Chapter 499(1/3)
"Ten whips, whip them hard!!!"
In a military camp, a darker young man was hanging up, while a defense officer next to him shouted to the soldiers beside him...
The soldier was also a young man with dark skin and was somewhat reluctant to say anything to the officer. However, looking at the officer's fierce look, the soldier finally whipped the soldier hard with a whip.
"ah!!!"
Just the first whip, the soldier who was hung up started to scream.
The soldier in charge of the execution seemed to be frightened by the howlings and stood there motionlessly.
Seeing the executioner's appearance, the officer was naturally furious and stepped forward and slapped the soldier twice.
"Bastard, who told you to stop? Keep smoking for me!!!"
"yes!!!"
Two slaps and the officer's angry curse quickly awakened the soldiers.
After waking up, the soldier lifted his whip again and whipped the young man hanging there hard.
Listening to the young man's screams, even the faces of the soldiers who were executing the execution changed a little, let alone the soldiers behind them.
"See it or not!!!"
After nodding with satisfaction, the officer who turned around shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him.
"This is the end of the last one!!!"
After successfully conquering the Philippines, a new government was soon established with the help of the National Socialist Government. Although almost everyone knew that this was just a puppet government, there was still a storefront after all. So soon everything that belonged to the puppet government appeared.
Of course, the most important thing among them is the army of the puppet government.
Since the Wehrmacht is currently eliminating guns and is preparing to replace semi-automatic rifles with automatic rifles, a large number of semi-automatic rifles have been replaced.
Although it was replaced, the semi-automatic rifles equipped by the National Defense Forces are still the most advanced type of this era.
Of course, the army cannot only have equipment, and training is also very important, otherwise how could the millions of troops be swept away in the end?
Therefore, after the puppet government was established and the army of the puppet government was also established, a large number of officers were soon sent to the Philippines to assist the Philippines in forming a new army.
only…
Most Filipinos can't even tell the difference between the left and right, and it's really difficult to train them. Now, even a slightly more beautiful army has not been trained, not to mention that Filipinos are still lazy except for their reputation.
In the end, the officers became popular...
Although it is quite good in the Philippines, almost everyone is like a local emperor, and even women's side...
However, after all, they are here to train the Filipinos. If there is no result at all, it would be too embarrassing.
So these officers made a tough move. The last one in the army trained by each person would be severely punished, such as the team of the officer just now. The last one would enjoy the ten whip.
Ten whips are real leather whips.
Under the threat of the whip, the Filipino, who was originally very lazy, began to become diligent. However, there would be a last-place unlucky guy every time, and there was nothing we could do about it.
On the other hand, the new Malaysian government is also about to be established.
Unlike the Philippines, the Malaysian government has been preparing for a lot of time.
The reason is very simple. Because there is a considerable part of Malaysia's territory on the Malay Peninsula.
Located at the southernmost tip of the Asian continent, the Malay Peninsula is a major peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is separated from Sumatra by the Strait of Malacca and is the dividing line between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The peninsula is roughly from north to south, with the narrowest point being in the Isthmus of Kra, which was a local fortress during World War II. The Tidiwangsa Mountains formed the main body of the peninsula.
There are three countries on the peninsula: Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar: the southernmost part of Myanmar's territory is located in the northwest of the peninsula, the central part of the peninsula, and the northeast belongs to Thailand. The remaining south is also known as the Malaysian Peninsula, Malaya or West Malaysia. The water bodies surrounding the peninsula start from the northeast and are clockwise in the order of: Gulf of Siam, South China Sea, Johor Strait, Malacca Strait and Andaman Sea.
When the Malay Peninsula was captured by Thailand, preparations for matters related to the Malaysian puppet government had already begun. It was just that because a considerable part of the territory was in the hands of the Japanese at that time, the puppet government was eventually delayed.
Now that part of Malaysia has been occupied by the National Defense Forces, matters about the new government can naturally be put on the agenda.
And unlike the Philippines, although Malaysia has just been recaptured from the Japanese, the establishment of the government has been quite smooth because Malaysia itself has quite basic relations. In addition, unlike the Philippines, Malaysians are not as lazy and clumsy as Filipinos, so the establishment of the Malaysian troops has been quite smooth.
