The sun never sets

Ciano was Mussolini's son-in-law. After imprisoning his father-in-law, he took charge of Italy's military and political power and sent telegrams to Chang'an, Paris and Berlin, indicating that the new Italian government wanted to withdraw from the war.

The sudden changes in Italy shocked many people. Before Berlin and Paris could respond, the People's Revolutionary League had already sent a reply. Chairman Lin Yongchang praised Count Ciano's proposal and expressed his willingness to help Italy with post-war reconstruction.

At the same time, the Alliance Mediterranean Fleet entered the naval ports of Palermo and Taranto, and dispatched fighter and bomber units to Italy, and prepared to transport dozens of radar systems to Italy.

Soon, Paris and Berlin also responded to Italy's changes. Paris did not recognize Italy's unilateral withdrawal from the war, and Berlin immediately sent airborne troops to rescue Mussolini.

Italy is the last among the great powers, but it is still a great power. Germany is in a precarious situation now and needs Italy.

Even if they had to surrender, Germany should have led the surrender. How could Italy get away so easily?

But Germany's ace paratroopers failed. After Ciano placed Mussolini under house arrest, he felt that this was a hot potato and he definitely couldn't kill him. Mussolini still had many supporters in Italy, and that was his own father-in-law. Even if it was just to avoid making his wife sad, Ciano couldn't kill Mussolini.

But Mussolini was no match for him, as there were many fascist fanatics among the Blackshirts. Although he seized power in Italy through a coup, he was unable to completely absorb the Blackshirts.

Ciano was in a dilemma and had to send Mussolini away. He did not send him to Italy's colonies in Africa, but to the desert of the Arabian Peninsula.

Ciano originally wanted to send Mussolini to Lop Nur, but this unreliable suggestion was rejected by the People's Revolutionary League. So Mussolini was sent to the desert of Saudi Arabia.

This was not to mistreat the fascist leader. The alliance had built a number of military bases in the Arabian desert, most of which were built on the edge of oases. Trucks would often deliver supplies to the military bases, and Mussolini lived well there. Doctors checked his health on time, soldiers woke him up every morning to train, and he ate a combination of meat and vegetables, and his health improved a lot.

Germany's intelligence was out of date, and they thought Mussolini was still imprisoned in the villa under the Alps. A group of Yali soldiers descended from the sky, killed the guards, and rushed into the villa, but found nothing.

Commando Captain William and other paratroopers shouted loudly, indicating that they came to rescue the fascist leader Mr. Mussolini and wanted to bring Mussolini out from hiding somewhere.

But no. Without Mussolini, Italy's former prime minister would have been transferred long ago.

William and his team learned the whole story through interrogating the captives. What? Mr. Mussolini is no longer here? Then why do you send so much food that Mr. Mussolini likes to eat every day?

"Ah, that's...that's what Captain Zidane asked for...we don't know why!"

"Damn it!"

William said bitterly: "We were fooled!"

"Captain, what should we do now?"

"What else can we do? Send a telegram to the rear right away and ask them to come pick us up!"

Whether in the Axis, the Workers' Syndicate, or the People's Revolutionary League, the airborne troops were the elite of the elite, and their combat effectiveness was very strong. However, no matter how strong they were, they were only as strong as light infantry. When they encountered armored forces, the airborne troops would be crushed.

William and his men unexpectedly seized the villa by airborne assault, proving their strength. But if they waited for the Italian armored forces to arrive, the situation would be bad.

According to the original plan, after rescuing Mussolini, they would regain control of the army in Mussolini's name, so that no other battles would be necessary. But Mussolini was not here, and they had nothing to lose. Now all they could do was to withdraw quickly.

“Ding ding ding. Ding ding, ding ding….”

After the telegram was sent, it was quickly received. The command center in the rear was very shocked by the failure of the rescue operation. First, it asked the commandos to search the basement of the villa and the surrounding woods and mountains, and then asked William and others to confirm again that Mussolini had indeed been transferred.

This wasted a lot of time, and it was not until around nine o'clock the next morning that the rear command agreed to the commandos' request to evacuate.

Chapter 952 Teammates

Italy's defection was a falling domino. Not long after, Romania also announced its change of camp, leaving the Axis Powers and joining the big family of the Human Innovation Alliance.

