Chapter 42 Military Force
Lynn has invested a lot of energy in handling state affairs, meeting important visitors, and coordinating relations with all parties. For a novice, his performance is already quite good, but there is still a clear gap compared to those mature politicians. If you want to compare with the great leaders in history, the road ahead is still long.
Busy days always pass quickly. In a blink of an eye, Lynn's career as president of the German Democratic Republic through political elections has entered his second month. In this crucial beginning, the new regime did not have an uncoordinated crisis as the outside world had worried before. Even the sky is particularly favoring this country that has just escaped from the war. The national agricultural harvest makes people not need to worry about the following winter. In addition, the new government has issued a series of tax reduction support policies that are conducive to national rehabilitation and rest. At this time, the situation in Germany has stabilized and the people are calm. Towns, ports, railways, bridges and other facilities that have been destroyed by the war are also being rebuilt in an orderly manner. The whole country is like the ruins blown by the spring breeze, showing its vigorous vitality with its tenacious new buds.
The time is ripe, Lynn walked out of his office and took a special train to start his first tour as the president of the country. After leaving Berlin, the train headed straight east and soon arrived at the border town of Gertso on the banks of the Odd River. Just over thirty years ago, this was still the hinterland of eastern Germany. The eastern territory of the Second Empire was as far as the River Vis in eastern central Poland. During the heyday of the Third Empire, Germany's border was unprecedentedly prosperous. Yesterday, it was like the moon in the water, flowers in the mirror, and it became illusory in the blink of an eye. Today, the Germans had to build border fortifications in this area less than 100 kilometers away from Berlin.
Accompanied by the Army, Infantry Commander Herman Bark, Lynn climbed a hill post on the riverside. He held a telescope and looked at the other side. Every red flag waving in the wind represents a powerful Soviet army. These red flags formed an endless ocean, and the calm surface contained amazing energy. Just when Moscow issued an offensive order, they would sweep by in an unstoppable manner with the momentum of a tsunami!
As a soldier who had been through life and death on the battlefield, and also a qualified staff officer and commander who combined theory and practice, Lin Neng did not pretend to ask about the army's defense situation. He knew very well that on this side of the river bank, the infantry army defended the German border that stretched 300 kilometers from north to south with only 30,000 troops. The average defense density of 100 people per kilometer is not even a "paper line of defense". The huge disadvantage of the number of people is irreparable to any advanced weapons or strong fortifications. With the profound lessons of the Maginot Line of Defense, Lin Neng had the same idea as the generals of the army headed by Marshal Von Weix on the issue of national defense, that was to put people first, followed by technical equipment. The rigid fortifications consumed both financial resources and were difficult to play a role. Except for those that had to be built to stabilize the people's hearts, they could save as much as possible.
Leaving the outpost and walking down the hill, Lynn improvised and asked General Barke several questions about the average age of the soldiers and the equipment of the company. This general with outstanding achievements and outstanding achievements answered the questions.
During World War II, there were many generals in the German team who were promoted and valued by their personal abilities, and Barke was one of them. From the Western Front Battle, he gradually became the commander of the army, and his military rank was also promoted from a lieutenant colonel to a first-class general. People could find various advantages of a typical German commander in him: bravery, fighting, tenacious, upright, extremely individual, and a high sense of responsibility and professionalism.
Now the total size of the German team is barely equivalent to the "100,000 National Welfare Army" in the Weimar period. Although the number of people is limited, the ambition to plan for strength cannot be eliminated. Following the previous successful model, the elite soldiers and generals who can gain a foothold in this army must be the ones in a hundred. Of course, due to the close attention of the international community, the army cannot conduct elite training in this period, and soldiers are still only receiving ordinary military training, and officers can only "cross-level" training in a very hidden way.
The troops barracks under the hills were stationed with an ordinary infantry company, and the current personnel reached only 60% of the organizational standards. Although they were wearing renovated old uniforms and their equipment was not as good as the German team ten years ago, these soldiers were still energetic, and most of them looked calm and sophisticated. Then they asked a few questions and not only had service experience, but most of them were recruited into the National Welfare Forces before 1944. Unlike the National Assault Battalion at the end of the war, these regular soldiers received more formal training and had been tempered by head-on battles with the Allies or the Soviets, and their qualities were unquestionable.
The Second Empire fell in 1918. At that time, what was left to the successor was a basically complete local industrial system and a large number of weapons remaining for the payment of war compensation. The German team in the Weimar era did not need to face the embarrassment of soldiers lacking rifles. However, in the newly established Democratic German Army, there were only 50 infantry companies deployed in the border areas, 10 mp40s and 2 ng-42s, which meant that the soldiers needed two people to use a gun together, and the ammunition stored could only maintain them for a few days of fighting. Before examining the soldiers' weapons, Lynn had done it.
