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"Admiral, are we going to take action against Australia now?" Saratoga asked.

Qin Shan pulled Saratoga into his arms and whispered in his ear, "Don't rush. For this kind of international scoundrel, the wait before the death penalty is more terrifying than the moment the knife falls."

Then Qin Shan carried Saratoga to the bed. Now that things had progressed this far, it was time to get straight to the point.

Under Qin Shan's plan, countries surrounding Australia began to raise red flags one after another, including New Zealand.

Moreover, shortly after the New Zealand flag was raised, a joint Antarctic expedition fleet composed of Xinhua, the Soviet Union, and the People's Revolutionary Party set off in a grand manner.

This fleet possesses the world's most advanced polar survival technology.

Without a doubt, these technologies were provided by the People's Revolutionary Alliance.

The scale of personnel deployment was also the largest ever, with a team of 1 people.

Among them are industrial ships that can ensure the long-term survival of a fleet at sea. These industrial ships can produce almost all basic industrial raw materials and maintain the basic industrial needs of a team in a certain place. They are essentially similar to the base vehicle in the game Red Alert.

The People's Revolutionary Alliance certainly has better technology, but this level of technology is sufficient here.

The research team's task was very simple: to build a city-state in Antarctica that could accommodate a million people. To do this, they first had to build a dome-shaped city, and dome-shaped city technology was a fundamental technology that was essential for extraterrestrial colonization.

Of course, domes don't necessarily have to be built entirely above ground; underground or semi-underground structures are also possible, depending on the usage requirements and application environment.

This series of changes was a bolt from the blue for Australia. What they used to think was a dangerous enemy on their doorstep has now turned into a double whammy: wolves at the front door and tigers at the back.

Even if the three major socialist countries do not build any military bases around Australia, they are surrounded by a ring of red countries. If any of these three major countries has any ideas, they can use these countries' military bases as a springboard for their own attack.

That's what Australia thinks, anyway.

If the United States were not embroiled in civil war and Europe were still functioning normally, Australia would have a powerful ally to rely on. However, the current situation is one of American civil war, Western Europe struggling to survive, and the socialist bloc holding an overwhelming advantage. The entire political landscape of Australia has instantly become precarious.

Australia also has a communist party, and they certainly want to profoundly change the country. Even if many of them don't necessarily understand communism, just having this idea is better than not having it.

However, the socialist camp did not give a clear response to the statement from the Communist Party of Australia. Instead, it continued to raise red flags around Australia, but in its external propaganda, it stated that it had no interest in Australia.

That's absolutely true. Apart from iron ore and some other cheap, high-quality surface minerals, this country really doesn't have any other value.

To put it more bluntly, without Australia's iron ore mines and its farms and ranches, this country would only qualify as a resource-producing nation. As for industrialization, it would be fortunate if it could produce some primary industrial products.

After all, the biggest hurdle to developing industry is land area and population. Australia has land area, but its population is even smaller than that of the UK. With such a small population, how can they expect to succeed in industry? What's the difference between this and Haiti wanting to replace the US as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council? Calling it a pipe dream is an insult to even the most fantastical dreams.

However, one cannot be held back by one's own desires. Seeing that there was no way to break the deadlock by relying on themselves, a new trend of thought soon emerged within Australia.

It's perfectly normal; when people are desperate, things change.

This internal trend in Australia can be summed up in two words: reflection.

Some Australians initially believed that Australia's White Australia policy was a complete mistake. They argued that Australia had seized this land through plunder and atrocities, and now it was time to pay the price for the mistakes of its ancestors. They believed that if Australia wanted to re-embrace order in the New World, it must make peace with its past, simply acknowledging its colonial aggression and acts of violence. They hoped to gain the understanding of the communist bloc and allow Australia to retain a place in the New World.

These people didn't really think they were wrong; more accurately, they knew they would be beaten to death if they didn't admit their mistake.

It's two different things to admit your mistakes willingly and to be forced to admit them by others, but either way, it's a kind of progress.

Another group of Australians are typical diehards, insisting that Australia's White Australia policy was entirely correct, that the so-called genocide was a complete fabrication, and that Australians were simply doing what other colonists would have done for their own survival. They argue that looking back at history, how many of the world's major powers are truly clean? Why point fingers and say we didn't use toilet paper? It doesn't make sense.

This is how things have become among ordinary people. The Australian upper echelons, who have a direct stake in the situation, are in complete chaos.