The Allied heavy bomber groups used carpet bombing to destroy the German-controlled oil fields, and the tank troops also defeated the resistance of the Romanian army. If the Romanian government did not surrender, it would only suffer greater losses.

The Romanian army was originally a weakling, and its combat effectiveness was at the bottom of the Axis camp, not only inferior to Bulgaria, but also inferior to Italy. Now that even Italy has surrendered, what is Romania fighting for?

Nearly thirty years ago, Romania was a member of the Allied Powers. After declaring war on the Central Powers, it was quickly defeated by the German-Austrian coalition. Subsequently, the German-Austrian coalition plundered Romania. In order to raise more food to feed the hungry Germans and Austro-Hungarians, the Axis took everything they could in Romania.

Therefore, there is a strong anti-German sentiment in Romania. In addition, the People's Revolutionary League has been infiltrating Romania for decades, cultivating a large number of pro-Union people in Romania through political, economic and military means.

Now the People's Army came and easily overthrew the original government team and established the People's Republic of Romania.

Romania fell, but Bulgaria to the south of Romania did not intend to join the revolution. Instead, it sent an army of 200,000 to 300,000 to invade Romania.

With Rome

Unlike Romania, Bulgaria has never felt much military pressure from the alliance. The People's Revolutionary League's naval power in the Black Sea is not strong either. Bulgaria is determined to compete with the People's Army. As long as it wins, swallowing up the whole of Romania is not a dream.

What if they lose? Then they can learn from Romania and join the People's Revolutionary League! Hey, Bulgaria has a flexible foreign policy.

This is also unavoidable. In the last world war, the Bulgarians, known as the "Prussia of the East", fought very bravely and suffered heavy casualties. The young and middle-aged were almost all killed or wounded. Only in recent years have they recovered. However, Bulgaria's economy and industry are not strong, and its population is not large. It really cannot afford the casualties of the last world war.

Just as the Bulgarian and Romanian armies were fighting each other, the People's Revolutionary League conducted an amphibious landing in the Mersin area of Turkey, opening up a new battlefield.

The main forces of the Turks were firmly tied down on the northern and southern fronts. There were not many reserve troops available. Only militia-like troops were left in the rear. They were not even equipped with old-style rifles. How could they resist the planes and tanks of the People's Army?

After landing in Mersin, the People's Army quickly advanced eastward, successively occupying Tarsus, Adana and other places, with the intention of cutting off the Turkish army's supply line in the south and surrounding all the millions of Turkish troops.

Hearing that the People's Army had landed in the rear, the Turkish troops in the Kurdish region on the southern front fell into panic. The front-line commander hurriedly dispatched elite troops to defend, but was defeated by the People's Army's armored forces on the way.

The morale of the Turks was relatively good, but they had no experience in using tank forces on a large scale, nor did they have much experience in fighting against tank forces. In the Syrian campaign, the Turkish army was defeated too quickly and did not have time to understand the power of the People's Army's armored forces.

In the mountains of the Caucasus and Kurdish regions, the use of tanks was greatly restricted, and the Turks were still badly beaten. When they reached the plains suitable for armored units to operate, the Turkish army was no match at all.

On the way back from the Kurdish region, many Turkish troops were scattered by the People's Army and the Armored Division before they could deploy. The 3rd Armored Division rushed and fought fiercely all the way, successively defeating three Turkish infantry divisions and an infantry brigade, capturing Ceyhan and the logistics supply center of Osmaniye, cutting off the supply line of nearly one million Turkish troops in the Kurdish region.

At this point in the war, Türkiye had lost the possibility of a comeback. The main force on the southern front was being beaten and unable to raise its head. The supply line was cut off and the entire army was about to be annihilated.

Türkiye still has nearly one million troops in the Caucasus region on the northern front, and they are also caught in a tough battle. It is impossible to withdraw troops to defend. Even if they can withdraw troops, it is too late.

Once the elite troops on the southern front were wiped out, Turkey would no longer be able to form such a large force. Even if it could mobilize so many young and middle-aged men, it would not be able to arm them.

