In October 1920, when Ernst was traveling by train to the Kingdom of Lithuania for the coronation of his king, the Far East finally began to make a big move, and Japan could no longer bear its coveting of its land and went directly to attack.

The instability in the Northeast also affected the Russian Empire, and the Russian Empire had no choice but to increase its military power on the borders of China and Japan. Now Japan has no intention of targeting the Russian Empire, but who can guarantee that it has not been?

Japan is also considered a land power, of course, only in East Asia, and its army strength is even inferior to that of Britain and France, that is, half a pound and eight taels with the Russian Empire. Of course, this was only before the collapse of the Russian Empire, which was trained by officers of the Czech principalities, and their strength had reached the level of the Wehrmacht of the Czech principalities.

Japan has an army of about 200,000 in Tohoku, but only about 80,000 of them are actually Japanese soldiers, and the rest are recruited in Tohoku and Korea. Their combat effectiveness was naturally inferior to that of Japanese soldiers, and even inferior to the combat effectiveness of the previous Russian Imperial Army.

The Beiyang soldiers in the Northeast have good combat effectiveness, and their armament and combat capability are similar to those of Japanese soldiers, but in the eyes of some internal struggles, the combat effectiveness of these Northeast Army has been compromised. With some political compromises, the Northeast was soon occupied by the Japanese.

The army of the Russian Empire has always held several important port cities in Vladivostok, but due to the blockade of Japanese warships, although the Russian Empire has a navy, its strength can only be confined to the port. Ernst had financial support, but it took time for the navy to be built.

Although the Northeast looks a little chaotic, it is actually still under control. Ernst had already set out on his way to the Kingdom of Lithuania, but unfortunately, it was just in time for the Soviet Union to take Ukraine and start attacking Poland, which made Ernst's journey unstable, and fortunately he arrived in Vilnius, the capital of the Kingdom of Lithuania, in less than a day.

When Ernst came to Lithuania, the generals and local officials on the border expressed their enthusiasm, and many citizens appeared on the streets of the border cities with genuine smiles on their faces. The reason is simple, at this time only the Czech principality, only the Czech Grand Duke, can bring them a sense of security.

The Soviet invasion of Poland frightened the Kingdom of Lithuania, fearing that their next target would be their next target, and their panic slowly disappeared only when Ernst agreed to be King of Lithuania and came to Lithuania. In their eyes, no matter how bold the USSR was, it did not dare to provoke the Czech principality at this time, after all, the Soviet Union was no match for the Czech principality in terms of war potential and military strength.

On the surface, the Czech principality has only 150,000 regular troops, but there are more than 200,000 reserves, which is a military force that can be arranged for the battlefield at any time. In addition, needless to say, the organizational strength of the Czech principality, as long as the Czech principality is serious, they can raise an army of more than 500,000 at any time.

What is the concept of a 500,000 Czech Army? Aided by countless artillery pieces and fighter jets, the troops of the Czech principalities were perhaps able to capture Moscow in three days. This is not a joke but a fact, do you not see that even the United States, Britain and France dare not easily provoke the Czech principality? Perhaps add that three days is the time to travel.

In fact, the Czech Duchy was even stronger than Germany back then, especially the Royal Czech Army, which was a military force that compromised the victorious powers. The current international status of the Czech Principality was largely brought about by the Royal Czech Army, which used their prestige to ensure the international status and security of the current Czech Principality.

Ernst did not linger long on the border, after all, the coronation ceremony was important, and sooner or later he would meet these officials and generals on the border again. Compared to the citizens of the border, the citizens of Vilnius are slightly colder, which is normal, after all, they are not threatened by war.

"I'm Arturas, and Lithuania welcomes you, Your Majesty!"

The middle-aged man at the head was undoubtedly the Prime Minister of Lithuania, and he also had a deep friendship with the Czech principality, and he was one of several officials responsible for the formation of the Kingdom of Lithuania. Until now, he had close ties with David Puszin of the Czech principality.

David Puszin is no longer a colonel in the combined Lithuanian-Czech principality, but now a major general in the Ministry of Defence. In fact, his ability and qualifications to be promoted to lieutenant general are not a problem, but too much time was delayed in Lithuania during World War I, so many battles were missed.

Ernst was naturally aware of Arturas' relationship with David Pussin, so he was ready to arrange for David Pusin to come to Lithuania to help them form a new army. Ernst did not make the slightest concession to the control of the army, which was one of the conditions on which the Lithuanian cabinet agreed to Ernst.

