Chapter 1503 The Wind Rises II
Chapter 1503 The Wind Blows 2
"I have orders from the General Headquarters of the Eastern Front in my hand! All those who have weapons in their hands must immediately gather in the open space on the left! I will give you 10 minutes. Those who do not act after the time limit will be directly regarded as enemies!" On a wild place on the outskirts of Brest, a group of gendarmes wearing the uniform of the Bohemian Legion surrounded a large convoy of civilians from East Prussia, as well as casual Prussian armed personnel, who were similar to the police The character is armed, but it's not exactly an army!
In order to avoid misfiring and causing irreparable things, everyone's weapons are not loaded with live ammunition, but surrounded by several armored vehicles, this military police force is still very powerful! Especially under the premise that they still hold the order of the Supreme Commander on the Eastern Front.
"I am Captain Hill. I request to negotiate with the highest military officer here." A man in his 30s stepped out from the opposite crowd. He handed his gun to the person next to him and stretched out his hands. , indicating that he has no weapons. After getting the other party's permission, he came to an armored vehicle.
"Well, the equipment is good. These people have finally freed their legs." Captain Hill walked slowly and looked at the troops surrounding him. Judging from the weapons, they were just ordinary military police equipment, but their vehicles were There are really many, enough to transport all the people, fully mechanized troops, to be honest, before he retreated from the front line, he had not seen a fully mechanized army in the entire East Prussian Army! There's always something that needs to be transported on four-legged horses, and most people move on their legs!
Captain Hill is not worried that this matter will turn into a bloody incident, because the order above is to escort the immigrants into the designated area, which is already an occupied area, and they also bring a hairy weapon! The weapons of all personnel are of the minimum standard, and before seeing the other party, he has ordered everyone to return the bullets. The other party is a military police. If there is a conflict, he must be the one who is finished! And as a keen officer, he could clearly feel that although the opponent was hostile, he definitely had no killing intent!
The sharpness of the soldier allowed him to accurately judge the situation, so the disarmament of the two sides so far is quite normal. But he had a faint feeling that he was in trouble, because under normal circumstances, the Allied High Command would not mobilize the military police in the name of the command. On the Eastern Front, the Prussian Legion, Bavarian Legion, Austrian Legion, and Hungarian Legion all had strong independence. Generally, the gendarmes of each legion took care of their own affairs, and had never encountered a situation like today.
"Captain, your men have crossed your jurisdiction and entered other troops' places, frankly, over the line. So, so far, you must follow our orders. We have orders from the high command that can Supervise all troops!" The major on the opposite side said to Captain Hill after understanding the basic situation.
"We just protect these immigrants from being robbed by bandits. We didn't intentionally invade these areas. Besides, isn't this the territory of Germany?" Captain Hill said.
"First of all, this is the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! It is the Bohemian Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire stationed here! This is our defense zone, not the defense zone of the German Empire! And your actions are tantamount to invasion! All of you will Detained, and everything you said will become evidence in court!" The major reprimanded severely!
"But not long ago, the Bavarian Army was stationed here!" The captain said loudly.
"However, you don't have the access certificate issued by the Bavarian Legion, but we have! Well, let's pass these words to those who are going to listen to you! Now we are going to perform official duties!" The major who led the team did not intend to explain too much After dividing the armed personnel and immigrants into two groups and detaining them and handing them over to others, this force began to move towards the next accident point!
The remaining personnel of the Bavarian Army and the Bohemian Army were very agile, and in a very short period of time, all those who crossed the border were detained. And of course there will be some resistance. There will also be some conflicts, and at this time, journalists and photographers accompanying the army will take pictures of military personnel attacked by immigrants, and then hand them over to the newspaper to be published on the front page of tomorrow!
"Remember, sometimes, a newspaper office is better than 3,000 Mauser rifles! This is the ammunition we have to win this battle!" The prince wrote in his instructions.
Just as Bavaria was preparing to win this public opinion war, Scheidemann and others suddenly found that their own people had no news, not only those who were encouraged and the armed personnel of the army, but even the reporters and media they had prepared. It is also as silent as a stone sinking into the sea!
There are no such things as mobile phones in this era, and the fastest transmission speeds are telegrams and telephones. And those journalists who accompanied the immigrants in the wilderness naturally couldn't have these things, so once the military decided to make an effort, these people without passports would definitely not be able to escape! In line with the principle that there is no misplacement, all people with unknown origins are temporarily controlled.
If it is said that on the first day, this matter was still controlled in the handover area controlled by both parties, then on the second day, operations were also launched in some areas controlled by the Prussian military. They were required to strictly limit the movement of non-military personnel. This was issued in the name of High Command on the Eastern Front. It has the highest efficiency. Although the Prussian Army on the Eastern Front is relatively independent, Mackensen and the prince have a good relationship after all, and the middle and high-level officers below are also happy to cooperate. The authority is still the friendship of sharing a sausage in a trench in the past. This kind of "not important" thing is not worth worrying about, anyway, it is just not letting you cross the border. it's not a big deal.
However, when the commotion broke out below, Falkenhayn didn't understand the matter. Apart from his own desire to disregard the relationship between this matter and himself, Falkenhayn himself's low control over the army is also a reason! Don't forget, Falkenhayn started out on the Western Front, and was airborne to the Eastern Front, and then kicked to Königsberg by Mackensen. Been here for a month! Without his own cronies, the people below are enough to overtake this admiral who came from the Eastern Front! Even if they didn't deliberately contradict, but when the order from His Royal Highness Ruprecht, Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front was delivered, it was naturally obvious which order to execute!
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