69novels Chapter 427
Chapter 427
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“The British Army was so quick! In just one week, they organized a coalition force of more than 1.5 million people!”
After the British Army launched the operation against Hans, the SS intelligence network deployed in various places immediately received a large amount of intelligence.
After summarizing this information, Mainz roughly knew the conspiracy of the British Army.
“They probably want to destroy the Sixth Army we sent here in Czechoslovakia!”
Manstein frowned and said that the enemy had 1.5 million people, and the ratio of the two sides was close to five to one. With such a huge disparity in the number of troops, the German army had a very low chance of winning, or even no chance of winning.
So Manstein felt that the Sixth Army should be withdrawn to the mainland at this time to avoid the enemy’s attack and not fight hard with the enemy.
“If we retreat, they will most likely go south and attack the capital of Hungary, right? By then, I’m afraid Hungary will be completely divided up!”
Himmler seemed to have some opinions on Manstein’s suggestion. He felt that we should not retreat at this time, but should increase our troops. If we retreat, Hungary will be exposed to the enemy.
“”General, what do you mean?”
The two men argued endlessly, and neither could convince the other, so they could only look at Mainz and wait for his decision.
Mainz glanced at them and asked,”What is the purpose of our fighting this war?”
This was really a blow to the soul. Everyone was stunned after hearing this question!
Yes, what is the purpose of their fighting this war?
To save the Hungarian Empire?
Yes and no, this is just one of the purposes.
To invade Czechoslovakia?
Yes and no, this is not their ultimate goal
“Our goal is to preserve Hungary while breaking the encirclement of the British Empire and Gauls against us. To put it simply, we want to alienate the relations between Poland, Czech Republic and other countries on the one hand, and the British Empire and Gauls and other countries on the other hand, and create a rift in the relationship between the two sides!”
“Now, have we achieved our goal?”
Everyone looked at each other, bewildered, as if we had not achieved our goal!
“In that case, there is no need to withdraw troops!”
Mainz’s words made Himmler feel relieved. He had just advocated that they should continue to fight and not withdraw troops so quickly. Withdrawing troops at this time would be tantamount to admitting defeat. If they admit defeat here, then Hungary will definitely be gone, and if Hungary is gone, who will dare to be Hans’s younger brother in the future?
Himmler was relieved, but Manstein began to have doubts in his heart.
Can’t the general see that the current situation is quite unfavorable to them?
With his military vision, he should be able to see it easily, right?
Since he can see it, why do he still do this?
This is a bit unreasonable!
“Not only will we not withdraw our troops, but we will also increase our troops!”
Mainz did not let Manstein wait too long, he directly made a decision that no one had guessed!
“Ah, continue to send more troops?
Everyone looked at Mei in shock. He was a little stunned by this decision.
“That’s right, let Model’s Second Army enter Hungary and stop the attack, and let Dietrich’s Sixth Army withdraw to Hainburg, which is close to Brady and can continue the attack at any time!
“Manstein, Guderian’s First Army cannot be mobilized because he has to guard the Western Front. The defensive pressure on the Seventh Army in the north is relatively small, so I will hand over my army to you. Your task is to rush to Vienna and take charge, and decide on offense and defense based on the situation on the front line!”
“Remember, our external name is the Volunteer Army, so if we want to attack, we need to launch it from Hungary, but we can retreat directly back to our homeland!”
“If the enemy pursues our army, we must be prepared to launch a counterattack at any time. Once the enemy dares to cross the border and fire at our army, it will be equivalent to declaring war on me. I grant you unlimited right to open fire. Once the enemy crosses the border, it will be regarded as declaring war on me. At that time, there will be no need to worry about anything. Just wipe out the 1.5 million enemy troops in Jieke. Do you understand?”
Mainz’s ambition is not small. He not only wants to break the encirclement constructed by the British Empire and the Gauls in one battle and capture the high ground of Jake, but also wants to swallow up the main forces of the British Empire and its allies in Central Europe!
Once these 1.5 million people are killed, many countries including Jake, Poland, and Romania will lose their main forces!
