The sun never sets

Berlin is the capital of Germany, the land of the emperor, and the best place. It should not be so embarrassing. But the current situation is unreasonable. The world war lasted for three or four years, and all the peacocks in the Berlin Zoo were eaten.

William II remained silent. He did not know the secret plot of the Junker Officers Corps, but he knew that people were freezing to death every day.

"Lin could have agreed to cede territory and pay compensation first, and then tore up the treaty, but he didn't do that. China's total military strength has exceeded five million. Although not as many as Germany, as long as we mobilize one million troops to the Eastern Front, we will have no chance of winning."

Ludendorff said: "I think that Lin and Olga I are sincere."

"Let me think about it again."

Ludendorff sighed again, but it was good to let His Majesty think again. William II often jumped back and forth between arrogance and inferiority. When the war situation improved a little, His Majesty would be very excited. But as long as the situation was slightly unfavorable, he would fall into self-doubt and suspicion of others.

His Majesty the Emperor is not stupid, but his character flaws are also obvious.

William II said he wanted to think about it, but soon new developments occurred in the war and he did not have much time to think.

Chapter 649: Human Innovation Alliance

The People's Army's sickle and hammer flag flew on the positions outside the city, and the Soviet sickle and hammer flag flew everywhere in the city. The flags of the two sides were so similar that they could be confused if you were not careful.

The political ideologies of the Bolsheviks and the People's Party also have many similarities, but this does not prevent the two sides from fighting each other. It is precisely because the political ideologies of the two sides are very similar that Lin Yongchang paid more attention to the Bolsheviks. He had to eliminate the Soviet regime, or at least expel them from Russia.

Heresy is more abominable than paganism, and it always has been.

After several days of deployment, the People's Army had completed the siege of St. Petersburg. Although the Soviet Red Army still had more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces removed from warships, the Bolshevik artillery force could not compare with that of the People's Army.

The elite troops of the Soviet Red Army suffered too many losses in the battle outside the city. Now the Red Army not only lacks artillery, but also lacks manpower. Moreover, morale is very low, and there is panic and chaos from top to bottom.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's persuasion had some effect on Trotsky and others, but Liu Chengxiang outside the city could no longer wait.

The People's Party's strategy towards the Soviet government was to fight and negotiate at the same time, to promote negotiations by fighting, and not to give up the plan to completely eliminate the Bolsheviks by force. Marshal Liu Chengxiang hoped to eliminate the other side by force, so after the artillery deployment was completed, he immediately began to bombard St. Petersburg.

There are many places of interest in St. Petersburg, which are very important to the Russians, but Liu Chengxiang didn't care at all. He used heavy howitzers to bombard the barracks, arsenals, granaries, and any other places that could be used.

When the artillery in the city could not help but fight back, the People's Army's long-range heavy artillery began to counter the artillery. Under the correction of reconnaissance planes and balloons, the Soviet Red Army's artillery positions were destroyed one by one, and the cannons removed from the warships were either blown into scrap metal or hidden and dared not fire.

The People's Army's bombers also joined the attack and bombed the Red Army's positions. However, in those days, the bombers could only carry some light bombs, and the damage they caused to the Soviet Red Army was far less than that caused by the heavy artillery.

The bombardment and shelling lasted all day. At night, Liu Chengxiang again tried to persuade the Bolsheviks in St. Petersburg to surrender. The conditions were the same as two days ago. The Bolsheviks could leave and go to Finland, Poland, or even Germany.

It's for them.

However, at that time both Poland and Germany were suffering from famine, so probably no one wanted to go there.

If Liu Chengxiang's intention was followed, the battle would definitely continue, but he was only a military leader, and there was also a political commissar in the front army. When necessary, the political commissar could forcibly take over the military command.

The artillery of the People's Army was more persuasive than Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and in the early hours of the next morning, the Bolsheviks decided to surrender. Representatives came out of the city with white flags, conveying the Soviet government's decision to surrender to the People's Army outside the city.

Liu Chengxiang expressed regret for this, because this would make his achievement of retaking St. Petersburg look less impressive. But since the Bolsheviks had already decided to surrender, he had no choice but to accept it.

Infantry and tanks entered the city, confiscated weapons, occupied important locations, set up machine guns, and put up barbed wire... Although the Bolsheviks surrendered, they still maintained the necessary defenses.

There were German warships in the port on the Neva River, and the German Navy soon learned of the Bolshevik surrender. The warships began to burn coal to increase pressure before dawn, and slowly sailed out of the port while sending a message to Berlin.

The German General Staff had imagined that St. Petersburg would hold out for a long time, and they hoped that the Bolsheviks would make the Chinese bleed to death in St. Petersburg. But it didn't happen. The red-haired people at that time had not yet fully evolved, and they did not have the determination to continue fighting even if 50 people starved to death, nor did they have the ability to do so.

