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The car continued to drive slowly to the Winter Palace along the road along the Neva River.After a few warm winds, the Neva River, which had been frozen for a winter, has thawed out, and several ships from Britain and France loaded with relief supplies are unloading at the pier.In addition, the whole city is silent, and there is no production-related scene anymore.Although Alexander's army tried every means to march quickly, the nimble Bolsheviks still threw a ruined city to their enemies!Almost all factories, all warehouses, all infrastructure have been destroyed!Even the Winter Palace and the Smolnier Palace were set on fire, and most of them were burned!Fortunately, there was snow that day and the fire was extinguished, otherwise the Russian empress would not even have a good place to live in her own capital!But the Empress, who doesn't have to worry about where to live, has to worry about the livelihood of millions of Petersburg citizens and more refugees who come from nowhere...

At this time, the queen's convoy had arrived in front of the half-burned Winter Palace. Looking at the home where she grew up, the queen smiled bitterly: "Those Bolsheviks left me nothing, furniture, porcelain, artwork, even Even the curtains and the glass on the windows are gone! When I saw the Winter Palace just now, I had an urge to go back to Vladivostok. They destroyed it too thoroughly. Not only the Winter Palace, but also the factories and cities in the city The collective farms outside were also completely destroyed, but I left thousands of Russians with nothing left to me!" Having said this, she sighed softly, "I have already sold all my Property, used to buy grain from Hitler to feed my people! Now I too am a proletarian."

"You are right, Anas, the key now is to guarantee the power! As long as the power can be guaranteed, everything will come." Luo Yaoguo didn't know whether he was comforting or abetting the queen.He thought for a while, and then asked: "How is the defense arrangement of Petersburg? I heard that Stalin sent 200 million troops to attack Petersburg and the Greater Luki area from all fronts?"

"I have entrusted carte blanche to Duke Denikin and Duke Tukhachevsky. They have mobilized nearly 180 million troops to defend Petersburg and Great Luki." The empress frowned even tighter, and she sighed He said again, "I'm not worried about the war. Denikin and Tukhachevsky should be able to handle it, and Hitler also gave us a lot of weapons. What I'm worried about is people's livelihood. The spring sowing season is coming soon. Arrived, but the arable land near Petersburg has been turned into a battlefield. Ukraine and Belarus are now also... the fertile land in the southern Volga River Basin is now in the hands of Stalin. Fuwen, can you find a way to help me and help Russia. I really didn't expect them to use this scorched-earth tactic, if the war continues for a long time, it seems likely that I will lose!"

"I'll try my best to find a way, but Anas, don't worry too much, because the war won't last long." Luo Yaoguo approached the Queen's ear and whispered: "I just met Hitler, he is going to wait Once there is a fight here in Petersburg, launch a new offensive!"

"Oh, is that so?" The queen nodded noncommittally, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she immediately changed the subject. "Supplementary text, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain will visit Petersburg in the next few days. He privately expressed that he would like to meet you in Petersburg to discuss Asian affairs, especially the Siam issue!"

"Chamberlain!?" Luo Yaoguo repeated the name in a low voice, Chamberlain is a famous figure in history!His appeasement policy can be considered the key to raising the monster Hitler!The situation in this time and space seems to be similar, and it seems to be more serious.Now the British Prime Minister has traveled all the way to Petersburg to meet him... Could it be that the old man also wants to play Oriental Munich and sell Siam to win over China?

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In the reception room of the Petersburg Winter Palace, the atmosphere is surprisingly dignified.The head of the British Empire, Neville Chamberlain, actually condescended to borrow the palace of the Russian Empress to discuss the future direction of Asia and Europe with the Chief of Staff of the Chinese National Defense Force.No matter from which angle you look at it, this seems to mean that China has really become the world's top power!But in the face of this honor, Luo Yaoguo's attitude was extremely cold, even Anastasia, who was acting as a peacemaker, felt a little strange.Could it be that the mighty world overlord, the British Empire, is really not in Luo Yaoguo's eyes?

