69novels Chapter 449
Chapter 449
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In March, the army in the Rhine region completed the rotation of defense. The Seventh Army replaced the First Army, entered the Rhine region, and took over the defense here.
This news immediately attracted the attention of the Gauls. After the destruction of the country of Jieke, the whole of Gaul attached great importance to the next move of the German army.
They knew very well that after solving the Jieke in Central Europe, Hans’s strategic situation would be greatly improved. After turning Slovakia, Bohemia and Hungary into his vassal states, Hans basically restored his strategic situation before World War I in Central Europe.
Although they lost the Austro-Hungarian Empire as an ally, these three countries plus the territory of Odili were basically a replica of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hans directly controlled this place and could eliminate the threat from Central Europe.
This made the security of Bavaria, Brandenburg and other places in their country much better. It was no longer bordering other countries, but became Hans’ inland area, and would not be directly threatened!
Therefore, the German army will certainly mobilize the troops in these places and deploy them to other locations!
This large-scale mobilization has attracted the attention of European countries, especially those around Hans.
The Gauls were originally a little worried, because after solving the threat in Central Europe, Hans could free up a large number of troops from Central Europe to deal with himself! The
German army’s most powerful First Army in the Rhine region has already made the Gauls feel like a thorn in their throats.
If they send more troops over, the threat to the Gauls will be even greater.
They will have to be forced to strengthen the defense of the front line and send more troops over!
The domestic situation in Gaul is quite bad at this time.
Due to the impact of the economic crisis, the unemployment rate in Gaul is very high.
Many people have lost their jobs and their means of livelihood.
These unemployed people wander around in the city, which has a great impact on social security, and many unemployed workers have begun to gather and protest to the government, hoping that the government can solve their unemployment problems, or at least increase the amount of relief so that they can survive!
The number of unemployed people in Gaul at this time is close to 4 million. Although this number is not as high as that of the unemployed in the United States and the British Empire, it is still a huge number for Gaul! It is very difficult for the government to fully bear the relief for these four million people, but if these people are ignored, they will definitely do more extreme things when they are desperate!
Therefore, since 1926, Gaul has been busy dealing with these unemployed people in the country!
At this time, the chaos in Gaul is more serious than ever, so their entire country seems extremely weak. If they are invaded by foreign enemies at this time, it will be a disaster for Gaul!! It is precisely because of this that Gaul is particularly vigilant about Hans’s movements and is always on guard against Hans’ military attacks!
After the Seventh Army replaced the First Army and was transferred to the Rhine region to take over the defense here, the Gauls breathed a sigh of relief!
“It looks like Hans doesn’t want to fight either!”
“That’s right, if they wanted to fight, they wouldn’t have transferred the most powerful First Army!”
The Gaul military didn’t know much about their new opponent, the Seventh Army, which had just been transferred here, but they all knew that the combat effectiveness of Hans’ army was ranked according to the serial number.
Generally speaking, the earliest army was formed and the higher the serial number, the stronger their combat effectiveness.
The First Army was originally from the National Defense Forces. The officers in it were basically from the National Defense Forces, and they were experienced in combat. Since 1918, they have participated in more than ten battles, large and small, and have performed well in the Ruhr Crisis and the German-Polish War.
This army was the victim of the French army. The French army attacked Hans many times, but they were obstructed by them. In the confrontation between the two sides, the French army almost never got the upper hand!
Therefore, Gaul was very awed by Guderian’s First Army. They didn’t want to be enemies with this army, so this time when Hans drew a large number of troops to fight in Central Europe, the Gauls didn’t even fart, and one soldier after another The soldiers were not sent out, just sitting back and watching Hans beat Jake to death!
The reason they gave to the outside world was that Jake was guaranteed by the British Empire, not protected by them, so they had no obligation to fight for Jake, but in fact, this was just an excuse. The real reason was that they felt that there was no chance of winning even if they sent troops, because this had been proven many times!
At this time, the German army that the Gauls were extremely afraid of was transferred away, and replaced by the youngest and weakest army in the German battle sequence to replace them. This is definitely a good thing for Gaul!
After hearing the news, everyone in Gaul felt relieved. They all felt that Hans made such a transfer at this time, probably for two reasons. On the one hand, the situation in Central Europe was somewhat turbulent after Jake was killed, and more German troops were needed to control the situation.
On the other hand, it was probably to show goodwill to Gaul, telling Gaul that Hans had no intention of being their enemy.
“The Hans seem to be quite smart. Even if they continue to strengthen their military deployment in the Rhine region, we are not afraid at all. The Maginot Line has been completely completed at this time. With this natural defense line, let alone the First Army, even if Hans’s more than two million troops come together, they will never be able to break through our defense!”
While the military breathed a sigh of relief, they couldn’t help but start bragging!
With the completion of the Maginot Line, the pressure faced by the Gauls on the Eastern Front was suddenly reduced a lot!
They believed that with the solid Maginot Line, the Gaul army was absolutely capable of blocking Hans’ invasion!
If Hans really dared to attack, it would definitely make them pay a heavy price!
“Come on, stop bragging. Since your Maginot Line is so strong, and Hans has also transferred the most powerful First Army, can you withdraw a group of troops from the front line to help us maintain domestic law and order?”
Hearing the military bragging, the people in the domestic security department were suddenly unhappy.
Gaul spent a huge price to build the Maginot Line and invested a lot of money to improve the combat effectiveness of the army.
More than half of Gaul’s annual fiscal expenditure fell into the pockets of the army, and only a small amount of funds would be allocated to their security departments.
However, when the economic crisis broke out, these understaffed, underfunded, and underequipped police forces had to deal with the control and law and order issues of hundreds of cities and millions of unemployed people in the country.
And those troops who were allocated most of the funds were leisurely nestling in the Maginot Line to watch the fun. What They don’t have to do anything!
This makes them feel extremely unbalanced. They get less than the other party, work more than the other party, and are in greater danger than the other party. No one would be happy with this kind of thing!
They had mentioned it many times before, hoping that the army could send troops to help them maintain domestic law and order and relieve their law and order pressure!
But the army has been making excuses. Today, they said that the Maginot Line has not been built yet and there are loopholes in the line. Tomorrow, they refused them several times on the grounds that the German army has bad intentions and cannot be easily transferred!
And now, since the Maginot Line has been completed and the German First Army has been transferred away, the millions of troops on the Maginot Line have no excuse not to send troops back to help, right?
“How can this be possible? The German army has just changed its guard, and the situation is still uncertain. Even if the German army only has the Seventh Army in the border area, they may still send more troops at any time, so our defense cannot be relaxed for a moment!”
The security departments want these soldiers to come back and do the same dirty work as them, but this is not possible. The military leaders will naturally not agree.
If they really let them do this, then wouldn’t the army become an existence that anyone can summon and dismiss at will?
“Haha, what you mean is that your army took the money but did nothing, and just stood by and watched the fun?”
The military’s answer made the security department leaders furious, and they sneered and teased
“The army does have to shoulder some of the responsibility for public security. The government’s finances are already extremely difficult, and it is impossible to continue to provide more funds to the police force to allow them to recruit more personnel!”
Seeing that both sides were about to quarrel, the President of Gaul had to stand up and express his position, forcing the army to make concessions.
The military had to listen to the president’s words, so they reluctantly withdrew five French armies from the front line, a total of 300,000 troops, and returned to the country to help maintain public order.