The Third Reich in Desperation

If Reinhardt simply avoids the consequences that Rundsteder needs to bear, it makes sense in the situation, but it will damage the fairness and start a bad start.In this way, if someone violates the law in the future, will they be dealt with leniently?Or is it that only high-level officials like Rundstede can enjoy the privilege of immunity?

Anyway, that leaves a nasty effect anyway.

But now, not only has the prestige of the head of state been established (you must do what you say is good, such as asking the loser to run naked), but the conflict has also been easily resolved.

More importantly, after the Polish battle, everyone will have a real and profound experience of the head of state's ability to predict terror because of this turmoil.And subconsciously believe that the Führer is a man who walks the talk.

This can only be beneficial to Reinhardt's future leadership and has no disadvantages.

After Manstein calmed down, he thought about it carefully and decided that the event could be handled in this way in the end, and the whole world probably only Reinhardt could do it!

Main text Chapter 224 The contest between elephants and ants

"Are the Soviets crazy?!" In the army headquarters in the Finnish capital, Marshal Mannerheim, the commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defense Forces, stared angrily at the urgent document in his hand.

Mannerheim's hands trembled a little, and his teeth were clenched tightly for a long time.He knew very well what the news in the document in his hand meant to his country.

The fleet flying the Soviet flag is bombarding the Finnish defenders on the Rybach Peninsula in the Gulf of Finland.

The Soviet ambassador also issued a statement just now saying that the heroic Soviet Red Army will launch a retaliatory counterattack because the Finnish army bombarded the village of Manila and caused the death of Soviet soldiers.

"How is this possible?!" After receiving the document handed over by Marshal Mannerheim, his confidant Colonel Silaswar jumped up immediately, and said in a trembling voice: "The Soviet-Finnish Nonaggression Treaty we signed with the Soviet Union "There are still 3 full years to expire, how dare they openly breach the contract and attack us!"

Although the military rank is only a colonel, in a small country like Finland, a colonel's gold content is higher than that of a major general in Germany.After all, Germany has millions of troops to assign command to the commanders, but Finland is only a big country, and how many troops can it have? !

As of November 11, that is, as of today, the Finnish Army has barely expanded to 26 people, organized into 12.7 armies.Colonel Silaswar is the commander of the third army.

In these 5 armies, there are only 9 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade and some independent small border troops.As for the armored forces, Finland does not have the national strength to develop and form them.

In addition, Finland has 30 reserve personnel, 10 reserve "civilian guards" and 10 women's service teams.But for these second-rate troops, the Finnish government can't provide weapons and ammunition at all, let alone let them go into battle to kill the enemy.

Even the Finnish Defense Forces are in a dilemma of lacking anti-tank guns and ammunition and fuel.The entire Finnish army has only about 100 anti-tank guns, the bullets are only enough for 2 months, and the shells are only enough for 3 weeks of combat.The Finnish Air Force is also insufficient, with a total of only 30 bombers, 56 fighters, and 59 reconnaissance aircraft.

Looking at this subordinate who was stunned by the situation, Mannerheim shook his head with a sad smile and said, "Finland is a small country after all, let alone confronting a behemoth like the Soviet Union, even blocking them would be a challenge for us." It is difficult to reach the sky!"

"This group of shameless Soviet politicians!" Colonel Silasworth punched heavily on the desk in Mannerheim's office, gnashing his teeth: "A big country, a former member of the League of Nations, can be so calm To tear up the international peace agreement and start a war? This is simply what hooligans do!"

Mannerheim looked at Silasvault with deep eyes, and after sighing, he quietly said: "It's useless to say anything now. Since Germany and Poland started war, Britain, France and Germany declared war on each other, according to the words of the German reporters For example, the Second World War has already begun. Looking at the whole of Europe, the war happening here in Finland can barely be regarded as a local war.”

Mannerheim is very clear, although this war means the fate of the whole country to Finland.But in the eyes of those European powers, it is just a medium-scale local battle, no matter what the result is, it will not hurt the overall situation.

In this way, the Soviet Union's act of brazenly tearing up the peace treaty will not be severely hit by Western powers because the bad consequences produced are not huge enough.

Taking a deep breath, Mannerheim looked helplessly at Silaswar, who was still in shock: "The League of Nations is hopeless, and they will not give us any substantive help at all. At most, blame the Soviet Union for us. Sentence, and then let it go. All these years, they have always been like this..."

"Then we should now..." Silasva looked expectantly at the highest-ranking soldier in Finnish military history.

Even as the commander of the Finnish 3rd Army, Silasva only holds the rank of colonel.But his boss, Mannerheim, has surpassed the general level and reached the height of the Finnish Marshal!

To have such a position, Mannerheim relied on his real talents and achievements.

He was born in a lonely aristocratic family. With his outstanding military talents, he led the Finnish White Guards to win the civil war, became independent from the rule of Tsarist Russia, and established a tall image of "Finnish God of War".

Later, because Germany, which was followed by Finland, failed in the First World War, Mannerheim, supported by Germany, also retired to the world and returned to the countryside. He was free to hunt and grow flowers, but he was at ease.

However, as the international situation continued to deteriorate, Mannerheim had to come out again in 1931, serving as the chairman of the Finnish Defense Council and taking command of the Finnish Defense Forces.

