Vol 4 Chapter 130: Shady

On the southern front, after the Battle of Transylvania, the Allies turned offensive to defensive. The group of defeated soldiers who lost their weapons and equipment was also re-armed by Marshal August von Mackensen. Naturally, they didn't, but they still seized a lot of weapons and equipment in the battle on the Eastern Front. It was okay to select some of them and use them first.
In other words, the judgment made by Dante Christoph is not accurate. The Allied power now has an army of five hundred and thirty thousand, instead of the four hundred thousand that they estimated in advance.
However, even if the estimation is wrong, this still cannot change the power comparison between the two sides. Whether it is a 400,000 army versus a 900,000 army or a 5.3 million army versus a 900,000 army, the Allies are at an absolute military disadvantage.
The most important thing is that after months of fighting and running-in, the Indian division with the lowest combat effectiveness has been exhausted, and the newly-formed "mercenary" division has changed from recruits to veterans!
In general, the combat effectiveness of the Bulgarian army has not declined, but has increased slightly, which is not so wonderful for the badly injured German and Austrian forces.
As for the Romanian Restoration Army, ignore them first. If it weren’t for political needs, their organization would have long since disappeared. Even for political needs, their troops are mostly Romanian recruited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Composed of people, the total strength is less than 10,000, and it can't change the overall situation at all!
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At the military meeting, August von Mackensen said in a low tone: "Now the enemy is coming and our army has just been hit hard. We don't have the strength to fight the enemy in the short term!
Now that the enemy has air supremacy, we are destined to be unable to defend the Debrecen line. I decided to make a strategic retreat for the entire army and rebuild the defense line along the Tisza River.
Now we still need to delay time for the construction of the defense line, so I decided that the troops will resist steadily, alternately cover and retreat, and we must also remove or destroy all the ships on the south bank, so as to prevent the enemy from crossing the river in a short time. ! "
As soon as Marshal August von Mackensen’s words fell, he was opposed by the Austro-Hungarian side. The 16th Army Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Count Andrasel said firmly: "No, we disagree!"
After a pause, Count Andrassil explained: "Even if Debrecen falls, we can continue to build a line of defense in Pishper Klodani and continue to fight the enemy instead of just avoiding the battle. !
If you retreat to the Tisza River, which is equivalent to giving up the central Danube plain, then one-third of the grain-producing area of ​​the Kingdom of Hungary will be occupied, and the flank of Belgrade will be dangerous. The consequences are simply beyond our capacity of! "
Andrassil's opposition did not surprise everyone. As an officer from the Kingdom of Hungary, it would be a problem if he did not object.
Marshal August von Mackensen’s plan is indeed very good. It can be said to be extremely conservative. According to his strategy, there is almost no possibility of failure.
However, this also seriously damaged the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Transylvanian Plateau had already fallen. Now if the central Danube plain were abandoned, the Kingdom of Hungary would have fallen to nearly four floors.
The best choice in the military is the worst choice in politics. It is conceivable how serious the consequences will be for the Kingdom of Hungary once such a thing occurs!
August von Mackensen said coldly:
Enough is enough, don’t make trouble! From a military standpoint, this is the most correct choice at the moment. If you are not military idiots, you should know that we are now What kind of situation is facing!
As for politics, let the politics go to hell! As a soldier, I hope you can all understand that the national interest is above all else, and you cannot ignore the national interest for the sake of personal or group interests!
The current situation is very dangerous for the Allied countries. The most important thing for Germany and Austria at the moment is to win this war. Everything we do now is to win this war now!
As for the damage to the interests of certain individuals or groups, I hope that everyone can take into account the overall situation and not let certain people put the interests of individuals or groups above the national interests! "
Obviously August von Mackensen has exploded. He is very dissatisfied with the Hungarian's act of holding his hind legs. This is very obvious.
In his opinion, there is no problem with defending Debrecen, as long as the Hungarians are willing to send reinforcements to come up with strategic materials, these are not problems!
