Chapter 866: France Sends Troops

At present, nearly half of the population in the entire Czech Republic are Germans. This also means that once the Germans in the Czech Republic choose to support Germany, the position of the Czech government in this war will become very embarrassing.

Because the only people left who can support this war are Czechs and other non-German populations.

Once all the Germans fall to the German side, the Czech Republic will not be able to resist the German attack at all.

On May 3, 1936, the Republic of Bohemia announced its joining the German Empire and became the youngest state in the German Empire.

The German government also attaches great importance to Bohemia. On the day when Bohemia joined the German Empire, the German government officially announced the establishment of an autonomous government in Bohemia, which is equivalent to the status of Bavaria and other states.

The defection of the Germans accelerated the war. Two days later, the German army officially defeated the Austrian army in the Czech region and surrounded Prague.

At this time, the Czech government was in chaos. The number of Germans in the Czech region was not large, and even Prague, where the government was located, had a large number of German officials and citizens.

Faced with the crazy attack of the German army, these Czech troops were completely unstoppable. After five days of siege, Prague, the most important city in the Czech region, was declared broken, and the Czech government fled to Brno in the southeast.

On the same day, the Republic of Bohemia officially took over Prague and declared the Czech government illegal. The Bohemian government was the legal government in the Czech region.

The good news is that the Czech government that fled to Brno formed an iron triangle with the Austrian government in Vienna and the Slovak government in Bratislava. The positions of the three parties were not too far away, and they supported each other.

But the bad news is that Brno is already the last big city in the southeast of the Czech region. This also means that the escape of the Czech government almost handed over the entire Czech region to the Germans.

Germany, which has obtained the Czech Republic, will become even stronger. The more than 3 million Germans alone are enough to form hundreds of thousands of German troops.

Once these people are put on the battlefield again, it will be a fatal blow to the Austrian Empire.

"Prime Minister, is there no response from Britain and France yet?" At the Austrian cabinet meeting, Karl I, who had become an old emperor, looked at Prime Minister Daniel expressionlessly and asked.

"Not yet, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Daniel wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Karl I with a little trepidation.

Although Karl I did not have a high voice in the government, he still had a certain prestige in the hearts of the Austrians.

After all, he was also the emperor who maintained the country for decades. Without a certain prestige and support, the Austrian Empire might not have survived until now.

The bigger problem is that Prime Minister Daniel was once a resolute advocate of war in Austria, and even went against all odds and advocated a firm fight against Germany.

Now that the war is not going well, the one under the greatest pressure is naturally Prime Minister Daniel. Prime Minister Daniel can shirk the blame, and Karl I can naturally shirk all the responsibility for the war to Prime Minister Daniel.

This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Prime Minister Daniel, who hopes to continue to be re-elected and lead the Austrians to win this war.

"Damn it, I remember you once said that Britain and France would support us before the Czech region fell. Now the Czech region is about to fall, where are the British and French troops?" Karl I said expressionlessly, but his words made Prime Minister Daniel shudder.

"I will urge the British and French governments and ask them to send troops as soon as possible to help us regain the Czech region." Prime Minister Daniel said hurriedly.

"Enough." Karl I continued to speak expressionlessly, interrupting Prime Minister Daniel's words: "I don't want to hear this anymore. I want to see the French army within a week, and I want to see the British army within half a month.

If Britain and France are unwilling to send troops to join this war, then it's time for this war to end."

Karl I's words made Prime Minister Daniel swallow his saliva again. Without the support of Karl I, it would be almost impossible for Prime Minister Daniel to continue this war alone.

The Czech government would not allow this, and the Slovak government would not allow it either. It is not an exaggeration to say that even the Austrians in the Austrian region may not be so loyal to the government.

If Britain and France had not expressed their firm support for Austria, there would probably be all kinds of problems within the Austrian government without waiting for the Germans to attack again.

"Yes, I understand." Prime Minister Daniel nodded and said nothing more.

The fall of the Czech region changed the wait-and-see attitude of Britain and France, and also made Germany more confident about this war.

Judging from the current situation, Austria is no match for the Germans at all, and it is even difficult to confront them head-on.

