The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 973

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-track armored vehicles are not advanced things. If Mannerheim was still working in the Bear, he would have experienced this thing a long time ago.

However, as a small country, Finland does not have the ability to produce such things.

So this is his first time to experience this kind of equipment, and this feeling is very novel, but it also hits him hard.

“This is your army’s camp, about eighty kilometers away from the city of Helki and one hundred and twenty kilometers away from the Karelia Canyon!”

“Is the transportation convenient?”

Reichenau was quite satisfied with the terrain here. This place was well chosen. It was not far from the front line, and not too close to the rear. It was convenient for them to control the front line, and it also allowed them to influence the affairs in Finland to a certain extent.

And the Finns themselves would not have to live under the shadow of the German army every day. In general, the selection of this place was the best choice after considering multiple factors!

“There is a highway and a railway, both of which lead from Leningrad to the city of Herki, which were built by the Tsarist Russians!”

Tsarist Russia conquered Finland hundreds of years ago and ruled here for a period of time.

In order to strengthen its rule over Finland, Tsarist Russia dispatched a large number of manpower to build a railway and a highway, directly connecting its capital Petrograd and the capital of Finland, Herki. In this way, the Russian army can kill from Tsarist Russia to Finland in a very short time.

Considering that the Tsarist Russians once expanded in the direction of Sweden, the construction of this railway will also help them to quickly increase troops in Sweden and other places, and then eat up the entire Scandinavian Peninsula!

During the Tsarist Russian period, the enthusiasm of the bears for land was unimaginable to people in later generations. Almost all the countries bordering them were invaded by them, and once they set their sights on the land, they would do their best to eat it up!

Take the Ottoman native chicken as an example, When the Russians set their sights on Asia Minor south of the Black Sea, they were able to pursue the same goal for decades or even hundreds of years, and would not give up until they achieved their goals. They launched 11 Russo-Turkish wars in succession, turning the Ottoman Empire from a powerful empire into the sick man of West Asia!

At one time, the expansion of Tsarist Russia was so fierce that the British Empire and the Gauls in Europe were terrified and could not bear to watch. The two major powers joined forces to intervene, leading to the outbreak of the Crimean War.

That war was the largest war in the world after the Napoleonic Wars. Both sides fought for several years and paid a heavy price!

However, even so, the Russians, who were defeated in the Crimean War, did not care at all. After a few years when their strength had recovered a little, they continued to send troops to attack Turkey. This time, the Russians, who were defeated in the Crimean War, did not care at all. Due to the previous painful lessons, Gaul and the British Empire chose to sit back and watch the outcome, and did not send troops to help again.

After all, the Crimean War made them a little exhausted. Although they won in the end, the Russians neither paid compensation nor returned the land, and did not even apologize, and the British Empire and Gaul had no way to deal with him.

This resulted in them exhausting all their energy in this war, but they did not gain anything at all. In the end, they could only run to the Far East to pin the Qing Dynasty to the ground and beat it up. At least they got a mouthful of blood back from the Qing Dynasty!

With the previous lessons, the British Empire and Gaul were unwilling to intervene in the war between the Russians and Turkey. They had realized that with the Russians’ enthusiasm for land, they would not give up until they got the land they wanted!

Asia Minor is located at the junction of Europe and Asia, and its strategic position is extremely important. The Russians are very interested in this. The Russians valued it very much and launched more than a dozen wars in a row.

However, the Scandinavian Peninsula is not a prosperous place, but the bears still refused to let it go. After conquering Finland, they continued to move westward to try to conquer Sweden.

However, unlike Finland, Sweden was stronger, so after the Russians ate Finland, they continued to move westward but failed. The territories of both sides were deadlocked, and the current situation gradually formed.

However, the Russians had a strong hatred for Sweden, a country that had once competed with the Russians and brought great humiliation to Peter the Great, so they never gave up the conquest here.

It was for this reason that they were willing to spend a large amount of money to build this road in the snowy Karelia Canyon.

The construction difficulty and cost of this kind of railway and highway built in the snowy area are much higher than those in normal areas. In addition, due to the small population in the Finnish area and the poor economy, the economic benefits of this railway are limited, and it is difficult for the bears to benefit from it.

However, like the Trans-Siberian Railway, the railway built by the Mao Bears was not first considered for economic benefits, but for strategic interests.

The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway was to facilitate their faster transfer of local troops and materials to the Far East, to facilitate their establishment of a more stable rule in the Far East, and to continue to expand to the Celestial Empire, in order to complete their Yellow Russian plan as soon as possible!

The construction of the railway from Leningrad to Herki was to help them conquer the Scandinavian Peninsula more easily, so that they could get a better outlet to the sea!

However, due to the failure of World War I, the Tsarist Russia collapsed. These railways and roads that they had built at great cost were now cheaper for the Finnish people, allowing them to rely on these roads to quickly transport materials from the country to the front line to resist the invasion of the Soviet army.

At this time, the German army could also enjoy this benefit.

Moreover, compared with the Finnish army, the German army had more mechanized equipment and greater requirements for logistical supplies, which made the railway, a means of transportation, vital to them!

If there was no railway, it would be difficult to meet their requirements by relying solely on road transportation.

Therefore, Reichenau attached great importance to this railway. After arriving at the military camp, he specially inspected the railway.

“Wide gauge?”

However, you won’t know until you see it. When you see it, you will be shocked. This railway is different from the railway used by the German army. It seems to be the traditional wide gauge railway of the Russian bear.

“Well, these are the standards of the Tsarist Russia era, which are different from the standards of Western European countries!”

Mannerheim seemed to have guessed that he would be surprised, so he said calmly