0p0 Third Reich Episode 422
Third Reich Episode 422
Internally, he can use the slogan of shortening the border to start the "continued war" between the Soviet Union and Finland, but externally, he still needs a ruling from the League of Nations, and then the Finnish army will send troops according to the ruling of the League of Nations, which seems to be in line with justice .
Indeed, there are only interests in international exchanges, but no justice.However, countries that start wars still need to find a good excuse for themselves to join the war.
"You are much more sincere than the Soviets." Mannerheim, who was happy in his heart, sighed to Ribbentrop from the bottom of his heart: "In order to prevent us from getting too close to Germany, the Soviet Union started a war with you. , and also showed goodwill to our government. Apart from replacing the Soviet ambassador to Finland with an official who was more flexible on the Finnish issue, they also expressed that they did not object to our cooperation with Sweden.”
"Oh?" Of course Ribbentrop knew that Mannerheim would talk about this to himself, which meant that the plans of the Soviets had failed.
However, he still asked in line with Mannerheim's topic: "Then your government agreed?"
"Of course not!" Mannerheim, who was ready to answer, laughed and said, "We have long realized that it is a wrong policy to rely on the mutual assistance between the Nordic countries in the military. We are truly reliable allies. Only a strong Germany. President Risto Lüti has also declared that the country's defense readiness will be the government's top priority."
Speaking of which, Mannerheim turned his head and looked at Ribbentrop next to him with a smile: "In the past year, we have purchased a large amount of arms from you Germany and reorganized the army. Our military expenditure this year , which is equivalent to 45% of the entire Finnish fiscal revenue. Moreover, our army has also expanded to 15 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade and 2 spear brigades, as well as a large number of reserve detachments, relying on a large amount of arms.
"In our country, more than one-tenth of the total population of men have put on military uniforms, waiting for the final battle of revenge." Mannerheim's tone became harsh, and his expression was cold: "How could we be so angry because of the Soviet Union? People change a few diplomatic ambassadors, forget what they have done to us, and give up revenge on them?!"
Chapter 636 All Allies Are Pawns
In fact, the Finnish army has mobilized a total of nearly 65 armed forces, including combat troops, home defense forces, and border guards, of which the combat army has reached 47.
For Finland, which has a total population of only 350 million, this is already extremely heavy pressure.
Such a large-scale army, which accounts for a huge proportion of military expenditure, is definitely not sustainable for a long time.
Therefore, the Finnish government must take advantage of the moment when its military strength reaches its peak, seize the opportunity to join the war between the Allies and the Soviet Union, and regain lost ground.Both Mannerheim and Finnish President Risto Lüti understood that if they did not seize the historical opportunity to regain lost ground at this time, when the dust of the Soviet-German war settled, they would never have the opportunity to recover their lost land or expand more There are many sites.
Since the Finns are eager to take the land from the Soviets, Germany is not so anxious, at least, it has to be no more anxious than Finland.
What Ribbentrop said clearly was nice, that the German army and the Norwegian army would help Finland regain lost territory and would assist Finland in occupying more Soviet land.
But in fact, because Reinhardt was worried that the Finns would not take too much military responsibility for the Allies in the later stages of the war, so he planned to let Finland take all the responsibilities from the very beginning.
Reinhardt is not a good person. He doesn't care about helping Finland recover lost land and establish a large Finnish territory.In the final analysis, Reinhardt will never make any decisions that affect the interests of Germany for the benefit of the Finns.
Although Finland in this life has already recognized the alliance with the German army, the two sides are allies rather than comrades-in-arms.However, Reinhardt's trust in the Finns did not increase much.
Reinhardt knew very well that it was impossible for the Finns to participate in the war for a long time, no matter from the historical performance of the Finns or from the economic pressure and difficulties brought about by all Finnish soldiers.
To put it bluntly, even if the Finnish generals are willing, their national strength does not support long-term combat.
The Finns will never do their best for the "sacred cause of defeating the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union." Their politicians only care about the actual interests of their own country.
Therefore, in order to make the best use of Finland, an ally that is strong in the early stage and paddles in the later stage, Reinhardt had to let the Finns bear more pressure and sacrifice from the beginning.
Didn't Finland deploy 15 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade and 2 pike brigades on the front line?Didn't Finland use the No. 8 assault guns imported from Germany and the original backward tanks and captured Soviet tanks to form 300 armored battalions?Doesn't the Finnish Air Force still have [-] fighters and a large number of border airports built with German aid?
Then let the Finns use them, and let them also use the hundreds of thousands of local defense forces and border guards in the rear, let their soldiers shed blood and sacrifice, let their tanks and assault guns go to Sufen The bloody head rushing on the border caused them to lose a slight air force in history. In this life, due to the sudden increase in pressure, casualties have increased linearly.
For Finland, Reinhardt has never considered it as a partner.
In his speeches he compared Mannerheim to the Finnish generals as comrades, claiming to be Germany's good comrades in arms.
