Chapter 143 The Fourth Transaction Object
There is a small city named Valpovo in the southeastern part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Croatia region).
Twenty kilometers south of the small town, there is another small town called Osijek, which belongs to the Yugoslav Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Yugoslav Federation).
In the past, these two cities were just inconspicuous small cities in Yugoslavia.
However, with the separation of the two countries, the border line just passed through the middle of the two small cities. These two small cities that were originally inconspicuous have also become important border military towns for both sides.
In order to guard against each other, both sides hoarded a large number of troops here, forming a confrontational situation.
Of course, the two Yugoslav armies stationed here are mainly the troops of Yugoslavia...Mao Xiong does not interfere in this area. Apart from the private agreement, there is also a premise that Austria and the United States do not directly interfere in this area.
So in the past six months, the confrontation between the two Yugoslavias has become a confrontation, but overall they are still living in peace.
But on March 2, 1946, the Southern Federation suddenly declared that the Southern Kingdom crossed the border and launched a surprise attack on it, and immediately declared war on the Southern Kingdom
At that time, King Peter II of the Southern Kingdom was on a "state visit" to Austria in Vienna, and he was "confused" immediately when he heard the news.
Although Valpovo had a large number of garrison leaders in the Southern Kingdom, it was obviously too late to respond to the sudden war, and it fell in just one day.
The army of the Southern Federation marched straight in, approaching Zagreb, the capital of the Southern Kingdom (now the capital of Croatia).
On March 3, Vienna, King Peter II of the Southern Kingdom hurried to the palace garden of Schönbrunn Palace and found Josie who was playing golf.
This former palace of the Habsburg royal family is now Josie's residence in Vienna.
"Leader!" After seeing Josie, Peter II calmly gave a military salute, but he couldn't hide the burnt look on his face.
And the reason why the young king called Josie the leader is also very simple, because he has already joined the Ouroboros in private—although the Ouroboros is one of the business cards of Josie, a European Hydra, but joining Ouroboros, joined Hydra without a watch.
There is still a difference between the two.
"What? Still worried?" Josie hit a birdie, smiled with satisfaction, and then looked at Peter II and said.
"Yes!" Peter II didn't deny it, but simply nodded.
"Don't worry, everything is within our expectations, isn't it? Let the iron emperor go deeper, and the international public opinion will be more beneficial to us. Don't worry too much!" Josie handed the club to the servant People, casually said in relief.
"...Leader, I want to go to the front!" Peter II hesitated for a moment, then said.
Josie was slightly surprised when he heard this, and looked at this young man who was only a little less handsome than him.
Peter II is indeed very young. Born in September 1923, he is only 23 years old now.
In terms of actual age, he is five years older than Josie, but in terms of mental age, he is far behind Josie.
And don't underestimate the opponent's ability. Five years ago, when the young king had not officially come of age, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was pro-German and joined the Axis under the control of his uncle, the regent Prince Paul. of.
But the day after Prince Paul announced that he would join the Axis, the young king launched a coup and wiped out all the pro-German forces including Prince Paul.
Although this completely offended Germany and led to the invasion and fall of the Southern Kingdom, judging from the outcome of World War II, his choice was obviously correct.
And because of this choice, Peter II has a very good reputation in Yugoslavia.
The only regret is that he met a more powerful Iron Emperor, so in the original time and space, he could only become a passer-by in history, exiled in the United States, and finally died unwillingly.
In general, the young king still has abilities, which is why Josie recruited him.
Just young people, always eager to make contributions.
"Since you want to go, then go and get the rank of deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces of the two countries, and the title of marshal!" Josie nodded, agreeing to Peter II's request to go to the front line, "but everything must be arranged by Marshal Lister !"
In the capacity of King Peter II, it is not an exaggeration to have the false title of Marshal, and it is troublesome if it is low.
The Marshal List that Josie mentioned was one of the famous German generals, Marshal Sigmund William Lister.
The Marshal's reputation may be far inferior to the so-called three famous German generals, namely Manstein, Rommel, and Guderian.
But in terms of ability, Lister is definitely not much worse than these three.
Great achievements and military exploits have been achieved in various campaigns in Poland, France, the Balkans and the Caucasus.
It was just that when he was fighting Mao Xiong in the later period, because he had a disagreement with Mustache, he was labeled by Mustache and was relieved of all military posts.
But now, this former German Marshal has become the commander-in-chief of the Austrian Defense Forces, with the rank of marshal, and will be the commander-in-chief of the Austrian-Southern Kingdom coalition forces fighting against the Yugoslav Federation.
The reason for this situation is also very simple, that is, Lister is a Bavarian, and he served as one of the leaders of the Bavarian rebel army during the operation of returning to the Eagle's Nest. It's not that he is a foolish and loyal person. The little beard is not benevolent. If he is dismissed from his post, he will dare to be unrighteous and directly rebel against the little beard.
And he officially avoided trial after the defeat of Germany and the Red Skull Army.
In addition, when the German army occupied Austria, it was also the Marshal who was responsible for the recruitment and training of the Austrian Army.
So this former German Marshal has a deep bond with Austria, and it seems reasonable that he can become a leader in the Austrian army now.
