The Return of the King chapter 036

The inspection of the Mao Xiong lasted for a month, and Colonel Mainz even went to the battlefield in person to observe the Soviet battle.

This war in the northern Caucasus was a war between the Fifth Army commanded by Khatuchevsky and Denikin, the leader of the White Guards. When Kolchak retreated, Denikin received strong support from European and American countries. A large number of weapons directly from the Allied armies were sent to the hands of the White Army.

However, Denikin, who received a lot of support, failed to win. The Soviet army commanded by Tukhachevsky easily crushed Denikin's attack like chopping melons and vegetables.

This war was about half a year earlier than in history, and the initiator of the war was the Mao Xiong. They probably wanted to show off their strength and muscles in front of their military partners!

After all, the Soviet intelligence department had already found out the identity of Colonel Mainz when he arrived in Moscow and knew that he was the confidant of Marshal Hindenburg, the current powerful figure in Hans. Although Colonel Mainz He visited Mao Xiong in a private capacity, but everyone in Mao Xiong regarded him as the spokesperson of Marshal Hindenburg, so they naturally attached great importance to his visit!

However, this kind of attention also provided a lot of convenience for Colonel Mainz. Without Mao Xiong's attention, the scale of receiving him would be much smaller, and it would not be possible to provoke a war six months in advance for him.

After observing this war, Colonel Mainz still gained a lot.

The strength displayed by the Soviet army in the battle is indeed impressive. Compared with the army during the Tsarist Russia, the morale and military discipline of the Soviet army at this time were obviously better. Their bravery in the battle was impressive.

The Soviet general Khatuchevsky's command was also extremely good. This guy had a good overall strategic plan, but he was not so keen on capturing fighter planes. There were actually better opportunities several times, but the Soviet army did not seize them..

However, the performance of their opponent, the White Army, can only be described as poor!

To be honest, the Soviet army was not completely without problems in the battle.

In fact, there were many problems exposed by them.

For example, the Soviet army lacked training, lacked equipment, the ability of the grassroots generals was relatively poor, and the tactics were not flexible.

The cooperation between them still needs to be improved.

They were out of touch several times during the battle.

If they were facing an elite enemy at this time, then this mistake would very likely lead to the failure of the battle.

However, although Denikin's White Army was equipped with a large number of advanced weapons provided by the Allied Powers, their performance was very poor.

Not only did they fail to seize the opportunities brought by the Soviet mistakes, but they themselves exposed more Loopholes came out, and these loopholes naturally did not escape the eyes of Tukhachevsky.

The Soviet army seized the flaws of the White Army and launched a fierce pursuit of the White Army.

In just five days, five fierce battles broke out between the two sides.

The White Army started the battle unfavorably, so they thought of retreating. As a result, Tukhachevsky did not give the opponent this chance. The Soviet army chased the enemy's butt and launched attacks continuously, causing the White Army to be defeated during the retreat, and there was even more chaos later. Fell thousands of miles away.

In the Battle of the Caucasus, the Soviet army suffered more than 20,000 casualties and annihilated about 120,000 White troops. Denikin suffered successive disastrous defeats and his strength was greatly frustrated. At this time, he had fled to the Crimea region and was preparing to accumulate strength there.

If the navies of Britain, the United States and other countries were not powerful enough to help the White Army blockade the Kerch Strait, I am afraid that Denikin's home base in Crimea would not have been saved!

After observing this battle, Mainz re-evaluated the strength of the Soviet army and the White army in his mind.

Although Mainz knew that historically the Soviet army completely ended the civil war in 1922, before going to Moscow, he still held a trace of hope in his heart, hoping that the civil war in Mao Xiong would last longer, because As long as the civil war continues in Mao Xiong, Hans can continue to sell arms to Mao Xiong and obtain profits from the arms trade.

But seeing the current situation, Mainz had to admit that the war was likely to end within two or three years.

However, historically, Mao Xiong's main enemy in the last period of the civil war changed from the domestic White Army to the foreign intervention forces, especially the pineapples armed by the Allied Powers.

Since the White Army in Mao Xiong is so useless, it seems like we should put some thought into Bolan!

However, there is no need to rush these things. Colonel Mainz has already boarded the train to the Far East and is preparing to go to the Far East for an inspection.

On June 22, 1919, just as Colonel Mainz's train arrived in Yakutsk, a telegram from the Weimar Republic itself was delivered to him.

On June 21, 1919, the High Seas Fleet of the Second Reich, which was seized by the Allied forces, carried out a tragic self-sinking operation in the Spaka Bay naval port on the mainland of the Empire where the sun never sets.

Under the leadership of Rear Admiral Reuter, almost all of the High Seas Fleet participated in the self-sinking operation. Before the sun never set, the Germans were aware of the German actions. A total of 54 main warships sank on the cold seabed of Spaka Bay.

This action shocked the whole world. The sun never set on Major General Reuter, who led the operation, and was thrown into prison. He was prepared to be sent to a military court for trial according to the standards of war criminals in his own country. The crime of trial was to sabotage Japan's war. The property of the Royal Navy.

In the eyes of those who never set, since the Second Empire has surrendered, the former High Seas Fleet is naturally a spoil of war for the Royal Navy. Although they may not like these German warships, these were after all the second most powerful ships in the world. The Navy, even if they dislike it, will not let these warships fall into the hands of others.

In this case, the German soldiers actually sank all these warships. This naturally made the people who never set the sun feel very unhappy. The cooked duck flew away. Who can be happy?

In the Weimar Republic, major newspapers reported this incident in series. Der Spiegel even called Rear Admiral Reuter and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the High Seas Fleet"national heroes!"

The title of National Hero and the deeds of the High Seas Fleet soon spread throughout the country, which also brought Hans's domestic dissatisfaction with the Allies to a new level.

Affected by this, the Iron Tower City Peace Conference, which had been quarreling for more than six months, entered an even more intense stage!