Turkey has never been an industrial power. Apart from being able to produce some rifles and light artillery, it cannot manufacture many things. Turkey's military industry can only be described as tragic. Located at the junction of the Eurasian continent, the Turks used to make money by lying down, but lost the courage to develop heavy industry from scratch.

Developing heavy industry is a painful thing. You have to keep burning money in the early stages. Even when you finally get some profits, you still have to keep burning money. It is very likely that you won’t be able to recover the costs for decades.

Heavy industry also needs to constantly innovate and upgrade its technology, and each time it costs a lot of money. If we cannot research new technologies ourselves or import them from abroad, the heavy industry system that we have spent a lot of money to build will gradually fall behind the world.

In the end, the more you produce, the greater the losses may be, so it might be better to just buy finished products directly from abroad.

The Turkish president called Berlin and said to William III in a frustrated and sad tone: "We have lost the war. Türkiye can no longer continue to fight."

What could William III say? The German counterattack in Koning was also a mess. Hundreds of German tanks were submerged in the armored torrent of the People's Revolutionary League. The battle line had retreated from Poznan to Frankfurt. It would not be long before Germany would prepare for the Battle of Berlin.

After hanging up the phone, William III once again convened the ministers of the Supreme Command to inform them of the changes on the Turkish battlefield and the news that the Turkish government was about to surrender.

From the moment the People's Army landed in Mersin, the Germans knew that Turkey's war was inevitably heading for collapse, and were therefore prepared for the news that Türkiye was about to withdraw from the war.

"First Italy, then Romania and Türkiye..." William III said in a sad but somewhat relaxed tone: "Germany needs to think about the future."

He looked at his ministers, "Is it possible to hand over those Poles and other anti-alliance elements?"

Chapter 953: Order

The British Empire has always been known for its love of selling out teammates, and Germany is not much behind. In terms of selling out teammates, the Germans have also done a lot. Whether in this world or in another world, it is the same.

It can be said that the powers that do not sell out their teammates and have never sold out their teammates are not good powers.

After taking advantage of them, they would rebel and annex their teammates. The Russian Empire was the leader among them.

After discovering that the war situation was in danger of total collapse, William III decided to cut off his rear to survive. He gave an order... No, it was not his order, he no longer cared about many things. The order was issued by the German Chief of Staff - the German army handed over the new Polish Democratic Republic to the Alliance, and all relevant personnel were also sent to the Alliance.

After the People's Revolutionary League recovered the Polish region, they did not show any mercy and charged all the officials of the pseudo-Polish state with "treason". Those who deserved to be shot were shot, those who deserved to be sent to labor camps were sent to labor camps, and those who needed to be sent to Siberia to grow potatoes were not shown any mercy.

Because so many people were involved, the entire Polish upper class suffered a devastating blow. Most of the public security, judicial, lawyers, scholars, and government departments were sent to Siberia and have not been heard from since. Perhaps it was because the natural scenery of Siberia was too beautiful that they were addicted to it and could not extricate themselves.

After regaining the Polish region, the Alliance did not stop its advance. The 350 million troops from the entire European military zone poured into Germany like a torrent.

The Konin counterattack destroyed the last of the German armored forces. The German army was no longer able to engage in field battles with the People's Army or the Workers' Syndicalist Red Army. It had no other choice but to surrender.

However, there are still some reasons for surrendering. Surrendering to the labor syndicate is surrendering, and surrendering to the People's Revolutionary League is also surrendering. The brutal methods of the labor syndicate are chilling, and the People's Revolutionary League is also ruthless in cleaning up unstable factors. However, relatively speaking, the People's Revolutionary League is more acceptable to the German high-level officials.

The People's Army had been taught by the German Army, and learned the General Staff system and the General Mobilization system from Germany. There were many official and private exchanges between the two countries. Moreover, William III was a relative of Chairman Lin Yongchang. With this relationship, the German government and military leaders from William III onwards all agreed to surrender to the People's Revolutionary League.

The People's Revolutionary League stabbed Germany in the back, which is of course infuriating, but now that things have come to this, it is meaningless to dwell on whether the People's Revolutionary League's actions will be listed. The right choice is to focus on the future.

Moreover, in the hundreds of years of European history, there are countless cases of backstabbing. Countries fought each other endlessly, and they would declare war as long as there was an advantage, without considering that the rulers were all relatives.