After sufficient mental preparation, I still felt uncomfortable when I saw the rifles that had been carefully polished and re-oiled. I saw the old and old lines and mottled spears and scars that told them that they were old. The Liberty Emperor Team, who had been sharpening their swords for four years, was a proud eagle. Under the same conditions, they could easily humiliate the Soviet army that had been through war for a long time. The most representative technical weapons still beat the Allied forces. If the 400,000 Emperor Team was completely incorporated into his newly-started German Army, Linn could instantly look up to the strategic goals of higher places!
Leaving Gercuo, Lynn took his entourage to the north along the railway line. There were several railway bridges still under reconstruction along the way, and the train had to take a detour. The original four or five-hour trip took a day, which shows how much impact the destruction of German resistance during the Soviet occupation had on the Soviet army's combat mobilization. In Steding, Lynn revisited his old place to commemorate the glorious years of the past. Ironically, his domestic inspection was able to stand in Steding Port and benefited from the "gifts of the Soviet Union when the withdrawal of troops-
According to the territorial requirements of the Polish government after World War II, this important port leading to the Baltic Sea should be included in the Polish territory. However, in the war between the Allies and the Soviet Union, the Poles chose the Allies' camp. This wrong side made Poland become an occupied area again after three years of regaining the **. When the Soviet army evacuated from Germany, they used the Nice River and the Ode River as the German-Polish border. They unilaterally announced that they would divide the Stededin, located at the mouth of the Ode River, into two rivers.
The west bank returns to Germany and the east bank of the river belongs to Poland. As a compliment for the Soviet Union's withdrawal of troops, the international community did not raise any objections to this, and the German government's struggle was ineffective and could only temporarily accept the status quo. In the view of political analysts, the Soviet Union's move created a second "Danze." Even if the Soviet Union withdraws troops from Poland in the future, it will still leave a territorial dispute for neighboring Germany and Poland, so as to restrain the stronger side of the two and wait for opportunities to make profits in territorial disputes.
The Port of Stedetin is under the jurisdiction of Germany and Poland, while Poland is still under the occupation of the Soviet army because the referendum results are favorable to the Soviet Union. In fact, the Soviet Union is the one who jointly controls the Port of Stedetin with Germany. Compared with the Soviet army stationed an elite infantry division and had aircraft and ships, a mere battalion of German teams seemed very thin. Although the international community did not restrict the reconstruction of the air force and navy of Minguay Germany, years of war and repeated plundering of the Soviet army, the new German navy and air force only inherited the famous empty shell. In terms of the air force, the Soviet army destroyed all the equipment that could not be taken away before withdrawing, so that Adolf Garland
He could not even piece together a complete fighter jet with his Air Force personnel. The United States has returned to the "current purchase and self-transport" policy due to the new US-Soviet Agreement. The Luftwaffe still received several old-fashioned biplane He-51 from Spain that the Vulture Legion assisted them. Fortunately, the new factory in Messerchmitt has entered the stage of substantial construction. If it goes well, it will be able to re-produce the aircraft in a few months: in the Navy, as long as there is a "patrol boat" with tugboats and guns." Marsha can get rid of the suspicion of a bare commander, but the long-term characteristics of the shipbuilding industry are likely to allow him to always use informal warships to charge for the numbers during his tenure...
The inspection itinerary has just begun, and Lin Neng's desire for the imperial team has risen from envy to coveting. However, the country and society, especially the Soviet Union, do not want to see the merger of the "two Germanys" into one. If it is forced, it will inevitably lead to the consequences of Soviet interference. Lin Neng is both clear and helpless. In contrast, the senior leaders of the empire are all focused on reviving Germany, and now Germany has regained the **. They can only see the fruits of victory that are close to each other but cannot pick them. That feeling is not something that ordinary words such as worry and difficulty sleeping and eating can be described. Under the dual pressure from the inside and outside, the head of state has consumed his patience very quickly. Since Lin Neng took office, he has been repeatedly
The local government sent special envoys to discuss the connection of the regime. Lin En comforted the situation on the grounds that the situation was not stable, but the number of envoys with higher levels and increasingly urgent requirements. When Rommel himself appeared in front of him, Lin En knew that the senior officials of the empire no longer allowed him to delay like this, but the international situation has not improved significantly, and the domestic people are also determined to be at peace. If they follow the wishes of the empire base and go against the trend, or follow the trend and go against the wishes of the base, it will be a risk for him. If they fail, they will never be repaid. But once they succeed, what awaits themselves will be a new realm of another village! (To be continued)
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