Chapter 671 - 508: Interference_3
At present, the opinions of the British Empire in the World Alliance can influence the choices of most countries and even directly promote the decision-making of the World Alliance.
"Delegate Glenn is right. We must not sit idly by any longer. God will not allow a false faith to rule Eastern Europe. As part of Europe, we must do our utmost to maintain peace and prosperity in Europe." Billy Grey stood up and expressed his stance without any hesitation. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Last time, the hardline intervention in the Hungarian Civil War had given many countries, including the British Empire, a taste of success.
Although the Hungarian Civil War has been terminated, Hungary has paid a huge price to get the World Alliance’s military to withdraw from its territory.
Compared to Hungary, Russia is far larger, and the benefits that the World Alliance can extract from Russia are bound to be even greater.
"Yes, the civil war in Russia has exceeded our expectations, and it is time to provide the Russian people with a peaceful environment," Australia’s delegate John Yandell agreed with a nod, expressing his opinion.
In general, Australasia’s foreign policy is largely aligned with Britain. After all, the United Kingdom and Australasia are now close allies, and cooperation between the two countries will bring greater benefits.
For example, when the British decided to intervene in the Russian Civil War, it did not harm Australasia’s interests and even benefitted Australasia, so there was no way for Australasia to object.
At this point, two of the Four Great Powers have already expressed their positions, and the other one is the side seeking aid, which has basically determined the overall stance of the World Alliance.
For such a conclusive matter, the French cannot openly refute it.
Besides, the continued existence of Tsarist Russia is not a bad thing for the French. After all, the country that signed the alliance with the French was Tsarist Russia, not the current Soviet Russia.
After the few major powers had expressed their positions one after another, it was now the turn for the small and medium-sized countries to demonstrate their loyalty.
After some maneuvers and voting, dozens of World Alliance countries overwhelmingly voted in favor of military intervention in the Russian Civil War and decided on the number of troops each country would contribute.
Since Britain was leading, it provided the most troops in this intervention war.
According to the British commitment, they would assemble at least 200,000 troops within three months and land in Gdansk, along with other countries’ military forces to jointly intervene in the Russian Civil War.
In addition to the 200,000 British troops, the World Alliance’s intervention coalition also included: France 100,000, Australasia 100,000, Italy 100,000, Romania 100,000, Serbia 80,000, Netherlands 50,000, Belgium 50,000, Greece 30,000, Montenegro 20,000, and Hungary 20,000, totaling 850,000 troops.
This 850,000-strong World Alliance coalition force, combined with the Tsarist Russian army, has already secured a numerical advantage over Soviet Russia.
Although they didn’t intend, and even didn’t expect to destroy the entire Soviet Russia through this coalition, they certainly hoped to extinguish the flames of Soviet Russia and at least delay Soviet Russia’s expansion as compared to history.
The best outcome for Australasia is for Russia to split into two. The continued existence of Tsarist Russia is a good thing for Australasia.
The containment of Soviet Russia can ensure that Germany in World War II continues to face the pressure of fighting on multiple fronts, so that Australasia does not have to bear the brunt on its own.
Of course, given the current development of the world situation, it is unclear what will happen in the future, but the division of Russia is not a bad thing for Australasia either.