I Became the Last Princess of the Brown Bear Kingdom

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“Honestly speaking, even the Qing Dynasty acknowledged it, but these half-baked government types are claiming ownership of Shanghai. It’s ridiculous from Israel’s perspective.”

“What do you mean?”

“If this continues, the Israeli army might just embrace this eastern land as part of Eastern Jerusalem.”

“What?”

“Since we’ve descended—no, established ourselves here, Central China is our land.”

“That’s complete nonsense!”

“If Shanghai isn’t officially recognized as our territory, our advance, our holy war will carry on.”

The problem wasn’t just Shanghai.

Old European colonial territories like Hong Kong and Macao.

Macao was returned, but unfortunately, not Hong Kong.

“When exactly will Hong Kong be returned? With warlords advancing eastward, we have to at least reclaim Hong Kong!”

“Hong Kong is an area where the capital from the Rome Treaty was invested. It’ll take some time to move all the infrastructure, so please wait.”

“Moving it?”

“The return of Hong Kong is also a problem we have to address. It’s only right to take all the infrastructure with us, isn’t it?”

Why are they so eager to gobble everything up?

Even if Hong Kong was returned due to the Rome Treaty, there was never any intention to simply hand it over to China.

Of course, if China had an abundance of money, it might be a different story, but this was more to prevent China from doing even slightly well.

“How long have you been oppressing us since the Qing Dynasty? Does that mean you’ll take everything back?”

“Without us, you wouldn’t have been able to build your railroads or modern buildings, you arrogant folks. And by the way, the Qing Dynasty is still in the northern autonomous regions.”

At this, the people of Hong Kong began to rise up.

If they were to say, “We are Chinese! Great powers, just get lost!” the various Chinese governments might have been moved enough to prepare to retake Hong Kong by force.

Unfortunately, the reason the Hong Kong people rose was different.

“I don’t want to be with those barbaric Chinese!”

“We desire Roman governance!”

“We Hongkongers choose to sever ties with China!”

Not to mention, discussions about the return of Hong Kong in the original world were rife; what would it be like here?

Of course, it’s not even the 21st century yet, so one could argue that no one longs for China any longer.

To put it bluntly, living under the full support of the world’s mightiest nation and enjoying all its benefits is better than being unable to unify and fighting among various local governments every single day. Would anyone really want to be part of China?

Thus, the people of Hong Kong raised their heads in opposition to the return.

“Oh dear, it can’t be helped! As the saying goes, ‘In Asia, public sentiment is the will of heaven,’ so we must maintain Hong Kong!”

In fact, during the return of Macao, many Chinese residents from there moved to Hong Kong.

“Given that the Chinese provincial governments might provoke us, we request that the Israeli government station peacekeeping forces in Balhae.”

They mobilized both Israel and the Balhae Army. Especially Israel, dreaming of a Greater Israel, repelled the Chinese military every time they were provoked.

Israel was emerging as the so-called bully of China.

“Shouldn’t we also take a shot at this?”

Feeling an itch to dive in, Balhae also started feeling the urge.

* * *

The space race had begun, and I was curious about how far America had advanced.

So, I dispatched Okhrana to America to find out, but unfortunately, disappointing news arrived from Beria.

“America seems to be in a rush with rocket development.”

“They’re working on rockets?”

“Yes. It appears they’re encountering some difficulties at the moment.”

“Why’s that?”

“It’s a simple matter. America has a lot of money, so they’ve become accustomed to just buying things.”

“Ah.”

Alongside this, it’s worth noting that many talents stayed stuck under the Rome Treaty whether they liked it or not.

Moreover, America had gone through a civil war.

In the process, a different America emerged, and the pillars of the nation likely shifted as well.

So, while there’s plenty of money, they became so accustomed to buying that they neglected to develop.

“Ugh.”

Still, isn’t ‘rocket development’ a bit much?

Even if it’s not the latest, they were supposed to transfer enough tech to catch up with us, right?

Ah, I see they’re pouring all their efforts into Japan.

