The Yugoslav People's Partisans were an unexpected surprise for southern Africa, and the same for Russia.
When Germany invaded Yugoslavia in 1941, Russia was negotiating with the Germans to divide its sphere of influence. It almost joined the Axis powers directly and ignored Joseph's request for help.
At that time, the official government of Yugoslavia was the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which was naturally opposed to Russia. The reason why Big Beard did not send troops to carve up Yugoslavia with the Germans was because it was too far away.
assistance?
It would be nice not to take advantage of the situation.
When the Russo-German War broke out, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia had already been destroyed, and Russia had no time to take care of itself, let alone the ability to provide support to Joseph.
As mentioned before, Joseph is a person with independent thinking, but his independent thinking is not born with it, but was forced out without any external assistance when he was cornered and surrounded by desperate situations.
When Milovich asked Moscow for instructions, Joseph was not idle either.
Although Legion City is the territory of the Ottoman Republic, it does not have much sense of belonging to the Ottoman Republic. Joseph also heard about the Garibaldi Peninsula's struggle for autonomy, which sounded the alarm for him.
The situation in Yugoslavia was equally complex as in the Ottoman Republic.
During the First World War, the Ottoman Empire fell and as many as 40 newly established countries were established, and they have not yet returned to their heyday.
After the fall of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Hungary and Bulgaria occupied some border areas, and the Croatian region established an independent country. General Milan Nedic established a national salvation government to rule the remaining territories of the kingdom and recognized Peter II as king.
What Joseph is now facing is also a divided Yugoslavia.
"This is why we came to Legion City. To regain all the lost territory and rebuild a strong Yugoslavia, we must make full use of all available factors." Joseph was walking on the streets of Legion City, feeling surging.
The Garibaldi Peninsula was not devastated by the war. After the outbreak of the World War, Legion City took over a part of the population that fled from Europe, and it became more prosperous than before.
Only after experiencing war can we understand the value of peace.
Today's Yugoslavia, although the Germans have been driven away, is still full of smoke and devastation. Restoration and reconstruction is a big project that may last for decades.
Although Moscow was burned to the ground by the war, Russia can pool its efforts across the country to rebuild a brand new Moscow in just a few years.
Yugoslavia's strength is far from that of Russia. Even with all the efforts of the country, it is impossible to restore and rebuild in a short time, so Joseph is willing to negotiate with Arthur.
The industrial strength of Southern Africa is obvious to all. If there is support from Southern Africa, the reconstruction work of Yugoslavia will be easier.
"If you want to accept assistance from Southern Africans, then you have to accept the conditions of Southern Africans, then Moscow -" Joseph's close comrade-in-arms and member of the Provisional Government's Foreign Affairs Committee Neslovic felt heavy, and he had to accept the conditions between Southern Africa and Russia.
The risks involved in wandering around are immeasurable.
Joseph and Neslovic already know Arthur's attitude. As long as the interim government agrees to the demands of the exile government and forms a coalition government with the exile government, then Southern Africa will provide assistance to the coalition government, including but not limited to reconstruction work.
capital, construction materials, food and daily necessities, and most importantly factories and technology.
Joseph actually doesn't pay much attention to funds and building materials. These are not provided by East, West, and South Africa, but Russia can also provide them.
Factories and technology are the key.
Everyone knows that Southern Africa has strong industrial strength. Throughout World War II, Southern Africa became the logistics base of the Allied forces. The People's Guerrillas also received some material assistance from Southern Africa. For example, the field army trench coat Joseph wore was produced in Southern Africa.
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It makes me cry just to talk about it. A country as big as Yugoslavia can’t even produce a single piece of clothing now. All its industrial base has been completely destroyed. The machines in the factories have been snatched away by the Germans. Workers have been lost, and everything needed to organize production has been lost.
There is no money or raw materials left.
Is this just light industry? What about the heavy industry necessary for the production of tanks and warships?
Joseph never thought about entrusting the future defense of Yugoslavia to a certain country.
Not even Russia, who is in the same camp.
"Oh, even the Russians can't refuse all the demands of the southern Africans, how far can we go?" Joseph sneered. From his point of view, the look of the bearded man was really ugly.
