Chapter 499~500 The Irish Civil War and the Establishment of United**

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"While military support to the South African Federation, find more things for the UK. Ireland is making trouble! Then let's put a fire in the backyard of the UK!"

Wang Chenhao's words immediately woke everyone up.

Wang Shizhen immediately said: "Your Majesty is wise. If you light a fire in Ireland, Britain will definitely be busy extinguishing the fire in the backyard, so there will be no energy for military operations in the South African Federation."

Duan Qirui said: "With the empire's strong financial resources and advanced technology, it is not a problem to support the South African Federation. The key is whether the South African Federation will allow the empire to replace the UK's withdrawal from South Africa's interest vacuum zone."

Lin Jianzhang smiled and said, "That's very simple! Just let the South African War fight be more intense!"

Wang Chenhao asked, "What does this mean?"

Lin Jianzhang hurriedly said: "Report to your Majesty, I mean to let South Africa and Britain fight to the death and form an unknowing hatred from then on. Then, in the end, South Africa will no longer be able to keep the British in South Africa's interests. We are the only countries that can support South Africa's economic reconstruction after the war."

Wang Chenhao understood Lin Jianzhang's meaning and nodded, "It makes sense! If South Africa and Britain continue to fight to the death, our empire can still do it. But there is one factor that needs to be considered, that is, the main force of the three provinces of the South African Federation is still local British gentry and merchants, and there are variables that are constantly being broken down and messy."

"Your Majesty's concerns are reasonable!" Wang Shizhen said at this time: "Maybe they will compromise with Britain one day. If the empire is not human, it would be bad."

Duan Qirui sighed: "It would be great if the Soviet Union came forward! Like the Egyptian and Vietnam Wars, if the Soviet Union is a messenger, the socialist revolution will eradicate all the local bourgeoisie, and this problem can be solved."

Everyone nodded, which was indeed the advantage of the Soviet Union. On the battlefields of Egypt and Indochina, it was the Communist International that uprooted the local bourgeoisie, which led to the local bourgeoisie completely turning to the Chinese Empire. They used the Chinese Empire to regain their lost interests, while the Chinese Empire used their hands to expel British and French forces and control the region. Both sides had common enemies and interests, so that they could be stable.

Wang Chenhao sighed: "But the Communist International heard that it did not succeed in South Africa, and the armed forces they supported were suppressed, so we can't count on the Soviet Union."

Wang Shizhen suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the Soviet Union and the Communist International are just an excuse, and they don't have to take action directly."

Wang Chenhao asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Wang Shizhen paused, sorted out his thoughts, and explained: "Your Majesty, what I mean is that the empire can interfere in South Africa with the banner of ** International."

Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said, "This is indeed a solution, but it's a bit far-fetched. All countries understand that this is an unjust war that the empire is jealous of South Africa's gold and diamonds, and has not eliminated the negative impact of the empire."

Duan Qirui suddenly had an inspiration and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I already have a solution!"

Wang Chenhao and everyone immediately turned to Duan Qirui and asked him to say it out quickly.

Duan Qirui bought a secret and then explained to Wang Chenhao: "Your Majesty, isn't there still a League of Nations? There is a clause in the League of Nations that is to maintain the refusal of war and maintain regional peace. The empire can intervene in the South African civil war under the banner of League of Nations on the grounds of maintaining regional stability."

Lin Jianzhang asked: "But the League of Nations has no army? Just talking or opposing has no effect at all!"

Wang Shizhen also said: "Yes! Since its establishment, the League of Nations has been a decoration. That war has not played a key role. In the hearts of people all over the world, the League of Nations has been ignored."

Duan Qirui said: "Then let's form an international coalition! Since the empire will send troops alone and let other countries gossip, then pull them all up and block their mouths."

Lin Jianzhang said in surprise: "Old Duan, you don't want to have another Eight-Nation Alliance invasion of Britain war!"

Duan Qirui smiled and said, "Lao Lin, you are too smart! I really have that idea!"

