The sun never sets

There was a secret agreement between Germany and the Allies, which sold out Italy's interests in exchange for the Allies' no longer supporting MacArthur's military government. This matter was originally a secret, but where in the world is there a wall that is impenetrable?

The news may have been released by the Germans or by the Human Innovation League. No matter which side it was, Mussolini received the news and was furious.

Because of the failure in Ethiopia, Mussolini was questioned a lot. Fascism believes in the law of the jungle, and after the defeat, Mussolini's position was somewhat unstable, and many people questioned his leadership ability.

For now, the doubts are still relatively subtle, but if Italy lost its colonies in Africa, not just a few, but just one or two cities, someone might publicly express doubts.

But at this time, when Mussolini was timidly expressing his intention to punish the Egyptian army, the People's Revolutionary League proposed to mediate the East African war.

Mussolini was originally uneasy, but when he heard that the alliance wanted to negotiate, he immediately became arrogant and instructed Foreign Minister Ciano to put forward a lot of harsh conditions, such as: stationing troops in Ethiopia, granting Italy most-favored-nation treatment, allowing Italy to mine Ethiopia, allowing Italy to build fortifications and railways in Ethiopia, etc.

This doesn't feel like a negotiation. The Ethiopian side would never agree to such terms. More importantly, the People's Revolutionary League would not agree.

"Since you have no sincerity in negotiating, it would be a waste of time to continue talking."

Chen Lu stood up and shook hands with Count Ciano. "Then let's wait until the war reaches the next stage."

He squeezed his hand hard, and Count Ciano shook his arm a few times in understanding, "I have some good wine at home, would you like to have a drink with me, Mr. Chen?"

"my pleasure."

In Count Ciano's manor, Chen Lu shook the red wine glass, watching the blood-red wine swaying in the glass. He closed his eyes, brought the glass to his nose and sniffed, "Rich and mellow, is this Sassicaia?"

Chen Lu was proficient in six languages, including Italian, so he did not need an interpreter and could communicate directly with Ciano. During the negotiations, he needed to speak Chinese and the interpreter would relay his words, but of course he did not need to do that now.

Count Ciano laughed and said, "Yes, this is the best wine we have in Italy. Mr. Chen can have a taste."

The two tasted the wine, talked about some art, and finally got to the point, "Is the leader going to continue fighting in Africa?"

Ciano hesitated for a moment and did not answer. Instead, he asked, "What does the League think about the situation in Africa?"

Chen Lu smiled and said, "The alliance means that each country should defend its own territory and focus on domestic development. It would be best not to continue the war, but if Mr. Leader disagrees, then we have no choice but to continue fighting until he agrees."

Ciano said: "Then we must take Mogadishu, or Port Sudan. The leader...he cannot be weak."

Chen Lu nodded in understanding, "Then let's go to Mogadishu."

Mogadishu is in Somalia, facing the Indian Ocean, while Port Sudan is on the west coast of the Red Sea. In terms of port size and importance, Mogadishu is more important.

Chapter 887 Doomsday Night Raid Group: ⑥ Jiu Si Jiu, ③ Liu Yi San ⑤ Arrival

After having a private conversation with Chen Lu, Ciano reported to Mussolini the next day.

"Damn it, the Alliance is still coveting Mogadishu?"

"Leader..." Ciano hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let's not talk about it anymore. If the war really spread to Mogadishu, the conditions would not be like this now."

Mussolini knew this truth, but if he agreed to the League's request for an unconditional ceasefire and restoration of pre-war borders, wouldn't it mean that the African strategy he had pushed so hard for had completely failed?

Ciano advised: "At least there is no reparations like the last war. This war has exposed many problems of our army. We need better tanks, better anti-tank guns........."

Mussolini interrupted Ciano's dissuasion with his hand. He paced back and forth in the room angrily, "I know what you are going to say, but I can't bear the reputation of defeat and surrender!"

Ziano immediately assured: "I won't contact you. I'm responsible for the negotiations. If I'm going to be scolded, let me be the one to do it!"

Mussolini stopped and showed a touched expression on his face, "Good boy, I knew that you were the only one who agreed with me. Those generals in the army only complained about this and that!"

With the influx of large amounts of arms, the Ethiopian army is becoming stronger and stronger. More importantly, the People's Revolutionary League has withdrawn from the United States and can use more of its strength in Africa.

Under such circumstances, the Italian government had no choice but to agree to the alliance's mediation and sign a treaty with Ethiopia.

This was the explicit clause, but in private, Italy also needed to pay a large sum of money to redeem the captured soldiers.

