Chapter 458: Reactions from all walks of life
March 5, 2765 (1924).
Japan's four islands spent more than half a month in chaos under the accompaniment of various mouth cannons and cannons, as well as the shadow of swords and swords. In the end, all walks of life in Japan confirmed the news that most of the former cabinet members and army and navy bigwigs had been captured.
The Japanese Science and Technology Socialist Party has not only fully controlled the capital Tokyo and its surrounding areas, but also more than half of the territory of Japan has been controlled by the Science and Technology Socialist Party, and the most important thing is that the army that is still on the mainland has all fallen to the Japanese Science and Technology Party. The original opposition forces had been wiped out or captured during this time, and those that had been neutral had been seized by the Shaozhuang officers, who declared an uprising and pledged allegiance to the new government in Tokyo.
The navy is much more arrogant, and although they are sympathetic to the suffering of the lower classes, they are not like they do it themselves. So in the beginning, about less than a third of them took part in the uprising, and most of the people who revolted were personnel of the ground forces, and very few of the ship sailors revolted.
The remaining officers and men of the navy continued to watch the limelight, but they were not sure which side to help, so they drove all the warships that had not yet revolted to the sea, putting on an innocent look of "you guys play slowly, I don't know anything". But after getting the original government center completely destroyed, they were also confused.
But it's impossible for your warship not to dock and stay on the sea all the time. Not to mention, China's Pacific Fleet is circling around them, and there are planes hovering in the sky non-stop, looking ill-intentioned. It made them feel like they were thorns in their backs, but they couldn't stay away.
On March 1, the most fatal news came that the sailors of Yokosuka and Kure had revolted, detaining high-ranking military officers and announcing a swoop against the new government of the Socialist Party in Tokyo. The remaining two town guards, Sasebo and Maizuru, are also chaotic and rumorful.
At this time, the captain's bosses also found that those low-ranking officers and sailors also looked at them a little strangely, which was not a good sign. After a few more days of wrangling and arguing, the Navy decided it was better to talk to the new government first. After discussing with his subordinates for a while, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Kantaro Suzuki, sent a delegation of the Combined Fleet to discuss the treatment with the new government.
The Japanese Navy also knows this, and in their opinion, for an island country like Japan, the army can do without, but the navy can't do without. No matter which one comes to power, there will definitely be a need for the navy, even if the army horse manure is in power, it will not be an exception. That's why the Japanese Navy has this qualification, because they themselves know very well that no matter which one is in charge in the future, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to them, and the difference is only in the amount of benefits.
To say that the Navy gang is also a human spirit, they have obviously adopted most of the neutrality in this revolution, and then bet on both ends, like the things that Kurita Keno and his gang did, they are not unaware, but they all pretend not to know. In their opinion, no matter if that side wins, only a small number of people will be purged, and the main body of the Navy will not be damaged. But this time they seemed to have gotten away from it, and they did not expect that this revolution would be completely different from the previous coups d'Γ©tat.
So now the position of the Navy is very awkward, but fortunately, at least the Navy still participates in the revolution, and there are still steps down.
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At a time when the new Japanese government is busy taking over forces from all over the country and cleaning up the opposition, old Europe is now in a very troubled situation, and now the social contradictions in various countries have reached a very serious level.
Originally, before the war, everyone also had the idea of using the war to reduce domestic discontent, and it is not impossible to say that this trick is also very effective. But there is a premise, that is, it must be won. If you win, you will naturally be able to reap a lot of benefits, and when the time comes, you will be able to share some soup and water for the people to drink, and the domestic dissatisfaction will naturally be reduced. But if you can't win, you'll have to fight on the street.
It's like a war in the original time and space, Britain, France and other countries that won the war reduced their domestic contradictions a lot by cutting the meat of the losers. As for how miserable Germany was after the war, it is needless to say how miserable it was after the war.
And the first battle on this plane is a bad war, there are no winners and no losers, so what is it like before the war, what is it like after the war, there is no place to cut meat. If the world pattern like the original time and space can't cut the opponent's meat, it's not bad to cut the colony's meat to make up for it, although it's not as fat as the opponent's meat, but it's good to be hungry.
