Chapter 612: The Controlled Chaos (14)
Thousands of people disembarked at the port, boarded the trains, and returned to Hungary in a little more than a day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The Austrian Emperor was amazed by this speed. The German Emperor, who also learned the news, did not feel anything.
Britain had already contacted Germany several times, hoping that Germany would come forward to put pressure on Russia. Germany is happy to see the British like ants on a hot pot, and no matter how the British try to reason with the facts, Germany has not made a clear statement. Whoever stands in the way of Russia's southward movement is Russia's enemy. Britain, France, and Russia had formed an alliance, and Germany was happy to see it collapse on its own.
After the English envoys left, Wilhelm II really wanted to shout 'Uncle-in-law died well'! After Russia's attack on the Ottoman Empire, Germany felt the great benefits of the change of the Austrian throne. They did not expect Austria's fighting power, and the fact that Austria no longer caused trouble for Germany had already saved Germany a lot of trouble. Russia did not believe that the Austro-Hungarian Emperor would let go of the Balkans, but the Russians believed that the German-dominated German Confederation had little interest in the Balkans.
The British Foreign Office was insightful about Germany's attitude, but could do nothing. 'Trusting' this kind of thing can be used as the basis for strategy, so it's frustrating. Russia believed that Germany would not expand in the Balkans, and Russia believed that Britain would not sit idly by and watch Russia settle the Ottomans and rush into the Mediterranean. In fact, this judgment is not necessarily wrong.
When the British Foreign Minister went to see the Prime Minister, his face was solemn, and the Prime Minister was equally unhappy. Several British cabinet ministers present at the meeting were frosty. As they sat down, they heard the Foreign Secretary say, "We are going to send someone to contact Hungary in the hope that Hungary will join us on the side of the British Empire." Hearing this, several ministers were dazzled,
The Foreign Secretary continued to elaborate on his views, and soon even the Prime Minister was able to hear them.
On April 1, Russia received the latest information through some relatively hidden sources. The British began to co-opt Hungary.
The Imperial Council immediately convened a meeting on this latest news. The Anglo-Russian contradiction has always been the most important contradiction in Russia, especially after the revival of China, when Russia broke off the idea of expanding in the Far East, and the Anglo-Russian contradiction has become the most important contradiction in Russia. Now that Russia is once again trying to expand in the south, Great Britain, as before, has jumped out to stop Russia.
"Both Germany and Austria have said they will not unite with Hungary. If we go to war with Hungary, they will not interfere either. The Russian Foreign Minister expounded his diplomatic achievements in high spirits. Britain's secret diplomatic operations in collusion with Hungary were also discovered through a secret channel set up by the Russian Foreign Secretary. In the field of foreign affairs, the Russian Foreign Minister can be said to have achieved remarkable results.
Following the Foreign Secretary's speech, the War Secretary, Huo Ran, stood up, pointed to the map, and said: "Hungary can attack at any time from the flank of our troops advancing into Bulgaria. This threat is always there. Relations between Hungary and the Ottoman Empire have always been good. There was also the instigation of the British, and the chances of them sending troops were very high. After saying this, the Minister of War said in a confident tone: "We have drawn up a plan for attacking Hungary in this situation. As long as everyone can agree, the plan will be implemented immediately. ”
Hearing this assurance, His Majesty the Tsar frowned slightly, and his gaze turned to the chief of staff. The chief of staff secretly scolded the Minister of War for talking too much. The General Staff did have a plan, but it was perfunctory in itself. If the plan is really carried out, who is to blame if something goes wrong?
But at this time, the chief of staff stood up, coughed twice, and then said: "I think we should contact Hungary first......"
"What's there to do with a bunch of Communist thugs?! The mob who assassinated Stolypin emphasized that he wanted a revolution in Russia and then the same land policy as Hungary. The Home Secretary unceremoniously interrupted the General Staff.
The words of the Minister of the Interior provoked a whisper among the important Russian ministers, all of whom were very hostile to Hungary. In the years of Stolypin's reforms, they became even more hostile to Hungary. Hungarian land ownership was increasingly talked about and gradually became a popular topic in Russia.
In Russia, the aristocracy, landlords, and commoners all believed that the Russian land system needed to be reformed. The impetus for reform stems from the harsh reality that the Russian people do not have enough to eat with the huge land area that Russia has. This also gave rise to a series of reforms in Russia, culminating in the Stolypin reforms. Stolypin's reforms brought anger and resentment, and finally ended in the death of people. The per capita land area of Hungary is far inferior to that of Russia, and after ten years of socialism, it can eat meat openly, and even eat until its mouth is full of oil. In such a realistic contrast, the Russian people's desire for reform has not only not been quelled by Stolypin's death, but has a tendency to go further.
