Chapter 909： When the airship meets the plane

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On November 1, 1890, Grand Duke Albrecht and Leopold II held a historic meeting in Cologne, and the two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on anti-law issues.

Okay, these are all official rhetoric. The real situation is that after the collapse of the Luxembourg defense line, the situation in Belgium followed the erosion, and Leopold II was unable to withstand the situation and had to go into exile.

Just stick to Brussels and think about it. With the strength of Belgium, there is simply no ability to persevere under the French attack.

However, the situation has not reached a desperate time. Although the Luxembourg defense line collapsed, the German Federation suffered heavy losses, and Belgium is about to fall, it still cannot change the fact that this anti-French war has just begun.

In essence, this war was carried out by the two countries in an attempt to compete for European hegemony. As for the two countries, the two countries are completely guilty of crime.

Belgium’s strategic location, the resources of the German Federal Rhineland region, is the source of their involvement.

Bied suffered heavy losses, but the strength of Austria's leading brother is still there. On the southern front, the Austrian army still has an advantage; on the African battlefield, Austria even ravaged the French on the ground.

It was only that the Austrian army on the southern route did not make a substantial breakthrough, and the African battlefield was not valued by everyone. Everyone focused their attention on the battlefield in Central Europe.

When it was not necessary to desperately, Leopold II was not a reckless man. After obtaining the assurance of Grand Duke Albrecht, he decisively chose a strategic shift.

Until the war, the fate of Leopold II, or the fate of Belgium, has been tied to Austria.

After winning this war, Belgium’s losses can be recovered from the French, and it may even be a small step forward; if the war is lost, Leopold II is a full member of the army in exile.

If you open the history book, you will find that in the history of the European continent, the royal family in exile has long been over a hundred, but few can be restored. Most of the royal family has disappeared in the long river of history.

What happened behind this was unclear to others, but Leopold II heard about it.

The specific experience may have been unclear. Anyway, except for a few royal families who are natural heirs, most are heirs.

Of course, behind these tragic characters, there are always tricks to die. The content is brainless, and the general novel plots dare not describe it that way.

In a political system such as Europe, the king will not die as long as he does not die.

Napoleon is an example. Playing so hi is just an exile. None of the Bonaparte dynasty was destroyed.

From the standpoint of Leopold II, staying in Brussels is death. The guns on the battlefield are unremarkable, but they are not classified as high and low, and they are still not responsible.

This is not the most critical. The king does not need to go to the battlefield, and the chance of being injured accidentally is still very low.

The point is that the French have the motive to kill him. France wants to annex Belgium, and his king is obscured.

Killing Jun is very serious in Europe. Without solving him on the battlefield, the French can't do anything afterwards.

The Kingdom of Sardinia is a ready-made example. The royal family, which was released under international pressure, jumped out to block them.

Politics is bloody, and Leopold II did not dare to bet on the French morality. Moreover, it is not necessarily the French who want him to die.

In addition to domestic opponents, the British and the Austrians are also likely to be black hands.

Although Leopold II and the British royal family are their own families, they are in-laws with the Austrian royal family, but reality has proved that in the face of national interests, any relative relationship is unreliable.

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Reassuring Leopold II, Grand Duke Albrecht was relieved. In his view, being a king's ideological work is more troublesome than fighting a war.

Regardless of Belgium's strength, they are all members of an anti-French alliance. Should Leopold II surrender to the French temporarily, Austria's political losses would be too great.

According to Emperor Franz, the essence of war is to make more allies and less enemies.

To achieve this goal, even Montenegro and Greece, which can only fight soy sauce, were forcibly pulled into the chariot by the Vienna government.

Of course, they are no longer expected on the battlefield. But it is politically necessary. The more countries that participate, the more proof that the aggressive war launched by the French is unpopular.

As long as there are more participating countries, when the future international community characterizes this war, Austria must be just and free from any flaws.

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"Ooooo..."

The anti-aircraft alarm suddenly sounded, and Grand Duke Albrecht frowned, instructing the guard: "Go out and see what happened?"

French airships are rampant, and Grand Duke Albrecht has heard of them for a long time, but this is the first time he has experienced it.

Don't look at Austria's first use of airships in war, in fact, French talent is the originator of airships. As early as 1784, the French built the first airship.

Many people can't believe it. The world's first airship, except for the power system but the danger is higher, everything else is fine.

It is 15.6 meters long and has a maximum diameter of 9.6 meters. It can generate more than 1,000 kilograms of lifting force after being charged with hydrogen, and lasts for seven hours.

After Austria applied the airship to the war, European countries realized the importance of airships and began to install troops.