At the same time, the National Defense Force is still increasing its offensive against the Nanyang Islands. Many islands in the Nanyang Islands have been captured by the National Defense Forces, and the pace of the National Defense Forces is further expanding. However, the Japanese resistance is also increasing. Unlike ordinary losers, the Japanese resistance is tangible.
After migrating part of the industry to Australia, the Japanese quickly established a second industrial base in Australia except Japan with Australian resources and original industrial foundation.
For example, the output of steel reached more than one million tons in 1942, which was almost one-third of that of France. Japan at the same time only had more than 7 million tons. It can be said that after Australia was established, Japan's industrial strength was indeed greatly enhanced.
Moreover, in terms of military industry, Australia also has a considerable foundation. A long time ago, Australia could even produce cruisers of 10,000 tons.
What has always restricted Australia was the issue of human resources. Although Australia has a lot of resources and is even more so in terms of industry, it is very...
But now, the Japanese have made up for this...
Japan, with a population of tens of millions, has undoubtedly much more human resources than Australia, not to mention that the Japanese have captured many people from Southeast Asia?
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Although von Manstein never doubted the status of Hitler's supreme commander, he also believed that the supreme commander only needed to care about politics, diplomacy, overall strategy, and tactical issues on the battlefield. He only needed to deliver it to the general, especially his static hard defense policy of Hitler, who was completely unaware of it. Because he continued to argue with Hitler about the overall strategic issue on the Eastern Front. von Manstein advocated a flexible mobile defense strategy. He was ready to give up his territory. In an attempt to make the Soviet army either too disperse or make them advance, so that their armored spearheads could counterattack on both wings to achieve the goal of surrounding them.
Hitler ignored Manstein's opinion and continued to insist on static warfare. On all positions, the German army had to defend until the last one. Due to these frequent differences, von Manstein publicly advocated that Hitler gave up command of the army and handed over to the professionals of the war, first of all, to establish the position of commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front battlefield. However, Hitler rejected this idea many times, worried that it would weaken the power he had in Germany.
This debate also alarmed some of Hitler's closest partners, such as Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels and the armed pro-guard leader Himmler, who were not ready to give up any power. Himmler began to publicly question Von Manstein's loyalty. He indirectly advised Hitler, who was an idealist and defeatist, and was not suitable for commanding the troops. Von Manstein's frequent quarrels and these allegations led to Hitler's decision to remove Von Manstein's command on March 31, 1944. On April 2, 1944, Hitler appointed Walter Model, a staunch supporter, instead of Von Manstein's commander of the Southern Army. Nevertheless, Von Manstein received the Iron Cross of the Oak Leaf Sword Knight, which was the third highest honor in the German team.
After his dismissal, von Manstein entered an ophthalmology clinic in Breslau for cataract removal. He recuperated near Dresden and then completely retired from military service. Although he did not participate in the attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944, he had known about the conspiracy from Henning von Teresco and others around 1943. Although von Manstein also agreed that such a change was necessary, he refused to join them because he still believed that he would comply with his duties. He was also worried that a civil war would follow. Although he did not participate in the planning operation, he did not betray them. In late January 1945, he gathered his family from their homeland and evacuated them to Gnitz in western Germany. He surrendered to British Field Marshal Montgomery and was arrested by the British ** team on August 23, 1945.
In this era, when Barbarossa failed in the battle, Manstein also proposed this point. Of course, not long after, Manstein won a big victory with the obedience created by the Russians himself and used it to get rid of the crisis that the German army once faced. Not only that, but also personally got a chance to threaten Moscow again.
However, even so, Manstein's remarks were still suspicious of Hitler and others.
For Hitler, it was impossible to give up his army, because it would weaken his power.
For Goering, Goebbels, Sylem and others, they were not prepared to give up any rights. Therefore, in the eyes of Goering, Goebbels and others, Manstein is now a thorn in their hearts...
So Goring and others wanted to replace Manstein at all times.
Unfortunately, the conflict between Manstein and Hitler is not that big after all, and there is no general who can replace Manstein on the Russian front.
You should know that Manstein, together with Guderian and Rommel, was later known as the three famous generals of Nazi Germany during World War II. Of course, the other generals were also outstanding.
