No matter how capable it is of accomplishing great things, the sun never sets on the British Empire, and the mainland is extremely skilled at balancing. Germany and France have to endure it no matter how dissatisfied they are.
Now the British Empire is the United Kingdom, and the British Commonwealth can hardly survive, and the balance is still separated by this continent.
The agreement reached between the provisional government of Yugoslavia and the government-in-exile was, by the standards of Southern Africa, a fool's errand. It demanded a lot and promised nothing. When the war was over, Joseph refused to admit it.
Does Britain still dare to make decisions for the government-in-exile?
Don't be kidding. At this critical moment, the British are calm and will never get angry.
Southern Africa is different.
Joseph can play with the British Empire, but he must not play with southern Africa, otherwise Yugoslavia will completely fall to Russia. This is what Joseph does not want to see.
In the final analysis, it is still a matter of profiting from the two major forces. Joseph is a man who has been imprisoned in Russia. Joseph knows the character of a bearded man very well. If he really wants to completely fall to Russia, Yugoslavia's interests will not be able to gain real meaning.
Maintenance on.
So Joseph just laughed and watched Milovich and Randolph bickering without saying a word.
"When are you going to start the second round of negotiations with the Royal Government?" Arthur did not let Joseph go, testing Joseph's attitude.
"That's not important -" Joseph's words fully proved his attitude towards the Yugoslav royal family.
When Joseph and Subasic were negotiating in Italy, Winston expressed to Joseph through Subasic that the British government hoped that Yugoslavia would establish a constitutional monarchy similar to the United Kingdom after the war, on the grounds that a constitutional monarchy would be more conducive to consolidating Yugoslavia.
international status.
This meaning is also obvious. The subtext is that if Yugoslavia adopts a republic, it will be ostracized by the international community just like Russia after the end of the last world war.
How should I describe Winston’s suggestion? It’s a bit naive!
After the end of the last world war, Russia was the only country in the world that was led by the working class. Russia was not strong enough at that time. Britain and France joined forces to create the Versailles System, which naturally excluded Russia from the League of Nations.
Now that Britain's strength is greatly reduced, France has no time to take care of itself, and the Versailles system is completely bankrupt, this does not say whether Britain is still capable of dealing with Yugoslavia. Even if Yugoslavia cannot integrate into the international order led by European and American countries, Yugoslavia can still keep warm with Russia.
Judging from the current situation, more and more countries will join forces with Yugoslavia and Russia to seek warmth.
"Our most important task now is to defeat the Axis Powers. We will leave the discussion after the war to the end of the war. If some factors affect our battle with the Axis Powers now, it will be our fault."
Human negligence." Joseph was very confident. The government-in-exile did not have 800,000 troops under its command.
"Marshal, some problems cannot be postponed until the end of the war." Arthur reminded tactfully that if you step on a tightrope, you may overturn if you are not careful.
Joseph does have strength and ideals, but what he faces is not a united Yugoslavia, but a divided Yugoslavia. If Joseph completely rejects the demands of the exile government, then Britain will not have no chance to take advantage of it.
The Balkans have long been considered Europe's powder keg.
As a core country in the Balkans, Yugoslavia's situation is very complicated and has great hidden dangers. Now it is because it faces the common enemy Germany that Yugoslavia is forced to unite. If this enemy disappears, then the situation will change.
"Lord Cyprus, Southern Africa was also a British overseas colony, and you also suffered from colonization, so I think to some extent, our two countries have similar demands. In any case, the kingdom will not be restored in Yugoslavia.
"Joseph reiterated his appeal. This is the biggest disagreement.
Britain hopes that Yugoslavia will retain its royal family and become a constitutional monarchy.
When negotiating with Shubasic, Joseph agreed to form a coalition government including the bourgeoisie, but at the same time asked King Petar II to abdicate voluntarily.
Regarding this point, Randolph and Joseph had an in-depth exchange in Belgrade. Randolph hoped that Joseph would agree to Petar II's return to Yugoslavia. If Joseph agreed, Petar II could even join the fight against Germany as a pilot.
war.