Without an army, they will no longer have any power to resist when facing Hans’ attack next!
After Mainz’s order was issued, Manstein completely saw Mainz’s determination!
In his heart, he actually took this war so seriously that he did not hesitate to mobilize three army groups to participate in this war.
Three army groups, this is a force of more than one million people!
“Please rest assured, I will not let you down!”
Excited, Manstein stood up straight, saluted Mainz, left Berlin with full confidence, and went to Audili to command the battle!
Perhaps the British side would never have thought that Hans’s determination was so firm!
In late February, Model’s Second Army entered the territory of Hungary and blocked the 200,000 troops led by the Romanian commander Bandtner in the Sollok area.
Since Model’s troops entered Hungary quietly, the Romanians had no idea about it in advance.
They thought that the only German army entering Hungary was Dietrich’s army, and that this army had now invaded the territory of Czech, and the main force was no longer in Hungary, so the Romanians advanced forward without hesitation, intending to take advantage of the absence of the main force of the German army. The opportunity to capture Budapest, the capital of Hungary!
Model took advantage of the information gap that the Romanians were unaware of. After entering Hungary, he immediately had the German army change into Hungarian uniforms, pretending to be the Hungarian army, and headed east to fight the Romanians.
Bantner led the main force of the Romanians. This army had won consecutive victories before and was almost invincible. The Hungarian troops they met along the way were almost defeated. There was no victory at all against them, and they didn’t even have the courage to fight against them.
In view of this, the Romanians’ army They all looked down on their enemies. Although the number of enemies they encountered this time seemed to be much larger than before, based on their understanding of the Hungarian army, as long as they launched an attack on the enemy after the battle started, the enemy would be frightened and flee.
The more people there were, the more chaotic it would be, and the greater the military merit they would gain by defeating this enemy.
Therefore, the Romanians had no doubts at all and launched a fierce attack on the German army.
Model saw that the enemy looked down on him so much, and he couldn’t help but feel strange: How bad was the combat effectiveness of the Hungarian army? Why did the Romanians on the opposite side show so much excitement after seeing the army wearing Hungarian uniforms?
They didn’t feel like they were fighting, but hunting. The joy and excitement were like hunters seeing prey!
But this was also good. Model was still thinking about how to lure the enemy into his ambush circle, but he didn’t expect that he didn’t need to do anything at all, and they rushed over by themselves. This made him no longer have to worry about luring the enemy to attack!
“General, the enemy is coming up, are we going to close the net now?”
Because they didn’t know the true identity of this army, after the battle started, the Romanians all rushed up one by one, howling, and their momentum looked quite intimidating!
Faced with this fierce attack, the German army on the front line faithfully implemented Model’s tactics, which was to fight and retreat at the same time, luring the enemy into their ambush circle little by little!
Model had 350,000 troops, and the enemy had only 250,000 troops, so in terms of military strength, he had a very obvious advantage.
So Model’s pursuit was not to repel or severely damage the enemy, but to annihilate the enemy completely!
Therefore, now is not the time to counterattack, and we have to let the enemy continue to advance a little, let their formation open wider, and the defense in the rear will be weaker. In this way, the counterattack can easily penetrate the enemy’s defense and surround the enemy completely!
“It’s not the time yet. Tell the frontline troops to keep retreating, at least to Cegléd!”
The German troops on the frontline were very depressed after receiving Model’s order. The opponent’s strength was obviously not very good. They were confident that they could defeat the opponent once they launched a counterattack, but Commander Model did not let them counterattack. Instead, he asked them to retreat continuously, which made them feel very uncomfortable.
Fighting like this is really too cowardly!
“What do you new recruits know? Commander Model asked us to retreat in order to lure the enemy into our trap and then annihilate them all!”
Seeing the soldiers’ expressions, the regiment commanders and battalion commanders immediately stood up to correct their thoughts and let the soldiers understand the combat intentions of their army commander.
“So don’t complain here, cheer up and show your true strength. When we run away later, we have to act more realistically and run as embarrassed as possible. This is much more difficult than defeating the enemy, so no one is allowed to let me down, understand?”_