Luo Yaoguo sat side by side with the empress on a French sofa, with one hand naturally resting on the empress' slender waist, as if he was the Russian tsar!He looked carefully and even curiously at the prime minister of the British Empire who had left a lot of bad reputation in history.It seems that the mighty empire in history was finally defeated because of his incompetence and cowardice, right?

The high-quality Indian black tea was brought up by a maid wearing a long Russian court dress, but it was just exuding a strong aroma on the small tea table next to everyone, and no one was in the mood to touch it.Everyone is looking at each other, thinking about how to make their own request.In the end, it was the Empress of Russia who broke the silence first. She said in fluent American English: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Chief of Staff of China are both my friends. I am grateful that you have worked tirelessly to visit Petersburg from far away. It's a great honor...but I've heard about some small unhappiness between the two countries due to the Siam issue. Therefore, I hope to use this opportunity to arrange for the two of you to meet and exchange opinions face to face, so as to avoid further turmoil. deterioration."

British Prime Minister Chamberlain always had the most gentlemanly smile on his face. After listening to the Queen's opening remarks, he nodded with a smile.Leaning forward a little, "Thanks to Her Majesty the Queen for her mediation, the British Empire has always had the greatest goodwill towards China, and the Empire is also very happy with China's great achievements over the years." However, some small changes have taken place in the situation in Asia. At this moment when civilized countries all over the world united to prevent the Bolsheviks and the Soviet Union from aggressing Poland and achieved victory, one civilized country raised a naked challenge to another sovereign country. The threat of invasion! If I remember correctly, the Kingdom of Siam has agreed to compensate the Chinese expats for all losses suffered in that attempted coup, and also guaranteed that historical incidents will not happen again. Therefore, the British Empire hopes that China can take care of itself Proceeding from the overall interests of the civilized world, accept Siam's most sincere apology, and end this crisis as soon as possible, so as not to cause displeasure to the entire civilized world."

The head of the British Empire does not know whether it is hypocrisy or confusion. At such a critical moment, he hastened to sell Siam to appease China, and he is still speaking for Siam!This made Luo Yaoguo a little puzzled, could it be that Britain has received some strong support to contain China?Is it the United States?wrong!They are neutral, should it be Japan?The current world situation is really chaotic. Berlin-Wuhan has now become the two giants of the Axis powers. Britain and France must be at one end, and Japan has been a little vacillating...Maybe it has become a member of the anti-fascist camp now up!

"Mr. Prime Minister, may I interpret your words as meaning that the British Empire is ready to stand with the murderers who killed Chinese nationals in this Siamese crisis? If China insists on using force to seek justice for those innocent victims, the British Empire Are you going to fight for Siam?" After saying these words, Luo Yaoguo leaned back on the sofa chair carelessly, raised his bearded chin, it seemed that at this moment, the majesty of the British Empire was no longer in his eyes , even if the United Kingdom has contacted Japan as a "strong aid".

British Prime Minister Chamberlain listened quietly to Luo Yaoguo's words, seeing the other's arrogance and arrogance, the prime minister still kept the most standard smile of a gentleman in the British Empire, and even smiled brighter.He smiled lightly and said, "The British Empire and her allies are obliged to protect a peace-loving free country from aggression and slavery! Siam is obviously such a country, so the empire hopes that China can reconsider its position, In order to avoid an unforeseen deterioration in the relationship between the two countries."

What! ?Luo Yaoguo was stunned after hearing the words, is this still Chamberlain?Isn't he synonymous with appeasement?How could it stand out for a small country thousands of kilometers away, Siam?Could it be that he is really worried that after China acquires a colony in the Nanyang region, it will threaten Britain's colonial interests?