But on this plane, even a little bit has become a big problem. The traditional colonies are on fire everywhere, there are uprisings everywhere, and it is good not to lose the old capital, but also to cut the flesh of the wool.
In this case, China, the United States, and Germany, these emerging powers, are happy to watch the fire from across the strait, they don't have many colonies in the first place, and they didn't start in the colonies at all, so it doesn't matter how happy the colonies are. In particular, countries such as China and the United States, which have vast territories and large populations, are even less concerned about this. And although Germany now has no colonies, there are still a large number of Central and Eastern European brothers who can play the Central European economic circle and engage in internal circulation, and they don't care too much.
This is the most painful for the old colonial empires like Britain and France, who are the most painful. Because they made their fortune on the colonies, and they also became strong by the colonies. Therefore, once something goes wrong in the colony, it will be the most fatal for them, and it can be said that it will be a success or a failure.
Moreover, the chaos in the colonies has also seriously affected the political situation in the country. The failure to win the war led to the fact that the contradictions that had accumulated in the country for many years had no place to transfer, and the country could not be replenished by cutting meat from the colonies, which caused the domestic contradictions to become more and more acute. Now there is a serious antagonism between the various strata in the countries of old Europe, and various social movements have emerged one after another.
Up to now, there have been revolutions and regime changes in many countries. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had the greatest social contradictions, was the first to hold out, and was split as soon as the war ended, and the Hungarian Communist Party and some socialist factions launched a revolution in 1922, and now it has become a socialist regime headed by the Hungarian Communist Party and ruled by a coalition of multiple factions.
The KPD also staged a coup uprising, but due to poor preparation and strong national strength, the uprising was quickly extinguished. But the uprising also turned Germany to the left, overhauled its political structure, and established a moderate left-wing regime led by the SPD.
There was also a revolution in Italy, but they turned to the right, and Mussolini's fascist party officially came to power.
Under the circumstance that social contradictions can no longer be reconciled, the traditional powers of old Europe are now faced with two paths, either to turn left to engage in socialism or to turn right to engage in fascism, and there is basically no third way to go. Now the small countries with weak national strength are okay, their domestic political forces are not very strong, even if the political turn does not make much excitement, the domestic turmoil will not be too great, but the great powers are different.
Especially for old imperialism like Britain and France, once the political turn is over, it will be a major earthquake, and it is strange that no one in the country has a dog's brain.
So a month after the 212 Incident in Japan, the French people, who could not bear it anymore, rushed into the streets like their predecessors, and Paris, which had not yet recovered from the war, was rekindled.
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On the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower, two young men with oriental looks are watching the scuffle below. At this time, the police and the masses in Paris were mingling, they were really mingling. It can be seen that in these noisy crowds, bricks, baseball batons, batons, wrenches, catalpa, and various tools and farm tools are flying up and down, and people are constantly **** on the ground, and there are many unlucky people lying on the ground.
This Eiffel Tower is already a new version, and the original one was demolished as a trophy by Erdezi. The steel of this broken tower is actually not worth a few dollars, mainly because Comrade Wei Er's middle two illness attacked, and he wanted to disgust the French. Originally, according to Wei Er's idea, he was going to reassemble it in Berlin and disgust the Gallic chickens to death. But before this action could be carried out, the German Revolution broke out, and Wei Er was shot and almost knelt down, and the matter was naturally yellow.
Later, Comrade Wei San was crowned and came to power and reorganized the Weimar government, and they were not as neurotic as Wei Er. I plan to ease relations with France, although everyone knows that this beam is too big and not easy to resolve at all, but the surface work still needs to be done. So the new German government returned these tower parts to France.
But it turns out that the Germans underestimated the French tsundere. The French took the returned tower parts, but resold them. Yes, the French said that our great France does not want this kind of alms-like return, you two German sons do not expect that we will forgive you, hmph, we will build a better Eiffel Tower again!
That's right, they rebuilt an iron tower, and it was a complete reconstruction. Because France was still busy recovering the domestic mess at this time, the steel production was somewhat insufficient, and some of the tower components were contracted to China. Although the new tower is still called "Eiffel", it is much larger than the original one, with a total height of 428 meters and a total weight of more than 25,000 tons.