For the Russian aristocracy, they could not accept the socialist revolution. The remark of the chief of staff is the common attitude of these people. "With Hungary as a bane, the monarchy will be in turmoil, and the whole of Europe will not be at peace. And our goal is to liberate our Slavic brothers in the Balkans, and if Hungary is solved, we can also better aid the Balkans! The Home Secretary generously stated that although he was not a professional soldier, he could read pictures and speak. The map clearly shows the distance from Russia to the Balkans, and if Hungary is settled, Russia can be directly connected to the Balkans.
"I think that going to war against Hungary will achieve several strategic objectives at the same time." The Chancellor of the Exchequer also made a statement.
"That's true." The Secretary of the Admiralty agrees.
The Chief of Staff himself was very disgusted with socialism, but he felt that the attitude of the Russian ministers was too rash. However, if the chief of staff comes out to oppose it, it is very likely that he will be forced to resign due to strong pressure. Is it to stick to the position or to stick to the official position? After evaluating it inwardly, the chief of staff chose to keep silent.
His Majesty Tsar Nicholas II was silent for a long time, and under the angry gaze of the important ministers, he ordered: "Tell Hungary and ask him to agree to Romania's territorial claims immediately." ”
Much of the diplomatic stuff was open, and the contents of the Russian ultimatum to Hungary soon reached the British side, making the members of the British Parliament nervous. At the Cabinet meeting, when the Foreign Secretary walked into his office, the Prime Minister personally took the lead in applauding. The Foreign Secretary raised his eyebrows and was no longer ashamed of not being able to grasp the intelligence of Russia's southward movement. The so-called secret information established by the Russian diplomatic system was arranged by Britain to Russia. Relying on this information, the British smoothly directed the direction of the Russian attack to Hungary.
Western Europe looks down on Eastern Europe and feels that Eastern Europe is a backward place. However, Western Europeans do not recognize Eastern Europe as Europe. In the eyes of Western Europeans, the Ottoman Empire, an eastern country, was far less powerful than Hungary. It would be good for Britain to convince Russia that Hungary was also their enemy. Even in Eastern Europe, the British thought Russia was further east.
Zhou Shuren thought that he would soon leave Hungary and return to the Republic of China, but his outstanding performance in Hungary made it decided to arrange him a position as a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. Even for a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of a North American province, it is rare in recent years to sit in a position at this level in his thirties.
But he failed to return to the Minchao. The Min dynasty believed that Hungary could not fall, at least not now. So Zhou Shuren was left in Hungary to continue working. As far as the Hungarian comrades are concerned, at least some of them do not want Zhou Shuren to leave.
Zhou Shuren admired the decisive prediction of the North American theater, and if the North American theater of operations was slower, there would be no transportation channels on the Balkan Peninsula, which was burning with fire. Although Austria agreed to the transit of Hungarian personnel, it did not agree to the transit of equipment provided to Hungary by the Democratic Dynasty. According to the original plan, all the equipment supplied to Hungary by the Republic of China would now have to be piled up in ports in North America.
"Russia must be defeated and access to the Black Sea must be controlled." At the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party, Zhou Shuren proposed the direction of solving the problem.
At least half of the attendees were grimacing. Every Hungarian wanted to defeat Russia, and every Hungarian in the participants wanted to go to war. However, Hungary knew Russia's capabilities, and if it wanted to defeat Russia, it needed a strong field capability, and it was Hungary's field capability that defeated Russia's attacks twice.
"What I'm going to tell you today is. I hope that in a few years you will not forget today's hesitation and remember your own fear of war. We, the chairman of the Liberation Party, understood this fear, so he chose rational pacifism. In our China, there is a saying of the sages more than 2,000 years ago, "If you are warlike, you will die, and if you forget war, you will be in danger......" Zhou Shuren spoke with great seriousness, and after staying in Hungary for so long, he has already felt a lot of things inside Europe. One of them is serious racism.
Even after the socialist revolution, Hungarian culture did not change radically. Even if they think that other ethnic groups within their territory can not die, for other ethnic groups outside their homeland, many Hungarians feel that they can die casually. Once this attitude is combined with military strength, Zhou Shuren's view of the future is not optimistic. With such worries, Zhou Shucai admired Wei Ze very much. There are very few people in history who can accept the good and stop at the pinnacle. Weeser's existence can be called an isolated case. Expecting the Hungarians to understand this, Zhou Shuren felt a lot of pressure.
On April 2, Hungary officially informed Russia that it would 'never accept Russia's unreasonable demands'!
On 4 April, Russia announced its entry into the war between Romania and Hungary.
In the 11th year of the founding of the Hungarian Slovak People's Republic, the Third Russian-Hungarian War broke out.
At this time, the Ottoman Empire, which was deeply attacked by the Balkan countries, finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Ottoman navy did its best to stop the Russian navy's offensive, and if the Russian army joined the ranks of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire would definitely not be able to stop it.
Even if the beliefs were different, the upper echelons of the Ottoman Empire sincerely prayed that Allah would bless the Hungarian 'Booked' and help them achieve victory. I don't know that Hungary is institutionally atheistic. According to the doctrine, it can be classified as a coffee pleasure that turns into a fireplace roast duck after death.