Ch.355Serbian Chetniks (2)

# The Donauvian Serbian Militia

“What about the Pro-Donauvian Serbian Militia?”

“Tito is leading them.”

Tito leading the Pro-Donauvian Militia? Does he mean Josip Tito?

“Wasn’t he the one who used to lead the Yugoslav Communist Party?”

He’s now leading the Pro-Donauvian Militia?

I’m not sure if he’s just struggling to survive or if he believes this is the only way for Serbians to survive.

So he ended up fighting Mikhailovich, just like in the original history.

“That’s him. Apparently, he’s quite eager to wag his tail for Göring.”

“I suppose he would be.”

Yugoslavia is already finished anyway.

Honestly, if we’re being precise, wasn’t Tito originally from Croatia?

Maybe Tito just wants to secure a position for himself in the Donauvian Federation. That might be his mindset.

If that’s the case, then in this world too, albeit belatedly, those two will end up clashing.

I’m curious to see how they’ll fight each other.

But you know what? All of this happened because of a single vaccination.

“All of this because of a polio vaccination.”

No matter how many times I think about it, these people seem to have a different mentality than ordinary folks.

How on earth do they end up splitting and fighting over something so trivial?

It’s quite peculiar. These Serbians, I mean.

Normally, people would just submit and get on with their lives, but now they’re fighting among themselves.

If this is their own doing, I think it would be better if they accepted defeat.

They should reflect and think about how they can contribute to humanity going forward.

“Wouldn’t it be better for us to intervene?”

“Hmm, intervention.”

“If bloodshed occurs, won’t it become troublesome?”

Fighting among themselves in an autonomous region? If the Donauvian Federation government doesn’t intervene, they’ll turn the place into a lawless zone.

Or is that what Göring wants?

From my perspective, it doesn’t seem like it. Rather, I think he might just leave the Serbian autonomous region as it is.

“We don’t need to intervene.”

Why should we step in for Serbia of all places? That would be excessive force.

To begin with, the Donauvian Federation is a developed country in this era, with an enormous influence in the Constantinople Treaty.

Unlike during the Austria-Hungary era, the military is much more powerful and united by a desire for revenge against Serbia.

Of course, fellow Slavs might not want to fight against Serbia, but it’s different if you deploy Austrian troops who hold a grudge against Serbia.

Anyway, Serbia can be handled on its own.

Not just the Donauvian Federation, but Bulgaria is also there, so they’ll likely kill all the Chetniks or whatever they’re called.

However, this ultimately leads back to square one.

In fact, they could have wiped them all out when they dropped the nuclear bomb.

The difference is that Hitler left some of them alive.

“If this ends up being a civil war among Serbians, how effective will it be?”

“Hmm, dividing these two would be quite good.”

These madmen are splitting over a single vaccine.

Those who were forcibly vaccinated are seeing the benefits of polio eradication, yet they’re being labeled as traitors by those nationalists.

This is something I’m curious about too.

I’ll just watch until one of them falls. The Donauvian Federation will outwardly support Tito’s Pro-Donauvian side, but they won’t directly deploy troops to mediate between the two or to kill the Chetniks.

“If this continues for a long time, there will be a lot of talk within the Donauvian Federation.”

I don’t think so.

It’s not like they’ve relocated Donauvian people to the Serbian autonomous region.

The autonomous region only has Serbians.

So why would there be complaints?

From the perspective of the autonomous region’s governor-general, they just need to provide some weapons support.

“That’s not true. The longer it drags on, the more they’ll kill each other, and the Serbian population will decrease. Conversely, if guerrilla warfare breaks out, we can legitimately claim the need for Serbian ethnic cleansing. Above all, Hitler defined Serbia as the enemy that divided the Danube.”

When you think about it, this is frightening.

Hitler laid the groundwork and handed everything over to Göring before leaving.

In this situation, if Göring declares the extermination of the Serbian ethnicity, Hitler, as the cause, might take all the blame.

I’m not sure how far Hitler foresaw this.

The Chetniks have a long history.

If our Göring decides to eradicate that history by uprooting them?

Conveniently, there’s also the Pro-Donauvian Serbian Militia. If used well, Göring could become a hero for eradicating the Serbian Chetniks.

Maybe that’s why Hitler didn’t completely wipe out the Serbian autonomous region.

So that his successor, Göring, could move forward steadily.

If I were Göring, I’d provide weapons to the Pro-Donauvian Militia while also allowing the Chetniks to “steal” weapons through dark channels.

That way, they can kill each other.

It’s sad, but what can we do?

That’s the fate they brought upon themselves.

“To make them kill each other, it seems we need to put in some effort. Any good ideas?”

I want to completely destroy Serbia so it can never again become an axis of evil.

Now that Europe has become unified, yet they still fail to read the room and act out, perhaps we should consider eradicating the entire population.

But we can’t openly massacre them by force.

After all, I’m a saint.

Whether it’s pretense or not, I’m a saint. Such a figure can’t advocate for the ethnic extermination of Serbia.

I tap my fingers as I think.

Hmm, nothing really comes to mind.

The best method would be to deliberately create a pretext, which is possible. But I prefer the Serbians to foolishly fight and die among themselves.

That way, they won’t receive any sympathy or anything else.

“Ah, I have an idea.”

“An idea?”

I wonder what method our Maria has thought of.

“The Serbians are now divided among themselves over a single vaccine.”

“That’s right. One of the reasons for the division might be to rebuild nationalism and achieve Serbian independence.”

Did they really split just because of a vaccine?

That’s probably not the case. The Chetniks would be like that. They’d fight hard with the thought of reviving their country.

They’ll fight just enough to achieve independence.

