Chapter 109 Czech Rebellion 4

"These damn bastards!"

There is probably no one in the world who is more depressed than Czech President Edvard Benes at this moment.

Not only depressed, but extremely angry! !

Czechoslovakia and France signed an alliance in black and white, just to prevent Germany from provoking a war!

It's good now. As soon as Germany issued the threat of war, France shamelessly asked the Czech government to use the principle of national self-determination to solve the problem in the Sudetenland!

Well said! How about "taking advantage of the principle of national self-determination"? Who doesn’t know that most of the residents of the Sudetenland are Germans. If they were allowed to have self-determination and openly vote, they would certainly choose to join Germany!

How shameless! Why don't you just tell us to give up the Sudetenland?

No head of state will just watch his country being divided! What's more, Edward Benes devoted all his life's efforts to his motherland!

During World War I, Beneš co-organized a Czech nationalist independence movement. From 1915 he supported the Czech and Slovak independence movements from Paris, together with Thomas Masaryk and the Slovak Milan Štefánik. In 1916 he helped organize the "Czechoslovak National Assembly" and became its general secretary.

In early 1917 Benes, together with others, established an army composed of Czechs and Slovaks, the Czechoslovak Legion. In 1918, France recognized the Czechoslovak National Assembly as the sole representative of the planned Czechoslovak Republic and had a say in the negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles.

Because of his role in the fight for independence, he, together with Thomas Masaryk and Milan Štefánik, is known as the Three Founding Fathers of Czechoslovakia.

How could such a person succumb to the power of Germany!

Furious, Benes immediately announced a general mobilization to counter Germany's military threat.

Come on, even without France, the Czech Republic is definitely not a weak persimmon!

It's a pity that Benes, who was blinded by anger, forgot that they were able to get the Sudetenland before because of the help of Britain and France. Now that Britain and France came forward to ask them to cede the Sudetenland, how could they possibly hold on to it.

Berlin Palace.

In the conference room, Yannick looked at the reply he had just received from the Czech Republic and smiled slightly. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is the attitude of the Czech government. It seems that they do not take your country and France seriously."

Chamberlain looked a little embarrassed. He originally thought that France could persuade the Czech government to cede the Sudetenland obediently, but he did not expect that the Czech president was such a tough guy. "Then what is His Royal Highness going to do?"

Yannick shrugged, with a helpless tone. "If you say it, it will throw water away. Since they want to fight and have entered general mobilization, then we have to fight tit for tat. At present, the only forces we can continue to mobilize are the defense forces on the eastern front. Tsk, now we can only pray that the polar bear in the east will not They will take advantage of it. After all, they suffered a lot in Spain, and they may be gearing up for revenge. "

Chamberlain's mouth twitched slightly. He didn't expect that Germany would even give up its eastern defense in order to deal with the Czech Republic. If, as he said, the beasts from the east take advantage of the situation and launch a massive attack, then Europe will not be covered with red flags. "Your Highness the Crown Prince, it may be that the Czech government did not fully understand what France meant. In this case, I will send them a telegram."

"That would be the best, I'd like to thank you, Prime Minister."

After reading the harsh telegram sent by Prime Minister Chamberlain, Benes threw it to the ground and stepped on it several times.

"Mr. President, it seems that if we don't compromise, the situation will be unfavorable to us." The vice president advised. "Now Britain and France want us to cede part of the Sudetenland and return it to Germany. If we lose the help of Britain and France, it may be difficult to preserve all the territory."

"These treacherous bastards!!" Benes still couldn't let go and couldn't help but spit. I think that when the First World War just ended, France wanted to dismember Germany, while Britain hoped that Germany would become a docile sheep.

What now? Both countries are actually speaking for Germany, even at the expense of threatening their former allies. It is really unreasonable! !

However, he knew that he could only compromise, and he gritted his teeth and said bitterly. "Since they want a part of the land, then we will give them 700, no, 500 square kilometers. Then we will deport all the Germans who stayed in Czechoslovakia." Benes' attitude towards these people has not changed. Just get rid of them!

The next morning everyone gathered in the conference room again.

This time there were French Prime Minister Camille Chaudandy and Italian party leader Benito Mussolini. But Mussolini was obviously here to make trouble. He sat there with his head held high and listened to the leaders of the three countries bargaining. Yannick's first reaction when he saw Mussolini was that this guy was too arrogant. You must know that he is now over 1.8 meters tall, while Mussolini is only a little over 1.6 meters tall, but even like this, Mussolini can't wait to look at people with his nostrils.

If he were shorter, he might just be able to admire Mussolini's chin. I can't help but complain in my heart, aren't you tired of holding your head high all the time?

