Chapter 1178: Not Being a Son of Man
Chapter 1155: Improper Son
The war is over, the news spread all over Europe are boiling. In the past year, not only the British people eat chaff, the European people’s days are not good.
Although there is no shortage of food, but everyone’s pockets are very hurt.
It is the war caused the trouble, accompanied by the interruption of sea routes, many industrial raw materials can not be transported in, even if it can be transported in to the detour, the cost inevitably went up.
In addition to the basically self-sufficient Shenla and Russia, other European countries are trapped in the lack of raw material supply, enterprises were forced to lay off workers and reduce production.
Unemployment is on the rise + prices are rising, and the general public is naturally having a hard time.
Fortunately, Emperor Franz had the decency to not only not take advantage of the fire, but instead opened the warehouses in time and released a large amount of food into the European world, cutting off the capitalists’ speculation.
Governments also introduced emergency measures to distribute relief food to the unemployed to solve the problem of feeding the people.
It was because the problem of food was solved that the British conspiracy did not succeed. Otherwise, when the revolutionaries stirred up trouble, there might have been real smoke and mirrors.
After a year of hard times, it was hard not to be excited when the war was finally won at the advent of Christmas.
Except for the Russian Empire in the civil war and defeated Britain, the whole European world was immersed in a sea of celebration.
Folk were celebrating and governments were already busy. Winning the war doesn’t mean that things are over, the most crucial step is still missing – dividing the spoils.
With the surrender of the British, the international landscape is undergoing a complete reshuffle. The alternation of old and new hegemony is often characterized by both crisis and opportunity.
As a member of the Continental Union, the continental countries are undoubtedly on the right side this time, and now it’s time to share the fruits of victory.
When it comes to specific interests, it is always inevitable to produce strife. The cake is so big, you take more, other people get less naturally.
What was once a close ally has now become a competitor. Fortunately, the Russians were kicked out in advance, or the struggle would have been even more intense.
In order to divide the spoils of war more harmoniously, the Holy Roman Empire’s diplomatic building has now gathered representatives from all the countries of the Continental Union.
After joining needless to say, did not make enough contribution to the war, now can only follow the soy sauce, not much say, really participate in the fight is also the European countries.
Sweeping a glance at the crowd, as the foreign minister of Shen Luo, Leo, said in a spirited manner: ”Welcome all of you to Vienna, I hope you can spend a pleasant Christmas here.
After everyone’s joint efforts, which lasted nearly a year, we finally defeated the evil John Bull, allowing the human world to restore peace once again.
Every country here has contributed to this war, and we are all creditors of the human world.
The British were defeated, but the mess left behind by the British still needs to be cleaned up by us. In order to restore international order as soon as possible, it is now necessary for all countries to work together.
Today, we are discussing the South Asian subcontinent. Thanks to the British, South Asia is now in a mess, and the 400 million people there are in urgent need of rescue.
As responsible countries, I’m sure everyone will be happy to contribute their share for the sake of human peace.”
There was no doubt that what was taken out was for the countries to divide up. The turf that the real Vienna government had its eye on would not even be brought to the table to talk about.
Areas like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and British Africa, which were already in the Holy Roman Empire’s pocket, were directly skipped over by Leo, and the representatives of the various countries pretended not to see them.
There is nothing to argue about, purely calculating the economic value, an India is more than the sum of these regions. The most fertile land are taken out, who can say that the Vienna government is not generous?
We are all smart people, the implication is heard at once. “South Asian subcontinent”, that means nothing about the islands.
The Indian region itself does not have a few islands, in addition to Sri Lanka slightly larger, the rest are small beans, is not worth mentioning.
Now that what had been presented was consistent with the Vienna Government’s prior commitment, the representatives of the various countries would naturally have no problem with it.
“Your Excellency, Spain is willing to contribute to the peace of South Asia!”
Spain’s representative, Roman Riquelme, said spiritedly.
In the world war that had just ended, Spain had made quite a splash, and the grievances that had been accumulated for hundreds of years had been vented.
In the Far East, Spain successfully fell on the Japanese; in Europe, not only participated in the bombing of London, but also recovered the Strait of Gibraltar.
It was as if the former bullish Spain had returned overnight. Although these were all illusions, they did not affect Spain’s return to the ranks of the Great Powers in the least.
