Chapter 492 Interference in the Civil War

"We must not sit back and watch the peace in Europe be destroyed, let alone watch the Red Terror sweep across Europe. Gentlemen and ladies, perhaps such a choice will bring Europe into war again, but we have no other choice. For the country of everyone here can maintain peace, we should resolutely eliminate all forces, even countries, that cause trouble to peace. Let us take action, all for peace, long live peace!" At a meeting of the World Alliance, when discussing the Hungarian Civil War, The British representative stood up directly and spoke impassionedly.

Regardless of whether what the British representative said made sense or not, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

There is no way, the British Empire is the most powerful country now. At present, only France can fight against the British Empire, but the French will not easily offend the British.

Representatives of Australasia were naturally among those who applauded. After all, intervening in the Hungarian civil war was also something Australasia wanted to see.

For monarchies like Australasia and the British Empire, Soviet Russia's ideology, which can destroy monarchies, is definitely their biggest concern.

Even targeting the United States can be slowed down slightly. After all, the Americans threaten the entire Australasia, but Soviet Russia threatens Arthur and the monarchy.

The British representative was very satisfied with the applause from the audience, and then said: "The World Alliance properly fulfills its responsibilities and provides assistance to weak countries. I propose that all member states jointly send troops to help Hungary end the war, and jointly introduce restrictions The policy of Soviet Russian ideological dissemination ensured that our country would not be affected.”

If you have a map, you can see that the location of Hungary is actually very important.

With Hungary as the center, it can threaten Russia's Polish region to the north, the entire Balkans to the south, Italy and Austria to the west, and Russia's Ukraine region through Galicia to the east.

If Russia controls this area, it will not only consolidate its rule in Poland and Galicia, but also use Hungary as a springboard to gradually encroach on the Balkans and expand Russia's territory to Central Europe.

This was unacceptable to the British Empire. Let’s not talk about the impact of Soviet Russia’s expansion on neighboring countries. Russia alone, which controlled the Balkans, was enough to have an impact on the hegemony of the British Empire.

The British Empire did not allow this to happen during the previous Tsarist Russia, let alone the current Soviet Russia.

A considerable number of countries are willing to accept the British Empire's proposal, such as Romania and Serbia near Hungary.

Romania is directly adjacent to Russia, so it is difficult to guarantee that the next victim after Hungary will not be Romania.

The only way to ensure Romania's security is to defeat Soviet Russia in the Hungarian Civil War and directly prevent the possibility of Soviet Russia's ideology expanding to the outside world.

In addition to being adjacent to Hungary, Serbia was also a supporting country of Tsarist Russia.

If Tsarist Russia fell, it would not be a good thing for Serbia.

In addition, Italy also expressed support for intervention in the Hungarian civil war.

However, Italy's purpose is different from that of a small country like Romania. Italy's more real purpose is to extend its hand deeper into the Balkan Peninsula.

But in any case, with the flag-waving and shouting of these countries, more countries supported intervention in the civil war.

Coupled with the many countries that had originally surrendered to the British Empire, the British Empire took the initiative in this meeting with its numerical advantage and successfully got the World Alliance to issue a resolution to intervene in the Hungarian Civil War.

In May 1919, just a few days after the Hungarian Civil War began, the World League publicly announced that it would intervene in the Hungarian Civil War and help the Hungarians restore peace.

This intervention is definitely not just words. The British Empire is expected to send 50,000 troops, Italy 30,000, France 30,000, Australasia 10,000, and the remaining member states ranging from 20,000 to 5,000, with a total force of more than 150,000. people, to forcefully intervene in the Hungarian Civil War.

However, both sides of the Hungarian Civil War did not have many troops. As one of the defeated parties, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army was reduced by more than half.

The original government of the Kingdom of Hungary only had an army of more than 60,000 people left, and was fully succeeded by Prime Minister Tisza, Commander-in-Chief of the United Armed Forces.

The workers' party supported by Soviet Russia launched an armed rebellion with less than 40,000 troops. However, these troops included some soldiers with relatively strong combat effectiveness. These people may not be Hungarians, but may be soldiers sent by Soviet Russia.

After all, these 40,000 people can compete with the government army of more than 60,000 people, which is enough to prove that these temporarily formed armies are not simple.

It will take some time for the World Alliance's joint army to be formed. This does not mean that the World Alliance does not have any plans before taking actual action.