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Luo Yaoguo guessed right. While he was visiting Germany and Russia, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden had also secretly arrived in Tokyo and started negotiating with Japanese Prime Minister Kazusei Ugaki on the "British-Japanese Alliance".In this time and space, the relationship between Britain and Japan has always been relatively close. Britain has always had the idea of ​​supporting Japan to contain China, and Japan is also obsessed with the defeat of 9.18, hoping to use the power of Britain to avenge its shame!Especially when China refused to hand over Vladivostok to Japan and supported the CCP to establish a Far Eastern Republic on both sides of the Amur River, the anti-China and pro-British forces in Japan, especially the military, gained the upper hand.The so-called "pro-China faction", represented by Nagata Tieshan, who hoped to form an alliance with China to get a share of the collapse of the British and French world empires, gradually fell into isolation.

"Your Majesty asks, is it possible to reach an agreement in negotiations with the United Kingdom? Does the alliance between the Empire and the United Kingdom mean a war with China?" Emperor Hirohito did not attend today's meeting of the Five Prime Ministers, but sent Kido, the Secretary-General of the Minister of Internal Affairs Koichi came to ask about the alliance between Britain and Japan.

"The alliance plan proposed by the United Kingdom is extremely favorable. They not only agree to transfer the most advanced aero-engine technology to the empire, but also agree to work with the empire on the secret weapon of uranium bombs." Japanese Prime Minister Ugaki Kazushige, who presided over the meeting, replied loudly: "and The "British-Japanese Alliance" does not mean that Japan will go to war with China, because Britain itself is not willing to go to war with China easily. They just want to use the imperial navy to put pressure on China to force them to withdraw the four Zhenyuan-class battleships from Europe."

"But isn't Britain opposing China on the Siam issue? If China invades Siam, will Britain declare war on China? And the empire will be involved in the war with China?" Kido Koichi's tone is full of worry , After asking questions for Emperor Hirohito, he asked another question on his own initiative.

"Your Excellency Kido, please tell Your Majesty that there is no need to worry about the Siam incident." Foreign Minister Kijuro Hashihara took over the question. The incident declared war on the Republic of China. Therefore, Britain did not want to really help Siam, but wanted to use the Siam incident to get China to transfer the expeditionary fleet back to China, so as to reduce the pressure on the British homeland defense. What the United Kingdom is really worried about is the Chinese expeditionary fleet and The German Navy join forces, not the safety of a small Asian country like Siam."

"Oh, then speaking, it is beneficial and harmless for the empire to form an alliance with Britain." Kido sighed softly and said to himself.

"No, Your Excellency Kido, please tell Your Majesty that if Britain goes to war with Germany and is defeated by Germany, the future of the empire will be in jeopardy." Nagata Tieshan, the head of the General Staff Headquarters attending the meeting of the Five Prime Ministers, suddenly made a point Dissenting, he went on to say: "Although the alliance between the empire and Britain can curb the expansion of China, it is impossible to defeat China. The army and air force of the empire are not the opponents of China at all, and China is also clearly ahead of the empire in the secret weapon uranium bomb. There is really no chance for the empire to go to war with China! However, the three old empires of Britain, France, and the Netherlands are now in decline, and may be attacked by Germany, which has just defeated the Soviet Union, at any time! At that time, their homeland may not be able to resist Germany's invasion...and their Asian and Australian colonies are the future hope of the empire! Therefore, I still oppose signing an alliance with Britain against China, on the contrary, the empire should form an alliance with China and Germany to expand southward!"

Nagata's suggestion has been repeatedly put forward at the cabinet meeting during this period, but few people responded.

"Germany may not be able to defeat Britain and France. France and Germany have the same powerful army, and the British navy is far stronger than Germany. Once Germany and Britain and France go to war, the situation is likely to fall into a quagmire like World War I." Army Minister Hayashi Mijuro He retorted loudly: "It's not that the empire did not reveal its willingness to form an alliance with China and Germany, but did they respond? China now occupies Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, which should have belonged to the empire, and Germany wants to obtain the latest alliance with the empire." The request for aviation technology is simply ignored! If the empire goes to form an alliance with them, it can only act as a vassal without any status! Even if they defeat Britain and France, they may not be willing to share the spoils with the empire, right?"

