At the end of the day, these were all unresolved issues left over from the First World War. What had been signed at the war's end was merely an armistice, not a peace treaty, much less one side's surrender agreement. Therefore, the outbreak of a new European War was only a matter of time.
Against this backdrop, the London Naval Treaty had never been particularly binding. Germany was bound to return to the path of expansion.
Finally, Ernst said, "The Austro-Hungarian Empire could collapse at any moment. We must lend the Habsburg a hand as well, lest they be purged afterward. Vienna in particular—if an upheaval suddenly breaks out there, it will be difficult for them to evacuate."
For the Habsburg Royal Family, nothing was more dangerous than a coup erupting in the capital. A rebellion in the provinces at least left time to react, but if unrest broke out in Vienna, escaping would be extremely difficult.
For instance, the Tsarist Russian government had been overthrown because Saint Petersburg fell. When the Soviet Union collapsed in his previous life, it had likewise begun in Moscow. Vienna was clearly a place where right and wrong tangled like hemp.
April 7, 1934, Dihua.
A passenger aircraft circled through the air, preparing to land at an airport in the outskirts of Dihua, a northwestern city of the Far East Empire. The aircraft was a German-developed passenger-cargo plane, the Junkers Ju52, and one of Germany's most advanced transport aircraft at present.
"Consul Hoffmann, we have arrived over Dihua County. The plane will be landing soon." The assistant woke the drowsy Hoffmann.
Hoffmann was the consul at East Africa's consulate in Xi'an. After the first Shanghai-Wusong Battle in the Far East Empire, East Africa had established a consulate in Xi'an.
This consulate had quickly