Chapter 124 Assassination Plot
After the press conference ended, Yannick had just returned to the temporary residence of the Presidential Palace when a gloomy-looking Reinhard hurried in. "Your Highness, we seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition and the structural drawings of the presidential palace from a house a street away."
Yannick raised his eyebrows slightly. Want to commit an assassination? ! "Has anyone been caught?"
"Three of them have been captured and have been taken for interrogation. For your own safety, you have to change your residence!"
Yannick waved his hand, signaling him to calm down. "Don't be so nervous. Look at the high and thick walls of the Presidential Palace. Unless it is supported by artillery, it is difficult to break through, isn't it? Don't forget that there is also a regiment of Guards stationed here, and there are troops stationed in the suburbs. What big thing can happen? ? "Is the person who planned this assassination a fool? It must not be Britain and France. After all, if the assassination is successful, it will be another Sarajevo incident. They will not take this risk. The biggest suspect is a local Czech.
"But..." Reinhard was still worried and was about to continue persuading him when he was interrupted by Yannick. "No need to persuade me anymore, I will sleep here tonight. What you have to do now is to find out who is behind the assassins, go ahead."
"Then I will strengthen the defense of the presidential palace." After a salute, Reinhard turned and left.
The night was uneventful, and as soon as Yannick got up early the next morning, Reinhard came to see him. "Your Highness, it has been found out that some middle-level officers of the former Czech army colluded with each other to assassinate him. They obtained the structural diagram of the Presidential Palace by bribery of the steward of the Presidential Palace. We had arrested all these people last night."
"Good job." Yannick still quite believed in the intelligence department's ability to do things. "Send all those people to work in the concentration camps, and send a copy of the compiled incident details and confessions to President Hacha. I feel that he is not a peaceful guy." Although the Czech Republic government was abolished, Khaca retained the presidency and later secretly cooperated with the Czechoslovak government-in-exile. "Tell him that I don't need to delve into this matter. If there is a next time, don't blame me for being cruel!"
"Aren't you going to dig deeper?" Reinhard said reluctantly. "But Your Highness, I think these people are not the only ones harboring evil intentions. I think we should continue to dig deeper and find out those..."
Yannick smiled. "So, we are also going to have a big purge? Massively arrest and execute those suspects who seem to be harboring evil intentions? So that the entire Czech Republic is in fear? Everyone is trembling?
You have to remember that it is easy to conquer a country, but it is very difficult to conquer a nation. It cannot be done in three to five days or three to five months. Bloody killing can make people kneel down and obey orders. Yes, but surrender will not be obtained. If killing was useful, Europe and even most of the world would belong to the Mongol Empire now. Is there anyone who killed more than them? "According to historical research, during the establishment of the Mongol Empire, the Mongolian army massacred a total of 200 million people in the 13th century, creating the most disgraceful and bloody Guinness World Record in human history.
"Reinhard, the GSP has fully penetrated Czechoslovakia. Find a capable and tough candidate to serve as the deputy chief executive of the Czech region. I want to complete the Germanization of this place as soon as possible."
Reinhard volunteered. "Your Highness, I want to go in person to supervise the work."
You are looking for death. Yannick was shocked and decisively refused. "No, that's too dangerous. Don't forget your identity. If something happens to you, even if the entire Czech Republic is buried with you, it won't be able to make up for the empire's losses. Just send a capable person." He would not send Reinhard at this time and space. Why would he be a governor in other places? Although there are no crazy massacres in Germany now, he has offended a lot of people. He does not want to see the "Operation Anthropoid" plan.
After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War in the original time and space, Germany began to systematically move its military-industrial enterprises to the Czech hinterland, which was beyond the reach of Allied bombers. At this time, Germany had fallen into a two-front war situation and urgently needed the Czech weapons manufacturing base to provide it with strong military support.
