Youdao is that the arm cannot twist the thigh. In the 1940s, the German Empire had a local population of over 100 million, and its economic scale and industrial output were more than three times the total of other European countries. The advantages of science and technology, especially military technology, have reached the point where all powerful countries look up to it. Millions of standing troops have the most sophisticated weapon systems and the most complete logistics supply in the world. Its extremely powerful air force has the ability to destroy everything. The torrent of steel on the ground is enough to break through any defense... So, in Germany

After the intervention of the country, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had to terminate the purge in the Principal of Bukovina early and withdrew their elite troops from the area. However, the trial that had already taken effect was not revoked, and countless unjust and wrong cases were settled, and thousands of Romanian families were deeply saddened. In the following years, a large number of Romanians in the Austro-Hungarian Empire moved to the Kingdom of Romania, causing major changes in the ethnic structure of the Principal of Bukovina and the eastern part of the Kingdom of Hungary.

Surprisingly, most of the officials of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Principality of Bukovina, ignored this unnatural population loss. Perhaps in their eyes, as long as the territory of the empire is not lost, the reduction of the ethnic minorities living here will not only be harmful, but also optimize the racial structure of the empire and improve the overall quality of the imperial citizens.

The so-called great purge of the Romanians in the empire greatly increased the international popularity of the Crown Prince Otto. Of course, foreign media gave him mostly names such as "the heir of the empire with a whip", "the bloodthirsty guards of Habsburg" and derogatory such as "tyrants" and "brutals". The concept of racial persecution began to attract more and more attention and entered the scope of the League of Nations. Although the League of Nations Council did not finally make an official ruling on the actions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Principality of Bukovina, this incident still greatly affected the international reputation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Habsburg family.

However, for the top leaders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially for the Crown Prince Otto himself, the purge in the Principal of Bukovina achieved its established goal and should be regarded as a victory to stabilize the political situation. In the following period, most of the nationalist movements in the empire were finally put aside, especially in the territory of the old Serbian Kingdom occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, rumors that the Austrian army was about to launch a brutal purge on them. Due to various reasons, they could no longer get the support of Russia, the largest Slavic country, as in the past, so everyone was in danger. The previous demonstrations, strikes and even riots disappeared automatically.

As people speculated, the purge in the Principal of Bukovina was not the only plan of the Crown Prince Otto. By May 1944, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Defense Forces once again began a large-scale mobilization, and more than 150,000 soldiers were transferred to Southern Serbia. However, the large-scale purge against the Serbs did not occur. Most of the Austro-Hungarian forces were stationed in the border areas near Albania. Then the Albanian government received an ultimatum from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The other party demanded an unlimited lease on the two major ports of Duras and Vorola for use by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the name of maintaining the stability of the Adriatic Sea.

During the Ottoman Empire, Duras and Vlora were important ports on the east coast of the Arian Sea. During World War I, the Austro-Hungarian army forcibly occupied part of Albanian territory, including these two ports, with the support of the Germans, in order to prevent the swaying Italians from defecting to the Allies. After the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire hoped to continue to station troops in the Albanian ports so that the Austro-Hungarian navy could freely enter and exit the Adriatic Sea, but failed to do so due to the strong protests of the Italians.

During the period, the Austro-Hungarian Empire sent troops to Albania again and forcibly occupied a small part of the territory in northwestern Greece, which almost fought with the Italians in the same camp. After the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire once again withdrew troops from the Southern European occupation zone under international pressure, which made their navy continue to be pinned by Italy in the Adriatic region and unable to expand its sphere of influence to the northern coast of the Mediterranean, which in turn affected the enthusiasm of the empire's senior management and the people to develop naval forces.

Although the Austro-Hungarian army was approaching and after obtaining Italian guarantees, Albanian king Sogu I flatly rejected Vienna's unreasonable demands and mobilized his army in a tit-for-tat way, this dictator who served in the Austro-Hungarian army, first established a bourgeois regime, and then launched a coup to establish himself as a monarch, never expected that the Austro-Hungarian Empire would deliberately cultivate power in the Albanian army in order to seize several ports in Albania.

On the fourth day after Sogu I rejected the ultimatum of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Albanian general Ordasi, who had long been secretly supported by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, joined forces to launch a military coup. The coup army quickly controlled the capital Tirana. They seized Sogu I, who fled in a hurry, and hanged him. Ordasi then announced the overthrow of the imperial system and re-established the democratic regime, thus winning widespread support from people from all walks of life. However, after the new regime is stable, the scene of restoring the royal power will be repeated here...

