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Chapter 421
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In late January 192, after signing a series of economic, political and military cooperation agreements with President Hans Mainz, Hungary’s Regent Horthy finally won Hans’s recognition.
Hans announced that Hungary would be included in the list of most-favored nations for trade, and would be granted tariff reductions and exemptions, allowing their tariffs to enter Hans at a standard of 5%.
In this era, there was no World Trade Organization, nor was there a complete exemption from tariffs. Even in later generations, various trade organizations and bilateral trade countries did not completely exempt tariffs.
Therefore, charging a 5% tariff is already a very preferential policy. If it is lowered further, it will be no different from the country’s own commodity circulation. Although Hungary has become Hans’s younger brother, it obviously has not met the conditions to be on an equal footing with the mainland!
After the signing of this bilateral agreement, the outside world immediately felt that something was wrong.
“What is Hungary doing? Selling itself to Hans? Not only did they open up their domestic market to Hans, they also handed over military dominance to Hans. What does this mean?”
On the British side, after getting the intelligence that MI6 had obtained from Hungary, the top leaders of the British side were very puzzled by Hungary’s decision.
Because almost all of MI6’s intelligence organizations in Hans were destroyed, the British side completely lost its intelligence source in Hans and became blind and deaf. If their intelligence network was not large enough, even in the small Central European country of Hungary, they would have learned the news much later!
However, because they could not get the news when Berlin was there, when they got the news, Hans’ military representatives had actually entered Hungary!
In February, a group of officers composed of high-ranking German generals entered Hungary to serve as their military advisers and officially began to transform the Hungarian army. The Hungarian army is not large, with only 250,000 people. For a country with a population of only 100,000, this force is definitely not small.
However, because they are surrounded by countries with larger populations and stronger military strength than them, in this case, their 250,000-man army cannot protect their own safety at all! However, after they became Hans’s younger brothers, they naturally did not need to consider security issues, so when the German advisers entered Hungary After that, the first thing he did was not to expand the army, but to reorganize the existing army.
In order to facilitate their command and training, German advisers reorganized Hungary’s 250,000 troops into an army group according to the German army’s own organization, which was called the Hungarian First Army. The
German army’s army group organization was basically around 350,000, while the Hungarian army had only 250,000 people, which did not meet Hans’s standard, so this army was classified as a Class B army group. Compared with the German army’s organization, they had one less army group direct division and one army unit.
After the reorganization, the Hungarian First Army had a total of three armies, eight infantry divisions, and a An armored division, a mountain division, and an artillery division.
Because Hungary lacks military factories, almost all of their weapons and equipment are imported from Hans.
Hungary is relatively poor and a backward agricultural country, so they simply do not have enough foreign exchange to buy Hans’ weapons.
Therefore, Hans signed an aid agreement with Hungary to exchange food for equipment. Hans accepted the food provided by Hungary at the market price, and then delivered weapons and equipment of equal value to them.
Because the production speed of weapons and equipment is relatively slow and the delivery of food takes a long time, this deal is obviously more beneficial to Hungary, because they can equip themselves with this equipment in half a year. batch of equipment, and Hans would have to wait until two years later to settle all the food.
But Mainz didn’t care about this. The food was enough for the enemy. The delivery of these foods in batches could also reduce Hans’s storage pressure. Moreover, the Hungarian army must be armed as soon as possible, otherwise the next plan might be difficult to carry out!
Just when Hungary handed over its own army to Hans’ military advisory group for reorganization, the British had already begun to prepare to intervene in Hungary’s internal affairs!
After the British learned about the agreement signed between Hungary and Hans, they thought about it and only thought of one possibility, that is, Hungary was going to be a dog for Hans!
This news was definitely not a good thing for them, because they had finally joined forces with Jake, Pollan and Gaul to form an encirclement against Hans, blocking Hans’ expansion roads on both the east and west sides!
As a result, Hans never expected that he would make a breakthrough in Central Europe. They fought with Hungary. This news was definitely not good news for the British Sun, because Hungary was located below Boran and Jake. Once Hans turned Hungary into his younger brother, their encirclement would lose its effect!
So, the British Sun immediately contacted the Gauls and prepared to block Hans’ breakthrough. If the situation was urgent, they were even ready to send troops to take over Hungary!
Of course, if they sent troops directly, it would be easy to have a direct conflict with Hans’ army. Although Central Europe was not far from the British Sun and Gaul, it was closer to Hans’s homeland, which could be said to be at Hans’ doorstep.
So if they really fought, it would obviously not be good for them. Therefore, the best way was not to let them do it themselves, but to encourage their younger brothers and followers to rush up and test Hans’ reaction.
If Hans sent troops directly, then they would consider whether to send troops or not. If Hans did not send troops, then let these younger brothers kill Hungary!
The British Empire and Gaul have many younger brothers in Eastern Europe. There are several around Hungary, Czech and even Poland in the north, and Romani in the east.
Among them, Czech and Poland are the strongest, and Romani is slightly weaker. In
February 192, the representatives of the British Empire arrived in Bunag, the capital of Czech, and held a secret meeting with Czech President Thomas.
“Mr. President, Hans is trying to win over Hungary, and your country has many territorial disputes with Hungary. Once Hungary completely leans on Hans, Hungary will definitely use Hans’ power to fight against your country, and the territories occupied by your country may not be preserved!”
The representative of the British Sun first threatened the Czechs with alarmist words, so that they could recognize the seriousness of the matter.
Then he stopped talking and waited for the other party to take the bait.
President Thomas is not a fool. He can naturally see through the British Sun’s tricks, but seeing through it does not mean that there is a way to deal with it.
In fact, Czech has no choice at all. They have irreconcilable contradictions with Hans. Unless they voluntarily cede the Sudetenland to Hans, otherwise, Czech’s foreign policy must be pro-sun and anti-Hans.
Therefore, at this time, knowing that the British Sun wants them to be cannon fodder, the Czechs still have to jump into this trap.
“So what should we do?”
Although President Thomas admitted that the words of the British representative were indeed alarmist, Hans’s winning over Hungary might not necessarily be to deal with them. After all, if Hans wanted to beat them, he didn’t need the help of his younger brothers at all. They could do it themselves. It was impossible for Jake to fight against Hans with his national strength!
However, if Hungary really rose, it would be a big trouble for Jake!
Therefore, if there was a chance to beat the other party to death before it rose, it would be a good choice for Jake!
“It’s very simple. You just need to send troops to occupy Budapest. We will promote this matter within the League of Nations and hand over Hungary to the League of Nations. In this way, Hungary will no longer threaten your country, and your country will permanently eliminate the hidden danger in the south!”
President Thomas nodded slightly after hearing this. If things are really as smooth as the British said, then this result is indeed a very good result for them.
So he bargained with the British and asked for some benefits, and finally agreed to the British’s request.
However, the Czechs are more cunning. Although they agreed to send troops, they are unwilling to take the lead.
After all, everyone has seen the current situation of the country of Jiaoben, the first country to launch foreign aggression during the economic crisis!
The League of Nations punishes this kind of unjust war of invading other countries very severely, and Czech does not want to be sanctioned by the League of Nations!
There is no way. Since Czech is unwilling to take the lead, the British have to find another little brother, Romania in the east! _