Rise of Australia

Chapter 865 Sudetenland Army Rebellion

Facts have proved that the German air raids carefully prepared at night clearly caught the Austrians off guard.

It would be fine if the war had just begun. At that time, the Austrian army was always prepared for German attacks. The air defense weapons at the airport were always manned, so that they could use air defense weapons to fight back immediately when faced with an attack.

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

After all, as mentioned before, before this air attack, the German Air Force had not penetrated deeply into Austria. Logically speaking, it was impossible for them to obtain information on the distribution of airports in Austria.

This also means that the Germans must have obtained intelligence from other places before launching this air attack that the Austrians were not prepared for.

No matter what the Austrians thought, this attack caused heavy losses to Austria and made almost all the military airports deployed by Austria in the Czech Republic useless.

On the afternoon of April 4, the Austrian Imperial Cabinet Government.

The Austrian Prime Minister sat on the main seat with a heavy look on his face, staring closely at the Austrian Air Minister, and the questioning meaning in his eyes was beyond words.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, all seven military airports we deployed in the Czech Republic have been attacked, and almost all military airports have suffered heavy losses.

Preliminary statistics show that nearly 40 aircraft were directly blown up, and nearly 200 aircraft suffered varying degrees of damage and required repairs before they could be put back into service.

What's even more terrible is that our airport runway ancillary facilities suffered a comprehensive bombing. Hundreds of air force soldiers died in this bombing, and a large number of airport personnel also suffered varying degrees of casualties.

To put it bluntly, the air force deployed in the Czech Republic has completely lost its combat effectiveness. If we don't want to give up air supremacy in the Czech Republic to the Germans, we must let the air forces of Austria and Slovakia do their best to protect the Czech skies. "The Austrian Air Minister said with a solemn expression.

"Damn it!" The Austrian Prime Minister cursed with a pale face, fell down on his seat, and said feebly: "The air force in the Czech Republic has completely lost its combat effectiveness? Is this the return of our heavy investment in the air force?

Secretary Ryan, please tell me why our airports and air forces are not prepared at all when facing enemy air attacks?

If I remember well, our investment in military radar was one of the Air Force's major expenses. Don't tell me that the money we invest in the Air Force does nothing. "

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, the enemy has learned the specific locations of all our military airports in the Czech Republic without conducting in-depth investigation.

I believe that the Air Force is not entirely to blame for this incident. The intelligence agencies also have some fault. Air Force Secretary Ryan quickly explained.

Because the Czech air force suffered heavy losses, it is very likely that the Austrian army on the front line will fall into a more serious disadvantage due to the lack of support from the air force.

The series of chemical reactions caused may very well lead to the defeat of the war in the entire Czech region. Once the Czech region is lost, the Austrian Empire will fail sooner or later in the face of the German army's attack.

This actually means that the heavy losses suffered by the Czech air force may very well lead to the failure of the entire war.

The guy who caused heavy losses to the Air Force, who was ultimately responsible, was destined to be the culprit that led to the failure of the entire war.

Minister Ryan thought he could not bear such a huge blame. No matter what his previous identity was, if he was slapped with such a huge hat, he would only have one identity after that, and that was the sinner of the entire Austria.

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

What I want is results, Secretary Ryan. No matter what method you use, you must ensure air superiority in the Czech Republic.

I believe you should also understand the price we will face if we lose air supremacy in the Czech Republic. The only thing you can do now is to perform meritorious service and block those damn German planes from the battle line, do you understand? "

Just like Minister Ryan needs to clear up his own responsibilities, as the Austrian cabinet prime minister, Daniel Ove also needs to try his best to clear up his own responsibility in this incident.

Current Air Force Secretary Ryan is obviously the most suitable person to take the blame. And after all, the sneak attack on the Air Force caused heavy losses. If the Air Force doesn't take the blame, then whose responsibility will it be?
"Yes, I understand, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Minister Ryan nodded with a livid face. Although he knew that Prime Minister Daniel wanted to shirk responsibility, he was helpless about it.

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

Unless he can try to protect Austria's air security and ensure that German aircraft will not threaten Austrian cities. Otherwise, the angry people will sooner or later put all the responsibilities and charges on him, and he will also have to bear the people's anger.

The Air Force suffered heavy losses, which made the Austrian government feel anxious. Many peace factions have emerged, saying that Germany and the Austrian Empire were allies in the previous European wars. Now, Austria and Germany should not be enemies of each other. Austria and Germany should become allies again, and Germany and Austria should target their two major enemies in Western and Eastern Europe (France and Russia).

There is also basis for the statement of the Lord Peace Party. Excluding the Austrian accident, the current war is the same as the European War 20 years ago. It is still a war between Britain, France and Germany.

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

The peace advocates said that Germany is now obviously more powerful than Germany in the past, and their momentum of expansion is almost unstoppable.

The attitude shown by Britain and France before this, except for the repeated concessions, made it impossible to see the slightest hope of victory.

Even now, a theoretical all-out war has broken out, but the British and French armies still have no intention of dispatching on a large scale.

As an ally of Britain and France, should Austria fight against Germany and Italy alone? By doing this, Austria can only consume itself for no reason, and by the way, the status of old colonial countries such as Britain and France will be more stable.

This is unnecessary internal friction for the German nation, and it plays into the wishes of Britain and France.

Not to mention, the demands of the Austrian peace faction have been recognized by a considerable part of the German nation. Since nationalism began to take hold, the German nation has had a strong desire for unification.

The Germans' sense of national identity and national pride created this country that grew rapidly in the second half of the 19th century and became the world's second-largest superpower in just a few decades.

Among them, the group that most recognized the Peace Party's ideas and believed that the Austrian Empire should join the alliance with Germany to make the Germans stronger were the Germans living in the so-called Sudetenland.

From the map, the Sudetenland almost surrounds the Czech Republic and is the edge of the Czech Republic close to the German border.

In this fringe area, more than 300 million Germans live. These people are a destabilizing factor in the Czech region, and they are also the Germans in the entire Austrian Empire who most want to join Germany.

Actually all Austrians are Germans. But not all Austrians are willing to join Germany. After all, Austria's history is also very great.

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

Compared to the loser Austria, the Germans in the Sudetenland were obviously more willing to submit to the rule of the German Empire.

What the Austrian government did not expect was that after the heavy losses of the air force, before problems appeared in the frontline troops, trouble occurred in the rear itself.

On April 4, after successfully raiding most military airports in the Czech Republic, the German army launched a massive all-out attack.

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

It was obvious that the rebellion was organized and premeditated. In the area near Budejovice, thousands of improvised armed forces composed of Germans gathered.

These people are generally equipped with standard weapons from Germany and Italy, and even possess heavy firepower weapons such as machine guns and artillery.

Although it was a sudden armed rebellion, the goal of these people was obvious, which was to capture Budejovice and create opportunities for the German army.

The terrible thing is that all Austrian troops are deployed on the border, and there are not many troops deployed in this city that is already located in the rear.

An armed force composed of thousands of Germans quickly captured the city and occupied the city's weapons depot, once again expanding the size of its army.

On April 4, this armed force issued a foreign statement in Budejovice, declaring independence and establishing the Republic of Bohemia.

In this Declaration of Independence, these Germans who betrayed Austria stated that the German Empire is the orthodoxy of all Germans, and the Germans will not join this internal war with their compatriots.

It must be admitted that the German rebellion was a major blow to the Czech region and the European Empire. In the following days, Germans in the Czech Republic responded to the rebellion and stated that they would not point their guns at their compatriots.

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