Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2542 Vienna

After being the Viscount of Cyprus for so long, Arthur has been completely blackened. Under normal circumstances, he should find an agent with a cleaner background, but he did not do so, because the foundation is not stable, so he has to rely on Arthur's support. .

There are still quite a lot of candidates. In the Battle of Budapest, there were more than a dozen Hungarian generals who voluntarily surrendered to the Southern African Expeditionary Force. After studying everyone’s information, Brook chose Siegel. This guy is not only very smart, but also Certain organizational skills, the perfect spokesperson for interests.

Siegel is indeed a smart man. The status of a general does not bring special treatment to prisoners. After learning this, several Hungarian generals who surrendered directly expressed their dissatisfaction. Only Siegel accepted it calmly, not only did he not publicly object, He also persuaded his soldiers to obey the arrangements of the Southern African Expeditionary Force and cooperate with the Southern African Expeditionary Force for management.

Not to mention, in this way, Siegel got some special treatment, at least not like other generals, carrying a shovel to work every day.

Like Siegel, Heisler does not need to perform hard labor, but the reason is not that Heisler cooperated, but that Heisler was injured on the night of the breakout and has not recovered yet.

"They didn't abuse you, did they?" After all, it was a friend in need. Siegel took the initiative to visit Heisler, and brought Heisler a bottle of vodka produced in southern Africa, which he secretly brought in in a kettle.

"Fortunately, doctors in southern Africa have the same profession as soldiers." Heisle lives in a single ward. The current population of Buda is much smaller than before the war, and there are many empty houses.

"You should be grateful to me. If we launched a counterattack against the Russian army according to the Germans' orders, we should all be hanged like wild dogs by now-" Siegel was proud, this was one of the most correct decisions in his life.

Another correctness, of course, is to choose to join the Hungarian army when the German army invaded. This decision seems unwise today, but it was also the most correct choice at the time.

"Rengers and Cage, are they okay?" Heisler was concerned about his former colleagues. Like Heisler, Rengers and Cage were both senior officers of the 3rd Army.

"There is no news, but this may be the greatest good news—" Siegel made a cross on his chest, seemingly praying.

In fact, there is still news.

After the Battle of Budapest, Russia informed Southern Africa of the situation. The 3rd Army and the 8th Army were annihilated in Russia's notification. The surviving officers and soldiers were sent to Russia, and their fate was mostly miserable.

The Russians hate the German servants not much less than the Germans. When these servants fought in Russia, let alone their combat effectiveness, they treated Russian civilians more cruelly than the Germans.

That is to say, Russia considered the future relationship with Hungary, so those officers and soldiers who surrendered were not directly executed.

Otherwise, in Russian style, those Hungarians who surrendered could not escape death.

On the southern African side, although the labor work is a bit hard, at least it is not life-threatening.

In terms of material supply alone, the living standards of Hungarian soldiers were even better than during the Battle of Pest.

More than three months before and after the battle of Pez, and the next two months were surrounded by heavy siege, the defenders were almost out of ammunition and food, at least vodka, in the last month of the battle of Pez, even the general began to limit the supply.

In southern Africa, even the captives had vodka. When he discovered this, the last bit of unwillingness in Siegel's heart disappeared.

War is all about logistics. From the very beginning, the German army supported war with war, and now it is at the end of the road. Facing Russia, which is getting stronger and stronger, it is not wrong to lose at all.

It is even more unjust to Southern Africa.

To be honest, after learning about the level of supplies in southern Africa, Siegel felt that it would be unfair to southern Africa if Germany could win to the end.

"I chatted with several officers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force. After the war is over, except for the heinous group of people among us, the rest of us can go home directly-" Siegel felt it now, the matter of going home How precious things are.

"Are we part of the heinous part?" Heisler was slightly worried that even if they had never personally shot and killed Russians, these high-ranking officers would be blamed for what their troops did.

As for whether you have done——

There is no doubt about that.

"Of course not, even if we did something, it was forced by the Germans!" Siegel said with confidence.

When Brook found Siegel, Siegel was cooperating with the Southern African Expeditionary Force to sort out the information of surrendered officers and soldiers. There were also many German prisoners in Buda, some of whom met the war criminal standards set by the Allied Command. They soon will be judged later.

"General Sholoy, it's a pleasure to meet you. You seem to be in good spirits." Brook personally presided over the "interview" with Siegel.

"Finally, I don't have to endure the fearful life anymore. I regard work as exercise, hoping to cure my high blood pressure." Siegel is optimistic. He still doesn't know why Brook summoned him.

Brook didn't go around in circles either. Russia was pressing hard. The so-called interim government, I heard, was planning to move the capital.

The current capital of the provisional government is Debrecen. Although Debrecen is the second largest city in Hungary, its population is actually only tens of thousands of people, which is completely incomparable with a historic city like Budapest.

It’s just that if you want to move the capital, Pest, where more than 80.00% of the buildings in the entire urban area have been destroyed, is obviously not suitable, so the purpose of the interim government is Buda, which requires the cooperation of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

In the absence of corresponding preparations on the southern African side, it is really difficult to refuse the request of the interim government. After all, Buda is the territory of Hungary, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force is a guest army. Even if the Southern African Expeditionary Force delays for a period of time in the name of military management , and ultimately had to return Buda to the Hungarians.

Therefore, setting up an organization that can fight against the interim government is the best choice at present.

"You are right, the Germans and the Russians are the same species, and their goal is to control the Hungarians and completely destroy Hungary. Only southern Africa can bring happiness and peace to the Hungarians—" Siegel was overjoyed Talking on and on, this is completely pie in the sky, an unexpected beauty.

"Don't be too happy, what can you do to stop Russia's attack?" Brook didn't care about Siegel's flattery at all, but only cared about whether Siegel met Arthur's requirements.

