The Third Reich in Desperation

Just thinking of Reinhardt's panicked face just now, Horthy wanted to go up and beat him up.Don't hit other places, just hit the face!

Damn it!Clearly in control of everything, he pretended to be like his grandson and begged himself to let him go.He waited until he gave the order to shoot him before he took out his hole card, and slapped himself in the face painfully and loudly.This is true both physically and mentally.

As if seeing through Horthy's mind, Reinhardt "kindly" deciphered: "Actually, I'm nothing special, I just happen to know something about your Army Chief of Staff, let him bring two trustworthy The guards came to watch out. If you leave this gate, you are all yours, hey...what a pity, you can't get out."

Reinhardt's words made Horthy almost vomit blood.Co-authoring the other party controlled a total of 3 people, but just closing the door made him a shackle.A generation of heroes was defeated so easily, and he was tricked once before being defeated.

What a shame!Horthy stared at Reinhardt, eyes like fire.

"Fortunately, you gave me an excuse to kill you inside the door." Reinhardt looked at Horthy, whose eyes were tearing apart, and said with a satisfied smile, "You shouldn't have ordered me to be killed, Isn't this forcing me to kill you first?"

Unreconciled, regretful, lost, confused... All kinds of emotions flooded into Horthy's heart for a while.So far, is there any way to save it?

Rushing up and working hard?Impossible, as long as he moves, the two-step submachine gun in the guard's hand at the gate can immediately smash himself into a sieve.

beg for mercy?That's even more impossible. The other party obviously didn't intend to save himself a way out from the beginning today.Otherwise, he wouldn't have provoked himself over and over again, inducing himself to tear himself apart.

"Don't be nervous, it will be fine soon." After leaving a word for Horthy, Reinhardt waved to the guard at the door.

"Boom! Boom!" The guards fired one shot at a close range, and both shots hit Horthy's vitals...

On October 1937, 10, Horthy, the regent of Hungary, was assassinated by terrorists during a meeting.Before his death, he entrusted the future of the Hungarian people to Reinhardt, the German head of state who attended the meeting.Out of grief and a sense of justice, Reinhard, the head of state of Germany, took on the future of Hungary in spite of numerous obstacles, and announced the launch of the previously prohibited German-Hungarian merger intention vote

——German Social Worker

On November 1937, 11, amidst the cheers of the Hungarian people, the fates of Germany and Hungary have been closely linked since then.This is a peaceful merger, a merger based entirely on the results of the people's vote.This is a great day. From today, 15 million people have joined the great family of Germany and entered into a glorious future.

——(formerly the Hungarian Social Worker’s Daily) now the Southern Provincial Newspaper of the Third Reich

Text Chapter 137 The Strength of the SS Army

"... In summary, the training level and weapons and equipment of the Hungarian army are too backward, and it is really impossible to integrate with the Wehrmacht in a short period of time." As the authority of the German Army's training affairs, Lai Brausic, who was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the army by Inhardt, objectively analyzed the current situation of the Hungarian army.

"Although I understand what you said." Reinhardt looked reluctant to say: "But after all, it is a full 20 troops. Now that Germany and Hungary have merged, Hungary has become our southern province. The National Defense Forces Just don’t want to accept the 10 troops at all?”

"My head of state, I don't think the National Defense Forces need it." Brausic said simply: "Although the Hungarian army has a seemingly huge base of 10, their combat effectiveness is really unreliable. This kind of army , it can be used reluctantly to maintain trench warfare on some secondary fronts. But if this is the case, it will contradict the blitzkrieg combat theory you emphasized..."

It is no wonder that Brausic looks down on the 10 Hungarian army. After all, Austria and Czechoslovakia, which merged with Germany before, are among the top seven countries in Europe in terms of military strength. A hundred times better.

However, even if Hungary's sense of belonging is not as strong as Austria's, its industry is no more than one percent of that of Czechoslovakia.Reinhardt still showed considerable concern for this southern province of the Third Reich.

After all, a province that is a little behind is much more reassuring than an unreliable ally.

Moreover, access to Hungarian resources is also quite important.In addition to the huge forest resources, Hungary's bauxite reserves are already the third highest in Europe!In addition, it also contains a small amount of lignite, petroleum, uranium, iron, manganese and other mineral resources.

Of course, as Reinhardt said.Although the Hungarian army is a little weaker, it has undergone sufficient basic training after all, which is better than nothing.

"Let's do this," Reinhardt smiled directly, and said to Brausch in a carefree tone: "Hungary's army weapons are already outdated, and bringing them to the front line will actually drag down the logistical pressure. Why not merge them under the management of the SS If there is a war in the future, it will be sent as a third-line force to maintain the stability of the occupied area. What do you think?"

Expand the size of the SS again! ?Brauchic raised his eyebrows and calmly persuaded: "Führer, the size of the SS is not small now. If the 10 Hungarian army is added, the number will probably exceed 30. This is equivalent to The standing military force of a medium-sized European country, isn’t it too much?”

How could Reinhardt be clear about what Brauchic hinted at.He understood that Blauchic was nothing more than a sounding board for the Wehrmacht.Historically, the German Wehrmacht generals have always been dissatisfied with the personal armed forces of the SS.Blauchic is still half of his own faction. If he were a general of the National Defense Forces, his opinion would be more obvious.

In this life, Reinhardt's advantage lies in the fact that the SS defeated the French Army, which is known as the number one in Europe, in the Battle of the Ruhr before the Wehrmacht made contributions. He won a lot of honors and even won the favor of many Wehrmacht generals. .