The new Eiffel Tower has been redesigned and is much more reasonable than the old one. From the highest observation deck, you can see the whole of Paris. However, there were only a few people on the observation deck at this time, which was due to the turmoil in Europe during this time, especially the revolution in Paris during this time, which led to a significant decrease in the number of domestic and foreign tourists.
"Sure enough, the French people are the ...... most fond of revolution," said one of the slightly chubby youths, who put down his binoculars.
"Yes, now at the beginning, everyone is still mainly cold weapons and fists and kicks. The thinner young man laughed.
"What are you going to do next?" asked the fat young man.
The thin young man smiled: "Don't worry, this boiler has to be burned to have strength, and now it's just been ignited." In the fine tradition of the French people, they simply can't stop with just a slight push. β
As he spoke, he looked at his companion and said, "It's you, Pan Zhi, I'm afraid it's more difficult for the British side to get some ......."
"It is true that the enthusiasm of the British people for revolution is far from comparable to that of France, but please believe that as long as the hoe is wielded well, there is no corner that cannot be dug down. The fat young man said with confidence: "The stalls laid by the British are too big, and they have not been fully digested, and the contradictions in the country, the contradictions between the homeland and the colonies, have long reached a critical point, and they can barely hold it down by relying on the name of the world's first." Now, hehe, if you don't make trouble, once you make trouble, it will definitely be more serious than France. β
These two men were agents of China's National Intelligence Agency, and the fat one was named Li Xiaoren, whose name was Pan Zhi, and he was in charge of British affairs. The thin one is called Meng Yan, the word is true, and he is in charge of French affairs. Of course, they are all legitimate businessmen on the surface, Li Xiaoren is an executive of the British Godzilla consortium, and Meng Yan is an executive of the French Pioneer Technology Group.
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A week later, there was a massive anti-British march in Canada, with the rebels demanding formal independence from Britain and no longer giving the British a chance to suck blood. Three days later, similar anti-British demonstrations took place in Australia and New Zealand.
Well, that's not the most headache for the British. When Canada and Australia and New Zealand were not settled, Scotland was also in trouble. They demanded the re-establishment of the Scottish royal family and independence from England. And England itself did not stop internally, because of the post-war economic depression and sharp social contradictions, the Labour Party forces rolled upward.
Now the Labour Party sees an opportunity to jump out and call for nationalisation, for a welfare state, and for the destruction of the old British colonial system, and the abolition of the House of Lords. They also demanded more public housing, more employee benefits and unemployment benefits, a social security system to help vulnerable groups, and compulsory education for citizens. In short, it is necessary to share a little more cake to the bottom like China, the Soviet Union and other socialist countries.
Moreover, they also seem to have mastered a lot of high-level insider information, and they exposed the shady scenes of high-level officials through the media and radio stations they control, making some powerful people embarrassed.
There is no doubt that for the lower classes of civilians, Labour's demands are very reasonable and very humane. Under the propaganda of the Labour Party, countless middle and lower class people sided with them, and even many British officers and soldiers from not very good backgrounds expressed their support. Even those who did not support the neutrals at least expressed understanding and sympathy.
Although the British Labour Party did not directly engage in armed uprisings like the German Communist Party and the Hungarian Communist Party, nor did they directly engage in street revolution like the French, they were not fuel-efficient lamps. In order to achieve their own political ends, they set off a general strike that swept across the United Kingdom.
Now there is chaos inside the opium cows. What made them even more depressed was that foreign forces led by China, the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union also fanned the flames one after another. This makes Niu Niu's nose crooked, and China and the Soviet Union are just that, no matter how they say that they are also socialist countries in name, it is normal to publicize them for the sake of political correctness.
But what are your sister's Germany and the United States? Yankees, these two or five boys, are clearly the largest trust capitalist countries in the world, and you all put on armored vehicles for the striking workers, and now you still have the face to say that our welfare is not good. And the Germans, how long has the revolution been over in your family, and now you are dressing yourself up like a little white flower. It's really a mud horse!
Well, now that everyone is so lively, they don't have the time to care about Japan's affairs.