The Third Reich: The Return of the King

"Report to the General, the guests from Hans have been picked up!"

In Kursk, Second Lieutenant Zhukov, who had just completed his mission, was reporting to his superiors.

"How many of them came?"

Tukhachevsky still attaches great importance to Hans's observers, because so far, there is not a single country in the world that recognizes hairy bears, and Western countries not only do not recognize them, but also provide the White Army with a large amount of weapons and equipment and even directly send troops to strangle them.

In this case, the Hanses are much friendlier.

Although Mao Xiong himself knows that the Hans sell weapons to them, most likely in the hope of making war money from this war, but even so, when other countries are encircling and suppressing them, this country that is willing to make their money and provide them with weapons is extremely rare!

Because he arrived in Kursk a week later than expected, Tukhachevsky failed to break through the opponent's defense line before the arrival of the Entente troops, which greatly affected his plan, and Tukhachevsky was quite uncertain about the upcoming battle of Jifu.

In this case, the hairy bear attaches more importance to Hans, a relatively friendly country.

After receiving Yarkov's notice, Mao Xiong attached great importance to this matter, and Comrade Lielin, who was sitting in the capital, even personally sent a telegram to Tukhachevsky, asking him to protect the identities of these German observers, because the predecessor of the KGB, the secret service organization codenamed Cheka, had already investigated the identities of these observers.

Although the number of people sent by the German side is small, these five people, without exception, are all young juniors in important positions and unlimited prospects in the Hans Wehrmacht, although their identities are only division commanders and staff officers at the level of major or lieutenant colonel, but this is mainly because the scale of the German army is too small and the number is too small, so there is only a divisional establishment, and the division commander is already the largest officer under the defense chief.

If you look at the status within the Soviet army, their rank is equivalent to the existence of Budyonny and Tukhachevsky.

Therefore, after learning this information, Mao Xiong realized that the German army attached great importance to this battle, otherwise it would not have sent such a level of senior officers to observe the regiment!

Mao Xiong was naturally very happy that Hans could send such a high-level officer corps over, because they thought that this was a great opportunity to promote friendship between the two armies and enhance relations between the two countries.

For the Hans Kingdom, which has suffered severe sanctions and blows from the Entente, the Hairy Bear people feel that they are also targeted and threatened by the Entente and they are simply a family, everyone has the same sickness and sympathy, the same situation and the same enemy, so their relationship should be better!

In Mao Xiong's view, it is much less difficult to win Hans's recognition and establish diplomatic relations between the two countries than other countries.

Once they can really achieve this zero breakthrough, I believe they will soon be able to open up the situation and be recognized by other countries!

Although Tukhachevsky did not want to distract himself from these before the war, he had to obey Mosco's orders.

So, Tukhachevsky's troops went to escort these people, and also personally met with these German officers, even if they were not very reluctant, but the surface work was still!

In 192, Manstein and Goode were not very famous in the world because they were too young and qualified, and people's impression of the German army was still stuck in the old Prussian soldiers of the generation of Qi and Hindenburg.

And the situation of the woolly bear, who has been discriminated against and suppressed, is also half a pound or two, which is not too much.

Although Tukhachevsky is already one of the top three figures in the Hairy Bear military, his name is rarely mentioned internationally, and very few people know about him!

If it weren't for the fact that Manstein and the others had gotten a sheet of information about the Soviet generals from Major General Mainz before they set out, they probably wouldn't even know who the other party was.

It is precisely because both sides are not very familiar with each other, so when both sides politely say things like long-admiring the daimyo for a long time, the scene is so embarrassing.

Both sides knew that the other party was polite, but they didn't pierce this false greeting, if they did, it would be too embarrassing!

Tukhachevsky was not a good person to deal with, so when he sensed that the atmosphere was not right, he immediately tried to change the subject and defuse the embarrassment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have long heard of the name of your country's General Staff system, and I have heard that your country never fights unprepared wars, and many battles have been repeatedly rehearsed in the General Staff several times or even dozens of times before they start!"

Tukhachevsky was very appreciative of the General Staff system established by the German army since the Prussian era, although many countries now follow the example of the German army and establish their own staff, but as the pioneer of the General Staff system, the German army is naturally authoritative in this regard.

So he was curious, since this group of people is a rising star from the German army, and the German army has a long history of the General Staff system, then what level are these people?

For the Soviet army, this is a rare opportunity for them to get in touch with the German military high-level, and if they can take this opportunity to deepen their understanding and understanding of the German army, it will naturally be an excellent thing for the Soviet army.

After all, there is no eternal friendship between countries, only eternal interests, and the relationship between the two sides is not bad at present, but who knows if the two sides will meet each other in the future?

A country's army needs an imaginary enemy, and no matter what the relationship between this imaginary enemy and its own country is, the military needs to make war presets for this imaginary enemy!

Manstein and Guderian glanced at each other, and both of them heard what the other meant, and the other party was probably going to test their abilities.

Sure enough, Tukhachevsky's next sentence revealed his intentions.

"In that case, then I would like to ask the two of you, for the current situation of the Battle of Jifu, if it is deduced in the way of your country's General Staff, what will be the result?"

This question is half curiosity, half school examination.

He did want to test the abilities of the young German officers and see how well they understood such a large-scale battle involving millions of men.

On the other hand, he also wanted to see if the results of the German army, which had a long history of the General Staff system, were in line with his expectations.

Tukhachevsky's question really stumped Manstein and others!

It's not that they can't answer this question, but if they do, it will most likely expose the strength of the German army.

When they were still in Hamburg, there were several rehearsals within the German army under the leadership of Major General Mainz.

Having had previously deduced the experience, Tukhachevsky's problem was a piece of cake for them, and they only needed to repeat their previous deductions.

But the question is, will this expose their strength?

Thinking of this, Manstein quickly exchanged glances with the other German officers.

Guderian, Moder, and Kesselring nodded silently, and their views quickly unified.

Telling the woolly bears the results of their internal deductions will do more good than harm to them, and it will make the Soviets realize the strength of the German army, dispel the bears' thoughts about Hans, and maybe promote military cooperation between the two sides!_

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