Wang Chenhao thought in his heart, it was a good idea to intervene in the South African civil war under the banner of ** International. The purpose of the Chinese Empire was to suppress Britain's economic development. His separate military intervention in South Africa may be condemned by international public opinion. If an international coalition was established and other countries could share South African interests equally, they would not gossip and would spare no effort to help the Chinese Empire wear small shoes for the British.

Seeing Wang Chenhao pondering, Wang Shizhen said slowly: "Your Majesty, I think this plan is feasible. Establishing an international coalition to interfere in the South African civil war is the best excuse for the empire and other countries to intervene in the South African circle of interests. Once the international coalition enters South Africa, whether the South African Federation wins or the Commonwealth wins, it will be difficult to drive the international coalition out again. As long as the international coalition is nailed to South African land, the interests there can be guaranteed."

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "South Africa is a big piece of fat, and it is well known that all countries want to get involved. Forming an international coalition and all countries can equally divide South Africa's interests, which can not only improve the empire's core leadership among all countries, but also suppress Britain and cut off its economic lifeline."

Wang Chenhao nodded repeatedly and finally said, "Yes!"

Everyone immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Wang Chenhao then ordered the Imperial Guard Room to call the Prime Minister's Office and the Congress separately, and summoned officials from five provinces and nine other ministries to the palace to discuss countermeasures.

After everyone arrived, Wang Chenhao told everyone about the strategic deployment he had just studied, which was unanimously agreed by Tang Shaoyi and others.

Finally, after the supplementary suggestions of Tang Shaoyi and other officials, the Chinese Empire finally decided to establish a joint ** in the League of Nations to prepare for armed intervention in the South African civil war. But before that, the Chinese Empire would actively contact the senior officials of the South African Federation, provide a large amount of war funds and weapons and equipment supply to the South African Federation, and support the South African **. At the same time, the Chinese Empire also sent a special envoy to Ireland to meet with Irish leader Aimon to express the Chinese Empire's support for Ireland.

The Irish Labor Party led by Emmon was founded in 1912, just when the world war broke out. He has been committed to the Irish Movement. Now under the leadership of the Labor Party, the Irish revolutionary movement is rising and has a mass base for the war. It is only lacking in military equipment and funds for the anti-British struggle.

The arrival of the Chinese Empire's special envoy brought hope to Emon and the Irish Labor Party. After negotiations, the Chinese Empire promised to provide Ireland with 5 million dragon coins in funding and weapons and equipment worth 15 million dragon coins, including 10 Cat Demon fighters, 20 m10 tanks, 56 75mm infantry cannons, 16 155mm heavy howitzers, 500 light and heavy machine guns and 40,000 m11 rifles, as well as hundreds of military vehicles and medical products. The Chinese Empire promised to send military advisers to the Irish army to guide the Irish army in combat.

In return, the Irish Labor Party stated that Ireland would establish a comprehensive strategic partnership with the Chinese Empire in the end, and at the same time, it would lend Ireland's largest deep water port, Bantri Bay to the Imperial Naval Atlantic Fleet as an anchorage. Huidi Island in Bantri Bay allows the Chinese Empire to build a naval and air force base.

Ireland is the second largest island in Europe, and is separated from the British Isle of Britain. The coast of Ireland is winding and faces many inland bays along the Atlantic coast, with many natural harbors. Among them, the port of Bantri Bay is wide and average water depth is 40 meters, and can be moored by any giant ship. It has a temperate marine climate, warm and humid, with little snowfall in winter, and there are minerals such as peat, coal, lead, zinc and apatite. The island is located in the only island in Bantri Bay, County Cork, Ireland. It is about 5.5 kilometers long from northeast to southwest and about 1.6 kilometers wide. The historic sites on the island include an ancient castle, Kilmore Church and three 19th-century British Naval Stations.

During the World War, in order to prevent Germany from landing on the British mainland, the Royal Navy planned to use the Ireland and the British Isle as support for each other. Therefore, the British army built a large naval and air force base facility on Huidi Island. 1,000 fighter jets and 200 bombers can be stationed, and the airport runway allows 20 aircraft to take off and land at the same time. The naval base terminal has powerful coastal fortification artillery defense constructions, and six naval terminals can accommodate 120 warships.