Joseph refused simply and did not allow Petar II to enter the country at all.
When Germany invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Petar II abandoned the Yugoslavs and ran to London to establish a government-in-exile.
Now the people's guerrillas are about to drive the German army out of Yugoslavia, and the king wants to come back to seize the fruits of victory. How can such a good thing happen?
Arthur can now be sure that Joseph's attitude will not change in a short time.
Then let’s not talk about it for now.
Joseph's greatest confidence comes from Russia. As long as he has Russia's full support, Joseph will have the confidence to reject southern Africa and the United Kingdom.
So the key factor still lies with Milovic.
Milovic was in a good mood. The fact that the Yugoslav People's Partisan Army had developed to this point with almost no external assistance was an unexpected surprise to the Russians.
The situation in Yugoslavia is very good now. As long as Joseph is determined, Yugoslavia will be Russia's loyal ally, which will be a great expansion of Russia's influence.
Yugoslavia is not a landlocked country and is adjacent to the Adriatic Sea. If Yugoslavia becomes an ally of Russia, Russia will bypass the blockade of the Bosporus and radiate its influence to the Mediterranean.
It is not difficult to see from Joseph's attitude that his dislike of the royal family comes from the bottom of his heart. If he rejects the demands of southern Africa and the United Kingdom, then Yugoslavia can only rely on Russia.
"When will Marshal Malinovsky prepare to launch his attack on Vienna?" Arthur took the initiative to find Milovich to see if he could make a breakthrough with the Russians.
"It's about to start - or it's already started!" Milovich was in a good mood. The Russians now no longer need the ground cooperation of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.
As for air support——
It would be nice to have air support from the Southern African Expeditionary Force.
If not, it doesn't really matter, it's just that the ground troops have to pay a higher price.
Russia's greatest confidence lies in its seemingly unlimited war potential.
It seems to be an important point.
"So this time, how much is Marshal Malinovsky prepared to pay? 300,000, or 500,000?" Arthur directly revealed the scars. In the Battle of Budapest, Russia lost 320,000 people.
"You don't have to worry about this problem. Even if it's 1 million, Russia can bear it!" Milovich dismissed it. When the number 1 million came out of his mouth, it felt like 1 million rand.
Arthur frowned, he really couldn't accept the Russians' attitude towards life.
Southern Africa has always been a problem that can be solved with firepower, so ground troops will not be sent to consume it.
Russia's method is completely different from that of southern Africa. Killing eight hundred enemies and losing one thousand feels like a gain.
"But how many more times can Russia bear such consumption?" Arthur added salt to the wound.
After losing hundreds of thousands or millions in one battle, do you really think the Russians don't feel sorry for them?
In Russia's extreme environment of ice and snow, the neonatal mortality rate is surprisingly high, and the infant mortality rate is also very high. Therefore, to ensure that a family has enough children to grow up, they must have as many children as possible.
In July last year, in order to encourage an increase in fertility rates, Russia established the title of "Hero Mother", giving the highest reward to mothers who give birth to and raise 10 or more children.
From this title, we can see how much pressure Russia is under now.
On August 15, 2022, Russia restarted this title.
"No matter how many times we try, we can't stop the determination of the Russians. We are confident to fight against any difficulties. The Russians never give in -" Milovich's smile was slightly sarcastic, as if Arthur didn't understand the Russians' attitude towards life.
The attitude was the same, Milovic also disliked the ways of southern Africa.
In Milovic's view, the federal government of Southern Africa is no different from that of the United Kingdom.
Southern Africa does treat its own people well.
But the treatment of servant soldiers and other allied troops is not so good.
This involves a principle issue: Southern Africans are human beings, aren’t Russians?
"If you were in Russia, you would join the army, go to the front line and fight the Germans like ordinary Russian children, without any special care - I have already had two children who died in the Great Patriotic War, and two more
A child is currently serving. Last year, I sent a child who had just met the requirements to join the army to join the army, although according to southern African standards, he has not yet reached adulthood -" Milovich has reason to be proud. The Russians of this period are definitely worthy of respect.
of.