But in fact, Finland, Bulgaria, Italy, and even loyal and reliable Romania and Norway, all German allies, are just props to Reinhardt.
Regardless of the course of the war with the Soviet Union, Reinhardt no matter how much sacrifices his allies will make, for the Third Reich, only his own victory is everything!
It doesn't matter how heavy the losses of the allies are, anyway, the country that he leads must win in the end.
Then there is no problem!
In the original historical time and space, too many allies eventually betrayed Germany and eventually became enemies of the German army.The reason is that Germany's own strength has finally weakened.
Therefore, Reinhardt will do the opposite in this life, and let his allies bear more sacrifices and bloodshed, so as to preserve the strength of the German army as much as possible.
As far as the Allied forces fighting side by side with the Finnish army, Germany has not sent German troops to fight seamlessly with the Finnish army as it has in history.
莱因哈特准备给德国北方集团军群的部队，比起历史上削减了第12步兵师、第32步兵师、第121步兵师，第126步兵师，第122步兵师、第123步兵师共计6个步兵师。
The German North Army, configured in this way, still has the task of crossing and liberating the Baltic countries and attacking the northern part of the Soviet Union.
这个由威廉·里特尔·冯·勒布上将指挥的北方集团军群，现规模为14个步兵师、3个装甲师、2个摩步师、1个党卫军装步师、3个警备师。
Although compared with the Northern Army in history, 6 infantry divisions have been reduced.But in contrast, the infantry used by the Allies in the direction of the three Baltic countries was replaced by more Finnish infantry divisions.
Basically, the reduced German troops were replaced by more Finnish troops.
In addition to the Finnish troops, there are two small Norwegian divisions, with a total of about 8000 Norwegian infantry, which will also be put into the northern battle.
Originally, the armored forces of the Northern Army Group were equipped with very few, most of them were infantry units, which was determined by the terrain and combat missions that the Northern Army Group faced.
Reinhardt took advantage of this and fully engaged the Norwegian and Finnish infantry.Anyway, they are all infantry, and sacrificing the infantry of Germany is better than sacrificing the infantry of the allies.
And infantry combat, even if the infantry of the allies is replaced to replace the German infantry, the impact will not be too great.
Although the infantry of the allies is not as elite as the German infantry, the essence of achieving results through sacrifice remains the same.
At least, it is very cost-effective to use the northern troops of the Soviet army to encircle Soviet cities such as Relingrad and consume them in street battles in the future. It is very cost-effective to use the troops of the allies.
"Please rest assured, I will try my best to obtain greater assistance for Finland." When the convoy of Mannerheim and Ribbentrop arrived at the Finnish government building, Ribbentrop, who got off the car, promised with a smile.
"I believe that we will cooperate fully in the future to defeat the brutal Soviet invaders together." Mannerheim still didn't know what sacrifices the Germans were going to make them bear, and at this moment he sincerely told Ribbentrop sermon.
"We will definitely cooperate fully, which is in the common interests of the two countries." Ribbentrop concealed Reinhardt's explanation of the "extreme use of allies policy" to him, and nodded with a smile pretending to be kind.
Chapter 637 The Destruction of the Empire
When the capital of the British Empire was finally besieged by the Allied forces of Germany, France and Norway, Churchill and his entourage also had to face their own inevitable fate - ignominious defeat.
Although the British leadership under Churchill maintained a stern veneer of steely strength, defiantly repeating Churchill's most famous maxim: "We never give up." But only a few diehards really believed that Britain could still win the battle. war, or negotiate an acceptable peace.
More people believed that Churchill would really continue to fight with British troops overseas after the British island or most of the island had been conquered and starved.
The Allies have fully stated that they will not negotiate with Churchill and his henchmen. German Head of State Reinhardt made a clear request that he hopes that Britain will surrender unconditionally.If the British side is unwilling, Germany and its allies will not mind fighting until the British government is willing.
At this time, even Canada, which is the Commonwealth of Nations, Australia and other countries are unwilling to stand up for the United Kingdom, and there is even great hope to put aside the suspicion of ties.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the ship of the British Empire is about to sink.
In London, Churchill collected all available sources of troops.In addition to the total number of less than 200 tanks, there are only 14 people under the command of Lord Gott.Most of these troops are made up of improvised troops from the National Guard, police, factory security regiment, etc.
Gott broke up the few regular troops in his hand and incorporated them into those patchwork troops, hoping to use them to defend London and use street fighting to hold back the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms for a long time.
In addition, there is a 7-strong Free French army in London led by Charles de Gaulle.
De Gaulle's troops were mainly deployed on the banks of the Thames. While joining the Thames defense sequence, they were also defending their own headquarters building on the Thames.
This free French government, which is only recognized by the British government, may be the most "foreign government" in the world that supports Churchill's regime.Of course, they had no choice but to support Churchill.
The French state (Vichy France), which was mixed with the Allies, recently attacked London with the German army, and it can be said that there is chaos within the Allies.The original seat of the French Third Republic in the League of Nations is now also the seat of the French State under the leadership of Petain.