"Hahaha!" After reading the Czech government's response brought by Ribbentrop, Yannick suddenly burst into laughter. "Mr. Chamberlain, do you know how big the Sudetenland is?"

Chamberlain felt that Yannick's smile didn't look like a happy smile, and he had an uneasy premonition in his heart. "I remember it was about 10,000 square kilometers. How much land does the Czech government want to cede?"

"Humph." Yannick snorted heavily and handed the document in his hand to Chamberlain. "They agreed to cede land, but only 500 square kilometers, one-twentieth! So generous!! They are sending away beggars. Since they can be so shameless, I won't be polite. Mr. Prime Minister, from now on our requirements have changed. Not only the Sudetenland, but all areas within the entire Czech territory, as long as there are our German compatriots, must be handled in accordance with the principle of national self-determination! If the Czech government disagrees, it will be war!"

In addition to the Sudetenland, there are some areas in the Czech Republic where Germans are the majority.

Chamberlain's heart skipped a beat after hearing Yannick's cold words.

Damn, you're just being too shameless! Originally, you wanted the Sudetenland, but now you're even more shameless!

This new proposal once again gave Chamberlain a headache.

Yannick looked at Chamberlain's constipated expression and felt extremely refreshed.

Appeasement, appeasement is good! In order to maintain peace, you have to feed Germany's appetite! And now, with Chamberlain's mediation, Germany's demands will become more and more!

"Your Highness, you must understand that if Germany dares to invade the Sudetenland, we in France will not sit idly by." Camille Chaudang was somewhat dissatisfied with Yannick's aggressive attitude and couldn't help but speak out.

Since Germany entered the Rhineland a few years ago, the reputation of the French government has plummeted. Although France does not want to fight, it must show its determination and strength on the Sudetenland issue this time, at least on the surface.

Yannick curled his lips secretly. If Germany had not waited until it had annexed the Czech Republic's huge military industry, it would have kicked you, a Gallic chicken, to the ground right now. "Of course, that is your country's obligation. But you may have to bear the historical guilt."

Camille Shaw was speechless for a while. Now you are aggressively launching a war, okay? Why should I bear the historical guilt?

"Mr. Prime Minister, if you don't have amnesia, you should remember that for hundreds of years before the last war, the Sudetenland had always belonged to Austria and later Bohemia and Moravia under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Those Germans had lived there for generations.

After the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismembered. We won't discuss why the Sudetenland was assigned to the new country of Czechoslovakia along with Bohemia and Moravia. This was a wrong decision, and even the then US President was not satisfied. But the result was that more than three million German-speaking Germans left the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The majority ethnic group of the country was reduced to a minority in Czechoslovakia. They were hated and hostile by the Czechs, their land was plundered, they were discriminated against in school and work, and relief supplies were not distributed fairly.

Now, the Czech government gave us a small piece of territory like alms, and then drove millions of German compatriots out of their land and made them leave their homes?

No, I won't agree. My people won't agree either. The return of Sudetenland is the will of all German people and also follows the will of the people in the Sudetenland. "

After speaking passionately, Yannick looked at Kamijerschodon with a mocking face. "As the leader of a democratic country, don't you understand that the will of the people is unstoppable? Do the people of your country all desire war? Will they watch you drag the whole country into an unjust war? "

Camijerschodon's face suddenly darkened. Bullshit people's will, you, the emperor/dictator/of an imperial country, are qualified to talk about the will of the people?

Without waiting for him to refute, Yannick stood up and said goodbye. "Let's end this meeting here. Please tell the Czech side, Mr. Prime Minister, that we Germans will not compromise. The end of this year, that is, December 31, is the final deadline. Oh, you may not know, we have already begun to withdraw the defense forces on the Eastern Front to the Czech border. So it's best not to delay too much, lest the giant bear in the east sees the loophole and sneaks in. I'm afraid that by then we will have to hang portraits of Lenin and Stalin in our office."

"What?!" Camille Chaudan was shocked. Before he had time to ask more questions, Yannick had already walked out of the conference room.

Camille Chaudan could only look at Prime Minister Chamberlain, who was frowning on the side. "Mr. Prime Minister, this..."

After thinking it over, Prime Minister Chamberlain finally sighed. "Prime Minister Chaudan, since the German people have such a strong desire to maintain unity, it is not good for us to continue to stop them." One sentence made Camille Chaudan understand that the British compromised, and Czech was sold out.

Now that Britain has decided, France cannot go against Britain. After all, the extremely rotten French economy still relies on the money of British banks for blood transfusion. If the British are angered, the domestic economy will collapse immediately.

"..." Camille Chaudan had no doubt about this. He also understood how a mere Sudetenland could be compared with the threat of the Red Empire and the long-term peace in Europe.