The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 683

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: 0.069s Scan: 0.030sEveryone looked at Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, wanting to hear his opinion further

“Why do you say that?”

The Third Reich had supported the Fengtian warlords before, and the performance of the Fengtian warlords was worthy of their support.

They fought fiercely with the Japanese army in the Northeast for more than a year.

Because the war broke out in Europe, the Northeast Army lost subsequent support.

In addition, the Japanese army continued to increase its troops and mobilize, which led to the decline of the strength of both sides.

The Northeast Army was in an extremely unfavorable situation in many aspects such as weapons resources and manpower, so it retreated to the interior of the country.

If Hans continued to support the Northeast Army, it would be hard to say what the situation in the Celestial Empire would be.

However, the affairs of the Northeast Army also made Mainz think clearly.

Before the Celestial Empire could form a unified government, supporting one of the warlords would not play any role.

Originally, if the foot basin had invaded the Celestial Empire in 1931, he could still expect the Northeast Army to enter the country, unify the world, and establish a unified government led by the Northeast Army.

However, because Mainz detonated the economic crisis in Europe and the United States in advance, the British Empire was also affected, and those affected In order to divert the attention of the domestic people, the sun never sets, chose to transfer the contradiction to the Celestial Empire, so the Anti-Japanese War broke out ahead of time.

The chance of the damn Northeast Army to move into the Central Plains was completely lost. They could only fight the entire foot basin alone in the Northeast. Naturally, they could not win this kind of war, after all, they were just a local warlord!

So, sometimes, one’s own plans may conflict with each other. Although Mainz hoped that the Northeast Army could move into the Celestial Empire, in that case, Hans’s investment in the Northeast Army would be maximized!

However, Mainz would never give up his strategy because of this. It was crucial for Hans to detonate the economic crisis in advance and then quickly launch the Second World War. Therefore, even if he knew that the Northeast Army might be affected by this, resulting in the bankruptcy of his strategy in the Celestial Empire, Mainz would not hesitate at all.

Hans’s interests are fundamental, and Hans’s main interests are in Europe. Other places are trivial matters and should be considered after Europe!

“Now the civil war among warlords in the Celestial Empire has come to an end.

After the National Government went north, the Japanese invaders entered the country and launched a landing in the Songhu area.

Facing the invasion of Japan, the National Government called on the people of the country to unite and face the outside world together.

Guangdong, Guangxi, Northwest China and even the border areas are responding.

The Celestial Empire has temporarily maintained a state of great unity and has begun to face the outside world together!

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Because of the outbreak of World War II, most of Hans’ energy was on the European battlefield, and he did not pay much attention to the situation in the Far East. However, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ribbentrop naturally had to focus on the world and keep an eye on the situation around the world, so he was very clear about the latest situation in the Celestial Empire!

“In this case, the leader of the National Government seems to have some ability!”

Mainz smiled. After Sun Zhongshan died, the National Government immediately seized the opportunity to launch the Northern Expedition to the north, and defeated several remnants of the Zhili warlords along the way. Many warlords including Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang were defeated one after another!

The National Government controlled the southern part of the Celestial Empire and greatly expanded its sphere of influence. Moreover, all the areas they occupied were populous and economically prosperous areas. They provided sufficient manpower and financial resources, which greatly increased their strength and gradually had the capital to unify the world!

However, according to the original history, the local governments were not very convinced of the National Government, so there should be a period of war between the two sides. In the chaos, even after Young Marshal Zhang changed his flag and stood on the side of the National Government, the warlord situation still existed.

However, in this time and space, because of the early outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the internal contradictions of the Celestial Empire quickly turned into external contradictions.

The chaos among the warlords was to fight for territory, which was a struggle for power. The invasion of the foot basin was to destroy the Celestial Empire, including them. This was a struggle of life and death!

The Northeast Army was so strong, but it was eventually defeated by the foot basin. The territory of the Northeast Army was taken over by the foot basin, and they themselves were driven out like a stray dog. This made other warlords across the country immediately realize that if they could not unite and defeat the foot basin people If not, then when the foot basin reaches them, their fate will be even worse than that of the Northeast Army.

After all, they are not as strong as the Northeast Army!

Therefore, under the threat of foreign enemies, these warlords temporarily united together and sent troops to resist the foot basin.

Under the leadership of Feng Yuxiang, the Northwest Army, together with Zhang Zuolin’s Northeast Army, fought a fierce battle with the Japanese army in the Great Wall area, delaying the Japanese army’s southward advance.

The Sichuan Army, the Guangxi Army and the government army defended the positions in the east together, and fought a fierce battle with the Japanese army on the battlefield of Songhu.

At this time, the war in the Celestial Empire mainly broke out in two areas, one was the Battle of the Great Wall around Peiping, and the other was the Battle of Songhu around Songhu.!

These two battles are extremely important to the Celestial Empire and the Foot Basin. If the Celestial Empire fails, the Japanese army will be able to quickly move south and east, squeeze their living space, plunder their population and wealth, and the Celestial Empire will be in a very dangerous situation!

If the Japanese army fails, they will not be able to further open up the situation. The two sides will fall into a short confrontation until one side’s strength is greatly enhanced and has the ability to break the deadlock!

Moustache, Speer, Goebbels and others just glanced at it casually. The two were not very interested in the situation in the far east.

But Mainz and a group of senior generals in the military were attracted by the current war situation map of the Celestial Empire!

“How about it, what do you think of these two battles?”

Mainz looked at Manstein and asked him.

Since Manstein became the Chief of the General Staff, his abilities have gradually begun to emerge. He has made great progress in formulating strategies, planning campaign tactics, and formulating combat plans.

After hearing Mainz’s words, Manstein shook his head slightly:”It’s hard to say. We don’t know much about the intelligence of both sides. We don’t know the detailed information such as the strength, deployment, weapons configuration, training level, tactics and strategies of both sides, so it is difficult to make an accurate judgment!”

Manstein’s answer was quite cautious, but what he said was the truth.

If you can’t even figure out the basic situation of both sides, how can you tell anything from a map?

“Well, in this case, Jiaoben is currently an ally of the Sun Never Sets. Although they have not declared war on us, they can be regarded as our enemy. In this case, I plan to send a military delegation to the Celestial Empire to observe Jiaoben’s military strength. If the National Government is interested, I plan to keep them in the Celestial Empire to help the National Government. Do you have any good candidates?”

Manstein thought for a while:”General Seeckt and General Falkenhausen are both suitable!”