Lin Yongchang cannot change. All he can do is to make things fairer, but he cannot make it completely fair.

The matter was resolved, and the tension between the Alliance and Britain was eased. In fact, Britain had never thought of clashing with the Alliance in Hong Kong. The main responsibility of the Governor of Hong Kong was to help the British Empire make money, not to fight with the world's first industrial country.

The Alliance Central's analysis of Britain is correct. The British Empire's economy seems to have recovered, but there are still many problems. It can even be said that Britain's internal contradictions have become more serious. The contradictions between workers and the bourgeoisie are becoming increasingly fierce, and conflicts are becoming more and more frequent. It is possible that major unrest will occur at any time.

The world war caused great losses to Britain. Most of the people who died on the battlefield were poor people, but the rich and powerful also suffered heavy casualties. Many long-standing famous families died out in the war. The power of the ruling class was greatly weakened. Although the proletariat paid a greater price, the huge population base and the oppression of the British government made the power of the workers stronger.

Unlike the situation before the war, the oppressed were filled with a large number of veterans who had been trained and had some combat experience. As long as a few dozen people were organized, ordinary police would not be their opponents.

According to the intelligence collected, due to the failure to win the world war, the contradictions between different classes in Britain have reached a point where they cannot be reconciled, and it is very likely that a major turmoil will break out within a few years.

The intelligence department suggested to the central government that it could make preparations in this regard. If Britain really fell into unrest, it should intervene immediately. As long as the unrest in Britain lasted long enough, the alliance might not be able to mobilize troops.

Bloody Blade Land... This is a bit too much, but it can liberate all of Southeast Asia at a very low cost. National France also has a small piece of territory in Southeast Asia, but it can be basically ignored.

Or they can take the initiative to do something to intensify the internal conflicts in the UK so as to take advantage of the situation.

Lin Yongchang disagreed with taking the initiative to intervene. The alliance was different from the United States. It did not need to fan the flames everywhere, but just needed to continue to develop. However, the alliance did not do nothing. It did make some preparations for what might happen in the future.

After all, the "Imperial System of Preferences" implemented by the British is really annoying.

The alliance was just making preparations and did not expect Britain to really explode. No matter what you do, you must do your own thing first and not put your hope of victory on the stupidity of the enemy.

There was no major unrest in the British mainland in a short period of time, but a major uprising broke out in India. But if you think about it carefully, this is also expected.

India is the jewel in the crown of the British Empire and the largest overseas colony of the United Kingdom. If the United Kingdom wants to recover, it has to suck blood from India. The uprisings in India are not the first or second. Major turmoil occurs every now and then, and minor turmoil occurs almost every year.

Previously, the British government had promised that if India helped the Empire win the World War, it would grant India autonomy. Now that the World War is over, Britain claims that the Allies have won (in fact, they have not), but has not granted India autonomy, but has increased its oppression and exploitation of India.

Then, it is only natural that another major uprising will break out across India.

After hearing that another major uprising had broken out in India, the Alliance held an internal meeting again to discuss how to deal with the situation in India. Now is the critical moment of the "Second Five-Year Plan", and it is impossible for the Alliance to mobilize millions of troops to attack India. In addition, Australia's iron ore is one of the Alliance's weaknesses. Unless it intends to temporarily give up Australia's iron ore, the Alliance will not confront Britain head-on.

Instead of direct confrontation, can we conduct a covert and roundabout confrontation? For example, we can provide some weapons to the Indians. The alliance can go to Afghanistan and import weapons to India. Because the Eurasian railway has been connected, the alliance can exert more influence on Central Asia and Afghanistan, and can also influence India.

Churchill once said, "The British Empire will never surrender until the last Indian is dead." This shows that India is not only an important source of taxes for Britain, but also a source of reserve troops for Britain.

Taking action against India, even if it is just providing some light weapons, would deal a heavy blow to Britain.

"The British government has made a lot of small moves in the border areas of the Union, and we need to retaliate."

Some comrades said so, while others were skeptical about the role that aid to India could play. The British Army fought very well in the World War, and although it was defeated in Belgium, it was recognized by the whole world that the British Army was very combat-capable and could never be matched by the Indians.

Over the past few hundred years, India has experienced eight or ten major uprisings, each of which was quickly suppressed by the British army. Is it a waste of money to provide weapons to the Indians?

"We can give those miscellaneous and outdated weapons to the Indian rebels. If the Indian rebels perform well, we will provide more equipment. If they don't perform well, forget it."

During the World War, the Alliance produced a large amount of weapons and equipment. Millions of small arms were stored in major military districts and war reserve warehouses in various places. If the Indian rebels had any merit, even if they performed as badly as the KMT, it would be worth giving them hundreds of thousands of rifles.

The Indians' fighting capacity is relatively poor, but many of them have participated in the World War, so they have some fighting capacity. Although they may not be able to defeat the British army in the end, it would be good if they could cause more economic losses to Britain. Many times, military problems will eventually turn out to be economic problems.

After discussion, the Central Committee of the League decided to provide India with several thousand rifles and some bullets to test the waters. Then another comrade suggested establishing a base in Afghanistan for the next step.

This was of course rejected by Lin Yongchang, not because he was afraid of the "Graveyard of Empires", but because the alliance now had more important things to do.

Chapter 731: Mahatma

The Alliance sent some weapons and ammunition to the Indian rebels through Afghanistan, and the process was more difficult than expected. Although the Alliance made great efforts in Afghanistan's independence, it could not make Afghanistan submit to the Alliance.