Lithuania is not a large country with a large population, and the entire country is only about 1 million people, and its economy is only comparable to a medium-sized province of the Czech principality. The Kingdom of Lithuania now has more than 50,000 troops, which were reorganized on the basis of the training provided by the Czech principalities during World War I.

Lithuania has a small territory, a small population, and a weak economy, and the 50,000 army has already made the finances strained, so it is impossible for Ernst to continue to form a new army, and Ernst actually means that Lithuania will be dominated by the navy, and the army will be retrained in about five army divisions.

The Czech principality has always implemented a system of elite soldiers, and if 50,000 elite troops are used in the right place, then even 100,000 Soviet troops will not be able to take Lithuania. And Lithuania's role was not to contain the Soviet Union, it was enough to provide the Czech principality with a port and a place to build a navy.

The Kingdom of Lithuania also had a navy, which was left over from the Russian Empire. However, the Lithuanian navy, which has only a few warships, is nothing in the eyes of the major naval powers, and perhaps they only need to send half a formation to destroy the navy of the Kingdom of Lithuania.

The Czech principality - the Kingdom of Lithuania - the Kingdom of Hungary - the Russian Empire, recalling these four countries, Ernst believed that the time had come for monetary reform, and that the unification of the currencies of the four countries would benefit the economies of the four countries and also the gold content of the currencies. Why is the pound so valuable? No, because Britain has colonies all over the world, the pound sterling is almost universal!

Euro! This represents Ernst's ambition and at the same time, considering that other names can affect the national and national feelings of the citizens of the four countries, the European currency is undoubtedly the most appropriate name!

In fact, the Czech Cabinet had already discussed this matter and discussed it with the Russian Prime Minister Stanis Gross and the Hungarian Prime Minister, and even Mesimilian had no opinion and even tried his best to promote it. The only thing that may have upset Ernst was that the few countries he could influence were now scattered across the country, with different countries in between.

Slovakia was between the Czech Duchy and the Kingdom of Hungary, Poland was between the Czech Duchy and the Kingdom of Lithuania, and the Soviet Union was between the Czech Duchy and the Russian Empire. If these countries can be linked together, it is believed that the economies of the four countries will be greatly improved.

Of course, there are advantages of not being connected, first of all, Britain and France did not pay much attention to Ernst's succession to the Kingdom of Lithuania, after all, the Kingdom of Lithuania is a small country and he is not connected to the Czech Duchy, so it cannot form any effective reinforcement. The second is that Ernst can contain many countries, and at the same time, it can also be flanked back and forth, such as the Soviet Union, Poland, and Slovakia.

Now the Czech principality is not suitable for any moves, otherwise these countries will be easy to take, although the Soviet Union is strong, but his biggest advantage is the geographical advantage, but the Russian Empire and the Czech principality of the two-front war is estimated that he will not last long. The USSR was so much not to mention several other countries, and in the long term the Czech principalities even had the potential to unify Eastern Europe.

Meeting with Lithuanian cabinet officials, Ernst was guided by the Lithuanian Prime Minister to visit the Imperial Palace and the offices of the Cabinet Government. It can be seen that they really welcome Ernst, because the Lithuanian palace is very much renovated on the original foundation, although it is not as good as the Prague palace, but it is also much better than Maria's palace in the Russian Empire.

What about the imperial palace of the Russian Empire, Ernst naturally did not know, these were all the exact words of his servants. Maria returned from Siberia, and some of her servants were at Ernst's side at this time, so they naturally had a considerable say in the contrast between the two royal palaces.

The servants of the Lithuanian royal palace were nervous, after all, they did not know what the character of their new master was. There are countless people in aristocratic families with brutal and strange personalities, and even if Ernst looks normal on the outside, who knows what is going on the inside?

In the afternoon of the same day, Ernst met with some representatives of Lithuanian industry and commerce, as well as some nobles of the previous Lithuanian dynasty. Ernst didn't have much enthusiasm for these nobles, but these guys were quite enthusiastic, and they all wanted to get a title of nobility that could be recognized internationally.

Since the unification of titles, those nobles who have not been internationally recognized are now called pseudo-nobles, although their countries still recognize these nobles, but these nobles are embarrassed to show off their title certificates. Ernst had not seen much of the sea since leaving Italy, so one of his journeys was to Klaipeda, where he had to see not only the sea but also his navy, even if it had only a few warships and could not even assemble a whole naval formation.

Sitting in the conference room of the Lithuanian Cabinet, Ernst listened to the following administrative report on Lithuania, and the introduction was Hao Ran, the Prime Minister of the Lithuanian Cabinet, Arturas.