Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 856 War Mobilization

Originally, Roque only wanted to send 500 to [-] African servants to Europe to support the scene, but now it seems that even Australia, which has a vast land and a sparse population of only [-] million people, sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Europe to support World War I, and the population is increasing. The more southern Africa, which has far surpassed Australia, cannot be lazy.

What's more, Southern Africa, which has performed exceptionally well in previous regional conflicts, and its growing industrial capabilities have become a powerful supplement to the local area, is already capable of providing support to Egypt. Now it is like an elephant squatting behind a hyena trying to hide its body. It can't be hidden at all, and the intelligence agencies of the Ministry of War in Nyasaland are not free to eat. Over the years, various delegations in southern Africa have seen southern Africa from the inside out, and it is really easy Hundreds of tens of millions of military purchases are free?Those are all carrots in front of the donkey. In another time and space, Britain gave the order to the United States, and the United States has to send troops to work for the British.

After arriving in Pretoria, Ade immediately announced the promotion order for Marshal Rock, and appointed Rock as the commander-in-chief of the Southern African Army.

Then the revolving door meeting was non-stop one after another. In the morning, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of the Interior discussed how to fight against the outside world and secure the interior. In the afternoon, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Justice, and the Chief of the Police Department discussed how to eradicate dissidents. Roque himself was miserable, and the Prime Minister and the speaker who had to attend every meeting were even more exhausted physically and mentally.

These two are already in their [-]s, and they are still young people at the level of the country's top leader, but after all, they cannot be as energetic as real young people, and problems will definitely occur after a long time.

Real young people have to meet for a drink after work every day. At this time, most of the topics at the dinner table are the abnormal reactions of European countries to the assassination of the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Since the assassination of the crown prince on June 28, he has been By July 22, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had not declared war on Serbia, which is really abnormal.

"Because of the marriage of Archduke Ferdinand, the relationship between the old emperor Franz Joseph I and Archduke Ferdinand was very bad, and the funeral of Archduke Ferdinand was very shabby. Like a Grand Duke, there was only a small parade in Vienna a few hours after the death of Archduke Ferdinand, demanding that the government declare war on Serbia and avenge Ferdinand, and then the parade was quickly subdued, according to Ma Run and dance, nothing has changed." Stoudemire now has a formal position, and like Sidney Milner, he serves as a member of the War Coordination Committee. This is an organization specially established for the upcoming war. It is very big, and it will be disbanded after the war is over.

Roque and Stoudemire met almost every day, sometimes adding Henry, Owen, and Sidney Milner.

Usually the meeting place is in a tavern next to the city square. The owner of this tavern is very good at making all kinds of snacks. Rock likes the peanuts here, Stoudemire likes the French fries here, and Henry likes the baked goods here. Intestines, the bosses actually eat the same food as the farmer when they are not attending the banquet.

Not even fresh as the farmer eats.

"The people of Vienna have too many worries. They need the support of Germany, they need Russia to keep silent, and they need France to give up their support to Serbia before they dare to take bold actions. The old emperor may be thanking the Serbs in his heart for the death of Grand Duke Ferdinand. , so that he can have a reason to change the crown prince of the empire. Compared with this matter, revenge becomes insignificant. Even if the Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia, it is definitely not for the revenge of Archduke Ferdinand, but for Austria-Hungary The interests of the empire." Rock disdains, and Archduke Ferdinand is not the son of the old emperor Franz Joseph I, so it is really not sure how deep the relationship is.

In fact, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has already received the promise of Kaiser Wilhelm II, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire does not trust the promise of the lunatic William II. It is the German generals who control Germany, not the aloof William II, but William II Feeling good about himself, he thinks everything is under control.

The reason why William II is said to be a lunatic has a lot to do with William II's performance during this period.

After the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, William II was more active than the old emperor Franz Joseph I. When summoning the Austrian envoy, William II issued the famous "empty check", promising that as long as the Austro-Hungarian Empire paid Serbia declares war, then Germany will stand firm and fight side by side with Austria-Hungary, and Germany will provide what Austria-Hungary needs.

At the same time, Russian Tsar Nicholas II is trying to find a peaceful solution to the Balkan crisis. British Foreign Secretary Gray also proposed the establishment of a multi-country dialogue organization, and he does not want to see the outbreak of war.