Unfortunately, I dislike such Serbians.

By now, they might be worth sparing, but there’s a feeling, you know? If these guys are left alive, they’ll always be a hindrance.

“What if we give the Serbians in the autonomous region the right to immigrate to cities within the Russian United States as citizens of the Constantinople Treaty Organization?”

Oh, that’s plausible.

The Donauvian Federation is also a prosperous country, but if we’re being specific, it’s now a country bound by the Donauvian ethnicity.

On the other hand, Russia is the eldest brother of the Slavic peoples.

Even within the same Constantinople Treaty, there might be those who want to live in Russia.

Then, they would naturally oppose the Chetniks who want to rebuild Serbia and would have to fight against the Pro-Donauvian faction.

On top of this, the Chetniks would naturally fan the flames of nationalism.

The Chetnik leader, Mikhailovich or whatever, would seize this opportunity to incite and build his power.

Conversely, Tito’s Pro-Donauvian Militia would also likely gain strength.

This cockroach-like nation, almost as disgusting as the Reds, might rise again.

Would the Donauvian Federation and Bulgaria just sit and watch?

No, they wouldn’t. Both of them are grinding their teeth at the mention of Serbia.

Serbia will be beaten again, and considering the already scattered Serbian population, it will be difficult for Serbia to rise as a country again.

“Not a bad method. As expected of Maria.”

I clapped my hands in admiration.

Perhaps it’s a perfect plan that even Britain would envy.

“Hehehe, I may be getting old, but my mind becomes clear when I’m helping Your Majesty.”

Yes. The direction in which that mind works is a bit scary in various ways, but still.

Who would have thought she’d come up with something I hadn’t considered?

Of course, I might have thought of something similar, but I probably wouldn’t have come up with it so openly.

From my perspective, I wouldn’t mind handing the Chetniks over to the Donauvian Federation.

And she even shared such a good plan.

Maria is aging, but she’s still as sharp as ever.

“By the way, what about Maria II? Shouldn’t she be helping her mother by now?”

She’s completely unfilial.

She’s probably somewhere in this palace.

Should I scold her and tell her to assist Maria already?

“Maria II is also working with us here. She might soon replace me in serving Your Majesty.”

Replace Maria in serving me. Has she already reached that age?

It means she’s grown enough to replace Maria.

“I see. She’s already reaching that age.”

“Sometimes, I envy Your Majesty for that reason. You’re always young.”

That’s right, I’m always young.

For a woman, age is a thug. Youth is the greatest weapon.

“Ah, is being young always good?”

“Well, if I get old, I won’t be able to serve Your Majesty.”

That’s true. I can’t ask someone with abundant white hair to follow me.

It’s unfortunate, but what can I do? It’s not like I’m a vampire who can turn Maria into a vampire too.

If I were to make her immortal, I should have made her a vampire.

No, such things probably don’t exist in reality. It can’t be helped.

“Is that how it works?”

When you put it that way, I feel a bit sad.

Maria was from Yekaterinburg.

Actually, my meeting with Maria was simply because I wanted to pick someone I could trust, and I chose someone from Yekaterinburg.

“When Your Majesty raised a volunteer army in Yekaterinburg, our family was also able to escape the red influence.”

Ah, Yekaterinburg. Indeed, such a thing happened.

Maria’s rise was honestly close to meteoric.

At that time, there were so few people I could trust. This person might be a Red, that person might be influenced by the Reds—with such people everywhere, even if I claimed to be immortal, I couldn’t watch someone assisting me prepare a new revolution behind my back.

The only trustworthy thing was being from the same Yekaterinburg. So, honestly, without even checking her academic background, I picked Maria.

Maria’s rise was truly meteoric.

And now, it’s been almost 40 years since we met.

“It’s a distant past.”

“It’s almost like it was 40 years ago.”

Yes. So much time has already passed.

Yekaterinburg.

It’s now the eastern capital of the United States. After that, Vladivostok is marked as the Far East capital.

Maybe I should visit Yekaterinburg sometime.

With Maria II and all, it seems like there are only loyal people there. It might be good to visit when I have time.

“I’d like to meet Maria’s daughter now.”

“Then, do you want to entrust the next tasks to my daughter?”

Entrusting the next tasks. That’s quite nuanced. For now, it seems like Maria is thinking of passing it on.

“If you’ve prepared, it’s human nature to want to see, isn’t it?”

Belka is also the second, so is Maria becoming the second too?

Mother and daughter serving me together, hmm. I wonder how my identity laundering will work.

The Duma will have to keep my identity laundering a secret.

“Yes, that’s right. So, today I’d like to introduce my daughter, Maria.”

“Oh, so suddenly?”

Hmm, thinking about it now, it’s a bit different.

Rather, it seems like she’s been in the Kremlin Palace for a while, and only now have I called for her.

Actually, looking at Maria, she’s not that old yet.

No, she is old, but at least she doesn’t need to retire yet.

It’s like in manga or novels, where there’s a head maid or something who serves for a long time.

Of course, Maria isn’t a maid.

“Yes, I need to prepare soon. If Your Majesty wants to see my daughter, I should show her to you.”

And so, Maria II, whom I met…

She looks exactly like Maria, but the feeling is a bit different.

She seems like an enhanced version of Maria, raised with the sole intention of serving me.

The maid uniform suits her quite well.

“I am Maria.”

“Your affiliation is Spetsnaz?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. It’s an honor to serve you.”

Serve me or whatever, the feeling is a bit peculiar. But she’s quite young.

She looks like she’s in her mid-twenties at most.

Considering that Maria was practically a child when I first met her, this feels like bringing in a mature lady Maria.