Mussolini refused to admit that the great Italian army would be captured, and he did not want to redeem any of the other officers and generals except for a few. This was mainly because he had no money. Italy's finances were not abundant to begin with, and in order to expand the army and prepare for war, it could be said that the last penny in the treasury was spent. However, the result was two major defeats in Ethiopia. The Italian government was really broke.

The government's refusal to spend money to redeem the prisoners of war caused an uproar in Italy. Some relatives of the prisoners of war took to the streets, but were suppressed by the military and police.

But the problem had to be solved. There were tens of thousands of soldiers, with 100,000 family members, relatives, friends and classmates, which would affect at least 200,000 to 300,000 people. If so many people took to the streets to protest, the impact would be too bad, and it would damage the reputation of Mussolini and the Fascist Party.

In the end, it was Count Ciano who stepped in and used his personal connections to get Ethiopia to release the people. To this end, Count Ciano sold many of his ancestral properties, including an ancient castle that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

After the prisoners of war returned to Italy, they had difficulty finding jobs. It was Count Ciano who stepped in and recruited those people into his own company.

Although it cost a lot of money, Count Ciano was able to establish a good relationship between Ethiopia and the People's Revolutionary League, and was able to do business in all places controlled by the alliance.

Italy's red wine, cheese, ham, coffee, leather shoes, etc. are all of good quality. They are exported to the Alliance and exchanged for various high-tech products from the Alliance. In this way, they can make money twice. The Ciano family has made a lot of money from trade.

Even if a large part of it needs to be donated to the leader, the remaining funds are considerable. Moreover, Count Ciano has controlled an armed force of thousands of people through operation.

Mining in a place like Ethiopia is not possible without armed forces. Many of the prisoners redeemed by Count Ciano are well-trained elite troops. As long as they are equipped with sophisticated weapons, they will have good combat effectiveness.

The war in Ethiopia was over. Although the Italians were driven out, the country was devastated and owed a lot of money to the Alliance. In order to repay the debt, Ethiopia had to work with the Alliance and Count Ciano of Italy to develop mines, build railways and other infrastructure.

In a sense, what the 400,000 Italian troops had failed to do, they had been able to do through negotiations.

While the Ethiopians were working hard to rebuild their homeland, MacArthur was facing his end. The Red Army of the American Commune had already captured West Virginia and Maryland and was about to march to the gates of Washington.

The American Red Army's action was still a step too late, as the fascist army of the American Union was already shelling the Capitol.

Huey Long, known as "Kingfish", was a charismatic leader. He was a populist who criticized banks and big corporations outspokenly. When he was governor of Louisiana, he once called on all of Louisiana to "share our wealth."

His "Share Our Wealth Plan" plan, with the slogan "Every man is a king without a crown", advocated a new wealth redistribution, the most important measure of which was to collect large net worth taxes from large corporations and wealthy individuals to curb the spread of poverty and homelessness and the Great Depression that was spreading across the country. In order to stimulate the state economy, Long advocated the use of large federal spending to build basic public facilities, such as schools and colleges as well as roads and bridges.

Under Huey Pierce Long, Louisiana saw a great expansion of hospitals and educational institutions. He led a charitable medical system that provided a lot of medical services to the local poor; large-scale road and bridge construction provided a lot of jobs and ended the communication isolation between villages; and his large funding for the education system provided free textbooks for students.

After he became the president of the Confederate States of America, Huey Long promoted his ideas in all places he could control, thus gaining the support of the people. The support of the people was reflected in the army, that is, the morale of the Confederate Army of America was high, and the morale recovered quickly.

After three years of war, the Confederate States of America became stronger and stronger, and its domestic industrial strength continued to grow. It was able to produce advanced "Phase IV tanks" on its own, and the fighter jets it produced were also close to the world's advanced level.

War is the best catalyst. The military industry of both fascist and syndicalist America has made great progress. In contrast, the United States of America led by MacArthur claimed to be a military government, but did not use all its resources on the military. It is not surprising that it was hammered by the United States in the north and south.

The military government's geographical location is too bad. It has to fight the American Commune in the north and the Confederate States of America in the south. If the Human Innovation Alliance had not been importing large amounts of weapons, equipment and other military supplies, the military government would not have been able to hold out for more than three years.

Now that the military government's gold had been used up, the Alliance stopped selling arms to MacArthur. MacArthur, who loved to smoke a corncob pipe, thus ushered in his own doomsday, which was also the end of the military government.

Chapter 888: Standing on Three Legs

"boom!"

A heavy grenade exploded and blew up on the ground.

It created a deep pit and made the Capitol building next to it even more dilapidated.

"Da da da da da!" This is the sound of machine gun firing.