The nobleman's origin, his facial features, and when he was not wearing military uniforms, he seemed to be a university professor, which is called Manstein.
Even for the enemy country, Manstein is also an amazing general.
Von Manstein was not prosecuted during the Nuremberg trial, but attended as a witness. Von Manstein was placed under house arrest after the Nuremberg trial. During the Cold War, the British government accepted the Soviet charges and prosecuted Von Manstein for war crimes. He was sent to prison before the British court trial held in Hamburg in 1949. Due to the needs of the Soviet Union during the Cold War and his past achievements, many British military experts, such as Bernard Law Montgomery and strategist Sir Lid Hart, have publicly expressed their sympathy for Von Manstein's situation.
Of course, after World War II, due to the reversal of the international situation in the East and West, especially Western society, who believed that the former Soviet Union had become the common enemy of European civilization, and Germany, which was geographically in front of the Soviet Union, had its military status and role re-positioned again. Therefore, West Germany rebuilt the National Defense Forces. Due to Manstein's outstanding military strategic talent, he was hired as a senior adviser to the Ministry of Defense of the West Germany and honorary chief of staff of the Federal Defense Forces. In addition, Manstein also became NATO's military adviser.
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"So, are you sure to deal with that guy?"
Looking at Cai E and Jiang Baili in front of him, he spoke.
Since the battle situation on Cai E has never been implemented, Jiang Baili took a plane to Russia and wanted to learn about the situation in person with Cai E.
Jiang Baili has a good understanding of Cai E. After all, Cai E, like Jiang Baili, is currently a few military strategists and commanders in China. Jiang Baili naturally has a good understanding of Cai E's ability. Even Jiang Baili himself has gained a lot of practical experience because he has commanded some practical combat many times in the past, and has successfully gotten rid of the title of military scientist and completely become a military strategist.
However, even so, Jiang Baili was still very worried, because Manstein had come to China and knew both of them. Jiang Baili and Cai E knew very well about Manstein's ability. Although Jiang Baili believed that he would never be inferior to Manstein, seeing that Cai E had not been able to open the deadlock for a long time, Jiang Baili was still quite worried.
That's why Jiang Baili made a special trip to Russia by plane and wanted to find out in person.
"Is that guy Manstein..."
Cai E smiled when he heard his old friend ask this.
Since the asthma that had troubled him for many years improved, Cai E's health has now become quite good. In the early years, when he was young, he even had a close relationship with Xiao Fengxian almost every day. Now he has become the father of 7 children and is not afraid of Xiao Fengxian's difficult childbirth...
Nowadays, Cai E may even be better than Jiang Baili himself in terms of physical conditions.
So although it is located in Russia, Cai E is still in good spirits.
"That guy Manstein is indeed very troublesome. He not only did he lose water during the battle, but he also bit me a few bites." When he said this, Cai E still had a smile on his face. "But you don't have to worry, because he will lose this time."
"Oh?" Jiang Baili smiled. "Is it really so sure?"
"I still laugh, I don't believe you didn't see it..."
"I saw it, but I was afraid that you didn't..."
As he said this, Jiang Baili himself burst into laughter.
After the laughter, Cai E handed over to Jiang Baili with a piece of information that had just been sent.
"If you want to win quickly, it will probably be more troublesome, but I will definitely win..."
"Well..." After reading the information, Jiang Baili also nodded. "It seems that's true..."
As he said that, Jiang Baili put the information on the table.
"I didn't expect that the problem in Germany became so difficult..."
"The general trend is like this, and there is no way to do it..." Cai E sighed as he said. "That guy Manstein is indeed an amazing person. If you really want to fight fairly, I don't have much confidence to win him, but this time, I am sure to win... Although I feel that winning is not without martial arts..."
"This is how war is. There is no saying that victory is not strong... 'War is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival and death, and a way of survival. This is what my grandson said. Now we are in this place of life and death, and we cannot..."
War is a major event of the country. It is related to the life and death of the people and the survival of the country. We must be carefully examined and studied.
"Don't worry, I understand." Cai E shook his head. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who ignores major issues because of personal feelings..."
Jiang Baili also laughed. "I think you look very similar."
To be continued...