The sun never sets

"Those aren't easy problems to solve. But you have a point,"

Lin Yongchang thought for a moment and felt that Wang Qi was right. Now was the critical moment for the People's Revolutionary League to move to a higher level. He could choose a new president from among Sverdlov, Wang Hu and others, or he could step into the spotlight again.

However, we still need to ask the opinions of the central comrades on this matter. The People's Revolutionary League adopts democratic centralism in politics, which requires both democracy and centralism. Some people abroad compare the political structure of the League to an aristocratic republic, which is actually very unreasonable.

Democratic centralism is certainly not the same as aristocratic republic and cannot be compared.

There will definitely be many people who don't want to stand on the stage again. Lin Yongchang knows this, but no one will object. Even if they are unwilling in their hearts, they will show a warm welcome.

Wang Qi shook his head repeatedly, "The comrades sincerely hope that you will come out to take charge of the work."

Comrade Chen Tianhua was strict with himself and others, unlike Lin Yongchang, who was willing to give more opportunities to veteran comrades and comrades in the party. Moreover, Comrade Chen Tianhua always spoke his mind, praising those who did well and showing no mercy to those who made mistakes.

This makes the comrades below often report good news but not bad news, consciously or unconsciously forming an information cocoon. Although Chen Tianhua is the president of the country and has almost unlimited power, he is still a mortal after all. There are only 24 hours in a day, so it is impossible for him to be comprehensive and understand every detail.

The cadres and staff below do not need to break the law or discipline to make Chen Tian

Comrade Hua can only see what he wants to see and hear what he wants to hear.

Wang Qi's personality is "hate evil as much as he hates evil", and he encountered the same situation when he was the president of the country. No matter who is in power, they will inevitably be framed. Only Lin Yongchang will not be like this, but that's because he has a plug-in that can clearly see the real situation in various places.

"Chairman Lin is watching you" has been a popular saying in the league for a long time. This is why many people are reluctant to see Lin Yongchang take charge of the work again.

It is also for the same reason that many comrades hope that Chairman Lin will continue to lead the country forward. When Lin Yongchang is in charge of administrative, diplomatic and military affairs, talented people can be promoted more easily and their achievements will not be buried. No one can deceive Chairman Lin, and many people inside and outside the party know it.

In 1940, Comrade Chen Tianhua held his last shift as the President of the People's Republic of China. The top leaders of the Party had already known that Chairman Lin would "return like lightning". The outside world also gradually learned the news, but no media discussed the matter.

There is no news in public, only word of mouth. There are some rumors in foreign media, but not much discussion. There are wars everywhere now, and wars can attract more attention than rumors in the alliance political arena.

After the all-out war between the Syndicalists and the Axis, the Confederate States of America faced a situation of being sandwiched. The American Commune was in the north, and the Central American Syndicalist Alliance was in the south. The North-South sandwich made the Confederate States of America very passive.

Huey Long set a strategy of defending the south and attacking the north. In the south, after the Confederate Army seized a large area of Mexican territory, it relied on the Sierra Madre Mountains for defense. The mountains with difficult roads were not a place for armored forces to be used, and the plains in the central United States were where mechanized forces could be used.

The armies of the American Commune and the Confederate States of America committed some intense acts of violence to varying degrees: the American Red Army did not recognize all prisoners of war who were believed to be fascists as prisoners but shot them on the spot, while the Confederate States of America also tortured and killed captured political commissars in the name of "atheist syndicalist bandits who misled the culprits" in a large number of cases.

While fierce fighting was taking place on both the northern and southern fronts, the Pacific forces in the west, under the command of Commander-in-Chief Marshall, began to encroach eastward while the syndicates and the Confederacy were fighting fiercely.

The Confederate States of America had to deal with three enemies at the same time, which was exactly the same situation as MacArthur's military government a few years ago. Many people thought that the Confederate States of America was doomed.

However, things soon changed.

When the war entered 1940, a very shocking thing happened: John Reed, an important leader of the American Commune, died of illness due to overwork. When he was alive, many people thought that he had too many restrictions on everyone. After Comrade Reed's death, others found that without this important leader to mediate, the efficiency of the American Commune and the American Red Army was significantly reduced.

After an impromptu and urgent meeting, the avant-garde Browder gained leadership through various means, and no one could have imagined that Browder would later become the gravedigger of the American Revolution.

The ambitious Browder, while suppressing dissidents on a large scale, advocated "quick victory" and "a decisive battle to the death with the reactionaries". He also made a series of unreasonable demands on the US Red Army headquarters regardless of reality and took command on his own. Such behavior was ridiculed by later historians as "micro-management".

