Valkyrie Europa

Chapter 262 Changes in Austria

The three messenger cavalry galloped all the way, heading straight for Charlottenburg Palace in the north of Berlin!

As soon as he approached the palace gate, before the horse stopped, the leading cavalry turned over and jumped down, raised the flag and shouted loudly: "I am the messenger of the Fourth German Army! On the order of Marshal Ruge, I am here to His Majesty the Emperor is sending an urgent military message! The military situation is extremely urgent! Open the door for me!"

After confirming the flag, the captain of the royal guard guarding the gate knew that the matter was of great importance, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to open the palace gate, welcomed the three of them in, and sent his subordinates to run all the way to inform His Majesty the Emperor.He personally suppressed the team and led the three of them towards the palace.

In a large conference hall in the palace, His Majesty William, who had just woken up and was wearing pajamas and a coat, received them.

As soon as they saw His Majesty the Emperor, the three orderly cavalry immediately knelt down on one knee, and the leader of them couldn't wait to report: "Report to Your Majesty! The matter is extremely urgent! There is a sudden change in Austria! Our army is at war with the opponent! Marshal Luge Order us to call for help!"

"What big change? What war? Please be more specific!" His Majesty William frowned and reprimanded.

The orderly also seemed to calm down a bit, and began to report in detail: "Just five days ago, our army's independent regiment stationed in Austria was attacked by an unknown army! Most of the regiment was killed or injured! The regiment leader, General Loeb, died on the spot! Only A small number of people escaped and returned to Munich! Austria declared independence three days ago, and Marie Louisa, the daughter of their former grand duke, succeeded the grand duke! According to investigations, our officials were wiped out almost overnight, and troops were stationed in various cities It was also cleaned up in just a few days! The matter was urgent, Marshal Luge had no time to report and he led the army to quell the chaos, but the forward of the legion was defeated by an unknown army! And blocked our army! Now our army is with the opponent on the banks of the Rhine Make a confrontation!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a carefully kept letter from his pocket, and raised it up with both hands respectfully: "This is a letter written by Marshal Luge, please read it, Your Majesty!"

His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand, and an attendant immediately took a step up, took the letter, checked the sealing sealer, quickly cut open the envelope, took out the letter paper and handed it to him.

There are not many letter papers, only a few thin ones, but the news on them is more and more surprising!At the end, His Majesty William's face was ashen, and even the hand holding the letter paper trembled because of too much force!
"These thieves! These thieves! How dare they!" His Majesty the Emperor of the German Empire slammed the letter paper on the table, shaking the whole table a little!

After panting violently, he trembled and gave an order with an angry face: "Hurry up and call someone! The cabinet, the military department! The prime minister, the important ministers, the generals and marshals all call me here! I want to lead the army! Destroy this gang of thieves!"

Several messengers were taken to the side hall outside the door to wait for the summons, while the other attendants began to order the royal guards to go out and call for people.

Fortunately, most of the ministers and officials lived in the aristocratic district, and the aristocratic district was next to the imperial palace. After a while, many people came to the conference hall.However, looking at His Majesty the emperor with a livid face sitting on the main seat, everyone was puzzled, but no one asked first.

Seeing all the people coming, as soon as the door of the conference hall was closed, His Majesty the Emperor looked around with a sullen face, and said angrily, "Someone from the Fourth Army Corps stationed in the south has just arrived! There is an urgent military situation! Just three days ago, the Austrian Independence declared!"

Hearing this news, there was an uproar in the conference room:
"What? Austria? Declare independence? How is that possible? We have troops there!"

"Who announced it? Their wandering grand duke in exile?"

"Why are they independent? Didn't they have no army long ago??"

"No reason. Marshal Luge is not mediocre. Although the Fourth Army is small, there are nearly 8 people. How could you let them mess around?"

"Could it be that there are some people who are not smart enough to rebel against the party in Austria?"

"It was announced three days ago? Then Marshal Luge should have gone to suppress it."

His Majesty the Emperor didn't respond to them, but just waved his hand, and his servants immediately passed on the copy of the copied letter.

Looking at the letters delivered, the hustle and bustle in the conference hall suddenly subsided, and the atmosphere slowly became serious. Some people began to think with bright eyes, some were short of breath and touched their chins, and some gasped for observation. around
The conference room suddenly fell into silence, and every important minister and general fell into deep thought.

After a long silence, the new Prime Minister Adenauer finally spoke up: "Your Majesty, since Marshal Luge is here to ask for help, the strength of the opponent must not be inferior to that of the Fourth Army! The first thing we need to determine is whether the enemy is Who can sweep the entire territory of Austria within a few days, wipe out most of the Independent Army, and defeat the forward of the Fourth Army in one fell swoop, the opponent's strength must be extremely strong! Moreover, since Austria was incorporated into our country ten years ago, Austria has been Under our strict surveillance, there are garrisons everywhere, and there are nearly [-] independent corps guarding them. It must be impossible to develop an army! That mysterious army must be from outside! We must first find out where they come from!"

Marshal Lister, who was sitting opposite him, also agreed: "Yes, I think so too. Those scattered second-line garrisons are lucky to say that the Austrian Independence Regiment and the Fourth Imperial Army are the main armies of our country! Marshal Luge is also The old marshal, who has experienced many battles, will not make any low-level mistakes when he goes to quell the chaos. To easily defeat them, the enemy's strength must be very strong! There are not many people with such military strength in the entire continent! We must figure out this The mastermind behind this incident!"

The Minister of Defense on one side also said: "Yes, then Ferdinand is just a wandering Grand Duke who has fled on the mainland for more than ten years. He may have some money, but he is definitely not capable of organizing an army enough to restore the country! It must be He persuaded an ambitious big country to send troops to help him! Presumably he also promised countless empty promises, maybe even his daughter! The former royal family is easy to deal with, but the one behind them Greedy behemoths are not so easy to deal with."

Hearing everyone's analysis, His Majesty the Emperor nodded and ordered: "Okay, I understand, we must first find out who is behind this scene! Grace, I leave this matter to you! With the strength and courage There are not many countries that are against us, find them quickly!"

"Okay! I'll go collect information right away." The intelligence minister of the empire responded.

"Your Majesty, since Marshal Ruge's letter is a request for help, he must not be sure of defeating this opponent. In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, we should organize support as soon as possible." Prime Minister Adenauer suggested again.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Marshal Lister, who thought for a moment before saying: "Because we are still at war with Bavaria, there are not many troops that can be mobilized now, and the First Army must guard Berlin." ,so."

"Forget it, forget it, stop the Bavarian gang, stop the war immediately, negotiate with them, it doesn't matter if you lose some money, no matter what, Austria can't be lost! Bring back the Second and Third Legions!" His Majesty the Emperor He interrupted him, and said with a sullen face: "We must take Austria back! Cut off those claws that peep at our German land!"

Hearing His Majesty's will, Marshal Lister had no choice but to say: "Okay, Your Majesty, then we"

But a royal guard who rushed in hurriedly interrupted him, and the royal guard reported: "Report to Your Majesty! There is news from the city defense army! The West Gate of Berlin has been violently attacked by unknown people! There are about thousands of them people!"

(End of this chapter)