Ch.277Let’s Split India (4) (Map Attached)

# The Empress’s Intervention in India

“Hmm, these Indians are rather dull. If they’re going to be this frightened, why bother causing trouble in the first place?”

For some reason, Patton, who had planted himself firmly in the Russian military camp, clicked his tongue lightly.

Sure, you can click your tongue all you want, but why are you here doing this? What a strange fellow.

“Well, they weren’t exactly rebelling against us.”

From the beginning, it was just bad luck.

Gandhi not listening to me is annoying, but that can’t be considered a military rebellion against the Rome Treaty.

We stepped in to firmly establish control from the start, but anyway… What power could a country that just gained independence from colonialism use to stand against the world? For India, it was simply bad luck.

“Has there been any reaction from your country?”

“Nothing so far. As long as His Majesty honors the agreement with the United States, our government likely won’t bother intervening in India.”

It would be troublesome if the United States took India. But America doesn’t have that intention right now.

Well, with India already divided, rather than making one of those countries an ally against the Rome Treaty, they’ll probably just leave it alone.

Ironically, because of the civil war, I who divided India have become more beloved by Indians, which is quite absurd.

MacArthur might have something to say about this. But MacArthur probably won’t be able to criticize the Rome Treaty more than necessary.

After all, the Indians are just praising me, and we’re not doing anything, so what can America do? With the Pacific defense line in place, America couldn’t intervene in India no matter what we did there.

Even though America has produced many fleets, the Roman fleet is just as strong.

It would be right to conclude India’s affairs at this point. I’ve finished business in New Delhi, and now it’s time to return.

Next, I need to match our Vladimir, who’s becoming an old bachelor, with Friederike of the German Empire.

The world is truly moving at a fast pace. How many emperors in the world could be as busy as I am? I think there might be none other than me in all of Russian history.

The only regret is that I couldn’t eradicate the caste system.

Well, now I was planning to leave Delhi to return home.

“Anastasia, the imperialist empress who divided India! I will judge you, enemy of the Indian people!”

Some madman jumped out in front of me, babbling in a language I didn’t understand.

I’d been hearing everything through interpreters until now, so it wasn’t particularly a problem, but this guy who suddenly appeared mumbled something to himself and then pulled out a gun.

“Your Majesty!”

“Wow. I can’t believe such idiots still exist.”

But I don’t want to keep facing assassination threats.

I don’t know if this is the pain that people who actually die feel, but it’s extremely painful.

Getting shot hurts, and being hit by a bomb feels like your whole body is being torn apart before coming back—it’s like a rubber band feeling, which is unpleasant. So I now prepare for assassination attempts.

Walther PPK automatic pistol.

I fought in the civil war, and at this point, it’s natural to prepare against assassination attempts.

That would-be assassin spotted me and, with trembling hands, struggled to draw his gun, pulled the trigger, and aimed precisely at my forehead.

Bang!

“Well. It doesn’t work, you see.”

The bullet that hit my forehead fell powerlessly.

Having demonstrated the difference in our levels, I aimed at his chest and fired a bullet.

“Kuheoeoek!”

The Indian assassin collapsed with a clean bullet hole in his chest.

Being hit by bullets still hurts a bit, but seeing his state made me feel better.

“Your Majesty?”

“It’s simple. The bullets in this assassin’s gun were so soft from corruption that they couldn’t even penetrate human flesh.”

I’m not a god.

It’s just that this assassin’s bullets were terribly poor quality.

“But what did this man shout just now?”

“According to the interpreter, he called you the imperialist empress who divided India and said he would judge the enemy of the Indian people.”

Hmm, that sounds like a communist.

No matter how you look at it, calling someone “enemy of the people” makes them look like a communist.

I’m absolutely not saying this because I want to beat up India. This is just an unavoidable reality.

“A communist, then.”

“Yes. That’s what we can assume.”

Right. A communist. They remained in India too.

Well, seeing how German reds spread their red seeds in the colonies, it was bound to explode eventually.