Under his military policy, the advantages of the American Red Army were gradually consumed. At a military meeting, Commander-in-Chief Butler openly refuted the series of unnecessary losses that Browder had brought to the army and the violation of the battle plan. He was later accused by Browder and his accomplices of "resisting the leadership of the party" and "trying to become the second MacArthur", and was imprisoned. The grief-stricken General Butler suffered persecution in prison and died soon after. The American People's Liberation Army was also thrown into great chaos.

At the same time, the Confederate Army of the United States of America launched a decisive offensive under the command of Huey Long, and the Red Army of the United States was completely defeated on the southern front. In New Orleans, people saw photos of soldiers taking pictures in front of the White House and the Pentagon on newspaper headlines and cheered.

The disastrous defeat on the battlefield brought a series of problems. The Canadian government in the north had been sharpening its sword for a long time. Taking advantage of the defeat of the Red Army of the Labor Syndicalists, the Canadian army took the opportunity to attack and mobilized some supporters of the old federal government to occupy New York. This was the first time that Canada officially intervened in the American Civil War.

Previously, the annexation of Alaska could only be considered a borderline act. Alaska is vast and sparsely populated, with more bears than people. The Canadian government occupied it, and Americans did not care much about it. However, the New England state where New York is located is not the same as Alaska. It was once the economic center of the United States and has a very important significance.

However, the most important thing for the Confederate States of America now is to completely eliminate the Red Army in the North. They can only lodge "protests" and "serious protests" against the Canadian government's small actions, and that's all.

Chapter 922 Preparation

The American United Labor Union, which once symbolized the revolution, fell into unprecedented chaos and fell apart in an instant. The British and French alliance was fighting against the German and Italian axis and had no power to continue to support the American Commune.

After losing external support, the combat effectiveness of the American Red Army declined significantly.

Due to natural disasters, there was a large-scale reduction in food production, and the American Red Army began to starve.

General Evans Carlson and General Morris Ross, who escaped from Browder's prison, joined the Pacific Army with their remnants. The Pacific Army went all the way to Wisconsin, while Illinois and the other half of Michigan became the possessions of the Confederate States of America. Browder was arrested by the Confederate Army and was tried and shot in Chicago shortly afterwards.

Some fascists began to burn, kill, loot and commit violence. Fortunately, under the order of President Huey Long, they were quickly stopped and arrested. Soon after, another leader of the American Fascist Party, Perry, was also arrested because he attempted a coup and was discovered. Another conspirator who attempted a coup, anti-Semite George Van Horn Mosley, was lucky to escape.

Because Perry died in prison before he could reveal more information. Some said he was poisoned, while others said he hanged himself on the door handle with a shoelace. In any case, Perry died, which made many people feel relieved.

The civil strife in the United States gave the American Commune in the north a chance to catch its breath. More importantly, they received assistance from another powerful force - the People's Revolutionary League, which pulled Cuba into its camp and re-intervened in the American Civil War.

Comrade Chen Tianhua served two terms as President of the country, mainly focusing on economic development. He himself did not like fighting wars, and he had some constraints on the projects and plans of the Military Commission and the General Staff. He also said things like "the army needs to be patient."

If it were in the old Japanese Empire, such a national leader would definitely be "punished by heaven".

Fortunately, Chairman Chen finally finished his second term, and Chairman Lin "returned like lightning." After returning, Lin Yongchang announced at the People's Party's enlarged meeting, "The international situation is becoming increasingly serious, and the war has spread across half the world. In order to ensure that the lives of the people at home are not threatened and to protect the basic rights of the people, the alliance must respond to everything that is happening now with a more proactive attitude!"

After the speech, there was thunderous applause. Lin Yongchang did not just say a few words and then leave it at that. The "active" and "aggressive" he mentioned specifically means expanding the army to 480 million people, and will continue to expand in the coming year. The navy, air force, intelligence agencies, the Second Artillery, and a host of public and secret departments have received more staff and funding.

Many people simply classified Chairman Lin as a pro-war faction and Comrade Chen Tianhua as a pro-peace faction. This classification is too crude and too simple. Comrade Chen Tianhua often said that "problems should be solved by negotiation rather than war" and repeatedly called for the establishment of the United Nations, but he may not have thought of resolving international disputes by military means, and Lin Yongchang was not as warlike as some people imagined.

