The civil war in Russia began as early as January after the upheaval, first the Narodnaya Narodnik opened the film on the territory of the All-Russian Revolutionary Committee, the Socialist Party and the Socialist-Revolutionary, and the Russian royalists and the Roman and Chinese intervention forces watched the drama not because these three parties intended to watch from the sidelines, but that the climate in Russia in winter and early spring was really not conducive to marching and fighting. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the end of January and February, Russia was still a land of ice and snow, and even the Xihua Army, which was more adapted to the cold weather, was reluctant to march on the snowy fields of Siberia at this time, not to mention that there were still many Italians and Spaniards in Napoleon IV's army, and the current Roman Eastern Empire also practiced compulsory military service, so naturally the French could not be used as soldiers, and the military service had to be apportioned according to the population of each place, and the proportion of the French in the total population of the Roman Eastern Empire was only more than one-third." Therefore, there were many old soldiers from Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece in the army of the Eastern Empire, and it was a real headache to drive them to march on icy or muddy roads. Therefore, the order of Napoleon IV was not effectively implemented......

As for the Russian royalist army, it has been demoralized and demoralized over the past few months. These royalist armies are no different from other Russian troops, and the reason why they are royalists is not that ordinary officers and soldiers want to protect the emperor, but that the middle and senior commanders of the troops are loyal to the empress. Moreover, after the All-Russian Revolutionary Committee threw out two popular referendum proposals, "state ownership of land" and "retention of the tsar," the already small fighting spirit in the hearts of the middle and lower ranks of the royalist army has also dissipated. Even many aristocratic officers did not have much inclination to fight a civil war, and after two years of losing foreign wars, who was interested in fighting a fratricidal civil war? If it weren't for the icy and snowy climate, most of the officers and men would probably want to leave the army and return to their hometowns to live a peaceful life.

And when the news of the outbreak of the Russian Civil War suddenly reached the royalist army. Everyone was shocked and incredulous. There are even those who suspect that this news is a conspiracy of the royalist top brass to provoke a civil war! In this situation of floating military spirit. Naturally, the royalists could not force their army to attack. The same can only be watched as the infighting between the Narodnaya Volya, the Socialist Party, and the Socialist-Revolutionary Party unfolds in most Russian cities. No, it should be watching the Narodnaya Volya sweep the Russian Socialist Party and the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party into the dustbin of history by iron-blooded means!

In Yingtian Hot Spring Palace, Zhu Jishi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was also a spectator of this Russian upheaval, watching a red empire that would surely make the entire capitalist world tremble in the future was reborn in blood and fire.

"Zuo Qing......" Zhu Jishi put down the latest version of the "Rulai Zhenjing" in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

Zuo Zongtang bowed his head, "The old minister is here." ”

"I want to thank you for His Holiness Zhenru." Zhu Jishi said.

"This is the duty of the old minister." Zuo Zongtang's face was expressionless. He is a Confucian disciple, and he doesn't want to leave a name on a Buddhist scripture.

"How is the matter of joint intervention in the Russian civil war going?" Zhu Jishi asked again.

"Father, in fact, there is nothing to talk about in this matter. Rome, Germany and us are all of one mind, and joint intervention is only a flash in the pan. ”

It was Zhu Guoxiong who answered this question, and he still rushed from the Forbidden City to the Hot Spring Palace every other day to discuss world affairs with Zhu Jishi.

Zhu Jishi's expression did not move. Now there are only three powers left in the world that can be called the great powers: China, Rome and Germany. Greater China alone occupies half of the world, and is the world's largest in land, resources, population, industry, navy, and army, far surpassing Rome in second place and Germany in third place. The position of the hegemon is getting more and more secure. Under these circumstances, it was natural that the two empires, Rome and Germany, would have to hold together as much as possible, and it was unlikely that they would go to war. Moreover, Rome was internally unstable, there was the problem of the division of the Eastern and Western empires, and Germany had just completed a ** expansion. It also formed a republican alliance with the British, and the top priority was not to continue to expand. It's about digesting the loot.

However, the fact that Rome and Germany are united to a certain extent does not mean that the two countries are close, and it does not mean that the German Empire will be willing to be Rome's little brother. In terms of industrial strength, Germany, which formed a republican alliance with England, far surpassed the Roman Empire, which was large but not strong.

By the end of 1877, the steel production capacity owned by the Union of German England and Scotland and Poland (if Engels could have restored all the steel mills in England) had reached 620 million tons of iron and 430 million tons of steel! It is even comparable to the steel production capacity of the Great Chinese Empire (of course, the actual output is much inferior to that of China), and I don't know how much stronger it is than the Roman Empire.