After the World War, the British army fought with the local tribal armed forces in Afghanistan for two years, but finally withdrew because they could not stand the endless consumption. After the British withdrew from Afghanistan, the powerful tribes in the local area of Afghanistan had relatively strong armed forces. In a place like Afghanistan where there are mountains everywhere, it is not easy to fight guerrilla warfare.

Since then, Afghanistan has been in a state of nominal unity but fragmentation. There are only 20 to million people here, but there are more than ethnic groups. The strength of the Afghan central government is not enough to suppress the local tribal armed forces, so it would be strange if there is no chaos.

The Alliance's transport team passed through Afghanistan and had to build good relations with the tribes they encountered along the way.

Afghan warlords even extort tolls from transport teams.

The Human Innovation Alliance has more than two million standing troops, but they can only pay money or use other materials as tolls in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan. This is frustrating, but you can't send hundreds of thousands of troops to Afghanistan to fight for such a small toll, right?

What does Afghanistan have? There is nothing there except raising sheep and growing some wheat and barnyard grass. There are a lot of minerals in those mountains. If they can be mined and transported out, they can be worth a lot of money.

The problem is that Afghanistan has no railways or factories. If you want to make money, you have to invest billions of dollars in construction. With so much money, can't you invest in places with better conditions? Why do you have to invest in Afghanistan?

Building a railway between mountains is the most difficult and requires a staggering amount of money. Apart from anything else, digging a tunnel in the mountain is one of the most difficult things in the railway construction process.

Even if the alliance builds a high-level tunnel boring machine, it is still difficult to dig tunnels, and there are many places where tunnel boring machines cannot be used.

The attitude of the People's Revolutionary League towards the Indian uprising is to provide a small amount of aid and wait and see. The League is still a developing country, so it should not try to interfere in everything. However, the development history of the world is dynamic. The current League is too powerful. Even if it continues to call itself a "developing country", many people will not believe it.

For example, Indian Subhas Chandra Bose believed that if India wanted to gain independence, it had to learn from the League. After graduating from Cambridge University, Chandra Bose followed Gandhi for a while, but he soon realized that the "non-violent non-cooperation movement" could not save India, and without bloodshed and sacrifice, Indians could not drive out the British.

Subsequently, Chandra Bose began to study Lin Yongchang's ideas, and after a major uprising broke out again in India, he took several like-minded comrades to Chang'an to seek help from the alliance.

On his way to Chang'an, Chandra Bose saw a completely different scene from India. The grandeur of Chang'an was beyond his imagination. Before that, he always believed that London was the greatest city in the world. Although he hated the British, he did not deny the achievements of Britain.

However, when I saw Chang'an from afar from the train window, my preconceived impression was broken. Chang'an is not only magnificent, but also has a charm that London does not have. This modern city has wide streets and convenient transportation. There are rows of green trees on both sides of the road. In addition to the Central Park, there are green areas for citizens to walk in every district.

There were no slums, no gray fog, and no acid rain falling from the sky. Since environmental protection was emphasized from the beginning, the living environment in Chang'an was much better than that in London. After staying in Chang'an for two days, Chandra Bose and his companions understood this.

The shop windows were filled with all kinds of goods, and the streets were filled with cars. Chandra Bose believed that there were more cars in this city alone than in India.

Many Americans who have visited Chang'an would compare this city with New York, but there are also many who believe that Chang'an is more worthy of the title of "great" than New York.

Of course, Chang'an also has its bad sides. Everything here is very expensive, and there are too many rules. Old men and women wearing red armbands will come and issue fines from time to time, which makes Indians, who are used to the free and easy life, very uncomfortable.

Chandra Bose didn't have any acquaintances in Chang'an. After he found a hotel to stay in, he randomly asked people on the street and found the neighborhood committee, where he explained his purpose directly.

The auntie from the neighborhood committee was stunned at first, but she didn't know how to contact the central government. Seeing the foreigners holding "Lin Yongchang's Thought" in their hands, the auntie from the neighborhood committee thought that they should not be bad people, so she led the group of Indians to the local police station. Then, the reports were made layer by layer, and finally the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was alerted, and then someone was sent to contact Chandra Bose and others.

After Chandra Bose explained his identity and where he came from, he asked to meet Chairman Lin. Of course, the comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not just bring anyone to Chairman Lin. They needed to verify the identities of these Indians first and then write a report. If the Chairman's Office agreed to meet with Chandra Bose, they would arrange a suitable time.

"When can Chairman Lin see me?"

"I don't know. Maybe soon, or maybe..."

Chandra Bose pressed, "What else is possible?"

"It's possible that he won't see you. The Chairman is very busy with work and may not be in Chang'an right now. Even if he returns to Chang'an, he may not see you."

The relevant departments of the People's Revolutionary League arranged new accommodation for Chandra Bose and others to cover up the traces of this incident. There is a British embassy in Chang'an, and it is well known that the staff of the embassy are open spies and have the responsibility of collecting intelligence.

The League might provide India with substantial aid, or it might not, and whether it did or not was best kept secret from the British.

The relevant report was quickly sent to the chairman's office. After reading the report, Lin Yongchang asked his secretary to bring a more detailed report and became very interested in Chandra Bose and others.

Lin Yongchang did not think highly of the so-called "holy

Although Chandra Bose claimed that he and his companions had formed the Bharatiya Janata Party, he could recite a large number of passages from Lin Yongchang's Thought. This could not but arouse Lin Yongchang's interest.

Chapter 732: Sadness

Lin Yongchang knew that there were people in all countries who were interested in Lin Yongchang's thoughts and Lin Yongchangism, so he was not surprised by Chandra Bose's beliefs. Whether Chandra Bose really believed in the "people's line" or was just a speculator, it didn't matter, as long as these Indians were willing to go back to their hometown to promote Lin Yongchangism.