This time Nagata Tieshan was also speechless.The Chinese and Germans are indeed indifferent to Japan now, as if they don't pay attention to Japan at all!Perhaps in their view, after defeating the Soviet Union, it is not difficult to defeat Britain and France!

"But if Germany and China really defeat Britain and France, what should the empire do?" Kido raised a new question, "We can't use the power of the empire to deal with the entire Eurasian continent, right?"

"We can first form an alliance with Britain and France to gain benefits from Britain and France." Prime Minister Ugaki Kasunari touched his head and said with a smile: "If Britain and France really go to war with Germany and China, the empire does not have to follow Britain and France, but can take a wait-and-see approach." strategy. If Britain and France were defeated, the empire could immediately join China and Germany and go south to seize the colonies of Britain and France.”

"Whimsical!" Nagata Tieshan cursed secretly in his heart, now China and Germany don't pay much attention to Japan, and when they defeat Britain and France, will Japan take a share?

Chapter 0766 The Sunset of the Soviet Empire ([-]) The Anglo-Japanese Alliance

On April 1938, 4, the Hermitage Square in Petersburg was crowded with people. It seemed that the residents of Petersburg had put on their best clothes and came to this square with special significance in Russian history.On August 25, 24 years ago, Russian Tsar Nicholas II announced to his subjects on this square the news of Russia's participation in the World War!At that time, the whole square was full of cheers.And on November 8, 14, 21 years ago, revolutionary Soviet soldiers also set off a storm of the October Revolution in this square!And now, the legal heir of the Romanov dynasty that was shattered by the revolutionary storm, the restored Empress Anastasia I is standing on a balcony on the second floor of the Winter Palace in full uniform, facing her. The subjects declared loudly: "My Russian Empress Anastasia swears in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that I will defend Petersburg and Russia to the last breath! May God be with Russia!"

"Ulla! Ulla! Ulla..."

The officers and soldiers of the Royal Youth Guard standing on the side of the Winter Palace near the Winter Palace took the lead in cheering, and then the citizens of Petersburg who were infected by the Queen's heroism also cheered.In any case, the empress was now ready to fight for her empire like a real Russian monarch.And although the residents of this city don't support the queen very much, they don't want the Bolsheviks to come back now.

"My God! Are these Russians crazy?" At this time, they were in a three-story building with a blue sky and white sun flag hanging near Palace Square.Lieutenant General Wan Yanhao, the ambassador of the Republic of China to the Russian Empire, couldn't help feeling a little emotional after hearing about the Queen's determination, and there was also a copy of the latest battle report he had just received on his desk.

在这份战报上面，另一伙信奉共产主义的俄国人好像也已经完全疯狂了。从博罗维奇到奥斯塔什科夫。这不过区区200公里的战线上，一支庞大的苏军部队正在集结。第1突击集团、第2突击集团、第4突击集团、第10集团军、第12集团军、第15集团军、第18集团军、第24集团军、第27特别集团军、第29特别集团军、第30集团军、第31集团军、第32集团军。到目前为止，已经查明番号的步兵部队已经达到了数量庞大的10个集团军！而且还有3个拥有至少一个坦克师的突击集团。这是总兵力将近160万人的强大兵力，而且苏军还投入了大量的技术兵器，根据德国和俄罗斯情报部门的侦查，苏联红军在这里投入了约600辆坦克和将近10000门大炮，此外还有500架飞机，这是苏军能够集结的最大兵力。与此同时在次要的大卢基一线还有另外3个集团军约40万兵力已经集结完毕！也就是说，苏军在即将到来的夏季攻势里，将投入约200万大军！几乎是斯大林所拥有全部兵力的三分之二。

"Even if it's crazy, it's driving our assistant commander and Hitler crazy together!" Wu Tuohao, deputy chief of staff of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and head of the Chinese military delegation to Russia, who was sitting on the side, replied.Then he picked up the magnifying glass and looked carefully at the map.While looking at it, she said: "The queen is not completely hopeless. She has also assembled 180 million troops in Petersburg and Great Luki. Among them, there are eight army groups and 24 infantry armies near Petersburg. In addition, there are three A tank division, nearly 150 million troops, more than 6000 cannons, more than 700 tanks, and about 500 aircraft! This battle is evenly matched, and it is not certain who will win the battle!"

