Holy Roman Empire

The winter wind blows its face, blowing away the scattered clouds, mixed with the fragrance of the earth, and it is addictive.

In the quiet village, a ray of cooking smoke rises, and the blown upside down is as if telling how hard life is.

As night fell, the militiaman responsible for the alert, Joseph Han, was relieved, and it was finally safe today.Without spending the book, Joseph Han did not know how to sigh, but could not help but sigh.

Since the outbreak of the Russo-Prussian War, the atmosphere in the border area has become tense, especially after the Cossack cavalry looted, it has pushed the atmosphere to a climax.

The village of Budaski is located in Lubson, less than one hundred kilometers from the front line, and is naturally a key warning area.

In order to combat the arrogance of the enemy, the Berlin government formed militia and distributed weapons.

The border between the two countries is too long. Against the background that the main force of the general army has been held back, even if the rear is in strict combat, it cannot fully defend against the invasion of the enemy.

Fortunately, in big cities, with troops stationed, the Cossack cavalry will not chew on the bones. Scattered in small towns and villages everywhere, it will be blood mold and become the favorite of "robbers".

Joseph Han went to a village after being baptized by a "robber", it was completely hell on earth.

Burning houses, heads hanging at the entrance of the village, wreckage on the ground, survivors with short arms and short legs ... all telling about the atrocities of the "robbers".

Under realistic persecution, Joseph Han, who was honest with Pakistan, took up his weapon and joined the militia to defend the peace of the village.

Said to defend, in fact they do not have the strength to fight the enemy.The main task of the militia is to send out signals in time to find the enemy, cover the people into the castle, defend the castle, and wait for the regular army to come.

Not every place has a castle, and not every castle has the ability to defend, as long as some large noble castles can resist the plunder of "robbers".

In the past 100 years, the Polish region has suffered from repeated wars, and many local nobility have fallen.The family of emerging nobles is not solid, and many people have been abandoned by new castles because of new ideas.

There is no castle fortress in the plain area, and it is almost impossible to resist the looting of cavalry.

For the sake of safety, the local people have already taken action. Under the government organization, the castle is repaired or rebuilt to resist the invasion of "robbers".

In this regard, the European people are very talented. Every war is accompanied by robbery. For thousands of years, everyone has long practiced a unique life-saving ability.

This time it's nothing more than the enemy's cruelty. The days still have to pass.

Under the crisis of being robbed by robbers at any time, the night has become everyone's favorite, and the enemy will not act at this time.

After letting go of the nervousness, the militia went home in twos and threes, and Joseph Han was among them.Perhaps it was physical and mental exhaustion, and everyone did not speak in tacit agreement.

Back home, his wife is ready for dinner. The food is very simple. Baked potatoes and vegetables are all grown at home.

A family of five, with only six fist-sized baked potatoes, is obviously not enough to eat, or even enough for Joseph Han alone.

No way, people's livelihood is difficult.In normal times, they only have two meals, in the morning and afternoon, and do not need to work in the evening, so there is no dinner.

Joseph Han participated in the militia, training every day, nutrition must keep up; wife and children to go to repair the fortress, also need to increase nutrition, this is cruel to add a dinner.

It was too dark tonight, and there was no moonlight. The wife who had always been frugal had to light the candle ruthlessly.

Perhaps he was too hungry, or perhaps he was reluctant to peel the potatoes, and Joseph Han squeezed it in his mouth.

"Han, I heard that the town of Fick, twenty miles away, was looted by the Russians and all the militiamen were killed. You must be careful when you go out!"

The uneasy voice of his wife made Joseph Han tremble.He also heard about the situation in Fick Town. Not only were all the militiamen killed, but even the old, weak women and children were seriously injured.

The enemy killed all the rebels, and the survivors were either injured or disabled.It is clear that the Russians are deliberately creating wounded people, increasing the burden on the Berlin government.

Either because the wounded are too many, the government is unable to settle; or in order to stimulate the will of the people to resist, the village has also been placed a few wounded.

Joseph Han: "Relax, I will be careful. You must also be careful. Once you find that the enemy is coming, hide in the cellar. The Russians will not stay long."

