Chapter 1037 Layout 2
Chapter 1037 Layout 2
As for why we still care about Hungary and Romania? This question is actually very simple. Is it impossible for the prince to let Hungary directly take away nearly half of its territory, more than 200,000 square kilometers of Hungary, as agreed before by the Austro-Hungarian dual empire? It’s a good idea to think of these guys! If it really comes time to split, the prince will naturally get as much as he can, and the prerequisite for getting the benefits is that Hungary's strength is greatly reduced! They cannot control some ethnic areas, and the way to weaken Hungary's strength is naturally to let them fight more wars!
Don't say that the prince didn't give Hungary a chance to expand. We will cooperate with you to attack Romania! We've beaten it down, but whether you can digest it or not is up to you. If you die, you can't blame me! Therefore, the prince's idea is very simple. As long as smooth transportation, food and oil supplies are ensured, the Hungarians can do whatever they want. No matter how it is done, as a country with a GDP less than 60% of that of Bavaria, it would be unreasonable to want to eat Romania unless something goes wrong!
Historically, after the Hungarians accepted the so-called national self-determination proposal, they thought that they could just take the Hungarian part of the original Austro-Hungarian dual empire and draw a clear line with Vienna. But in fact, the Hungarian people tried to break through Tucson. ! How could the Entente allow Hungary, a middle power, to exist? ! Therefore, after the war, Hungary only had more than 40% of the territory within the empire! It was decisively sold by the Allied Powers. For the Allied Powers, the so-called national self-determination also includes those ethnic minorities in Hungary! No more cuddles with Austria to keep warm? Hungary is also a target of liquidation!
In the prince's view, the national question is no less important than the military question. What has the prince been doing all these years? Apart from farming, the only thing left is to bribe the Czechs in Austria! Maintaining a good relationship with the top management, using benefits to bribe the middle-level and intellectuals, and using violent means to suppress the separatists. Now that the Czechs are stable, and with the addition of the original Germans in Austria, the prince can ensure that once the family is separated in the future, Austria will The fundamentals of the two countries will not change. As for getting more benefits, they can only resort to some tricks to make Hungary and the Balkan countries suffer internal losses!
What are the roots of the rise of nationalism? One of the reasons is national self-determination, and the second reason is that the small countries nearby are causing trouble. The third reason is that under the propaganda of intellectuals and the ruling class, the lower class people believe that life will be better if they are independent. Therefore, if you want to solve the problem of nationalism, you must start from these three aspects. The first awakening of nationalism, there is no way... After all, once people are agitated, it is very extreme. Don't talk about being an adult, just go home and look at the naughty children in your own home...
As for the latter two, they can naturally be dealt with. Just conquer the independent small country, and just crush it directly, leaving them suffocated for more than ten years! This is how the Austro-Hungarian Empire dealt with Serbia. As for the latter, in fact, all it takes is for the Serbians in Austria to realize that their lives are much better than those of their poor relatives next to them. Over time, civilian nationalism will gradually replace nationalism. There are examples of this. For example, after the five Middle East wars, the oil tyrants in the Middle East no longer care about Palestine.
Earlier, when Egypt regained the territory it lost in the Fourth Middle East War, it no longer looked for trouble with Israel. To put it bluntly, nationalism is nothing more than a country that cannot improve the quality of life of its people after reunification. Just a dose of stimulant!
Therefore, in this war, the prince's principle is to try to maintain the vitality of the nations and regions that belong to Austria or may join Austria in the future. As for the others? For example, Hungary, which has a strong separatist tendency, will do whatever you want to do. If you don’t want to do it, we will help you do it...
Now that the guidelines have been resolved, it’s time to make specific tactical arrangements. Mobilizing the entire 14 divisions and associated troops is not an easy task, especially since the prince and prince still don’t know when Russia will launch an offensive. . Everything is a matter of time. The two divisions originally deployed near Lviv can quickly enter the fortress area, and then the three Czech divisions and one Bavarian division in the Bohemian area can also arrive quickly through the railway line with full personnel. This is the first wave of strike force that can be mobilized within 10 days. And these are ordinary infantry divisions.
And want to transfer 8 divisions, including 1 breakthrough division and 3 rapid divisions, from Germany to the westernmost part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire... This matter is more troublesome. Even with the relatively complete railway network in Austria-Hungary, it would be troublesome to transfer these troops in a short time. After all, the breakthrough divisions and rapid divisions have a lot of tanks and other heavy equipment. It goes without saying that tanks, artillery, and ammunition must travel by rail, and the number of carriages used by these troops alone is probably a very disturbing number. As for the more than 100,000 people, it would be even more difficult to get through.
Do you really think that everything will be fine if you transport the people there? It was not that easy, because then the prince and prince suddenly received an intelligence message when they were designing the combat plan. Based on aerial reconnaissance, they found that this time the Russians' scheduled assembly positions were very numerous and scattered. This makes the staff unclear about the opponent's attack direction, so they cannot make effective preparations. After the prince saw the news, he felt a sense of déjà vu!
"It must be Borusinov who specified this plan!" the prince said in his heart, because this plan is very close to a battle named after him in history! This battle that claimed to have defeated two empires in one fell swoop was famous for its multi-point attacks and lightning-fast strikes! (Austro-Hungary was severely damaged, and Russia also exhausted all its strength in this attack!)
And this time? The same is true. Currently, more than a dozen Russian cavalry divisions have been discovered on the front line. According to inside intelligence, these cavalry divisions are completely different from those at the beginning of the war. These cavalry divisions rely more on rifles, machine guns and rapid-fire cannons. Fight, not with Cossack spears and sabers! That is to say, in theory, these cavalry have strong mobility and strong firepower. But when these cavalry expand linearly, the problem becomes serious!
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