Chapter 6 Intelligence Conference

Under the Zijin Mountain on the outskirts of Nanjing, there is a large courtyard that is completely different from the surrounding environment. Unlike most institutions do not have a "hospital". There are not only courtyards here, but also high-voltage power grids and dense crooked wire mesh around the courtyard wall. Even under the high wall, sometimes you can see the leading The guards with live ammunition of military dogs are patrolling.

At first, before the yard and its buildings were put into use, no one in Nanjing knew where the yard was, and the yard didn't even hang any signs. It was not until later that people slowly figured out where it was from other people's words.

This mysterious place is the General Staff of the Imperial Guards, which is the highest military command center of the Empire. Since it was built and put into use three years ago, the orders for many major military operations of the Guards have been issued. The Imperial Staff Headquarters building in the center is the whole [***] The amount of heart.

Over the years, a large number of German [***] personnel have entered the Imperial Guards as advisers, or entered military academies to teach, so that the [***] force is full of strong German style, not only in weapons, but also ideological, tactical, and of course, more importantly, system.

China is the best student in Germany!

This is a fact recognized by many countries in the world. After the signing of the Sino-German Alliance Treaty, China has fully expanded its strength to Germany and learned everything from Germany, almost reaching a blind destination. However, Germany's rigor and science have helped China achieve prosperity to a certain extent to the greatest extent.

For the army, it was a large number of German [***] consultants who taught the army how to plan the battle scientifically and systematically, how to prepare for the strategic battle, and the General Staff of the Royal Guards was the basis for the transformation.

At this time, the curtain was thick, but many heavily armed soldiers appeared on the periphery of the barbed wire. The soldiers with live ammunition walked back and forth inside and outside the high wall, and the number of patrols was obviously higher than that of Ping.

In the battle conference located under the staff, more than a dozen rectangular tables were lined up. On both sides of the table, senior officers carrying various epaulettes on their shoulders pressed their knees with their hands and raised their heads to listen to the emperor's instructions and orders.

As recommended at the beginning, the situation in Europe has changed in the Balkans. The crown prince of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by Serbian nationalists. This news echoed all over the world and shocked China. Now in the parliament, the country is discussing whether to renew the Sino-German alliance treaty. Home.

Perhaps for the outside world, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and some pro-British and American ministers will do everything possible to prevent China from getting involved in the war, or at least get involved in the alliance with Germany and the war against the United Kingdom and the United States, but the changes in the situation in Europe have made the imperial staff Generals, become excited, they understand what it means, war!

Soldiers are always full of all kinds of desires for war.

"Observe calmly - but don't miss the opportunity because of this!"

For many years, they have been eager to try within the Guards, but they have never found a suitable opportunity to fight a war.

Now the opportunity has finally come. This opportunity is what they have been looking forward to for a long time. Even as soon as the news came, the generals of the staff held a small-scale celebration with the officers of the German advisory group. They celebrated that a war was about to break out. It seems to be celebrating the victory in advance.

belongs to China, which also belongs to Germany's victory.

Although no one said it, the officers of both countries believe that if China and Germany join forces, no country can stop the two countries from meeting in a certain position.

In fact, in the past few years, China and Germany have indeed formulated similar combat plans.

At the same time, the Minister of the Army, the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of Foreign Affairs received a notice from His Majesty. In the evening, after the Minister of the Army and the Navy left the palace, he quickly recalled the senior generals of the Army and Navy Staff Department and gathered in the highest combat room of the army. This meeting avoided all German [***] advisers.

...Austria and Germany once hoped that the Ossian War could be localized, just like another Balkan war. However, the competition between military alliances and great powers has threatened to expand the conflict from the beginning. Germany urged its alliary Austria-Hungary to seize the opportunity to plunder a large number of interests in the Balkans; and Russia, which is determined to prevent Austria from further strengthening, is confident because of the mutual defense treaty signed with France; France has also signed an informal defense agreement with Britain. But the alliance may not always be trustworthy, and it was not clear whether other powers would be involved at that time. The extent of war escalates depends on the diplomatic skills of the politicians who try their best to prevent war, the use of intelligence, the control of their own complex military machines, and the feeling of the choice they have made - whether it is war or shame.

