Chapter 438: The Atlantic Treaty Organization Forced Out

PS: I went out to eat yesterday and had a bad stomach, now I make up for it......

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Britain and France played this hand really well, and suddenly caught China and the United States, which were gearing up to pick up the bargain, by surprise.

If China is the most unhappy, then the second unhappy is of course the United States. In World War I, when the Yankees took advantage of the big hooligans such as Britain, France, and Germany to fight in Europe and couldn't hold the field, they took the opportunity to fall into the well and take advantage of the fire to rob, and even took the trap of eating and taking most of West Africa. Although the territories they got were all colonies of Germany, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, and what they really got from Britain and France was only the **** Port Vis (now the capital of Namibia), but these territories were all booked by Britain and France.

The territory that he fancied was NTR by the Yankees, and it was hell that Britain and France could be happy. Although it is not easy to turn the face directly with the United States because of the presence of Erdezi, there will definitely be no shortage of small actions that pull back the legs. Just as Britain and France did towards China, so did their attitude toward the United States, wanting to use the power of these emerging powers against the sinister Allied bloc, while at the same time guarding against and restricting the two new powers.

Originally, they even wanted to provoke a direct contradiction between China and the United States, but they soon found that the two had already reached a tacit understanding. At present, China's ideas and energies are focused on digesting new territories in Asia, while the United States is focusing its ideas and energies on West Africa, and the interests of the two sides do not overlap at all, so it is naturally difficult to provoke contradictions. Even in South America, where both sides have invested, China has done very restrained, only making some commercial investments, and not entering the Caribbean, although the two sides also have conflicts of interest, but they are within the scope of normal commercial competition, and it is not easy for Britain and France to provoke trouble.

Britain and France are now not only in China, but also in the United States, and cultivating Japan as a thug is only one of the means, and the two new countries of South Africa and Central Africa are obviously aiming for the United States. We only have to look at the map to see that this new sprawl version of South Africa directly seals the state of Namibia, and the large Central African Republic seals the US-backed Cameroon and separates it from the three states of West Africa. These two new countries not only blocked the direction of American expansion in Africa, but also made it easier for Britain and France to do things in the three states of West Africa.

At this time, the United States was not yet a "hope for mankind" and a "beacon of freedom", although they also coveted the colonies of Britain and France, but they were only doing a small move in private, and it was not only China and Germany that supported the cause of independence and liberation of the African people. It's not easy to make it too obvious, and those too tough means are not easy to use, after all, everyone is still an Entente country. Originally, the United States and China had similar ideas, both of which wanted to wait until Britain and France could not hold on to it, and then laugh at those territories. But they didn't expect Britain and France to make such a bad move, and they were stunned at this moment.

"Damn the British, damn the French, they all deserve hell!" said President Cox, gritting his teeth. The Oval Office of the White House has broken several teacups, vases, and so on. "These damned bastards, if we hadn't pulled them in the United States, they would have been killed by the Germans!

Secretary of State Bainbridge Cole was much more calm than his expression, and he spread his hands and said, "Mr. President, you need not be in a hurry. Although this approach of Britain and France has caused us some trouble, it is not good for them to be in a hurry. Now that they have given up some of their colonies, they can only ease the situation a little, but they cannot really turn it around. Wait, their colonial system is on the verge of collapse. Hmph, now that Madagascar, Central Africa, South Africa, and Egypt are all independent, don't the other colonies have ideas?"

"Hmph, I don't want to wait too long, since Britain and France have set a precedent for their colonies to become independent, then our United States will push them again, and Britain is not now focusing on India? Especially in Nigeria, the Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone, we need to increase our assistance to the liberation forces there......" President Cox said viciously.

Cox thought for a while and said, "By the way, the Chinese must be angry." We'd better coordinate this with them. ”

Secretary of State Colby nodded: "Yes, Ethiopia, which the Chinese have been wooing for a long time, has dug the foot of the wall than the British, and I think they will be happy to make some trouble for the British in India." If Chinese had attracted the attention of Britain in India, then our operation in West Africa would have gone much smoother......"

