On a sunny day, at the Scottish Chancellery, located in the heart of Edinburgh, the staff watched in amazement as the Minister of Defence, General Hugo Elceth, frowning and clenching his fists, hurried through the corridor to the office of the "leader of the nation" Alex Chaguez Barriol, and knocked on the door. Fastest updates

After receiving the answer, the middle-aged man, who had made his fortune by following Barriol, could not wait to enter the room, and at the moment before the door closed, the secretary who was waiting for the demolition in the adjacent office clearly heard Elceth shouting, "Oh no, my leader".

"What's the panic?" The Scottish dictator stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, responding to his hand-picked defense secretary with a reassuring rather than a reprimand.

Only then did Elsceth realize that he was indeed a little abrupt, and he paused: "I'm sorry, my leader, because this is a big deal, and it's very anxious. ”

Barrio gestured to the couch, "Sit down and talk." ”

Elsceth sat down: "According to the informant, an American fleet arrived in the outer port of Limerick this morning, and its lineup includes at least three cruisers and five destroyers. Sadly, the Americans hoisted the American flag and the flag of the new United Kingdom on the flagpole, just as Ireland had done when it sent ships to assist the United States in the Philippine campaign. What does this mean? It shows that the Americans want to help the new United Kingdom in a military offensive that may be launched at any time! ”

"The Americans reciprocated? Isn't that normal? Barriol seemed unfazed, as if he had already guessed or learned of the situation.

"However, according to the armistice treaty signed in 1937, the United States is not allowed to deploy any military force at 85 degrees west longitude without the permission of the Allies!" Elsceth explained, "The arrival of this American fleet must have been approved by the Germans. ”

"My general, with the strength of the Scottish Navy, with or without the intervention of the United States, we are all at a disadvantage. In today's circumstances, I don't think we need to read too much into this move by the Americans. After all, the new United Kingdom has already announced that it is about to hold a cross-border joint military exercise, and it makes sense for the Americans to send a fleet. Remember, as long as we don't go to war with the new United Kingdom and England, the Americans, even if they send their entire navy, will only be a flag for them, and will not solve anything. Barrio calmly analyzed.

But Elsceth's anxiety was not allayed by these words, and he retorted: "You have a point, but from the intelligence of all sides, it is likely that our adversaries have already made up their minds to eliminate the Scottish threat to them by military means. Don't you, you think, the Italian government, faced with the threat of war, also compromise? The result? Not yet under the joint attack of the new United Kingdom and Austria-Hungary! We must be ready in advance for all the preparations for war! Leader, be ready! ”

Barriol walked up to the Minister of Defense and sat down with a heavy expression: "On paper, we have a defense force that is not inferior to England, but we must admit that the Scottish army lacks combat experience, lacks sophisticated weapons, and lacks the will to fight to the death. Therefore, we must not fall into the death swamp of war in any way, and we must do everything possible to avoid war, and at the same time, we must continue to seize the initiative in diplomatic negotiations and not be deterred by the enemy's military deterrence. ”

Elsceth said with some frustration: "I don't care about diplomacy, and I'm not good at diplomacy, I am responsible for the military, and I can only be responsible for the military." ”

"At the moment, our situation is indeed not optimistic, but when the Japanese army arrives, the situation will be greatly improved, a big change!" Barriol deliberately strengthened his tone.

"I know that the Japanese army that arrived in Scotland, although it was only a mixed division, represented the attitude of the Japanese Empire to intervene in the situation in Europe, which was enough for our opponents to turn their attention to the East." Elsceth speculated self-righteously.

Barrio didn't say anything, but sighed slightly.

At the beginning of his ascension, he was full of reverie about the future of Scotland, but step by step, the old problems have not been completely solved, new problems have followed, a virtuous circle has not been formed, the vicious circle is getting bigger and bigger, national defense construction and social welfare seem to have achieved a lot of results, in fact, relying on borrowing the new to maintain the operation, if the domestic contradictions cannot be transferred, or a few years, the Scottish government will collapse because of the financial crisis, as the illusion of high social welfare is torn apart, his own prestige will also be gone......

Barriol glanced at Elceth, who was neat but uncertain. If you have one or two talented generals under your command and an efficient military staff, when the "Pakistan crisis" breaks out, you don't have to back down at the last moment, but take advantage of the opportunity of the remaining gap between Ireland, Wales, and England to give it a go, in that case, you don't have to work day and night in the past few years, racking your heart.

