Vol 4 Chapter 137: Sonic power of John Bull

The bourgeoisie was frightened, and Prime Minister Tisza also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Hungary does not split, whether it is a republic or a constitutional monarchy, he can accept it.
Well, it was originally to discuss the second question-whether Hungary should be independent or not, but in the end the future political system of Hungary was first resolved.
Although the bourgeoisie was forced to choose a
constitutional monarchy
, they still wanted independence for their own interests, while the aristocratic class believed that staying in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was more in line with the long-term interests of the Hungarian Kingdom and mostly supported staying in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Simon, a bourgeois radical, put forward: "Everyone, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has already decayed from its roots. The Kingdom of Hungary must leave this quagmire to achieve greater development!
Staying in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, our market will be flooded with Austrian industrial and commercial products, allowing the Austrians to continuously plunder our wealth through trade means, leaving the Hungarian people in a state of poverty for a long time. This is something that no Hungarian can tolerate. of!
Only by establishing an independent state, the great Hungarian kingdom can establish its own industrial system and get rid of the economic slavery of the Austrians! "
Obviously his theory was mixed with a lot of selfishness, which was not convincing everyone. Count Carroller immediately retorted: "Your exaggeration, don’t forget that there are no less benefits in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, why not Are these benefits also listed?
As for the market is full of Austrian industrial and commercial products, it can only be said that you are looking for excuses for not working hard!
Both the Austrian capitalist and the Hungarian capitalist enjoy the same conditions. If you can't compete with your opponent, you criticize the other party as an exploiter?
Don’t forget, everyone is the same, no one is cleaner than anyone! Even in many cases, what you do is even more excessive!
Now that so many people in the Kingdom of Hungary lack food, are you still hoarding and driving up food prices?
Don't tell me, you are not involved! Don't tell me that the Kingdom of Hungary is really short of food now. Everyone knows the truth!
Is there any difference between ordinary people being exploited by you and being exploited by Austrian capitalists? Please don't talk under the banner of the Hungarian people, this is very disgusting! "
In this regard, nobles are still qualified to despise the bourgeoisie. Although they have also participated in the speculation of food prices, except for a few idiots, most nobles have taken the initiative to stabilize the market in their own fief!
Naturally, the bourgeoisie can't just give up like this. On the face of the face, they are all aristocratic lords. Simply put, they are completely shameless. What is the point of such an attack?
I saw Simon say nonchalantly: "This is our freedom. The law gives us the inviolability of our private property, and we have the right to handle our own property!
Relief to the people is the responsibility of the government and has nothing to do with us. Please don't impose these irrelevant responsibilities on us!
Food prices are skyrocketing, and we are just following the laws of the market. This is not our responsibility! If the people are not willing, they can not buy it at all? We have never forced to buy, but we don't want some people to have such inferior methods! "
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Obviously, everyone is not a good product. The capitalists are hoarding and speculating on food prices, and the aristocrats have also carried out land mergers. Everyone is a vested interest!
No, the nobles in this crisis have not carried out land mergers. The main reason is that no matter how the price of food soars, the peasant class does not need to buy food, there is no fire, and looting naturally does not exist!
Imagine making a compromise between aristocrats and capitalists. This is not something that can be done in a moment. In the current Kingdom of Hungary, the capitalists have won the support of the people, but the aristocracy is the real strength. Everyone will not give in, and Prime Minister Tisza has nothing to do.
Prime Minister Tisza smiled bitterly and said: "Let’s come here first. Regarding the question of whether the Kingdom of Hungary will withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, let’s discuss it later!
Now we have to complete the first step-to withdraw from the Allies and join the Allies. For the sake of safety, I hope that everyone can keep the content of today's meeting strictly confidential. The meeting is now adjourned! "
Prime Minister Tisza knew that it was impossible to argue about a result today, and he was not in a hurry anyway. It was better to postpone the process.
As a politician, he dislikes this out-of-control situation very much. Unfortunately, in the face of the two major classes of capitalists and nobles, the power of the Hungarian government is too weak, and there is not much right to speak at all!
Well, Prime Minister Tisza didn't want to comment on the short-sightedness of capitalists. Leaving the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Hungary can indeed gain benefits in the short term, but in the long run it will do more harm than good.