In this world, Japan is bothering America in a different sense.

“Well, they probably couldn’t even think about spaceships given the social issues.”

“Social issues?”

What social problems could America have?

Ah, I have some ideas, but honestly, it probably isn’t the case.

“Yes, it seems the issue of black people persists. KFC was led by blacks as a communist party, and currently, the problem of discrimination against blacks is severe.”

“What’s the solution?”

If it were MacArthur, he’d likely sweep it all away.

“They said they would try their best to eliminate discrimination, but that won’t be easy.”

I see. No matter how much the government says not to discriminate, how can they stop it if it’s done on a civilian level?

During the Japanese occupation, the Korean Governor-General’s Office insisted that Koreans shouldn’t be discriminated against, yet Japanese business owners continuously discriminated against Koreans.

I’d heard stories like that.

“In the end, you can’t accommodate everyone.”

In any case, the civil war must’ve made it tough for black people.

Discrimination against blacks has been ongoing for a long time, but they even went through a civil war? It’s hard not to utter thoughts like that.

“Shall we incite the blacks like before?”

“No. If we were going to do that, we would have intervened long ago.”

If they start developing spaceships from now, it should yield some results.

This is an era where humans strive to push science to the extremes for the sake of space competition.

In the Middle East, particularly with Europe being peaceful, they can invest boundlessly in scientific advancement.

“This might advance faster than expected!”

We’ve even reached a point where discussions about the internet are coming up due to the communication technology needed to connect all of Europe.

Certainly, computer technology still lags behind a bit, but regardless.

One thing is clear: science is advancing for the purpose of ‘space exploration.’

It’ll likely develop far beyond 2024 in the original world.

“The problem is nuclear war.”

Will a nuclear war really break out like in history?

That’s probably why that old man sent me here. But really? Is it better for me, having changed my identity, to keep sticking around here?

I need to check with Pu and Xi through Okhrana.

Of course, one might wonder if capturing those guys will bring about peace, considering that second or third Pu and Xi might emerge, but that’s a matter for later.

As the days go by, I can’t help but worry—what if a nuclear war breaks out? The reason for Russia’s invasion in the Russian-Ukrainian war boils down to ‘justifications’ like NATO or neo-Nazi issues.

Since Europe is united, it might be fine for now.

Now then, the scientific aspect is settled.

“I like Serbia.”

Truly wrecked Serbia.

The civil war between the Pro-Danube Militia wanting to become Rome Treaty nationals and Serbian Chetniks has begun.

“What foolishness.”

“Well, they can obtain the nationality of the Rome Treaty.”

I nodded at Maria II’s words.

Those getting vaccinated or complying have already been filtered out from the beginning.

These are just different ideologies from Chetniks, but they are fundamentally the same breed, trying to kill the Chetniks to get even a fraction of rights for the Serbs.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk.”

In Korea, the north is a base of Reds. These guys are fighting over trivial matters.

It’s not even related to reds—jeez.

Don’t they realize they’re just playing into our hands?

While such events unfold in the backyard of the Danube Federation, the reasons the Danube Federation hasn’t mobilized troops and why weapons are suspiciously being distributed are apparent, right?

“Whatever.”

If evil tribes kill each other off, then that’s that.

It’s unfortunate, but it’s still pathetic. From our perspective, we find it satisfactory.

And the Greater Israel plan I heard from Maria II. I take great delight in it.

The Greater Israel plan—a plan for the conquest of China, or so they say.

Of course, given the standing of Israel, they wouldn’t be able to conquer all of China.

However, that determination is what matters.

The Israeli military is strong, and the Chinese military is weak.

There’s no doubt about it; the Chinese military is presently focused on bickering among themselves.

Would it be easy to cultivate elite soldiers in a quantity war where their forces clash?

More than that, there’s no need to mention the outdated tactics, and the disparity in weaponry is severe.

The Israeli military has access to the latest tanks and artillery, enough that they can withstand just by defending Shanghai.

