During the Battle of Budapest, the German army had been strengthening the defense of Vienna.
The German army defending Vienna was the German "South" Army Group led by General Waller. This Army Group was established to attack Poland. It initially had 630,000 troops. Now, after a series of major battles, the remaining troops are only about 150,000.
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The main force of the "Southern" Army Group was basically destroyed in the Battle of Volgograd, and then suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Kursk. As expected, Vienna should be the final battle of the "Southern" Army Group.
Compared with the German army, the Russian 2nd and 3rd armies, which finally captured Budapest after three months of hard fighting, were at their peak, so Malinovsky was not bragging. Even without the help of the 5th Army's ground troops, Malinovsky
Novsky is also guaranteed to beat Waller.
Of course, only ground troops and air assistance from the Allies are still needed by the Russians.
Is this strategy familiar? In the early days of the North African Campaign, the British also did this.
After learning of Malinovsky's request, Arthur decisively refused. He did not want to help the Russians without committing ground troops, which meant that the Fifth Army would gain nothing.
The news returned to Pretoria, and Roque sent a telegram to Arthur, hoping that Arthur would change his mind and cooperate with Malinowski.
Arthur didn't quite understand. He didn't communicate much with Roque in the telegram. Instead, he took a plane directly to Pretoria and asked Roque in person.
This was the first time Arthur returned to Pretoria since 43 years. Gavin went to the airport to pick him up, and the two took the same car to the Palace of Justice.
"It's not appropriate for the two of us to sit in the same car, right?" Arthur joked in the car. He and Gavin actually had a good relationship, and there was not much embarrassment when they were together.
After all, they are two brothers——
Although it is not legally recognized, let's just leave it at that. Anyway, it is a common thing among big families and is not new.
However, Arthur and Gavin are relatively single-minded in their relationship. After so many years of marriage, they have not had any romantic affairs. This is thanks to Rock's strict requirements for their children.
"How about I change a car?" Gavin laughed and cooperated. One of them is the Viscount of Cyprus of the British Empire, and the other is the "appointed" successor of the federal government of Southern Africa. For safety reasons, they really can't sit in the same car.
car.
Of course, not many people followed these rules. Rock and Winston once took the same plane from Pretoria to London.
"I thought Cyprus was developing fast enough, but every time I return to Pretoria, I have a new feeling -" Arthur couldn't help but sigh, there is really no comparison between Cyprus and Pretoria.
The key to Cyprus is its good geographical location, not far from the European continent, the climate is also very suitable, there is no threat of war, the environment is not bad, and education and medical care are very developed. Therefore, after the outbreak of the world war, many people from European countries went to Cyprus.
And most of them are wealthy people.
Only rich people can have more choices when facing disaster.
Likewise, only truly wealthy people will not abandon everything and immigrate directly to the United States or southern Africa. People like Cyprus are still looking forward to returning to their own countries after the war to enjoy the privileges brought by wealth.
This is also the main reason why Arthur came to see Roark this time.
According to Rock's request, Arthur should cooperate with the Russians to capture Vienna without sending ground troops.
However, if the ground forces do not intervene, even if Vienna is captured, it will have nothing to do with the Southern African Expeditionary Force. The government established in the future will definitely be inclined to Russia, and there is a high probability that it will directly copy the Russian model in Austria. Those who are looking forward to returning to China after the war to continue
What about the entitled guys?
"Cold salad -" Gavin would not pity those guys, these are standard fat sheep: "Isn't it good to leave their wealth in Cyprus? If our relationship with Russia gets worse and worse because of these things, this is the right thing to do.
That's what the British and Americans want."
Arthur frowned and stared silently at the bustling city outside the window without speaking.
When Pretoria built the airport, considering urban expansion, it was dozens of kilometers away from the city.
It now seems that the Pretoria City Government has underestimated the speed of urban expansion. The airport has now been connected to the urban area and has become part of the urban area.
During the World War, Cyprus also developed rapidly, with its population almost doubling.
