Chapter 243: Ultimatum

A storm was staged throughout the Soviets, the previous rebellion, which had not yet extended to the army, and now, from 37 years, this terrible storm finally swept over the army!

The Central Organs of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR, the Political Department of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR, the military districts and naval fleets, most of the leading cadres of most armies, divisions, regiments, and regiments were arrested. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's a terrible time, but it's also a wonderful time, and those who want to climb up now have a good opportunity, just report it! And such people will always exist!

5 out of 3 marshals, 15 out of 13 group army cadres, 85 out of 57 cadres at the rank of army commander, 196 out of 110 cadres at the level of division commander, 406 out of 220 cadres at the level of brigade commander, all 11 deputy people's commissars of defense, and 80 out of 75 members of the Supreme Military Council were purged!

It can be said that this purge of the Soviets has cut off the basic skeleton of the Soviet army, and as for the bottom, there are even more, with 30,000 officers below the colonel level purged.

This purge storm lasted for more than a year, and Stalin was quite satisfied with the results of the purge, although the purge made the army's combat effectiveness greatly reduced, but at least, the purge made the army completely obey his orders!

The rest are obedient to Stalin's words! The rest are Stalin's die-hard loyalists. A strong, but disobedient army, Stalin would not have liked, he liked an army that was completely submissive to him!

And now, with Tukhachevsky being shot, the Great Purge of the Vigorous Soviets has finally begun!

As for Ciric, who dominated all this, in the face of Hitler's admiration, Ciric maintained his usual modesty: "All this is for Germany, a weak Soviet army, which is in our interests." ”

At the beginning of World War II, Germany reached Moscow in a few months, in addition to the great power of the blitzkrieg, it was also related to the fact that the Soviet army had just undergone a purge and its strength was too poor.

And now, everything is moving in a historically favorable direction, and moreover, even ahead of the historical process.

For example, in history, Germany conquered Austria in 38 years, and now, in 37 years, it is already about to succeed, annexing these regions as soon as possible, and then integrating all the resources, Germany can be stronger than the same period in history!

Now Austria, the next target, the Czech Republic!

Compared with Austria, the Czech Republic is more abundant in resources, especially the Czech military industrial enterprises, after the integration of these enterprises, Germany's military strength is even stronger!

"The Austrians actually want to hold a referendum, what a whimsical!" Hitler took the latest information and said to Ciric.

"Yes, the Austrians were so naïve, let their hopes be dashed." Ciric also had a calm face.

There is no diplomacy for a weak country! The only way to have a say in diplomacy is to be strong! And now, Germany is already incomparably stronger, so to speak, even if Italy continues to support Austria, Germany will dare to do it!

On the battlefield of Spain, the combat effectiveness of the Italian army has been exposed, how low it is, and it is a big difference from the German army!

But for now, let's continue to put pressure on Austria diplomatically!

Vienna.

Located on the banks of the Danube River, it is a famous city with a history of nearly 2,000 years, historically the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Republic of Austria, with a population of more than one million, it is one of the largest cities in Europe.

At the same time, it is a famous music capital, with a strong classical atmosphere, many famous musicians in the country of birth, and it is a paradise for all musicians and artists.

And now, the atmosphere here is a little special.

Chancellery.

"Mr. Chancellor, you have let Germany down." At this time, standing in the prime minister's office were two tall Germanic men.

The Austrian government's Minister of Careser Horstnau and Interior Minister Seth Inquart looked at Schuschnigg with very serious expressions on their faces.

The so-called Minister of Care, that is, a free man, interspersed with various departments to liaise, in fact, his power is the greatest, especially now, both of them are the Workers' Party, and they represent Germany!

In his hand, Gleiser held a document signed by Hitler himself: "The Führer of Germany, already angry, he has given an order that you immediately cancel the referendum, your actions have violated the promise to the Führer, so you must immediately take the blame and resign!" ”

"Schuschnigg, you idiot, you must resign at once! Chancellor of Austria, let me be the chancellor. Seth followed suit.

The two were arrogant and imposing, and there was no respect in their words, and although the guards were outside, Schuschnigg did not have the strength to call the people outside to come in and blast them away.

He knew that behind these two people was the whole of Germany! If you kill these two people here, then tomorrow, Germany will be able to fight with great momentum!

"Now, we're all Austrians and we don't want to make it too bad. Give you 4 hours to think about it and let us know your decision by 2pm. Graiser said, waving his fist and demonstrating to Schuschnigg, and then, taking Seth with him, left the Chancellery.

Schuschnigg stood up, his face was ugly, these people, they can do anything! He still remembers that a few years earlier, a group of Austrian fanatics had suddenly broken into the chancellery, shot and killed Chancellor Taulfis, and other fanatics had seized the radio station and declared Lintren chancellor.

At that time, it was in this office that the prime minister spilled blood! As the chancellor of Austria, there is no security! If he had called someone from the outside to come in just now, maybe there would have been someone from the other party inside, and he would have died here!

This is an ultimatum, four hours, if you don't agree, you can imagine that your life is only a few hours left.

But if you say yes, you will be a sinner in Austria! Austria is destroyed at its own hands, and this will not work!

What to do?

Since Hitler's madman came to power, many people have a premonition that the Germans must want to fight another world war, and Austria is on the German chariot, and the prospects are not optimistic.

What to do?

It seems that there is only one way! Schuschnigg pushed open the door to his office, went to the president, and told him that he was gone.