Chapter 81 Codename "Corporal"
In mid-May 1919, after Hersmann handed over the task of joining and controlling the National Socialist Workers' Movement to Rosenberg, the head of the political section of the Military Intelligence Department, he brought his secretary Paulus and the general manager of the Economic Promotion Company with him. Ettel went to Budapest.
Because a large amount of grain from Soviet Russia has arrived in Germany and is being transferred to Budapest. Now that the Hungarians have food, weapons, and good enough military advisors, it is just a matter of determination to continue the fight. Hersman personally went to Hungary to cheer up Kuhn Bella and also to observe the Hungarians' war readiness.
If the Hungarians could defeat the Czech and Romanian armies attacking them, they would regain Slovakia and Transylvania. Then Germany has reason to continue to maintain a relatively large army! The size of the army also directly determines their say in future German internal affairs. This is very beneficial to the Juncker Group, which will cooperate with the Nazi Party or other nationalist parties in the future.
"Major General, how is the situation?" Hersman was at the Budapest Central Railway Station. As soon as Hessman saw Major General Vorbeck who came to greet him, he immediately asked about the situation on the front line.
Vorbeck and Hersman got into the car together and headed to the Seniche Thermal Baths - a large spa palace built in 1913. The "Special Technical School" and the "Hungarian International Advisory Group" are now stationed there.
"It went well enough," said Vorbeck, lighting up his pipe. "Since May, we have been at war with the Czech Republic and Romania. The major cities in Slovakia and Transylvania were occupied before the end of April. However, It's nothing. We sent dozens of guerrilla detachments to Transylvania and Slovakia and opened up a large number of guerrilla bases. At the same time, we also destroyed railways and bridges, which made it very difficult for the enemy to rely on heavy weapons. Vulnerable. In early May, they were joined by French and Serbian armies, who first met at Debrecen (in the eastern part of the Hungarian plain, near Transylvania) and then crossed the Tisza River (in the middle of the Hungarian plain). , currently heading towards Budapest.”
"They won't capture Budapest, right?" Hersman was a little worried. The Hungarian Bolshevik Party was not resilient and could hardly withstand the loss of Budapest.
"You have to ask your father," Vorbeck smiled. "Old Otto is the general counsel of the Budapest City Defense Command... You know, he was bombed in the trenches throughout the world war. How to defend him? Better than me."
Hersmann's father, Otto von Hersmann, also retired from the Army in March. He originally wanted to return to Rasburg, East Prussia, to farm, but Ludwig von Hersmann found him a very good job - serving as a military adviser to the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Because Vorbeck was so famous, he could only use the pseudonym "Colonel Baker", and it was not convenient for him to serve as the head of the international military advisory group. Therefore, the old Hersman, who had the rank of colonel, served as the commander of the German Army, and fought on the front line for several years, became the most valued military advisor by the Hungarians. It is also the elder Hersman who now serves as the head of the International Military Advisory Group.
"My father?" What appeared in Hersman's mind was the image of a man in his fifties with a pale face, high cheekbones, sunken cheeks, and a permanently frowning brow. This is Hirschmann's father, Otto von Hirschmann. The long and hard frontline life and the mental torture caused by the defeat made him very thin, as if he had a serious illness.
"He is a person who takes everything too seriously, and he especially likes to curse. He will always say things he doesn't like." In Hersman's memory, his father is such a person, "He will build the Capitol Building in accordance with the instructions. Those Hungarians who ask others to build trenches will be tortured.”
"Hahaha..." Vorbeck laughed heartily, "Old Otto has always been like this. He was like this when he was at Gross Hillifeld. He was always the most serious one. And I have a more careless temper. , you know, you can’t take fighting with Africans too seriously, otherwise you’ll get pissed off.”
"What about the Hungarians? How are they?"
"It's great! They're all great guys,"
Vorbeck said: "The people sent to the special technical school are sergeants and sergeants who have participated in the world war for more than three years, and many of them have also served as scouts. With a little training, they can master the essence of guerrilla warfare. In fact, guerrilla warfare is not difficult. To sum it up in one sentence: Preserve yourself and contain the enemy. Our purpose in launching guerrilla warfare in Slovakia, Transylvania and west of the Tisza River is not to decisively fight the enemy, but to contain them. The enemy will use a large number of troops to attack Budapest, and the supplies and ammunition will be insufficient due to our guerrilla warfare. In this way, the Hungarians can achieve a decisive victory! "
Although the elder Hersman was the head of the International Military Advisory Group, the Hungarian Red Army's combat plan was drawn up by Vorbeck. The tactics adopted were to lure the enemy deep into the city, carry out guerrilla destruction and defend the fortified city, and finally use the "light field corps" to steal the retreat of the Allied forces in an effort to fight a war of annihilation.
The so-called "light field corps" is also a very interesting concept, also proposed by Vorbeck based on the experience of mobile warfare in Africa. This "light corps" does not need to be equipped 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 can march at a faster speed and conduct short-term rapid maneuver operations without logistical support.
Such a force would not be enough to fight a world war on the plains of Western Europe, but it would be enough to deal with the likes of the Czech Republic and Romania on the Hungarian plains and in the Carpathian mountains.
Thinking of this, Hessman let out a long sigh. As long as the Hungarians have enough food and ammunition, the fortified city of Budapest to defend, a large number of guerrillas operating in Transylvania and Slovakia, and one or several light field regiments, imperialism can Stop trying to bully the Hungarian people easily!
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"Liar! Liar! U.S. President Woodrow Wilson is the most shameless and brilliant liar in the world! He kept saying he loved peace, but he got his country involved in three bloody wars!
One world war against our German nation, and one against Soviet Russia—right after he called for the withdrawal of all foreign armies from Russia! Another one is to attack our ally the Hungarians. He wants the Hungarians to cede 70% of their territory to Serbia, the Czech Republic and Romania..."
When Herschmann arrived in Budapest, Dr. Rosenberg, the leader of his political team, had already arrived in Munich. I was listening to a speech by a thin thirty-year-old veteran with a parted hair and a toothbrush-like mustache in a square in front of the University of Munich.
Standing side by side with him was the principal of the Stasi Vocational School, "Ms. Doctor" Schragmuller.
"College student, he is a 'corporal', does he look like an eloquent labor activist?" Miss Doctor pointed at the veteran who was giving a speech and whispered to Rosenberg beside her.
"Student" was Rosenberg's code name in the Stasi agency. The veteran known as "Corporal" was also a member of the Stasi. Not a formal agent, but a cooperative informant. He was not originally a member of the Stasi system, but a temporary scout of the Political Office of the General Staff, responsible for investigating the "Spartacist ideological" tendencies among captured German soldiers at the Lechfeld shelter. Because of his outstanding performance, he was recommended to the Stasi by the Political Department after his work was completed.
He is currently receiving training as a "pretend politician" at the Stasi branch temporarily set up on the campus of the University of Munich. After completing their training, the "Corporal" and his companions will infiltrate various workers' parties.
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