At the same time, the UK relies on oil transported from the Atlantic Ocean to build an oil terminal station on the west coast of Huidi Island base, which can store 300,000 tons of oil and then transport it to a Western European refinery. This oil storage station is also handed over to the Chinese Empire for free to directly solve the energy problems needed by the Chinese Empire to set up a naval and air force base here.

It can be said that both the military and economic value of Bantri Bay and Huidi Island are only important for Ireland, which has only agriculture and animal husbandry.

The Irish Labor Party promised this to the Chinese Empire, which showed Emon's determination and sincerity. Therefore, the Chinese Empire quickly gave him a reply, and would fully support Emon's Irish Labor Party to fight for the Irish Prison and support Emon as the last Irish Prison president. The Chinese Empire promised to transport the weapons and equipment needed by the Irish army from the Mediterranean base and the Azores base in the Atlantic Ocean within a week.

In February 1924, the Chinese Empire used the escalating Irish movement to intimidate the safety of Chinese citizens who invested in tourism on Ireland and the British Isles. Then, using this as an excuse, the battleships of the Second Squadron of the Empire's Navy's Atlantic Fleet, the aircraft carrier Longhushan CV-35, and six Typhoon-class Chinese ASUS air defense cruisers, four rainstorm-class hunting ships and two large Qinghai Lake-class supply ships to visit the UK.

The British authorities understood that this was the Chinese Empire putting pressure on Britain to ensure that the Chinese Empire's interests on Britain and Ireland were not affected. The British government agreed to the Chinese Empire's request and ordered the British Navy to send an invitation to the Chinese Empire to formally invite the Second Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet of the Empire's Navy to visit Britain. The navies of the two countries agreed that a joint military exercise would be held during the one-week visit.

But what the British side didn't know was that the Chinese Empire sent a fleet to visit Britain was not just a simple demonstration to the British navy and put pressure on the British politics. The Chinese Empire promised to transport the weapons and equipment of the Irish Labor Party together.

On February 8, the Imperial Chinese Navy and the Royal Navy held a joint naval exercise in the Irish Strait. During the exercise, the Imperial Chinese Navy secretly handed over the weapons and equipment needed by the Irish Labor Party to Emon.

As early as a week ago, after receiving the promise of the Chinese Empire, Emmon immediately organized the Labor Party to prepare for war. The Irish Labor Party called on more than 30,000 Irish youth to join the Irish National Army and began strict military training. With the help of the Chinese Emperor's Consultant, they made rapid progress. But Emmon seemed to be unable to wait. The original three-month quick training plan was finally suppressed by Emmon for 15 days. The Irish Army only learned how to fire, fire guns, how to fly tanks and aircraft, tactical command, infantry and artillery coordination, sequential tank coordination, air-ground coordination and other subjects were directly abandoned.

Of course, this cannot be blamed for being too hasty, because he has no choice. The reason is that the British authorities already know that Emon and his Irish Labor Party are preparing to launch an armed rebellion, so the British side is also stepping up preparations. What is ridiculous is that the British authorities believe that action should not be taken during the visit of the Imperial Navy, which would create an excuse for the Chinese Empire to further intervene. At the same time, the British authorities also naively believe that joint military exercises with the Irish Empire can deter the Irish Navy.

Britain has also responded in an increasingly tough manner to escalate violence in Ireland.

Due to the five-nation convention, disarmament treaty and the tight finances of Britain after the war, Britain's local troops were not large, and it was involved in a large number of British troops by colonies, especially India and South Africa, and the British army's local troops were already very small.

At the same time, the British Parliament was unwilling to deploy more regular British troops in Ireland, so Britain established two paramilitary police organizations to assist the security regiment. More than 7,000 "Black Brown Forces" were used to support the sluggish Irish security regiment. The unit was mostly British veterans demobilized after World War I. It was first deployed in Ireland in March 1920, with most people from England and Scottish towns. Formal occasions they were part of the security regiment, but in fact they were a paramilitary regiment. After deployment in March 1920, the unit quickly became famous for alcoholism and disorganized military discipline, and caused more damage to the moral authority of British politics in Ireland than any other group.

