Chapter 1171 The Kingdom of New Dalmatia
On the Serbian battlefield, the Neretva Army began to show its prowess. For the Neretva region with a population of more than 600,000, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was naturally dissatisfied. May turn a blind eye.
This became a key recruiting area in the border areas of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A large number of Chinese and mixed-race people were incorporated into the army, and the latest Neretva Army was formed based on the original Neretva local army. , different from other Bosnian armies, was divided separately to participate in the Serbian battlefield.
This change also illustrates the improvement of the status of the Neretva region. After all, the original Neretva region belonged to the lower-level region of Bosnia State, mixed with part of the territory of southern Croatia.
Now due to the defeat on the front line, the Austro-Hungarian Empire made a major decision to win over the local government and civilians, that is, after the war, the region was incorporated into the Kingdom of New Dalmatia.
Mostar.
As the capital of the Neretva region, it has been upgraded to the temporary capital of the New Kingdom of Dalmatia. Now, the government of the New Kingdom is actively cooperating with the actions of the Austro-Hungarian government and conducting local recruitment activities.
Hipper: "The empire has spent a lot of money this time. If we can perform well on the battlefield, everyone will be a hero of the Kingdom of Dalmatia in the future, and we will at least become like Croatia after the war. An autonomous region. "
The Kingdom of Dalmatia was the Illyrian province of the French Empire before 1815. Later it fell into the hands of Austria and became its subordinate kingdom.
In order to win over the locals, the Austro-Hungarian Empire prepared to integrate the Neretva region into Dalmatia and separate it from the original Bosnian state to form a new Kingdom of Dalmatia.
Of course, this also means weakening Croatia. After all, Dalmatia was originally dominated by Croatians, but since immigrants from the Far East were moved in, the local population has undergone major changes.
Although Croatia is a member of the empire, there are also people who support Serbia. Therefore, assigning the empire of the Kingdom of Dalmatia to the mixed-race Germans can at least reduce the impact of "Great Slavism" on the southern part of the empire. penetration.
Of course, the premise of all this is that the Austro-Hungarian Empire still exists after the war, but the imperial pie is still eaten by the Neretva regional government.
After all, the mixed-race Germans have always lacked legitimacy in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This can be seen from the residence of the mixed-race Germans alone, which spans the two imperial administrative regions of Bosnia and the Kingdom of Dalmatia.
Now that the Austro-Hungarian government has endorsed it, the new Dalmatia, centered on Mostar, will become the land of mixed-race Germans "since ancient times."
After all, these lands have always been Habsburg territory. As long as new "claims" can be obtained from Habsburg, it will become an established fact.
Hipper, the former Speaker of the Mostar Parliament, has now been successfully promoted to Speaker of the Kingdom's Parliament, and his superior leadership has been directly changed from Bosnia to Vienna.
Hipper: "Since November last year, in just a few months, the empire has carried out extensive recruitment activities in the Neretva region. Now the number of soldiers joining the Neretva region alone is As many as 30,000 people, which greatly strengthens the empire’s military personnel recruitment.”
Mostar Mayor Raab said: “According to the empire’s requirements, we will recruit at least 20,000 people. Join the army, but the entire population of the entire kingdom is now close to more than 900,000, which is also a lot of pressure for us.”
If the original Neretva region is not included, the original Dalma. The total population of the Kingdom of Tia is only over 200,000, and as East Africa penetrates the local population, it is naturally impossible to let Dalmatia go. There are also more than 100,000 mixed-race Germans in the non-Neretva area.
In other words, of the total population of 900,000 in the Kingdom of New Dalmatia, more than half are mixed Germans, while Croats have less than 200,000, making them a minority. This is also supported by data supporting the Austro-Hungarian Empire's integration of the New Dalmatian Kingdom. Mixed-blood Germans accounted for more than 70% of the local population and had formed a new national subject.
Of course, mixed-blood Germans are also Germans, so there is no need to engage in separatist activities under the banner of a new nation.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire has given such huge benefits to the local mixed-blood Germans, so it naturally hopes that the local area will contribute more to the war. According to the requirements of the Austro-Hungarian Empire government, that is, the Kingdom of New Dalmatia will 50,000 soldiers were recruited to fight against Serbia.
Hipper said: "The remaining 20,000 people must be recruited from the north. After all, it is impossible to rely entirely on our German efforts. The Croats must also contribute some and integrate them into the army, which will be beneficial to the subsequent kingdom. ”
Raab said: "There are a total of about 200,000 Croats in the Kingdom. According to our ratio, the Croats should recruit at least 10,000 people. In this way, Germany will be the main force and account for one-fifth of the local army of the Kingdom of Dalmatia. Fourth, it can effectively ensure our influence on the army."
Hipper asked: "Would this cause the Croats to suffer. After all, the establishment of the new Kingdom of Dalmatia has offended many people. I am afraid that if we take a slightly bigger action, it will easily ignite the emotions of the Croatian people."
The government of the former Kingdom of Dalmatia. It can be said that the Croats are the dominant family, and the current Kingdom of New Dalmatia is naturally dominated by Germans. After all, Germans make up the majority in the kingdom.
In the past, the mixed-race Germans in Dalmatia had the support of the former Neretva government, and their status quickly improved. This led to a relative decline in the status of Croats, so many Croatians were hostile. Government of the Kingdom of New Dalmatia.
Among other things, the capital of Dalmatia was once Zadar, and in the New Kingdom, not to mention competing with Mostar, even the port of Ploce cannot compare, regardless of economy or population. , are all areas inhabited by Germans who have an absolute advantage.
Of course, the Austro-Hungarian government, as the highest level, finally chose to support the strong mixed-race Germans. For the Austrian government, mixed-race Germans are also Germans and are better than ethnic groups such as Croatia. The Hungarian government wanted to take the opportunity to weaken other ethnic groups. Avoid threatening Hungary's status.
After all, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria and Hungary were the ruling nations, while Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Serbia were all ruled nations.
Now Hungary does not want other nations to replicate Hungary’s success. For example, Archduke Ferdinand in his previous life, the tripartite empire he advocated was not well received by Hungarians and was strongly opposed. In this time and space, Archduke Ferdinand naturally held this opinion, but he was not the crown prince, so his words had little influence.
Rabb said: "Originally the new Kingdom of Dalmatia was established, and many Croats in Dalmatia were very unconvinced. It happened that the conscription was used to make the opponents jump out, and we directly killed them all. , This can prevent future troubles.”
As a German, Rab. Naturally, they will not take care of the Croats, especially the Croats who are unwilling to integrate into the New Kingdom. If they honestly understand the current affairs like the Croats in the Neretva area and actively join the German family, then it will naturally be easy to say, after all, the internal The Croats in the Retva region have largely integrated into half-German families.
But if you don't understand current affairs, don't blame the new government for being rude. Although it is a war at this time, many of the armed forces of the New Dalmatia Kingdom are still in the hands of the Germans.
After all, East Africa provided a lot of weapons to the Neretva region and conducted a lot of military training. Although now the Neretva region has been separated from East Africa and a new interest group has been formed. However, it was still supported by the East African government, so before the establishment of the new Kingdom of Dalmatia, the local German forces had armed force, which they could easily use to deal with the unarmed Croatian opposition in the north.
(End of this chapter)