In the background of the Russians out of the game, Spain is the continental union in the existence of the second only to God Luo.
Although the water of this second is very large, with the strength gap between the big boss, Spain has not had the capital, but this still does not affect Roman’s good mood.
Weak strength also has the advantage of weak, at least do not need to worry about the suppression from the boss; really if the strength is strong, Roman will have to worry about whether it will step into the dust of the Russian Empire.
“The Nordic Federation, too, is willing to contribute to the peace and stability of the South Asian subcontinent.”
“We, Belgium, are also willing to contribute to the peace and stability of South Asia ……”
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When interests were involved, no one was willing to give up. The countries can’t compete with the oldest, the Holy Roman Empire, but they won’t be afraid of the oldest, Spain.
Anyway, the international order would soon be established, and whoever dared to start a war and disrupt the order at that time would be the enemy of the Holy Roma.
However, all those who had the strength to participate in colonization all joined in the fight, fearing that they would miss the opportunity to maintain peace and stability in South Asia.
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St. Petersburg, since the news that the countries abandoned Russia to divide India, the atmosphere of the tsarist government are tense.
Contributed money, blood and sweat, exhausted, and even the country is paralyzed because of this war, the result in the division of the spoils of war, suddenly announced that there is no part of them, put on who can not bear.
Anger to anger, the civil war is not over, the Russian Empire can do really not much.
Nicholas II angrily ordered, “Order the troops on the Indian front to leave everything behind and return home immediately to quell the rebellion.”
Since there was no share of the spoils of war, continuing to stay in India to maintain order would be doing someone else’s bidding. Nicholas II was not so great as to have no interest in voluntary labor.
“Your Majesty, now that the Afghan region has fallen, the Central Asian region and the Caucasus region are also mostly in the hands of the rebels, the troops on the front line will have to be withdrawn back for fear ……”
Not waiting for Prime Minister Sergei Witte to finish his sentence, Nicholas II interrupted, “If the rebels block the road, then fight back! It’s all about counter-insurgency anyway, so it’s fine to start somewhere first.”
There was no doubt that Nicholas II was speaking in exasperation. Fighting back was easier said than done, the problem was what about the logistics?
If it was possible to pull back, the military would have already taken action. After all, as important as India was, it was still no match for the mainland.
The key problem with the delay in ordering the withdrawal lies in the fact that once separated from the coalition forces, the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line are deprived of logistical supplies.
If the Russian Empire is smaller, it is just, as long as the usual savings, hiding ten days and a half months of supplies, or possible to do.
The problem is that the Russian Empire is too vast, from India back to the mainland, along the route of thousands of kilometers, but also to face the rebels blockade, not enough supplies how to do?
The Russian army in the Far East has been buried more or less, the Russian army on the Indian front is already the last elite of the Russian Empire, once buried these seeds, the Russian Army and then want to restore combat effectiveness will not be able to do it overnight.
In order to avoid tragedy, as the Minister of War, Evgeny, had to persuade hard.
“Your Majesty, the enemy will not let us have our way. The troops on the front line have already been scattered, and it’s very difficult to even try to rally now.
The command of these troops is currently in the hands of the Allied Command, if we forcefully rally the troops, it’s possible that the enemy will use the opportunity to cause trouble and directly label them as rebels.”
There was certainly an element of alarmism, but this thing called politics was anyone’s guess. As long as the interests involved were large enough, anything could happen.
For the sake of profit, European countries can support the Russian rebels, and who dares to guarantee that these guys, won’t take the opportunity to take out the main Russian army on the front line.
“Hmph!”
“Let’s keep this account for now, we’ll have to settle it with them one day!”
Nicholas II roared angrily.
It was evident that his dissatisfaction with the Vienna government had accumulated to its peak. If it weren’t for the conditions, he would have hated to tear up the alliance immediately.
Of course, it was impossible to tear up the treaty now. With the covenant bound, the Russian Empire is having such a difficult time; if it were not bound by the covenant, I am afraid that it would not be a case of secret tricks.
After a pause, Nicholas II added: “The newly formed troops are sent out, leaving us little time, we must speed up the speed of counterinsurgency.
Only when the domestic rebellion is suppressed before the international order is established will the world have our say.”
Reality is most growth-inducing, and with successive societal poisonous beatings, Nicholas II in the face of adversity still grew. Deeply realized: strength is the root of everything.
(End of chapter)