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Text Chapter 1,466 A coincidence of history

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    At the end of December 1918, at the Xinhua Palace in Beijing, China, General Wei Zhiyong, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, was reporting the latest situation in Europe to the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze.  Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the General Staff, and Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of Army, were also in the study.

    "Your Majesty, the monarchs of the various member states of the Holy Alliance held a secret meeting at Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam on the 10th. The content of the meeting is unknown, but according to our speculation, it should be to discuss the expansion of the Holy Alliance's military preparations for war! Now, Holy  All member states of the alliance have begun secret preparations for war!" General Wei Zhiyong reported!

    "Can I get the details of the meeting? Or the specific military expansion plan of the Holy Alliance?" Wang Yuze asked with a frown.

    "Your Majesty, this is very difficult! This time Germany and other countries have strengthened their confidentiality work. We have lost several agents, but we have not obtained any valuable information!" General Wei Zhiyong said with some regret.  Because the gap between Easterners and Westerners is so big, the Military Intelligence Agency's overseas agents are basically recruited Westerners.  There are very few of these agents who can successfully infiltrate Germany and the member states of the Holy Alliance and hold high positions.  This makes it very difficult for China to obtain specific information about the Holy Alliance!

    Wang Yuze nodded helplessly. The lack of intelligence has always been a big problem!  When China and Germany were allies before, the intelligence agencies of both sides cooperated closely!  At that time, much of the intelligence China obtained about the Allied Powers was revealed to China by Germany!  Now that the two sides have entered into confrontation, intelligence exchanges have been cut off, and it has become even more difficult for China to obtain Western intelligence!

    "Your Majesty, although it is impossible to know the specific information of the Holy Alliance, the General Staff believes after careful speculation that in terms of the army, the total force mobilized by the Holy Alliance in the war is around 20 million to 25 million! Among them!  , Germany and Russia are the main forces! The rest of the countries, especially the Kingdom of Italy, Spain and Portugal, are almost negligible!" said Cai Yun, Chief of General Staff.  Among the Holy Alliance, the only armies that pose a threat to China are Germany and Russia. The other countries, not to mention their military strength, are also very rubbish in terms of combat power. They are not even noticed by the Chinese General Staff!

    "Your Majesty, the Military Intelligence Bureau has also received information that Germany is exporting army weapons to Russia on a large scale! But they are basically light weapons! These weapons are enough to arm more than five million army troops!" General Wei Zhiyong said!

    "Hmph! Do the Russians want to tear up the treaty they signed and start to expand their arms and prepare for war?" Wang Yuze said coldly.  The treaty signed at the Beijing Peace Conference clearly stipulated the number of troops that defeated countries such as Russia, Britain and Italy could possess.  If they have more troops than this number, it will be a blatant violation of the treaty, and China can take military action against them!

    "Your Majesty, the Germans have already thought of a solution! The expanded armies of Russia, Britain and the Kingdom of Italy have all been integrated into the German Army, and they are also flying the flag of Germany to the outside world! We have no reason to sanction this  Them!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said!

    "What a fool! That old guy William II really spared no effort to fight against us! However, the final victory must belong to us!" Wang Yuze scolded!  Germany's deliberate attempt to confront China made him worried, but even more excited!  As long as China can win this battle again, then China will dominate the world!

    "Your Majesty, we have never doubted victory! No matter how many troops Germany and the entire Holy Alliance have, in the end we will defeat them and completely wipe them out!" Marshal Cai Yun said!

    "Haha! That's right, no matter how many troops they arm, the final victory will be ours!" Wang Yuze laughed!  He is also full of confidence in future victory!  He has changed the trajectory of historical development. China has always been victorious before, and he believes that it will continue to win in the future!

    "By the way, have we made our army expansion plan?" Wang Yuze asked.  During the Eastern Alliance's military expansion conference, Defense Minister Marshal Jiang Xingguo promised that the Chinese Army would expand to 10 million troops.

    "Your Majesty, the General Staff, the Army Ministry and the Ministry of National Defense have jointly formulated a plan! After the Spring Festival, the army expansion plan will be officially launched! The Army will add 240 infantry divisions, 20 independent artillery brigades and 2  Ten armored brigades! In addition, the Marine Corps will also expand from the current ten divisions to thirty divisions! The airborne troops will expand to three brigades! If the war progresses smoothly, and with the addition of allied troops, we may  There is no need to expand the army to defeat the enemy!" Marshal Cai Yun said!

