I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 851 Nothing to worry about
Russia has no colonies in Africa, so George can do whatever he wants. This is the real punishment for Italy.

The sanctions imposed by the League of Nations are a joke because of the United States and Britain, which are traitors. They have no effect and are completely unable to highlight Russia's status and strength.

George's ideal is not to educate the world, but to establish a new international order system with Russia as the main body. In this system, those who disobey will be spanked. Russia has no time and no obligation to reason with others.

George didn't even have to do it himself, Felix did it for him.

George has some bottom line when it comes to doing things.

Felix also has a bottom line.

The difference is that George's bottom line is morality, while Felix's bottom line is Russia's interests.

So it would be most appropriate to leave this matter to Felix.

"why?"

Although George had explained the significance of funding the resistance in the Italian North African colonies, Felix still asked why.

“There are oil fields in Cyrenaica.”

George threw the king bomb directly.

Although there have been many share swaps, the Yuriev family's main industry is still manufacturing, and the Yusupov family is the resource.

There's no point talking to Felix about morality; he doesn't care about it at all.

"The reserves are very rich?"

Felix asked further, the amount of reserves is directly related to how much importance Felix attaches to it.

Cyrenaica has not yet been renamed.

"It's enough to affect oil prices in the European market."

George only knew that there was oil in Cyrenaica, but he had no idea how much there was.

However, considering Colonel Kadena's arrogance in the United Nations, Cyrenaica's oil reserves are indispensable.

Felix stopped worrying about it and decided to keep this kind of place under his control.

Even if it is not crowded, it cannot be controlled by Italy.

Like Germany, Italy is an oil-poor country and has to rely on oil from Russia and the United States.

If Mussolini knew there was oil in Cyrenaica, he would have found the oil fields even if he had dug three feet deep in Cyrenaica.

The role of George's golden finger is similar to the spy satellite at the beginning of Red Alert.

If you rely on the desert nomads of Cyrenaica, you will never find oil fields in your next life.

Let them fight guerrilla warfare against the Italians, they would definitely be good at it.

The focus of nomadic people is "nomadism". They have no concept of being reluctant to leave their homeland. If the enemy advances, we retreat; if the enemy retreats, we advance. If they die bravely in battle, there are 40 more people in heaven after they die.

The Italians were also biting off more than they could chew. Twenty years had passed since the Italo-Turkish War ended, but Italy had not yet completely controlled Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and its colonial experience was far behind that of Britain.

In order to avoid international disputes, Felix did not send Russians to North Africa. Instead, he directly selected two cadets from Najd from the Amur Army cadets and went deep into the Italian North African colonies in the name of doing business.

The Italian North African colonies and Najd used to belong to the Ottoman Empire. There was frequent exchange of personnel, and after thousands of years of ethnic integration, there is not much difference in their appearance.

At least Italians can't tell the difference.

News soon came from the two trainee soldiers.

There are both good news and bad news.

The good news is that the nomadic peoples of Italian North Africa have a great demand for weapons.

The bad news is that there are many competitors, and even the Italians themselves are selling weapons.

It sounds incredible, but it is actually Italy's way of controlling nomadic peoples.

Nomadic people do not even have a fixed residence, let alone the ability to develop industry, so the industrial products they need are almost all imported from Europe.

Even if Italy did not sell weapons for the sake of colonial security, French merchants would smuggle them.

So the Italians simply sold them themselves, making money while strengthening their control over the nomadic peoples through bullets.

Felix was not polite and directly sent the rifles purchased from the Russian military to North Africa. Many of the rifles did not even have their numbers removed.

This is not carelessness, but a clear way of letting the Italians know the consequences of going against Russia.

Mussolini also had a hard time.

Like his predecessor, Mussolini made the mistake of being overambitious, that is, he underestimated the strength of his opponents and had a high opinion of himself, not taking his opponents seriously at all.

Although Haile Selassie I was stupid, when facing the invasion of the Italian army, he did not pin all his hopes on the League of Nations, but actively mobilized the Abyssinians to fight back.

The Abyssinian Empire was indeed weak in strength, with a weak industrial base and backward weapons and equipment. There was not even a single armored vehicle in the entire country.