"I think it's a bit precarious." Wan Yanhao shook his head, expressing his pessimism. He said, "The Queen's army has a complex composition. There are White Russians who returned from overseas, some Red Army who defected to the Queen, and some who were captured by the Germans." Prisoners of war... each has their own little calculations, and they are genuine miscellaneous troops! They are no match for the Soviet Red Army, which is united from top to bottom. Moreover, in the past few months, the Queen's government has long been unable to make ends meet. God knows how much fighting spirit her army can have?"

At this moment, Wan Yanhao's adjutant opened the door and walked in. "A telegram from the assistant commander."

"Read!" Wan Yanhao said.

The adjutant immediately opened the heavy folder and read it word by word. "Wen Qiang (Wan Yanhao) and Mou Xian (Wu Tuohao), two generals, the Soviet-Russian Civil War has reached a critical moment. You need to keep an eye on the situation on the front line and report to the General Staff and the Chinese Expeditionary Force Headquarters at any time. If there is any inconvenience, you can directly meet Empress Anastasia and ask her for help..."

"Huh?" After hearing the telegram from Luo Yaoguo, Wan Yanhao frowned slightly. "The assistant commander said that the Russian Civil War has reached a critical moment? What does this mean? This kind of decisive battle with three to four million people should not be able to tell the winner within a few months? The Queen's army is not the German army..." This At that time, Wan Yanhao only felt that someone had gently patted his back, and when he turned around, it turned out to be Wu Tuohao, the deputy chief of staff of the expeditionary army with a mysterious smile on his face, and said lightly: "Brother Wen Qiang, the assistant commander The arrangement makes sense, and we'll do it."

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"Fuwen, something happened in Japan!"

At this time, on the other side of the earth, Chief of Staff Luo Da had just finished his day's work, and was talking and laughing with Natalie as he walked into the hall of Beilu, when he saw Yoshiko Kawashima holding a A yellow copy of the newspaper appeared in front of his eyes with a worried face.

Yoshiko Kawashima is now 32 years old, but she has been pampered and cared for all the time, but she has retained seven or eight percent of her youth, and she has a little more charm of a young woman.In the past few years, her job was to keep an eye on every move of the Japanese side for Luo Yaoguo, and at the same time be responsible for keeping secret contacts with some important figures in the Japanese military.

"Talk in the study." Luo Yaoguo took off his military overcoat, threw it together with the briefcase to the servant, and dragged Natalie and Yoshiko Kawashima into the study on the second floor.

"Fangzi, is there any news from Yongtian Tieshan?" Luo Yaoguo asked as soon as the three of them took their seats in the study.

Kawashima Yoshiko nodded and said: "Because of the affairs of Vladivostok and the Far Eastern Republic, most of the political leaders in Japan now oppose us in China. Today they held another meeting of the Five Prime Ministers, and Emperor Showa was also present in person. Nagata Tieshan has argued hard, But the emperor finally decided to form an alliance with Britain!"

Luo Yaoguo was silent for a while: "It seems that those Japanese warlords are still unwilling to give up on the Asian continent! But at this moment, they are on the British ship... What benefits do those British guys promise to Little Japan? Did Nagata's telegram say that? "

When Petersburg and Chamberlain were negotiating the Siam issue, Luo Yaoguo had already vaguely felt that Japan might want to board the British ship.But when the news was confirmed, he still felt a little surprised.The Second World War in this time and space is really getting more and more interesting!It's just that China is far stronger than Japan's army, do they dare to go to the mainland to die?If they dare not come, how can their greed for territory be satisfied?Will it take the benefits of the British and "betray the revolution" again?