During his tenure, he reorganized the army, strengthened defense, and built a 105-kilometer-long defense line in Karelia on the Finnish-Soviet border, known in history as the "Mannerheim Line of Defense."

And this line of defense is Mannerheim's current countermeasure!

Taking a deep breath, Mannerheim dragged his chin and analyzed: "I have asked for help from the League of Nations, but it is mostly useless. The only thing we can count on is the Germans who have been guiding and helping us in recent years. However, this first step still has to be carried by ourselves.”

"Use the Mannerheim Line for static defense, and concentrate most of the troops on the Mannerheim Line on the west bank of Lake Latuga. After all, this narrow area is the traditional Russian invasion route to Finland. As for Laduga From the northern shore of Lake Duga all the way to the Barents Sea, only a small number of security forces will be deployed to monitor the entire impenetrable dense forest and swampy wasteland." Mannerheim soon began to analyze and plan step by step.

Although the Manniheim Line of Defense is actually not very strong, it is mainly based on the blockhouses along the line as the center of gravity of the defense, and the intervals between the blockhouses are also very large; many blockhouses are only built of logs, not even concrete.

But this line of defense can be regarded as a continuous defensive belt no matter what, which can provide an artificial defensive barrier for the Finnish army.Coupled with natural barriers such as dense forests and swampy wastelands, the Finnish army, which is at a disadvantage in strength, has the cost of a defensive battle with the Soviet army.

Putting his hands on Silaswo's shoulders, Mannerheim solemnly ordered: "The third army under your command is the strongest army in our army. Whether you can withstand it is directly related to the outcome of this battle." .If you hold on, it's heaven!"

"If you can't stand it..." Mannerheim said solemnly: "The country of Finland will become a synonym for history!"

Hearing this, Silaswar reversed his panic just now, and said with a resolute expression: "My marshal! Please rest assured! As long as there is one person in our third army alive, we will never let the Soviets cross the defense zone Half a step!"

Although Silaswar was surprised by the Soviet attack, it was not because he was timid.Born in a family with no military background, the reason why Silaswar fell short of Mannerheim's eyes and became his confidant was not because of flattery.

If it is said that Mannerheim won the honor of the number one Confucian general in Finland during the First World War, known as the "wisdom of Finland", then Silasva can be said to be the number one brave general in Finland who matched him, and he can be called the "brave of Finland" !

In this "elephant vs. ant" war, Finland, which symbolizes the ant side, can only rely on these two generals......

Chapter 225 of the main text all happened at the same time

Looking at the Peter the Great under shelling, George was in a daze.

He had thought that the Soviets' "accidental" leak that the Peter the Great was built in Germany would be enough to make headlines in The Times.But now, he discovered another more violent news-the Soviet navy bombarded the Finnish army!

Witnessing two big news events in one day, George, who is a reporter, could no longer hold back his inner excitement.Today, he has received too much news, too much to digest easily!

"Does your country let me board the Peter the Great, is the real purpose of me acting as a megaphone for your attack on Finland and reporting for you?" George deserves to be called the most competent reporter of the British Times, and soon realized that he was At the cusp of history, he immediately used his position near the water to find the commander of the Soviet fleet and start an exclusive interview.

"That's right." Through the translator, George heard the fleet commander proudly boast: "Compared with our great Soviet Union, Finland is really too small a country. As long as we raise our voice a little bit, the Finns will obey. If it doesn’t work, we can shell a round like today, maybe the Finns will be scared to raise their hands and surrender tomorrow. Hahaha......"

George is very clear that the news he wants to record today will definitely be recorded in history!Whether or not the Finns will surrender obediently, as the Soviet commanders thought, will soon be answered.

In recent years, it is no secret that Finland has hired German "retired" officers with high salaries to train the Finnish army and spent a lot of money to hire Germans to build an airport network.George had heard that even many German-made weapons had been secretly bought by Finland.

To some extent, the Finnish army is like a "student of the German army", learning a lot of German combat tactics and becoming a low-profile version of the German army.

All this, the Soviet Union will not be ignorant.

Indeed, not only the Soviet Union, but the whole of Europe basically knew the news, because no one deliberately concealed it.

But because of this, when Stalin learned how much money Reinhardt had received from the Finnish government, he almost died laughing.

Compared with the secret deal with the Soviet Union, Reinhardt charged Finland ten times more!

Doesn't that explain the problem?Comparing the two, Stalin easily came to the conclusion that the German head of state actually favored the Soviet Union.Furthermore, Germany's earning of Finland's arms money did not have much impact on the Soviet Union's grand strategy.

After all, in the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact", the German side assigned Finland to the Soviet Union's future sphere of influence and promised not to interfere.

It's just a little weapon sold in the past, what kind of storm can be caused.

If the leader has this attitude, the people under him are naturally not much different.

As a result, there were remarks by the Soviet fleet commander who underestimated the enemy and conceited himself.

"Mr. George, after the shelling is over, we will take you back to the airport along the coast. I hope you will report what you have seen and heard today after you go back." The fleet commander smiled and patted the back seemingly casually. iron cabinet.On the iron cabinet, a not-so-standard iron cross was painted in the center.