Reinhard took charge of the affairs of the Czech region. He cleverly used the "candy and whip" method to gradually Germanize the Czech region. Soon, the Czechs had already submitted to Germany.
As a result, the Czech leader Benes who was exiled to the UK quit his job. If the Czechs all obeyed Germany, how could he lead the Czech uprising in the future?
So the British intelligence system sent several specially trained Czech paratroopers over and ambushed Reinhard. In order to avenge Reinhard, Mustache bloodbathed the Czech village. As a result, this transformation effort finally went bankrupt.
Ignoring Reinhard who looked flattered, Yannick continued to give instructions. “To govern the Czech Republic, we can use the technique of ‘candies in one hand and whip in the other’. The whip is used to suppress the disobedient nobles and resistance organizations, and the candies naturally have to be distributed to the people at the bottom, especially the working class.
The treatment of the working class here is far inferior to that in Germany. As long as we implement the same salary package and welfare system to improve their lives, their resistance should be suppressed to a minimum. "Reinhard from the original time and space said, "As long as the Czechs have enough to eat and don't go to the battlefield, they can become the best military producers and contribute to the empire. "
Reinhard responded with great solemnity. "Understood, Your Highness. I will arrange the most suitable person to execute it."
Yannick nodded, thought for a while, and asked. “Where is that former President Benes?”
"After resigning, he went to London and should still be in London now. Your Highness, are you looking for him?"
"Oh, these people are really..." Why do they all like to go to the UK? He remembered that after the outbreak of World War II, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Czech Republic, and Yugoslavia had established exile governments in the UK. "Find an opportunity to get rid of him, so as to avoid trouble for us by establishing exile governments in the future."
"Yes, I will do it as soon as possible."
After talking about the Czech affairs, Reinhard talked about another matter. "Your Highness, I just received news that the British side sent special envoys to Poland and the Soviet Union at the same time. As for the content of the visit, we need to further inquire."
Yannick smiled disapprovingly. "Do we still need to inquire? It must be that our peace ambassador's good temper has run out. He thinks that we have stopped listening to them, so he wants to use Poland to intimidate us. Poland alone is not safe, and wants to persuade the Soviet Union to give Poland some support at the appropriate time." After all, rabbits will bite when they are anxious, let alone these politicians who are as cunning as foxes.
"Will the Soviets agree?" After all, the Soviet-backed government forces and international volunteers were beaten badly by Germany in the Spanish Civil War. If the Soviet Union wants to avenge this arrow, it is likely to agree to the British proposal.
Yannick shook his head. "If you can't see the true face of Britain and France from this Czech incident, then Stalin is a big idiot."
Poland and the Soviet Union have a deep blood feud. If Britain wants the Soviet Union to support Poland, it will have to pay a considerable amount of benefits. Yannick doesn't think Britain can afford the price the Soviet Union requires. "Britain is really desperate. It is so stupid that it would choose Poland. It is better to choose Italy." This time when Germany annexed Czechoslovakia, Poland also took the opportunity to occupy the Czech Republic's Ciesin region, under the pretext of "protecting" the local Polish residents. Poland's invasion of adding insult to injury made the Czechs extremely angry. Once Germany took action against Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania would follow suit to beat Poland.
"Don't worry about them. We will cause trouble for Poland sooner or later anyway. If Poland comes to die, it will be a blessing. We also secretly sent a special envoy to ask Stalin if he is interested in dividing Poland." Yannick didn't take Poland, a jumping clown, seriously at all. He broke the conspiracy of Britain and France with one sentence.
Reinhard continued to report. "Your Highness, the purge in the Soviet Union has worsened again. Even the international volunteer team fighting in Spain has been affected. Some places have even killed each other. It can be said that everyone is in danger. Therefore, their combat effectiveness has also declined sharply and they are retreating step by step. According to the analysis of the headquarters, Franco will be able to end this civil war within half a year."
"What good news." Yannick nodded. "Then implement the 'replacement' plan as soon as possible."