"Hmph, now it seems that there is no need to keep the Entente organization, how about we withdraw?" Cox said, "We can build a Pacific Alliance with China or something." ”

Colby thought for a moment and said, "Mr. President, China has their [Human Innovation Alliance], and I don't think they will be very interested. And there's another question, if a powerful country like us and China are in an alliance, who has the final say? I think that if China can establish its own alliance, so can we, the United States, and you see, how about we establish an Atlantic Treaty Organization? Let Mexico, Cuba, Panama, and other Central American countries and Liberia, Cameroon, and other West African countries join the ......."

"Well, that sounds good, too. Let's do it according to this plan......"

By the way, the forces of Britain, France and other European countries have now completely withdrawn from Central America and the Caribbean, and now the entire Central America and the Caribbean has become the backyard of the United States. With the support of the United States, the Central American Federation, which had been dissolved in 1838, was resurrected, and the six countries and regions of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and British Honduras (Belize) formed the Central American Federation, with an area of about 44. 660,000 square kilometers, with the capital set as Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

In the Caribbean, only Cuba is an independent country, and the other islands have become the "Caribbean states" of the United States.

A week later, on August 9, the United States announced its withdrawal from the Entente. On the 10th, China and its younger brother also announced their withdrawal from the Entente. Two months later, in October 1923, the Atlantic Treaty Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "Western Treaty") hosted by the United States was established, and in addition to the United States, the countries joining the United States included Mexico, the Central American Federation, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Cameroon, Togoland and Liberia.

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This year, the People's Revolutionary League (PBR) hosted by China has also added two younger brothers, the Kurdish Republic and the Republic of Armenia. By the way, the Kurdish accession was forced out by Armenia next door, and Armenia was forced into joining by the Kurds.

Both Kurdish and Armenian states were originally independent from the Ottoman Empire, both supported by Britain and France. But these two small countries have a territorial dispute, and they did one last year. At that time, at the insistence of Britain and France, the entire Greater Armenia region, which included the Eastern Black Sea Mountains, became independent. Thus, Armenia on the plane is comparable to the eponymous state of the original plane (2. 980,000 square kilometers), not only has an outlet to the sea, but also covers an area of about 260,000 square kilometers, the capital Yerevan, with a total population of about 3 million.

The Kurdish Republic includes the Kurdistan Province of the former Ottoman Empire and the Kurdish provinces of northern Iraq, as well as the northeastern region of Syria, covering an area of about 250,000 square kilometers, with the capital Diyarbakir and a total population of about 4 million.

Although everyone became independent, the two new countries had serious territorial conflicts. Kurdish claims sovereignty over thousands of square kilometers south of Lake Van and that land was given to Armenia, which is at the root of the conflict between the two sides. Because both sides have occupied this place in history, and the ethnic composition of this place is also very complex, it is really difficult to say who is more reasonable. The two sides insist on their own words and do not give in to each other, since they can't say it well, then fight.

And Britain and France are busy pacifying their colonies at this time, how can they have the time to care about the mouths of these two little brothers. The people around them are also unconcerned about their own affairs, and they are too lazy to care.

So last year, the Kurds and Armenia, who had no one to mediate, fought a fight south of Lake Van Lake, and the Kurds, who took the initiative to attack, threw themselves into the streets, and were pushed back by Armenia, and even lost the important town of Hilt. Originally, Armenia was still not able to fight like this, but they had the support of Soviet Russia, so the Kurds lost in a big way.

The Kurdish is a landlocked country, founded with the support of Britain and France, but surrounded by either the old enemy Armenia or the People's Revolutionary Union countries that are watching the fire from across the strait. Not to mention that Britain and France don't have the heart to care about them now, even if they do, they can't manage it. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and the Kurds may not have this proverb, but that doesn't mean they don't understand it. Since Britain and France can't control it, then ask the neighboring People's Revolutionary Union for help.