Rather than just pointing around and not taking actual action like it is now! Do the Hungarians think that they can stop the enemy with their mouths?
Or is it that the Kingdom of Hungary can't even bring out more than a hundred or two hundred thousand reinforcements? This is obviously impossible. At any rate, it is also the second master of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. No matter how bad it is, a dozen divisions can still be obtained! Even if it doesn't, the Kingdom of Hungary can be mobilized temporarily!
As for the strategic materials needed on the front line, they are not fully responsible for them. August von Mackensen just needs them to provide emergency supplies.
The Kingdom of Hungary is also a medium-sized kingdom with a population of more than 20 million. If they want, they can deduct a part of the capital from the hands of the capitalists. There will always be supplies for the frontline for two to three months, right?
After all, you are now defending the homeland of the Kingdom of Hungary? There is no reason for the light to let the friendly forces contribute money and efforts, so they themselves will beat me with soy sauce and wave the flag and shout?
Obviously the position of the Hungarians is completely different from that of Marshal August von Mackensen. From the perspective of the Hungarians, this war is a war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire, and has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary!
As for the Hungarian Kingdom’s support of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this war, they had long been thrown out of the clouds.
Since this war has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary, they have all contributed money to help fight the war before, and now the war with heavy losses has hit their homeland, demanding German and Austrian compensation is not excessive, right?
As for continuing to contribute to this war, this is obviously impossible! Haven't they already worked hard before? The losses paid are so great that they have not received any compensation until now, so why should they continue the war?
After all, John Bull only promised not to hold the Hungarian Kingdom accountable for the war before. It does not mean that they will not be held accountable for future wars. The Allies will not be held accountable!
The positions of the two sides are different, and the ideas are naturally different, but Marshal August von Mackensen still gave orders as the commander-in-chief of the German-Austrian coalition forces on the southern front.
As for the Hungarians, if they have the courage to disobey their orders, they do not have to do so! Anyway, after retreating to the Tisza River, August von Mackensen doesn’t need so many troops. He really doesn’t care about the 30,000 or 40,000 troops of Hungary!
The prerequisite is that these Hungarian troops stay here and don't go back, otherwise they will still have to go back if they violate the military order.
Well, the main reason why the Vienna government dared to continue the war is that so far, the war has mainly been concentrated in the Kingdom of Hungary, and it has not yet reached Austria. It is also helpful for Austria to use this war to weaken this disobedient kingdom. The Hungarian Empire will last forever!
Facing the powerful Marshal August von Mackensen, the Hungarians decisively chose to admit counsel. Of course, as a price, when the troops retreated to the other side of the Tisza River, the Hungarians added to the army. Thousands of deserters!
Undoubtedly, those who ran away were all locals who ran home in the chaos. Anyway, this war has nothing to do with them. Let whoever wants to fight it!
This is also the main dilemma facing the Kingdom of Hungary. If the ethnic problem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is serious, then the ethnic problem of the Kingdom of Hungary is a "powder barrel"!
Even though the Hungarians accounted for half of the total population of the kingdom, their terrible national policies have messed up the country.
In this regard, they are far behind the Austro-Hungarian Empire, at least under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, everyone still recognizes this country!
In the Kingdom of Hungary, it will not work. The grievances accumulated by the ethnic minorities who have been suppressed by force in the country are about to explode. The soldiers fleeing this is only one aspect of it!
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Tiszasian is very upset now. Although the strategic retreat of the German-Austrian forces has avoided the fate of being encircled and annihilated by the enemy militarily, it is politically very bad for the Kingdom of Hungary.
Large tracts of land have fallen, and domestic nationalism has begun to burst. They advocate withdrawing from this war, regaining lost land, and establishing a new Great Hungarian Kingdom.
Very weird, right? The Hungarians want to separate from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish a new Great Hungarian Kingdom, which means that they still recognize the Hungarian throne of Ferdinand II!
