The Rise of the Third Reich

Portsmouth, England, this city located in the middle of the English Channel has been famous for its status as a Royal Navy port for centuries and is now the most important military town in southern England.

The British Southern Military District Command is stationed here. According to the original plan, the Supreme Allied Command would also move here in mid-43 - but the plan could not keep up with the changes. The Supreme Allied Command no longer exists. The United States led by Eisenhower The main force of the expeditionary force has currently withdrawn to Edinburgh, and a group of American troops are trapped near Stodonk. They have run out of ammunition and reinforcements and are probably about to surrender.

As the commander of the Southern Military Region, Baron William Edmund Ironside was not in the mood to think about what would happen to the besieged US troops. Because the United Kingdom, which he loves and is loyal to, is undergoing unprecedented changes.

There is a proletarian revolution in London! And also announced the establishment of a socialist republic!

This was not the most shocking thing to him and Viscount Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who arrived at Portsmouth on the 17th. Baron Ironside and Viscount Brooke had already discussed it on the night of the 17th, and they could not let the Bolsheviks control Britain. It’s messed up, Britain must restore her democracy and rule of law!

At the same time, both Baron Ironside and Viscount Brooke believed that what was happening in London was similar to the Paris Commune movement in 1871. The revolution would not gain widespread support, and it would not be more difficult to eliminate it than the Thiers government did to eliminate the Paris Commune. Difficulty.

Moreover, both of them believed that the "London Commune" would definitely be beneficial to the peace talks between Britain and Germany. If Germany does not want the "London Commune" to cause trouble, it must abide by the "Cairo Declaration" and give Britain a decent peace.

In addition, the two British military bosses are both old-school figures and have considerable persistence in the democracy and rule of law of the British Empire. They did not want to stand out in Britain's "troubled times" and become military dictators.

Therefore, on the one hand, Baron Ironside and Viscount Brooke worked hard to restrain the army and prevent them from falling to the Bolsheviks; on the other hand, they contacted Conservative, Labor, Liberal politicians and members of the House of Lords (House of Lords) in various places, hoping to organize a provisional parliament , and then elect a provisional government with "legitimacy" to be responsible for suppressing the "London Commune" and negotiating with Germany.

But just when the organization of the "legitimate" government and parliament had just begun, something suddenly happened in London. Princess Elizabeth, who was trapped in Buckingham Palace, didn't know she had taken the wrong medicine, and suddenly began to behave randomly. She threw aside the "Act of Powers" and the "Act of Succession to the Throne" and openly demanded that the British army and subjects be loyal to her! And she also ordered the royal guards loyal to her to kill in London!

What does she want to do? Want to become the ruler of the United Kingdom? Do you want to trigger another revolution to overthrow the dictatorship?

The two British military bosses lost their direction for a while. They were unwilling to be loyal to the underage princess. The democracy and rule of law of the British Empire could not be ruined like this.

But it is impossible to send troops to attack the queen...because it is also illegal! Moreover, Baron Ironside and Viscount Brooke are not warlords, nor do they intend to become warlords, nor do they have the ability to become warlords. So they cannot use illegal crusade to deal with an illegal queen.

In addition, many of the hundreds of thousands of uniformed soldiers in the Southern Military Region support the "Bloody Queen."

Because everyone knows that the "Queen"'s fiancé is the son of the German Emperor, the rule of this "Bloody Queen" can bring certain peace and the most favorable peace conditions to Britain.

So starting from the 19th, military commanders in the Southern Military Region have successively issued statements of allegiance to the Queen on behalf of the troops under their command!

Just when the two "law-abiding" generals were in a dilemma, the Germans suddenly intervened - they wanted to take advantage of the brief good weather on the 22nd to send planes to bomb the East End of London, the base camp of the "London Commune"!

"Now the Bolsheviks in London are finished!" Viscount Brooke smiled bitterly. "Most of the people who follow the Bolsheviks now are incited because of war weariness. As long as the German bombs fall on the homes of these people tomorrow, except for the core of the core members of the Bolshevik Party, and everyone else will leave.

Now, the Bloody Queen, no, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, will soon have complete control over London that is loyal to her..."

"Then what should we do?" Baron Ironside asked with some embarrassment.

Viscount Brooke shook his head, "She will soon have a crown made of blood! Since the Tudor Dynasty, there has never been such a crown in England. And people like us obviously cannot be Cromwell. The current situation in Europe does not allow a Cromwell to appear in Britain."

To stop the Blood Queen, we must fight a civil war! And Britain has just experienced a disastrous defeat in the foreign war, losing its world hegemony and half of its empire. The remaining half of the empire is still controlled by the United States. If there is another long civil war, it will really be over.