However, Lin Yongchang had just staged his comeback as a king when he expanded his military and intervened in the American Civil War again, which could not help but remind people of the early expansion history of the Human Innovation League.

After Chairman Lin regained all power, he became very aggressive. In addition to intervening in the American Civil War, he also sent a note to the Central American Syndicalist Federation, demanding the opening of the Panama Canal and proposing to send armed police to help the local government maintain public order.

The Central American Syndicalist Alliance had rejected the demands of the People's Revolutionary League several times before. The Panama Canal is as important as the Suez Canal. If the People's Revolutionary League can freely travel in the Pacific and the Caribbean, it will almost be on par with the former British Empire.

However, the current situation is different from before. The situation has changed. The American Commune has changed from an aggressive attacker to a struggling defender and is in urgent need of support from the People's Revolutionary League.

Moreover, the People's Revolutionary League had stockpiled heavy troops in Hawaii and Cuba, and was ready to go to war if the negotiations failed. After several rounds of negotiations, the Central American Syndicalist Alliance finally agreed to the People's Revolutionary League's request that its warships be able to freely pass through the Panama Canal like cargo ships.

Of course, the People's Revolutionary League warships had to pay fees every time they passed. In addition, the People's Revolutionary League also signed some trade agreements with the Central American Syndicalist Alliance and promised to invest heavily in Central America in the next five years to develop local mineral resources.

The Central American Syndicalist Federation practices syndicalism, but unlike the syndicalists in Britain and France, there are great deviations in the process of implementation. Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama all have their own governments and armies. In name, the Central American Syndicalist Federation is a country, but in fact it is not integrated together.

The British and French alliance gave them some assistance, but that assistance did not play the role it should have. A large number of mechanical equipment were left in the open air for a long time without maintenance and repair, and became rusty after a few years.

Now that the Anglo-French alliance was in a bitter war and could not provide assistance to Central America, the local governments soon became dissatisfied. Without the fertilizers and machinery provided by the Anglo-French alliance, and more importantly, cash, the living standards of the people in Central America declined rapidly, which in turn led to the locals' aversion to the syndicate.

The People's Revolutionary League and the British and French allies all value the Panama Canal as a golden waterway and believe that it has great strategic value. The People's Revolutionary League is ready to go.

Hundreds of thousands of ground forces and most of the navy warships were prepared to resolve the issue through war, but the Panamanian government, or the Panamanian warlords, only accepted 5000 million RMB and agreed to allow the warships of the People's Revolutionary League to pass freely.

Is 5000 million RMB a lot? It is indeed a lot for an individual. According to the latest statistics from the Human Innovation Alliance, the average salary of an alliance worker is 550 RMB per month. 5000 million RMB is almost the monthly salary of 9 workers.

But if it is put on the national level, 5000 million yuan is nothing. A new battleship costs 6500 million yuan, and an aircraft carrier costs 4500 million yuan. If it needs to be equipped with combat personnel and carrier-based aircraft, 5000 million yuan is definitely not enough.

And now, the People's Revolutionary League has gotten what it wanted by spending only 5000 million RMB. The Alliance, Panama, and several other countries in the Central American Syndicalist Alliance all feel that they have made a good deal.

Of course, the alliance only temporarily obtained the right of passage to the Panama Canal, and military force would inevitably be used in the future. Lin Yongchang was very clear about this and had already made preparations for the future.

Chapter 923: For Some Reason

In September 1940, after suffering heavy casualties, the British and French allied forces recovered most of Belgium and pushed the front line to the Rhineland. The strategic bombing of the British and French alliance played a role, and Germany's aircraft and tank production was greatly affected.

In order to weaken Germany's war potential, the British and French alliance sent a request to the Human Revolutionary League, hoping that the Human Revolutionary League would stop supplying oil to Germany. The German army's mechanized equipment requires a large amount of oil. If the Human Revolutionary League stops supplying oil to Germany, at least half of the German tanks will be grounded.

The People's Revolutionary League did not reject the proposal of the Anglo-French Alliance, but did not agree to it either. The Anglo-French Alliance landed in Norway in disappointment. During the landing process, the Anglo-French Alliance failed to gain air superiority, and the British and French troops landing in the central part of Norway were frustrated. However, the British and French troops landing in the north made good progress, captured Narvik and severely damaged the German troops who rushed over.

Norway remained neutral in the war between the Industrial Syndicalists and the Axis, and did not want to join either side. However, the Norwegian authorities sent a large amount of iron ore to Germany. After the outbreak of the war, the amount of iron ore shipped to Germany increased sharply, effectively ensuring Germany's supply of iron ore raw materials.

