As it turned out, the air raids carefully prepared by the Germans at night clearly caught the Austrians off guard.

If it had been at the beginning of the war, the Austrian army at that time was always on guard against German attacks, and the anti-aircraft weapons at the airfield were manned at all times, so that they could use anti-aircraft weapons to counterattack in the face of an attack.

But now, more than half a month after the war, the Austrians have gradually relaxed their guard against the German army.

After all, as mentioned before, the Luftwaffe had not penetrated deep into Austria before this air raid, and logically speaking, it was impossible for them to obtain information on the distribution of Austrian airfields.

This also meant that the Germans must have received information from elsewhere to launch the air attack, for which the Austrians were not prepared.

Whatever the Austrians thought, the attack was devastating for Austria and almost entirely rendered the Austrian military airfields deployed in the Czech region useless.

On the afternoon of April 28, the Imperial Cabinet of Austria.

The Austrian Prime Minister sat on the throne with a heavy face, his eyes staring at the Austrian Air Force Minister tightly, and the meaning of inquiry in his eyes overflowed.

"Your Excellency, the seven military airfields we have deployed in the Czech region have all been attacked, and almost all of them have suffered heavy losses.

According to preliminary statistics, nearly 40 aircraft were directly blown up, and nearly 200 aircraft were damaged to varying degrees and needed to be repaired before they could be put back into service.

What is even worse is that our airport runway ancillary facilities have been subjected to a full-scale bombing, and hundreds of air force soldiers have been killed in this bombing, and a large number of airport personnel have also faced casualties of varying degrees.

To put it bluntly, the air force deployed in the Czech region has completely lost its combat effectiveness. If we do not want to cede air supremacy in the Czech territories to the Germans, we must let the air forces of Austria and Slovakia do their best to protect the Czech skies. The Austrian Air Force Minister said with a solemn face.

"Damn it!" The Austrian Prime Minister cursed with a pale face, and the whole person fell to his seat, and said weakly: "The air force of the Czech region is completely incapacitated? Is this the return of our investment in the Air Force at great cost?

Tell me, Secretary Ryan, why are our airfields and air units not prepared in the slightest in the face of enemy air strikes?

If I remember correctly, our investment in military radar is one of the main expenses of the Air Force. Don't tell me that our financial revenues are invested in the Air Force, and they don't play a role at all. ”

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the enemy, without in-depth reconnaissance, has learned the exact location of all our military airfields in the Czech region.

In my opinion, the Air Force cannot be blamed entirely for this time, and the intelligence services are also at fault. Air Force Secretary Ryan quickly explained.

Because of the heavy losses of the Czech regional air force, it is likely that the Austrian army on the front line will be at an even greater disadvantage due to the lack of support from the air force.

The resulting series of chemical reactions could well lead to the defeat of the war in the entire Czech region. Once the Czech region was lost, it was only a matter of time before the Austrian Empire faced the German offensive and failed.

In fact, this also means that the heavy cost of the Czech regional air force is likely to lead to the defeat of the entire war.

The guy who caused the heavy losses of the Air Force, that is, the last person to bear the responsibility, is also destined to be the culprit who led to the defeat of the entire war.

With such a huge black cauldron, Minister Ryan thought he couldn't carry it at all. Whatever his status was, if he had been put on such a huge hat, he would have only one identity after that, and that was the sinner of the whole of Austria.

"I don't want to hear too much from you." Before Minister Ryan could try to explain and clear his suspicions, the Austrian Prime Minister waved his hand and interrupted Minister Ryan's speech: "

I want results, Minister Ryan. Whatever you do, you must guarantee air supremacy in the Czech Republic.

I believe that you should also understand what the price will be if we lose air supremacy in the Czech region. Now the only thing you can do is to make a meritorious deed and keep those damned Germans' planes out of the battle line, understand? ”

Just as Minister Ryan needs to clear himself of his responsibilities, Daniel Ovey, as Austria's Prime Minister, also needs to do his best to clear himself of responsibility in this case.

And the current Air Force Secretary Ryan is obviously the most suitable character to take the blame. And in the final analysis, the Air Force suffered heavy losses due to a sneak attack, and if the Air Force does not take the blame, then who else can be responsible?