"I'm also worried now. If this continues, we may have a direct conflict with Russia, which may lead to the Third World War -" Arthur was unsure, otherwise he wouldn't have run to the competition.
Letoria asked Roque face to face.
"The Russians have the same worries as us -" Gavin was more confident.
This is normal. No matter how prosperous Cyprus is, its market is only so big, and its development space will ultimately be limited.
Southern Africa is different. Like Russia, the greatest confidence is that the strategic depth is large enough. Any country that wants to fight Russia must consider Russia's size and weather. If it cannot beat Russia to death with a stick, it will probably end up like the dwarf and the beard.
's mistakes.
What is more despairing than strategic depth and weather is industrial capability.
In fact, the only ones that can make Southern Africa feel threatened are the United Kingdom and the United States. They have to be added together to form an ocean-going fleet that can make the Southern African navy feel slightly threatened.
I only have a slight feeling of this. If a war breaks out, the long supply line is enough to make everyone despair. Although there are no battleships in southern Africa, the technology of aircraft carriers and submarines is still very advanced.
As for Russia——
Sorry, with Russia's current level, it can dominate the European continent at most, and it is a dream to threaten southern Africa.
Even without the need for southern Africa to take action, France can lock Russia to the Black Sea with its current naval level.
So with Southern Africa as his back, Gavin is much more confident than Arthur.
Roque is more confident because he knows where the Russians' limits are.
The world war has been going on so far, and both parties involved in the war are a little bit unable to fight. Rock actually doesn’t want to fight. It’s great to be happy and make money, so why fight with life and death? The future of mankind lies in the stars——
The federal government of Southern Africa actually began to adjust last year, gradually shifting its focus from war to construction.
It won't work without adjustment. If there are so many military-industrial enterprises now, if they are not prepared, they will go bankrupt after the war is over.
It's easy for the Johannesburg Textile Group to say that without the orders from the Ministry of Defense, it can still produce civilian orders. People always need to be clothed and fed.
What to do with all the arsenals that produce bullets and shells?
There are four incendiary bomb factories in southern Africa dedicated to consumption by the East Asian Allied Forces, with a total of more than 10,000 workers. In peacetime, there is no need for incendiary bombs, so what will happen to these workers?
So we must be prepared now to avoid being caught off guard. In another time and space, an economic crisis broke out after the end of World War II.
The countermeasure Rock prepared is to adjust the direction and transform the military industry into civilian industry. Europe was so badly beaten and a long reconstruction period will begin after the war, so workers in southern Africa do not have to worry about unemployment. No one will buy incendiary bombs so they can make gas tanks.
The general direction is similar, the difference is that one should be built to be stronger, and the other should be built to be more explosive.
"As long as they control the Black Sea outlet, the threat the Russians can pose is extremely limited. At least they cannot threaten Cyprus -" Rock's heart is harder than Gavin's. Great powers cannot compete for hegemony over time and place. When it is time to make concessions,
You have to give in without losing face.
For the same reason as Gavin, the Allies are not in harmony. If a conflict breaks out with Russia in southern Africa, the British and Americans will be happiest.
Don't listen to the shouts of the British. The former British Empire has been abolished. Just look at the current Western Front and you will know that the British just want to shout "Come on." There are not many troops sent to the European continent. They obviously hope that southern Africa and the United States will be the main force.
The attack on Germany was exactly the same as the one that diverted the trouble from the north.
As for who has more influence in Europe after the war, Britain, Southern Africa, and the United States.
The British don't care. They have never really owned Europe. They have been messing with it for many years. They used to find a balance between Germany and France, but now they have replaced it with southern Africa, the United States and Russia. There is essentially no difference.
"The Russians have always wanted us to withdraw from Buda and hand over Buda to the provisional government established by the Russians -" Arthur was not willing to give in. If he could just give in, there would be no need for the Southern African Expeditionary Force to fight to the death.
In the Battle of Budapest, although the losses of the Southern African Expeditionary Force were small, they were paid for by the lives of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.