These capitalists and large landowners believed that once socialism entered Australia, everything they owned would vanish, and their entire families would be forced to queue under streetlights. Therefore, they resolutely rejected the socialist system. However, harsh reality confronted them. Faced with the overwhelming land, sea, and air power of the communist bloc, Australia had no power to resist. Thus, they sought limited compromise, hoping that a future Australia would respect their private property.

This group has become a capitulationist in another sense. As long as the red camp leaves them a decent way out, they don't mind kneeling under the red flag immediately, expressing their desire for the socialist system, and promising to pretend it out as if it were real.

As for the Communist Party of Australia, their strength is still very weak, and the red camp has no intention of accepting them. Therefore, these people are still marginal figures in Australian politics. However, the Australian government does not dare to make things difficult for them now, but instead wants to protect them. Who knows if the persecution these people suffer will become an excuse for the red camp to cleanse Australia when that day comes?

In short, it's incredibly difficult, one difficulty after another, leaving you in a dilemma.

Regardless of which internal camp Australia belonged to, they all began to secretly contact the three major socialist countries, hoping to secure a glimmer of hope for themselves in the upcoming battle.

To their surprise, neither Xinhua, the Soviet Union, nor the People's Revolutionary Committee gave them a clear answer. They simply smiled and told them that they had no designs on Australia and hoped that Australia would not overthink it, as they adhered to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

Sometimes, Australian officials traveling to these three countries are even turned away, leaving people wondering what these three bigwigs are up to.

The more things went this way, the more distressed and anxious Australia became, worrying that it might already be on the dinner table and be notified the next day that it would be put on the reading list.

Now they desperately hope that the three big brothers of the socialist camp can make a clear statement: whether they live or die, give us an answer, stop keeping us hanging like this, it's so uncomfortable.

Are you feeling uncomfortable? If you are, that's good. That's the effect Qin Shan wanted.

As time went on, the situation in Australia became increasingly tense, and the entire country became extremely sensitive. Any slight disturbance would cause widespread panic and paranoia. Even an unofficial rumor could trigger panic among the Australian public, causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee cities. The entire nation was on edge, like a high-voltage power line, unable to withstand any further shocks.

See? This is the power of a great power. Even without doing anything, a single glance or action is enough to make a small country tremble with fear.

Australia soon paid the price for its previous arrogance.

Section 44: The Polar Bear Embraces Europe

When the United States existed, everyone thought that it was responsible for more than 90% of the ugliness and disasters in the world.

If humanity's most despicable desires had a concrete form, its name would surely be America.

Is that really the case?

The world is objective and material; everything should be viewed dialectically.

Admittedly, the United States is a disruptor of the world, but it has also been a shaper of the new order. Without its monumental achievements, the beacon of the world is nothing more than a figment of human imagination.

The fundamental reason why the United States has become a symbol of evil is that this country chooses to use human desires as fuel to drive a machine called war to plunder the entire world.

All the methods the United States uses are robbery and disguised robbery. Countries around the world that have been exploited for so many years, even if they don't understand anything, will realize that something is wrong.

But as the saying goes, even the worst order is better than no order at all. A dark order ultimately needs a lich king, and the United States has perfectly assumed the role of the black king. In its shadow, Soviet patriarchy appears tender and affectionate, like the gentle tenderness of an old father.

However, before outsiders take advantage of them, family members don't realize the importance of their father.

It is no exaggeration to say that the United States embodies the darkness and treachery of the entire human race, and when it begins to collapse, it is as if a demon-locking tower has crumbled.

However, the demons and monsters that escaped from it cannot rebuild the dark order in a short period of time. This means that before a new order is established, places that rely on this American order to maintain their livelihood will inevitably experience turmoil.

Australia is a typical example.

This country is so similar to the United States that it's almost like a mirror image. Australia has done everything the United States has done, only in miniature, scaled-down, and simplified versions.

Everything was fine when the United States was involved, because Australia had significant strategic value under the United States' global strategy. Even if it was just to maintain the alignment of American interests with Australia, the United States would appropriately allocate some of its interests to it.

After all, you can't make your underlings truly devoted to you just by chanting slogans.

Coincidentally, Australia also felt that following the United States was more promising, and thus completely broke with its former colonial power, Britain.

The problem now is that the United States has fallen, but no country can replace its influence in Australia, and Australia is now surrounded by red flags.

