stonecrandall Chapter 447
Chapter 447
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Guderian was actually a little unhappy when he led his troops back to Berlin.
As the most powerful field army in Hans, the First Army failed to catch up with the war in Central Europe. They were spectators on the Western Front all the time!
Although it is equally important for Hans to guard the Rhine region and prevent the Gauls from jumping off the wall, they simply have no war to fight on the Western Front.
In Central Europe, the German army has successively mobilized four armies with 1.
4 million troops to participate in the war, and there are many troops such as the Sixth and Seventh Armies that were formed late and have relatively poor combat effectiveness!
The main way for soldiers to be promoted is actually to rely on military merit, and the most direct way to obtain military merit is to participate in the war, make military merits in the war, and achieve rapid promotion!
This was determined as early as when the Junker nobles still existed!
Although the Junker nobility no longer exists at this time, this concept that has been passed down for hundreds of years is still deeply engraved in the blood of every Hans soldier.
From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand Guderian’s dissatisfaction with not being able to catch up with this war!
“Report, the commander-in-chief of the First Army, Guderian, salutes you!”
After returning to Berlin, Guderian was summoned by Mainz.
Mainz took a look at Guderian and heard that this guy was a little unhappy. He was a little skeptical at first, but when he saw the expression on Guderian’s face, he believed it was true!
“Sit down!”
Mainz nodded to him, and did not return his salute, but let him sit down casually.
Guderian felt a little uneasy. He was a little unhappy on the way here, and he tried hard to show his unhappiness on his face just now. However, General Mainz did not accept it, but dealt with his emotions in a cold way!
This made Guderian’s heart beat. It was the first time that he saluted General Mainz, but the other party did not return the salute!
What does this action represent?
Guderian thought about it. Although General Mainz is Hans’s president, he has another identity, that is, Hans’s commander-in-chief of the three armed forces.
So, salute him, and he returns a salute. This is a very common etiquette in the military, and General Mainz couldn’t be unaware of this!
However, he did not choose to return the gift, which is very interesting!
Although Guderian is not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships with other people, it does not mean that he is a fool.
He thought about it and immediately understood that President Mainz did not return the gift to him because he was not treating him as a soldier, but as a president, a ruler!
When he thought of this, Guderian felt a chill in his heart, and he was even more unsure!
Politicians are not as sympathetic as soldiers. They are a group of guys who eat people without spitting out bones!
General Mainz must be very dissatisfied with himself for treating him like this!
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After Mainz asked Guderian to sit down, he deliberately ignored him and was busy dealing with his own affairs.
During this period, the affairs in Central Europe were over, but the diplomatic and domestic affairs were very complicated.
Hans had to deal with not only their own affairs, but also the internal affairs of the newly established Republic of Bohemia. The Republic of Bohemia was a puppet state supported by Hans. If this country lasted too long, it would be announced to be incorporated into Hans in one to two years at most.
However, in this process, the local government structure had to be built, otherwise the entire Jieke would become a mess!
This war did not cause much damage to Jieke. There were not many fierce battles in Jieke, and the casualties and property losses were not serious, so most of Jieke’s industries were preserved!
These industries that were not destroyed in the war were vital to Hans, so Mainz did not want them to fail to establish a regime to replace the original Jieke government in time to maintain their rule over the occupied areas, causing social unrest and deteriorating public security. Some lawless elements took the opportunity to make trouble and destroy these factories!
This matter is quite important, so Mainz has asked the mustache and Speer to go to Jerke together, one is responsible for helping the Republic of Bohemia to form a new government, and the other is responsible for registering and counting the factories and various assets in Jerke!
These things are very complicated and take a lot of time and energy to deal with.
In addition to the things in Bohemia, Snofak has become independent from Jerke at this time, so Hans has to negotiate with Snofak to determine the responsibilities and obligations of both parties.
The other party intends to become Hans’ protectorate like Hungary, but Hans’ protection is definitely not free, and the Snofaks have to pay something in return.
The main mineral resources in Snofak, such as coal, iron ore, copper ore and oil, are not too abundant, and there is not much oil and water to squeeze, but the forest resources and water resources in their territory are very rich.
Mainz plans to build some hydropower stations here to bring electricity to Bohemia and Brandenburg, which are relatively short of electricity.
Of course, Snowflake still has some non-metallic minerals, such as magnesite, ceramic ore, bentonite, etc. in Snowflake.
Ceramic ore can be used to make ceramics, which can be used in life and industry.
Bentonite, also known as montmorillonite, has good physical and chemical properties and is widely used. It can be used as a purifying and decolorizing agent, adhesive, thixotropic agent, suspending agent, stabilizer, filler, feed, catalyst, etc. It is widely used in agriculture, light industry and cosmetics.
In later generations, there was a medicine for treating diarrhea called montmorillonite powder, the main ingredient of which is this thing, so this thing can also be used in the pharmaceutical field…
Magnesite, this thing is of great significance in the military field. It is used as a raw material for refractory equipment and can withstand high temperatures of about 2000 degrees, so it is of great significance to the boilers of warships.
After Snowflake became a protectorate of Hans, Hans could provide them with protection in national defense and security, so that they would not have to waste money on military construction.
In return, they have to open their domestic market to Hans, allow Hans’s goods to enter their country, and also allow Hans to purchase various agricultural products and mineral resources from their country at low prices.
This is actually economic colonization, which is no different from the role played by Hans in the later EU.
Mainz is not very interested in directly annexing Snowflake by force. Although doing so can expand the territory, the resources here are scarce, and it is not profitable to occupy here. Instead, a lot of resources have to be wasted to maintain rule.
So it is already very cost-effective to colonize them economically and plunder their resources cheaply! As for why Snowflake should be provided with military protection and restrict the opponent’s military strength, there are actually two considerations.
First of all, during World War II, the performance of the vassal army of the Third Reich was generally unreliable!
Except for the armies of the Finnish country in the north and the Banya in the south, which are still capable of fighting, the armies of a large number of vassal countries in Central and Eastern Europe are simply eye-catching!
Not only are their combat effectiveness very poor, but their military discipline is also corrupt!
So we can neither expect them to charge at the front and capture cities, nor can we expect them to maintain law and order in the rear!
If we really dare to give them the task of maintaining law and order, they will be able to mess up the rear in a short time!
So Mainz made a decision not to or to ask less troops from vassal states to help Hans fight!
In addition to making up the numbers, they can only be a hindrance. Instead of this, it is better to reject them from the beginning!
Instead of having the resources to form these unreliable vassal armies, it is better to improve Hans’s own combat effectiveness, which is more reliable!
The consideration on the other hand is actually very simple. By limiting their military strength, Hans can control them more easily, so that they can only be tied to Hans’ chariot and dare not have any second thoughts about Hans!
In addition to dealing with the affairs of Snowfake, Mainz also has to consider how to appease the frightened psychology of European countries.
Hans destroyed Jake in just one month, which caused a great shock to European countries.
Although Hans used the white glove method and did not directly invade Jake, the demise of Jake was closely related to Hans. The countries were not fools and they could see this!
Therefore, after seeing Jake’s fate, the countries began to panic and be wary of Hans, which was not very favorable for Hans’ diplomatic environment.