It is precisely because of Scotland's limited military strength that although the diplomatic crisis triggered by the dispute over Salom Bay is sometimes stormy, making people exclaim that "a British civil war is inevitable", and sometimes it is light, making people mistakenly believe that the crisis is about to be resolved through negotiations. At the negotiating table, the Scottish government agreed to make concessions on the resettlement of the residents of Salom Bay, but asked to participate in the development of the North Sea oil fields and share in the profits from the North Sea oil fields, while the new United Kingdom only agreed to give a one-time or annual cash compensation, and did not accept any country to get their hands on the North Sea oil fields that they had developed after years of research and huge investment.

As a result, the two sides have stubbornly held their own views, and the diplomatic talks have not made substantial progress for a long time. In order to force the other side to make concessions, Scotland did not hesitate to woo Norway and Denmark to negotiate the new United Kingdom's monopoly of the right to exploit the North Sea oil fields, and even submitted an arbitration application to the League of Nations......

"Let's do it first! Checkmate! In recent times, the movements of the new United Kingdom and the Kingdom of England have continued to be closely monitored. It is important to remember that there must be no military clash of any kind with these two adversaries until the arrival of the Japanese troops. Finally, Barrio instructed his Minister of Defense.

"Yes, my leader." Elses said with a stiff face, "The Scottish army will carry out your orders unconditionally, trusting you in all judgments unconditionally!" ”

Barrio nodded and said "Good", but his tone was pale.

At the invitation of the new United Kingdom, the 1st Mechanized Artillery Brigade of the US Army had arrived in Ireland and was preparing to play the role of an attacker in the "1949 Peace Exercise."

This elite unit is called the Artillery Brigade, but the number of personnel has reached 17,502, and with the accompanying officer inspection group and rocket test battalion, the total number of officers and men who arrived in Ireland exceeds 20,000, which is comparable in size to the Japanese mixed combat division, and its weight and role are also surpassed. The brigade has one armored field artillery regiment, one towed howitzer regiment, one baggage regiment, and one reconnaissance battalion, one air defense battalion, and one infantry battalion. In addition to being equipped with tracked self-propelled guns, tracked artillery tractors, and various types of towed artillery, it is also equipped with the "Odin Eye II" gun-aiming radar jointly developed by the United States and the New United Kingdom, and its combat effectiveness and mobility have been improved geometrically compared with traditional artillery units.

In the New Austrian-Italian War, the new United Kingdom demonstrated to the world an invincible military force and a revolutionary three-dimensional mode of warfare. People were not only impressed by the superior combat capabilities of the Fenian-class aircraft carriers and the precise combat effect of guided rockets, but also shocked by the powerful assault force of the armored cluster and the mechanized corps, but they underestimated the role played by the traditional king of land warfare artillery on the battlefield. During the war, the New Austrian Allied Army invested more than 20,000 artillery pieces on the Italian front and consumed more than 9.5 million shells, but most of the artillery involved in the war came from Austria-Hungary, and most of them were old-fashioned artillery from the First and Second World Wars, so they were ignored by observers, intentionally or unintentionally. Objectively speaking, without the full support of the Austro-Hungarian artillery, the ground forces of the coalition forces would not have successfully broken through the Italian border defenses, let alone quickly taken the fortressed Venice.

Also at the invitation of the new United King, Austria-Hungary sent the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Imperial Wehrmacht, which had the title of "Imperial Thunder". During World War I, this unit went to the Western Front to assist the German army in the war against France, and during World War II, this unit traveled across the seas to participate in the Battle of Britain, Panama and Florida, and was the most decorated and well-known army unit of the Austro-Hungarian Empire since the beginning of the 20th century. Today, the regiment is armed with 12 280 mm Skoda M1938 heavy howitzers and 8 305 mm "Karl" self-propelled mortars.

Spain, which missed the war with Italy because of its hesitation and hesitation, also sent the 1st and 6th Royal Air Defense Battalions, which they regarded as elite. These two units appeared in the latter stages of the Battle of the Azores and later participated in two League of Nations peacekeeping missions, making them one of the few units of the Spanish army that could handle them. At present, the department is equipped with the "Trumpeter" mobile air defense radar purchased by the Spanish military at a high price, and has replaced the old weapons and equipment with quadruple 13-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, twin-mounted 40-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and towed 75-mm semi-automatic anti-aircraft guns.

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