The Rise Of Australasia

Actually, the entirety of Germany's military plan was quite simple: sudden attack and encirclement assault.

Yes, although Germany did not use this terminology, the concepts reflected in the military plan were indeed these two terms.

It was roughly divided into two parts. Firstly, there was the sudden attack aimed to swiftly defeat the regular Russian troops deployed in the west. Then came the encirclement assault, utilizing several major urban cities inside Russia to effectively destroy the Russian reserve forces coming to assist.

Even though the Russian population was over a hundred million, if several million Russian troops were annihilated in a short period, even a country as vast as Russia in terms of territory and population would absolutely be overwhelmed.

It is worth mentioning that this grand military plan, in the eyes of the German Chancellor, had only nine copies made throughout Germany.

Besides one copy for the army, navy, and air force each, the remaining six copies were all kept at the German High Command in case of emergency.

Additionally, to prevent leaks before the outbreak of the war, this final military plan was known to only a very few high-ranking German officers, some generals even lacked the clearance to access this plan.

This not only effectively prevented the possibility of intelligence leaks, but should leaks occur, it could quickly limit the suspected leakers to just a handful of individuals.

Moreover, if the Chancellor also did not believe the British and French espionage methods could be so advanced as to groom their own spies into high-ranking German marshal-level officials.

Keep in mind, becoming a marshal-level high-ranking officer, one must either become an absolute confidant of the German Chancellor, like Winston Schmidt, the British Air Force Commander known for his sycophancy.

Or they had to be from traditional German officers famous before World War I; due to their high reputation in the military, they would be co-opted by the German Chancellor and granted a marshal position.

But both possibilities were essentially impossible. To become an absolute confidant of the German Chancellor, one had to have joined him through all hardships even before his rise to power.

The British and French could not predict the future, how could they possibly foresee that this man, who was just a regular non-commissioned officer during World War I, could rise so swiftly to be the ruler of Germany before the outbreak of World War II?

If they really had the ability to predict the future, they would not need to deploy intelligence personnel. After all, just by predicting the future, they could know the movements of the German military, which would be far simpler and safer than intelligence work, wouldn't it?

Of course, the German side also understood that the movements of the military could not be hidden from the British and French for long. Keep in mind, the German military was voraciously attacking the British-French army just a week ago.

Although they were still conducting feint attacks now, the scale of the attack had significantly reduced too much compared to a week earlier.

In the short term, the British and French might think that Germany was regrouping its forces, replenishing weaponry ammunition and combat supplies.

But once a prolonged period passed, the British and French would eventually realize. After all, it is simply impossible to disguise the loss of a large part of the troops,

And indeed, as the Germans predicted, about a week after Germany started transferring troops from the Westline, the British and French finally sensed something suspicious.

In the beginning, the French forces thought that it was a normal rest for the Germans. But after seven days of not feeling too powerful an offensive from the German forces, the Anglo-French army sensed something unusual.

And in the limited reconnaissance by the Anglo-French air force, they discovered that the size of the German forces had reduced substantially, far less than when they launched a large-scale attack a week ago.

This also raised a question for the British and French governments: where had those missing German troops gone?

This was actually a deeply disturbing and frightening question. Losing track of at least a million German soldiers could mean a significant hidden danger for the front line.

Wherever this million-strong force went, it would pose a lethal threat to the British and French. If they headed to Northern Italy, it would mean Southern France could be attacked by millions of German troops.

Then if they went to the Balkan Peninsula, it could mean that nations like South Slavia at the forefront might be wiped out in a German blitzkrieg.

Therefore, identifying where these millions of German troops had gone became the most important task for the British and French at the moment.

However, the British and French need not wonder anymore because just the next day, the ambassador from Larasia in the United Kingdom approached Winston Schmidt, the British Prime Minister, and disclosed intelligence that stupefied him: these millions of German soldiers had already moved to Southeastern Poland.

What did this imply? It meant that the German army was very likely to launch an attack on Russia.

Why would they do this? Keep in mind, the wars in France and the Balkan had not ended, and such a move by the Germans would undoubtedly be a risky play.

"Ambassador John, can you confirm that what you've stated is true?" Winston Schmidt was momentarily stunned, only then reacting, looking at the ambassador from Larasia incredulously, he asked for confirmation again.

"Of course." Ambassador John nodded indifferently, unbothered by Schmidt's questioning tone.

"Here are the photos our people took of German troops stationed in Southeastern Poland, please have a look, Mr. Prime Minister," said Ambassador John, taking out three photos and smiling at Winston Schmidt.

Winston Schmidt was shocked again. Not because the German troops had moved to Southeastern Poland, but that Larasia's Intelligence Department actually managed to photograph such a highly confidential military move.