The workers followed the Bolsheviks in the revolution mainly to fill their stomachs. Now there is not much food in the city, and they are still allowed to fight on an empty stomach? The emperor has plenty of hungry soldiers.

In fact, the Germans also knew that the Bolsheviks could not hold out for long. Previous battles had proved that no matter how strong a fortress was, it could not withstand heavy artillery.

The People’s Army does not have the 420mm caliber Big Bertha, but it still has a lot of 305mm heavy howitzers.

The Germans had only had illusions, but now their illusions were shattered.

After recaptured St. Petersburg, the People's Army took advantage of the situation to move northward, occupied the Karelian Isthmus, stopped advancing, and then transferred the troops to the Eastern Front.

After learning the news, William II had to admit that Germany had lost the opportunity to defeat Russia, and his idea of biting off a big piece of fat from Russia had also failed.

Fortunately, Chairman Lin did not raise the price and was willing to use Poland as a buffer zone between Germany and Russia. On the Western, Eastern and Southern Fronts, the German army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Under such circumstances, the German High Command could only agree to the Russian government's armistice conditions.

The specific withdrawal of German troops and the disbanding and mobilization of Russian troops require further detailed discussion.

However, it was not Russia that negotiated with the German government next, but the Human Reform League. After retaking St. Petersburg, Olga I went from Yekaterinburg to Moscow to attend the enlarged meeting of the People's Party.

At the meeting, representatives of the People's Party from various countries gathered together. Chairman Lin publicly announced the dissolution of the East Asian Alliance, the establishment of the Human Innovation Alliance, the establishment of the Supreme Military Committee, the unified management of the military forces of China, Russia, North Korea, Siberia and other countries, and the unification of currency and measurement.

Although it is not possible to completely unify aspects such as currency, culture and education for the time being, the general direction has been determined. What remains is to overcome difficulties one by one and put things into practice.

In the Human Innovation Alliance, only Japan maintained a semi-independent status. The Japanese government continued to use the yen, but many people in Japan were dissatisfied with this. In the East Asian Alliance era, because Japan did not complete the integration process, personnel and capital could not flow freely within the alliance, causing Japanese products to lose a lot of competitiveness within the alliance.

In addition, Japanese citizens cannot enjoy all the benefits of allied citizens, including free high school and university education. A large part of the Japanese government's fiscal revenue is used to develop the navy, and the investment in basic and higher education is insufficient, so free education cannot be implemented like China.

After Ito Hirobumi completed his brilliant turn, he announced that he would implement nine-year compulsory education. However, in actual operation, elementary and middle school students still had to pay a lot of money. As for college, the money required was even higher, and the average middle-class family could not afford a college student.

Many Japanese youths had to go to China to take the university entrance exam and then complete their higher education in China. As more and more people did this, it aroused the disgust of many Chinese.

The number of university admissions is limited each year. If more Japanese students take up the quota, then there will naturally be fewer places for Chinese students. It takes four years to train a university student, and the cost is as high as tens of thousands of yuan. The Japanese come to China to study, which is a way to fleece China.

Later, the Ministry of Education had to issue a document to limit the number of Japanese students admitted. This again caused dissatisfaction on the Japanese side, and some Japanese found a way to bypass the Ministry of Education's document. As long as they first obtained a Chinese household registration and ID card, they could take the college entrance examination together with other Chinese students.

Now that the [Human Innovation Alliance] has been established, Japan is still in a semi-independent state. This is a good thing for Japan's ruling class, but it is not a good thing for the people below.

Lin Yongchang knew something about the Japanese mentality, but ignored it. He wanted the benefits of independence and wanted to complete the integration.

The benefits of chemical treatment are nothing good in the world.

In his capacity as the chairman of the Human Revolutionary League and the People's Party, he called on the warring countries to lay down their arms and resolve the issue through negotiation rather than war. Of course, no one listened to him. The Germans wanted to talk, but the price demanded by the Allies was too high and they could not agree.

In this case, Chairman Lin can only solve the problem on the eastern front first.

Chapter 650: Traitorous Minister

The Human Revolutionary Union was a behemoth that made both the Allies and the Central Powers feel unhappy and even fearful. From St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, from Baku to Kalimantan, the Human Revolutionary Union's land area exceeded 3500 million square kilometers and its population exceeded million.

With its vast territory and huge population, the Human Innovation Alliance became the most important political entity in the world as soon as it appeared.

The British side had already known about the Human Innovation Alliance in advance, so the impact was relatively small. The United States heard the news suddenly, and some people in Washington jumped up immediately, thinking that China had annexed Russia, "The great United States of America must not sit idly by!"

Compared to the Human Revolutionary League, Germany was only a secondary threat. Under the mediation of the United States, the Allies and Germany held a secret diplomatic conference again. At the conference, the American representative pointed out that the real enemy of the free world was not Germany, but the Human Revolutionary League, which claimed to liberate the world.