Just last year, Big Beard requested assistance from Southern Africa at the rate of one telegram a day.
It is now that Russia has passed the most difficult stage and is getting stronger and stronger, and the bearded man has the confidence to carve out territory with Britain and the United States in the south.
Big Beard's calculation was very good. He would not directly fall out with the British, American and Southern Yugoslavia. Instead, he encouraged the Yugoslav People's Partisans to adhere to their principles and not to cooperate in any form with the government-in-exile.
In this way, Yugoslavia can only completely fall to Russia.
Then Joseph would have something to say.
If you want to stick to your principles, let's stick to them together, and share the blessings and hardships together.
Now the bearded man is asking the Yugoslav People's Partisans to stick to their principles, but Russia is receiving a lot of aid from southern Africa and the United States. All the benefits are Russians, but the bad guys want Joseph to do it. Our names are all Joseph. This is a double standard.
it's not good.
Who doesn’t want freebies?
"London's demands are too excessive. It is impossible for us to allocate half of the ministerial positions to the government-in-exile." Neslovic had a bottom line.
"I'm going to let Ivan serve as the foreign minister of the coalition government -" Joseph was already prepared, he had to make a nest first when fishing.
Neslovic was slightly surprised. The position of Foreign Minister was quite important. Winston and Neville had both served as Prime Minister and concurrently served as Foreign Minister.
Ivan refers to Ivan Shubasich, Winston's choice as prime minister for the government-in-exile.
"I want Yugoslavs to live the same life as people in southern Africa." Joseph has ideals. This goal is a bit big, but it doesn't matter if he can't do it in a short time. He can make Yugoslavs live the same life as people in Garibaldi Peninsula.
Joseph could accept the same life.
The situation in Yugoslavia is very bad now. Although the people's guerrillas are making great progress on the battlefield, the people's life is very difficult. This past winter, a severe famine broke out in Yugoslavia. Many people died of hunger. Joseph saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, but
Nothing can be done.
It takes time for food to be harvested from planting to harvesting.
Like most cities on the Garibaldi Peninsula, Legion City has a history of less than twenty years, so the city's construction level is very different from European cities. It is more scientific, more developed, and more livable.
This is the latecomer advantage.
When European cities emerged, there was no such thing as urban planning, and the quality of citizens was hard to describe. Paris was not a romantic city a hundred years ago, but a "stinky city" as famous as the foggy London.
Paris has a tall city wall that most European cities do not have. The reason is not for defensive considerations, but to keep the feces produced by Parisian citizens outside the city wall. Therefore, the city wall continues to be raised, from the original four meters to the later
Nine meters high, it was not until the early 19th century that the dunghill outside Paris was cleared.
Legion City has no city walls, and like most southern African cities, there are no very tall buildings. Residents prefer to live in houses with lawns in the front and gardens in the back, rather than narrow and cramped pigeonhouses.
Therefore, although the population of Legion City is not large, the city area is very large, with a large number of stalls spread out as far as the eye can see.
Of course, the streets are also very wide. Legion City has not yet reached the point where it needs to build a subway. The most convenient means of transportation is the tram. Of course, there are also many families who own cars. Joseph and Neslovic walked along, and on both sides of the road
There are designated parking spaces, and most residential buildings have garages.
It can be seen that the residents of Legion City live a very leisurely life. There is absolutely no fear and uneasiness common among people in war zones. Many houses are painted with colorful paint on the outside, the windowsills are filled with flowers, and the short fences around the lawn are also painted with colors. Occasionally, three people
Both guard dogs were fat and strong, something you would never see in Yugoslavia.
Since there are no humans to eat, the dogs naturally don’t care. It’s really as if Europeans don’t eat dog meat.
Joseph hopes that all Yugoslavs can live the same life as southern Africans, but this requires strong strength as support. Without enough strength, even if you create wealth, it will not be yours.
"Milovich has been in frequent contact with people in southern Africa in the past two days, and they may be trying to reach some kind of agreement." Neslovic is worried that Russia is not a trustworthy ally.
The key is profit.
The common people all know who wins and who helps, and so do the big shots.