"Yes, I understand, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Minister Ryan nodded grimacingly. Although he knew that Prime Minister Daniel wanted to get rid of his responsibilities, he was helpless about it.

After all, as Chancellor Daniel said, it is an indisputable fact that the Austrian Air Force suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Luftwaffe, no matter how he justified it.

Unless he could keep Austria's air safety as safe as possible, and ensure that German planes did not threaten Austrian cities. Otherwise, sooner or later, the angry people will put all the blame and blame on him, and he will also bear the wrath of the people.

The heavy losses of the air force made the Austrian government a little jumpy. Many lords and factions came out to say that Germany and the Austrian Empire were allies in the great wars in Europe.

Now, Austria should not be enemies of Germany. Austria and Germany should be re-allies, and Germany and Austria should be targeted at the two major enemies of Western and Eastern Europe (France and Russia).

There is also a basis for such a statement as the Lord and the Pie. Counting the Austrian surprise, the current war is the same as the European war 20 years ago, and it is still a war between England, France and Germany.

The difference was that Italy, which fought against Germany in World War I, joined the German side, while Austria joined the British and French sides.

The Lords and factions said that the current Germany is clearly stronger than the Germany of the past, and the momentum of their expansion is almost unstoppable.

And the attitude shown by Britain and France before this, apart from repeated concessions, makes people see no hope of victory at all.

Including now, a theoretical full-scale war has broken out, but the British and French armies still have no intention of making a large-scale sortie.

As an ally of Britain and France, was Austria going to stand alone against Germany and Italy? In doing so, Austria could only consume itself for no reason, and by the way, it would make the position of old colonial countries like Britain and France more secure.

This was an unnecessary internal friction for the German nation, and it was also in the hands of Britain and France.

Not to mention, the demands of the Austrian Lords and Peacemakers were accepted by a considerable part of the German nation. Ever since nationalism began to prevail, the idea of reunification among the German nation has been rather intense.

It was the sense of national identity and national pride of the Germans that led to the rapid growth of the superpower in the second half of the 19th century and the rise to the second place in the world in just a few decades.

Among them, the group that most approved of the idea of the Lords and the faction, that the Austrian Empire should join the alliance with Germany and make the Germans stronger, was the Germans living in the so-called Sudetenland.

On the map, the Sudetenland almost encircles the Czech Republic and is on the edge of the Czech Republic near the German border.

On this fringe, more than 3 million Germans live. These people were the destabilizing factor in the Czech regions and the Germans who wanted to join Germany the most in the entire Austrian Empire.

In fact, all Austrians are Germans. But not all Austrians want to join Germany, because Austria has a great history.

But we have to admit that after Germany won the Austro-Prussian War and unified most of Germany, it became the orthodoxy in the minds of all Germans.

The Germans in the Sudetenland were clearly more willing to submit to the rule of the German Empire than Austria, the loser.

What the Austrian government did not expect was that after the heavy losses of the Air Force, the army at the front did not have any problems, and the rear went into chaos on its own.

On 29 April, after a successful raid on most of the military airfields in the Czech region, the German army launched a full-scale offensive.

Almost at the same time, a large-scale armed rebellion broke out in a city called Budějovice in the southern part of the Czech Republic against the Czech and Austrian governments.

It is clear that this rebellion was organized and premeditated. In the area near Budějovice, thousands of improvised armed forces consisting of Germans were gathered.

These men were generally armed with standard weapons from Germany and Italy, and even had heavy firepower weapons such as machine guns and artillery.

Although it was a sudden armed rebellion, the goal of these men was obvious: to capture Budějovice and create an opportunity for the German army.

Sadly, the Austrian army was all deployed along the border, and there were not many troops deployed in the city, which was already in the rear.

An armed force of thousands of Germans quickly conquered the city and captured its arsenal, once again expanding its army.

On 30 April, the armed forces issued a statement in Budějovice, declaring independence and establishing the Republic of Bohemia.

In this declaration of independence, the Germans, who had betrayed Austria, stated that the German Reich was the legitimacy of all Germans and that the Germans would not join the war with their own compatriots.

It has to be admitted that the rebellion of the Germans was a major blow to the Czech regions and the European Empire. In the days that followed, Germans in the Czech Republic responded to the rebellion, saying that they would not turn their guns on their compatriots.

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