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Text Chapter 1,495 The Crisis of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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    The southern city of Astor in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is the main base of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the location of the naval headquarters!  However, the Maritime Province is now the only place that the Austro-Hungarian government can control!  The once huge Austro-Hungarian Empire had fallen apart in just a few days!

    It has only been a week since the German Army invaded the Principality of Bohemia. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, known as the third most powerful country in the world, has completely fallen!  This was not only unacceptable to the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but also stunned all countries in the world!  Before, everyone believed that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was certainly no match for Germany!  But if Germany wanted to defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it would need to mobilize at least more than two million troops and spend more than three months.  Including the General Staff of the Chinese Armed Forces, they all think so!  The plans drawn up before were also drawn up according to this time.  China demanded that the Austro-Hungarian Empire must persist for more than a month once the war broke out.  Only in this way can China's huge military power be mobilized.  However, what is unbelievable is that in just one week, the situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire has deteriorated to this point. The former world-class power is already on the verge of destruction!

    On January 10, just as the 20th Army of the Chinese Army launched a landing operation in Naples, southern Italy, the German troops invading the Austro-Hungarian Empire also gathered in the southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The leading troops were less than fifty kilometers away from Astre.  It is expected that the German army will launch an attack on the Austro-Hungarian army in one to two days.  The senior leaders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire seemed to have no confidence at all whether they could withstand the German attack!

    The former town hall of Astre is now the seat of the Provisional Government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  Archduke Karl, the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, summoned the senior officials of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the conference room of the city hall.  Ask everyone for their opinions.  However, everyone has a sad face, and everyone is no longer optimistic about the future of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

    Archduke Karl looked at all this and sighed deeply.  Before.  He longed to become Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but now, his wish was about to come true.  But he found that none of this was as beautiful as he expected.  After the assassination of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, Archduke Charles was ecstatic, something he had never imagined.  The throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will fall into his hands soon!  But now, he realizes that this emperor is not easy to become at all!  The mess left by Ferdinand I was beyond his ability to clean up!  Whether compared with Franz Joseph I or Ferdinand I, Archduke Karl's prestige within the Austro-Hungarian Empire was much lower.  This made it impossible for him to overwhelm the numerous member states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  It was also impossible to unite everyone to jointly respond to the German invasion.  As a result, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was about to fail in a short period of time.  If Ferdinand I was still alive, Germany would probably have to think long and hard if it wanted to invade the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  With the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is almost impossible for Germany to quickly defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  However, due to a series of coincidences.  Germany solved the powerful country of Austria-Hungary at the minimum cost. Even Kaiser Wilhelm II and the top brass of the German military could not believe it!  They also thought that this victory seemed to come too easily!  However, the facts are right in front of them, and they can¡¯t help but not believe it!

    The rapid collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire also made other countries believe that the Austro-Hungarian Empire seemed powerful, but in fact it was just a paper tiger.  King Peter I of the Kingdom of Serbia, the southern enemy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, even openly declared that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was vulnerable, in view of the threat that the Austro-Hungarian Empire posed to the Kingdom of Serbia.  The Kingdom of Serbia officially declares war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  It is very obvious that the Kingdom of Serbia is taking advantage of the fact that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has no time to take care of it, so it wants to give you a piece of flesh on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  At least in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Kingdom of Serbia intends to include it within its own territory.  The reason why the Kingdom of Serbia has not officially started taking action now is entirely because the Kingdom of Serbia is still negotiating with Germany.  Work towards joining the Holy Alliance.  This time Germany was able to easily solve the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Serbia helped a lot.  If agents of the Kingdom of Serbia had not assassinated Ferdinand I, Germany would never have had this opportunity.  It is foreseeable that it is only a matter of time before the Kingdom of Serbia joins the Holy Alliance and then launches an attack on the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    "Everyone, the German army is close at hand! Is our army capable of resisting the German attack and holding the Maritime Province?" Karl asked openly!  Maritime Province has become their last area of ??control. If it is also captured by the Germans, they may have to go into exile overseas.  Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire's overseas properties were enough to keep them comfortable with food and clothing.  However, no one is willing to leave the country and live in exile unless it is a last resort!