Especially India, where German reds put in a lot of effort. There’s definitely a possibility.

“So, India is now under communist threat, and we need to catch these reds?”

What do I always say? Reds must be killed first, second, and third.

Although it was a colony, that’s all the more reason not to show mercy.

We cannot allow the red fire to grow in the hearts of colonized people.

“Then.”

“Lord Patton, contact your country. The Tsar has just faced an assassination attempt, so ask whether the United States, an ally of the Rome Treaty, will send troops to join us in punishing them, or if the Rome Treaty will handle it alone.”

At my words, Patton’s eyes sparkled.

Seeing this gentleman’s eyes sparkle, he’s still quite bellicose.

It seems he wants to race across the Indian subcontinent with tanks.

“Oh, so the peacekeeping force becomes an invasion force.”

My, calling it an invasion force is harsh. Are we invading? No.

Indian communists tried to kill the Russian monarch.

We’re only “deeply intervening” temporarily to catch these communists and protect the peace of the Indian people.

“Not an invasion force. There are communists remaining in the Republic of Bharat, and the Rome Treaty and United States, as anti-communist collective groups, must rightfully step in. Above all, a head of state was nearly assassinated, so intervention is unavoidable. That should be sufficient, right?”

This justification should be enough.

The situation is already as divided as it can be, and considering how the leaders of each faction were beaten by the Indian Provisional Government…

“Hmm, I can run wild again after a while. I’ll contact my country.”

Patton excitedly rushed off somewhere.

Is that man truly Kali incarnate?

I have knowledge of the future, so I inevitably got involved in everything, but that gentleman seems to have a body that needs to fight.

Well, as long as he doesn’t die unlike in the original history, that would be good.

* * *

Washington D.C., United States

MacArthur of the United States wrinkled his face mercilessly behind his sunglasses at the news from India.

For a moment, he doubted whether his ears had heard correctly.

Yes. An Indian communist tried to kill the Tsar.

Does this make any sense? Did an Indian communist really try to kill the Tsar?

“This is insane. Are these Indians in their right mind? Trying to assassinate a head of state?”

He thought that since they were communists, it might be possible, but still, this seemed a bit much.

Moreover, the fact that this news was conveyed to the United States suggests that they’re deliberately planning to do something to India.

They’ve already divided it as much as possible, so now they intend to catch the communists in the Republic of Bharat who committed this act.

“The Rome Treaty says they can’t handle it alone and asks the United States military to join in occupying the entire Republic of Bharat.”

Right. If they’re not going to monopolize it, that’s not bad.

But there’s a problem.

“Ha, that Tsar. Why does she insist on traveling around and getting assassination attempts? Could it be a fabrication—no, that can’t be. According to Patton’s report, it’s certain.”

The Tsar that MacArthur had seen in person was no ordinary woman.

It’s awkward to say, but her eyes were not human eyes—they seemed almost insane.

She may have personally caught reds in the Civil War, but there was something more severe about her.

It felt as if something inhuman was wearing the Tsarina’s skin.

Thus, she desired endless struggle and fighting without world unification for peace. Like the history of humanity so far, she wanted a history of competition.

So India is slightly suspicious, but no matter how you look at it, the Tsar wouldn’t go so far as to fabricate something like this while Europe is recovering and decolonization is underway.

After all, Gandhi was the original cause.

“In that case, we have no choice but to join them.”

What kind of appearance would it be if everyone else participates and we stay out? The American military must inevitably step in.

Since peacekeeping forces are already there, mobilization shouldn’t be too difficult.

* * *

New Delhi, Republic of Bharat

Something that should never have happened occurred in the Republic of Bharat.

The peacekeeping force officially transformed into an invasion force.

Of course, they weren’t killing or disturbing civilians, but they began advancing troops into all regions of the Republic of Bharat, claiming to catch communists.

The newly established Kashmir Republic, Dinia, Magadha, Hyderabad State, and others also cooperated enthusiastically by sending troops that had fought against the Indian Provisional Government.