Neither China nor Turkey wanted the red bear to stretch out its paws again, so they immediately mediated between the two sides, and with the mediation of the UPA army, the Kurds and Armenia subsided, and the two sides returned to the pre-war border situation. The two countries also have the heart to find a backer for themselves, and the best backer at this time is of course China, the original financial owners Britain and France have no heart to care about them, and next door is Turkey, which has a bad relationship with them, and the help of Soviet Russia is obviously not good, if something happens again, the whole country will be gone.

Judging from the situation of other countries of the People's Revolutionary Union, it can be seen that the boss of China is still very interesting, and the countries that follow this boss are eating and drinking spicy food. Look at the Arabs and Persia, both of which earned a lot of territory during the war, and the Arabs got most of Syria and gained access to the Mediterranean. Persia took back Azerbaijan, got the coveted Baku oil fields, and suddenly became the world's number one oil producer. Even Turkey, the last to join the alliance, took back the land occupied by Bulgaria. It seems that the boss of China is quite good, so why hesitate? Hurry up and go to Baishanmen!

Originally, China was still in the way of Britain and France's face, and did not agree immediately. But later, after Britain and France put together in Africa, China also became angry, immediately agreed to the entry of Kurds and Armenia, and immediately strengthened the construction of the science and technology and social parties of the two countries. As a result, in September this year, the two countries became observer states of the People's Revolutionary Federation at the same time, which is equivalent to "probationary party members". That's right, according to the regulations, there is a one-year "run-in period" for joining the UDR, after which it can be admitted if all member states have no objection.

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Since Britain "sold" Rhodesia and Nyasaland to Japan, the Japanese government and the elite have been stunned by this big pie that fell from the sky. It is simply great for Japan to pay for military services without cash.

On August 3, the first three divisions of Japanese troops set foot on Indian soil, and of course preparations for such a thing would not wait for the agreement to be made public. Back in June, the parties negotiated that while preparing for the handover, they prepared the army on the other. Before the British could announce it, the fleet loaded with Japanese troops had already gone to sea, well, under the banner of going to Africa on a mission.

Of course, they are not talking nonsense, this group of troops has a total of five divisions, two of which are going to the new territory of Africa to carry out repressive work.

On 15 August, Japan and Britain formally completed the handover of their colonies in South Africa, with Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) renamed "Zhishi", Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) renamed "Iwase", Malawi (Nyasaland) renamed "Feathertail", and Lake Malawi renamed "Lake Feathertail".

When the Japanese locust army reached India, they began to help the British suppress the local rebels. To say that the Japanese locust army's performance in the First World War was also good, and their sluggish record made Western countries recognize the combat effectiveness of this army. The three divisions that came to India this time were all four-unit A divisions, that is, the Bangma Division, and the total number of each division could reach 2. 80,000 people. Moreover, the Japanese Army in this plane is far more powerful than its counterparts in the original time and space, and the aircraft, artillery, and tanks are all complete.

However, on the battlefield in India, in the face of the Indian rebel army, which was far inferior to them, they did not show their devastating combat effectiveness. It's not a hardware problem, it's a software problem, that is, an ideological problem. The army is made up of the smallest of them - the people. The state of mind of a person determines the state of mind of a tactical unit.

Because the Japanese army came to mercenary this time, in the eyes of the Japanese military leadership, this kind of suppression of the guerrillas is troublesome and cannot earn military merits, which is different from the European battlefield of World War I, and after several years of tug-of-war, there is no oil and water here in India, and it is really useless. And the lower-level officers and soldiers, because they came to be mercenaries to help the government pay off debts, the Moshan they got last time did not have their benefits, although this time they earned more territory, but it must have nothing to do with them, naturally there is no enthusiasm, and there are not a few officers and soldiers who have the idea of getting by. If you want these people to play "onboard charge" like Nogi Noshinori and fight to the death with the Indian rebel army, it is estimated that they will not be able to do it if they are killed.

In fact, the Japanese did the same, and the commander of the Indian Army, General Kawai Cao, told several division commanders under his command that they should cherish the lives of their soldiers and use firepower if they can.

And, soon, they will have more reasons to grind foreigners......