"Bang!" "Bang!" This is the sound of mortar firing.

It was unknown how long the fierce battle had lasted, from day to night and from night to day, the roar of guns and cannons never stopped.

The military government's troops were getting fewer and fewer, and more and more Confederate Army troops rushed into the building. Huey Long's pursuers and fascists were not afraid of the open and hidden firepower points in the building, and poured in wave after wave.

Everyone knew that the military government was finished, and because of this knowledge, the morale of the Southerners was high, while the morale of the people on the military government side was low.

A long time passed again, the roar of heavy artillery gradually faded, and only the sound of light weapons firing could be heard from time to time.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "MacArthur has been captured!"

Then someone else shouted, "Patton has been caught too!"

Patton, in his military uniform, was severely beaten and dragged out like a dead dog. MacArthur shouted, "Don't do it, don't do it! I'll leave, OK?"

The capture of the bigwigs of the military government meant the complete destruction of the military government. This powerful force, which once had 300 troops, was exhausted after three years of fighting and was destroyed by the Confederate Army from the South.

When the military government was fighting unfavorably, MacArthur once asked the officers and soldiers on the front line to have the spirit of sacrificing themselves for the country and would rather die than surrender to the enemies of the country.

But when it was his turn, he was unable to do so.

MacArthur wore a neat five-star general uniform, with medals all over his chest, and seemed to want to maintain his composure. Perhaps he thought that he had been the president of a military government, and a five-star general (self-proclaimed), and had won so many medals (self-awarded), which would be very useful, and Huey Long should give him the treatment he deserved.

But things did not develop as he expected, it was like this before and it is like this now.

"what!"

There were screams coming from the side. MacArthur had heard many people screaming and had seen the tragic scene of soldiers being burned to charcoal by flames. Normally, no matter what kind of screams, they would not scare him. But this scream made MacArthur a little upset, because the one screaming was his most loyal subordinate, General Patton.

The Confederate Army brutally tortured Patton in return for his previous executions and torture of prisoners of war. Civil wars are often bloodier, more violent, and more cruel than foreign wars.

Patton used various means to torture the captured American UN soldiers that day, and now it was Patton's turn to be tortured. These soldiers on the front line were happy to give the famous General Patton the most painful death, ensuring that he would scream for three days and three nights before he died.

"You...how could you do this?"

MacArthur said fearfully, "How could you do this?"

His corncob pipe had disappeared, and the muscles on his face were trembling, and MacArthur could not help shivering.

"Hahaha!"

“Is this MacArthur?”

"it's him!"

"Come on, Mr. President, keep General Patton company!"

"what!"

MacArthur's screams and Patton's screams rang out in front of the Capitol. The words of the Confederate soldiers did not come true. Patton and MacArthur only screamed for two days and one night before they died. When they died, the two big men no longer had any dignity. Like everyone else, they died in an ugly way.

Finally, the soldiers hung the two "extremely hateful guys" on street lights with ropes around their necks. Their bodies swayed in the wind, and crows came to peck at them from time to time.

After the collapse of the United States Military Government, General Bradley and General Eisenhower led some of the remaining combat-capable federal government troops to defect to the Pacific Nations.

The North American Civil War changed from a four-nation war to a three-nation war. The war did not stop, but became more intense and cruel.

After the military government was eliminated, the two powers of the North and the South collided head-on. The Red Army of the American Communes and the Confederate Army of America had an irreconcilable relationship. The Red Army would shoot on the spot any fascists they could catch, while the Confederate Army of America would torture and kill captured political commissars in the name of "atheist syndicalist bandits who misled the culprits."

The war between the two powers was comparable to a world war, with hundreds of thousands of troops launching attacks. Each large-scale attack was a bombardment of hundreds or thousands of cannons. The central region was turned into ruins in the back-and-forth tug-of-war, and a large number of civilians died in the war. Even more people fled this crazy country.

The Confederate States of America led by Huey Long was much weaker than the American Commune in terms of strength. Coupled with the Anglo-French alliance's unsparing aid to the American Commune and the number of 600,000 volunteers, the Southern Army was in a passive situation on the battlefield.

Germany and its allies aided the Confederate States of America and also sent volunteers, but the scale was much smaller than that of the syndicalists. The assistance provided by the British and French syndicalists to the American communes was cost-free and without asking for anything in return.

Yes, as long as the American Commune can achieve the final victory in the North American Civil War, it will be the greatest reward.

The Anglo-French alliance provided the American Commune with thousands of tanks and planes, as well as large amounts of food and other supplies free of charge.

Germany could not do this. The German government provided a lot of aid to the Confederate States of America, but they all came with requirements, either economic or political.

