The Habsburg House of Isher in Salzburg was a retreat, and of course, the German Emperor and a large number of high-ranking army and navy generals were invited to come not to spend summer, but to coordinate the military operations of Germany and Austria for the upcoming campaign on the Western Front.

If it were not for the imminent invasion of Norway by Britain and France, the Germans temporarily decided to launch the Norwegian campaign, and according to the original plan, the German-Austrian forces would have launched a full-scale attack on France as early as February 8.

In fact, before the outbreak of the war, the Germans had drawn up a battle plan for attacking France -- the "Yellow Plan," and this battle plan was actually a copy of the "Schlieffen Plan" drawn up by the German General Staff before the war in Europe. However, in an accident at the end of 1939, the British and French authorities obtained a Fifth Instruction issued by the commander of the German Second Air Force, Fermi, to the corps headquarters and headquarters.

In this instruction, the operational attempts of the first scheme of the "Yellow" plan were detailed, which included the direction in which the Germans would carry out the main assault on France and its allies through Guò Belgium. This material was a joy for the British and French allies. However, this top-secret information was successfully set up by the German General Staff in an intelligence war deception.

According to the chief of staff of German Army Group A, Lieutenant General Manstein, the German General Staff changed the main assault site from the right flank in central Belgium to the Ardennes Mountains, where Belgium and Luxembourg are located. However, in order to confuse the enemy, the German General Staff adopted a series of intelligence deception measures, so that the British and French high command still believed that the German offensive plan was to focus the breakthrough on the northern Belgian and Dutch lines.

According to the consultations, the Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Eugen? Admiral Bell agreed with the Germans that Austria-Hungary would send a reinforced Panzer Corps 2nd Army to support the German offensive and six Army Aviation Divisions to support the German offensive on the Western Front.

The military generals of the two European empires discussed the details of the attack plan in detail in their rooms at the royal estate of Isher, while Helden accompanied Wilhelm II to a cliff villa in Salzburg. They exchanged their views on the overall strategy for the future.

"Haydn, why don't you launch an attack on Gibraltar, so that we may be able to defeat Britain more quickly and end this damned war sooner." Wilhelm II sat in Heldon's study, and many years of facts have proved that Heldon's strategy is indeed more than a cut above his own. Wilhelm II was convinced of this, and the German Emperor was slightly balanced by the fact that the Second German Empire, ruled by the Hohenzollerns, was far stronger than the "Empire of Southeastern Europe" ruled by the Habsburgs.

Before the war, Wilhelm II was convinced that the "Twin Emperors" were the rulers of Europe and even half of the world, but the shape of the war after the outbreak of the war showed that it was only a good wish. In addition to the absolute dominance of the German-Austrian navy in the Baltic and Mediterranean, on the oceans of the entire world, German-Austrian forces were quickly cleared.

Under the powerful offensive of the Japanese Navy, Germany lost all the "Kaiser's territories" in the Pacific. And until now, the German Navy had not broken out of the cage set up by the British Empire in the North Atlantic.

"This, there is no hurry, our purpose is to target the soft underbelly of the British." Lechelton smiled and said, "My goal now is South Africa." ”

"Why? And there are no Britons there? ”

"But there's gold and diamonds there." In fact, he said, he is more interested in South Africa's minerals: "Southern Africa has only a regular army of more than 6,000 people, and there is a militia of about 20,000 people." We only need to send a few army divisions to take there, why not do it?! ”

"But Europe is more important. We need a lot of troops. Wilhelm II said, looking up.

"It's not so strict, the battle for the sea is more important in this war, and we need to put more forces into the construction of the navy, and of course, this also includes naval aviation." "Nor was it our intention to destroy the Soviet Union. Rather, it is to maintain a 'Muscovy' that has always been a threat to the Baltic states, Finland, Ukraine, the Don and the Caucasus, so that their defense has to be maintained by us, and it will be more helpful for us to build a broad military alliance. The war on the Eastern Front left Ukrainians, Cossacks and Caucasians, and possibly Chinese. Let's go fight the Russians, what we have to do is try to provide them with arms and give them a slight advantage. ”

"Will there be a long positional battle on the Western Front, as it did last time? That's where I'm worried. ”

"Rest assured, with the continuous appearance of new military equipment, trench warfare has declined, don't worry, I believe that the French campaign will be over in three months. William, think more about how you can strengthen your navy, and perhaps one day you will sit in the chair in Buckingham Palace where your grandmother once sat and conclude a treaty of peace and friendship with the British. ”

"If France loses, the British will not withdraw from the war?"

"It's hard, it's the only right choice for them, but it's a pity that the politicians in Whitehall won't give up their ambitions to control Europe, and I think they'll choose to fight us forever, and even after we occupy Britain, they can still choose to continue fighting us in Canada and Australia."

"Man's desires are always endless, Haydn, is your aim to control the entire Indian Ocean, or even the Pacific Ocean?" Wilhelm II sat up straight, "Only by mastering the seas can we control the world." ”

"That's what I said." Helton Lee was disgusted with this uncle who plagiarized his speech, "This is my dream, but unfortunately, it is difficult to do this." ”

"Is it hard? The British will soon collapse. ”

"But they have the United States behind them, and the Americans are not going to sit idly by and watch us rule the world. William, there is still a battle to be fought, and I hope that your navy will have access to the Indian Ocean, and even to fight alongside us in the Pacific. For our future! "I heard that Field Marshal Raeder wanted to convert the 'Scharnhorst'-class battleships into aircraft carriers?" ”

"Those are mighty battleships?!"

"The battleships are outdated, and there is nothing wrong with the decision of William, the marshal, who knows better than us the trends in the development of naval equipment." Li Haidun said lightly, "Don't regret it when the time comes. ”

"Well, I'll consult the admirals on this matter."

The conversation began to drift off topic, and the two emperors agreed that if the German-Austrian forces occupied South Africa, they would fly there and hold a grand military parade in Johannesburg. (To be continued......) R1292