Austria, which lost the Czech region, is at best a medium-sized country in Europe, not even the size of a great power.

This also means that the Germans have defeated one of the three major enemies, leaving only the more powerful Britain and France to face.

How to defeat the French?

Looking at the map of the German-French border, the long Maginot Line of the French, and the blank border between France and Belgium, the German government has already made a preliminary plan.

On May 7, the French Southern Army Group launched a feint attack on the German-French border. After being counterattacked by the German army on the opposite side, it set its sights on the French-Italian border.

On May 8, two French armored divisions and four infantry divisions cooperated and marched towards the Italian border under the protection of the French Air Force.

Across the border were tens of thousands of Italian troops ready for battle.

As early as the outbreak of the war, Italy deployed a large number of troops on the northwestern border. There was no way, Italy and France were neighbors, and it was destined that the border might be attacked by the French army.

Although Italy is not inferior to France in terms of population, this does not mean that the combat effectiveness of the Italian army can be compared with the French.

Although France is far inferior to Germany, it is not something that a small Italy can challenge.

At present, in the perception of various governments, the combat effectiveness of the German Army has returned to the world's first. There is no way. The German army performed very well on the battlefields of Poland and Austria. The result of defeating Poland in one month shocked all the powers.

Britain and France also had discussions and reached a consensus that it was impossible for the British and French armies to occupy the entire Poland within one month.

Although Poland is not a great power, it is definitely not a small country that can be easily controlled. According to the estimates of Britain and France before the German-Polish War, it would take the Germans at least half a year to win the war.

Even if the previous restrictions on the size of the army and weapons research and development seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the German army, it would probably take the Germans more than a year to take Poland.

This also means that in the previous plans of Britain and France, the German-Polish War was likely to be a war of attrition lasting about a year.

This war of attrition not only allowed Britain and France to clearly see the combat effectiveness of the German army, but also effectively weakened both Germany and Poland, thereby reducing the threat of the Germans.

But what Britain and France did not expect was that the German army not only won, but also took down the Polish capital Warsaw in just one month.

Millions of Polish troops were like paper in front of the Germans, and they even showed historical scenes such as cavalry VS tanks, which reduced the cold air around the world.

After the Germans, if we really want to talk about the combat effectiveness of the army, people in Europe generally prefer Australasia.

Why? One of the reasons is that the population size of Australasia has surpassed that of France, and the population disadvantage no longer exists.

Secondly, the performance of the Australasia army in World War I was very good, and it can be said to be one of the most powerful armies after Germany.

Even a small number of Australasia's elite troops can fight back and forth when facing the German elite troops, and both sides have casualties.

Compared with the first two, the third place is more controversial. The French believe that their army's combat effectiveness is still among the top three in the world, and is even comparable to Australasia, but only slightly behind the Germans.

Other European countries also have different opinions. Some believe that the army combat effectiveness of the Balkan countries is relatively strong. In terms of army combat effectiveness alone, the Balkan countries are going to surpass France.

Some European countries also believe that the army combat effectiveness of the reunified Russia should not be underestimated.

Coupled with Russia's exaggerated population, there is nothing wrong with the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Russian army ranking among the top three in the world.

However, no matter how the army combat effectiveness is ranked, the Italian army is always relatively backward among the powers, which is an indisputable fact.

In World War I, the performance of the Italian army can only be described as a mess. At that time, Russia was still under the rule of the Tsarist government. The combat effectiveness of the Russian army was very poor, and the army's discipline was average, and the weapons and equipment and logistics supply were also very poor.

But it was such a Russian army that fought back and forth with the Austro-Hungarian army, and even took the advantage many times.

If it weren't for the Germans helping the Austro-Hungarian Empire, I'm afraid Russia would be able to defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

But Italy, also as one of the powers, was actually stopped outside the border by 100,000 Austro-Hungarian troops when fighting against the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If the Austro-Hungarian Empire had not faced a three-front war in the later period and eventually collapsed internally, it would have been a problem whether Italy could break through the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

At this time, facing such an Italian army, the French could finally smile and say that the war did not seem to be as difficult as imagined.

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