Then everything is for other people's good, and children are all for one's own good, even if a tiger is poisonous and won't eat its seeds, if he doesn't have lofty ideals, who would be willing to let his son participate in a war with a near-death outcome?
"My value does not lie in fighting on the front line as an ordinary soldier, but in working hard to coordinate and prepare supplies to provide better protection for the frontline troops, because there are some things that only I can do. If the war breaks out in southern Africa, the enemy attacks more than
Letoria, like all ordinary southern Africans, I will take up arms and fight the enemy to the bitter end!" Arthur disagreed with Milovich's words. The eldest princess took a few photos, which can also play a publicity role.
Arthur did much better than the eldest princess.
This is a resource allocation issue. If Arthur's position is replaced by someone else, he may not be able to do what Arthur did. At the very least, the Southern African federal government will provide much less support to Cyprus.
"Of course you will say this, because the war did not break out in southern Africa, so your assumption does not hold true. Russia paid tens of millions of lives to win the battlefield war. I hope you can respect them." Milovich told
Arthur's antipathy is also deep-rooted.
This is normal. No Russian will accept the policy of appeasement and diverting trouble from the north.
"Of course I respect it. This is why I came to Legion City. I don't want to see more people lose their lives." Arthur's words contained an implicit threat.
Although Rock and Winston did not reach any agreement with Big Beard.
There is still a tacit understanding between the federal government of Southern Africa and the United Kingdom, that is, Russia's influence cannot expand to the Mediterranean, and can only be limited to the main road, and cannot threaten the sea lines of communication between the United Kingdom and southern Africa.
Maritime lines of communication are the greatest asset in controlling the world.
If Yugoslavia really fell to Russia, the federal government of Southern Africa would have to follow the British pace and restart the Versailles system.
Of course, this time the decision makers will be southern Africa and the United States.
"Russia has already lost tens of millions of people in this war, and it doesn't matter if it loses more." Milovich showed no fear. It doesn't make much sense to threaten Russia with this kind of thing.
The people's guerrillas led by Joseph were able to use the mountainous areas to fight guerrillas under extremely difficult conditions and finally drove the Germans out of Yugoslavia.
If southern Africa and the British army intervened in Yugoslavia, Milovic and Joseph were equally confident of winning.
After the end of World War I, Russia faced the same situation.
The new Russian government took it upon itself, and this led to today's situation.
"Hungary, we can discuss the situation in Hungary." Arthur didn't want to fight unless he had to, especially when his opponent was Russia.
Then exchange, this is what the British are best at.
Now inherited by Southern Africa.
"What is there to discuss about Hungary?" Milovic seemed to have everything under control and did not want to expand the scope.
Hungary is north of Yugoslavia.
If Yugoslavia joins the Russian camp, Hungary will be attacked from both sides and become part of the Russian camp sooner or later.
For Milovic, it was just a matter of time.
Milovich believed that the Hungarian army, armed with Russian ideas, would be able to easily defeat the slave army supported by southern Africa.
"First of all, we have to make sure that Yugoslavia can form a coalition government -" Arthur had just received the "tips bag" from Roque in Pretoria. Appropriate concessions are also allowed.
Dealing with a country like Russia cannot be achieved overnight and requires patience.
Arthur happens to be a very patient person.
"That's right -" Milovic agreed, this was part of the agreement between Joseph and Shubasic.
Joseph agreed to form a coalition government with the exile government on the condition that the king abdicated and established a republic, which was precisely what Britain could not accept.
Southern Africa has no interest in constitutional monarchy. Dragons and dragons give birth to phoenixes, and mice's sons can dig holes?
In that case, southern Africa would still be a British colony to this day.
"Okay, Hungary can also form a coalition government -" Arthur was willing to give up some of Hungary's interests in exchange for some of Yugoslavia's interests.
Milovich fell into deep thought. This question was beyond his authority.