The American representative excitedly demanded that Germany immediately lay down its arms and stop the red flood coming from the East. "Yellow Peril, this is what His Majesty Wilhelm II called the Yellow Peril!"

The German representative cautiously stated that an armistice was possible, but the bottom line of the German government was not to cede territory or pay compensation, but to withdraw its troops from the Allied territory and restore the national border to the state before the war.

The American representative thought this was acceptable. The most important thing now was not to cruelly exploit the German people in order to obtain rich spoils of war, but to dismantle the behemoth in the East.

However, the French angrily rejected the proposal of unconditional peace. The German army had invaded French territory, turned the northeast of France into scorched earth, and committed all kinds of unforgivable crimes. How could they let Germany go like that?

Not only Germany, but also Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottoman Turkey should be punished most severely. The British also disagreed with letting Germany go. Even if they did not liquidate Germany, they would split up the High Seas Fleet and distribute it to the members of the Allied Powers.

Well, destroying the High Seas Fleet is what the British want to do most.

While the Allies and the Central Powers were negotiating, the German troops on the Eastern Front began to retreat. At the same time, the People's Revolutionary League was gradually disbanding the huge and bloated Russian army.

During the World War, Russia underwent several mobilizations. At its peak, the Russian Army had a total strength of 650 million. If casualties are included, Russia mobilized 1500 million people in four years, which is really exaggerated.

Russia simply does not have the ability to arm so many troops, and it is even difficult to feed them. Before the establishment of the Human Innovation Alliance, Lin Yongchang had disbanded nearly one million Russian troops and reorganized twenty light infantry divisions.

After signing the treaty with Germany, the People's Revolutionary League accelerated the pace of demobilization. Millions of people on the front line, just to feed and fuel, would take up tens of thousands of tons of transportation capacity every day, which is a lot of money. Many of the Russian troops don't even have rifles, so why feed them? Send them back to farm or work in factories.

Lin Yongchang did not care about the speed of the German army's retreat, but quickly carried out a large-scale downsizing of the gray beasts. Except for a few who were physically strong and willing to stay and serve as soldiers, most of them were repatriated.

To his surprise, many soldiers were willing to stay. What was the point of going back to their hometown to do farm work? It was so comfortable to be a soldier! In the past, they wanted to run away because they had no food to eat. Now they eat canned food and bread from China, and many people don't want to leave.

Chairman Lin had no choice but to send political workers to explain the alliance's policies to the Russian soldiers, "All farmers can get 100 acres of land for free", "Workers only work eight hours a day, five days a week, and the minimum wage is RMB/month."

“How much is one hundred RMB?”

"Oh, about five hundred roubles!"

Because of the Tsarist government's excessive issuance of banknotes, the ruble has been devalued again and again, and is no longer the gold ruble it once was. However, the Tsarist Russia was more reliable than the Nationalist government and did not let the ruble become waste paper. The value of 500 rubles has shrunk by at least % compared to four years ago, but it is enough to support a family.

If you only eat black bread, potatoes and onions.

“Is it really such a good thing?”

"Of course there are. Yes, the soldiers here all got land from their families. The ones over there used to be workers in Moscow. If you are unlucky, you can go ask them!"

The gray animals were somewhat convinced, but some still raised questions, "Why would the master agree to this?"

"Because we workers and peasants have our own armed forces, the workers' pickets and the peasant associations can guarantee our interests! If anyone dares to disagree, let them eat the bullets!"

"it is good!"

"That's how it should be!"

The propaganda of the political workers had a very good effect, and even better was the large amount of supplies shipped from the rear. In order to promote the use of

The People's Revolutionary League established warehouses in many cities in Russia, which were filled with flour, cloth, salt, sugar and various canned goods.

All the products are marked with prices, and the retail price is the same no matter where they are. This is actually not in line with the principles of economics, but this business is authorized by the Human Innovation Alliance to force the military to promote it, so whether it is profitable or not is not that important.

The demobilized soldiers could not buy much with RMB because there was a limit on the amount of goods that could be bought in each place every day. If this were not done, many scalpers and middlemen would emerge.

But even with restrictions, it has the effect of stabilizing people's hearts.

The only downside is that the army needs to be deployed to maintain security in warehouses and stores to prevent them from being robbed by soldiers returning home. This increases operating costs, but it is all worth it.

A large number of Russian soldiers laid down their weapons, took 500 rubles of severance pay and set off on their way home. It was not that no one made trouble, but not many people participated in it, and it was quickly quelled.

There is no need to worry about the original defense lines and positions. The People's Army follows behind the German army to ensure that the German army will not make any stupid mistakes.

