Chapter 145: The Czech Principality (5)

Because Ernst had become Grand Duke of the Czech Duchy, the Bank of Moravia was renamed the Royal Bank of Moravia, and he was the only state-owned bank in the Czech Principality.

The Czech Duchy does not have its own currency, and there is no need for Ernst to add too much trouble to himself when the war is coming, and now the currency of the Czech Duchy is actually the Deutsche Mark, although the Austro-Crème krona is more suitable as a temporary currency than the Deutsche Mark, but how can Ernst, who is familiar with the future, choose the Austro-Hungarian krona, which is very in crisis?

If Germany wins, the whole of the Allies wins, and if Germany loses, the whole of the Allies is also in danger, and the fate is tied to each other, and the currency does not matter.

Ernst's propaganda efforts throughout the Czech Republic were not wasted in these years, and the Royal Bank of Moravia was welcomed by the entire Czech principality as soon as it was reorganized, and the storage and exchange of citizens did not have much effect. However, this also has something to do with the Deutschmark, which is much stronger than the krona.

On the German side? At this time, where is there a reason for Germany not to vigorously support the Czech principality, the eastern front still needs to rely on the Czech principality, after all, it is the origin of the German Empire, where is the hometown of too many soldiers.

Almost all of the Czech principality's energy at this time was in the military, and the air force, which was attached to the army, was naturally among them. The air force of the Czech principality was actually quite good, but unfortunately they were not organized but belonged to each royal division separately, and the same was true for the field artillery regiments.

Each Royal Army division in the Czech principality had a medium squadron of 50 fighters, 30 bombers, and a number of zeppelins. Most of the military airships were supplied by Germany, and their main tasks were cruising and long-range bombing, which was one of the German military support projects for the Czech principality.

In addition to the flight formation, there are also field artillery regiments, which are directly under the management of the Royal Army Division, and the standard configuration of each Royal Army Division is a large-caliber field cannon of a water, and there are some mortars, but these are not listed in the field artillery regiment, and each army battalion is equipped with its own equipment.

It doesn't take too long for an artillery regiment of a Royal Army division to collapse half of the city, and it is estimated that the time will be shorter if it is combined with airship bombardment. But alas, Ernst did not think that he had the ability to counterattack in a short time, so these huge cannons could sit idle in the barracks for a long time.

After talking about the Air Force, we can't fail to mention the latest achievements of the Czech Duchy's tanks, which are basically similar to World War II in appearance, and the engine problem has been improved as much as possible and replaced with gasoline engines.

Tanks are also not under the direct management of army divisions, but are placed as auxiliary offensive units at the regimental level, and each Royal Army regiment has a tank company - 30 tanks.

This was basically the case with the army of the Czech principality, and Andrei had by this time been successfully promoted to the rank of marshal of the Czech principality, and eight royal army divisions had already gone to the eastern border of the Czech principality under his arrangement, and they were ready to divide into two lines to garrison the border line and go to East Prussia.

Ernst ignored this, for Archduke Ferdinand had already set foot on the road to Sarajevo, and the feeling that he could not do anything about it, knowing that it was a dangerous one, made Ernst bitter. But he had no choice, not to mention whether he could tell the truth, and even if he did, who could guarantee that Archduke Ferdinand would believe it?

Seeing that his son who was born had the memories of his previous life, that was an ordinary college student in an ancient country in the East a hundred years later, he knew that the First World War was about to start and the reason for the opening was that his old son was shot in Sarajevo?

Ernst knew Archduke Ferdinand in his heart, he thought that Archduke Ferdinand would not believe it 60 percent, and even if he had some doubts, he would not cancel his plan to go to Sarajevo.

The only thing Ernst could do at this moment was to wait in Prague for news from Sarajevo, and once the news arrived, it was time for him to start preparing. As for whether Archduke Ferdinand lived or died, he could only resign himself to fate, after all, not everything would be as Ernst wanted.

Archduke Ferdinand, who was on the road to Sarajevo at the same time, also looked at the scenery outside the train, and he looked like this not because of anyone else, but because of the inexplicable phone call of his second son. Someone wants to assassinate themselves in Sarajevo? When did Ernst's intelligence services arrive in Sarajevo?

That's right, Archduke Ferdinand is only concerned about this one thing now, he asked himself if Ernst's every move is under his control, but who would have thought that Ernst actually has an intelligence department that he doesn't know, so he doesn't know if Ernst has some other hole cards.

Spying on Ernst was not ill-intentioned, after all, Ernst was still old at that time, but Archduke Ferdinand did not care much about him, and he was genuinely curious about his somewhat mysterious son. But all these years of surveillance did not give him any results, not only that, but the doubts in his heart became more and more. But none of that mattered, after all, Ernst was his own son, and that wouldn't change anyway.

At this time, Archduke Ferdinand did not blame the spies who were arranged by Ernst's side, he was very relaxed and relieved, and hesitated whether he wanted to transfer back the "spies" arranged by Ernst's side? Think about it and give up in the end! has been Archduke Ferdinand for many years, it is estimated that Ernst has used the habit of letting them come back, and it is estimated that Ernst will not be satisfied with it or stay with him and no longer contact him.

"Ferdinand......"

I don't know when Archduke Sophia came to Archduke Ferdinand's side and gently held Archduke Ferdinand's hand, Archduchess Sophia's face was full of worry. The reason for Archduke Ferdinand is naturally clear, it is nothing more than that phone call from Ernst......

Patting the hand of his wife, who had been by his side for many years, Archduke Ferdinand smiled comfortingly: "There are too many people who want to assassinate me, and this is not the first time, don't worry I'm okay." ”

That is to say, but who can calm down when the real thing is in front of them? Men are better, for women like Archduke Sophia, she has tried many times to persuade Archduke Ferdinand to abandon this visit, but Archduke Ferdinand's character is ...... Don't say it!

On the train, the Archduchess Sophia was worried, and not everyone in Vienna was indifferent to Archduke Ferdinand's visit, not to mention the Sufi Lord, who was in the know, even Emperor Franz was often in a daze. Perhaps because of his old age, he was much more worried and suspicious than in previous years.

Vienna had cut off any correspondence with Ernst since the founding of the Czech Duchy, but at this time Ernst made a phone call, and the content of the call was very surprising, and at the same time Ernst was a little anxious and worried, which could not help but make the Emperor Franz suspicious.

The situation in Europe is already obvious, Germany is even ready for war, and what is missing now is only a primer, a small one.

If, just if, if Archduke Ferdinand were assassinated in Sarajevo, not to mention the outcome of the assassination, what would happen to the situation in Europe? Every time he thought of this, Emperor Franz wondered if this was a hint from Ernst, suggesting that he could do something on it to try to make the war come sooner. But if you think about it, Ernst would not have done something like that, even though he was not very filial, and there were probably other reasons.

At this time, the question arises again, the identity and position of Archduke Ferdinand, there will be no chance of ordinary assassination, and the assassination that can make Ernst so urgent and worried, will there really be any changes?

Emperor Franz was worried, he had to worry, because he had great hopes for Archduke Ferdinand, and the future Austro-Hungarian Empire really needed an emperor like Archduke Ferdinand.