The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 675 - 510: Technology Research

The Russian Civil War has been going on for a long time now, and the World Alliance’s military intervention has made it the hottest news in recent times.

In Australasia, there is someone who is even more concerned about the Russian Civil War than Arthur, and that is Queen Mary of the Romanov Family.

After a normal cabinet meeting, Arthur saw Queen Mary with a slightly unnatural expression, and asked curiously, "Mary, is there something you need from me?"

Usually, Queen Mary would not interrupt a meeting between Arthur and government officials.

It must be something unusual that has caused Queen Mary to act out of character like this.

"Well, Arthur, how long will it be before our army reaches Russia?" Queen Mary asked with some concern.

"Hasn’t the World Alliance’s military intervention timeline been announced? Our army won’t be able to reach Russia until at least two months from now," Arthur said with a smile as he took Queen Mary’s hand, understanding her concern for her homeland.

In fact, if Queen Mary wasn’t at all worried about Russia, then Arthur would be suspicious.

Although she is now the Queen of Australasia, Russia is a place where Mary has lived for about ten years, not only is it her hometown, but it is also where her relatives are.

After hearing Arthur’s answer, Queen Mary breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry on her face mostly disappeared.

In truth, the Russian Civil War is not an easy problem to solve. Even with the current military intervention of the World Alliance, Arthur is not optimistic about the possibility of completely ending the civil war in Russia.

First of all, a peaceful and unified Russia will undoubtedly be a powerful nation, with the strength to compete with the British Empire in Europe and Asia, which is something the British would not want to see.

If Britain and France had wholeheartedly supported Tsarist Russia, the Russian civil war could not have developed into what it is now.

It should be noted that Soviet Russia was initially very poor and could not afford to raise a million-strong army.

Tsarist Russia had an overwhelming financial advantage, with annual reparations income amounting to tens of millions of pounds, thanks to the double reparations from the defeated countries and the United States.

However, the difference between the two Russian governments is that the Tsarist Government represents the old order, and the bourgeois and aristocratic classes supporting the Tsarist Government are not so loyal.

But the working class supporting Soviet Russia is different; under the influence of the Bolshevik Party, the whole of Soviet Russia has united, something that the Tsarist Government cannot match.

Even though Nicholas II is well aware that the Russian civil war has resulted from Britain and France’s indulgence, he has no choice.

After all, Tsarist Russia still needs the support of Britain and France to win the civil war, and they dare not offend Britain, France, and Australasia.

If these countries cut off aid to Russia, it would be a fatal blow to Tsarist Russia, possibly even directly leading to the end of the civil war and the collapse of the Tsarist Government.

Luckily, the Romanov Family has accumulated a vast amount of wealth through Russia’s centuries of rule, so Nicholas II is not short of money for the time being, and does not need to resort to borrowing from other countries.

Otherwise, it is uncertain whether other countries would be willing to lend to Russia, considering that the chances of Tsarist Russia winning the civil war seem very slim at the moment.

Lending to Tsarist Russia would essentially mean helping Tsarist Russia win the war, right? Otherwise, if Tsarist Russia is defeated in the civil war, and the country ceases to exist, who should be asked to repay the loans?

Not to mention that Britain and France want the Russian Civil War to continue, even Australasia and Arthur themselves cannot resist the enormous profits brought about by the Russian Civil War.