Chapter 98: Let the nuclear explosion be more violent! (Part 2)
"...What kind of situation is this? The Irish rebelled? Then they fought with the American and British forces?"
On the 300,000-ton supership "Ocean Oasis" traveling in the South Pacific, Wang Qiu was lying under the umbrella of Class A on the top floor, drinking a cocktail mixed with freshly squeezed tropical juice, and looking at the latest arrival. A piece of European battlefield intelligence, he couldn't help but muttered with a strange look on his face.
However, if you think about it carefully, it is also the instinct and survival method of many small countries in the world to adapt to the situation when the overall situation is unfavorable.
As the saying goes, "Husbands and wives are birds of the same forest, and they fly apart when disaster strikes." A person may be loyal to his brother, but if it is a country, loyalty is not as important as life and death. Once it comes to a life or death situation, it will definitely It is right to sell teammates decisively and stop losses.
What's more, between Britain and Ireland, instead of being a loving couple, they are simply a pair of bitter enemies with deep hatred!
From the tragic Irish famine of the last century (only half of the four million Irish people were left after the famine), it was hundreds of times worse than any three-year natural disaster. Moreover, Queen Victoria deliberately refused to allow disaster relief and even seized food from the disaster area. , want to starve as many Irish people as possible to make room). The Irish people clearly remember the blood-stained black accounts of the Irish War of Independence more than 20 years ago.
Moreover, the Irish did not lack the courage to fight, although their army was indeed not very good. However, the difficult confrontation with the British Empire before the founding of the People's Republic of China still produced many talents and warriors. When it comes to the founder of terrorist attacks, Ireland's Sinn Féin is definitely worthy of the title. In the 19th century, they were thinking about using suicide submarines to attack Collided with a British Empire warship! Al Qaeda and ISIS have to call them teachers.
Previously, the reason why the Republic of Ireland joined the Allied Forces was because it saw the imminent collapse of Nazi Germany and could not afford to make any trouble. The United States also used free aid to lure the Irish government, coupled with various hard and soft methods, so the Irish government followed the trend. Germany formed an alliance with the United States and Britain and declared war on Germany and Italy, without actually sending a single soldier. But since they wanted a sign of a victorious country, they had to do something for the Allies, so they temporarily leased several ports in the country to allow the US military to use them - of course, only for the US military to use during wartime, and the British The army still refuses entry.
However, what the short-sighted Irish people never expected was that the war on the European continent did not end with the collapse of the German Nazis and Italian fascists. Instead, it intensified with the fierce fighting between Britain and the Soviet Union, and finally evolved into World War III! This greatly violates the Irish people's original intention of riding on the coattails of becoming a victorious nation. The entire Irish Republic from top to bottom has never thought of bloodshed and sacrifice for the British.
Therefore, after the outbreak of World War III, the Irish government has been reluctant to declare war on the Soviet Union. No matter how much coercion and inducement the United States and Britain tried, it was useless. After nuclear explosions occurred all over the UK and the mushroom harvest was abundant, the Irish government became even more silent, fearing that the US military stationed in the country would cause disaster for itself.
Therefore, out of fear of being dragged down by the British, and even more worried about being hit by a Soviet nuclear bomb, the Irish government hastily made a reckless decision - November 1946 AD On March 20, Irish President de Valera gave a public speech and officially declared love The Republic of Ireland will remain neutral in the Third World War and at the same time order the expulsion of the US military stationed in Ireland... Who would have expected that this pirate ship of the US-British Allied Forces is not something you can do just by thinking about it. President de Valera's speech also It was leaked by pro-British and pro-American elements in the government before it was officially announced.
Regarding the above-mentioned betrayal of Ireland, Truman and Churchill were both shocked and angry: Since the outbreak of World War III, Truman has been very worried about the defection of the allies, because the overall situation on the battlefield is really unfavorable to the American and British Allies, and all of his subordinates are worried about it. Playing the drums, seeing that there is only effort but no reward, I no longer want to work hard anymore. If someone takes the initiative to leave the alliance and withdraws from the war without being punished, I am afraid that other allies will immediately follow suit, triggering a chain reaction and eventually leading to an avalanche of diplomatic disaster and the collapse of the entire "free country" camp. collapse.
