Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2668 Big Mouth
Ernest Bevin, like Attlee, was the leader of the Labor Party. During World War II, Ernest Bevin served as Minister of Labor and National Affairs in Winston's war cabinet. After Attlee came to power, Bevin Served as foreign secretary.

Bevan was born in poverty. He was the illegitimate son of a maid in the west of England. He didn't know who his father was. He studied for a few years, then became a truck driver, and later became one of the leaders of the British Labor Party.

In 1920, Britain intervened in Russia. On behalf of the dock workers in London, Bevin declared that if the military supplies on the "Silly George" ship to Poland were not removed, he would refuse to load the "Silly George", which caused great harm to the British government at that time. A certain amount of pressure.

This became one of Bevin's reasons for seeking Russian help.

"Since at least 1920, the British Labor Party has extended a helping hand to Russia. Now is the time for you to repay us and help Britain restore its power in East Asia." When Bevin asked Molotov, he was confident.

Molotov was helpless.

The strikes of British workers are not much less than those of French workers. In terms of fighting for their own rights, workers all over the world are the same.

What Bevin did in 1920 deserves Molotov's thanks.

But it is not enough to rise to the level of supporting the Labor Party to restore power in East Asia.

People in southern Africa love to say that if you receive a drop of water from others, you should repay it with a spring.

Not so with the Russians.

"When our government tried to interfere in Russia, who stopped it? It was me, Ernest Bevin, who ordered the workers to strike, to refuse to ship, so that you could do it your way, in Your government was established without foreign interference." Bevin's words made Molotov feel that the establishment of the new Russian government was [-]% due to the military supplies on the "Silly George".

So Molotov was very unhappy.

Objectively speaking, British workers did play a certain role during the Allied intervention in Russia, but it is hard to say how big this role was.

Although 20 years have passed, Molotov still remembers it vividly.

At that time, the First World War had just ended, and all countries were exhausted and unable to launch a large-scale attack on Russia.

At that time, Winston claimed that at the end of August and the beginning of September, the armies of 8 countries would be organized to intervene in Russia.

Winston did not specify who these 14 countries are.

It is said that after reading the telegram, Vladimir wrote 14 countries in the blank space of the telegram, namely: Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Azerbaijan , Armenia.

In fact, Vladimir did not write it all, because more than 14 countries participated in the intervention in Russia, Germany, Turkey, Romania and Greece also participated, probably even Vladimir did not expect it.

Of the 14 countries, almost all make up the numbers, and only the French are serious.

The whole world knows that Russia owed Britain 7.5 million pounds of foreign debt after the end of World War I.

Few people know that Russia is not the only one that owes its foreign debts to the UK, and even the UK is not the one with the worst losses.

The worst loss was France.

Before the outbreak of World War I, France was a well-known usury country, investing all over the world. In the year of World War I, France’s total foreign investment reached 600 billion francs, of which Russia accounted for 116 billion francs, making it France’s largest debtor country.

After the new Russian government was formed, the loans were not recognized and French investments in Russia were confiscated.

So the so-called 14-nation intervention army, France was the most active, united with Greece, Romania, and Poland to assemble 6 troops in southern Ukraine, and was easily defeated by the Russian army.

Therefore, Britain, which is the most active verbally, did not send troops to join the intervention army at all.

It would be far-fetched for Bevin to attribute the fact that Britain did not send troops to the Intervention to the British labor movement.

"When British workers went on strike, Russia also appealed in newspapers to workers in European countries to provide maximum assistance to British workers." Molotov did not lie. As long as workers in European countries go on strike, Russia will provide moral support .

If you want material assistance, it depends on the situation.

"On the issue of the Black Sea estuary, Britain did not fully support Russia's demands." Molotov has deep resentment on the issue of the Black Sea estuary.

If you can't win Southern Africa, you can't win the United Kingdom!

"You didn't withdraw your troops from Persia as promised—" Bevin was also limited in his pro-Russia.

Compared with Winston, both Bevin and Attlee were considered Russian-friendly in Britain.

But the "pro" here is not so close that it disregards national interests. On some fundamental issues, the conflict between Britain and Russia is also very sharp.

