The Third Reich: The Return of the King

"How's the battle going in the Ruhr region?"

In the president's office in Washington City, North America, President Will asked his aides about the latest situation in Europe.

"At present, the battle situation between the two sides is relatively anxious, and after the failure of the initial attack on Dort, the French army changed the goal of the attack and began to focus on Bocholt on the west flank, it seems that they intend to attack here, outflank the German army, and force the German army to withdraw!"

Brigadier General MacArthur, who had participated in World War I, spoke eloquently to President Will in front of the map hanging in front of everyone.

"Oh, why did the French insist on attacking from here? I don't think this place has much strategic value!"

President Weir didn't know much about military matters, but the war was a continuation of politics, and from a political point of view, he felt that the French army could achieve their political goals by directly taking several major cities in the Ruhr industrial region, and as for attacking a small city that was not very conspicuous on the map, it made him somewhat incomprehensible.

"In terms of strategic value, this place really doesn't have much value, but this is the main road connecting Hans and the windmill country, and the relationship between the windmill country and Hans has always been very good, if the French army doesn't want the German army to get support from the windmill country, then they will send troops to take this place and completely cut off the connection between the two sides!"

MacArthur had fought in World War I and had some knowledge of the situation in various European countries.

Before the First World War, the upper classes of European countries, especially the aristocracy, actually had a very good relationship with each other, and the royal family members of many countries had marriages, and the First World War was not the kind of cruel war that killed you, but the adventurous action of a group of nobles, and the purpose of their war was not to destroy any power, but to carve up some small countries, and they did not intend to completely tear their faces from the beginning.

It's just that everyone didn't expect this to be the case in modern wars, the tragedy of the war and the scope of the war exceeded the expectations of all countries, which made the First World War a mess, and all countries played dog brains, and finally hemorrhaged together, so that Eagle Sauce picked up a big bargain!

In terms of international relations, the relationship between the Windmill Nation and Hans is not bad, at least it will not stand against them from the enemy's standpoint.

On the contrary, as a country that has not been affected by the war, the military in the windmill country is not limited by the treaty, and there happen to be a lot of Germanic people in the windmill country, these Germans will definitely not stand idly by when they see their compatriots in their homeland being bullied, they are likely to cross the border and enter the territory of Hans to participate in the war and help Hans fight against the French invasion together!

Even if the government of the windmill country does not come forward to help Hans, it is unlikely that they will intervene or prevent this kind of spontaneous action of the people, and they may even acquiesce to this kind of behavior, and the government's policy of non-intervention may encourage the actions of the people, and maybe someone will use this channel to provide a large number of weapons and ammunition to the German army!

If the French had considered this possibility, then it would have been necessary for them to take this place!

"So, are the Germans prepared here?"

President Weill knew who the defense minister of the German army was, and he still remembered the young man he had met in Tower City, so he was very interested: this guy has a very good eloquence and overall view, I don't know what his military ability is?

"As far as I know, the Germans have deployed a main division here, and the commander of this division is a general who is very good at defense, he once resisted and thwarted the attack of 100,000 Italian troops in the Alps with 10,000 inferior troops, and finally even forced these 100,000 Italian troops to surrender to his troops, which is a good ability!"

As a soldier, MacArthur had a sympathetic attitude towards capable young generals.

"Oh, did the Germans have such a brilliant young man?"

President Weir was a little surprised, the appearance of a Mainz in Hans was enough to surprise him, after all, it was quite difficult to grow up in the shadow of those old-fashioned soldiers in Prussia.

As a result, after listening to MacArthur's words at this time, he realized that Mainz was not the only outstanding young man in the German army, and there were other outstanding young talents, which aroused the interest of President Weil.

"Tell me, what's so different about this person?"

MacArthur nodded, he is not yet forty years old this year, he has been promoted to brigadier general, this speed is fast in the country, but last year, Eagle Sauce gave birth to the first five-star general - General Pershing, the honor of a five-star general has a natural attraction to soldiers, so MacArthur at this time extremely hopes to improve his ability, get enough military merits, so that he can be promoted to the position of the five-star general he dreams of as soon as possible!

"This man's defense is quite different, I happened to be studying his tactics recently, and found that his defense is full of aggression, and at the same time he is very good at seizing the opportunity to launch a surprise counterattack, which can often work, and surprise the enemy, causing local panic and then affecting the whole situation!"

Hearing MacArthur's words, the newly promoted five-star general next to him, the veteran general General Pershing, nodded slightly.

The fact that Italy sent troops to Odili did not attract much attention in the world, and when the sun never set and the Gauls were all over the world to intervene in the civil wars of other countries and send troops to attack other countries, basically no one cared about the actions of a second-rate European country.

However, for military personnel, any battle is worth learning and studying.

Although Admiral Pershing is in a high position, he is very good at cultivating young people, he is sixty years old this year, and he knows that he will retire soon, so sooner or later the affairs of the army will be in the hands of young people, and among the younger generation, he is more optimistic about the two, one is Patton, who almost became his brother-in-law, and the other is MacArthur in front of him.

At this time, hearing that MacArthur had paid attention to and studied the German army's battle with the Italian army in the Alps, Admiral Pershing's impression of MacArthur had improved a lot.

"Well, then who can tell me that the Germans will be able to hold Bocholt?"

President Will listened with interest to MacArthur's introduction before asking.

MacArthur and Admiral Pershing glanced at each other, neither of them was too sure of this kind of thing, after all, the German army this time was not facing the Italian army, but the army of Gaul, the traditional European hegemon, and the combat effectiveness of the French army was definitely stronger than that of the Italian in the eyes of Eagle Sauce!

Moreover, the Bocholt region is not an Alpine and there are not so good natural hazards to take advantage of, so this battle is probably going to turn into a hard-power contrast.

Thinking of this, even MacArthur, who was very optimistic about Moder, had no confidence in Moder in his heart.

The Germans still suffered the loss of too few troops, and if Moder had not only one division but one army, then MacArthur would be sure that Moder would definitely be able to hold this place.

But the point is that the strength of an army is the enemy of the German army, the French army, and the German army has only one division, which makes the outcome of the battle confusing!

"It's hard to hold, the French army has a steady stream of reserves, but the Germans have no reinforcements, so I'm not optimistic about the Germans!"

Seeing MacArthur's embarrassment, Admiral Pershing took the initiative to stand up and speak.

When President Will heard Admiral Pershing's words, he nodded slightly: "Well, in that case, then it's time for us to make a move!"