"If it is an offensive in a war situation, without the help of southern Africa, I don't have any confidence—" Siegel said truthfully, the Hungarians are really not good at fighting: "—but if it is only on the ideological level, I am still very confident. Not everyone likes the Russian model, least of all I don't."

The key is interests. Siegel and his vested interests are opposed to any form of social change. If the Russian model is promoted in Hungary, Siegel's privileges will disappear instantly. Of course he doesn't like it.

Brook didn't speak, just shouting slogans was useless.

"Look at what the Russians are doing in Pest, they are not fundamentally different from the Germans, Hungary is a dispensable pawn for them, ready to sacrifice, the Hungarians don't get any respect from them ——South Africa is different, although I was in a prisoner-of-war camp and did not receive treatment that matched my identity, but what I felt in the prisoner-of-war camp was completely different from what I felt in the Germans.” Siegel felt during this period Quite a lot of them have already begun to reflect on the war.

That's right, you have to learn some lessons from the war, but it seems that Hegel also said: The only lesson humans learn from history is that humans can't learn any lessons.

This is too dialectical.

"What Hungarians really want is peace and a happy life. We don't want to hurt anyone, and we don't want to be hurt. If we can allocate one percent of our passion for war to hard work, I will I think everyone can get what they want." Siegel said a bit exaggerated, but the general direction is correct.

"You try it first, if you can pass my assessment, then you can get everything you want." Brooke has no doubts about employing people, anyway, if Siegel's performance is not good enough, Brooke can also make substitutions.

Siegel is indeed very smart, and he really understands the concept of "democracy and freedom" in the West. Isn't democracy just votes? The largest ballot box in Buda is now in the prisoner-of-war camp. As long as this can be used well, Siegel was halfway there.

With Brook's help, Siegel got twice the result with half the effort. The next day, he led a group of former Hungarian officers and proposed to the prisoner-of-war camp to improve the treatment of the prisoners, improve the living standards of the prisoners, and adjust the work of the prisoners.

After all, it was winter, and it was freezing cold. Many prisoners escaped faster on the night of the breakout and minimized their belongings. It has been many days. Many prisoners still have the same clothes, without even a replacement, and some people are running away. Sometimes I even lost my shoes, and I still had frostbite.

In order to allow the prisoners of war to have work to do, the Southern African Expeditionary Force did not have the energy to think wildly. When the prisoners of war were working, they did not even provide vehicles for transporting various garbage. This also increased the work intensity of the prisoners. Siegel hoped that the Southern African Expeditionary Force would The army can assign easier work to the prisoners, and at the same time, allow the prisoners' family members to visit if conditions permit.

These requirements are not too much. Brook satisfied all of them. He not only allocated enough cotton clothes for the prisoners, but also allowed Siegel to upgrade the prisoner-of-war camp, so the prisoners finally lived in rooms with heating. Siegel's popularity among prisoners of war skyrocketed.

This is not enough. Siegel also took the initiative to visit the citizens of Buda to help them solve the problems they encountered in life. After Siegel took the initiative to contact a doctor in southern Africa for an old man who was paralyzed in bed, Siegel was in Buda. There are supporters in Buda. After the propaganda department spread the deeds of Siegel, Siegel has almost become known to everyone in Buda.

Southern Africa's ability in propaganda is unmatched in the world. It is very terrifying to run the propaganda machine at full strength. Thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war helped Siegel take the initiative to build momentum, coupled with the support of tens of thousands of Buda citizens. Within half a month, Siegel became the hottest leader in Hungary as a matter of course.

It's really that easy to control a government.

Just look at Russia. Few Hungarians may have heard of the interim government in Debrecen. Russia can make a big splash. If Hungary holds a general election now, there is no doubt that Siegel will get the votes. Those few people who will surpass the provisional government.

There are interim governments on both sides, and Buda finally has the confidence to refuse the interim government's request. The first thing Siegel did after taking office was to ask all foreign troops to leave Hungary, including southern Africa. .

Arthur agreed to this request. If Russia withdraws all its troops from Hungary, Arthur will also withdraw all the southern African expeditionary forces.

As for whether they will come back in the future, or the specific time of evacuation, it depends on the reaction of the Russian army.

The Russians lived up to expectations. Not only did they not take the initiative to evacuate, they completely ignored Siegel's request, and they didn't even respond.

Arthur is not in a hurry. The situation is obvious now. Hungary is only the most inconspicuous node in the confrontation between Southern Africa and Russia. The next battle in Germany is the most important.

During the winter break, the Allied forces on the western front stopped attacking, and the German army did not intend to recover the lost ground.

After the New Year, the spring blossoms and the war will break out again. After the New Year, the Allied forces on the Western Front have begun to mobilize to prepare for the final battle against Germany.

Compared with the Allied forces on the Western Front, the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front advanced faster. After the Battle of Budapest, Marshal Malinowski began to prepare for the attack on Vienna non-stop. Compared with Budapest, Vienna had fewer defenders , the strength is also weaker, and this time Malinovsky did not notify the Southern African Expeditionary Force at all.

In fact, when fighting Budapest, the Russian army did not notify the Southern African Expeditionary Force at first. Later, it was because of the unfavorable initial combat that it needed the help of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

Now Malinovsky probably thinks that after the baptism of the Battle of Budapest, the Ukrainian 2nd and 3rd Front Armies can easily defeat the Vienna defenders without the help of the Southern African Expeditionary Force. Big European historic city.

Compared with Budapest, Vienna is indeed more famous. As early as hundreds of years ago during the Habsburg dynasty, Vienna was already the cultural and political center of Europe.

It is precisely because of Vienna's status in Europe that this battle is not easy to fight.

(End of this chapter)