The People's Revolutionary League chose to launch a war while the German army and the trade unions were fighting hard, which was just following the principles that had been followed in Europe for hundreds of years.

William III had already made up his mind. He would follow his father, William II, and abdicate if he lost the war. William III was going to pass the throne of German emperor to his youngest daughter, Princess Catherine. Whether the throne would continue to be passed down to the Hohenzollern family, or to the Romanov family, or the Lin family, would depend on future developments.

The conditions offered by the People's Revolutionary League to Germany included clauses for reforming Germany, including abolishing the aristocracy and realizing freedom and democracy. This was clearly an attempt to abolish the royal family, so William III had no choice but to pass the throne to Princess Catherine, as being a figurehead was better than having nothing at all.

Even if it exists only as a mascot like the Windsor family of Canada, it is good as it can receive a lot of government grants every year and also have income from its own business.

The top German government officials also agreed that His Majesty the Emperor should pass the throne to Princess Catherine. With this relationship in place, the top officials would not be subjected to a large-scale purge and could still retain many of their interests.

The German Chancellor, the Chief of Staff of the Three Armed Forces and other important figures signed the letter of opinion and made a request to the People's Revolutionary League. If the People's Revolutionary League disagreed, the German Empire might have to surrender to the trade unions.

No matter what, Germany still has an army of tens of millions, thirty or forty battleships, a large number of factories and skilled workers. These things can always be sold at a good price, right?

The Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists was launching an attack from the west, and the People's Revolutionary League received the surrender conditions from the German government at this time. After an urgent discussion, the Standing Committee of the League Central Committee agreed to some of the German government's demands, namely: retaining the German emperor as a symbol of Germany, but no longer having any political and military rights, and at the same time, the plan to transform Germany would not change.

After learning that the People's Revolutionary League agreed to retain the German royal family, the German government did not negotiate repeatedly on the remaining terms, but readily signed a series of treaties with the People's Revolutionary League. Subsequently, the German government issued a notice on October 1941, 10, announcing that the Axis powers led by Germany surrendered to the People's Revolutionary League camp.

Most of the German troops obeyed the orders issued by the government and surrendered their weapons and controlled territories to the People's Army. Some troops refused to admit defeat and wanted to continue fighting, but they were caught in the price mechanism between the Workers' Syndicalist Red Army and the People's Army, lacked food and armor, and had no way to replenish ammunition and troops, so they could not hold out for long.

There was no need for the Allies to take action, as the German Army and the Red Army would have eliminated those stubborn elements. However, there were very few stubborn elements. The German Empire was a militaristic country, but it was not as perverted as the Japanese Empire. Not many German officers and soldiers chose to commit suicide.

Most people accepted what happened, and for many people, surrender was a good thing. The war exhausted Germany's resentment, and starvation was no longer news. If people didn't starve to death one day, that would be a

Something surprising.

After fighting for several years, Germany not only lacked food, but also fuel. Winter was coming, or had already arrived. In a winter with a lack of fuel, many people would freeze to death, or even more would starve to death.

When the weather is cold, the body burns body fat to maintain body temperature, which requires more food. If there is not enough food, more people will die from malnutrition.

Now, after the surrender, the People's Revolutionary League immediately shipped a large amount of food and resumed the supply of coal and oil to Germany, which can save many people from the fate of starving to death or freezing to death.

Chapter 954 Sebastian

Germany really lacked food. Many years ago, it had to import a large amount of food from abroad to feed tens of millions of Germans. However, Germany did not lack coal. Germany had abundant coal reserves, so it was able to catch up with Britain quickly during the First Industrial Revolution.

Germany is now short of fuel because all people are assigned to military-related work and all production is for the service of the war. There are not enough people to mine coal, and the coal that is mined is also used in the military industry. Civilian demand has been completely cut off.

Now that Germany has surrendered, the Alliance has immediately shipped a large amount of supplies to solve Germany's urgent needs. The Alliance's industrial strength is very strong and its resources are very rich. After entering the wartime system, its production capacity has increased a lot. The Alliance's food, coal and general consumer goods are pouring into Germany like a tide.

