The Return of the King chapter 057

The actions of the German army completely exceeded the expectations of the Allied Powers. Although the Allied Powers had stepped up inspections of the border areas before this, they still did not find the German army disguised as the Odili army.

After Colonel Mainz successfully arrived in Vienna with the First Regiment of the Guards Infantry, he immediately began to integrate Odili's 50,000 troops to prepare for the upcoming battle.

On September 21, 1919, when the troops of the Allied Powers were fighting in the dark with the bears in Eastern Europe, the Odili Congress formally passed a resolution and voted overwhelmingly to approve Odili's decision to join the German-Italian Empire. This event is known in history as the Anschluss!

After the news reached Bolin, under pressure from the military, the Weimar Republic government immediately expressed its welcome to Odili's decision.

The Allied Powers were very shocked after hearing the news, but at this time their energy was focused on Eastern Europe, and they really could not spare the manpower to go over the mountains and ridges to Central Europe to deal with the Odili matter.

So while putting pressure on Odili and Dezhizhi through diplomatic channels, they immediately incited the former Austro-Hungarian army in Odili to form a coalition of five ethnic groups and march towards the capital of Odili, Vienna!

The size of this intervention army was approximately 200,000. In addition to the original Balkan troops in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Allies also encouraged the Romanian government to send troops to intervene together.

Romania has always wanted to get some land from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It turned out that when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was strong, they did not dare to do so. Now that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been disintegrated, the remaining countries do not seem to be particularly powerful. , one-on-one they were safe, and in addition they had the support of the Allied Powers, so the Romanians excitedly sent 50,000 troops, ready to take a bite on the corpse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

After the Allies formed an army of 200,000, they finally felt relieved. At this time, they had figured out that the main force of the German army was still in Bavaria and had not entered Odili. There were only about 2,000 German troops who entered Odili. Even though Including Odili's own army, there are only 50,000 people!

Fifty thousand versus two hundred thousand, unless the two hundred thousand people on the opposite side are all pigs, otherwise you can win with your eyes closed!

Therefore, Britain, France and other countries are very relieved and feel that this intervention will definitely succeed.

The Italians who jumped back in World War I even felt that this was a good opportunity, so they also sent troops, hoping to take the opportunity to gain more ground from Odili. The Italians believed that countries such as Britain and France would They were busy fighting against the bears, and they probably couldn't spare the troops to suppress the Odili people. As a member of the Allied Powers and the victors in World War I, they naturally had to stand up for justice at this time!

Therefore, it is undoubtedly the best choice for them to send troops at this time. As long as they can invade the territory of Odili, then the Italian army will successfully suppress it, and they will naturally have an excuse to demand the land of Odili. If Li continues to suppress Odili, he will naturally satisfy their demands. In this way, Odili's goal can be achieved!

The Italians had good ideas in mind and did not take the 50,000 troops seriously, so they only sent 50,000 troops and planned to cross the Alps and advance north.

In Odili's view, the Alps are too complicated. It is useless to send too many people under these conditions. On the contrary, it will increase the financial and logistical burden. Moreover, 100,000 people are more than enough. With Odili's little Could the army still defeat their army of 100,000 people?

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"The situation is very clear. There are three parts of our enemies. The first part, which is currently in Odili, is the army of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. These armies are not Germans, but are composed of other ethnic groups. The army, their number is about 150,000!"

On a huge sand table, Mainz placed several flags of different colors on the sand table.

"The second part is the Romanian army starting from Romanian. This army has 50,000 people and has not yet entered our country!"

Another small flag with the Romanian flag was planted on the sand table. This flag has not yet arrived on the battlefield and will not pose a threat to them for the time being.

"The third one is the intelligence we just received. One hundred thousand Italians have entered South Tyrol. It seems that they intend to enter Odili from here and outflank our retreat from the west!"

After the flag representing Italy and Italy was planted on the map, the current situation became very clear.

"Our enemies total 300,000 people, but we ourselves only have 50,000 people, and most of them are Odili's troops, so this battle is very difficult. Do you have any thoughts?"

After Mainz finished speaking, he looked up at everyone, intending to see if everyone had any suggestions or ideas.

In fact, after getting this information, he had already formulated the most appropriate tactics in his mind.

The enemy's strength They are much higher than them, but they do not act together, which gives them a chance to defeat them one by one.

However, even if they defeat them one by one, it is very difficult, because the number of troops except Romania is the same as them. In addition , the other two armies have more troops than them!

It is not impossible to win with less in military affairs, but the number is very small. In most battles, there is an advantage with more people!

The thing before the German army is that they not only have to win with less but more, but they also have to fight three games in a row. Each game must ensure that they can win, and they must not pay too heavy a price, otherwise they will eventually lose. It will definitely be them!

"Colonel, from where will the Italian army enter Odili?"

Hearing Mainz's words, Model, the regimental staff officer who had been silent until now, asked.

South Tyrol covers an area of more than 7,000 square kilometers. This is a very large area, so even if you know what you are doing, The army will attack from here, but which route the Italian army will take is still uncertain!

"how? Are you going to fight the Italians first?"

"No, if the march route of the Italian army can be determined, I am confident that I can stop them and prevent them from taking a step into Odili!"

Model's eyes shone with confidence. With the Alps as a bunker and fortress, trying to stop the Italians was a piece of cake for Model, who is known as a defensive genius!