This is the unique political system in Europe. In legal terms, Ferdinand II was the king of the Kingdom of Hungary and was recognized by the whole world. They also pledged allegiance to Ferdinand II as subjects, so naturally they would not Can easily "betray"!
Even if they are essentially betrayal, but in their view, they are opposed to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Ferdinand II, not against the Hungarian King-Ferdinand I! (Note: The establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary is still very short. It was established in the hands of Joseph I. He was also the first Ferdinand of the Franz family, so he was also Ferdinand I.)
Even after the end of the First World War, Grand Duke Karl, who was abolished from the throne, almost became the king of the Kingdom of Hungary again. It was just that he was too dead, and the political methods were too bad, and he had not had time to grasp power. He was put on the ground for playing and abolished the throne directly!
Although Hungarian nationalism is now prevailing and the major political factions have reached an agreement to withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish an independent Hungarian Kingdom, he still does not oppose Ferdinand I to continue to be king.
Well, the so-called political factions, in fact, the great aristocrats and capitalists within the Kingdom of Hungary have reached an agreement on their positions, and they have decided not to continue playing with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The main reason is that they believe that the defeat of the Allies in this war is a foregone conclusion. If they continue to stay in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they are equivalent to being a member of the Allies, and they will definitely be liquidated by the Allied Group after the war!
People tend to have interests. In order to avoid war punishment, they naturally want to change jobs. In this regard, the capitalists have been particularly active. Compared with the great aristocrats, their background is really too bad, and they have no ability to resist risks!
On the contrary, the traditional nobles are not so worried. Simply put, their relatives are all over Europe, and at most they are robbed of a little money. Basically, they are not life-threatening. They can also keep some property through family relations.
Take Ferdinand, for example, the Kohari family, a branch of the Gotha dynasty from which he was born, is considered to be a member of the Hungarian nobles and is among the top ones.
As long as you scroll up, everyone is definitely relatives. Under this background, if the Bulgarian army enters the Kingdom of Hungary, will they worry about safety?
Obviously not, even for the sake of fame, Ferdinand must also ensure that most of them live well. This is also the prevailing rule of the European aristocracy.
Of course, this is not unpaid. For example, although Ferdinand’s large territories in Abra and Sitno in Slovakia were taken over by the government in name, in fact, everyone has not used this interest, and he has stayed. The castle and manor underneath still belong to the Kohari family. (Note: Before World War I, most of Slovakia belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary)
Obviously this is one of the unknown insider trading ~EbookFREE.me~ In return, the castles and manors of these great nobles have not been patronized by the Bulgarian army. Even in the occupied areas, Ferdinand did not. Haven't their property been touched?
As for the property of capitalists, when has the Bulgarian army been softened? Isn't it confiscated all the way?
There is no doubt that this is all communicated in advance. Based on the principle of not putting the eggs in the same basket, everyone is still willing to keep a little incense between each other without conflict of interest!
If they really disregarded Ferdinand’s fiefdom, would they really die?
As for the consequences? First think about it, can you resist the revenge of a king?
Who wouldn't abuse power? People are selfish, and Ferdinand is no exception. Whoever touches his cheese will kill him!
It is not easy to retaliate. For example, the bombing of Budapest will sever the foundations of certain people; for example, the enemy’s manor and castle suddenly turned into an arsenal on the newspaper, and they have become the focus of the Bulgarian air force. It can't be used to test Ferdinand's morals, he really has no lower limit!
So what is really worried about now is these big capitalists. If they still tie themselves to the broken ship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, if the war fails, no one can help them keep their property, or even lose their lives.
Anyway, in this era, there is a tradition of preferential treatment of nobles in Europe. Everyone will try to avoid killing nobles for no reason. But capitalists are different. Their reputation in this era can be said to be notorious. No one cares about their life and death!
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