LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 76
“Hmm. Is that so? What does the home country say about this?”
“Yes. You don’t need to worry about that!”
No, you’re the US military. Worry or not, shouldn’t you be going back to America? Are you still being told not to return?
It’s been several years since the Civil War, after all.
Should I just ignore it? America hasn’t really said anything, right?
Maybe Wilson got forgotten after becoming half-crippled, who knows.
“Well then. I suppose the Foreign Ministry can handle the Ethiopia side of things?”
“Should I approach them directly?”
“Hmm.”
If this is actually the exact same future, the Second Italo-Ethiopian War breaks out in 1935, so I should try to work on it a few years before that.
But who knows when it will explode? Maybe it’s best to start preparing Ethiopia seriously from now on?
Looking at how Communist Italy is doing, it seems unlikely that the Stress Front (the alliance of Britain, France, and Italy formed to counter Germany) will come into play either.
“First, let’s use the Okhrana to keep an eye on Italy while gradually approaching them.”
Right now, the Okhrana is essentially acting as a secret intelligence agency, so it wouldn’t be bad to send them over to Italy as well.
Just because history has changed doesn’t mean I’ll let my guard down.
“Shouldn’t we provide weapons to Poland as well?”
“Yes. They seem to be resistant to our military presence. Let’s give them weapons as mentioned before.”
Poland, which has joined the Anti-Air Defense Agreement and is arming itself with Russian weapons.
Communist Germany will treat Poland like a secondary force of Russia.
Just that alone will get them riled up.
Now Poland has become our hunting dog without a choice.
Of course, Poland’s stature is far lower than it was in history. But if Russia supports them, they’ll fight without holding back – if only to avoid getting crushed by Communist Germany.
Those fools have already gone and announced to the world, “I’m on Russia’s side, hehehe.”
Rather than trying to turn this around, I think I should just act like a fool and get the crumbs from my master who’s watching my back.
Maybe they can still dream of rebuilding Polity.
Anyway, since Britain and Russia are both responding to the Communist Party, can’t Poland just tear out the hair of Communist Germany and then give Lithuania as change?
The fight between the Soviet Union and Poland never happened, so they must be itching for it. If anyone attacks them, they’ll leap in with all they have!
“Your Majesty, I have something to say about the Jewish issue.”
Gregory Vyacheslavovich, the Minister of Agricultural Land Management, spoke.
“What issue is that?”
“Jewish people are immigrating from Poland and settling in Russia.”
Jewish people coming from Poland?
Oh, that’s a bit of new information.
Well, I should at least find out what this is about.
“Why from Poland?”
“I hear Poland is also persecuting Jews under anti-Jewish policies. It seems they’re fleeing to Russia or Communist Germany.”
At this time, Poland isn’t just anti-Russian or anti-German but also anti-Jewish.
While anti-Russian is currently a no-go, anti-German has just started, and without a war, it looks like they’re attacking the defenseless Jews within.
“But Piłsudski wouldn’t have allowed that, would he?”
Even as an anti-Jewish state, Piłsudski was known to treat Jews somewhat amicably.
What this means is, at least until he dies, such things would be hard to happen.
It’s a bit strange.
“It seems there has been some conversation with the nationalists. The Interior Ministry found out it’s the Polish National Democratic Party. They seem to be in cahoots with a guy named Dmowski.”
So they’re saying that while standing on Russia’s side, Jews have to be targeted, huh?
But when I was there, I hadn’t met that Dmowski. My knowledge of Polish history isn’t extensive, so I don’t really know what kind of person he is.
Is he someone who targeted me as well?
Or perhaps he was the one controlling the nationalists, and that didn’t work out.
“What kind of person is that?”
“He’s said to be a rival of Józef Piłsudski.”
“So he’s the head of the group that threw the bomb at me?”
“No. When Tsarina went to Poland, Dmowski is said to have gone to Britain to respond to Communist Germany.”
Was it to secure support?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Britain was set on supporting Poland, but given the Polity issues and that the Tsarina was bombed in that country, it wouldn’t be in their best interest to help.
Then, it might mean because he wasn’t around, the nationalists ran wild.
So, even though I don’t know what went down internally, it seems that the returned Dmowski used this situation to rein in the nationalists, and in exchange, targeted Jews with the anti-Jewish Dmowski. Is that it?
Given that we’re pursuing a pro-Jewish policy, it makes sense they’d cross over to us.
“Hmmm. It seems that’s because we have a pro-Jewish policy.”
