The Serbians thought that they might be attacked by the German army, but they did not pay attention to it because in their view, the other three armies were inferior in terms of numbers and size. They are larger than them, and they are not the closest one. The biggest threat to the capital of Odili, Vienna, should be the Czech army stationed on the border between Jieke and Odili, so they thought that the German army would go Attack the Czechs!
In the end, who would have thought that the Germans would rather fight those who were closer than they were, and instead of attacking those who were closer, they would come to attack them!
The battle progressed very quickly. After the German troops arrived on the battlefield, with the cooperation and guidance of the local people, they blocked all the escape routes of the Serbian people, and then began to shell the Serbian camp!
Faced with the German army that almost fell from the sky, the Serbian people were completely confused. The lack of training for a long time caused their military level to decline very quickly. After the soldiers were shelled, they fell into a mess and did not organize effective resistance at all. , after the German army broke into the camp, some soldiers tried to resist, while some soldiers were busy preparing to escape with the belongings they had looted!
The battle took only half an hour from start to finish. More than 15,000 Serbian people were wiped out, and not a single one was captured!
"Your Excellency, you are really clever. After this group of Servians were surrounded, they actually escaped from the north. If we hadn't prepared our bags in advance and waited for them, they might have actually escaped!"
The homeland of the Serbian people is in the south.
Generally speaking, they will definitely go south and escape in the direction of their homeland.
However, Mainz believes that no one on the other side does this, because these Serbian people People do not dare to return to their homeland, and there are currently three other armies stationed in the north.
If they flee north and join the three armies, not only will their own safety be guaranteed, but they will also be able to rely on these three armies.
Mainz has already thought of this little trick to turn defeat into victory!
"General, you are right, the lion still needs all his strength to defeat the rabbit. I was indeed too blindly optimistic before!"
Seeing that some enemies almost rushed out of the encirclement, Guderian seemed a little scared!
If these people really escaped, then their previously planned strategy of defeating them one by one would be completely ruined!
Fortunately, The colonel was well prepared and did not follow his own advice, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!
When he thought of this, Guderian's admiration for Mainz suddenly arose. He found that he had many shortcomings and still needed to follow the colonel. study
"Being able to realize your own mistakes and correct them in time is a good character. I hope you can keep it. No matter what position you hold in the future or how old you are, you must maintain a humble heart because of the war. There is no room for a slight mistake. A small mistake may very well determine your luck!"
Mainz was very pleased when he heard Guderian's words. Gu's abilities were outstanding, especially in armor tactics. He was known as the father of armor. But in February 1942, Guderian was in the limelight. , but was suddenly dismissed by Mustache, and did nothing in the next two years, almost missing the most critical two years of the war.
There are many reasons for this result, including Mustache's dictatorship.
Okay, it's okay to say that Guderian has a bad temper and doesn't know how to build a good relationship with his colleagues.
In short, both of them have their own problems.
After Guderian knew that Mustache was dissatisfied with him, he threatened him with resigning and giving up his job.
The mustache was naturally the last trigger.
As for his last order to the army before leaving the front line, in Mainz's view, it was a direct move to blame the head of state.
The mustache did not directly shoot Guderian.
That's already very polite!
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After solving the Servians, Mainz did not relax, and his troops were very fast. On the evening of the day the battle ended, he led his troops northward and defeated 50,000 Czech troops on the south bank of the Danube on October 3. Army.
Jieke's army is very close to the border. As long as there is any disturbance, this army will immediately flee back to its home country.
Moreover, the combat effectiveness of this army is relatively strong, so Mainz did not intend to annihilate this army from the beginning. In fact, based on the current strength of the German army, they simply do not have such capabilities.
But the Czech army is different from Serbia. They are not a group of traitors, but can be regarded as the regular Czech defense force. Therefore, although they were instigated by the Allies to send troops, this army from top to bottom He has no intention of fighting for the Allies.
Therefore, Mainz's strategy was to give this army a head-on attack and use heavy casualties to force the opponent back.
The battle took place at night, and the German army approached quietly. After a round of rapid artillery fire, the charge horn was sounded immediately.
Most of the soldiers in the Jeke army saw the enemy rushing towards them before they could figure out what happened.
In the darkness, German attacks came from all directions.
Commander Jieke misjudged the strength of the German army and thought that the German army had at least 150,000 people.
This number shocked him.
He was worried that his troops would be surrounded, so he immediately issued an order.
After receiving the order to retreat, he led the troops to run for 120 miles in one breath until they completely entered the territory of Jiecheng.
After confirming that the German army had not caught up, he breathed a sigh of relief!
However, when they counted the number of people and found that the troops had lost more than 15,000 people and about 80% of their weapons, they immediately felt very painful. In just one night, they suffered such heavy casualties. It seemed that the enemy was stronger than It was even stronger than they imagined!
Thinking of this, the Czechs were no longer interested in the next battle. While gathering the remaining soldiers who had escaped, they carefully strengthened the defense of the border area. They had no intention of continuing into Odili to fight the Germans!
After all, the Allies asked them to send troops, and they have already sent troops and fought a battle, which can be regarded as giving the Allies a task.
If they are allowed to continue fighting, they will definitely not be willing to do so, because at this time, they understand that the effort is thankless and the losses are so great. In exchange for some verbal rewards, anyone who is willing to do such a stupid thing can do it. They won't go anyway. Got it!
After the most powerful Czechs withdrew from the battle, the 150,000-strong army was reduced by half in the blink of an eye, leaving only the two armies of Croatia and Slovenia!
Things are starting to look clearer for Odili!