stonecrandall Chapter 441
Chapter 441
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On February 27, 192, the day before the ultimatum arrived, the coalition forces withdrew from Hans, evacuated Odili, and returned to Jake.
On the same day, the German army also began to move out. The Sixth Army stationed in Hainburg chased the coalition forces and followed them into Snofak again.
The main force of Jake’s army was concentrated in the south, that is, in Snofak.
They originally retained a part of the army in their homeland to prevent accidents. As a result, because the Snofak people started to become independent, Jake had to send a large number of troops to suppress the rebellion in Snofak.
In this case, almost all of their local troops were pulled out, and the defense of their homeland was completely empty!
In Jake’s view, if Snofak became independent, Hans could use the name of aiding Snofak to openly send troops into his own territory.
Moreover, they can continue to fight in the name of the Volunteer Army at that time, and they cannot point fingers at them, nor can they use the guarantee of independence of the British Sun to counter it, because in the eyes of outsiders, this is a civil war within them!
Since it is a civil war, it naturally cannot be regarded as an invasion by foreign enemies!
Therefore, the top priority for the Jakes is to immediately suppress the separatist forces of Snowfake and not give Hans the opportunity to intervene.
This is also the reason why they were eager to eat up Hans’s Sixth Army when they were chasing before.
They hope to make the German army realize the cost of interfering in their internal war by destroying this German army group!
So as to completely dispel this idea and stop interfering in their civil war!
As for whether sending all the local troops out will affect the security of their homeland?
The Jakes don’t care much about this. After all, the British Sun has given them independence. If there is really a blind guy who chooses to risk going to war with the British Sun to attack them, then they don’t have to worry. They just need to ask the British Sun to fulfill its promise!
However, the Czechs did not seem to think that since the Slovaks in the southern region could make a fuss about independence, why couldn’t the Sudetenland in the border area with Hans? On
February 6, the day when the coalition withdrew its troops, the Hans in the Sudetenland declared independence and established the Republic of Bohemia, officially breaking away from the rule of Czech!
Without a trace of surprise, the German army immediately seized this opportunity and sent the Fifth Army into the Sudetenland in the form of volunteers to support the struggle of the Sudeten people!
At the same time, Manstein, who had been stationed in the Vienna area without any action, finally took action at this time.
He led the Seventh Army eastward, and after joining the Sixth Army, he immediately began to attack Bratis.
At the same time, Model, who had eliminated the main force of Romani in the territory of Hungary, also took his Second Army to the north, bypassed the main force of the coalition, and launched an attack on the hinterland of Slovakia from the south!
For a time, Czech was attacked from three sides, and their northwest, southwest and south were all attacked by the German army.
The German army dispatched four armies at once, with a total of 1.4 million troops, and pressed down on Jieke with great force!
For a time, Jieke was in turmoil, the country was in turmoil, and the whole Jieke began to panic!
“We are being invaded by the Hans at the moment. Your country should fulfill its promise and help us fight the invaders!”
After being invaded, the Jieke people, with the huge gap in strength between Hans and Jieke, could not protect themselves by their own strength.
So they placed all their hopes on the British Empire. The ambassador to the British Empire visited them several times, hoping that the British Empire would fulfill their declaration of war on Hans, the country that invaded Jieke!
However, the British Empire was obviously unwilling to take such a big risk to declare war. After taking into account the actions of the Eagle Sauce behind the scenes, they were unwilling to blindly get involved in a head-on confrontation!
Moreover, Hans took such a decisive action even before the ultimatum arrived, which further deepened the suspicion of the British Empire and made them believe that Hans and the Eagle Sauce must have colluded with each other behind the scenes. Otherwise, why would Hans be so bold?
“We will report this to the Prime Minister immediately, and let the Prime Minister and other senior government officials discuss it before making a decision. Please be patient, Mr. Ambassador!”
However, Jake is a protectorate of the British Empire after all. If they go back on their words and do not send troops to help Jake, it will have a very bad impact on the image of the British Empire, especially on other small countries that follow the British Empire!
So the British Empire just perfunctorily said that it would report it and have internal discussions, and did not directly reject Jake’s request for troops.
However, how can they fulfill their promise and protect their face without engaging in a head-on battle with Hans?
This issue has become the most concerned issue for the British Empire right now!
“”Everyone, do you have any good ideas?”
Prime Minister Stanley asked with a tired and hoarse voice, with thick dark circles under his eyes.
Too many things have happened in the past few days. Because of the worry about the situation on the front line, he has to figure out the intentions of Hans and Eagle Sauce, and promote the work of moving the capital to the mainland. Prime Minister Stanley, an old man over 60 years old, is finally a little exhausted!
He appeared here today and took up his post with illness. If this situation continues, I’m afraid he will have to take sick leave. At that time, various domestic affairs will probably be handed over to the Minister of Economy or the Minister of Foreign Affairs!
“The Hans acted so quickly that it was clear that they had planned this for a long time. This was consistent with our previous speculation that they were indeed heading for the Sudetenland!”
The expressions of the cabinet members were also very serious. They could not ignore the Czechs’ requests for help, but they did not dare to declare war on the Hans directly.
However, in this situation, they still wanted to maintain the reputation of the country on which the sun never sets, so that the countries that followed them would not be disappointed in them because of their broken promises. This made them very embarrassed!
“The German army has dispatched 140 troops. Our forces in Central Europe are far from enough to deal with them. So even if we declare war on them, I am afraid we will not be able to change the situation of Jieke being annexed. Moreover, if we declare war directly, with the current speed of the German army attacking from the south, north and west, our army may be eaten before the reinforcements arrive!”
Direct confrontation is not possible, and ignoring Jieke is not possible!
So what should we do?
“Everyone, I wonder if you have realized a problem!”
The Foreign Minister had not spoken a word while everyone was talking, and only broke the silence when everyone was quiet.
“What’s the problem?”
Everyone looked at him curiously, wondering what he had to say.
“Don’t you realize that when Hans fought in his own country, he was in the name of the German army, but after entering Hungary and Czechoslovakia, they changed to the name of the Volunteer Army. Isn’t this worth investigating?”The
Foreign Minister’s words woke everyone up, and everyone immediately realized this!
“Yes, although it is just a change of name, the meaning behind it is completely different. If the German army enters Czech Republic in the name of the German army, it will be an indisputable invasion and will be condemned by the international community.”
“However, if they participate in the war as volunteers, it will easily give people the impression that they are here to help and play an auxiliary role. The real main body of the war is not them, but others!”
“I understand, the Hans are really cunning!”
The Prime Minister’s chief adviser suddenly realized what the Foreign Minister meant!
“They used the name of the Volunteer Army when they entered Hungary, and also used the name of the Volunteer Army when they entered Snofak, and also used the name of the Volunteer Army when they entered Sudetenland!
Hungary was a country that existed originally, and Snofak and Sudetenland were regions where countries did not exist originally, but Hans encouraged the locals to secede from Czech and establish independent countries, respectively establishing Snofak and Bohemia, and then the German army entered these two countries in the form of volunteer troops to fight!”
“This method is so clever that even if we investigate it later, we will not be able to find any excuses, because strictly speaking, this is simply a civil war in Jake. The main players in the war are Jake, Snofak and Bohemia, not Hans. Although Hans is the main force on the battlefield, he is not���The bearer of justice!”
After listening to the analysis of several ministers, the expressions of everyone present became serious!
Who made this strategy of Hans? Is n’t this person too cunning and too smart?
“However, this is also an opportunity for us!”_