In addition, the white population of the German Empire (which included Britain, Poland, and the newly annexed Russian lands) was already as high as 830,000. Although it is not as good as Rome, which claims to have 230 million people, if you remove the population of the Roman Western Empire and the colonies of North Africa, the total population of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Ireland, the core of the Roman Eastern Empire, is only about 100 million, which is not much more than Germany. If you want to see the real chapter on the battlefield, I'm afraid no one will be optimistic about Rome!

In other words, as long as the Roman Empire could not form a co-monarchy alliance with Russia, the hegemony of Europe would sooner or later fall into the hands of Germany. In particular, Britain's powerful shipbuilding industry and part of its navy were now all under the banner of the German Empire.

In this case, the Roman Empire and the German Empire could still work together, but the sun came out of the west!

"So Xiong'er is not optimistic about interference?" Zhu Jishi paused and nodded, "Actually, I am not optimistic, because the Germans should support the Narodnaya Volvoya Party, and they must have signed the armistice treaty with Russia by the All-Russian Revolutionary Committee controlled by the Narodnaya Volvoya...... But not being optimistic does not mean not participating. ”

"That's what Erchen meant." Zhu Guoxiong nodded. "A kingdom of Western Siberia must always be preserved."

"But the question is, can you keep it?" Zhu Jishi asked softly, "The main battlefield of intervention must be in the European part of Russia, if the Narodnaya has complete control of the European part of Russia, they will control most of Russia's population and industry, will we face a long war with the Russian Narodya in Western Siberia?" ”

Zhu Jishi knew that there was a war in history that interfered with the revolution in Soviet Russia, but it ended in dismal terms, and the great powers not only failed to overthrow the Bolshevik regime and strangle Soviet Russia in its infancy, but also did not even achieve the goal of splitting Russia's territory. For this reason, Japan, which was very aggressive, did not even take Sakhalin Island and North Island, and in 1925 spit it out and returned it to the Soviet Union.

And now there is a second way out for the current Great Chinese Empire to betray the Russian royalists. Nechaev had already made a condition through Chiang Zhaocong that he was willing to cede part of Western Siberia in exchange for the support of the Great Chinese Empire.

"If you can't keep it, you have to interfere!" Zhu replied, "If we had not participated in or supported the Narodnaya Volya, the Roman Empire would have retreated, because they had actually taken control of Constantinople and Russian Asia Minor. Even if you withdraw from the army, it is not for nothing. ”

This is to drag the Roman Empire into the water! Because Greater China can afford the consequences of failed intervention, even if the Narodnaya Red Army is allowed to attack the Urals, it is nothing more than that the Kingdom of Siberia is smaller or cannot be saved. Even if the Kingdom of Siberia is not guaranteed, the Ming and Xihua will always get some land. But if the Roman Empire failed to intervene, the consequence would be that the paper tiger would be punctured...... How can a punctured paper tiger maintain a situation of competing with Greater China?

"Zuo Qing, what do you think?" Zhu Jishi asked, turning his gaze to Zuo Zongtang.

"Old minister, may I ask the emperor, if the Roman Empire really collapses in Russia, how will my country respond?" Zuo Zongtang thought for a moment and asked rhetorically.

"Naturally, it's an alliance with Rome." Zhu Guoxiong said with a smile, "If Rome wins, it will inevitably further plot to split the German Empire." If the army is defeated, the German Empire will inevitably win and will in turn plot against Rome, while Greater China should choose its weaker one to form an alliance in order to maintain the balance of power in Europe. ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded, "Then the Western Roman Empire took the opportunity to become independent, how will I treat Great China?" ”

"This will not happen at present," Zhu Jishi opened his mouth to answer for Zhu Guoxiong, "but it may be inevitable in the future." He looked at Zhu Guoxiong, "Xiong'er, you should be prepared." ”

"Erchen knows." Zhu Guoxiong promised happily, but in his heart he didn't know how to deal with the hegemony of Great China, which had not yet been finally established, and only when the Roman Empire turned to defense in Russia would he turn around and hug the thighs of Greater China in order to maintain their big but not strong empire.

But the failure of Rome to intervene in Russia belonged to the Eastern Empire and Napoleon IV, not to Juan and the Western Empire. Zhu Guoxiong didn't expect his "younger brother of the god of war" to be defeated in South America. After Han Si returned to Yingtian, the Xuanwu Emperor asked him in detail about the history of the North American War, and already knew that Juan's reputation was not false, and those warlords in South America were not his opponents at all. Now we must be carefully preparing for the South American battlefield, the area is too vast, the situation is too complicated, and it is not a reckless advance that can lead to a complete victory!

Zhu Jishi smiled, looked at his son and said: "It's a good way to use Russia to bring down Rome, and when Rome falls, we will be the hegemon with overwhelming superiority in the world, and then you will find that it is not very difficult to suppress anyone with the national strength of Greater China......" (To be continued......