Ordinary people certainly cheered for this, as having food would keep them from starving to death and having fuel would keep them from freezing to death, which was a good thing. But for the German business community, the alliance's move was full of evil intentions.

The People's Revolutionary League has already controlled Germany's financial lifeline, and is filling the entire country with high-quality and low-priced goods. Wouldn't Germany really become a vassal of the People's Revolutionary League in the future? If the situation is worse, it might even become part of the alliance.

The League has no plan to annex the whole of Germany, nor does it have any plan to force the implementation of Sinicization in Germany. It is not that they don't want to, but that they can't do it. The major policy of "same writing, same track" is a millennium plan, which is beneficial in the long run. But in the short term, the forced implementation of Sinicization has caused a lot of turmoil, Poland and the three Baltic countries are examples. The League Central Committee no longer intends to implement those policies in Germany, but is ready to let Germany retain its original culture and language.

The alliance's territory is already large enough. What it is pursuing now is to control the world's important waterways and resource producing areas, and then to strive to improve people's living standards and improve the level of science and technology. Science and technology are the primary productive forces. Only by constantly improving science and technology can we create a better life.

So far, the price paid by the Human Innovation Alliance is not too high, and the results obtained are very rich. It will take a long time to digest the victory, so there is no intention to continue fighting. After the German government issued a surrender statement, it sent a note to Paris, hoping to negotiate on the armistice and the division of territory.

Hearing that the German government had surrendered to the People's Revolutionary League, Paris was about to be bombed. In order to defeat the Axis powers, the British and French alliances and the entire trade union camp paid a huge price. Paris alone was bombed more than a dozen times, and even Notre Dame de Paris and the Louvre were destroyed.

The French paid a huge price, the trade unions paid a huge price, but they only occupied one-third of Germany's territory, while the People's Revolutionary League occupied two-thirds!

In addition, the People's Revolutionary League also controlled Egypt, Türkiye, Syria, Romania, Morocco and other places. This is simply intolerable!

After receiving the diplomatic note from the People's Revolutionary League, Chairman Sebastian waved his arms and shouted angrily: "I have never seen such a shameless person!" Because he was too excited, the elderly Sebastian was so angry that he fainted.

Chairman Sebastian fainted in public, causing a commotion. Everyone realized that he was already an old man. Sebastian was of Lenin's generation, and he was older than Comrade Lenin. Comrade Lenin had been dead for many years, and Sebastian, an old comrade in his seventies, was no longer as strong and energetic as before, and had many problems with his health.

After waking up, Chairman Sebastian, who was lying in bed, felt panic. He was already 74 years old, and his contemporaries were almost gone. Lenin was dead, Liebknecht was dead, Trotsky was gone, and he himself was about to die.

Maybe next month, next week, or even today, he will never be able to open his eyes again after closing them. Death is the greatest fairness in the world. No one can avoid death, no matter if they are poor or rich, healthy or weak, high-ranking officials or ordinary people. There will be such a day.

Sebastian was the leader of the trade union. After Trotsky was assassinated, he became the only center of the trade union. His power was no less than Lin Yongchang. But even such a powerful man was about to face his own death.

But the situation the trade union is facing now is so difficult. The revolution has only succeeded to a small extent. There are still many places and many people who need the trade union to liberate. How can he leave the world at this time?

Sebastian had felt the gradual

Weakness, but it was a gradual process, unlike this time when the health of the body deteriorated suddenly.

"Somebody come!"

"Ah, Chairman Sebastian is awake!"

"Comrade Chairman, what do you want?"

"Doctor, Dr. Poruman, come here quickly!"

There were portraits of Sebastian and Trotsky hanging in the room. Comrade Chairman saw Trotsky and his own faces and felt a little irritated, but he suppressed all the negative emotions in his heart and said, "The doctor stays, and everyone else goes out first."

The leaders of the union looked at each other and then left. The doctor's assistant also left and carefully closed the door. When only Mr. Poruman was left in the room, Chairman Sebastian asked, "Doctor, tell me the truth, what is the current condition of my body?"

Dr. Boruman pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said slowly: "Your blood vessels are somewhat hardened, there are some signs of cerebral infarction, and your heart..."

Sebastian became more and more annoyed as he listened. "Don't bother talking so much! Just tell me, how long can I live?"