And Reinhardt's shortcomings are also obvious.He was very dependent on the generals of the army and had to rely heavily on those generals who had been proven by history to lead the German army.Therefore, it is inevitable that we will encounter problems that have appeared in history again.

Nodding to Brausch, Reinhardt explained with a playful smile: "No matter how many SS troops there are, they are still armed by Germany, right? It's very clear. Besides, if you need to mobilize the SS in the future, you can just ask the general. Can I not give you your face?"

"My head of state." Brausch paused, and finally said: "I will firmly implement your decision. I will also explain to the army, but I can't guarantee the effect."

"You just tell them that the SS will be under the Wehrmacht and will obey the transfer of the Wehrmacht. Anyway, you will arrange the transfer of the Wehrmacht. I believe you." Reinhardt replied with a playful smile.

"If..." Brauchic wanted to say something, but was stopped by Reinhardt.

"Don't worry, there are no ifs. You can tell the other generals what you want, and I promise to support it." Holding Brauchic's hand, Reinhardt promised while enlightening.

In the end, after taking a look at Steve who was standing silently in Reinhardt's private office, Borahich left with that hesitating expression.

"Führer, are we really going to put the SS under the management of the Wehrmacht?" Steve asked as soon as Brauchic left.

"What do you think?" Reinhardt raised his eyebrows and asked back.

Steve imitated Reinhardt's usual joking tone and said: "I only know that the Führer often teaches us in private that trustworthiness is a bad habit."

For Steve, who met Reinhardt for the first time, followed him to violate the promise to Ludendorff at the time, and led troops to defend the Krupp House.In his opinion, Reinhardt's words are tantamount to farting, and he might forget them a few days after he finished speaking.

As for the assignment of the Hungarian army to the SS, that was probably what he had thought about a long time ago.Speaking of the meaning of the SS, others don't know, but Ross, who has been mentioning Reinhardt's training of the SS, still doesn't know.

The SS is Reinhardt's most trusted armed force, and this has been established since the establishment of the SS.

Steve believes that the biggest reason why the Führer wants to put the SS on the second line is to preserve the integrity of this force.In the future, the head of state will definitely have a key task entrusted to the SS, an important task that only the SS can undertake!

Although the current weapons and equipment of the SS seem to be simpler than those of the Wehrmacht, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the two are not much different!

Aside from the fighting will and belief bonuses of the SS madman, one can also tell from the performance of the weapon alone.

Take anti-tank capabilities as an example, although the SS left almost all anti-tank guns to the Wehrmacht, not even some 37mm "little ones".But if we really want to fight, the infantry division of the SS can completely resist a conventional armored division.

The reason is simple. Today, almost every infantry squad that the SS has achieved carries a Tekken II rocket launcher (except for the 10 Hungarian army).

Compared with the defective version of the Tekken [-] that Reinhardt exported to Japan and the Soviet Union at a high price, this Tekken [-] rocket launcher can almost be regarded as a version that has been upgraded for a whole generation.

Although the steel used in this Iron Fist rocket launcher is cheap steel imported by the Gestapo through the placement of Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Rossi, the launch tube is also about 20.00% shorter than the Iron Fist I.However, the Type II was greatly reduced in cost and material consumption, and was able to be installed in every squad of the SS.

As for the drop in muzzle velocity caused by shortening the tube body, the SS officers and soldiers added some cheap quartz sand to the end of the Tekken II at the request of Reinhardt, which also achieved the purpose of increasing the kinetic energy of the projectile and compensated for it. lost kinetic energy.

In every infantry regiment of the SS except Tekken II.There is also a squad, each equipped with a further enhanced Tekken III.Compared with Type [-], Tekken Type [-]'s medicine cover is changed from steel to copper.Although resource consumption is more expensive, it also has twice the armor-piercing ability of the steel pharmaceutical cover type II.Further guarantee the anti-tank combat effectiveness of the SS.

And all of this, the SS is under the premise of keeping it as confidential as possible.

Not only is the equipment not as rough as the surface, but the SS is not as relaxed as the public thinks in terms of military training.The basic training that the Wehrmacht needs to complete is also carried out here in the SS.The 2 hours of physical training per day in the Wehrmacht was added to the list of 3 hours in the SS.

Steve can see clearly, so he can be extremely confident about the future.After all, it would be too extravagant for anyone to use such an army only to maintain law and order in the rear.

Chapter 138: Who will Danzig belong to during the five-country negotiations?

Danzig is located in the northern part of Poland, facing the Baltic Sea in the north, with an area of ​​262 square kilometers.95% of the city's population is German, with German being the main language and only 3% Polish.But such a standard German-speaking city was "forcibly independent" because of the outrageous "Treaty of Versailles".

Yes, literally.The people of this city have no desire for independence at all, but under the interference of the League of Nations controlled by Britain and France, the "Danzig Corridor" area has been brought under the control of Poland.

As a result, the German East Prussian province located east of the "Danzig Corridor" and the city of Danzig became an isolated island, cut off from the road connection with the mainland.

This status quo at the mercy of foreign countries makes many Germans very dissatisfied.You know, even if a referendum is held according to the principle of "national self-determination", Danzig should belong to Germany, but the League of Nations does not allow a referendum to be held here.

If it were placed 15 years ago, perhaps the German people and the government would have dared to question the powerful League of Nations.At that time, Germany had just been defeated and was waiting to be revived. It had neither the confidence to speak nor the strength to resist, so it could only let others slaughter it.

But now it's different!The German government, led by Reinhardt, risked violating the Treaty of Versailles, built an army capable of combat, and showed a small fraction of its strength in Spain.