Before the situation in Albania was completely stabilized, the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not wait to collect the "return on investment". The Austro-Hungarian Navy, who had been prepared, sent half of the main fleet to the Albanian waters. More than 6,000 Marines landed forcibly in the Port of Duras. The local defenders received Ordasi's orders and did not resist. On the same day, General Ordasi signed an agreement with the Austro-Hungarian Empire on behalf of the Albanian Provisional Government, to lend the Port of Duras and Vorola to the Austro-Hungarian Empire at a cost of 4 million imperial kroner per year.

Although the signing of the port lease agreement caused a stir in Albania and was immediately strongly protested by Italy, 12,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers still landed on the Port of Verola the next day. The Austro-Hungarian ship escorted the landing troops encountered an Italian fleet that came to intervene outside the port. The two sides were tense and almost caused a war. The Austro-Hungarian troops landing at the port were also specially welcomed by local people. More than a dozen soldiers were injured by stones or vases thrown along the street. Although the process was dramatic, what was important was that the Ossi Empire took over this important port close to the Adriatic outlet as wished. The Austro-Hungarian Navy could use this as an outpost to enter and exit the Adriatic Sea more concealed and safely.

In Vienna and even in the narrow Austrian region, senior officials and people from all walks of life regarded forcing the forced rent of Albanian ports to improve the strategic situation of the empire, and therefore praised the crown prince Otto. However, in other parts of the empire, especially Hungary and Bohemia, which had little interest in the competition for maritime power, the crown prince's actions were completely unpopular. Whether government officials, military generals or civilians on the streets were worried about this risky speculation. As they were worried, the crisis caused by this did not occur.

As the Austro-Hungarian army occupied the two ports, it became more and more intense. The army that was originally loyal to Sogu I was engaged in the eastern and southern regions of Albania for fear of liquidation. Ordasi immediately dispatched troops to suppress it. However, the commanders of the garrison in the north remained unmoved under the instigation of the Italians. The anti-government forces in the south quickly obtained Italian funds and weapons and equipment entering through Greece. They defeated Ordasi's troops one after another in Prat and Grams and took advantage of the opportunity to approach the capital Tirana.

In order to prevent Ordasi's temporary regime from falling, resulting in a large amount of investment in the early stage was wasted, the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince fabricated a play to send troops to quell the rebellion at the request of friendly countries. More than 30,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers went to Tirana through Duras and directly intervened in the Albanian civil war. With the help of the well-equipped Austro-Hungarian army, Ordasi defeated the rebel conspiracy of the rebels to seize the capital in one fell swoop, and quickly recaptured the two central provinces.

However, the Austro-Hungarian army that entered the country to participate in the war failed to help him completely eliminate hidden dangers. On the one hand, the Austro-Hungarian army consumed a lot of money in the Battle of Tirana and could not keep up with the ammunition supply. On the other hand, the Hungarian government sang a "anti-tune" in the rear, and they accused the Crown Prince Otto of leading the army to fight to the war first and then report. When the Imperial Parliament authorized him, the Austro-Hungarian army had been fighting in Tirana for several days, and such unconstitutional behavior must be punished as due.

From the perspective of maintaining the overall stability of the empire, O'Karl I had to remove the commander position of Crown Prince Otto, and changed the prudent General Stonepuf to replace the command of the Southern Task Force. The first order of the Austrian general after taking office was to enter Albania for all Austrian-Hungarian troops only defending the Port of Duras and Vorola, as well as assisting the Albanian government forces in defending the capital Tirana, the army in the rest of the area

No action was involved. Without the air and ground support of the Austro-Hungarian army, Ordasi's troops were soon beaten up by the anti-government forces and could not take care of themselves. Since then, both sides of the Albanian civil war have relied on the Austro-Hungarian Empire to "supply oxygen" and Italy to "transfusion" with blood. On the battlefield, they have a victory or defeat, and they have assassinated the assassination from the surface, and they can do everything. As a result, no one can solve anyone, and in the end they still suffer the innocent people.

Albania was in endless war, but the initiator was not born peacefully because of his removal. Back in Vienna, Prince Otto accepted praise from all walks of life while taking his staff to formulate a new combat strategy to win a devastating victory in Tirana, which made him feel unprecedentedly interested in the war, and he thought he was another military genius of the European royal family. Given that the Austro-Hungarian Empire played a role in playing soybeans during World War II,

He had not experienced the cruel test of war for more than ten years. He invited diplomatic military officers from Germany and Japan to help. As a result, the news leaked out before the Greek combat plan was submitted to the Austrian Emperor for review. The outside world naturally thought that the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was ready to use force against Greece, thereby solving the geographical defects that had plagued the Austrian-Hungarian Empire for nearly a century and taking an important step in the transformation from a regional naval power to an intercontinental naval power.

As soon as the news came out, the Kingdom of Italy quickly made the strongest counterattack with national military mobilization.
Chapter completed!