Since Lin Youde ordered to focus on the situation in the Balkans, the complete text of the newspaper published in Vienna in the morning was obtained by Helang Yabo who was far away on the other side of the First World that afternoon.**
When the collection of newspaper clippings was completed, Lin Youde happened to be in the war room of the Naval General Staff Headquarters studying and discussing the Balkan war situation with the staff, so the report was sent directly to the war room.
Lin Youde glanced at the summary briefly, and then handed the entire dozen documents to Josephine beside him. Josephine only turned two pages before Isabella snatched them away.
"Huh? A major victory?" Isabella exclaimed, "Is there something wrong with their heads?"
Isabella's exaggerated reaction made the staff members happy, and a relaxed atmosphere enveloped the war room.
Thanks to the poor counterintelligence work of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Lin Youde had already mastered Conrad's battle plan. On the contrary, the Serbian side did a good job. Neither the European Bureau spies nor the Gestapo agents succeeded.
, they could only carefully dig out clues from their preparations and piece together a rough outline.
Lin Youde believed that this was a combat plan to lure the enemy deeper. He felt that La Domini might be trying to induce the enemy to make mistakes like the Taizu did in the last time and space, causing a certain army to be too prominent, and then take advantage of the rapid accumulation of internal combat forces to quickly concentrate on local areas.
Fight a war of annihilation with superior force.
Who knew that Radomini wouldn't know how to play this trick at all? What she came up with was just a defense-in-depth plan that traded space for time to wait for work.
It stands to reason that Serbia's terrain is suitable for the tactics of the countrymen from the previous time and space. They are fighting on the local territory and have the support of the local people. If replaced by China, which is deeply influenced by Lin Youde's active defense ideas copied from the previous time and space.
If the commander takes command, the Austrians will not only suffer a loss, but also suffer a big loss.
Lin Youde was still puzzled. He knew that Radomini was a fierce general in the last time and space. But he had never heard of him playing this trick. In this time and space, he has become a goddess and even his fighting skills have improved.
Lin Youde thought happily that this might be one of the many changes brought about by his butterfly, Lin Youde.
On the contrary, Josephine saw the problem more clearly.
"This is not your active defense strategy at all," Lin Youde's wife and military adviser said with certainty to the large sand table, "I think Radomini just intends to exhaust the Austro-Hungarian army, and then use Belgrade's strong city defense
The offensive gave them a head-on blow."
In any case, the newspapers in Vienna are now trumpeting a glorious victory. This is probably a sign that the Serbian victory will be achieved.
And if the Serbs win, then the war may really break out.
Thinking of this, Lin Youde glanced at Josephine, who was discussing the content of the Vienna newspaper with her staff, and sighed quietly.
At this time, Isabella whispered in his ear: "With Josephine's character, I'm afraid you won't be able to remain neutral for long."
"Yes." Lin Youde nodded, "After all, I don't want to see my wife leave me and my son in anger and return to China to join the army."
The Kaiser received the news a little later than Lin Youde. The difference was that the Kaiser had no Serbian intelligence for reference.
Wilhelm II seemed quite excited that night. He walked back and forth in his office many times. He also wrote this note next to the telegram from Vienna: "Very good, very good, as long as Vienna can win quickly."
, we don’t need to be enemies with Britain.”
Kaiser Wilhelm II had always had the habit of writing comments next to documents. He liked to use this method to let his staff know the emotions that prompted him to make a certain decision. For example, he once used this in a diplomatic note
The commentary commented on the British Foreign Secretary Sir Gray: "He is a hypocritical scoundrel."
William II had a strange feeling towards Britain. On the one hand, he felt that Britain was contemptuous of Germany and felt angry about it - this kind of anger was inexplicable. On the other hand, he was extremely envious and jealous of Britain, and occasionally showed it.
There is a sense of intimacy. This is probably because the influences from his British mother, who is of pure blood, and his grandfather, who is of equally pure Prussian blood, are intertwined and eventually blended together.
At this time, William II wanted to seize the colonies from the British and wanted to get something from this world empire, but he was unwilling to fall out with his mother's family or go to war with the British. This contradiction led him to carry out military affairs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Preparations for war tormented him while the Balkans were in an eerie state of calm.
Now, he feels that everything has become clear. Germany will not have a too violent conflict with Britain, let alone a European war.
