Chapter 469: The Great Influenza of the Century (Part I)

This shocking news suddenly became the front page headline of major newspapers around the world, and the whole world began to discuss the new relationship between the Chinese Empire and the Cossack Empire.

Immediately after the press conference, Alexander III boarded the train with Empress Maria and Prince Ivan, who were to follow the newly built Northern Railway artery directly to the temporary headquarters of the Cossack Restoration Army, the large city of Ufa in the Cossack Empire. They will sit there and direct the entire combat operation while cheering up the soldiers of the resistance, after all, there is a spiritual leader, and the morale is completely different. Three hours after the press conference, Marshal Kolchak and Commander Lin Yangchun joined forces to launch an offensive against the Russian Red Army.

For the Cossack Restoration Army, Fang Xiaoyu just returned their original weapons to them, so they didn't have many heavy weapons, but because the Russian Red Army on the opposite side was also very poorly armed, the strength of the two sides was half a catty, and the Chinese army that participated in the war was different.

At this time, the Chinese army was equipped with a large number of combat vehicles and aircraft, with a very strong ability to attack fortified positions and mobility, accompanied by ubiquitous aircraft air raids and powerful artillery coverage, the Russian Red Army could only retreat even if it had a strong will to fight, and in two days and nights, Lin Yangchun pushed the battle line to the west for hundreds of kilometers.

Seeing that the Chinese Empire had such a strong combat capability, and that the Cossack Empire's current relationship with the Chinese Empire was extraordinary, the intervening armies of the other three countries had reduced the intensity of their attacks, and they did not want to make a wedding dress for the Chinese Empire.

Soon after, after incorporating 100,000 prisoners of war into Denikin's Restoration Army, the Yaman Empire and the Kingdom of Habfsburg declared an immediate truce due to the turmoil in the domestic economy that they could no longer afford to go to war. After the negotiations, they signed an armistice with Russia again, and because they were afraid of the strength of the Chinese Empire, the two countries did not put forward any harsh conditions on Russia.

As for the Iranian Empire, they had no chance of a truce at all, under the powerful offensive of the Russian Red Army, the Iranian Empire was defeated and retreated, and soon shrank back to its own borders. The Boston Empire began to secretly send envoys to Russia, hoping to give them assistance, so that they could support as long as possible, so as to gradually drag down the economy of the Chinese Empire.

Alexander III was annoyed by the fact that the countries began to cower or obstruct them by covert means, and as the front continued to advance, the guerrillas supporting Russia in the rear became more and more rampant, gradually threatening their logistical supply lines, and they had to draw troops to clear them, which is also the reason why the progress of the Sino-Colombian coalition army is getting slower and slower, when the Chinese army relies on strong air power and ground forces to cooperate with the ground forces to capture the Russian capital Moscow, it is also unable to advance.

After the capture of Moscow, the Russian government moved back to Fort Paladin, although it faced the sea, for Russia without naval power, it was very insecure, but it was much better than moving the government to some unknown small town, not to mention that all countries began to help Russia against the Chinese Empire, intentionally or unintentionally, which also made them feel a lot more at ease.

In the face of increasingly severe public security problems, Fang Xiaoyu announced a temporary suspension of the offensive after communicating with Alexander III, and the troops began to build a defensive line on the spot, and the Chinese Empire mobilized a large amount of grain into the areas just occupied, and the grain bought by Alexander III in the form of loans was distributed to the people free of charge in the name of Alexander III, and at the same time, Alexander III also announced the establishment of the same food security mechanism in the Cossack Empire as the Chinese Empire to solve the problem of eating for the people.

With the supply of food, the security environment in the occupied areas was quickly improved, and the Chinese Empire sent Liao Jianchu's special combat army into the area to eliminate the guerrillas, so that the Russian resistance was quickly collapsed.

Having established a solid rear, Alexander III invited the major merchants of the Chinese Empire to invest in the occupied areas, and on the other hand, announced the restoration of the Cossack Empire's state name, and the capital was tentatively designated as Tsaritsyn, the largest industrial city in the Cossack Empire.

Because the Cossack Empire was not well built before, there were not many big cities in the country, so they naturally had not many choices, and Alexander III could choose the capital of the year, that is, Moscow, the capital established by Russia, but it was too close to the front line, which made Alexander III very insecure, and he had to retreat to the next best.

The reinstatement of the Cossack government was a source of great joy for those loyal to the Cossack royal family, and the owners and landlords of the factories and farmlands deprived by the Soviet government went to the Cossack occupation zone, although they no longer had the capital to re-establish their business, but they had enough management experience and a high level of culture, to the great joy of Alexander III.