Traditionally, Persia is the common sphere of influence of Russia and the United Kingdom, the northern part of Persia belongs to the sphere of influence of Russia, and the southern part of Persia has a greater influence of the United Kingdom.

During the Tehran meeting, Winston and Beard reached an agreement that after the war, both Russia and Britain would withdraw their troops from Persia and establish a new Persian government that would not be influenced by external forces.

Britain has delivered on its promise.

Nothing happened in Russia.

"After the new Persian government is established, we will withdraw our troops." Molotov dismissed the moral kidnapping of the British.

Britain's withdrawal from Persia was not to give the Persians an independent country, but was forced to withdraw due to the status quo of Britain.

Compared with the end of the last world war, Britain's strength was significantly weakened, and its control over overseas colonies was further reduced. Persia, a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country, was completely out of control, and Britain had no choice but to give up.

Compared with the United Kingdom, Russia's military power is at an unprecedented peak, so how could Russia withdraw from Persia.

Now Russia not only did not withdraw from Persia, but instead used the power vacuum period of Britain's withdrawal to completely eliminate Britain's influence on Persia.

"Is this how you support the British Labor Party?" Bevan, like Attlee, was inexperienced in dealing with Russians.

The British Labor Party has very little contact with Russia. Before Bevan and Attlee, they learned more about Russia through newspapers and magazines.

The reports of the British media are also tendentious, so before Bevin and Attlee, their understanding of Russia was only in a state of fantasy.

Now in direct contact with Russia, Bevin's previous illusions about Russia have been completely shattered.

"When will you really represent the interests of British workers, let's discuss this issue." Molotov said bluntly, you are worthy of talking about workers' interests with me?
Don't make a face.

The slogans of Attlee's election campaign are okay to fool the British, but they are not even scratching the surface when compared with Russia.

Russia directly overthrew the Tsar's rule at the beginning, and the Tsar's family was executed in the basement.

After the Labor Party won the election, Attlee met King George VI for the first time, expressed his attitude to George VI, and then formed a Labor Party cabinet with the support of George VI.

This obviously presupposes Attlee's allegiance to George VI.

Your British Labor Party has pledged allegiance to the king, and you still have the face to say that you represent the interests of workers?
While Bevan approached Molotov, Attlee sought Rock's support.

Regardless of the fact that Lion City is an overseas colony of the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom wants to return to East Asia without the consent of southern Africa.

It's no wonder that when the Japanese army launched the Malay Peninsula Campaign, the British army was defeated so quickly and miserably that they were beaten up by the Japanese without any resistance.

For a long time, the Malay Peninsula has been the sphere of influence of the British. Although the British did not directly colonize the Malay Peninsula, the small countries in the Malay Peninsula all depend on the British.

In peacetime, the Malays did not dare to resist and could only let the British do their best.

As a result, the British army's true colors were revealed in the fight, and even the Z Fleet was wiped out, and Britain's deterrence in the Malay Peninsula disappeared.

When the Southern African Expeditionary Force pushed back against the Japanese army, countries in the Malay Peninsula formed troops to join the battle. Now there are at least 15 divisions and 20 people in the Malay Peninsula. The supporters behind these forces are undoubtedly Southern Africa.

With the current strength of the British army, if they want to return to East Asia, they must first ask whether the 20 people agree.

"The Lion City has always been under the jurisdiction of the Straits Settlements, and this has never changed." Rock didn't answer, this matter has nothing to do with Rock, and the Lion City is not the territory of southern Africa.

It must be said that the Governor of the Straits Settlements may be the governor with the easiest job among all the overseas territories of the United Kingdom.

Britain needs continuous blood transfusion from overseas colonies to maintain the huge Commonwealth of Nations.

The meanings of Britain's overseas territories are different. India's ones provide human resources for Britain. Not only do they not make money, but they also need to allocate a lot of financial support every year to maintain colonial rule.

So Indians are also very conflicted.

Accept British rule, no freedom.

Do not accept British rule, and the annual financial allocation will be gone.

