The Return of the King chapter 031

Just after the two parties reached an agreement, Colonel Mainz set off and went to Mao Xiong with the Mao Xiong personnel transporting arms.

The journey was not peaceful. Although their train was disguised as a civilian train, with a large amount of civilian supplies piled outside, and the relationship between various points along the way was well managed, many situations still occurred on the road. Fortunately, the United States Intz was already prepared.

Going to Mao Xiong with him was a representative of BMW, and this representative was of Yingjiang nationality. Bai Jun was currently working closely with Yingjiang, so he obviously did not dare to offend the Yingjiang government, so he relied on his identity as a representative of Yingjiang along the way. , they saved the day several times and successfully arrived in Moscow, the capital of the furry bears!

In 1917, the capital of the Bear was still Petrograd, but that year, under the joint planning of Ludendorff and Marshal Hindenburg, the German army was unstoppable on the Eastern Front and successfully invaded the mainland of the Bear. , Petrograd was already under the threat of the German army during the October Revolution, so in order to avoid the capital being captured, Mao Xiong quickly moved the capital from Petrograd to Moscow.

I have to say that this decision was extremely wise. From the perspective of subsequent history, if Mao Xiong had not made this wise decision, I am afraid that during World War II, in the face of the German blitzkrieg, if Moscow, which was far away from the front line and in the hinterland, had not If you support it, it will be difficult for the furry bear to hold it down.

As soon as the train entered the Great Plains of Eastern Europe, the scene Colonel Mainz saw was completely different from before!

What appeared in front of him was no longer rolling hills and large forests, but endless prairie!

The Great Plains of Eastern Europe are really huge. Walking in such an open area, it is easy for people to feel how insignificant they are. Compared with the entire world, human beings are nothing at all!

"Why don't I see anyone anywhere?"

The train drove on the great plains of Eastern Europe for two full days. At first, Colonel Mainz felt refreshed and relaxed a lot when he saw this empty scene. However, as the slow train traveled more and more on this endless plain, The further he walked, the freshness of the great plains quickly faded away.

Now he felt that this endless plain was really boring and too monotonous.

"The population here was not originally very large, and because of the war, a large number of people here fled. Some fled to Poland, some fled to the Black Sea, and some fled to Moscow. In short, those who stayed in place , I'm afraid it's less than 30%!"

Yarkov sighed and explained to Mainz.

Mainz nodded, indicating that he understood, but he was thinking in his heart: The war's damage to Tsarist Russia seems to be much greater than imagined, not only The three countries of Poland and the Baltic Sea became independent from Tsarist Russia, and even former slave countries like Rome and Riyadh were freed from the control of Mao Xiong.

More importantly, the former main grain-producing areas and Tsarist Russia's main exports to Europe. The product – food, with the loss of a large number of people on the Eastern European plains, may not be able to count on it for a long time in the future.

Under this situation, the civil war in Mao Xiong is still going on in the elite areas of the country, causing many problems. If this happens twice or even three times or four times, if things go on like this, the bear will be severely damaged, and he may not be able to recover within ten or twenty years!

From Hans's point of view, Mainz certainly hopes that the bear will survive. The civil strife can last longer and cause more serious damage. In that case, the furry bear will lose more power in the civil war, and the longer it will take to recover. As long as the furry bear fully recovers, Hans If the empire is one step ahead of them, then when the war breaks out in the future, the German army will have certain advantages when facing the bears.

In World War II in history, the Third Reich also had some advantages when facing the bears, for example. They initiated the war, so at the beginning they had the initiative on the battlefield and could decide when to attack, where to attack, etc., while the Soviet army could only passively defend.

However, as the war progressed, Mao Xiong's vast territory became even more difficult. And their abundant human resources and strong industrial strength quickly reversed the situation, turning the Third Reich's advantages into disadvantages. Although the German army wiped out tens of millions of Soviet troops, the Soviet army was like an endless weed. , kept popping up, and then defeated the Third Reich with huge casualties.

In this world line, if the Third Reich launched an attack on the Mao Xiong, the Mao Xiong would not have a strong industry like in history. If a powerful industrial country becomes a backward agricultural country, what will happen?

I am afraid that the war will be one-sided. After all, in history, when industrial countries fight agricultural countries, they always put the hammer on the ground, even if it is Semi-industrial countries like Tiaoba also pressed China, which had a population and area ten times more than theirs, to the ground and rubbed it repeatedly.

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After traveling for four days, the train finally arrived at their destination—Moscow!

When he arrived in Moscow, Colonel Mainz did not expect that the Bear would actually send someone to welcome him.

As soon as he got off the bus, he saw a military band lined up on the platform. In front of the military band was a group of officials wearing military uniforms but without military ranks. The middle-aged man in front of him, about forty years old, seemed to Looks a bit familiar

"Thank you for your hard work and welcome to Moscow!"

When the middle-aged man in the lead saw Mainz stepping off the train, he took the initiative to walk towards him. While saying welcome words, he extended his right hand in a friendly manner.

Mainz also handed over his right hand when he saw this, and the two of them They shook hands in a friendly manner, and then the man accompanied Mainz to review the honor guard and military band.

Mao Xiong had only been established for a relatively short period of time, so the military band was not playing very well-known songs at this time, and Mainz was not out anyway. What they are playing now.

However, no matter what the other party is playing, the pomp that the other party has arranged to welcome them is astonishing.

Not only is there a military band on the platform in the station, but there are also a large number of soldiers in the train station. It was strange before that the Moscow train station was so deserted. It turned out that the Soviet army had already emptied the entire train station.

This kind of grand treatment gave Colonel Mainz the illusion that the other party regarded him as the leader of the country. person?