After negotiating with Fang Xiaoyu, Fang Xiaoyu happily agreed to use the mining areas and land of the Cossack Empire as collateral, and let the Bank of China give these people loans, so that they would have the funds to re-establish the industrial system of the Cossack Empire. In order to ensure that the Cossack Empire would not follow the old paths of the past, Fang Xiaoyu specially sent several advisers to Alexander III to solve difficult economic and political problems for him.

Alexander III was very enthusiastic about the strength of the Chinese Empire, and since Fang Xiaoyu was willing to help him manage the country, Alexander III was naturally very happy to accept these advisers and let them take full responsibility for the construction of the Cossack Empire.

For these consultants, Fang Xiaoyu didn't have any bad intentions, after all, the Chinese Empire and the Cossack Empire were still allies, and they were such close allies by marriage, so he didn't need to do anything.

In just two months, these advisers established a complete industrial and commercial system modeled on the Chinese Empire, providing very favorable conditions for the entrepreneurs and giving them sufficient motivation, and at the same time using the system to prevent them from bullying the workers, deducting wages, and other behaviors that are likely to cause class contradictions.

With sufficient policy support, both the Cossack entrepreneurs who fled back and the merchants of the Chinese Empire who settled here began to use local resources to vigorously develop industry and commerce, and for a time the Cossack Empire appeared prosperous construction again.

Denikin, who had lost the support of the Allies, soon made contact with Alexander III, who had also received assistance from the Chinese Empire, and after he expressed his obedience to Alexander III's leadership, the Chinese Empire decided to continue to support him in the war on the Black Sea coast. With this new force on the board, Alexander III, full of confidence, began to prepare for the next offensive operation. It was at this moment that a sudden illness that spread across the globe put an end to Alexander III's preparations for war.

In fact, just after the end of the war, a mysterious flu had already begun to spread in the territory of the Saar Empire. At first, the symptoms of the sick people were just headaches, high fevers, muscle aches and loss of appetite, so this kind of influenza, which did not appear to be special on the surface, did not attract the attention of the locals, but only treated it as an ordinary flu virus, at best, it spread quickly, and even made many people sick in the garrisons of various countries.

Others don't care, but Fang Xiaoyu still cares very much. After experiencing SARS and avian flu in his previous life, Fang Xiaoyu was extremely sensitive to infectious diseases, and seeing that many people in his troops were also sick, Fang Xiaoyu immediately ordered all the Chinese Imperial troops to withdraw from the Saar Empire, and then he announced his withdrawal from the joint forces, withdrawing troops from the island of Ireland and Amiens, and also withdrawing all the land forces stationed in the Western Continent.

For infectious diseases, Fang Xiaoyu also has a considerable understanding of infectious diseases in his previous life, after all, the national fight against infectious diseases in SARS has left a very deep memory for every Chinese. Fang Xiaoyu, who knew that the first priority of infectious diseases was isolation, did not dare to let these troops return directly to China for treatment, but placed them on the island of Madagascar, which is close to the southern subcontinent.

While these armies were still turbulent at sea, Fang Xiaoyu first raised supplies from the southern subcontinent nearby, built a complete enough accommodation and medical system on the island of Madagascar, and divided the quarantine area in detail, in addition, Fang Xiaoyu sent a large number of medical personnel, who would diagnose and treat the sick after the arrival of the army, and isolate the soldiers who were not sick.

For almost certain infectious diseases, Fang Xiaoyu ordered the establishment of epidemic prevention stations in all customs areas entering the Chinese Empire, and all personnel and materials who want to enter the territory of the Chinese Empire must first be disinfected and isolated, and if someone has symptoms such as cold and fever, the entire group of people must go through a ten-day quarantine and epidemic prevention review to determine that they do not carry the virus before they can pass.

Fang Xiaoyu's cautious approach was ridiculed by dignitaries from various countries as timid and nervous, but soon they couldn't laugh anymore. Fang Xiaoyu's fearful duel proved to be necessary, and just as Alexander III was about to start a new offensive, a new wave of flu viruses struck quickly, causing a large number of flu cases to appear in Alexander III's military camp.

Not only Alexander III's military camps, but also a large number of cases of influenza all over the world, those troops who withdrew from the Sahr Empire, during the rotation, brought these viruses back to their own countries, and brought them to the world through merchants and sailors, so that in the second wave of influenza more than half a year later, forty percent of the world's nearly two billion people were infected with influenza