When domestic pressure cannot be transferred externally, it can only be vented internally, and unsurprisingly, the Australian government split.

As mentioned earlier, the Australian government is divided. However, after the three leaders of the red camp completely ignored it, this division, driven by worry and fear, turned into mutual accusations, and even assassinations and armed conflicts.

"When an elephant moves, it doesn't care about the ants' attitude. Even if we walk around it, the vibrations are enough to destroy part of the ant nest's structure. Right now, Australia is experiencing what it's like for a mammoth to walk past its ant nest."

Qin Shan, I know Australia too well. Precisely because I know it, the simplest way to completely reshape this country is to let them fight a civil war, destroy all the future and hope of the entire country, and what will be left on that land will only be a group of ordinary people who yearn for peace.

This sounds incredibly cruel, but just like the price Qin Shi Huang paid for unifying the six kingdoms, someone always has to become a part of the foundation of this era. Rather than letting his own compatriots bleed and sacrifice, Qin Shan would rather have the peoples of other nations pay the price.

The teacher, holding a cigarette, didn't offer any opinion on the issue. However, while there was sympathy, when it came to actually doing it, everyone's internal scales tipped in one direction.

To put it more bluntly, the vast majority of nations in this world have never even considered standing up for themselves. Since they are unwilling to stand up, they shouldn't blame the train of time for running over their kneeling corpses.

But before that, communists around the world will lend them a hand, saving as many as they can, doing everything in their power.

This can be considered communism's final act of kindness towards everyone.

Stand up, for the doors of a new world are open only to people.

Just as Australia was engulfed in civil war, the Soviet Union finally found its opportunity and officially launched its offensive into the whole of Western Europe.

This is definitely a memorable day. On April 1, 1958, a day that seemed almost like a joke, Soviet Red Army armored formations rolled across the East-West German border.

The West German troops at the front lines made the right choice almost immediately—to surrender.

Otherwise, why not fight the Soviet Red Army to the death? Look at their tanks, planes, missiles, and nuclear weapons. We're not crazy yet.

Those most fanatical Nazi lunatics from back then have already gone on their expedition to hell with the Führer. The surviving Germans now just want to live a peaceful life. Even without that consideration, look at your salary—do you still have the courage to fight to the death?

To be realistic, even if Western Europe were given another 20 years, they still wouldn't be able to quickly integrate. Even if they did integrate on the surface, when disaster strikes, they'll still go their separate ways. That's how fragile the traditional friendships between European countries are.

Less than a day after the Soviet Red Army launched its offensive, France made an even more memorable choice: they slid across the ground at lightning speed.

China naturally hoped that France would step up its game, but de Gaulle knew very well that unless he could quickly integrate the military forces of the entire Western Europe, the game would be over the moment the Soviet Red Army launched its offensive.

They used to have one thing to rely on: the United States. But now there are two, and in the future there will be several, or even if the United States will still exist.

As for using the nuclear bombs that the US gave to Western Europe before the Civil War to fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, that's utter nonsense. The Soviet Union was huge, and so were Britain and France. Even if they dropped all their stockpiled nuclear bombs on Soviet soil, the Soviet Union would at most feel a little itchy. But if Soviet nuclear bombs were to rain down on them, Britain and France would probably become historical figures. Don't forget the famous saying of British civil servants: "Our job is to keep Britain safe through this week. What about next week? We'll deal with that next week."

Sir Humphrey greatly admired the civil servant's philosophy that "those who are not pragmatic are wise."

De Gaulle's policies completely shattered the resistance in Western Europe. Although this last man of France had dreamed of leading all of Western Europe to stop the advance of the Red Giant, that would take time. Unfortunately, God did not grant him enough time or opportunity to realize this dream. Now, all he could do was prevent France from suffering a devastating war that was destined to be lost.

This devastating war naturally refers to the Soviet nuclear bombs falling on French soil. It was a truly intractable predicament for France.

Stalin was very pleased with de Gaulle's "sensible" behavior. He admired this man who dared to say no to the United States within NATO. Therefore, after the Soviet Red Army quickly took control of the whole of France, it did not immediately begin the crackdown on capitalists. Instead, it first concentrated the people on the list in designated areas. There was still room for negotiation on how to deal with these people. In short, it was to let them cooperate with the Soviet Union to complete the integration of the whole of France, mainly in terms of support. No personnel positions would be assigned to them.