However, this thing is, after all, a high-tech product, and the cost is very expensive. Only a few large countries have real power and large-scale equipment.

After the outbreak of the Anti-French War, the French airship troops were so powerful that they easily defeated the airships of the two countries and seized air supremacy on the battlefield in one fell swoop.

Air defense weapons have a limited range this year, and quasi-heads must also rely on luck, as long as the airship does not lower the flight altitude, it is still very safe.

Of course, the safety of high-altitude bombing is safe, and the hit rate is also very touching. The record is entirely blessed by God.

After a moment of effort, the guards returned to Hui to report: "Marshal, the enemy's airship is coming, it seems to be investigating intelligence."

"Humph!"

After a cold drink, Grand Duke Albrecht said blankly: "Got it!

The subpoena continued and ordered the Corps of Engineers to rush to work immediately to complete the construction of the airport in the shortest time. "

...

Colonel Lane said in shock, "What, let's go to repair the airship? Major, have you made a mistake, we are not engineering soldiers."

The young officer explained helplessly: "Sorry, Colonel Ryan. Our engineering soldiers are insufficient, and we cannot recruit enough civilians in a short period of time. Now you are the only one who has no mission."

The vanguard of the Austrian army is naturally the main force, and there are only a handful of engineers. These people are mostly junior engineers trained in batches, mainly to solve positions and road traffic problems.

The original labor issues have been coordinated, and the German Federal provides the husband. But the Luxembourg line collapsed suddenly, not only lost a large number of troops, but also a large number of civilians.

Most of these civilians are young and strong laborers drawn from the local area. If they want to continue to recruit civilians, they must have enough young and strong locals.

Finally, the glorious and great task of repairing the airport fell to the Bremen Legion that had just completed the reorganization.

There is no accident. The Bremen Legion has only one battalion. Colonel Ryan, who has the highest rank and has combat experience, has become the battalion commander.

The order has been issued, regardless of whether he is willing or not, Colonel Ryan must accept the reality of becoming an engineer.

Not only the Bremen Legion, the troops that were subsequently reorganized were successively converted into engineers, road repairs, trench trench digging trenches.

Combat mission?

Grand Duke Albrecht said he was not crazy, and he knew very well how badly the combat force of this temporarily assembled miscellaneous brand was.

Not only is the morale of the army completely lacking, even the soldiers are seriously under-trained. Even more troublesome is that many officers are noble children recruited temporarily.

The nobility of the nobles in the German region is not false, but this does not mean that all noble children are qualified officers.

Not all states have military schools, and not all noble children have gone to military schools. Many noble children have only received military education at home, and various combat experiences and concepts have stayed in the last century.

To send such troops to the battlefield, you can't expect anything but the enemy's record.

Pit teammates can, but it’s not enough to poke yourself. Since these guys are willing to accept the reorganization, it means that they recognize Austria.

These people are the bonds that Austria will rule in the North German region in the future. In order to strengthen ties with the place, Grand Duke Albrecht would not allow these noble children to die in large numbers.

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At this moment, Colonel Lane, who knew nothing about it, was leading the army to sweat the airport construction.

Looking at the large area of ​​hardened land, Colonel Lane said very regretfully: "Captain Henry, it is not necessary to harden all of it. This is really extravagant."

This year's concrete is not cheap, hardening tens of hectares of land at a time, and the cost required is not a small amount.

Captain Henry shook his head: "Now it's to hurry. In fact, the construction of this airport is simply not qualified.

However, this is also temporary, and it is used first, followed by reconstruction. "

This is a fact. The airport is not finished unless a dam is built. It's possible to make a temporary stop.

"Airport, what's that? Isn't it to repair the airship?"

Colonel Ryan asked doubtfully.

It's not that he is ignorant, not many people know the plane this year, and even fewer people know the airport.

Aware of the misrepresentation, Captain Henry replied coldly: "Colonel, you should have violated the army's secrecy regulations. Don't ask if you shouldn't."

"Airport" does not belong to the category of secrecy, and Captain Henry has no idea about this issue. Anyway, no password was issued above, nor did he inform Colonel Ryan of the news.

In case of confusion, Captain Henry will not explain. As for the gap between the military ranks of the two sides, that is not a problem.

Didn’t see the captain command the colonel during the airport construction?

In other places, such things are impossible, but in the technical field, such things are commonplace.

Professional things are done by professionals. This is a major feature of the Austrian army, so the top person in charge of airport construction is Captain Henry, who is experienced in construction.

After discussing it boringly, Colonel Lane turned his head directly and urged the soldiers to work, ignoring the rigid engineer.

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