"If the Russians can withdraw from Pest, then we can also withdraw from Buda. The Hungarian affairs will ultimately have to be resolved by the Hungarians themselves." If Roque does not take care of it, the Hungarians should not expect the Southern African Expeditionary Force to respond to whether they are "free."
", a bloody battle with Russia.
The key is that it is not worth it, and Hungary is not the core interest of southern Africa.
As for whether Russia will start a war with Southern Africa because of Hungary, it's hard to say. The character of the bearded man cannot be summed up in one sentence.
Call him cruel, but he has the same attitude towards his son. Russians sacrificed tens of millions in the war, and Big Beard also sent his son to the battlefield. No one else said this, but Rock himself didn't do it.
arrive.
Regarding this, Rock still admires the bearded man.
The British princess also served in the army during the war, but she has always served in the UK and has never been to the front line, not even to North Africa.
The bearded man directly sent his son to the front line, which is a courage that ordinary people cannot achieve.
"In that case, our Hungarian interests may suffer serious losses -" Arthur himself had little confidence in the group of Hungarians he supported.
What do you mean by democracy and freedom? You may say it's okay. In fact, it's all a method devised by the powerful class to fool the people. Look at the politicians in the United Kingdom and the United States. Which one is really from the civilian class?
They are all packaged to deceive people.
Although Russia does not have what the British call "democracy and freedom", ordinary people in Russia really have the opportunity to go to a high-end sanatorium next to the Black Sea for vacation. If British civilians want to go to a suburban villa for vacation on the weekends, you have to be able to do so.
Therefore, those who enjoy the smog in the smoggy London in winter are ordinary British civilians. The real powerful people live in suburban estates with good air, and they don't care about removing the smog.
"Arthur, at least now, Russia is not our enemy, Germany and Japan are-" Rock reminded Arthur not to be too harsh on his own people.
Talking about loss of profits.
Since the outbreak of the war, Southern Africa has provided hundreds of millions of rands of aid to Russia. If they fall out, will the Russians pay back the money?
Don’t even think about it, look at how the Russians defaulted on their debts after the last world war, look at how the British fooled the Indians again and again, and look at how the United States implemented the Monroe Doctrine.
It's not that there aren't any good people, but the probability of a bad person is too high.
Therefore, compared with the money Southern Africa spent to aid Russia, the resources Southern Africa invested in Hungary were negligible. Roque did not want to see a repeat of the Iron Curtain era, but if it could not be avoided no matter what, Roque had no choice but to accept it.
The key is to practice your internal strength well.
As long as Southern Africa maintains its strong strength, no matter how old Europe behaves or how the Angsa people fan the flames, Southern Africa will remain invincible.
In addition to converting the military into civilians, the federal government of Southern Africa is planning to launch a new round of large-scale infrastructure construction.
Infrastructure is important at all times. The power supply in Southern Africa is not yet worry-free, and transportation facilities are far from being connected to roads in every village. Many of the main roads between cities are still two-way four-way roads.
What about lanes? Wouldn’t it be nice to have six or eight lanes?
Fragrant, the key is to have money.
When it comes to money, the federal government of Southern Africa really has no shortage of money. If the richest country in the world has no money, then other countries should simply stop playing.
"If Russia tries to expand its influence to the Mediterranean, then we will have to deal with it. It is still far away now -" Roque built a "firewall" around the Mediterranean. This wall is not so easy to tear down.
Winston in another time and space simply gave up Eastern Europe for Greece and completely made Russia a continental country without giving up any maritime interests.
Rock also understood the importance of the ocean early on. Without a strong navy, he was really at the mercy of others.
"The Mediterranean Sea does not belong to southern Africa, so it is not our family's task to block Russia. You must learn to use all available resources." Roque is playing a big game. Who is most nervous about Russia breaking through the blockade?
Definitely not southern Africa, but the UK and France and Italy.
Therefore, to fight against Russia, all European countries really need to join forces. Relying on one country can only bleed Russia, and it will not even hurt the muscles and bones.