To ensure the purity of the subsequent socialist transformation of Western Europe, the local middle and upper classes had to be relocated to Siberia or the Kamchatka Peninsula.

This also draws on the advanced experience of the People's Revolutionary Alliance. As long as these powerful and influential people leave their hometowns, their rights and status will be fundamentally lost. Once you have these things, it will be completely impossible for them to cause trouble.

In this way, after two generations, their descendants will completely forget everything from the past and accept the good life of the new era. At least they won't be going to the execution ground with their whole family to replenish their copper levels.

This was a massive undertaking, and the slightest misstep could lead to widespread local chaos. Therefore, the Soviet side was extremely cautious, deploying a large number of political officers and professionals into the areas under the actual control of the Soviet Red Army to gradually divide and weaken the local middle and upper classes, making them willing to cooperate with the Soviet army.

In addition, a large number of players infiltrated the Soviet Union's Western European-controlled areas. They would also secretly assist the Soviet Union in completing the relocation of these people. Those historical trash who were unwilling and wanted to cause trouble would end up in the historical dustbin.

Somewhat surprisingly, northern Italy put up a little resistance in the face of the Soviet Red Army's iron fist.

Although this resistance was very weak, it did manage to resist. After an investigation, the Soviets were speechless to discover that these people belonged to the Vatican.

Well, the people who feared the arrival of communism the most were actually religious people. The Vatican was clearly well aware that it didn't have a single division, but when they thought about going to the execution ground or the guillotine, they felt that it would be better to become a martyr on the battlefield.

Given the Vatican's unique status, after liberating the whole of Italy, the Soviet Red Army did not immediately use artillery to confront the Pope. Instead, they sealed off the entire Vatican, since it wasn't a very large area and the sealing off was extremely easy.

Stalin specifically contacted Qin Shan regarding the handling of the Pope's case.

“We kill them directly over there.”

Qin Shan's opening remarks immediately made Stalin lose his composure.

"You just killed them without considering the consequences?"

"No, no, no, Comrade Stalin, we are capable of easily handling the consequences, which is why we did it this way."

"Well, while it's a simple and effective method, what the Soviet Union needs right now is stability."

By this time, Stalin was an accomplished veteran politician who had led the Soviet Union for over 30 years. He was well aware that the problems stemmed from the poor handling of the Tsar's family's affairs. Some people, even if they deserved to die, had to be chosen as exemplary figures, because their deaths were tantamount to announcing the arrival of a new order.

This process is very important and must be followed.

Moreover, from a personal perspective, there is no reason why the Pope of the Vatican should die.

In that case, why not put it aside for now?

Back in the day, previous popes were imprisoned in the Vatican for upholding the dignity of Catholicism. This is just history repeating itself. As long as these people are alive, the final interpretation rests with the Soviet Union.

Instead of focusing on those old relics from the past, we should be more concerned about the positive impacts of Europe being brought under Soviet influence.

The long-awaited Europe was embraced by the polar bear, and the Soviet Union was incredibly excited from top to bottom. A dream that had been awaited for thousands of years had finally come true, and the Soviet Union would prove its greatness with concrete actions.

Section 45: America's Knife Has Gone Out of Control

When all of Europe became the Soviet Union's domain, strategists within the United States were filled with remorse and despair.

What a wonderful situation it was after World War II! Today, all of that is ruined.

Now you know how devastating civil war can be for a country, right? It's not just the internal depletion of resources, but more importantly, the external forces that the entire country must be wary of as potential invaders.

When the United States' national power can form a positive cycle both internally and externally, it can command the entire capitalist world. But when it declines, this power will frantically backfire on the United States itself.

"I want to save America."

Inside the presidential office in San Francisco, Trump looked dejected. News from Europe made it very clear to him what the United States had lost in such a short period of time.

To put it simply, all the strategic advantages that the United States had enjoyed from its founding to the end of World War II were squandered in the short span of a few years of civil war.

External allies have either abandoned them or directly turned against the United States, while some have even severed ties with the US altogether.

Of course, the United States cannot understand the betrayal of these allies. For imperialist countries, loyalty that is not absolute is absolute disloyalty. They will not look for the reasons within themselves, otherwise they would not be imperialist countries.

Why did things turn out this way?

After the United States split into East and West, Trump also fell into a state of incomprehensible confusion.