20. Mask (2)
The negotiations went very smoothly, and in just one day, the two sides had completed the rough draft of the peace agreement, but only in terms of territory, actual control of the line, responsibility, compensation, and ransom for prisoners...... and other details are still to be discussed, but I believe that they can be solved in the end.
In a friendly and harmonious atmosphere, the envoys of both sides enjoyed a pleasant leisure time, with food, wine, steam room, roulette, and nine-pillar play...... Finally, under the service of the cats wrapped in translucent silk pajamas and the human beauty, the envoys tried the latest LSD together, and the effects of the new gadget satisfied the envoys, but the envoys of the principality said that they still had to inject it with vodka......
Everyone had a good time, the negotiation was also very smooth, and they started chatting in a happy mood, chatting and chatting, and chatting about something amazing.
"Why don't we form an international organization dedicated to suppressing the revolution?"
The envoy of the principality, Count Alex Federovich Orlov, asked with a sincere face, taking a big gulp on his cigar.
An international organization dedicated to the suppression of revolutions in various countries, including the United Principality of Rus?
Albian's envoy, Colonial Affairs Minister Castlereay, thought for a moment and laughed.
"It's a good idea. But what should I call it so as not to scare the sensitive?"
"What about the 'Council for Mutual Economic Assistance'?"
Gorchakov leaned over and whispered:
"The crown collar has been burned to the ground, and in the name of post-disaster reconstruction and prevention of revolution, it is justified to intervene. ”
"Yes. There are other things we can do......"
The two counts laughed a few times in tacitly, and the matter was settled.
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"Our 'friends' are really ......"
Flipping through the records of the negotiations on the draft agreement and the eavesdropping of the envoys, the corners of Li Lin's mouth curved upward, and Brunhill on the side pursed his lips slightly, his eyes faintly revealing worry.
The Duchy's fleet no longer built ocean-going warships, the shipyards for the construction of in-sea warships and civilian ships were retained, and the plan planned by Albiang before the war to establish an independent state for the minorities around St. Petersburg and promote the division of the principality came to an end, and the principality gave up accusing the Albiang warships of entering the territorial waters of the principality, and Albiang also gave up claiming compensation against the principality for the sinking of three warships, and the two sides ceased fire on the spot. Restoration of the pre-war border......
There is nothing new in this agreement. It was only a return to the pre-war situation, and even the reparations were abandoned, as if in addition to the death of some people and the testing of new tactics and weapons. There is no more point in this war.
Of course. This is absolutely impossible.
Anyone with a little political mind can see it. The reason for the abrupt signing of such an armistice agreement between the two great powers, who had thrown a lot of money and human lives into the bottomless pit of the battlefield, was not because of the discovery of conscience or the revelation of the Mother Goddess. It was a powerful Charlemagne who made them feel like they were in the air, and in order to deal with an even more powerful threat, the former sworn enemy had to stop biting and temporarily aim their guns at a common enemy.
The first trick they prepared for Charlemagne was the "Council for Mutual Economic Assistance".
This economic exchange is not the organization of the communist camp in the history of the earth, it is dressed in a gorgeous coat of "post-war revival", with a shirt of "suppressing the revolution", and the core is the underwear of "containing Charlemagne". An entire variant of the Viennese system and the Holy Alliance.
It is said that it is a variant version, because the world is still far from experiencing the profound disasters brought about by the Great Revolution, and the suppression of the revolution is not urgent for the ruling strata of various countries, but there is not much difference in the essential part: that is, to form a certain alliance to balance the countries, to prevent the risk of a country's rapid growth of power and the disruption of the balance of the international situation.
There is no doubt that their target was Charlemagne, and that preventing the revolution was just a pretext, and that post-war revival was a gimmick, and that their real idea was to intervene in Charlemagne's internal affairs on this ground.
For Alfheim, that's not a good thing.
