The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 690

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City, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, still retains a large number of intact city walls.

This was the first time that General Seckt saw such a magnificent city wall. He was different from Falkenhausen. Falkenhausen participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance’s invasion of China and had seen the magnificent city walls of the capital. This was Seckt’s first time in China. He had never been to an ancient city in China before, so he didn’t know much about it.

Jinling City was the first ancient city he had seen, and it was also one of the largest ancient cities in China. Only Beijing in the north could compare.

“As expected of an ancient country with a five-thousand-year-old civilization, even though it has declined for a hundred years, it still has such a terrifying accumulation, which is really amazing!”

Sekt never hesitated to praise him, not to mention that he was amazed by this magnificent city from the bottom of his heart.

In Europe, he would never be able to see this magnificent ancient city in his lifetime.

“General, you are too kind. Our Celestial Empire is vast and rich in resources. There are many cities like this one. Chang’an, the Western Capital, Peking and Jinling City are all famous big cities. Yuecheng in the south, Jiangcheng in the middle, Jinguancheng in the southwest and Shancheng also have their own characteristics and charms. If you have time in the future, you may as well visit these places. I believe you will not be disappointed!”

Accompanying Seckt was Gu Weijun, the foreign minister who had participated in the Eiffel Tower Peace Conference. Gu Weijun had served as the minister to the British Empire, Gaul and Hans, and was very familiar with European countries, especially Western European countries. So when Seckt arrived, President Jiang transferred Gu Weijun to accompany Seckt and Hans’s military advisory group throughout the trip, helping them to go around and solve some problems they encountered in life. President

Jiang’s considerations were quite thoughtful. He was worried that Hans’s military advisory group came from afar and were not familiar with some things in the Celestial Empire. He was afraid that they would not be able to adapt, so he arranged for someone who had studied in the West and lived in the West for many years and understood Western culture and living habits to take care of them.

However, Seckt did not intend to enjoy it.

“Is there such a magnificent wall in Songhu?”

Although he was somewhat interested in what Gu Weijun said, he was more interested in the situation of the Songhu Battle.

Jinling City was not far from the main battlefield of the Songhu Battle. Seckt naturally attached great importance to the battlefield so close and the ongoing largest and most influential battle in the Far East!

He couldn’t wait to get to the battlefield and observe the performance of the Chinese and Japanese armies in the battle at close range to obtain first-hand information about the two armies. Only after field investigation could he determine the true strength of both sides, which was crucial for him to formulate a comprehensive combat strategy in the future!

“Songhu is a new city that was opened after the Opium War. The original old city was too small and the city walls had been demolished long ago, so the Songhu area has no city walls like European cities, but there are a large number of buildings in the city. The two sides are currently fighting for it street by street!”

Gu Weijun was a diplomat and didn’t know much about the war on the front line. What he knew was the result of asking President Jiang and military generals before he left. If he hadn’t asked about this matter in advance, he might have answered even Seckt’s questions by now!

Seckt nodded slightly. From what Gu Weijun said, it seemed that the Japanese army had landed and the two sides were engaged in street fighting.

He didn’t know the exact area of Songhu City, but since it was called the Oriental Little Iron Tower City, it meant that the city was still very large and prosperous. If so, then this street fighting would be extremely cruel.

Seckt had led soldiers to fight in wars, and he had also experienced street fighting. During World War I, before submachine guns were widely equipped, the street fighting between the two sides was not much different from the trench fighting outside. Both were… Dig trenches in the city, set up machine guns, use machine guns to block roads, then occupy commanding heights and snipe the enemy’s personnel.

Because of the emergence of machine guns, the attacking party will suffer heavy losses, so the battle for every street in the street fighting is extremely cruel and bloody. It can be said that every step forward will cost blood!

Once entering the street fighting, unless there is a powerful armored force like the German army and a wealth of individual combat weapons, including automatic rifles, submachine guns, rockets and rifle grenades, etc., otherwise, it is almost impossible to end the battle quickly!

And what will be the result of dragging on in the street fighting? In fact, several meat grinder-style battles between the two sides of World War I have already told the world the result!

So after hearing Gu Weijun’s words, Seckt breathed a sigh of relief and was relieved.

Entering the street fighting stage, the Japanese army It should be impossible to win quickly. They fought the Battle of Fengtian with the Northeast Army in the Northeast for nearly a year. It doesn’t make sense that they would become invincible all of a sudden in the Battle of Shanghai!

So he was not in a hurry to travel, but stopped and walked along the way, observing the defense situation of the Celestial Empire between Nanjing City and Shanghai.

In Seckt’s view, Nanjing City, the capital of the Celestial Empire, is too close to the sea, and it is also on the bank of the Yangtze River.

They do not have control of the sea, which means that the enemy can easily threaten their own safety.

Seckt has made up his mind. After the Battle of Shanghai is over, he must advise President Chiang to move the capital inland, at least not to continue to place the capital in such a coastal area.

The safety of the capital is related to the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians across the country. If the capital falls, the enemy’s morale will be greatly improved, the morale of our side will be greatly reduced, and the political impact will be extremely bad!

Rather than bear such a result, it is better to give up this easy-to-attack and difficult-to-defend capital early and move to a safe place inland!

Gu Weijun didn’t know what Seeckt was thinking, but when he saw him checking everywhere, asking and visiting everywhere very seriously along the way, Gu Weijun still admired this old man in his sixties!

Because Gu Weijun served as an envoy to Hans, he knew a little about the situation in Hans.

Seeckt was a subordinate of the former President Marshal Hindenburg, and was not reused by the new President Mainz. Although he was sent to the Celestial Empire this time, his status in Hans was not particularly high, which made Gu Weijun feel a little bit contemptuous.

If it was a famous general like Guderian, Model or Manstein who came this time, his attitude would definitely be more enthusiastic.

However, after seeing the dedicated attitude of this old man in his sixties, his idea changed completely.

A person who has nothing to do with China came from afar, regardless of his own enjoyment and the fatigue of the journey, and devoted himself to work as soon as he landed!

He was deeply moved by this spirit, and at the same time he realized the rigor and rigidity of the Hans people. If it were someone else, they would definitely enjoy themselves before talking about work, but the Hans people would never do this. They always put work in the most important position!