For Britain now, having a central government that can unify orders and receive support from Germany is more important than anything else.

"Do we owe allegiance to Her Majesty?" asked Baron Ironside.

"I would like to make a statement in my own name..." Viscount Brooke nodded and said, "Because the troops of the Southern Military Region are not our property, we are not qualified to represent them to Her Majesty the Queen. However... we can let the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Southern Military Region Vote for allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen."

"Vote?" Baron Ironside sighed, "This is really a good idea without leaving a bad name in history! But is this result really the best for Britain?"

Viscount Brooke shrugged, "This is a question that will take decades or even hundreds of years to answer... We can't see such a distant future, so we should take immediate interests into consideration first."

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"Comrade General Secretary, the East End of London was bombed 5 hours ago! At the same time, Viscount Brooke and Baron Ironside issued a statement in Portsmouth, personally loyal to Elizabeth. At the same time, the British Southern Military District will hold a vote to Decide whether the entire military district is loyal to Elizabeth..."

Dimitrov, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Third International, had a slightly trembling voice when he reported his work to Stalin. This time the British Revolution can be said to have gone up and down. It started like a volcano erupting, but in the blink of an eye it was on the verge of failure.

The civil war in London is now coming to an end, and all areas except the East End of London have been recaptured by the Royal Guards. And even in the East District, the situation is extremely bad!

After German planes dropped bombs, the foundations of the British Social Democratic Workers' Party (the Bolshevik Party) collapsed. Even the most confused British workers now know that it is impossible for the Social Democratic Labor Party to negotiate peace with Germany - only the Bloody Queen Elizabeth can accomplish this task.

The "voting" in the British Southern Military District is even more bad news. The possibility that the vote will not pass is almost zero - unless the soldiers in the Southern Military District are crazy and ready to fight the Germans.

The voting is just a formality. Once the voting is over, the Bloody Queen has hundreds of thousands of troops!

"The battle in the East End of London is meaningless!" Stalin puffed on his pipe and made a decision in a low voice, "Now we must preserve the strength of the British Social Democratic Labor Party... The struggle will be long-term, and Elizabeth's dictatorial rule will inevitably not be defeated by the British Welcomed by the people, a democratic revolution will definitely take place in Britain in the future. The Social Democratic Labor Party should become the force leading the British democratic revolution!"

"I understand, General Secretary." Dimitrov said, "I will immediately ask the representative of the Third International in the UK to inform the British comrades of this opinion."

"No, not a representative of the Third International." Stalin shook his head and said, "The Third International will be disbanded!"

"What? Disband the Third International..."

Dimitrov was stunned again and again. What is going on? The Third International is about to break up. What will happen to the world revolution?

Stalin took a puff of cigarette and said solemnly, "This time in the British Revolution, the Third International made a mistake, a very serious mistake!"

Dimitrov was suddenly frightened. He made a mistake...then he would have to go to reform through labor! I don’t know who should be unlucky?

"Furthermore, the United States also protested to us, believing that the relationship between the Third International and the American Bolshevik Party was a threat to the national security of the United States." Stalin said, "The United States demanded that we disband the Third International, otherwise aid would be suspended. "

It turns out it’s because of the United States…

Dimitrov breathed a sigh of relief, "Comrade General Secretary, I understand... We must temporarily move the work of the Third International underground."

Stalin was noncommittal, but said in a serious tone: "This is another major setback for the world revolution... Our cause is facing unprecedented difficulties, not only around the world, but also within the Soviet Union."

The Soviet Union's domestic setbacks occurred in Leningrad and Kiev - the joint rescue operation conducted by the Kalinin Front Army and the Leningrad Front Army ended in failure. The two front armies lost no less than 300,000 people, but still could not break the German encirclement.

On the Ukrainian battlefield, the German army has been maintaining its offensive since last autumn and has now occupied most of the right bank of Ukraine. Kiev, the capital of Soviet Ukraine, has also fallen into a bloody battle and is about to fall!

In this case, Stalin had to follow Roosevelt's suggestion and use the method of disbanding the Third International to quell the antipathy against the Soviet Union in the United States.

Dimitrov's expression was consistent with Stalin's, looking very heavy. He asked: "Then shall all our aid to the world revolution also be stopped?"

"No," Stalin shook his head and said, "Aid to the world revolution must be reduced... This is for sure, but it does not mean stopping. Moreover, for the key areas of the world revolution, not only can we not reduce aid, but we must also increase investment! "

"The key areas are..."

"India!" Stalin said, "India will be the focus and turning point of the world revolution!"