69novels Chapter 381
Chapter 381
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In May 1926, shortly after the Labor Day, Hans’s new prime minister, Little Moustache, hurried into the president’s office.
Little Moustache was officially promoted to become Hans’s new prime minister at the beginning of 1926.
After taking office, Mainz conducted a six-month investigation on Little Moustache. The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate his governing ability to determine whether he could be entrusted with the important task of prime minister.
Little Moustache did not disappoint Mainz. He performed well during the probation period. Not only did he complete the work assigned by Mainz, but he also actively developed the land and pastures obtained from the Junker nobles and established several state-owned farms and state-owned pastures.
In order to curb the increase in prices and ensure that the people can obtain stable and affordable food and abundant poultry, eggs and meat products, he made outstanding contributions.
Since Little Moustache has shown the ability to take on the responsibility, Mainz also met his wishes and officially promoted him to become Hans’s new prime minister.
It was originally a happy thing for a new official to take office.
But there was no sign of joy on the mustache’s face!
On the contrary, from his frowning brows and worried expression, it could be seen that the mustache was not in a good mood.
“Director Baumann, is the president free now?”
The mustache didn’t make an appointment in advance, so he wasn’t sure if he could meet Mainz, so after meeting Mainz’s office secretary Martin Baumann, the mustache asked tentatively.
As the president’s secretary, Baumann naturally had a keen eye.
He saw that the mustache looked hurried and worried, and came to see the president without an appointment, which meant that he must have encountered something.
Since this was an important matter, he had to treat special matters specially and give priority to arranging for the mustache to meet with President Mainz.
“I just happened to be submitting a document to the president. How about I go in and help you take a look?”
Secretary Baumann said with a smile. As the Prime Minister of Hans, the little mustache is one of the most important people in Hans. He can’t offend such a person easily.
Since Secretary Baumann is willing to give face, the little mustache is naturally very happy.
“”Thank you, I’m sorry to bother you!”
There was finally a smile on his face. After thanking him, he sat down quietly, waiting to be summoned by President Mainz.
Secretary Bormann walked out of the office and heard a discussion coming from inside. It sounded like the voice of the newly appointed Minister of Industry, Albert Speer.
Moreover, the other party’s tone seemed to be wrong, as if there was a quarrel in the office?
Secretary Bormann did not hear wrongly, there was indeed a quarrel in Mainz’s office at this time.
Of course, the object of the quarrel was not him, and no one in the entire Hans dared to quarrel with him.
The two parties in the quarrel were Minister of Industry Speer and Army Chief of Staff Manstein.
After the end of last year’s military exercise, Manstein resigned as commander of the Third Army and handed over the position to Colonel Rommel. He was transferred to Mainz. The Army General Staff is responsible for implementing the orders of the Supreme Commander and the Minister of Defense (that is, Mainz himself).
Instruct, collect and provide intelligence, and organize the implementation of strategic and campaign mobilization plans. Command and deploy and coordinate the combat operations of various services, military regions, war zones and various armed organizations.
In peacetime, the General Staff is in charge of the army’s organizational construction, equipment planning, military training, administrative management and other matters.
With Mainz also serving as Minister of Defense, the most powerful person in the army besides him is the Chief of the General Staff!
Just from this appointment, we can see Mainz’s trust in Manstein!
Of course, except for Manstein, the other senior generals in the army have no experience working in the general staff, and they are not very interested in being transferred to the central government to work, so Manstein’s appointment himself has not been criticized.
“I suggest that we continue to strengthen the construction of domestic railway lines, which will not only greatly facilitate the transportation of military supplies and personnel, but also promote economic development in peacetime. After all, only with good infrastructure conditions can we meet the needs of industrial development!”
This is Manstein’s voice. After he took office, he studied the situation around Hans a little bit, and realized that Hans would inevitably face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts in the future.
To their east is the increasingly powerful Russian bear, and to the west are their traditional enemies Gaul and the British Empire. Both sides do not look good.
Moreover, even if we don’t consider the Russian bear, there are also the Jekes and the Polish people to their east. At this time, they have been dragged onto the pirate ship by the British Empire and the Gauls, and have become accomplices of these two countries, and together they have built an encirclement network against Hans!
Although this encirclement network is relatively simple at this time, the strength of the two countries in the east is not very strong.
But once the war breaks out, these two countries can still cause great trouble to Hans!
At least, their existence will tie up part of Hans’s forces, so that they cannot concentrate all their energy on dealing with the west. The British Empire and the Gauls!
In order to resolve this situation, Manstein decided to attack the east first and then the west, first solving the enemies in the east, and then turning to the west to defeat Gaul and the British Empire!
This strategic concept is judged based on the strength of each country. The strength of the two countries in the east is naturally much weaker than that of Gaul and the British Empire, so if you attack them with all your strength, it is possible to destroy them in a short time!
However, this tactic will not work against the British Empire and Gaul, especially the British Empire.
The national strength of the British Empire and Gaul is much stronger than the two countries in the east, and the British Empire is also protected by the sea.
This means that if Hans wants to deal with them, he must concentrate all his strength and transfer most of his troops over.
Only in this way can he quickly destroy Gaul and solve the threat on the European continent, and then use naval battles and air forces to defeat them.
bombing to solve the problem of the sun never setting on the other side of the strait!
In this process, the east of Hans, which is also their rear area, must not be threatened, so they must deal with Poland and Czech Republic. Otherwise, they can also pull out one or two million troops. If they kill towards Hans, it will still be a great threat to Hans! However
, the tactics of defeating each one separately actually have shortcomings and loopholes. This loophole is that when they solve the enemy on one side, they are easily attacked by the other side.
If they cannot quickly solve the enemy in one direction, the longer the time drags on, the greater the pressure on the other direction will be. At that time, the surprise attack will fail and instead become a tug-of-war and a protracted war. The German army has experienced this kind of battle in World War I, and they don’t want to go through it again!
So They must find a way to break the deadlock!
There is only one way to break the deadlock, that is: strengthen their offensive power, concentrate superior forces, and quickly defeat the two weaker enemies in the east with the momentum of plowing the courtyard and sweeping the holes, and then immediately march westward, together with their own troops in the west, and concentrate all the main forces to fight against the strong enemy!
This tactic needs to meet two conditions:
First, they must be able to defend the outer side and not be attacked too deep into their own country by the enemy.
Second, after they have solved the enemy in the east, they must march westward in the shortest time and join the troops in the west.
The first of these two conditions has been basically solved at this time. The German army built the Siegfried Line in the west. Although this line of defense is not as large and configured as the Maginot Line of the Gauls, this line of defense is enough for the German army!
If the world war really starts, they rely on the Siegfried Line of Defense and transfer General Model, who is best at defense, to ensure the safety of their defense line in a short time and will not let the enemy cross the line!
However, to meet the second condition, it is urgent to build a large number of railways, roads, especially high-speed railways and highways in Hans!
With these infrastructures, after the German army has dealt with the enemy in the east, it can quickly send troops to the west through the transportation network of railways and roads, and arrive at the front within a few days, thus ensuring that the enemy cannot threaten them!
Therefore, building more and better railways is one of the current demands of Manstein, that is, the military.
However, their request was opposed by Industry Minister Speer!
The reason for the opposition is also very simple: insufficient steel production capacity!