After the People's Revolutionary League and Germany signed a ceasefire, the Allies responded fiercely. The United States, France and American diplomats detoured through Finland and flew to Moscow, hoping to make Russia return to the right path, but it was of no use.

In addition to the strong opposition from countries such as Britain, France, and the United States, the Russian generals also opposed the ceasefire. Before, the Russian military leaders did not want to launch an attack because they could not win. Now the situation is different. The United States has sent 500,000 troops to join the Western Front, and there are millions of people's troops on the Eastern Front. No matter how you look at it, the Allies are like walnuts under an iron clamp, and being crushed is the only result.

In such a situation, why should we negotiate peace with the German army? The best thing to do is to march directly to Berlin. The Russian high-ranking military officers sent telegrams to Moscow, hoping that Her Majesty the Queen would withdraw her order, but those telegrams fell into the sea.

After discovering that telegrams were useless, the former Russian ruling class and the former Russian military leaders quickly merged. Although there were various contradictions among those people, they reached a consensus on one thing - there was a traitor in the court!

Who is the traitor? Who else could it be except Lin Yongchang?

Chapter 651 Reasons

"Your Majesty, we have arrived at the Kremlin."

The carriage stopped, and Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra got out of the car, and then helped Prince Alexei and several other princesses out of the car, "Be careful, the ground is slippery!"

Alexandra said this, but the children jumped out of the car regardless. "Oh, Alexey, be careful!" The mother always doted on her youngest child.

There were hurried footsteps on the side, and Olga I and Princess Irina appeared at the palace gate. Olga came forward to hug Alexandra, and said a few words to her brothers and sisters, and then said to Nicholas II: "Father, I am so glad that you are okay."

Nicholas II still maintained his impeccable appearance, his beard was neatly trimmed. Facing his daughter, he didn't know what to say. After a moment of silence, Nicholas II said in a low voice: "Olga, you did a good job."

Alexandra came over and took her husband's arm, "Honey, let the children rest first, they are exhausted."

Princess Irina smiled and said, "I'll take you to a place to rest."

Princess Irina was the niece of Nicholas II and was famous for her beauty. The Romanov family's estates and fields were distributed to the peasants, and Princess Irina's land was not spared. Although the family had other industries and life was not a problem, for some considerations, Irina still found a job in the Kremlin.

She was educated and more than qualified to be a clerk.

Lin Yongchang came out of the palace at this time and said, "Your Majesty, take the children to rest first, and then attend the banquet in the evening after they wake up."

The Romanov family was quite large, and in addition to Grand Duke Nicholas, who controlled the front-line troops, there were also many royal family members. In the February and October revolutions of the previous year, many royal family members were killed, and those who survived either fled abroad or fled to Yekaterinburg, and then followed Olga I back to Moscow.

Nicholas II whispered, "I need to talk to you about something."

Lin Yongchang smiled and said, "There's no need to rush for this moment."

Many people came to the evening banquet, not only members of the Romanov family, but also many important figures in Moscow, as well as senior cadres and generals of the People's Revolutionary League.

The food at the banquet was very rich, including caviar, stewed pig's trotters, Arctic sweet shrimp, steak, various cakes, and many famous Chinese dishes, such as pork stewed with vermicelli. There were even rare delicacies such as roasted whole lamb and honey-glazed camel hump. There were also many kinds of alcoholic beverages, including Erguotou, vodka, brandy, and Fenjiu.

For soldiers on the front line, being able to eat canned food is considered as the beginning of meat, and going hungry is a common occurrence. But in the Kremlin, they are eating and drinking so much, isn't that not good?

Lin Yongchang doesn't think so. He lives a simple life, with one dish and one soup being enough. But you can't be so frugal when you hold a banquet, you just need to bring out all the good things. Poverty is not populism. The purpose of the People's Party is not to make everyone eat coarse food, but to lead

The people become rich together.

When Diaoyutai entertains guests, they cannot just let them eat sweet potato rice.

Such a lavish banquet was rare. It was mainly held to celebrate the establishment of the People's Revolutionary League and to welcome Nicholas II and his family.

The banquet was full of people drinking and chatting. The men were well dressed and the women were all very pretty. Princess Irina wore a low-cut dress. The whiteness on her chest was so fascinating and tempting that she became another focus of the banquet.

The fireplace was burning with chopped wood, and the whole hall was warm. When the guests came in, they had to take off their coats, otherwise they would sweat. Lin Yongchang drank happily and greeted everyone loudly, appearing straightforward and enthusiastic.

Olga I was talking to a group of women, and Princess Irina stood beside Her Majesty with a smile on her face. Everything seemed very beautiful, as if war and hunger had never existed.

Some of the people who came to the banquet were ministers from the time of Nicholas II. They had all kinds of thoughts in their minds, but in this joyful atmosphere, they temporarily put aside their guard and resentment, as well as other thoughts, and began to concentrate on enjoying the food and music.