Yoshiko Kawashima just shook her head: "Actually, I didn't give much benefit. I just transferred the technology of several aircraft engines, including the 1000-horsepower radial engine technology that the Japanese have always wanted from us and the Germans. There is a uranium bomb, and the British also agreed to develop it with Japan."

Luo Yaoguo laughed: "It seems that these Japanese are not stupid! They know that this uranium bomb is a great thing, but how much time do the British have left? They have no chance of making this uranium bomb, even if they can How can you share the uranium bomb with Japan? I am afraid the Japanese will have a hard time getting along with them.”

Yoshiko Kawashima handed the telegram to Luo Yaoguo: "Look at the supplementary text, Nagata Tieshan said in the telegram that although Japan has an alliance with the UK, it will never fight against China and Germany. If the UK dares to attack China If Germany declares war, Japan will definitely withdraw from the Anglo-Japanese alliance as soon as possible, and even follow China and Germany to fight against Britain...so he hopes that we can understand Japan's difficulties."

Luo Yaoguo pondered for a while, and finally said slowly: "The Japanese still want to be in two boats, but it's just a little whimsical. We don't dare to have such an ally. If they want to go south when the time comes, they should go south. It's best not to go south again." What unexpected things happened... But what is important right now is not Japan, but Russia. As long as the monster of the Soviet Union finally falls, nothing can threaten us. But how should we reply to Nagata Tieshan now? ?”

Of course, this question was not for Yoshiko Kawashima, but for Luo Yaoguo himself.Although an ally like Japan is more capable of fighting than Italy, it is much more powerful than Mussolini in terms of success and failure!In history, if the Japanese launched the Pearl Harbor incident and gave the United States an excuse to join the war, Hitler still had a great chance of defeating the Soviet Union.Now Japan has joined the UK... I don't know if it will do something unbelievable?

Luo Yaoguo was silent for a while, then smiled at Yoshiko Kawashima: "Fangzi, you go to Japan once in person to meet Nagata Tieshan, your adoptive father Hayami Kawashima, and the leader of the Black Dragon Society, Toyamaman. Tell them clearly, The Asian continent belongs to China! If they want to get their hands on it, just let them come here. We have defeated millions of Soviet Red Army, and we are afraid that little Japan will fail? As for the Japanese navy, it is a force that can fight Power. But I want to remind them that even if the Japanese navy defeats the Chinese navy, they will not be able to reach the shores of the Asian continent! But if they defeat the small British Far East Fleet, they will gain a lot, and China No interest in anything outside the Asian continent."

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Of course, it wasn't just these few people in Luo Yaoguo's study who were attracted by the sudden appearance of "The Anglo-Japanese Alliance".In Khabarovsk, the capital of the newly-baked Far Eastern Socialist Republic, some people's hearts are floating because of the "British-Japanese Alliance" these days.

Speaking of which, this city was the first big city that the CCP "liberated" from the Kuomintang reactionaries!At the beginning of this year, the Soviet Far East Front Army and the Baikal Front Army were reorganized into the Siberian Front Army of the Russian Empire, and began to move westward one after another.The Chinese People's Volunteers, originally under the leadership of the Far East Front Army, raised their own banner and called themselves the "Communist International Far East Army". The 8-strong army marched towards Khabarovsk or Khabarovsk, one of the three major cities in the Far East. Marching in!At this time, the Chinese National Defense Forces finally revealed the essence of the paper tigers of the reactionary army. Faced with the attack of the 8 people's army, they fled without fighting one after another, and gave up the cities of Amursk, Khabarovsk, and Temple Street in the Amur River Basin. The People's Liberation Army of the Far East!In this way, a Far Eastern Socialist Republic with Zhang Guotao, the leader of the Communist Party of China, as the chairman and Chen Changhao as the prime minister was born!