The first was to provide support to the Hungarian government. The Italians took the initiative to contract weapons and equipment and promised to deliver them to the Hungarian government within a week.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is not very good, the weapons and equipment produced in Italy are barely world-class, and they are perfect for supporting the Hungarian government's civil war.

Faced with Italy's positive attitude, others would naturally not say anything. After all, weapons and equipment cost their own money.

In addition to supporting the Hungarian government, the World Alliance also publicly announced that it would block all trade routes to Soviet Russia and prohibit all member states of the World Alliance from conducting private trade with Soviet Russia.

As a new country, Soviet Russia was not that strong at the beginning.

After all, no matter how powerful the Soviet consciousness is, it is still just a country that inherited part of the Russian territory. Its strength is not even comparable to that of Tsarist Russia in its heyday, so it urgently needs materials from the outside to make up for the domestic production gap.

As long as all Soviet Russia's foreign trade routes can be cut off, even if Soviet Russia will not be severely injured, it will definitely hinder the development trend of Soviet Russia.

The British Empire's desire to cut off Soviet Russia's foreign trade routes was definitely not just talk. Under the leadership of the British Empire, the member states of the World Alliance signed a trade restriction convention, requiring the countries that signed the treaty to prohibit trade with Soviet Russia. No supplies can enter or exit the Baltic Sea and Black Sea at will.

The World League's decision to intervene in the Hungarian Civil War and the treaty restricting Soviet Russia became hot news throughout Russia and even the world in a short period of time.

Hungary still welcomes the World League's decision to intervene in the civil war. After all, the Hungarian people initially only wanted to break away from the Austro-Hungarian government. They were satisfied after the establishment of the Hungarian Democratic Republic. They never thought about or supported the workers' party to launch civil war.

But it is obvious that the Hungarian civil war is no longer in the hands of the Hungarians.

Not to mention the Hungarians, even the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had previously been the suzerainty of Hungary, had no better way to deal with the domestic situation in Hungary at this time.

Theoretically, the current Austro-Hungarian Empire should be called the Austrian Empire. After all, Hungary has already become independent, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire has not taken any countermeasures so far.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After all, as one of the defeated countries, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army size was strictly limited to less than 150,000.

Although the restrictions imposed by various countries on the Austro-Hungarian Empire are not as strict as those of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which lost 60,000 Hungarian troops, currently has less than 90,000 troops that can be mobilized.

Even Karl I, who frequently made mistakes, found it impossible to rely on less than 90,000 troops to resolve the Hungarian civil war.

Moreover, after Hungary became independent, many countries immediately expressed support for Hungary's independence, including Tsarist Russia and Italy.

It was already difficult for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to maintain unity after the war. Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible to compete with the victorious countries and regain the dominance of Hungary.

With the intervention of the World Alliance, the Hungarian civil war was quickly put down.

Compared with the prairie fire of Soviet Russia, the Soviet Civil War was just a spark, and the World Alliance was immediately extinguished as soon as it got serious.

But Hungary after peace was the area that governments were vying for.

Although the nominal purpose is to restore peace in Hungary, the actions of various countries cannot be fruitless.

For an important country like Hungary that could threaten Russia and Poland, the British Empire really wanted to have it in its hands.

If you want to win over the Hungarian government, Prime Minister Tisza, the person in charge of the government, is a key figure.

Prime Minister Tisza has a high prestige in Hungarian politics. As early as the period of the Royal Government, Prime Minister Tisza was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Royal Government many times, and even had a certain say in the cabinet of Franz I.

However, after the death of Franz I, the imperial government's cabinet was controlled by Austria, and the Kingdom of Hungary could no longer interfere at all.

It was precisely because of this incident that Prime Minister Tisza lost his support for Karl I and acquiesced in the Royal Hungarian government's policy of resisting the imperial government.

Prime Minister Tisza also had the shadow of Prime Minister Tisza behind him when he refused to be requisitioned for grain, even openly jacked up prices, and falsely accused the imperial government of purchasing grain that caused the price increase.

This has allowed Prime Minister Tisza to win the support of Hungary's petty bourgeoisie and some farmers. He not only has high prestige in the political arena, but also has a high level of support among the people.

In addition, he won over the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and directly controlled Hungary's military power, making Prime Minister Tisza the decisive figure for the government of the Hungarian Democratic Republic, and basically all the power of the government was controlled by Tisza.

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