Although the arms race has been going on for several years, it is strange that in the moments before the outbreak of the world war, it seems that all countries except Germany are trying their best to avoid war. No one wants to see the lights of Europe go out, except Wilhelm II. .

As for Russia, it is hard to say what kind of reaction Russia will make if the Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia. Although Russia has long coveted the Balkan Peninsula, in the previous two Balkan wars, Russia had nothing but talk. Any form of military action, and although Russia has a strong war potential, it has a vast territory and insufficient infrastructure. Even if it wants to participate in the war, it cannot be done in a day or two.

If the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was more efficient, the war might have ended before Russia had finished mobilizing for the war.

What I want to explain here is the concept of "war mobilization". For different countries, the meaning of war mobilization is different. For example, in a country like Russia, after the tsar issued a mobilization order, Russia was restricted by objective conditions, and the country may enter a state of war. It will take several months.

For a country like Germany, which has been planning for a long time, has relatively advanced domestic infrastructure, and a relatively complete reserve military service system, it may only take a week for the country to enter a state of war. Therefore, at the moment in 1913, war mobilization is a very scary signal. If a country issues a mobilization order, countries with relevant interests must respond.

"The dignity of the empire cannot be violated. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire does not respond appropriately, the image of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will plummet." Henry couldn't figure out why the Austro-Hungarian Empire has not even given a symbolic ultimatum. , In addition to defending the Russian army, the Austro-Hungarian Empire now has 36 troops available to attack Serbia. Serbia suffered heavy losses in the first two Balkan wars and is in a critical stage of restoring its strength. Now it has only [-] standing troops.

"The Austro-Hungarian Empire has no national image at all. This country is terrible from top to bottom." Stoudemire doesn't like the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This country is too weird. The only dual system country in the world, Archduke Ferdinand He also wanted to make the country into a three-dimensional system, probably because he felt that the triangle was more stable.

Needless to say the three-yuan system, the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the two-yuan system is no longer a normal country. It is like two divorced people bringing their children together to live together. They should have worked together to rebuild In a beautiful big family, both parties seem to be in harmony with each other, and they are too selfish.

Although many people are trying their best to avoid the outbreak of the war, the war is still inevitable. On the 23rd, the Austria-Hungary Empire finally issued an ultimatum to Serbia, requesting to accept the ten demands of the Austria-Hungary Empire within 48 hours, one of which is Austria-Hungary. The Hungarian Empire demanded direct involvement in Belgrade's investigation into the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife.

The Kingdom of Serbia agreed to most of the conditions, but did not agree to the request of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to intervene in the investigation. This request violated the autonomy of the Kingdom of Serbia, but the Kingdom of Serbia was willing to share with the Austro-Hungarian Empire the progress of the investigation into the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife.

Such a result obviously cannot satisfy the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From June 28 to July 23, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was ready to launch a war. The purpose of the ultimatum was to create an excuse for further war, so at the end As soon as the time for the ultimatum arrived, Baron Gisey, the ambassador of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Kingdom of Serbia, immediately announced the severance of relations with the Kingdom of Serbia. His luggage had already been packed, and half an hour later, Baron Gisey boarded the train. In minutes, Baron Gisey had returned to the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

From this time, we can see how close the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia are.

Before replying to the ultimatum, the Kingdom of Serbia was also ready for war. A few hours before replying to the ultimatum, the Kingdom of Serbia announced that the country had entered a state of war mobilization and moved its capital from Belgrade to a border far away from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Also on the 25th, Russia announced that the country has entered a strange "war preparation period". In Nicholas II's mind, this so-called "war preparation period" is probably a stage between peace and war , but the tsar was deceived by his generals. In the eyes of Kaiser Wilhelm II, this was the general mobilization of war.

At this time, there are calm people in Germany besides William II, so Germany did not issue a mobilization order immediately.

On the 28th, Austria-Hungary declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia.

NO.30, Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire simultaneously announced that the country has entered a state of general mobilization for war.

On the 31st, Germany issued the famous "double ultimatum" to Russia and France.

France ignored Germany's threat. The French, who had long wanted to wash away the humiliation of the Franco-Prussian War, couldn't wait to issue a mobilization order on August [-]st.

Subsequently, Germany mobilized for war and declared a state of war with Russia.

A month after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, World War finally broke out.

(End of this chapter)