On February 17, Emon and the Irish National Army led by the Irish Labor Party formally declared war on Britain and fired the first shot of the Irish War.

Since the British regular army was not in Ireland, in response to the Irish Army's actions, the black and brown troops launched an attack, but were violently responded by the Irish Army's tanks and cannons. The British security team, without any heavy weapons, was immediately defeated and forced to retreat. In revenge, this unethical force immediately burned and plundered a large number of small towns in Ireland, including Balbrigan, Telim in County Mees, Temple, etc., which further stimulated Ireland's anti-British sentiment.

At the same time, another paramilitary police force sent to Ireland in July 1920, was a reserve team composed of 2,214 former British Army officers. Their reputation was as bad as the black and brown troops due to their abuse of civilians. Without heavy weapons, they could only fight guerrilla warfare with the Irish Army, burning, killing and looting everywhere, arousing more Irish resistance.

On February 20, the West Cork troops of the Irish Army, led by Tom Barry, ambushed a patrol brigade of the British Security Regiment in Kilmikel in County Cork, killing 264 British soldiers.

This operation marked the beginning of a sharp escalation of the conflict. The Irish Army's strength exceeded the British authorities' imagination and the British army decided to enter Ireland to suppress it.

The county of Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary in Monster Province all implemented military control on February 10. Soon after, the British army's "official suppression of the ** Army" operation was approved by the British Parliament, and 20,000 British troops entered Ireland.

The Irish Congress firmly opposed the British army's entry into Ireland, so the Congress controlled by Irish political parties, including the Republican Party, decided to formally declare war on Britain.

Britain immediately retaliated against the teeth, and the center of Cork was burned by the British army and prevented firefighters from going to put out the fire in revenge on the Irish Parliament's official declaration of war on Britain.

On March 19, Tom Barry's 1,000 warlike soldiers marched into Clos Barry, and encountered 1,200 British troops in the area. The first large-scale combat operation since the war broke out - the Battle of Clos Barry.

At the beginning of the battle, the Irish Army continued to rely on tanks to attack and achieved results. However, soon, the temporarily recruited Irish pilots flew the Cat Demon fighter jets to attack the British army. However, because they had not conducted combat tactical training and were improperly commanded on the ground, the guns of 10 Cat Demon fighters were aimed at the Irish Army soldiers, and external bombs were thrown on the Irish Army's position, causing more than half of the Irish Army casualties on the spot.

The British army immediately launched a counterattack and quickly defeated Tom's troops, winning the first battle.

The Irish Army was defeated because of insufficient training that the internal morale of the Irish Army was unstable, and the fighting spirit of many Irish Army soldiers was shaken.

Tom led the remnants to retreat, and the soldiers barely kept them from being surrounded and annihilated by the gathering British troops.

Two days later, the ** army in Kerry County attacked a train transporting British soldiers near Kilrani at the intersection of Hydford. However, the British army received news before the operation, and the ** army was ambushed by the British army and 600 people were killed in the battle.

Emon realized a very serious problem, that is, Britain's control over Ireland was omnipresent, and it was very likely that a large number of Irish troops had mixed in with British spies and Irish traitors. Emon, who had not experienced intelligence wars, was extremely sad. Fortunately, the Chinese Empire provided Emon with some intelligence, so that Emon would not be killed by British agents. The Emon army quickly adjusted its tactics, gave up large-scale operations, and switched to small-scale guerrilla warfare.

But the British intelligence and agents were everywhere, and the ** army of Mayo County suffered equal misfortune in Kilmina. Before they could take action, the leader was assassinated.

The biggest single operation loss of the ** Army occurred in Dublin. On May 25, a thousand members of the Dublin brigade of the ** Army occupied and burned the Customs Building (Irish Local Political Center) in the center of Dublin. This move was used to symbolically show that Britain's rule in Ireland was vulnerable. However, from a military point of view, this was a crushing defeat. The direct consequence of the lonely army was that more than 100 ** Army were killed, more than 800 were captured, and less than 100 people fled.

This shows that although the ** army has received help from the Chinese Empire in terms of equipment, it can compete with the British army. However, it cannot confront the British army in the traditional sense in terms of training.