At least if you want to spend only 30% of the military expenditure, you can get the treatment of the great powers. It is impossible to happen again!
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In order to end the war as soon as possible, in December 1916, under the leadership of the British, the British and French forces launched the Battle of Ypres. This was also the third Battle of Ypres in the World War!
On December 13, 1916, the British army concentrated more than 3300 artillery and launched an offensive in the Ypres area. The British 5th Army was responsible for the main attack; the French 1st Army and the British 2nd Army served as assists.
On that day, the coalition forces won the first line of defense of the German army with 30,000 casualties, but the Germans soon made tactical adjustments.
The German 4th Army organized a "resilient defense" and built a series of bunker groups surrounded by water on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, equipped with some troops to block the enemy, and the main force was deployed in the depth of the camera to counterattack, forcing the coalition to pay every step forward. Great price.
The new German tactics and bad weather delayed the offensive of the coalition forces. Due to the large losses, the coalition forces were forced to switch to the British 2nd Army as the main attack.
In the next half month, the coalition forces successively captured the ridge of Menen Road, the Polygon Forest, and Bruz Ernd, and gradually grasped the initiative on the battlefield.
During the battle, the British and French air forces controlled the air, and the artillery also exerted tremendous power. The German forces launched 11 counterattacks, all of which were defeated by the coalition forces.
From January 26 to February 6, the Anglo-French allied forces launched two more offensives, capturing the village of Pashandaer and advancing 8 kilometers. In the end, the casualties were too great and the German reinforcements arrived. The attack was stopped.
In the third battle of Ypres initiated by the British and French forces, the Allies were only half-victorious, and the strategic goal of destroying the German submarine base could not be achieved!
In this campaign, the British army suffered 310,000 casualties and the French army suffered 12,000 casualties; the German army lost about 270,000.
Although the victory of the third battle of Ypres was not perfect, it was undoubtedly an exciting news for the Allied Powers, which marked the beginning of the Great Western Front.
One of the most worth mentioning is the famous Messine blast. There is a small town called Messina in the southeast of Ypres. The German army has established a strong line of defense on the Messine ridge in the north of the village. There are countless complex trenches. And the strong bunker, coupled with the condescending terrain, one man is in a position to do nothing.
If it were to attack by force, the Anglo-French coalition forces would surely suffer heavy losses, and there is a great possibility that they would return without success.
So the British commander Oliver Woodward decided to take advantage of it. He hired geologists to conduct exploration, and finally decided to give the Germans a blasting operation~EbookFREE.me~ After the hard work of British, Canadian and Australian engineers, a total of A 5454-meter-long tunnel was dug, leading to 22 blasting chambers under the German army.
Most of these tunnels are 20-30 meters deep underground, and the blasting chamber is located just under the main German fortifications or the most vulnerable point of the geological structure.
Naturally, such a big movement could not be hidden from the Germans, but the German commander underestimated the British's determination and did not pay enough attention to it. Before the war began, the German engineers only found a blasting chamber.
On January 15, 1917, the British army was ready, and buried a total of 445 tons of high explosives in the remaining 21 blasting chambers.
The largest blasting chamber was 80 meters in diameter and 12 meters high. It was 27 meters deep from the German position above. It contained 41 tons of explosives in one go. It was the largest landmine in history.
At three in the morning, the British began blasting operations and detonated explosives. In the end, only 19 of the 21 blasting chambers were detonated, but that was enough.
Tens of thousands of German soldiers were directly buried in the soil, and the sound of explosions directly reached Berlin and London, and the whole world was shocked!
The British who had been prepared for a long time put on earplugs one by one, barely resisting the catastrophe. But the German army on the opposite side was miserable. After the explosion, thousands of German soldiers completely lost their hearing due to the huge shock wave, and others were more or less affected.
When the British launched the offensive, many German soldiers still did not slow down, but just sat there stupidly without moving, and entered the prisoner of war camp in a daze.
Oliver Woodward also became famous in World War I. After the war, he was awarded the rank of Major General in the Field Army as the commander of Australia's First Tunnel Corps, and was one of only four Australians to be awarded this honor.
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