African Nationhood

Qu Sanggan stood outside the tent, looking at Belgrade, which was lit with fire in the night.

This city has been turned into a sieve by the Serbians, with terrorist attacks and traps everywhere.

Nanhua's aircraft continued to drop leaflets calling on the Serbs to attack the Austro-Hungarian enemies and drive away the invaders.

At the same time, it also launched a campaign to persuade the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to surrender, and rewarded those who surrendered with their comrades. There were also rewards for killing officers and surrendering with the officer's certificate.

There is no reward for those who surrender alone, but they can save their lives.

After the leaflets were distributed, the bombing began. Large-scale bombing, 2000 bombs per day, divided into three waves: morning, noon and night.

After a week of continuous bombing, leaflets were distributed again. Now many Austro-Hungarian soldiers were moved.

Basically every day, Austro-Hungarian soldiers came to surrender, mostly Bosnian, Czech and Magyar (Hungarian) people.

These surrenderers will be placed in the rear of Serbia, where someone will allocate land and houses to them.

Serbia has suffered a huge population loss after the war and is in need of population replenishment.

Serbian officials also suggested to the regent that more domestic women of childbearing age be sent to borrow seeds from the South China Expeditionary Force to quickly breed the country's population.

Nicholas I of Montenegro was also interested in the Southwarkataro garrison and the British and French allied forces, hoping that the soldiers stationed in their territory could give more contact to the women of Mendinegoro.

The Serbs in the city were not idle either. It was their mission to attack the enemy. Killing the invaders was an honor for them, and it was worth it even at the cost of their lives.

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By early May, the number of Belgrade's 5 defenders was reduced to less than 17 due to attacks, escapes, and bombings.

If we wait any longer, it will only be a matter of time before the Southwest Front collapses.

Svetozar Borojevich really wanted to have an upright battle with the South China Army. Unfortunately, the South China Army did not take the initiative to attack at all and only made some small moves.

No matter how many heavy firepower points he deployed on the Sava River, Nanhua's aircraft bombings and heavy machine gun fire made it impossible for his soldiers to hold on.

And those nasty Serbs would attack his soldiers if they weren't careful.

Using stones, knives, forks and even sticks, anything that can cause harm is their weapon.

In addition, the influenza virus on the Western Front also caused a lot of trouble for his soldiers. Although the fatality rate of this virus was low, a large number of soldiers fell ill, causing muscle aches and fever, which affected their combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the enemy also spread leaflets from time to time, and even tricked soldiers into receiving special medicine to treat influenza if they surrendered.

It was listed in various languages ​​that if you surrender with your comrades, everyone will be rewarded with land.

If several people work together to kill the Austro-Hungarian officer, they can get land, houses and cash rewards.

The composition of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's troops was complex, and conflicts were inevitable on weekdays.

Once a foreign soldier with ulterior motives obtains the consent of other members of the same race, wants to surrender and wants rewards from the enemy, he will inevitably kill the officer.

Since the enemy spread leaflets, organized soldiers in the army often kill officers and flee.

This kind of news cannot be hidden at all, and it often spreads throughout the army in a short period of time.

The spread of this kind of news directly escalated the already tense conflict between officers and soldiers to the stage of incompatibility.

For a moment, all the officers in the Austro-Hungarian military camp were in danger, and they also showed a sense of precaution against their soldiers.

These details may not matter in normal times, but under the high pressure of the battlefield, some small dissatisfaction will gradually ferment into big hatred.

...If Nanhua had not attacked, the Austro-Hungarian army would definitely collapse on its own.

However, the Nanhua Military Headquarters also issued an order to Qu Sangqian to urge the advancing army. They must invade the hinterland of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as soon as possible.

If you want to absorb nutrients from this old empire and gain a reputation as awe-inspiring, you still need a gorgeous battle to demonstrate Nanhua's military might!

In the early morning of May 5, Qu Sangqian issued a general attack order against Belgrade.

The Serbian Army sent 19 divisions to act as the right army to attack, and the South China Army was divided into two parts.

Part of it is the left route army of Shi Hong's coalition and the middle route army led by Qu Sangqian. The three armies of more than 50 people marched together.

Coupled with the nearly 10 residents in Belgrade, the battle directly turned into a battle of annihilation in which more than 60 people besieged the 13 Austro-Hungarian army.

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After the attack order was issued, 800 aircraft took the lead in bombing the commanding heights and military camps deployed by the Austro-Hungarians.

The engineering troops were very skilled in constructing pontoon bridges on the Sava and Danube rivers, and the armored vehicle troops led the troops to attack the stone bridges on the rivers.

Serbian residents in the city also organized attacks against Austro-Hungarian soldiers. Svetozar Borojevich, a famous defensive general, was unable to effectively command his officers because these officers could not effectively command. own soldiers.

After the large force passed through the Sava and Danube rivers, the famous defensive general felt exhausted, and he could only retreat dejectedly with his officers and soldiers.

The Austro-Hungarian Southwest Front was defeated. Except for the die-hard Germans and Croats, most of the other ethnic soldiers surrendered obediently.

When those flexible ethnic officers and soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian army were about to surrender, they would risk attacking friendly forces in order to perform meritorious service, and then take the documents of friendly army officers to surrender to the Allied Powers.

At four o'clock in the afternoon on the 18th, the Chinese and Serbian coalition forces regained Belgrade.

In this battle, 4.3 enemies were wiped out and 8 captured.

These prisoners were all organized into prisoner camps to serve as logistics personnel, helping to clear rubble and rescue people.

At the same time, those who surrendered will also be rewarded. After all, Serbia needs manpower to rebuild its homeland.

Nanhua took half of the large amount of baggage and weapons captured and gave the other half to the Serbs.

Prince Regent Alexander I came to Belgrade from the rear to express his gratitude to Commander Qusangan.

Qu Sanggan was perfunctory, and the next step was to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He refused the regent's request for a banquet on the grounds that he was busy with military affairs.

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The victory in Belgrade made the nervous army on the Western Front feel unprecedentedly relaxed.

Marshal Foch, commander of the British and French coalition forces, even sent a commendation order to Commander Qu Sangqian.

The other side praised Commander Qu for his great contribution to the victory of the Allied Powers, which was a shot in the arm for all soldiers of the Allied Powers who were determined to eliminate the evil forces, and boosted the morale of the Allied Powers' troops.

In addition, Marshal Foch requested Commander Qu to organize his army as soon as possible and strive to invade the interior of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as soon as possible so that the evil alliance of the Allies could collapse as soon as possible.

Qu Sangqian immediately replied to Marshal Foch: The South China Expeditionary Force will march as soon as possible in accordance with the requirements of the Allied Forces Command. Marshal Foch and the British mainland should rest assured.

On May 5, the South China Expeditionary Force crossed the Balkan Mountains, and the 25 fully mechanized vanguard army set foot on the Hungarian plains and headed for Budapest.

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While Emperor Karl I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was madly cursing Svetozar Borojevich for not living up to his name, he was discussing with his close aide Archduke Joseph how to deploy a new line of defense to stop the powerful South China Expeditionary Force. (End of chapter)