In the combat conference room, Yu Fengxin, director of the Intelligence Bureau of the Staff, made an intelligence analysis first.

Chen Moran, dressed in an army uniform, just listened. A large part of the generals in front of him did not think that war would definitely break out. Although they hoped to break out a large-scale and comprehensive war, the limitations of history limited them. Perhaps they don't believe that Europe will break out a war that will involve all European powers, but as a later person, Chen Moran clearly knows that in more than a month, the First World War will start.

"However, once the Austro-Hungarian Empire issued an ultimatum to Serbia, a war between the two countries may break out. At this time, it is bound to be involved in another European power, that is, Russia. The Russian tsar comes from the tsar who thinks it is the tsar of all Slavs. The ethnic plot between Russia and Serbia makes Russia It is impossible for the country to sit idly by and Hungary invade Serbia, and Russia cannot bear another humiliation as it suffered in Bosnia in 1908. The pan-Slavic patriots in the country cannot tolerate the Tsar as weak as three years ago. It can be seen that after the crisis three years ago, Russia began to increase its troops to 2.2 million. A large-scale reorganization plan for people. Therefore, it is the country most directly affected by Austria's ultimatum to Serbia. If Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia, then it is likely that part of the Russian army will fight against Austria.

When Feng Xin made intelligence analysis, the war conference room was very quiet. Except for his words, only the breathing of the crowd could be heard.

"After Russia decides to mobilize, France's attitude will be very important. The key point is whether France, Russia's only mainland ally, will encourage Russia to participate in the war because this European war may make them recover the hope that Alsace and Lorraine ceded to Germany in 1871. It can almost be said that France is an important part in determining whether a large-scale war is possible in Europe. "!"

Yu Fengxin looked around at the war room and two neat and powerful generals, which were so quiet that the air flow could almost be heard. He clearly knew that everything he said today would determine the fate and future of China in the next few years.

"But compared with France, Germany's attitude is undoubtedly more important!"

Finally mentioned Germany. Everyone listened at this time. They knew that to a certain extent, Germany's choice was almost the same as China's choice. After all... "As we all know, Russia's military mobilization plan is aimed at Germany and Austria. If it only mobilizes part of its troops, it is likely to lead to the chaos of the troops, and For the sake of safety, it is likely to mobilize all troops. Therefore, Germany is bound to respond to the surname, that is, to mobilize troops to catch up with the speed of Russia's mobilization!"

At this point, the sitting generals are very clear that in such a crisis, no country is willing to take risks, and the general mobilization order is to avoid a mistake in the possible war with other countries, which is likely to cause... "If the situation develops to this point, then the most important question is that if Germany and Russia are at war on the Eastern Front, so will France stay out of it?

When Yu Fengxin asked a question, he looked at His Majesty again. After His Majesty nodded, he continued to speak.

"Now we can't get further information, but it is certain that France is likely to be involved in the war out of the need to restore national honor and wash away national shame. The current French President Pengalle is from Lorraine. As an enthusiastic patriot and the occupation of his hometown Lorraine, Pengalle It is unknown whether the president hopes to go to war in order to recover the lost territory.

At this point, Yu Fengxin suddenly turned his words around.

"But France must consider one point. If France cautiously refuses to support Russia's adventurous actions in the Balkans, it is like the Bosnian crisis in 1908. Then France must consider that if it is out of the matter again, when Russia experiences another Balkan humiliation, it is bound to end the Franco-Russian treaty relationship, and it is also unacceptable for France to face Germany alone. Therefore, it can be judged that France has been tied up by Russia to some extent. The chariot."

With Yu Fengxin's words, Chen Moran just frowned slightly. If it was not the report of the intelligence department, he may not know at all, but why the trend of war is so obvious. In history, as long as World War I is mentioned, there will still be many people who say that in the month before the war, no one believed in Europe. Will all the powers be involved in the war?

"At this time, there is only one problem left, that is, Britain! For the sake of balance, Britain is likely to give full play to its status as a great power and mediate between countries at the beginning of the crisis. However, once Austria-Hungary, Russia, Germany and France have mobilized one after another, Britain has fallen into an embarrassing territory. What role will he play!"

(to be continued)