The Third Reich: The Return of the King

personally sent five people on the train, Mainz felt a little regretful in his heart.

He actually wanted to follow along, but his identity limited his movements, and he couldn't run around as he pleased.

And these people are all heroes who left a strong mark in World War II, I hope they can live up to their hard work!

Manstein and the others took a train, escorted by a regiment of 3,000 German troops, and marched eastward with a large number of munitions until they reached Lviv, south of the city of Jifu, before stopping.

They were entertained by a British regimental commander, and after the Allies quartermaster checked the weapons and equipment and signed for it, their escort mission was essentially over.

At this time, Manstein and others applied to go to the front line to watch the battle according to Mainz's explanation.

Originally, they thought that this application would not be approved so easily, but they did not expect that the Entente side would be very generous and directly agree to their request.

Of course, the Entente were not without conditions, and they wanted the Germans to take on part of the combat mission and help them defend an area against the Soviet offensive.

Although only one regiment of troops was brought with them, the control of this force was still in the hands of the Ministry of Defense, and whether or not they could participate in the war depended on the opinion of the Ministry of Defense.

So they sent a telegram to Mainz reporting the incident.

When Mainz received the telegram, he shook his head and laughed.

"General, what are you laughing at?"

Ribbentrop, who served as the secretary of the office, saw Mainz's wry smile and was a little curious, not knowing what made the almost omnipotent general show such an expression!

"Now, see for yourself!"

Mainz handed the telegram in his hand to Ribbentrop, who read it with curiosity, and when he read it, he also began to frown.

"This should be an obvious cause of misfortune? Can't the generals on the front line see it?"

Ribbentrop was very intelligent, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Third Reich, he naturally had an extremely sharp mind and international strategic vision.

After reading the telegram, he immediately realized that this was the ghost of the Entente, so couldn't the German officers on the front line, who were very favored by the general, see it?

This shouldn't be!

"Of course they could see it, but they still chose to jump into this pit!"

That's what makes Mainz laugh and cry!

Human reason sometimes cannot resist the temptation of the outside world.

As soldiers, they naturally want to make meritorious contributions to the enemy, but in Hans, it is unlikely that they will have the opportunity to fight for a long time, so they have long been suffocated!

And this time when I went abroad and saw the battle that was close to the feet, and it was the kind of large-scale battle in which millions of soldiers and ten countries participated, I'm afraid that no soldiers will, right?

Manstein and others will naturally be tempted, after all, even in World War I, there are very few large-scale battles like this, and the Battle of the Zhimu River that exceeds this one is the Battle of Verdun that is close to this scale.

And these two battles were basically limited by trench warfare, so although the fighting was fierce, but the scope was not very large, the armies of both sides fought extremely fiercely on the limited battlefield, and the protagonists of the battle were not soldiers, but machine guns and artillery, including tanks!

This kind of battle is extremely embarrassing for a talented general like Manstein, because in the face of a defensive system constructed of trenches, barbed wire and heavy machine guns, their full talent cannot be brought into play, and they can only build a fence like those mediocre people to fight in a dumb battle, without any technical content at all!

The upcoming Battle of Jifu is different, although the forces of both sides are large, reaching more than 2 million people, but the scope of the battle between the two sides is very wide, in such a wide range, so many troops may not be able to fill the front with a large number of trenches and barbed wire like the Western Front battlefield of World War I.

Even if someone does do this, there will be a lot of holes in the defense line because the battle line is too long, which greatly increases the freedom of their generals!

Although the Battle of Jifu had not yet begun, Manstein and others realized that the form of this battle was probably completely different from the battles they experienced in World War I, and it was estimated that both warring sides would use the space of the battlefield as much as possible to fight for some key points, so as to gain the initiative in the battle.

Under such circumstances, if they can go to the battlefield at close range and observe some of the commands of the commanders on both sides, it will be of great help to them in independently commanding operations in the future!

This temptation is too great, so the five people really can't help but be tempted, they didn't make their own decisions in private, but chose to send this telegram to Mainz, which is already very good, after all, if they really cut it first, then Mainz will not be able to take them!

Ribbentrop thought for a moment and understood what Mainz meant.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Then how should we reply?"

In Ribbentrop's view, there was no need for the Germans to get involved in the war between the Entente and the woolly bears, after all, this war was dog-eat-dog between the two camps, and it did not involve their own interests, so they had no reason to intervene.

Moreover, because of the orders for weapons and munitions brought about by the war, the military factories in Hans have begun to resume production, and a large number of military factories have resumed work, so that the original unemployed and difficult workers finally have a stable job and can earn money to support themselves and their families!

This has a great positive effect on the social stability of Hanse!

For Ribbentrop, if it was for Hans's own benefit, he hoped that the Entente and the woolly bear would have fought as hard as possible, so that they could continue to profit from the war!

Therefore, Ribbentrop did not want the Battle of Jifu to take place at all, because this unprecedented large-scale battle, no matter who wins, will gain a huge advantage over the other side, thus rewriting the entire war and speeding up the end of the war.

If the war had ended so soon, Hans would not have made much money, and the workers would have lost their jobs again!

"Tell them that if they refuse the Entente's invitation, we can't be the enemy of the woolly bear!"

Mainz also hopes that the two sides can fight a little longer, because in this case, the attention and energy of the Entente will be attracted by the woolly bear, and Hans will be able to develop indecently without so much pressure!

"But if that's the case, wouldn't we have one less chance to watch the battle?"

"Hehe, that's not necessarily, you forget, we sell arms to the outside world, not just to sell to the Entente, but also to the woolly bear!"

Mainz smiled slyly, he called Himmler and asked Himmler to contact Yarkov, who was in charge of the underground arms trade between the woolly bear and the German army, and prepared to send Manstein and others to the woolly bear through the channel of the woolly bear, so that they could go to the Soviet army to watch the battle!

The West is not bright and the East is bright, since both sides can do business, then naturally there are ways on both sides, and it is certainly much easier to follow the path of the hairy bear isolated by the whole world than the path of the high-spirited Entente!

Sure enough, after Himmler contacted Yarkov and told him about the matter, the other party really agreed to help solve the matter.

So, the Ministry of Defense sent a telegram to Manstein and others, asking them to pretend to return to China, and then enter the territory of Mao Xiong through secret channels, go to the Soviet army, participate in the observation group of the Soviet army, and watch the battle at close range!

I don't know if it's a coincidence or fate, the one who entertained Manstein and the others was actually Second Lieutenant Zhukov, the commander of the cavalry company under Tukhachevsky, who had just arrived at Kursk!_

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