In the long run, the alliance is also a potential threat to Alfheim. After all, what people are opposing is "a country that tries to change the status quo by force", Charlemagne today, and Alfheim tomorrow - as long as they threaten them, they can group together and beat the outcropping anti-bone boy to death first. But that can only be called a threat if this alliance and Charlemagne still have the strength to fight each other, and considering the balance of strength between the two sides, the possibility of such a situation is too low.
The real trouble is that this alliance appeared too early, at least almost a year before the elves' schedule.
According to the plan, when Charlemagne was forced into a corner by military means after the official independence of Alforheim, the revolutionary people of Lüdes would rise up to overthrow the monarchy and form a revolutionary government similar to the Commune and the Soviets. Under the leadership of Alfheim, the countries formed a coalition to extinguish the revolutionary plague, and then at the post-war spoils-sharing conference, a pan-international alliance was established. Countries can freely carry out in-depth and extensive exchanges on counter-revolution, suppress insurrections, hunt down revolutionary parties, and so on, and when necessary, coordinate with other countries to jointly mobilize the armed forces to extinguish the flame of revolution......
By joining this Monarchical Society, Alfheim can play the role of a party of order and recognize the legitimacy of the monarchs of various countries, so that humans and orcs and states will always be divided; Alfheim can play tricks between different forces and become the arbiter of world affairs, avoiding falling into a situation like Charlemagne surrounded by hostility, and interfering in world affairs at a lower cost.
To sum up, the core elements of this strategic plan are threefold: Charlemagne and the weakened Cheng Dù of the states, the military power of Alfheim itself, and the influence of the Holy See on the secular state;
At present, none of these three conditions meet the needs of the plan, but the United Principalities of Albion and Rus cannot wait to prepare for the anti-Charlemagne alliance......
"Fortunately, this is just a preliminary idea, and we have to solve various problems. It's going to take some time to make it concrete, and we've got plenty of time to develop a response plan, compared to—"
With a nonchalant expression, Li Lin's fingers tapped on several photos.
"What's going on?"
Deliberately dealing with the secondary issues first, the photos of the two MDSs fighting the Griffin Riders were thrown on the table in a state of increasing anxiety among the attendees. In the blink of an eye, the tense atmosphere filled the office, not to mention a few Stacy leaders, and Brunhill, as a close confidant, was also a little more depressed than before.
This is because they are facing several serious problems at the same time that cannot be ignored.
The first is the leaker's deposit.
Although the investigation is still ongoing, it is clear that someone who is familiar with the V.E consortium and Alfheim has informed Crown Prince Louis. The information leaked, including the timing of the negotiations, the vessel's route, and the configuration of its internal facilities - were highly classified beyond the reach of non-high-level persons. If it weren't for the importance of this negotiation. Under the cover of S-class secrecy measures, secretly deploying the MDS escort force, including Freya and Tyr, on the spaceship, I am afraid that an irreversible unforeseen situation will really occur.
Alfheim, which has been operating as a "secret organization" and a "shadow state", has been given a full picture by outsiders, especially the adversary. It can be said to be quite deadly.
Even more dangerous than the leaker. The success of the Crown Prince's operation itself.
With the collaboration of Freya and Tyr. Not a single horse escaped the airspace. But these men have proved the accuracy of the information provided by the leakers by their own deaths - there was indeed something unseeable on the Peter Strassel, and the important process had reached the point of forcing the consortium to resort to such extreme means as killing people. This alone is enough for the crown prince to confirm the value of the leaker.
"In that case. It's true that there aren't many options, but it's a feeling of being played by a bunch of...... How do you feel?"
Li Lin whispered. The major generals, colonels, and lieutenant colonels standing across the desk bowed their heads and looked dejected, they had long been prepared to be reprimanded in their hearts, but when the supreme consul threw out an indifferent voice, they still almost couldn't control their bodies, and almost trembled on the spot.
