Chapter 47: South to Vienna

This report, Alan Wilson knew about the existence of the Cambridge Five, and he was prepared to leak it out.

For now, he thinks about it and thinks that whatever the outcome, it has nothing to do with the British Empire. Britain in 1945 was still qualified to say no to the United States.

In fact, it can be seen from the division of the division of Germany occupied by the Yalta Conference that the Soviet Union occupied more than 40 percent of German land, and the Soviet-occupied area was the largest. The British-occupied zone occupied the Ruhr region, Germany's most industrially strong, as well as the excellent coastline and ports in the northwest, and the American occupation zone was Bavaria in southern Germany.

The area occupied by the United States is not as large as that of the Soviet Union, and it is not an industrial area, and it is not as densely populated and industrially developed as the British occupied area. The USSR occupied the largest land, Britain occupied the best resources and population, and the United States, on the contrary, looked very embarrassed. Now it is necessary to divide a part of the land to France together with England.

As a result of this partition, the United States will of course suffer a loss, and the United States has a great deal of opinion on this plan. On the one hand, it considered the area of the Soviet-occupied zone to be too large; On the other hand, the Ruhr area, in which it was interested, fell into British hands. As a result, the United States developed a new occupation program.

The new plan proposed by the Americans simply means that the American-occupied zone and the British-occupied zone will be reversed, and the British will occupy southern Germany, and the US-occupied zone will become the current British-occupied zone, which of course includes the Ruhr zone.

Britain and the United States exchanged diplomatic exchanges in the occupied territories, from the Cairo Conference to the Yalta Conference, Britain has never budged, as the Soviet Red Army became more and more vigorous, the United States had to accept the reality and honestly accept the current division.

As for the origin of the French-occupied zone, it was Britain that pushed the United States to the front line of confrontation with the Soviet Union, and for the purpose of winning over France, Britain and France adopted a strategy of wooing France with the original intention of containing the United States after the war.

Among them, how many verbal battles between the British Foreign Office and the Americans have been, and with the assistance of the Soviet Red Army, the United States has suffered a loss, which is not something that Alan Wilson can speculate, and he is still bathed in the glory of the holy cow in British India.

But this division of the occupied territories brought about a problem, the British occupation zone had nothing to do with the Balkans. Tito's opponents in Yugoslavia were actually out of reach of the British.

This is actually a delusion, because Austria was also occupied by the partition, and the partition occupation of Austria was similar to that of Germany, with the Soviet Union occupying the largest area and the British occupying the best area and population. The British occupation zone was just right, facing these opponents of Tito.

However, at present, Austria is nominally occupied by divisions, but in fact the troops in the occupied areas of the United States, Britain, and France are pitifully small, and they are similar to those in undefended areas, and the nominal occupation areas are completely restrained by the Soviet Red Army.

In the eyes of these anti-German factions in various countries supported by Britain before the war for reasons of fighting against Germany, Britain was still the world's number one colonial empire, and they did not know that Britain was exhausted internally and could no longer suppress the United States and the Soviet Union, and they had to consider uniting with France to protect themselves.

So the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, as well as other organizations opposed to Tito, still sought to surrender to Britain.

Two days after the German surrender ceremony, Alan Wilson was considering whether to use a pack of cigarettes to find a German dragoon to clean the apartment he sponsored, and by the way, save the German women who had lost their footing, and help the other party solve the problem when they just needed it.

There was a telegram from the British representative office in Vienna, and there were still Tito's opponents gathered on the border, including the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, the Croatian Ustasha, and the Slovenian Native Defense Army, and there were all kinds of people who could not be named, and among them there were perhaps real refugees, who were afraid of being liquidated by Tito.

These organizations were very complex, and the Chetnik was composed of mainly Serbs who supported the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was an anti-German armed force active in Yugoslavia during World War II, officially known as the Yugoslav Fatherland Army. The name "Chetnik" is derived from a Serbian word and, along with the Yugoslav king, was supported by the British in its early days.

Sofia, the Bulgarian capital of Ustasha, Croatia, was established with the goal of gaining Croatian independence from Yugoslavia, supported by Germany and Italy. As for the Slovenian Native Defence Force, it is again a German-backed organization.

Now these anti-Tito forces belong to different organizations, because the Yugoslav Communist Party led by Tito has taken control of Yugoslavia, and driven by the survival instinct, they have begun to flee Yugoslavia and go to the border between Austria and Germany, praying for asylum.

Smoking a cigarette and resting in his room, Alan Wilson heard footsteps outside the door, and immediately picked up the telegram from Vienna, and looked very embarrassed.

"Alan, what's wrong?" As soon as Ivor entered the door, he saw Alan Wilson with a constipated expression, and he was almost uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking.

"It's a matter in the Balkan direction, and the Yugoslav Fatherland Army is gathered on the Austrian border. The number of people has exceeded 100,000, and if it is not dealt with, something may happen. Alan Wilson said worriedly, "Something might happen." Consideration should be given to immediate persuasion to allow them to return to Yugoslavia. ”

"100,000?" Ai Fu frowned and said, "There are really a lot of people, our army in Austria is almost none, nominally a divisional occupation, in fact, only the Soviet Red Army occupies the eastern part of Austria, staying in the occupation area of the other three Austrians except the Soviet-occupied area, there are not many troops, and it is impossible to defend at all." ”

"Yes, if these Yugoslavs break through the border, will we let the Austrian army intercept them?" Alan Wilson, the actor, also seemed worried. A small omission in the immediate aftermath of World War II can lead to big problems.

Unlike the German partition occupation, the Austrian partition occupation existed only in name, and if these Yugoslav opponents had made up their minds to cross the border at all costs, Britain, France, and the United States would not have many troops to intercept it, which would be quite embarrassing.

All that is needed now is someone to help them make up their minds to make an organized, planned and premeditated crossing, not a scattered crossing.

"The Austrian representative office, with the aim of avoiding Soviet hostility, has always engaged in good-faith persuasion of these people. But the number of people is increasing, and we still need to pay more attention. Alan Wilson began, "Either I should go to Vienna and see it up close, and it would be best if the Viennese side could persuade these men to return to Yugoslavia." ”

"I hope so, even if it's to coax them." Eivor nodded solemnly, very much in agreement with Alan Wilson's idea, as long as these Yugoslavs go back, it will be Tito's business, and it has nothing to do with Britain.

"Good! Hope all the best. "Alan Wilson promised to come down, coax? How could someone as honest as him do that kind of thing?