The Indians of the Republic of Bharat nearly fainted.

It felt like the nightmare of the colonial era was returning.

To be honest, the situation in the Republic of Bharat was so bad that the days of serving under Britain almost seemed better, and now the peacekeeping forces remained to eradicate communists in the name of anti-communism.

Chandra Bose couldn’t protest here.

It was true that these crazy communists had tried to kill the Tsar.

“Find the communists! Don’t let a single one live!”

Russian and American troops entered local areas to root out communists.

After the country was divided, the Republic of Bharat was already struggling to manage itself, and the government didn’t even know if there were actually any communists.

Of course, it would be strange to assume there weren’t any.

After all, communist Germany had worked on India for a long time.

Just because the oppressor, Britain, withdrew out of goodwill doesn’t mean they would say, “I won’t become communist!”

Moreover, although the Republic of Bharat wasn’t as strong as the Indian Provisional Government that forcibly united the Indian subcontinent, it was still in a different league from other countries on the subcontinent.

“How could this happen? What’s going on?”

“Well, the Russian Emperor was nearly assassinated!”

“Who would do such a crazy thing?”

“They say it was communists. And that officials from the Provisional Government were behind it!”

At this time, the only people left in the Republic of Bharat were those who agreed with the caste system and approved of continuing past evil practices.

But with the emergence of communists, people had to avoid the Russian and American troops who were rampaging for revenge.

The Republic of Bharat had no choice but to comply with all demands to somehow appease the Russian troops and the American troops that had entered the mainland.

At this point, I decided to tie everything to the caste system.

As long as neighboring countries maintained the caste system, considering the long history of the caste system in other Indian states, they might be influenced.

The Republic of Bharat must also abolish the caste system.

The ruling class of the caste system is a bit problematic, but Chandra Bose seems to want that too. He might not like the aspect of foreign intervention, but what can he do about it?

“From now on, anyone who harbors reds will be brought to trial!”

The Russian and American troops settled in the Republic of Bharat with various excuses.

And by this point, the legitimacy of the Republic of Bharat began to crumble.

Well, it’s time to bring it up now.

Time to tear apart the system of the Republic of Bharat that tries to repeat evil practices.

“This is all because of the caste system.”

Here, I mention the caste system again.

How wonderful that we could set up the stage to destroy the caste system thanks to the communists.

Lenin, who died in an explosion, would probably faint if he saw this scene.

Using communists to eliminate the caste system.

“Why is the caste system suddenly being brought up?”

“Isn’t the caste system very suitable for planting communists? With such evil practices existing, it’s natural for communists who want to overthrow the government to thrive in this Republic of Bharat. We will deal with the communists, but it will be difficult if you don’t fundamentally change!”

I suppressed protesting officials using communism as justification.

An absurd sophistry.

Of course, the caste system was an appropriate pretext to link with communists.

However, if we examine the cause, it was due to communist Germany, and the caste system doesn’t have much plausibility to be linked here, but anyway, it’s not completely unrelated—and we had the power to force this argument.

Originally, forcing an argument is possible when you have power.

Was the Opium War a just war? Wasn’t it committed to sell opium?

“I agree with the peacekeeping force commander. Isn’t this all because of the caste system?”

And so, the abolition of the caste system came up unexpectedly.

“The caste system should be abolished slowly. Doing it immediately could cause social chaos!”

Chandra Bose seems to want to do it slowly out of concern for the future.

He really loves slow abolition. But you know what? We can’t let it slide so easily.

“Wasn’t a monarch nearly killed? Just not erasing the Republic of Bharat is already not enough to kneel before Mother Tsar. Are you really saying this now?”

Zhukov slammed his fist on the desk in anger.

I quietly watched as Zhukov vented his anger at Chandra Bose.

Honestly, I want to return to Russia right now, but it seems we need to fix newly independent India from its roots.

Shouldn’t we handle things properly?

India is already divided, and if someone asks why we need to interfere with the caste system, the answer is simple.

I just don’t like it. That alone is reason enough.