1030 Hours First Southwestern Front Headquarters, Hofburg Palace, Vienna Austria
“ Gentleman your report of the situation in Austria has been very informative. In over three years your ten divisions have not progressed one foot since our initial gains in Austria after the instigation of nuclear warfare”.
The commanders of the First and Second Southwestern Front looked at each other as if they had just been issued a death sentence.
“ However Comrades I am not here to chastise you. The occupation of a hostile country is not an easy task. I served in Afghanistan before the war and also as an advisor in Africa in the 1980’s. In times like this and with powerful NATO armies facing you across the Enns River, the fact that you have held your ground and still occupy Vienna and the eastern half of Austria is to be commended. Our forces in Poland, Romania, the Middle East, China and elsewhere have hardly basked themselves in glory. This sector of the front is however going to become the focal point of our efforts to liberate Europe from capitalism, and your forces are going to play a critical part in that effort. Colonel Erdman will brief you about the wider situation in Central Europe as I have to urgently return to Budapest for discussion with the Hungarian High Command”.
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