When compared to the Israeli army, which has combat experience from Europe, where standards are worlds apart, it’s nothing less than catastrophic.

For some time, the Israeli army will dream of a Greater Israel, constantly engaging in battles in Southern China.

It’ll help regulate the Chinese population, making recovery a daunting task.

With a festering sore internally, can they really not address it?

The National Government, already drowning in low approval ratings, will need to expend effort just to pierce through to Shanghai.

“They’re planning to send migrants to North China.”

The autonomous government and the Qing Dynasty can’t really do anything about this.

Since they’re paying off and feel compelled to accept Israeli assistance to block the northern advance of the Southern Chinese warlords.

They’ll have no choice but to listen to this.

This approach is apparently about pushing in and establishing their own enclaves with administrative offices.

And whether by offering money or expulsion, they’ll chase out the Chinese. It’s essentially ethnic terraforming.

Of course, this approach has its limits. But at least for decades, China will rely on Israel’s hard carrying; it might just be lucky enough to reach the level of Vietnam.

Is it possible for Vietnam to rise against them?

“Indeed, the world is interesting.”

I never expected that changing history could be this exciting.

Moving forward, China will likely plummet even further.

“I’ve heard it said that the Israeli forces expanded their territory after five battles in the Shanghai combat.”

“Their combat power is quite something.”

So, a nation not entirely composed of Chinese will emerge once more in China.

But this time, the era is different and since they aren’t a minority group, the process of Sinicization will be tough.

“Isn’t Israel going to get too large?”

“Perhaps. They might realistically conquer China.”

That’s been the history of China.

This time, it’ll progress through both terraforming and warfare. But how has China’s history unfolded?

While Korea survived as vassal states, numerous ethnicities migrated south into Central China to form nations, causing division, slaughtering Han Chinese, and exerting dominance—this is the history of China.

Since that’s the history of China, they simply categorize the domination by nomadic ethnicities as their own history.

If fortunate, Israel might entirely engulf China, but the difference is that this method of conquest never has been seen in Chinese history, meaning Jews won’t assimilate into Chinese culture. But what will happen to those pushed out of their land remains to be seen.

“And it seems the U.S. is selling weapons to Chinese warlords through Vietnam.”

“In the meantime, Vietnam will take advantage of this for their own gain.”

America seems to be quite clever in its strategies.

If they have any thoughts, they’d just sell arms appropriately.

If they were to materially support one side, with MacArthur’s personality, it would’ve been obvious anyway.

And then we have Vietnam. They seem ready to put in an effort in this instance.

Well, France left many things behind in Vietnam.

With adequate support from America, wouldn’t their situation improve even more than in the original history?

What’s unexpected is that Ho Chi Minh has created a rather strange capitalist state instead of communism being eradicated.

So, ultimately, it returns to Israel.

“Yes. That seems likely.”

“I don’t think Israel would ever relinquish Shanghai.”

I currently wonder how the Greater Israel project will unfold. I’m super curious.

They wouldn’t just start a quarrel in the south without a plan. How is China persistently provoking?

“First, from the Eastern Jerusalem (the capital of Israel), Shanghai has been declared as Southern Jerusalem.”

Declaring Shanghai as Southern Jerusalem.

That’s kind of amusing, isn’t it? Well, from Israel’s perspective, that might actually be preferable.

“The National Government folks must be foaming at the mouth.”

On their part, Eastern Jerusalem must feel pretty awful too. But Southern Jerusalem?

For the National Army, it was only natural to charge in without knowing what was what.

The unfortunate part is that no matter what, what can be done in a divided China?

“It appears that the country called China has no option but to use the tactics of mismanagement.”

That seems to be the case. Just how terrifying have China’s historical tactics of mismanagement been?

The Soviets endured the Nazi German onslaught by farming people to replenish their ranks.

They even retaliated using Lend-Lease assistance, putting pressure on Nazi Germany to surrender. China’s history has essentially been a chronicle of mismanagement.

“Shall we sell more weapons?”

It seems it would be amusing if we sold even more weapons.