      "Your Highness the Crown Prince! There are only 500,000 troops evacuated to Maritime Province now! And the German army we face has more than 600,000 people! In addition, the morale of our army has been greatly affected. If we want to defeat the German army  , that is impossible! According to the intelligence we have received, the German Army has planned to send more troops into the Austro-Hungarian Empire!" Archduke Friedrich, commander of the Austrian Army, said.

    "Your Royal Highness, with our own strength, it is impossible to defeat the German army! We need help! The Chinese promised us reinforcements, why haven't they arrived yet? They had promised before that the reinforcements would be there within a week.  It will arrive! Duke Kasbah, Austrian Minister of War and Minister of War of the Central Government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, said angrily. He believed that China was fooling them and wanted to make Austria-Hungary and Germany fight to the death, and then China could take advantage of the opportunity.  Cheap.

    Archduke Karl frowned. The Chinese reinforcements could not arrive in time, which indeed made the situation facing the Austro-Hungarian Empire more dangerous.

    "Your Excellency the Duke! His Excellency Shen Ruilin, the Chinese Ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has informed us that the Chinese fleet transporting troops was attacked by German submarines in the eastern Mediterranean, so it was delayed for some time. Now they are coming with all their strength. It is expected to take up to three days.  They will arrive in Astor!" said Count Leopold von Berchtold, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    "Hmph! Who knows if this is an excuse? If the Chinese can't arrive in three days, what should we do? By then, the Germans will definitely occupy the entire Maritime Province!" Duke Kasbah said bitterly.

    "Your Excellency, do you have any good suggestions?" said Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he, as the prime minister of the central government, no longer had any real power.

    "His Royal Highness, everyone, in my opinion, we might as well cooperate with the Germans! In this war, the Germans have already taken the advantage. It will be very difficult for the Chinese to defeat Germany! If we continue to follow China  In human terms, the losses may be even more severe. Furthermore, the relationship between the Kingdom of Austria and Germany is already relatively close, so there is no reason to follow the Chinese and become enemies of the entire Western world!" Duke Kasbah said.  Austria was once one of the German states, and was once the most powerful state.  However, during the unification of the German Empire, it was defeated by the Kingdom of Prussia, thus losing its leadership of the German Empire.  But even so, the relationship between the Kingdom of Austria and Germany is very close.  During the last world war, Austria-Hungary had always been Germany's staunch ally.  The current development has indeed made many Austrians very sorry.  The Duke of Kasbah is now bringing up the past, which undoubtedly makes many high-level officials in the Kingdom of Austria excited.  Of course, this is also the result of Germany's private contact with Duke Kasbah and making a lot of promises!

    "Your Excellency, Duke, if we turn to Germany and form an alliance with Germany, will Germany withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and let us restore the Austro-Hungarian Empire?" Stefan, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Austria, asked.

    "This, Germany promised that if we give up our alliance with China, Germany can guarantee the interests of the Kingdom of Austria!" Duke Kasbah said.  Obviously, the collapsed Austro-Hungarian Empire will never return to its past, and Germany will not agree to the emergence of a powerful Austro-Hungarian Empire again, which will pose a serious threat to Germany's security.

    Sure enough, it was discovered that the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not be restored, which made some ministers who were originally a little disappointed!

    "The Germans destroyed the powerful Austro-Hungarian Empire, and we cannot compromise with them. Now we are not completely desperate. Chinese reinforcements are coming soon, and China will not sit idly by and watch us fail! As long as Chinese reinforcements  Once we arrive, we have a chance! Now that the air supremacy in the central Mediterranean has been taken back by China, they will definitely launch a counterattack soon! Only by continuing to maintain an alliance with China can we regain the glory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!" Austria-Hungary  Admiral Anton House, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Navy, said.  Compared with the army, the Austro-Hungarian Navy undoubtedly firmly supports the alliance with China and fights against Germany!

    Archduke Karl nodded, and then said: "Everyone, although the current situation is difficult, I believe that the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not perish like this! Germany brazenly invaded the Austro-Hungarian Empire, leading to the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. We should not do it anymore.  Compromise to them! I firmly believe that the final victory belongs to us, and we will definitely be able to restore the glory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!"
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