Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 327: Military parade (the head of state’s plan)

The genius remembers this site address in one second: (Top Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! The German head of state still doesn’t know what the Hungarians think, even if he knows, he can only smile and shake his head. He really never thought about it. A group of rigid Hungarians will have their brains mad.

Xu Jun changed the original geopolitical strategy of the Nazis, and the chain effect was finally revealed. Hungary was only the most inconspicuous link.

In Germany's original eastern strategy, the importance of Hungary at the crossroads of the Balkans cannot be ignored by any military expert.

Hitler sometimes likes to look at strategic issues from a political perspective. Sometimes it is an advantage, but when it comes to Hungary, it becomes a defect.

Although this country has an advantageous geographical location, with the vast and fertile Hungarian Great Plains, which occupies more than 70% of the land area, it also means that this is the ideal battlefield for mechanized troops, except for some scattered hills in the northwest. , There is almost no risk in Hungary.

The annexation of the Rossenia region of Czechoslovakia is actually a good thing for Hungary that outweighs the disadvantages. The ethnic policy adopted by the Magyars is unlikely to be welcomed by the Rossenians. You must know this The Slavs had been independent in the past, and they are relatives of the Ukrainians across from the Korpathian Mountains.

To make matters worse, Hungary therefore has a direct border with the Soviet Union and no longer has any strategic buffer zone. Under the current strategic situation, even if Hungary wants to maintain its neutrality, I am afraid it will not be possible to stay alone.

This is also the issue that the Regent Horti is most worried about now. He has seen the crisis looming over Hungary, and he has no confidence in dealing with this crisis.

Xu Jun’s idea on this issue is actually the same, because in his defense plan, he is ready to give up Hungary.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't trust the regent of Horty, the admiral was a pragmatist, so he didn't have to expect how "loyal" he would be to his allies.

In history, in order to buy Hungary, Hitler exchanged a lot of interests with him, and even sold out the interests of his "allies". He gave Hungary a lot of support both in military and political terms.

The Kingdom of Hungary also gained a political position second only to Italy in the Axis Alliance of Germany, and Hitler's eyes were even more important than the Japanese, not only because Hungary could provide Germany with much-needed aluminum ore And agricultural products, because Hungary is an important channel for the German armed forces to project to the Balkans. At the same time, as victims of the Versailles Treaty, the Hungarians are also the most staunch supporters of tearing up the treaty system.

The fanatical exclusion of Magyar chauvinism in Hungary has caused them to be almost universally enemy in Eastern Europe and the Balkans except Poland. Therefore, they have no choice but to rely on Germany.

When Germany was in full swing, Hungary was indeed the most powerful accomplice of the Nazis. What they did on the soil of the Soviet Union even made the SS admirable.

But when Germany was defeated on the Eastern Front and its strategy shifted to defense, Hungary’s attitude immediately swayed. When Horti felt that he could not see the possibility of victory in the war, he immediately abandoned the so-called covenant. On one side, a secret envoy was sent to contact the Soviet Union, and then unilaterally signed an armistice agreement with the Soviet Union.

Now the entire European landscape has changed. A European Union, the most powerful after the Roman Empire, is gradually taking shape, and Hungary's position in the hearts of the Germans has become less important.

This group of Magyar nationalists is really hated. It is located in the Rossenia area on the border between Hungary and Ukraine. It has been penetrated by the Soviets to look like a sieve, although the Rossenians do not believe in communism. However, in the face of the brutal oppression of the Magyars, the blood ties of the Eastern Slavs have become particularly cordial. Now I don’t know how many Rothenians have become supporters of the Soviets in order to fight for the rights of their own people. Day and night looking forward to the blood relatives on the other side of the mountain, liberating them from the Hungarian rulers.

The Carpathian defense line that Hungary is working hard to build is more like a joke in the eyes of German generals.

In fact, the Hungarian military does not believe that using a few reinforced concrete bunkers, or adding machine guns and cannons on both sides of the mountain pass, can withstand the steel wave of the Soviet Red Army. They also studied the German blitzkrieg theory, and found that with their existing strength, it was impossible to replicate this tactic.

Hungary's foundation was emptied after the Trianon Treaty. At that time, Hungary's national military strength was limited to 35,000, which was only enough to maintain the government's rule.

Hungary has been quietly accumulating troops since then, but because the Little Entente was so obsessed with it, it only added more than 20,000 people in ten years, raising the total force to about 57,000.