However, this did not weaken Dublin's ** army as the British claimed. The Dublin Brigade carried out 107 attacks in the city in May and 93 in July. The guerrilla warfare caused more than 1,000 British casualties, which severely hit the British arrogance.

In August, the Irish political team reached an agreement with the leader of the ** Army, Emon. The Irish political team gave the ** Army full support and recognized that the agreement reached between Emon and the Chinese Empire was valid.

In this way, both Ireland's political parliament and military reached unity to fight against Britain and seek the real Ireland's victory. The Republican Party and Labor Party concentrated all their forces and fought together, which greatly enhanced the Ireland's victory.

Michael Collins believes that if the war goes on for a longer period of time, it will drag down the British economy and force the British to truce, because Ireland is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, unlike Britain, which is dominated by industry, and is not afraid of wearing shoes barefoot.

Therefore, he formulated a plan to lead the "war to Britain", sent the ** army to assassinate and sabotage squads into the British Isle, attacking and destroying British civilian facilities and important economic targets and public figures everywhere. Economic targets such as the blown-up of Liverpool's docks and the British army lost 19 warehouses, all of which were eager to transport them to Ireland to support British troops in combat.

Faced with the Irish war, the British authorities had learned from the internal spies of the Irish Army that the Chinese Empire provided Emon with a batch of weapons and equipment, and knew that the Chinese Empire was the supporter of the Irish Army. However, Britain knew that the Chinese Empire was secretly using tricks, but there was no evidence to accuse the Chinese Empire. Moreover, it was unwise to directly tear the Chinese Empire apart, so the British authorities pretended not to know and just blocked the Irish Island and prevented the Chinese Empire from transporting weapons and equipment into Ireland.

But this did not stop the Irish Army because they had obtained enough weapons and supplies, but the main force of the British army was in India and South Africa. The limited local troops were not enough to defeat the Irish Army, especially the Irish Army adopted guerrilla tactics, which made the British army exhausted.

So the British political party tried to establish two autonomous parliaments in the north and south of Ireland to resolve the conflict, but the Irish parliament ignored it and believed that the Republic of Ireland already existed, but the joint faction in the northeast accepted the proposal of Britain and was ready to establish its own political party.

The region is dominated by Protestants and Unionists, so the pattern of war is very different from other parts of the country. In the south and west, the conflict is between the U.S. and the British, but in the northeast, especially in Belfast, it often evolves into a cycle of sectarian violence between the majority of Catholics and almost all Unionists.

The non-cooperation in northern Ireland caused the Irish politics to be divided into two factions. Soon, the Southern Irish Army launched a war against the Northern Irish Army under the slogan of eliminating Protestants. Before Ireland could not have been defeated, the civil war broke out first and became a bloody battle between Catholics and Protestants.

On August 17, British Colonel Gerald Smith was assassinated at the country club in Cork City. Smith came from Bainbridge, north of Down County, and his death resulted in revenge against Catholics in Bainbridge and Dromore. On the 21st, royalists marched to Haaland and Wolf Shipyard in Belfast and forced 7,000 Catholics and Left Protestants to stop working. Sectarian riots broke out in Belfast and Delhi, killing 140 people, and a large number of Catholics and Protestants were homeless.

Just when the British were happy that Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland were split, the Chinese Empire proposed the proposal to establish a joint ** at the National Assembly. At first, not many countries agreed, because the joint ** requires funding, and countries did not want to pay to support the joint **.

Originally, the Chinese Empire wanted to pay for its own money to form a coalition **, but it was not enough to have the Chinese Empire family. It was not justified and it needed to win over other countries. Therefore, the Chinese Empire held closed-door meetings with various countries, especially the Chinese Empire revealed the news that it would interfere with South Africa and promised that after all countries had equal interests in South Africa, other powers except Britain agreed to support the proposal to establish a coalition **.

Of course, the Chinese Empire’s reference to South Africa with other countries was not mentioned to the UK, and all countries did not breathe out with the UK for the sake of South Africa’s interests. When the Chinese Empire lobbled the UK, it stated that the United Nations would help the UK control the situation in Ireland and prevent Ireland from separating from Britain. The UK believed it, so it voted in favor during the UN General Assembly vote, and the United Nations was established.