However, the Abyssinian army, relying on its high morale and familiarity with the terrain, fought back and forth with the Italians, and the battle soon reached a stalemate.

Mussolini was very angry and continued to send more troops to Abyssinia. The number of Italian troops invading Abyssinia soon increased to 50.

Just as Mussolini was full of confidence and the Italian army was about to launch a second round of offensive, an uprising broke out in the Italian North African colonies. A coalition force composed of more than a dozen nomadic tribes captured Gilafa and approached the Italian North African colonies to recover Tripoli.

Jirafa is only 30 kilometers away from Tripoli.

Mussolini was furious and urgently transferred an Italian army that was already on board a ship and was about to be sent to Abyssinia to Tripoli, and ordered the Italian Air Force stationed in Tripoli to launch an air strike on Girafa.

The nomadic coalition forces only had rifles, not even machine guns, and had no air defense capabilities at all.

With the help of the Italian Air Force, the Italian army quickly recaptured Girafa and seized a batch of Russian standard equipment.

"This is a Yuriev rifle produced in the Tula Arsenal, serial number 191812131857. Your Excellency Grand Duke Alexandrovich, can you explain why this standard rifle equipped by the Russian army appeared in Jirafa?"

Lorenzo complained about Russia's bullying at the League of Nations.

"Millions of these weapons, which have been phased out by the Russian military, have been sold over the years, and it is impossible for Russia to trace the whereabouts of every rifle."

Montenegro's new ambassador to the League of Nations, Balke, played it down.

"We are not responsible for the goods once they leave the store!"

Alan thought that no funeral was too big.

"The appearance of this rifle in Jilafa proves that this incident has nothing to do with Russia. Otherwise, the rifle that appeared in Jilafa would not be the Yuriev rifle—"

Peg actively and proactively defended Russia.

Since Australia's independence, Andre's group of followers in the League of Nations has grown stronger.

"That's right. If it was Russia that took action, it would not be rifles that would appear in Jirafa, but planes and armored vehicles."

Kostic is taking advantage of someone's misfortune. Do you, Italy, have the right to bring trouble upon Russia?
Andre frowned and said, "You guys, don't be so quick to defend yourself. You should say arrogantly: Yes, it was me who did it. Did you hear me clearly?"
Lorenzo was filled with grief and anger and had nowhere to vent, so he looked at Edward and Perrier with a look for help.

Perrier looked down at the document. France could choose not to interfere with Italy's invasion of Abyssinia, or even not respond to Russia's sanctions against Italy. But that was all. France would certainly not openly oppose Russia for Italy.

Edward was distraught.

After the end of the World War, Britain's sphere of influence in Africa reached its peak.

But with the independence of South Africa, Egypt and Sudan, Britain's influence in Africa is shrinking rapidly.

If Edward openly supported Lorenzo, if Russia stepped up its efforts, Britain's remaining colonies would face serious threats.

The result in Sudan has proved that no one can withstand Russia's approach.

But if nothing is done, it would conflict with Britain's overall policy of winning over Italy.

Edward was still hesitant, and Putales took advantage of the situation and said, "We should respect each other's legitimate rights and interests around the world, otherwise the world we live in will fall into complete chaos."

Lorenzo was about to nod his head as if he had been pardoned, but Perrier finally raised his head.

“How do we define what is legitimate and what is not?”

Just as Andre opposed everything Britain, France opposed everything Germany.

"Italian invasion of Abyssinia is unjustified!"

Andre tried to bring the subject back.

Tefaye burst into tears. Finally, someone said something fair. This world is not a hopeless place.

"Italy is punishing the Abyssinian Empire for its wrongdoings and safeguarding Italy's interests. This is Italy's legitimate right!"

Lorenzo is confusing right and wrong.

What Lorenzo didn't expect was that soon his "legitimate power" would lose its moral high ground.

In the second round of attack, the Italian army used poison gas bombs that were expressly prohibited by international conventions. Due to the lack of protective equipment of the Abyssinian army, the balance on the battlefield was completely broken, the Abyssinian army suffered heavy casualties, and its defense line was breached.

The news reached the League of Nations, and this time no one came to defend Italy.

