@ Strategos' Risk: Thank you for your interest in my AAR. I was thinking about including Legitimists too, but I'll rather leave them for the future. Action Francaise (currently not allowed to operate as all other parties) will need another Bourbon claimant in the future to counter Republicans (and maybe Bonapartists too) when Dassault (hopefully) decide that situation is stable enough to end the rule of Junta and re-establish democracy. King of German-puppeted France comes from new French royal family that was founded by Germans after destruction of Commune of France by puting George of Hannover, young German noble, in the French throne. Brittany and Normandy have also German monarchs (this is obvious from their names).
Thanks for comments, everyone!
Japanese air space
12 April 2011
Sergey Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, ended his visit in Japan. Ilyushin Il-96 carried Russian foreign minister and several other diplomats back home. Lavrov was thinking about the secret agreement that was made with Japanese. He was thinking about the Tzar's decision. Is Mongolia now more important interest for Russia than Vladivostok? It's true that Okhotsk has become the most important Russian port in Far East. There wasn't much choice anyway. Russia is sticking to Entente, and Entente is going to launch the project of global co-prosperity. Russia has made the best decisions in this situation. Russian Empire has withdrawn the claims from Transamur, and Japanese have ended their secret protection over Mongolia.
The airplane passed Korea and entered the air space of Fengtien Republic. Lavrov was thinking about Mongolia. The most isolated country on the planet was a great mistery. Mongolia became independent after the fall of Qing Empire. During the civil war in Russia, White commander Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg responded the invatation of displaced Mongol ruler Bogd Khan and liberate Mongolia from Republican Chinese forces that occupied independent monarchy. Von Sternberg, the great mystic and admirer of Eastern civilizations, became dictator of Mongolia while Bogd Khan preserved the formal status of religious and political leader. Von Sternberg cut all ties with Russia and became fully dedicated to Mongol cause. He even believed that he was reincarnation of Genghis Khan.
Bogd Khan, Spiritual head and monarch of Mongolia from 1911 to 1924.
However, his ambitious plans for restoration of great empire didn't come true. Two years after the death of Bogd Khan in 1924, Von Sternberg officially declared himself for Khan of Mongolia. He maintained good relations with Tibet, country which shared with Mongolia a strong tradition of Budhist Lamaism. Sternberg's advisor, fellow Russian officer that was loyal to Baron in all his adventures, left Mongolia and moved to Russia after the Baron's death in 1972, and revealed much about the strange Khan. In late 1930s, Von Sternberg planned to liberate all Mongol lands first, and then try to expand his influence in China. Baron planned to forge an alliance with Tibet and also with Qing Empire. Three mighty defenders of tradition would then save the China from corrupted foreigned influences, especially from Western and Japanese imperialism. However, Qing Empire proved to be ''infected'' with Western influence too much, as Pu-Yi found Germans as more reliable allies than Mongols.
Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, dictator of Mongolia.
Despite the Qing ''betrayal'', Sternberg insisted with his ambitions. He tried to establish connections with Shangqing Tianguo, spiritual successor of Taiping Tianguo. This rebellious theocratic revolutionary state preached spiritual purity and removal of all corrupted influences from China. However, Sternberg saw salvation ideas of Great Teacher Zhang Tianran being too alienated from the noble Eastern spirituality, while Zhang Tianran also wasn't amused about Sternberg's view on absolutist monarchy as ideal political structure. Von Sternberg cut the ties with Shanqing Tianguo and prepared for joint Mongol-Tibetan strike on lands of Ma warlords. Unfortunately for Von Sternberg, it was too late for such plan. Ma brothers started to approach the Qing Empire and Tibetans saw such plan too risky now. Von Sternberg later also tried to seek alliance with Turkestan, but Russian actions in Central Asia prevented establishment of such alliance. Russians soon became more suspicious about Mongolia and Khan forgot about his plans and wrapped the country into isolation.
The Great Teacher Zhang Tianran.
Baltic-German Russian Baron who proclaimed himself for Khan of Mongolia died without descendants. Mongol nobles of his court fought for his legacy. Since then, Mongolia was ruled by many diffrent self-proclaimed Khans who never ruled very long. Internal fractions were weakening the country and Mongolia would quickly become prey of her neighbours if there wasn't silent Japanese protection. Japanese Empire supported Mongolia to counter interests of it's rivals in China, especially Russian Empire and Qing Empire. Now, this protection was withdrawn with secret deal between Russia and Japan. However, this Russo-Japanese agreement was part of much bigger agreement between Entente and Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Ilyushin Il-96 finally entered the Russian air space.
Some days after mysterious visit of Russian diplomacy in Japan, Russian Empire issued ultimatum to Khanate of Mongolia. Russians demanded return of territories that were occupied by Sternberg's Mongolia during chaos in Russia. Mongolian leaders, still believing in Japanese protection, refused Russian demands. With Mongolia refusing to cave into Russian demands, Russia decided to execute her claims by force.
