The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 1171

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: 0.183s Scan: 3.421sManstein was sharpening his knife and was about to take action, but Timoshenko was one step faster. His envoy had already come to the German side with a white flag and delivered Timoshenko’s surrender agreement

“Is it a trick?”

The Germans hadn’t even started yet, but they surrendered. This was strange. Although the Soviets were not in a good situation, the German encirclement had not closed yet, and the main force of the Soviets had not suffered a heavy blow. They still had the strength to fight.

In this case, they chose to surrender directly, which was beyond everyone’s expectations.

“If this surrender agreement was sent by Budyonny, I might really doubt its authenticity. However, since it was sent by Timoshenko, I think it is very likely to be true!”

General List, the chief of staff of the German front, said, and his words were praised by Manstein.

“Whether it is true or not, we will know it at a glance!”

Manstein opened the surrender letter sent by Timoshenko.

There was not much content on it. The main thing was that Timoshenko intended to surrender and hoped that the German army would execute the time and specify the place to accept their surrender.

In addition, Timoshenko also asked the German army to stop attacking them in the letter. This request was the most suspicious.

“If this is the only request, then there is no need to worry. Even if we temporarily cease fire and do not attack them during this period of time, our troops can still continue to approach them from the outside and trap them in a very narrow area. In this way, even if Timoshenko wants to go back on his word, he has no chance of winning!”

The current situation is very clear. Whether the Soviet army surrenders or not, the outcome of this battle is already determined.

However, if the Soviet army surrenders earlier, the German army can advance to Moscow earlier and end this war earlier.

“Well, in that case, let’s write a letter to reply him!”

Manstein sat down and was about to write when he suddenly thought of something.

He immediately asked someone to send the contents of the letter to Berlin, ready to wait for the decision of Führer Mainz.

Although he was the commander-in-chief of the German front on the Eastern Front, he had better ask for instructions when it came to political matters.

After all, many decisions of the imperial high-level officials may not be known to the soldiers on the front line, and if they did something rashly, it might go against Berlin’s plan, which could have very bad consequences.

Manstein’s caution made Mainz breathe a sigh of relief.

“His telegram came quite timely!”After reading the telegram sent by Armenstein, Xin Zuo Mainz actually agreed to accept the surrender of Timoshenko and the Soviet troops under his command.

However, this matter cannot be decided so early, because it involves another person-Denikin!

Denikin, an aristocratic officer of the Russian army in the Tsarist era, had fought against the Red Army of the Russian bear as a member of the White Army after the October Revolution broke out in the Russian bear. Denikin once had the hope of winning the war, and behind him stood a large group of old Western powers to support him.

However, it is not known whether the Soviet army is too good at fighting, or Denikin is too useless.

His advantage was wiped out after several counterattacks by the Soviet army. In just a few years, he lost his territory in the Caucasus and was driven to Crimea.

And in After Frunze led his troops to attack here, Denikin was so scared that he abandoned his troops and fled abroad with his wife and children.

European and American countries initially supported Denikin, mainly hoping that he would act as a troublemaker within the Soviet Union, hoping that he could help European and American powers strangle the newborn red Soviet Union in its cradle.

However, Denikin was a hopeless case and ultimately failed.

After his failure, his status in the hearts of Western countries naturally plummeted, so various supports were reduced a lot.

When Denikin fled from the Soviet Union, he lived a relatively good life in the first few years, because when he fled, he carried a lot of property with him, plus the aid from European powers and the ill-gotten gains from the sale of arms. These funds added together were enough for him and his family to live an aristocratic life.

However, after the great powers cut off their aid to him and he did not find other legal sources of income, Denikin and his family had been living off their savings. The ultimate result of living off their savings was that they ran out of money and could not make ends meet.

So, Denikin began to frantically sell off his property and even borrowed money from outside to make ends meet.

After learning the news, the empire also took some secret actions.

A few years ago, Mainz had instructed Himmler to deliberately set up a trap to trap Denikin into a usurious debt trap. Denikin fell into this trap without knowing it and owed a huge debt.

The debt was as high as 32 million Reichsmarks, which Denikin could not repay at all.

And if he could not repay his debts, his life safety and even his The safety of his family’s life could not be guaranteed.

At this time, Himmler’s intelligence department appeared as a savior and promised to help him repay part of his debts, but he needed to provide some valuable information to the Third Reich.

The impoverished Denikin never thought that this was a trap. He thought it was his life-saving straw, so he immediately agreed to sell the intelligence of the bear without thinking.

After the first cooperation, the subsequent cooperation was very smooth. Under the step-by-step induction of Himmler and the SS, Denikin gradually fell into this quagmire and was completely unable to extricate himself.

A few months ago, when the relationship between the Soviet Union and Germany began to deteriorate rapidly, and the news that the Third Reich was preparing to go to war with the bear came from Europe, Denikin finally realized what the Third Reich was going to do! The

Third Reich must have planned to support an obedient puppet regime in the bear’s territory after destroying the bear, and then place a puppet there, so as to achieve the secret of actually controlling the bear.

And he was the puppet chosen by the Third Reich.

His guess was correct. Mainz did intend to use Denikin as a puppet.

After all, he is a nobleman of the Tsarist Russia era, and he still has a certain influence in the Russian bear. Moreover, he is too old and his ambitions have declined, so it is not easy for him to bite back at the empire.

In addition, there are too many handles on him in the hands of the empire, so it is relatively easy to control him! _Faloo reminds you: Three things to do when reading – ∪ Collect, recommend, and share!