A cold knowledge, all the railways in India were built by the British, and they were actually designed and built independently by the Indians, without an inch.

So India's resistance is very Buddhist, non-violent and non-cooperative.

The Straits Settlements make money for the British Empire, and they can collect tens of millions of pounds every year in tolls alone. Otherwise, Britain would not have spent 5 million pounds to build the Changi Naval Base.

In this kind of profitable overseas colony, the task of the governor is very heavy. Every day, he has to rack his brains to find money, not only to feed back the British Empire, but also to satisfy the governor's personal pocket.

The owners of ocean-going cargo ships are not good people, and many merchant ships are also armed, and they are both merchants and bandits. It is conceivable that it is difficult to get money from these people.

The Governor of the Straits Settlements does not have this trouble. Not only can he easily complete the taxation task every year, but he also maintains a growth momentum year after year. He can be called a model governor.

Ease is indeed ease, but the governor's control over the Straits Settlements is also weakening.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Lion City set up a wartime committee, the governor pretended not to do anything, and the power was controlled by the local wealthy businessmen and gentry in the Lion City, and the governor was miserably emptied.

It can be said that the current Straits Settlements, on the surface, are still flying the flag of the British Empire, but in their bones, even the third brother with a red head in the police station may have rebelled.

"After the war is over, the War Council must be dissolved, all powers will be taken back, and the United Kingdom will resume its rule over the straits." The fundamental reason why Attlee came to find Rock is that most of the members of the War Council are Chinese.

Thanks to Fengwen Yamashita's attack speed, most of the British people in Lion City fled to Australia at that time. Only the Chinese businessmen had unswerving trust in the Southern African Expeditionary Force, so they got the most lucrative s return.

"Of course, this is what it should be." Rock fully agrees that this is Britain's internal affairs, and the Federal Government of Southern Africa will never interfere.

As for whether the Lion City people agree, it is hard to say.

After the Allied Forces in East Asia defeated the Japanese army, the governor of the Straits Settlements who returned to Lion City unexpectedly discovered that Lion City was no longer the original Straits Settlement, and had become completely unfamiliar.

The Governor certainly could not accept this fact and tried to unilaterally change the status quo, but was not only opposed by the locals in Lion City, but also warned by Angie and MacArthur.

The reason for Angie and MacArthur is very simple. Any unilateral action during the war is irrational. The Lion City is the stronghold of the East Asian Allied Forces. If something unexpected happens in Lion City due to the actions of the Governor, the East Asian Allied Forces will intervene. .

On this issue, Angie and MacArthur reached a rare agreement.

For the warnings of Angie and MacArthur, although the British government was reluctant, it still recognized it.

At that time, the North African campaign was at a critical period, and the British government was simply unable to provide military support to the governor of the Straits Settlements, so it could only maintain the status quo.

Now that the war in Europe is over and the British army is finally free, Attlee will return to East Asia immediately.

At the very least, rule over the Straits Settlements must be restored.

"My lord, thank you for your understanding—" Attlee probably thought that as long as there was no obstruction from southern Africa, the restoration of British rule over the Straits Settlements was a certainty.

What can Rock say.

It can only be said that the political rookie is too naive.

On the third day after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, a British army sent by the British Far East Command arrived in the Lion City.

On the same day, Russia tore up the "Japan-Russia Non-Aggression Treaty", officially declared war on Japan, and joined the East Asian War.

An Qi doesn't care how Russia abuses the Japanese. The tens of millions of Russian troops who have just finished the European War are at an unprecedented peak level in terms of morale and equipment.

Japan has been continuously bombed by the East Asian Allied Forces. The Kwantung Army, known as the most elite, has long been misnamed after being deployed many times. Although there are still 70 people in name, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. Consumed in the previous war.

No matter how tenacious the Japanese are, they are destined to be crushed into mud by Russian tanks.

An Qi paid more attention to the British army arriving in Lion City.

MacArthur also paid attention.

Contrary to what Angie had imagined, the British army sent by the British Far East Command was not a purely British force, but a British-Indian force composed of Indians.

The British and Indian troops are really the panacea in the British army.

(End of this chapter)