So the Syndicate sent troops to flatten Norway and defeated the German army several times in Norway.

The wars of this era were more intense than those of the last world war, and many countries that had previously remained neutral were forced to choose sides. The Netherlands was occupied by the German army, and Norway fell into the hands of the trade unions.

While the Anglo-French alliance was advancing difficultly, slowly, but inexorably into the heart of German territory, the People's Revolutionary League was also not idle.

By October, the People's Revolutionary League's army had reached 650 million people and was still expanding. The Northern Australian Autonomous Government decided to send troops to attack southeast in the name of self-defense and counterattack, and wiped out the South Australian government in less than a month.

Before launching the attack, Lin Jiye, chairman of the Northern Australia Autonomous Government, wrote a letter of challenge to the South Australian government:

"A country has four dimensions. If one dimension is lost, it will fall. If two dimensions are lost, it will be in danger. If three dimensions are lost, it will be overturned. If four dimensions are lost, it will be destroyed. What are the four dimensions? One is courtesy, two is righteousness, three is integrity, and four is shame. If the four dimensions are not expanded, the country will perish.

Those who are good at swimming will drown, and those who are good at riding will fall; each will bring disaster upon himself because of his own hobbies. Those who are lustful will always suffer losses, and those who fight for profit will always be poor. Therefore, strong weapons will be destroyed, strong trees will break, and solid leather will crack. Teeth are harder than tongues and are the first to be damaged.

Although you are powerful, your politics are dull, your military is aggressive on the outside but your discipline is lax on the inside, you are disloyal, untrustworthy, unkind and unjust, so the mandate of heaven has been lost and the people's hearts have left you, you are just a dictator. How can a plain be higher than a low place? How can a mountain be deeper than a mountain?

You are truly no match for our enemy and you are so arrogant that you will surely be punished in the future and be laughed at by the world."

This declaration of war was written in ancient Chinese. Not only the colonists of South Australia, but even few Chinese and Japanese could understand it.

"...somehow they took it as an insult. We took pleasure in their vulgarity, but they seemed to be unhappy about it."

Lin Jiye's mother was Mongolian, but he was very interested in ancient Chinese. Writing to the head of the South Australian government was just a whim and had little help to the war situation, because the Australian army in the south was too poor this time.

During the First Australian War, the Australians were extremely ferocious and had a strong desire to attack. The descendants of the Australian colonists were brutal and bloodthirsty, never leaving anyone alive, whether they were soldiers or civilians, they would all be killed by them.

By the time of the Second Australian War, the Australians' brutality and fighting spirit had declined, and fighting desperately was just a desperate resistance.

In this battle, the South Australian government's army collapsed at the first blow, and the country was destroyed in less than a month. But this is not surprising, because after the two Australian wars, the population of the South Australian government decreased by more than 90%, and many people fled Australia with their families.

Some went to Europe, where they were either dragged into the Spanish Civil War or thrown into the battlefields of the Syndicalists and the Axis. Some went to the United States, where the Civil War was equally fierce and bloody.

Those who couldn't run that far fled to New Zealand, which is not far away. The climate in New Zealand is similar to that in Australia. As long as you are willing to work hard, you can

Gas, or sell something else, you can always survive.

The South Australian government lacked weapons and equipment, troops, and morale. Facing the joint attack by the Australian Army, it was beaten to a pulp by the Australian Army. It was not surprising that it was destroyed in less than a month. What is surprising is that the South Australian government was able to hold out for nearly a month, and some of its troops fought well.

However, the fighting of one or two troops alone cannot change the situation on the battlefield. Even the most elite and powerful troops need supplies. As long as their supplies are cut off and they are surrounded and fought for a few days, the elite troops will also collapse and their organization will be scattered.

If they did not want to surrender, they could only break out. However, the Australian troops had many armored troops and cavalry, and the troops that broke out would be easily destroyed in the process of chasing and chasing north.

The Northern Australia Self-Government Government eliminated the lingering colonial regime in the south, liberated the whole of Australia, and officially changed its name to the Australian Self-Government Government.

New Zealand, further south, joined the Human Revolutionary Alliance under the enthusiastic appeal of the Human Revolutionary Alliance. The number of members of the Human Revolutionary Alliance increased, and the composition became more and more complex. The Alliance Central Committee divided the member states of the Human Revolutionary Alliance into three different categories.