During the World War, the armies of various countries suffered heavy casualties due to poison gas bombs. Therefore, after the end of the World War, the five permanent members of the League of Nations jointly issued a convention banning the use of poison gas bombs, and the Kingdom of Italy was also one of the signatories.

"The Abyssinian Empire is not a signatory country. The Kingdom of Italy has the right to use any weapons to protect Italian interests."

Lorenzo's forceful defense drew unanimous condemnation from almost all members of the League of Nations.

"Shameless!"

"unacceptable!"

"Italy is no longer qualified to be a permanent member of the League of Nations!"

"The Kingdom of Italy should be expelled from the League of Nations!"

Edward and Perrier looked at each other in bewilderment. How could they help such a stupid teammate?
Putales shook his head speechlessly. Is such an Italy really worth winning over?
In order to conquer the Abyssinian Empire, Italy mobilized 50 troops. The outrageousness of this matter was almost the same as the British Army mobilizing 45 expeditionary forces to fight the Boers, whose total population was only 44.

Even so, the battle was still in such a mess that they had to use poison gas bombs to break through the Afghan defense line. If they were to fight the French, they probably wouldn't be able to count on them.

Yes, Germany is courting Italy just for France.

At least for now, the mustache guy has not thought of attacking Russia.

"Gentlemen, please be quiet—"

Andre banged on the table and launched a general attack on the Italians.

"I propose even tougher sanctions against Italy, and similarly against those countries that do not comply with the League of Nations resolutions."

Andre wanted to bring the United States under the jurisdiction of the League of Nations.

"I object, I firmly object, this is a serious offense to the Kingdom of Italy—"

Lorenzo roared that the United States would certainly not risk being sanctioned by the League of Nations by trading with Italy.

"Your Excellency, we cannot impose sanctions on countries that have not joined the League of Nations. This is not in line with the spirit of the League of Nations."

Edward was equally adamantly opposed.

"Seconded!"

Perrier sided with Edward this time.

Forget about small countries, their opinions have no reference value and will not influence the resolutions of the League of Nations.

For countries the size of Britain and France, once they agree to impose sanctions on the United States, they will have to increase their dependence on Russia, which is not in the interests of Britain and France.

After France completely cut off trade with the United States, Stimson made an emergency visit to France. The two countries had reached an agreement and the United States quietly canceled the additional tariffs on French imports.

Germany has also resumed trade with the United States, and the tariff war has actually ended with the United States admitting defeat.

This fully proves that the United States is still in a weak position when facing Europe at this time.

"Gentlemen, I hope you understand that every time we condone evil, we will encourage the arrogance of evil. In the end, all of us will become accomplices of evil. Is this the original intention of establishing the League of Nations?"

Andre was completely disappointed. It would be better not to have this damn League of Nations.

Edward pretended to be dead. The League of Nations was proposed by US President Wilson and had nothing to do with Britain.

Perier frowned and began to doubt whether indulging Italy could really bring security guarantees to France.

No matter how the Italians argue, Italy's invasion of Abyssinia was bullying.

If this behavior is not stopped, it would be reasonable for Germany to seek revenge on France once it recovers its strength. Who will then uphold justice for France?

If you want the judge to do you justice, you have to actively fight for it, otherwise the result will be that you will be kicked out of the house and your children will change their temperament.

Russia did have influence in the League of Nations, and although the conference passed Andre's proposal to impose stricter sanctions on the Kingdom of Italy, the proposal to impose sanctions on the United States was not passed due to opposition from Britain and France.

After the meeting, Andrei was in a bad mood and called a group of his followers to drink in the Romanov Palace.

"After today's meeting, the League of Nations has no need to exist at all. Our sanctions against Italy are not effective, and we are unable to impose sanctions on the United States. What is the point of such a league?"

Alan was disappointed with today's meeting.

"The alliance itself is just a dialogue platform. How much effect can you expect it to have?"

Andre did not have high hopes for the League of Nations, otherwise he would not have been appointed ambassador to the League of Nations.

"We should all withdraw from the League of Nations and devote our energy to the Free Trade Alliance, and let those half-hearted guys go to hell!"

Balke is the most radical, and he does have the confidence to say so.

Among Russia's little brothers, Montenegro is the most dependent on Russia. As long as it holds on to Russia, Montenegro will have nothing to worry about.

(End of this chapter)