Obviously, Joseph Han did not have confidence in the castle under construction.It is now the era of hot weapons, but the castle built has stayed in the last century.

It ’s not that people do n’t want to build more solidly. Castles are being built everywhere. Steel bars, cement, and stones are scarce.

The Berlin government has increased imports. However, the cost is high and it can only be used on strategic sites. The urban defense projects are not enough, and it is impossible to turn to ordinary villages.

Some people have proposed to evacuate villages, concentrate people in cities, and reduce civilian casualties.

Unfortunately, this can only be considered.

Because of the war, the food production of the Commonwealth of Populus has dropped significantly. It was a great victory to be able to maintain 80% of the production capacity in 1880.

If the border areas are abandoned, the grain production capacity of Pupo Federation will further decline.The food shortage of millions of tons per year is not so easy to make up.

"understood."

The tired body and mind made them not interested in chatting.After using the dinner in the shortest time, his wife hurriedly extinguished the candle.

...

Under the sun, the signboard of the "Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" is particularly dazzling.

A special carriage of a diplomatic system was parked at the door of the building. A middle-aged man in a suit walked off the carriage, took a stack of thick documents, and strode into the building.

The secretary whispered: "His Excellency Minister, Count Kovacevich, Minister of the Poppo Federation in Vienna, visited."

Weissenberg put down his coffee and asked, "Does he have an appointment in advance?"

As Foreign Minister Weisenberg has a lot of work, almost every day schedule is full, unless special circumstances, general diplomatic activities need to make an appointment in advance.

The secretary replied: "No. But Kovacevic's face is very ugly, and he has repeatedly stressed that there is an urgent matter and must see you immediately."

"There is something urgent," Weisenberg, who was about to refuse, was shocked and immediately thought of the Russian-Russian war. He slowly said: "Please come in. Remember to tell him that I have only half an hour of free time."

...

After a few words of greeting, Minister Kovacevich handed the thick documents to Wesenberg, and said: "Your Excellency, these photos and materials are provided by enthusiastic people. The above is the brutality of the Russians."

After taking over the documents and flipping them around, Weissenberg saw the corpses, burning houses, and hanging heads in the photos, all telling about barbarous sins.

The well-known Weisenberg was also shocked.Without continuing to read, he closed the document and turned his eyes to Kovacevich.

"Your Excellency, your country has always been the main force for maintaining world peace and international order. For the sake of God, we hope that your country can intervene to stop the atrocities of the Russians."

With the Russians' three tricks, the Berlin government struggled to cope with it. In desperation, it could only resort to the international community.

No matter how cruel the nature of the world is, countries in the European continent still know how to converge. The Russian gameplay has long been outdated.

Ignoring Kovačevich's touted, Wesenberg replied slowly: "This question is very involved, we have to investigate and determine before we can answer your country.

However, the Minister, you can rest assured that as long as the above content is proved to be true, the righteous people all over the world will not let this atrocities exist."

There is no doubt that this is procrastination.The brutality of the Russians was not a secret at all, but Austria sent a military observation mission, and what happened on the front was clear.

Knowing to know, the Vienna government will not intervene without sufficient benefits.

Similar things are not only done by the Russians, but also by the generals in killing villages and destroying towns. The major colonial empires have done even better overseas.

It's just that the lid was not lifted, and everyone chose to ignore it.This time the tsarist government did a terrible job, and civilian casualties in the Pupo Federation have reached hundreds of thousands.

During the war years, small-scale killings were inevitable, and large-scale massacres broke the rules.

The Russian army did not slaughter, and it was almost the same as the slaughter. Except for the dead, all the rest were wounded, and most of them were permanently disabled.

A bitter expression on the behalf of Minister Kovacevich: "My Excellency, these photos are taken by enthusiastic people who risked their lives. I dare to guarantee that all of them are true.

Tens of thousands of people die every day under the Russian butcher's knife ... "

Weissenberg waved his hand: "Relax, Your Excellency. You can't really fake it, nor can you fake it.

As long as you are a member of the civilization camp, you will not let this happen.I will arrange someone to investigate now, you go back and wait for the news!"

Kovacevic was sent away, and Weisenberg had a headache again.Whether to interfere or not to intervene is a headache.