This situation did not turn around until Germany annexed the Czech Republic. With Germany supporting him, the Hungarian army began to rearm.

At that time, Hungary divided the country into seven military districts, each of which had three brigades (a mixed infantry brigade, two cavalry brigades, and some engineering and logistics units). After the expansion, the number of domestic military districts remained unchanged. Three brigades were reorganized into one corps, but in the Rothenia area, the Hungarians stationed eight corps at once.

In history, these troops were then allocated to the land seized from Romania in the second Vienna arbitration, but now the second confiscation has not occurred, and these troops are all blocked in the border area between Ukraine and Romania.

At the beginning of the 1940s, the total number of the Hungarian army had soared to more than 200,000, which did not include the Hungarian military police under the Ministry of the Interior and various logistical auxiliary units.

One particular mention is the Hungarian labor camp, which is composed of all foreign and Jewish soldiers selected from the army, because the Magyar officers feel that these people are unreliable and will shake the army’s combat effectiveness.

Originally, the Hungarian troops were relatively backward in both weapons and tactics. Now almost 70% of them are rookies with no combat experience. Even the veterans have only served for two years now. How much combat power is left in this troop? That made the German High Command suspicious.

Xu Jun also does not expect these recruits to fight to the end in future Eastern Front wars unless their enemy is replaced by Romanians.

Compared with their mortal enemies of the Little Entente, the Hungarian army lags behind in all aspects in terms of organizational system, combat ideology, or weapons and equipment. Unless Germany is willing to fully support and re-arm this army as in history, don't expect them to play any role in frontal combat.

However, it is impossible for Germany to arm the Hungarians with expensive weapons and equipment as it did in history. In Xu Jun's eyes, it is a black hole of dissatisfaction.

Hungary will almost certainly be abandoned, or placed in a secondary strategic position. This country will become a battlefield, as stated in the documents of the command.

Once the Soviet Union invaded Hungary, Germany had no surplus armored force to invest in defensive operations on the Hungarian plains, and sending infantry troops there was a waste.

The railway and highway systems in Hungary are the most strategically valuable targets, but when Yugoslavia is fully embraced by Germany, Germany no longer fears that the strategic channel to Romania will be cut off.

The Mediterranean has been completely controlled by the European Union. Turkey has always been a traditional ally of Germany. Now, without the suppression of Britain and France, it has long since wanted to pick up the "blood-forged friendship" again.

Once the war on the Eastern Front breaks out, the European fleet can drive straight into the Black Sea and establish a maritime supply line directly to Romania.

Although the Romanian army is not much stronger than the Hungarians, the terrain in the territory is very conducive to defense~IndoMTL.com~ The Romanian mountains are as complex and changeable as Yugoslavia, and they all belong to the nightmare of the guerrillas’ holy land occupation forces.

With the current military strength of Hungary, it is difficult to hold the defense line of the Korpathians unless they drive all the Rothenians out of this area.

Speaking of the cruelty of the Magyars, they may also cause a lot of **** crimes during the migration process, just like what they did in the Soviet Union in history. Fortunately, so far, there is no Hungary. People think of this.

Xu Jun is not going to talk to Horti about this, he is not interested in carrying out the humanitarian disaster.

Maybe when Hungary falls, they will become real fighters, and then they will regain the trust of the German head of state.

Xu Jun is happy to provide protection to the exiled Hungarian government and army when Hungary is in crisis. At that time, he is willing to help them, arm them, and let them fight to the end with the invaders in order to liberate the motherland. Then the German army Will enter Budapest as a liberator, this is the scenario in Xu Jun's plan.

The Hungarian delegation is destined to return empty-handed. Although these people are still full of expectations at this moment, everything seems a bit unfair. This may be the sorrow of a weak country.

At this time, the military parade is nearing its end, and the enthusiasm of the masses is slowly fading. It should be more tiring to cheer for two hours. The ceremony has entered garbage time, and the guests in the stands are also a little tired. The German head of state has almost reached its limit for so long that the head of Germany has been sticking on the altar.

It’s not that he’s physically weak, but that he drank too much water before coming out of the Prime Minister’s Office in order not to be thirsty during the speech, and leaving the stands in the middle of the ceremony would definitely cause unnecessary interpretation from the outside world, so the head of state Your Excellency now has to gritted his teeth, with a sunny smile on his face. This is a terrible torture.