In other words, the mustache did not fully meet the requirements of the big beard, otherwise there would not have been the Russo-German War, and the situation of the entire world war would have been turned upside down.
As long as the benefits provided by Southern Africa are large enough, there is no doubt that Big Beard will definitely sacrifice some of Yugoslavia's interests.
"If we are inevitably going to become the victims of conflicting interests between big powers, then we must strive for as many interests as possible." Joseph is very realistic, and he can only play both sides for this period of time. After everything is settled,
Then it will be clear.
I would rather have the dignity of the small people than the rise of a big country. How stupid is this to say such a thing?
Of course, this may also be what some people are thinking. After all, the sparrow knows the ambition of the swan. As a watchdog, he doesn't know it, or he knows it and doesn't admit it. Then he can only pursue the dignity of the common people in a sour way.
Without everyone, there would be no small family. You can’t even be considered a citizen, yet you still emphasize the dignity of a small citizen.
Joseph never thought of surrendering during the most difficult period of the People's Guerrillas.
Now I can only accept reality.
In fact, it is not too frustrating. Big countries have their own rise, and small countries have their own way of survival.
"If we accept the proposal of Southern Africa, then we will accept the request of the coalition government." Neslovic is worried that the kingdom will be restored, and the blood of hundreds of thousands of Yugoslavs will be shed in vain.
During World War II, Yugoslavia lost 300,000 soldiers, which was also a high number among the Allied forces.
Russia must have sacrificed the most soldiers, as many as 8.5 million, and another 500,000 are missing.
The Americans who shouted the loudest slogans only had 400,000 soldiers die.
The UK is not as good as the US.
As for France——
A total of only 100,000 people were killed, but more than 2 million surrendered.
"It doesn't matter. Didn't London require us to hold an election? It's not certain who will win and who will lose." Joseph had the wisdom, and he also understood the democratic system of the United Kingdom and the United States.
In Yugoslavia, there are still many people who recognize Peter II and still have illusions about the government-in-exile.
However, there were more Yugoslavs who supported the People's Partisans. When Winston persuaded Joseph, he openly said that the Yugoslavs were pro-British and opposed to land collectivization.
This is completely nonsense. Even if Yugoslavia does not engage in land collectivization, the land does not belong to the common people of Yugoslavia, but belongs to the princes, nobles and large and small landowners.
Collectivize land and at least ensure that the land belongs to all Yugoslavs. They are pro-British. Did the British give Yugoslavia any benefits?
The only thing that can probably be used is the government-in-exile.
"When the king fled, he took away a large amount of wealth that belonged to all Yugoslavs. This wealth must be brought back if the exile government wants to participate in the coalition government." Joseph made a series of plans, first taking away the wealth that Peter II brought to England.
Come back, and then kick out the exile government through elections and wipe it out.
When Peter II fled to England, he took away all the gold in the treasury of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as well as the people's fat and anointing plundered by the royal family.
This wealth belongs to all Yugoslavs, and funds are needed for the reconstruction of Yugoslavia. For funds, Joseph can deal with southern Africans and Russians, and he feels confident in asking for this part of the wealth.
"Compared to London, I am more worried about the influence of Southern Africa -" Neslovic came to Legion City and had a deeper understanding of the power of Southern Africa, and his fear was also deepening.
The rich people in Britain, the so-called upper class, are only a small group of people. The lives of most British people are also very difficult. The current Britain is not yet the welfare society that it later became.
One of the major factors in the establishment of welfare societies in Western countries is the threat from Russia, which forces Western countries to distribute more benefits to ordinary people, otherwise the entire country will inevitably become Russified.
The threat from Russia has not yet been reflected. European countries do not know enough about Russia. Russia fought so miserably in World War II and there is nothing to envy.
Southern Africa is a threat to Russia and Yugoslavia.
After all, who doesn’t want to live a good life?
"There are very few Yugoslavs who have the ability to contact southern Africans -" Joseph was not worried.
In the era before mobile phones and the Internet, it was very difficult to transmit information. Yugoslavs who knew how big the outside world was were either in the government-in-exile in London, or they had gone to southern Africa or the United States to seek a new life.
Those who cannot afford to leave Yugoslavia do not need to worry at all.