69novels Chapter 370
Chapter 370
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: 0.070s Scan: 0.129sAfter talking with Nimitz and Spruance, Mainz did not stay in Hamburg for too long, but immediately set off south and arrived at the venue of this play – the Rhine region!
The Rhine region is the border area between Hans and Gaul. Hans conducts military exercises here, and the target is self-evident!
So after the news that Hans is about to hold a large-scale military exercise came out, Gaul felt very nervous!
They sent a large number of intelligence personnel to sneak into the Rhine region to spy on intelligence, find out the content of Hans’s play, and investigate Hans’s combat capabilities as much as possible.
In order to prevent Hans from pretending to be real and suddenly attacking them by taking advantage of the opportunity of acting, Gaul transferred a large number of troops to the Maginot Line to garrison, and put on a ready-to-welcome war at any time!
Europe was indeed on the verge of a war, and the atmosphere between Hans and Gaul was extremely tense!
Against this background, Hans’s military exercise attracted the attention of the world.
Military attachés from many countries stationed in Hans applied to come to the performance site to observe Hans’ performance up close.
Mainz did not refuse this application. He originally intended to use this performance to create an illusion, so that the Gauls would firmly believe that the German army would go all out to attack their Maginot Line in the next war, so as to put a lot of Gaul’s energy and manpower on the Maginot Line!
Since all countries took the initiative to come and join in the fun and help him promote the momentum, Mainz simply wanted it. How could he turn these people away?
Therefore, the military attachés of these countries who applied were approved and could go to the Rhine region to watch the military exercise organized by the German army!
This military exercise mobilized a total of four armies, including the first army stationed locally, and the third, fourth and fifth armies.
Mainz’s fifth army was responsible for the defense task. All the troops of the fifth army entered the Siegfried Line, relying on the Siegfried Line to resist the attacks of the first, third and fourth armies!
As soon as the content of this play was announced, military attachés from various countries immediately figured out who Hans’s imaginary enemy was!
Around the Rhine region, there are only two countries with large-scale solid defense lines, one is Hans’ Siegfried Line, and the other is Gaul’s Maginot Line.
Compared with the Siegfried Line, Gaul’s Maginot Line is obviously a level higher in both scale and strength.
But in Europe, especially in Western Europe, only these two lines of defense can be compared, so even if the Siegfried Line is not as good as the Maginot Line, people can think that Hans’ intention is to use the Siegfried Line to simulate the Maginot Line!
And the Siegfried Line can basically simulate the effect of using a large army to attack a solid line of defense. After all, the way of fighting against the solid direction is almost the same!
“Did Mainz personally lead his troops to guard the Siegfried Line?”
“In this case, it would be very difficult for the other three German armies to break through this line of defense, right?”
“That’s right. I heard that during the German-Polish War, Lu tried to send troops from the east to invade Hans, but was defeated by Hans relying on the Siegfried Line. It’s not as weak as we imagined!”
After learning that General Mainz personally led troops to guard the Siegfried Line and the three German armies attacked, the military attachés from various countries who were watching the military exercise on site began to get excited!
They had all heard of Mainz’s strength. It is said that in Hans, many people called Mainz the God of War, and almost praised him to the sky! There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts!
The military attachés of various countries were not very convinced by the Hans people, especially in recent years, because Hans repelled the attacks of the Gauls several times and annihilated more than one million Polish troops in a month and a half. So there was gradually a voice in Europe that praised the German army as the strongest army in Europe!
This title naturally caused dissatisfaction among the armies of other countries. They felt that it was not a big deal for Hans to destroy the Polish army. After all, Poland was just a weak country that had just gained independence, and their army was not strong!
As for the Gauls, the Gauls had rigid tactics and weak will to fight, so they were repelled by the German army. If it were them, The result will definitely be better than what the Gauls did!
Therefore, those countries that have never fought against the German army and have not suffered losses at the hands of the German army, all of them are looking down on Hans, and they are not convinced at all that Hans is the strongest army in Europe!
The German army’s great reputation was almost all created by General Mainz, so Hans’s country naturally has the most praise for Mainz.
The military attachés present are not as good as Mainz in terms of status and ability, but this does not prevent them from belittling or even looking down on Mainz in their hearts. After all, it is too difficult for them to generously admit that they are not as good as Mainz!
So, these people began to become contradictory one by one.
On the one hand, they hope that Mainz will be defeated, so that Mainz will lose his reputation.
On the other hand, they hope that the German army will not be able to break through the Siegfried Line, so that the German army’s reputation will be lost! You can’t have your cake and eat it too. No matter who wins or loses, they can only see the joke of one side!
“Ladies and Gentlemen, the general’s Fifth Army is already in place. Do you have any good tactics to deal with the general?”
Guderian, Manstein and Kesselring had no time to care about the thoughts of these military attachés at this time. Although this time it was just a show for others,��
But they don’t want to waste this opportunity, and they plan to seize this rare opportunity to train their troops well.
“I think the general should focus on defense. According to his habit, he will deploy heavy troops at important passes, reduce the size of the front-line troops, and leave sufficient reserve troops in the rear. Once an unexpected situation occurs on the front line, he can immediately use the reserve troops in his hands to support it!”
When Guderian was stationed in the Rhine area, he had a discussion with Model who was stationed in the Saxony area.
Guderian is good at attacking, while Model is good at defense. Both of them are very interested in each other’s tactics, so whenever they have time, they get together to discuss with each other, absorb the knowledge they need from each other, learn from each other
‘s strengths and weaknesses, and try to make up for their own shortcomings! Model is recognized as the first defensive general in Hans’ army. Even General Mainz praised his defensive ability.
If a defensive battle really comes, even if General Mainz takes the horse himself, he may not be able to compare with Model, the defensive genius!
So what I learned from Model, the defensive genius, will definitely be useful when dealing with General Mainz.
“You mean, the general will adopt a flexible defensive tactic?”
After Guderian finished speaking, Manstein and Kesselring reacted.
Isn’t this the flexible defensive tactic that Model is proud of?
“No, I think it is quite different. The flexible defense tactics do not have fixed positions. In order to weaken the enemy’s military advantage as much as possible, they can retreat continuously and artificially lengthen the enemy’s front line, thereby exposing the gaps on the enemy’s side and creating opportunities for their own counterattacks.”
“At this time, the general’s troops were all on the Siegfried Line. If he retreated according to Model’s tactics, our army would occupy the Siegfried Line. At that time, we would be able to occupy the commanding heights and suppress the general’s troops from a high position. So if it were me, I would definitely not adopt this tactic!”
Kesselring was also very proficient in defense, so he also expressed his own views.
The two had different opinions and no one could convince the other, so they could only look at Manstein together and plan to listen to his opinion!
“I think, instead of wasting time discussing here, it is better to have a fight to test the enemy’s strengths and weaknesses!”
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