Chapter 110: Code Name "Corporal"
In mid-May 1919, after leaving the task of joining and mastering the National Socialist workers' movement to Rosenberg, head of the political group of the Military Intelligence Service, Hersmann took his secretary Paulus and Etter, the general manager of the Economic Promotion Company, to Budapest.
Because a large amount of grain from Soviet Russia has arrived in Germany and is being transshipped to Budapest. Now the Hungarians have both food and weapons in their hands, as well as good enough military advisers, and it is only a matter of determination to fight. Hersmann personally went to Hungary to give Kuhn. Béla cheered up, and by the way, observed the combat readiness of the Hungarians.
If the Hungarians can defeat the Czech and Romanian armies that are attacking them, they can recover Slovakia and Transylvania. Then Germany would have a reason to continue to maintain a relatively large army! The size of the army also directly determines their right to speak in the future internal affairs of Germany, which is very beneficial to the Juncker group, which will cooperate with the Nazi Party or other nationalist parties in the future.
"Major General, how's the situation going?" Hersmann was at the Budapest Central Railway Station, and as soon as Hersmann saw Major General Forbeck, who had come to greet him, he immediately asked about the situation at the front.
Forbeck and Hersmann got into the car together and headed to the Seniche Thermal Baths, a large spa palace built in 1913. The "School of Special Technologies" and the "Hungarian International Advisory Group" are now stationed there.
"It's going well," Falbeck said, lighting his pipe, "and we've been at war with the Czechs and Romania since May. Major cities in Slovakia and Transylvania were occupied by the end of April. But this was nothing, and we sent dozens of guerrilla detachments to Transylvania and Slovakia, opening up a large number of guerrilla base areas. At the same time, we have destroyed railways and bridges, which makes the enemy very vulnerable to heavy weapons. By early May, French and Serbian armies had joined in, meeting at Debrecen (eastern Hungarian plain, near Transylvania), then crossing the Tissa River (in the middle of the Hungarian plain) and now advancing towards Budapest. ”
"They're not going to take Budapest, are they?" Hersman was a little worried. The Hungarian Bolshevik Party was not tough and could hardly withstand the blow of losing Budapest.
"That's for your father," Folbeck laughed, "and the elder Otto is the general counsel of the Budapest City Defense Command...... You know, he was bombarded in the trenches throughout the world war, how to defend him better than me. ”
Hersmann's father, Otto. Feng. Hersman also retired from the Army in March. He had wanted to go back to Rustburg in East Prussia to farm, but Ludwig. Feng. Hersmann, however, found him a very good job as a military adviser in the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Because Falbeck was too famous, he could only use the pseudonym "Colonel Beck", and it was inconvenient to serve as the head of the International Military Advisory Group. Therefore, the old Hersmann, who had the rank of colonel, served as a German regiment commander and fought positional warfare on the front for several years, became the most valued military adviser among the Hungarians. The current head of the International Military Advisory Group is also the elder Hersman.
"My father?" Hersman conjured up the image of a man in his fifties with a pale face, high raised cheekbones, sunken cheeks, and a perpetually furrowed brow. This is Hersmann's father, Otto. Feng. Hersman. The long-term and arduous life on the front line and the mental torture brought about by the defeat made him very emaciated, as if he had a serious illness.
"He's a person who takes everything too seriously, and he likes to scold people, so he must say things he can't get used to." In Hersmann's memory, his father was a man who "would go and build trenches as required for the Reichstag, and those Hungarians would have to be tortured." ”
"Hahaha......" Falbeck laughed heartily, "old Otto has always been like this, and he was at Gross Heelyfield, always the most serious one." And I'm a bit of a sloppy person, you know, you can't take fighting with Africans too seriously, or you'll be. ”
"And what about the Hungarians? How are they? ”
"Great! They're all great guys,"
"The people assigned to the special technical school were all sergeants and sergeants who had fought in the world war for more than three years, and many of them had also served as scouts," Falbeck said. With a little training, they can master the essence of guerrilla warfare, which is actually not very difficult to fight. To sum it up, it is one sentence: save yourself and contain the enemy. The purpose of our guerrilla warfare in Slovakia, Transylvania, and west of the Tissa River was not to engage the enemy in a decisive battle, but to contain their forces and allow the enemy to expend a large number of troops on the logistical line. They will not have enough troops to attack Budapest, and supplies and ammunition will be scarce because of our guerrilla warfare. So that the Hungarians could achieve a decisive victory! ”
Although the elder Hersmann was the head of the International Military Advisory Group, the battle plan of the Hungarian Red Army was drawn up by Forbeck. The tactics adopted were to lure the enemy deep into the area, add guerrilla sabotage, and defend fortified cities, and finally use the "light field corps" to copy the back road of the Allied Allied forces, and strive to fight a war of annihilation.
The so-called "light field corps" is also a very interesting concept, also proposed by Forbeck based on the experience of African sports warfare. Such a "light corps" does not need to be armed with a large number of heavy artillery, does not need to carry excessive supplies and ammunition, and does not need to rely on good roads or railways for supplies. Therefore, it is possible to march at a relatively fast pace, and it is possible to carry out short-term rapid maneuver operations without logistical support.
It is not possible for such troops to fight a world war on the plains of Western Europe, but it is enough to deal with the Czechs and Romanians on the Hungarian plains, in the Carpathian mountains.
Thinking of this, Hersman let out a long sigh. As long as the Hungarians have enough food and ammunition, there is a fortified city of Budapest to defend, there are a large number of guerrillas operating in Transylvania and Slovakia, plus one or more light field regiments, imperialism will not want to bully the Hungarian people easily!
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"Liar! Swindler! U.S. President Woodrow. Wilson is the most shameless and clever liar in the world! He professes to love peace, but he has embroiled his country in three bloody wars!
One was a world war against our German nation, the other was a war against Soviet Russia - just after he called on all foreign armies to withdraw from Russia! The other was against our allies, the Hungarians, who wanted to cede 70% of their territory to Serbia, the Czech Republic and Romania......"
By the time Hersmann arrived in Budapest, his political leader, Dr. Rosenberg, had already arrived in Munich. In a square in front of the University of Munich, I was listening to a speech by a somewhat thin veteran in his thirties with a moustache and a toothbrush.
Standing side by side with him was the principal of the Stasi College, "Miss Doctor" Schragmüller.
"College student, he's a 'corporal', doesn't he look like a well-spoken worker movement?" Miss Doctor pointed to the veteran who was giving a speech and whispered to Rosenberg beside her.
"Student" was Rosenberg's code name for the Stacy agency. And the veteran, known as "Corporal", is also a member of Stasi. Not an official agent, but a co-informer. He was not originally a member of the Stacy system, but a temporary scout of the Political Department of the General Staff, responsible for investigating the "Spartacist ideology" tendencies among the captured German soldiers in the Lechveld asylum camp. Because of his excellent performance, he was recommended to Stacy by the Political Office after the work was over.
He is currently training as a "disguised politician" at the Stacy campus, which is temporarily located on the campus of the University of Munich. After the training, the "corporal" and his companions will enter the various workers' parties.
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