    Wang Yuze nodded, twenty artillery brigades, mainly heavy artillery brigades, to strengthen theThe firepower of the US Army!  Although the Army has established Army Aviation, aircraft cannot provide all-weather uninterrupted fire support like artillery!  Therefore, the Chinese Army still attaches great importance to the construction of artillery!  The twenty armored brigades are equipped with tanks mainly based on China's latest mass-produced 'Leopard' tanks, coupled with new light tanks and tracked armored vehicles, which will further enhance the strength of the Chinese Army's armored forces.  Assault ability!

    After several years of development, the ¡®Leopard¡¯ tank finally met Wang Yuze¡¯s requirements and began to be installed in the army at the beginning of this year!  All major arsenals in China have begun to produce this new tank at full capacity!  With the production capacity of several major arsenals, they can produce more than 500 Leopard tanks every month. So far, all 22 armored brigades of the army have been refitted!  The 'Leopard' tanks produced next will be equipped with the newly formed armored brigade!  If a war breaks out, the production capacity of major arsenals can be doubled!

    The T7 ¡®Leopard¡¯ tank is 8.36 meters long (plus gun barrel), 3.27 meters wide, 2.69 meters high, and has a total combat weight of 40 tons!  It uses a 700-horsepower diesel engine with a maximum highway speed of 40 kilometers per hour and a maximum off-road speed of 25 kilometers per hour.  The frontal armor is 80 mm thick, which can effectively resist large-caliber anti-tank designs at a distance of 500 meters. The side and rear armor are 40 mm thick!  Equipped with a 75mm 42 times caliber tank gun, it can penetrate 30mm thick steel plates within 1000 meters and 50mm thick steel plates within 800 meters. It is very powerful!  The tank gun has 80 rounds of ammunition ready!  There are also two 7.62mm machine guns with 500 rounds of ammunition!

    As for the T8 ¡®Tiger¡¯ heavy tank, which Emperor Wang Yuze has high hopes for, it is still undergoing intense testing, and it is expected to take at least a year before mass production!  But by that time, it should be the climax of the war!

    "Your Majesty, according to the latest information we have received, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's war against the Kingdom of Serbia has been postponed! It is expected to be delayed by about a month! After three months of preparation, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army has not yet completed its assembly, and many wars have  None of the supplies have arrived at the front line! It is said that the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I was furious about this!" General Wei Zhiyong reported!

    "The combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Army is worrying! Your Majesty, although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is known as the third most powerful country in the world, it may be very difficult for them to contain Germany!" said Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of General Staff!  China has bet heavily on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire does not perform well, then China's early investment will be in vain!

    Wang Yuze also had a headache. Originally, he thought that after the baptism of the world war, the Austro-Hungarian Army should have made some progress, no matter how rubbish it was!  But now it seems that the improvement of the Austro-Hungarian Army is very limited!  Compared to the powerful German Army, even if the Austro-Hungarian Army is equipped with advanced weapons, it is still no match for them!

    "Your Majesty, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria is planning to review the troops that invaded the Kingdom of Serbia in Sarajevo on January 1! This will be used to show off the powerful force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Kingdom of Serbia! The Military Intelligence Bureau speculates that the Austro-Hungarian Empire is attacking the Kingdom of Serbia  The invasion time will be around January 10th!" General Wei Zhiyong said!

    "What? Ferdinand I is going to review the troops in Sarajevo?" Wang Yuze was shocked!  Could it be that history is going to repeat itself again?  Originally, Wang Yuze believed that the First World War had broken out and Ferdinand I successfully succeeded to the throne and became the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Then history had completely changed!  But this time, Ferdinand I was going to review the troops in Sarajevo. This seemed to be another amazing coincidence with the history he was familiar with!

    General Wei Zhiyong, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of General Staff, and Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of Army, all looked at Wang Yuze in surprise, wondering why he was so shocked by Ferdinand I reviewing the troops in Sarajevo.

    "Your Majesty, is there something wrong?" Marshal Cai Yun asked!

    "What do you think would happen if Ferdinand I was assassinated and died in Sarajevo?" Wang Yuze asked.

    "Your Majesty, this should be impossible! Ferdinand I is the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and confidentiality will be very strict when traveling. Even if the Kingdom of Serbia wants to assassinate him, there will be no chance!" General Wei Zhiyong objected  road!

    "If this really happens, the Austro-Hungarian Empire may fall apart!" Marshal Cai Yun said!

    "Your Majesty, do we want to warn the Austro-Hungarian Empire?" Marshal Zhao Bowen asked!

    Wang Yuze hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Forget it, order the Third Fleet and the 21st Army Group stationed in the Mediterranean to prepare for battle!" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
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