Moreover, what made him even more happy was that Wilhelmina was about to return from the Chinese Federation.
Wilhelm II stood up, left his office, and came to the overly neat and tidy courtyard of Potsdam Palace.
This was the first time in a month that he felt that the air in the courtyard was so fresh and the chirping of the birds was so sweet.
If William II knew that London was seriously discussing whether to send a British expeditionary force to the Balkans at this time, he would probably not be happy.
The British cabinet is still divided. Half of the cabinet ministers believe that they should not rashly confront Germany directly, at least not until Britain has the same number of sky battleships. On the other hand, the British also agree that the Germans cannot be allowed to
It has an air battleship supply base in the Persian Gulf.
The best solution is to support the Balkan Alliance to block the Austro-Hungarian attack, but now it seems that the Serbs will be unable to stop it. After the Serbian collapse, the Greeks and Bulgarians will definitely be intimidated. These two countries are not ready yet.
When going to war with European powers like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there is no hatred towards the Austrians and Hungarians - after all, the national borders of these two countries are not close to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Slavs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire are also
There are certain cultural differences between them and they don't have much sense of identity.
The Greeks were busy driving the Turks out of Macedonia, while the Bulgarians had invaded the Ottoman Empire and were heading towards Istanbul.
——Yes, they are moving towards Istanbul, and it seems that there is no decent Turkish army that can stop them.
So why do the Bulgarians want to be enemies with the European powers behind them? Unless the Serbs prove that they can block the offensive of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and protect Bulgaria's chrysanthemum, the Bulgarians will definitely be the first to break away from the Balkan Alliance and fight with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Re-establish a more reliable and stable relationship.
London doesn't want this.
Neither the British gentlemen in front of the stage nor Moriarty hiding behind the scenes wanted to see this situation.
The British Empire must do something, such as sending an expeditionary force, or declaring that Serbia is under British protection, and using diplomatic means to put pressure on Austria-Hungary. But the British know very well that their influence on the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot exceed
Germany, and it was obviously too late to send an expeditionary force. By the time the British troops landed, Serbia was already gone.
The British gentlemen argued endlessly about this, and Wensley Churchill, who was tired of the endless debates, suddenly stood up when the meeting went into the middle of the night and said: "Damn it, we directly declared war on Germany, and then the Royal Navy rushed into the Baltic Sea.
, wouldn’t blowing up the Germans solve the problem once and for all?”
Wen Sili's words were obviously joking, but basically none of the gentlemen present at the meeting that day laughed.
They suddenly realized that the crux of the problem was that Britain and Germany had a conflict, and this conflict now seemed almost impossible to resolve.
So, why not start a war and solve this problem once and for all?
In history, the same situation happened many times, such as the British and the Spanish. In the end, this conflict was resolved through a great naval battle. Another example is the British and the Dutch. This problem was also resolved through many great naval battles and a series of scattered battles.
Then the British and the French had another conflict, and this time, the British Army's lobster soldiers solved it, forcing France to give up a large number of colonies in America and India.
In the last century, Britain and Napoleon had conflicts again, and the Duke of Wellington solved them forever - at Waterloo. Almost at the same time, the Americans launched what they called the Second Revolutionary War - in fact
The above was a war of foreign aggression by the United States that planned to annex Canada. As a result, the lobster soldiers invaded Washington and burned the White House, so Canada got rid of the fate of flying the Stars and Stripes.
In addition to these major conflicts, Britain and Russia basically fought for Persia and Afghanistan every once in a while in Central Asia, and fought several times in the Balkans.
The British gentlemen suddenly discovered that war did not seem to be terrible. The British Empire had always relied on war to expand its territory and safeguard its interests.
So that night, history once again took a different path from the previous time and space.
In the last time and space, Britain had been wavering until the last moment before the war began. It was not until the Germans' clumsy diplomacy leaked the information that they would attack Belgium, a neutral country protected by Britain, that the British were offended.
In this time and space, due to sky battleships and other changes, British gentlemen have begun to lean toward war.
But they still have to think about it.
Perhaps it would not be too late to wait until Vienna captures Belgrade before making a decision.
Finally, the French are still paying attention to their own domestic election at this time. It seems that if the election does not produce results, they will not pay attention to the turbulent situation in the Balkans.
The United States seems to have made up its mind and is ready to take advantage this time. (To be continued...)