Chapter 101: Spies
If Vienna is counted as a developed and peaceful region of Europe and the United States in the 21st century, then Moravia is a developing East Asian region, and Yugoslavia is ...... Poverty and war affect ordinary people living here all the time.
Walking through the streets of Yugoslavia, even though it is one of the few quiet places in Yugoslavia, it still gives Ernst the feeling of being in a war-torn country in the Middle East in the 21st century.
Of course, Ernst had never been to the Middle East in his previous life, and he only got a glimpse of life there in online videos.
This is Szeged, Hungary, and just 30 years further on is the Vojvodina, the main area of interest of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Balkans.
In 1878 the Serbian region gained independence with the help of the Russian Empire, which was the place where Austria-Hungary came into conflict with the Russian Empire.
Unlike the final choice of Austria-Hungary, while Austria-Hungary was still thinking about how to take this area, the Russian Empire had changed its thinking and abandoned the interests of the Balkan Peninsula to how to prevent Austria-Hungary from gaining this area.
If you can't be stronger than him, then it's better to keep the status quo or even weaken with him, which is the main strategy of the Russian Empire in the Balkans.
In 1882, the Russian Empire supported the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbia by the Yugoslavs of Western Yugoslavia, and the purpose of the Russian Empire had been achieved, and the expansion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was limited to this.
For decades, Austria-Hungary did not want to take the entire Balkan Peninsula at any time, but the only result of these years of efforts was the Vojvodina region.
The Kingdom of Serbia is not the only country in the Balkans, but also Negoro, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Albania in the Balkans, but for Austria-Hungary, the only obstacle is the Kingdom of Serbia, which is backed by Russia.
Including this rebellion in the Vojvodina, everyone understands that there is the support of Russia and Serbia behind it.
Archduke Ferdinand knew by this time that Ernst was at the forefront of the rebellion, but it was rare that he chose to remain silent.
As the crown prince of a country, it was difficult for Archduke Ferdinand to guess and Ernst did not bother to pay attention to this, and he began to hesitate to visit the Vojvodina region tomorrow.
Ernst did not hide his identity either, which led to the Hungarian officers at the front understanding that he was here as the Count of Moravia, the second son of Archduke Ferdinand, a member of the Habsburg lineage.
Ernst no longer concealed any information from the front, and he understood that soldiers from Moravia were being deployed in the area of Zheda, and their task was not to quell the rebellion but to prevent the Serbian kingdom from recovering Vojvodina, although ...... The chances of that being the case are almost zero.
Ernst lived in the castle of a count of Szeged, but the count, who now lives in Vienna, can be said to be the temporary owner of the castle.
"Lord Count, would you like to think again?"
Cosimo was embarrassed, and Talo Balbo was a bit of a wooden, but he also thought that Ernst's decision was not a wise move.
"Vojvodina, which quells the rebellion and is not occupied by the rebels, has more than 30,000 of our troops there, and you think they can't guarantee my safety?"
Ernst's inquiry was a bit sharp, and Cosimo could not answer and could not answer, and in the end, at Ernst's insistence, Cosimo had no choice but to agree.
But Cosimo's agreement did not mean that Ernst would be able to go to the front, because without the permission of the local commander, Ernst would not even be able to make it up to the ranks.
Vojvodina Operational Command
"General Gnuss, His Royal Highness Prince Ernst wants to see you."
Lieutenant General Gnuss, who was looking at the military map, couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he didn't have a good impression of Ernst, after all, for him, Ernst was undoubtedly a little royal guy who needed to be distracted and take care of nothing.
Lieutenant General Gnus was a soldier who hated taking in guys in the army who might influence him, and Ernst was undoubtedly one of them.
He belonged to the line of Archduke Ferdinand, and he had heard of the famous Prince Ernst since childhood, and there were even rumors that Emperor Franz intended to change his original decision to let Ernst inherit the future throne of Austria-Hungary.
But none of this had anything to do with Lieutenant General Gnass, he only wanted the future emperor to be Archduke Ferdinand, and he didn't care about what the future would be.
If he had met Ernst in Vienna, Lieutenant General Gness would have been interested in visiting him, but now it was the army, the front line of quelling the rebellion. In case something happened to Ernst, what did he do to Ferdinand?
Although it was not clear what Ernst had come to the door for, it was better to have more than less, and the only thing General Gueners could do was to try to dodge.
Soon, the guard returned to Ernst, and he said apologetically that Lieutenant General Gnas was discussing matters at the front with the military personnel, and that he could not meet with Ernst for the time being, and if he could, Lieutenant General Gners said that he would come to visit him after the meeting.
The evasion and evasion in the words are clearly displayed, and Ernst is not a stupid person, and he can only choose to leave when he sees the meaning.
Cosimo was happy, as long as he didn't go to the front, what would happen to them, the servants who followed Ernst, if something happened?
This shows the importance of an heir, and if Ernst had an heir, they would not be so frightened when faced with something like this.
If you can't go to the front, then stay in Szeged!
Ernst was somewhat disappointed when Andrei at the front was in contact with his first large-scale war.
It stands to reason that there can be no enemy in Andrei's position, even if there is a Serbian army, then they will at most contain it, and they will not really make a move, but ......
"There's something wrong with the soldiers here, Lieutenant Colonel, we should be vigilant."
The soldiers in the mouth of the staff officer refer to the Austro-Hungarian soldiers stationed on the border, but it can be seen from the words of the staff officer that no one can say whether they are Austro-Hungarian soldiers or not.
The other party was very enthusiastic, and the camp and logistics were well prepared, but for some reason, the staff officers of the Moravian Army Corps just felt that something was wrong with them.
"Greeting personnel, yes, it's their greeting personnel, lieutenant colonel, have you noticed that there is only the deputy regiment commander among their greeting personnel?"
The staff officer's words made Andre, who also recalled the scene he had just received, wake up instantly, yes, it was impossible for them to be greeted only by a deputy regiment commander and a few middle-level regiments.
The answer, if nothing else, is that there has just been a rebellion here, and a deputy regiment commander led his descendants to detain the regiment commander and most of the officers, and now everything here has been controlled by the deputy regiment commander and his party.
However, the only thing that is not clear now is the specific identity of this deputy regiment commander, the rebels are impossible, and the rebels have not yet had such influence to convince a lieutenant colonel and deputy commander of the Austro-Hungarian regular army.
Serbia and the Russian Empire, the former is more likely, even because several of Vojvodina's troops were recruited by natives, and the deputy commander was originally a Serbian spy.