When the military government was still in place, the difference in the level of aid between the two major camps had not yet shown any consequences. However, after MacArthur and Patton were killed, the consequences became apparent.

The Northern Army had more heavy equipment and technical weapons, more adequate supplies, and was able to recruit more troops to fight. Even if it ended in a tie with the Southern Army on the battlefield, the Red Army in the North could recover its combat effectiveness more quickly and then organize a new round of offensive.

Huey Long gradually felt what MacArthur had felt before, that the combat effectiveness of his own army was not worse than that of the enemy, but because of the gap in national strength, the balance of victory was tilting towards the enemy.

In order to reverse the unfavorable situation on the battlefield, Huey Long launched active diplomatic activities. He sent envoys to Los Angeles, intending to join forces with the United States Pacific to fight against the powerful enemy in the north. He also sent people to Chang'an to try to obtain assistance from the People's Revolutionary League.

Chapter 889 Call

Many of the policies implemented by Huey Long were similar to those of fascism, so he was called the leader of American fascism. In fact, he first established the American Supremacy Union Party. From the name of this party, you can know what his political stance was, so he merged with fascism.

Later, Father Richard Coughlin was impressed by Huey Long and joined the American First Union Party with the National League for Social Justice, launching the slogan "All for Long, or all lost".

The American Supremacy Union Party also attracted the radical religious and political theorist William Dudley Perry, whose paramilitary organization, the Minute Men, became the party's thugs. Huey Long distanced himself from the organization, but did not disown or condemn Perry.

From this, it can be seen that Huey Long was very mature in politics. He was not a simple idealist. He had a clear view of the internal situation and the international situation. Although Huey Long's party changed to the Fascist Party, he did not care about uniting with countries in other camps. As long as it was conducive to the unification of the United States, it didn't matter even if he cooperated with the People's Revolutionary League.

Although the labor union and the People's Revolutionary League are both left-wing political parties, the contradiction between the People's Revolutionary League and the labor union has been exposed, and they will never want to see the United States fall into the hands of the labor union.

In this way, the Confederate States of America had room to cooperate with the People's Revolutionary League. After destroying the military government, the Confederate States of America seized a lot of property. The high-ranking officials of MacArthur's military government were extremely corrupt, and their homes were filled with artworks, gold and silver jewelry, and expensive furniture. Even when Washington was bombarded, those guys refused to take out their home property to exchange for military supplies, and all of them ended up being taken advantage of by the Southerners.

Huey Long had much stronger control over the country than MacArthur. Most of the gold and silver had been confiscated, and he was thinking of using real money to buy equipment from the Alliance.

German aircraft and tanks were also good, but they were much more expensive than the weapons made by the Allies. The Allied tanks captured from the military government were simple to operate, powerful, and easy to repair.

In comparison, German tanks were too expensive. The price of one Panzer IV was enough to buy three Type 24 tanks. Although the performance of the Panzer IV was slightly better than that of the Type 24 tank, in most cases, one Panzer IV could not defeat three Type 24 tanks.

There is no reason for the Alliance to refuse a deal that comes to its doorstep. As long as the payment is made in real money, the Alliance can even sell aircraft carriers to the fascists. Of course, the price will be very high.

Because of the Great Depression, the currencies of various countries were no longer linked to gold, but gold was still a hard currency. Since Huey Long used gold to open the way, the alliance quickly responded.

"The Alliance welcomes all normal trade. If your purchase quantity is large enough, we can give you an 8% discount on the original price."

What's the difference between a 2% discount and no discount? Alliance weapons are cheap to begin with, but it would be nice if they were a little cheaper.

The Confederate States of America diplomat pondered for a moment and said, "Well, please increase the price on the purchase list by 10%."

The top brass of the military government were extremely corrupt, and the top brass of the Confederate States of America were not much better. Huey Long did not conduct frequent purges like the syndicates, and the various people who joined the government took advantage of any opportunity, and created opportunities if there were none.

The Alliance produced too many Type 24 tanks and their variants. Many of them were deployed in various military regions, and there were many in the war reserve warehouses. The 24 tanks sold to MacArthur only cleared out a portion of the inventory, and there were still many Type tanks left. Since Huey Long wanted to buy equipment, he should clear out a few more warehouses.

The German Empire was very unhappy about the Confederate States of America buying weapons and equipment from the People's Revolutionary League. Greater Germany's black technology was the best in the world, the Panzer IV was the best tank in the world, and the Dornier and Stuka were the best aircraft in the world. If you wanted any weapons, just go to Germany to buy them. Why give money to the Confederacy?

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