The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 996

Hearing Manstein’s words, Mainz shrugged.

“There is no way, there is no way to intervene in the affairs of Europe!”

Hearing Mainz’s words, Manstein felt a little strange.

“Can’t we send someone else?”

He thought that the Third Reich had many famous generals. The commanders of six of the seven army groups were all famous generals who could stand on their own. If any of them was picked out, he would be able to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. So this position didn’t have to be his.

But why did Mainz say that?

“They can send troops, but their prestige is insufficient. If the coalition fails in the future, someone will definitely shirk responsibility and put the blame on the generals sent by the empire!”

Mainz shook the goblet in his hand and said calmly.

However, based on Manstein’s understanding of his younger brother, he felt a vague murderous intent from Mainz.

Obviously, when he said this, he had the intention to kill!

“Moreover, this goes against my original intention. I don’t want to interfere too much in the war between the coalition and the bear!”

The latter sentence obviously shocked Manstein more than the previous one, because he vaguely guessed Mainz’s true purpose.

“So, Levinsky, you don’t think highly of the coalition forces?”

Manstein said in a casual tone, but in fact he was carefully testing Mainz’s true thoughts.

“Well, it’s not just that I’m not optimistic, I think the coalition will definitely lose!”

Mainz has nothing to hide from his brother. There are many people who know about this, including the Prime Minister, Ribbentrop, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda. It doesn’t matter if I tell Manstein.

“However, judging from the current situation, the coalition forces have initially gained an advantage on the battlefield. Their weapons and equipment and combat tactics are not inferior to those of the Russians. Moreover, judging from the strength of the entire Europe, their war potential is obviously greater than that of the Russians. Why do you not think highly of them?”

Manstein had actually guessed some of the reasons in his heart, but he hoped to hear Mainz’s explanation even more.

“Because the Russian bear is a country, and there is a political strongman leading it, while Europe is just a loose alliance. The Italians and Romanians are incompetent and cannot convince the people. If the war goes well, other European countries may still unite around them and work together!

However, once the situation is unfavorable or encounters some setbacks, Europe will be divided. At that time, the fact that these two countries have no prestige and ability will lead to the collapse of the coalition. Therefore, the strength of the coalition is built on castles in the air, and the foundation itself is not solid. The possibility of success of such an alliance is naturally very low!”

It’s not that the coalition forces cannot defeat the Russian bear, but it depends on who comes out to lead. If the Third Reich comes out to lead.

Relying on the Third Reich’s strong position in Europe and its outstanding military strength, it is not impossible for them to defeat the Russian bear!

However, this action was not led by the Third Reich, but by the Italians and Romanians. From the perspective of the Third Reich, they hope that these countries will fail, because only by letting them fail can they deal a huge blow to them, let them face the reality, and completely give up the idea of struggling for power with the Third Reich in Europe!

Therefore, Mainz is absolutely impossible to stand up to help the coalition forces.

Although the German army sent some military observers for this coalition action, they will not advise the coalition forces, nor will they provide any help to their combat operations. These people are just observing and inspecting on the battlefield, collecting various intelligence about the armies of various countries and the Soviet army, especially the Soviet army!

“Okay, I admit that what you said makes sense, but if the coalition forces fail, wouldn’t it increase Starlin’s authority within the Soviet Union? As far as I know, this man is very ambitious, resourceful and capable. If a victory gives him great prestige, I’m afraid that under his leadership, the Soviet Union will become more difficult to deal with. By then, we will have to pay a greater price to conquer the Soviet Union!”

Manstein could ignore the life and death of the coalition forces, after all, there were no German soldiers in it.

However, he did not want to see the failure of the coalition forces affect the overall strategic situation of the empire, so he felt that he needed to remind Mainz not to play too much and cause it to get out of hand!

“Don’t worry, this war is expected to last one to two years.

Although the coalition forces are weak, the Soviet army is not that strong at this time.

The purge launched by Starlin has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army.

In this case, they will not be able to gain an advantage when encountering the coalition forces.

In the early stages of the war, the coalition forces will surely achieve a series of phased victories, and victories can stimulate European countries to increase their investment and expand the scale of the war, so that the war will burn wider and the flames will become bigger!

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Mainz said shrewdly, all this is obviously within the plan!

For Starling, in order to seize absolute power, he must launch a purge to eliminate dissidents, but the impact of the purge on the Soviet Union itself is unprecedentedly huge, and the impact on the Soviet army is also real.

Suffering such a severe blow, the Soviet army’s combat effectiveness in the early stages of the war cannot be counted on.

Although Mainz knew that Starling had several elite Guards Armored Corps, these troops were too small in number and their equipment had not been completely updated, which prevented them from becoming a decisive force.

Therefore, in the early stages of the war with the Soviet Union in Europe, the Soviet army would probably suffer a lot.

Based on previous judgments, only failure will increase the differences within the coalition forces and make them disunited.

But victory can stimulate them, make them more united, and make them Countries are more confident and bold to invest more troops and resources.

In this way, the scale of the war will definitely expand, and the damage caused by the war will also increase.

And because the Soviet army will suffer, the war will inevitably burn into the territory of the bear, which is also a huge blow to the bear.

In this way, in fact, to a certain extent, the European coalition forces have played the role of the German army in history.

And if the Soviet army follows the historical trend, it will take at least one to two years to make targeted adjustments, so as to reverse the situation and finally win the war.

However, when they defeat the coalition forces, their own country is beaten to pieces, and they are exhausted, what awaits them will be the invasion of the German army of one million!