According to the proposal of the Chinese Empire, the United Nations shall be allocated by each member state according to military power and national financial resources. The Chinese Empire shall undoubtedly account for the largest share. Among the 50,000 joint peacekeeping forces, the Chinese Empire shall account for 20,000, followed by 7,000 German troops, 7,000 French troops, 4,000 Italian troops, 1,000 British troops, 1,000 Spanish troops, 400 Dutch troops, 400 Swedish troops, 400 Argentine troops, 400 Chilean troops, 400 Brazilian troops, 400 Turkish troops, and Portugal, Norway, Greece,

Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary and other countries also sent 50 to hundreds of soldiers to join. In addition, North Korea, Western Japan, Siam, Ryukyu, Mexico, Papua, Lanfang, Singapore, Philippines, Cuba, Persia, Ashe, Afghanistan, Kuwait and other members of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Circle also participated. They accounted for about 5,000 people. In fact, the United Nations' directly controlled united states reached 25,000. Although the United States is also a member of the League of Nations, the United States was subject to military sanctions from the Chinese Empire. The U.S. Self-Defense Force was not an army and had no right to join the United Nations.

Since the Chinese Empire gave the largest membership fees and the largest number of troops, the United Nations Commander-in-Chief was appointed as Lieutenant General of the Chinese Empire Army, and the five chiefs of staff, five permanent members, sent a major general of the Navy, Army, Air and Air Forces, and the Chinese Empire sent a major general of the Navy, Army, Air and Air Forces as the major general of the Chinese Empire.

Regarding the equipment allocation of the United Nations, the equipment and weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire's navy, army, air force, and the unanimous requirements of all countries, because they hope to know the military combat capabilities and tactical ideas of the Chinese Empire, as well as how advanced the equipment of the Chinese Empire is. Of course, more importantly, all countries want to learn new tactics and command from the Chinese Empire through the United Nations.

The 50,000 United** was divided into an armored division, a mechanized infantry division and a marine brigade, as well as an air wing and a naval cruiser fleet.

Since the weapons and equipment used by the United Nations are all active equipment of the Chinese Empire, the mysterious m16 tanks, w16 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, z16 anti-tank fighting vehicles, lightning fighters and other weapons and equipment that were regarded as the most mysterious and powerful in the Western world were all unveiled, which shocked and envied the European and American military. However, there are also many equipments that the Chinese Empire refused to give United Nations equipment, on the grounds that the previous equipment was enough to maintain world peace, so they wanted more powerful equipment such as Hellfire fighters to continue to keep it confidential, which made the European and American military unable to see it, and they were so anxious that they felt itchy.

After the establishment of the United Nations, six months of running-in training was conducted in the South Beijing Military Region of the Chinese Empire. Officers and soldiers from more than 40 countries around the world used Chinese to communicate. Therefore, the officers and soldiers selected from various countries to study abroad or speak Chinese, basically either from the Chinese Empire to study abroad. In this way, the original plan to teach everyone Chinese in three months was cancelled, and the entire running-in training was completed in only three months.

During these three months, the United Army mainly adapted to the training method of the Chinese Emperor's Team and the use of Chinese Emperor's equipment. Especially the use and driving of the three armored musketeers and lightning fighters, foreign military personnel must not only understand the Chinese instructions on the operating instruments, but also receive special Chinese training.

The special training of the Chinese Emperor is to train all foreign military officers and soldiers like dead dogs, so that they can obey the leadership of the Chinese Empire. Any officer or soldier who does not obey the commander of the Chinese Empire will be kicked back to the original country. The ultimate goal of the Chinese Empire is to train all foreign military personnel into soldiers who absolutely obey the orders of the Joint ** Command, and eliminate the boundaries and barriers between countries.

After three months of devil training, Cai E completely controlled this united**.

Therefore, the Chinese Empire then raised concerns about the South African federal civil war at the General Assembly, demanding that the joint ** intervene in the South African civil war, prevent South Africans from being devastated and save the South African people.


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