Far from the culmination of the ordeal, however, it was at best the beginning of a storm, and for the next two hours, a bunch of "malfeasance," "waste," "wage thief," and the like detained the intelligence officers, and the occasional "exile," "hard labor camp," and "solitary cell" sent chills to them...... Eventually, under the cold gaze of the consul, a group of high-ranking Stasi officials scrambled to flee the office, contacting their men as fast as they could, and a physical conflict broke out over the priority of the telephone, ignoring the ranks. For a time, the underground command post was noisy like a vegetable market.
Gently closing the soundproof door, isolating the high-ranking intelligence officials who were risking their salaries and heads out with the noise, Brunhill walked back to Li Lin, and at this moment the anger had faded from his face, and his calm face seemed thoughtful.
Honestly, it's worse than you think.
Where exactly did the information leak out? What kind of process did the information leak to? What action did the crown prince plan to take next?
If even Alfheim's existence and position were poked out, the crown prince had already begun to assemble a crusade force and prepare to raid the unsuspecting elven camp capital, and it may be that at this moment, the vanguard reconnaissance force had already set off. Although there are a lot of intelligence operations and physical camouflage as cover, these are not delicate camouflages that can hide thousands or tens of thousands of people at close range, and it is not known how useful these disguises can be due to the presence of leakers.
Of course, the elves can't just sit still. Although the Panzergrenadier Division was nominally only stationed on the outskirts of Alfheim, under the command of Major General Gerhard Schmidthuber, the Defence Force was able to assemble a large number of mechanized troops to defend the capital in a very short period of time, and if necessary, it could mobilize paramilitary organizations such as youth regiments to defend the city.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of the "commander's hall" division alone may be enough to deal with the expeditionary force - that division is not much less equipped with combat vehicles than the armored division, and should be regarded as an armored division, plus the defense system that has been operating around it for more than ten years. This fully equipped Panzergrenadier Division would have no problem chopping up the exhausted expeditionary force that had come all the way and were armed only with front-loading flintlock muskets and throwing them into hell, and if possible, they could wash and strip the crown prince and send it to Li Lin.
But in this way, Alfheim can be regarded as completely exposed. After seeing such a powerful combat power of the elves, as long as the crown prince pushes a little more vigorously and links the past events with Alfheim, the governments that have not completely torn their faces will definitely form a coalition to encircle and suppress the elves. At that point, there will be no other option but to have mushroom clouds rise all over the world at the same time......
It's a last resort, and whether or not you will actually do it depends on one thing.
"Who the hell is that leaker, and what is his purpose. ”
This is the most fundamental problem, and in the absence of a clear understanding of the other party's entity, it is all speculation and cannot be used as a reference for making judgments.
However, as of now, the elves have no clue about it.
The entity of the leaker is still a fog, and its motives are impossible to speculate. Judging by the leaked Cheng Dù, that bastard's position is not low, at least at the edge of the core layer. But it is this that makes the Agents who investigated the matter difficult to understand, knowing that even if they are not the core, the higher-level middle-level cadres in the organization are also strictly loyal to the people, the family environment is stable, and the talents with a lot of salaries are outstanding people, as long as they work hard, there is always a chance to get ahead. In contrast, regardless of how much benefit you can get from joining the human camp, whether the other party can truly accept you, and whether you will kick yourself away after squeezing out the use value, etc., will also be put aside. The question that no leaker can ignore is: Is there any investment value in the twilight human camp?
There was no one in the entire elven camp who did not know that the Archon was the power of the "Transcendent Species" and the "Divine Will Agent", and in the face of that huge force that was no different from a natural disaster, it was pointless to resist and attack. To be honest, even if he didn't play any tricks, Li Lin could completely wipe out the two camps of humans and orcs by himself, just like a typhoon crushing ants, leaving no trace.
Knowing this, but still running to mess with the crown prince who suffers from a severe secondary disease, what is the leaker thinking, what does he want? Is it money, a woman, or something else?
"Maybe ......"
Li Lin smiled meaningfully, and his red eyes turned back to the pile of photos on the desk.
"We met a suicide volunteer who was looking for excitement. (To be continued......)