“Yes. However, there seems to be a bit of a problem with the influx of external Jews, except for those who sided with or supported the White Army during the Civil War.”
Well, that makes sense. After all, we’ve been pursuing an anti-Jewish policy for a long time. Even if we now want to be pro-Jewish, Russia isn’t going to look favorably on Jews suddenly trying to settle after fleeing Poland.
“What about settling them in Northern Manchuria?”
There are Han Chinese and Manchus in Northern Manchuria, but I’ve heard their numbers are dwindling.
I think I heard that the Beiyang Government is accepting a lot of people from Manchuria to secure their population. So how about sending Jews over there?
“Hmmm. That area shouldn’t provoke any incidents.”
“Well, anyway, if we’re going to develop Manchuria, we need some population too. It might be a bit cold, but if there’s a place they can live comfortably, wouldn’t that be good?”
After all, I’m not oppressing them; I’m giving them land.
Isn’t that enough?
“Yes. The department was already considering Northern Manchuria for Jewish-related matters.”
Unlike the ‘states’ in the United States, the Russian Republic has a variety of republics within it.
There could be something like the Republic of Israel incorporated into the Russian Republic.
For now, our dear little Hitler might suddenly go insane and shout, “I’ll crush the Jews!”
It’s one way to solve the problem ourselves.
So, we just send the Jews away, claiming we’re giving them land in Northern Manchuria.
It would be good for the Jews to find a land they can settle in. It’s also not bad for us to develop Northern Manchuria, and if the Jews are settled there, they’ll inevitably have to rely on Russia.
Otherwise, another option might be to take Poland and establish Israel on Polish land later.
Northern Manchuria, Northern Manchuria.
Yeah. I wonder what the ethnic composition is like right now?
“What is the ethnic composition over there right now?”
“It’s multi-ethnic. There are some Han Chinese and Manchu populations, but there are also quite a number of our Russians who migrated due to the Civil War, as well as Jewish and Korean people.”
I’ve heard that White Russians and Red Russians have clashed in Harbin, so I thought the Russians would be the majority. But there are also Koreans?
“Koreans?”
“There are quite a few who came over from Northern Manchuria. Recently, a person named Mutaguchi Renya from the Manchurian Army has been sending thousands of promising recruits to fill the ranks of the Asian Cavalry Division.”
So they are the shadow independence fighters.
All of them might end up striking at Japan later on.
Isn’t it really possible that I wasn’t actually a Korean in my past life?
Or maybe someone like me has possessed a Korean?
Could it really be true?
Since the original history was also quite unusual, perhaps it’s not so strange for this person to turn out to be a real Korean.
Well, as long as they fill up the populace in Northern Manchuria, that’s great.
Those Koreans who’ve crossed over should help with the development of Northern Manchuria as well.
“Let’s suggest to the Jews coming from Poland that they head to Northern Manchuria. Tell them we’ll support them in settling if they accept.”
“Yes.”
Northern Manchuria, huh? Now that I think about it, I haven’t really paid much attention since hearing that it was captured by the Asian Cavalry Division.
Northern Manchuria. After all, I’ll need to strike at Japan in the future.
So, I should be paying more attention to that side too.
“The major city in Northern Manchuria is Harbin, right?”
“Yes.”
“It would be nice for me to visit Harbin. After being focused on Europe since the Civil War, it seems I haven’t really paid attention to the Far East.”
I stood up confidently.
Originally, this place has the potential to be home to places like the Far Eastern Republic, so I should definitely visit the Asian side.
Now that the Whites have won the Civil War, many Communists have fled that area. Personally, I’d like to visit it since it’s relatively close to the Korean Peninsula now.
I would also like to see the Koreans who are in Russia during this era.
“It would be a bit much for Your Majesty to visit Harbin personally.”
“While security has been secured, is there really anything of note there?”
“Yes. The Jewish immigration is happening, and it may be good to visit then.”
It seems the ministers are trying to dissuade me.
It’s funny that what they say to avoid doing is often what I want to do most.
Is it really not a good idea to go now?
Maybe it would be better to wait until later when the Jews have settled down.
I returned to my seat with a glum expression.
“Separately, a man named Robert Goddard insisted that he really wants to meet Your Majesty.”
The Black Baron, who had been assessing my mood, finally spoke.
I never expected to hear Goddard’s name from Wrangel.
Perhaps he’s managing Goddard since weaponization is on the horizon.
“What does he want?”
“He wishes to showcase experiments on liquid-fuel rockets to Your Majesty.”
“Then I suppose we should see that.”
Alright. Let’s take a look at what our Goddard has been making.