Churchill's worries were even deeper. In any case, Ireland and the United States are separated by the Atlantic Ocean, but Britain and Ireland have been bad neighbors for thousands of years. At the moment, the British Empire seems to be in ruins, and the Irish are busy trying to distance themselves from the relationship. So if they wait until the Soviet army crosses the sea and lands, wouldn't the Irish people have always hated the British Empire, and they will definitely add insult to injury and stab them in the back. Last knife?
——In the Napoleonic Wars and World War I, for the British Empire, the Irish played the role of backstabbing traitors. (The Irish at that time took advantage of the British army's campaign on the mainland to launch armed uprisings, and there were more than these two.)
It is really unreasonable. Under the rule of Queen Victoria, you Irish people had the same status as Indians. They were colonial natives and semi-civilized monkeys who were recognized as being expelled from the ranks of European civilized people. As the saying goes, it is better to be with outsiders than domestic slaves. Even if the British Empire was destined to decline, not just any cat or dog could get a piece of the pie. If the tiger doesn't show its power, do you think we are sick cats?
Therefore, in order to prevent a fire in the backyard and an avalanche reaction from the allies, on the day President de Valera ordered the expulsion of US troops stationed in Ireland, the United States and Britain decisively intervened - 50,000 British Army troops and several National Guardsmen retreated to Northern Ireland. Immediately cross the border and go south, heading straight for Dublin. At the same time, the British Mediterranean Fleet, which had just been recalled, forced its way into the Irish Sea and bombarded and bombarded the port of Dublin. The US Marine Corps, which had previously been stationed in the ports of Cork and Galway, also launched armed provocations at the same time, restraining the mobile forces deployed by the Republic of Ireland in these places. Unexpectedly, the response from the United States and Britain would be so fierce. From the government to the army, no one was prepared for a war. The Republic of Ireland was caught off guard and resisted for only three days. Dublin declared its fall. President de Valera was in the capital. Killed by stray bullets in the streets. After dismantling the central government of the Republic of Ireland, the United States and Britain re-established a puppet regime in Dublin as a white glove to rule Ireland.
However, although the Allies easily overthrew the Irish government in Dublin, they were unable to extinguish the flames of traditional Irish national hatred. The puppet government established in Dublin by the United States and Britain received almost no recognition and support from any local forces in Ireland. A large number of British civilian militants called the "National Guard", who were actually bandits and robbers, burned, killed, and looted everywhere in Ireland, which aroused the anger of the local people.
As a result, the old terrorist organization the Irish Republican Army, which had been suppressed by the Republic of Ireland government for a long time because of its radical anti-Britishness, soon took the opportunity to rise up in such a turbulent chaos. It not only accepted a large number of heritage and military and political personnel of the Republic of Ireland government, but also The western region of Ireland suddenly had a large base area, and the "Irish National Salvation Revolutionary Government" was established in Limerick on the banks of the Shannon River.
Currently, these veteran anti-British fighters are launching guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare on the island of Ireland, while also seeking urgent help from the Soviet Union.
For these "awakened anti-imperialist and patriotic Irish people", Comrade Stalin, the iron and loving father of the Soviet people, also expressed great joy. Although there were not many spare troops available in a hurry, he still organized a French volunteer army to go to the island of Ireland for reinforcements. At the same time, he ordered the Soviet strategic bomber formation to attack again, dropping an atomic bomb on Belfast, the capital of British Northern Ireland, the latest seat of the British war cabinet, as the most powerful aid to the Irish Republican Army... Well , such assistance from a nuclear explosion is indeed the most powerful thing in the world today.
Although Prime Minister Churchill escaped disaster again because he happened to be on a tour of Dublin, which had just been captured, the city of Belfast was not able to escape the disaster, and as many as 100,000 people were instantly killed or injured in the nuclear explosion. And more than 70% of Churchill's wartime cabinet government team was destroyed.
What is even more unfortunate is that the body of the old King George VI, who died recently, has not had time to be transported back to England for burial. Instead, it was accidentally temporarily stranded in the palace in Belfast where he died of illness. As a result, it was buried in the nuclear His body was completely destroyed in the explosion, and not even his ashes were left... For this reason, the police have not yet officially Princess Margaret, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and her mother, the Queen Mother, had no choice but to cry and collect some of the clothes and daily necessities left by her father during his lifetime, and did it in the backyard of Windsor Castle. A tomb, so hastily done. At the same time, on the Japanese battlefield on the other side of the world, the U.S. military stationed in Japan, which had been fighting bloody battles for a year, finally ushered in its last moments...