The first type is direct territories and directly affiliated states, such as China, Japan, Russia and Poland, which are all directly managed by the central government of the alliance; the second type is Southeast Asia, Finland, the Grand Duchy of Siberia, the Australian Autonomous Government and other places, which have certain independent powers and can implement laws and regulations that are different from those of the alliance; the third type is like Hungary and New Zealand, where the alliance does not interfere in their internal politics... Well, it only does not interfere on the surface. In fact, there are many ways to control a country's politics.

New Zealand had no choice but to join the Human Innovation Alliance. After the troops stationed in Australia liberated the entire Australia, they did not lift the mobilization, but instead stationed troops on Mastania Island.

Faced with the 200,000 army troops and more than 40 warships on Mastania Island, as well as the Australian troops stationed in Sydney, New Zealand decisively chose the most combative path.

If the war spread to New Zealand, what would the New Zealanders do to resist? New Zealand had pastures, cattle and sheep, but not much heavy industry and military industry, and even a small population. It could not fight against the eager Australian troops, so it could only warmly welcome the arrival of the Wang army.

The former royal division was the British Empire, and the next in line was supposed to be America, but America blew itself up, and now the Human Revolutionary Alliance has taken over the banner of "royal division."

Chapter 924 No Room for Maneuver

The People's Revolutionary League's military strength is further expanding, and the total strength of the three armed forces has reached 750 million, not including the large number of armed police forces and local militias.

Expanding the army to such a large size is naturally not just to liberate South Australia, nor is it just to allow New Zealand to join the big family of the People's Revolutionary League, but it has a greater goal.

In October, shortly after the war in South Australia subsided, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Human Reform Alliance proposed to the Egyptian government to change the management of the Suez Canal to joint management by the two countries.

When Egyptian diplomats heard the People's Revolutionary League's request, they were shocked and angry. "The Suez Canal belongs to Egypt!"

"We do not deny Egypt's sovereignty over the Suez Canal, we just want to make the canal run more efficiently. The coalition has experience in operating and managing large projects..."

The Egyptian diplomat flatly refused: "This is absolutely impossible!"

"Is there no room for discussion? If the alliance provides Egypt with an interest-free loan of 30 billion RMB..."

"Other things can be discussed, but the Suez Canal cannot!"

Wang Xiuqing put away the memo and said, "In that case, let's not discuss it anymore."

Many of the alliance's diplomats are former military personnel, which is often criticized. In the eyes of diplomats who have studied and researched international law for more than a decade or even decades, matters such as diplomacy should be handled by professional diplomats, not by former military personnel.

It is right for professionals to do professional things. However, many times, professionalism means closedness, the transfer of interests, academic cliques and inbreeding... Many things could have been made less troublesome, but they have to become complicated.

Wang Xiuqing used to be in the military system, but later transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where his main job was to catch spies. After Chairman Lin returned "like lightning", the number of troops increased dramatically, the military power increased greatly, and Wang Xiuqing was responsible for more business.

For example, when it comes to negotiations with the Egyptian government, many people think that Wang Xiuqing would be the best person to do it. Of course, he was not the only one involved, as there were also many professional diplomats who participated in the negotiations.

Wang Xiuqing was not very serious about the negotiations. He just read out the conditions step by step. After the Egyptian side refused to negotiate on the Suez Canal, he gave up efforts to continue the talks and announced the breakdown of the negotiations.

This unprofessional behavior made fellow diplomats very dissatisfied. "Captain Wang, we should strive for the greatest interests for the country at the negotiation table!"

Wang Xiuqing smiled and asked, "How can we strive for the greatest benefit? Give Egypt more loans? Or just give it to them?"

“That’s not how diplomacy works….

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"Then you come and teach me what to do?"

The smile on Wang Xiuqing's face disappeared instantly. "Deputy Head Wu Jianmin, if you think I did something wrong, you can report it to your superiors. Wait until the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relieves me of my duties, and then you can take charge of the work in Egypt!"

"I......" Wu Jianmin's face flushed, veins popped on his arms, and he glared at Wang Xiuqing, as if he was going to punch him in the face. However, he didn't do so in the end. Instead, he turned around and left.

Wang Xiuqing snorted coldly and said contemptuously: "Cowardly rat!"

If Wu Jianmin dared to make a move, he would look up to him, but he didn't dare. Of course, if Wu Jianmin dared to make a move first, he would be beaten half to death.

The cadres who transferred from the army to other departments were very rough and often beat people up over a disagreement. As a soldier, you can be a little less skilled in tactics, but you must be brave! Even if you have to be put in solitary confinement after beating someone, you can never tolerate being beaten!