As for the other marshals in the German army, Josie is actually quite eye-catching, but unfortunately, none of them are Bavarian or Austrian. Josie has no way or reason to let them escape the war trial in a short time and take them into his own hands. use.
As for Peter II, he also felt a little weird when he thought of working with the famous Marshal Lister.
The reason is very simple, because it was Marshal Lister who led the army to destroy the Southern Kingdom... I can only say that fate is really amazing.
On March 9th, the Second Army of the Southern Federation captured Ivanićgrad, and here, there were only less than 50 kilometers away from Zagreb, the capital of the Southern Kingdom.
At the same time, the remaining three armies of the Yugoslav Federation have also begun to attack the entire southern part of the Southern Kingdom, that is, the Croatian region.
As Mao Xiong’s younger brother, the army of the Southern Federation also inherited Mao Xiong’s ideas, and obtained Mao Xiong’s many military resources in the early days, so the steel torrent is still very good.
Coupled with the fact that the Croatian region is the core area of the Pannonian Plain, the entire region is very suitable for armored forces to advance.
Even the whole world thinks that the Southern Kingdom will suffer a lot this time.
It's just that no one can guess that all of this is actually in the calculations of the high-level officials of Austria and the Southern Kingdom.
On the morning of March 10, at an airport behind the Southern Federation, a large number of bombers and fighter jets were taking off one by one, preparing to launch an air strike on Zagreb.
But at this moment, there were bursts of muffled thunder in the sky.
While the people in the airport were wondering, sharp-eyed people noticed a group of small black spots in the low sky in the distance, which were rapidly enlarging in the sunlight.
"Air attack!!!" A shrill scream sounded in the camp, but it was too late.
Because it was thirty Mirage 3 multi-purpose fighters secretly equipped by the Austrian Air Force that attacked.
In this era of low radar capabilities and lack of effective air-to-air precision-guided weapons, the low-altitude penetration tactics of supersonic fighter jets like Mirage 3 are simply unsolvable.
Thirty fighters, just one round of low-altitude strafing, blasted a large number of Confederate fighters on the airport.
The aerial bombs mounted on the fuselage were all sent to the oil depot and hangar at the airport.
The ground anti-aircraft firepower of the Southern Federation could not even touch the side of the Phantom 3 fighter plane-the speed was too fast, and the anti-aircraft weapons that were backward in this era did not have time to turn around at all, and the Phantom 3 had already flew past with a whoosh.
During the period, a small number of Confederate fighters successfully took off and tried to fight back, but in the same way, they couldn't even touch the side of Mirage 3. Instead, they turned around and were blown up by the opponent's machine gun. In theory, Mirage 3 is It should be equipped with air-to-air missiles. Josie is not without the technology of the first-generation air-to-air missiles, but he didn't take them out.
Just kidding, now the main fighter type of the Southern Federation, the most advanced is the La-5 and La-7 aided by Maoxiong. The cost of these piston fighters is only about ten thousand to twenty thousand dollars.
Even the first-generation Sidewinder air-to-air missile costs 40,000 to 50,000 US dollars per round, and its purpose is to hit jets, not piston fighters.
Using 40,000 to 50,000 disposable weapons to hit targets worth 10,000 to 20,000... Josie is crazy to do that.
The cannon is enough.
Anyway, the fastest piston fighter jet with a top speed of only five or six hundred kilometers per hour can't even touch the edge of the Mirage 3 with a top speed of more than two Mach.
There are many examples of piston fighters defeating jet fighters, but they are only limited to the peak piston fighters against the early generation of jet fighters.
The Phantom 3 is the top player among the second-generation jets.
If any Phantom 3 pilot is shot down by the Piston fighter jets of the Southern Federation, even if he can go back alive, Josie will have to kill him.
After thirty Phantom 3s raging, soon the most important military airport in the Southern Federation was completely reduced to ruins.
After solving the air threat, the remaining things are simple, and the Austrian bomber fleet began to appear.
Different from fighter jets, due to Austria's industrial production capacity, Josie didn't make any fuss on the bomber, so now the Austrian Air Force's bomber models are mainly German B-25 medium bombers aided by the United States.
But in the case of air superiority, the B-25 is enough.
Without air support, the remaining anti-aircraft firepower of the Second Army of the Southern Federation was simply not enough, and when the B-25 arrived at the main station of the Second Army of the Southern Federation, it had just completed the clearing of the frontline air force of the Southern Federation. The Phantom 3 finished its rest and took off again to cooperate with the bomber's attack.
After some saturation bombing, the main frontline of the Southern Federation was directly paralyzed.
But it's not over yet.
Before the bomber completely flew away, the figure of the AMX-30 main battle tank appeared in the distance, as well as the cooperating Puma and Gazelle helicopters.
To be honest, Josie's fighting method of bullying people with cross-generational weapons is really a bit inappropriate.
Don’t say anything about Eastern European overlords. If this posture is replaced by the United States and Mao Xiong with the same strength, they will only have to flee.
More importantly, the current Southern Federation army can't even run away.
And the large "depth" that was quickly captured at the beginning of the war has now become their cage.
Losing air supremacy, the armored forces of the Southern Federation have become the main hunting targets of AMX-30 main battle tanks and armed helicopters. In the case of mobility, range, firepower, armor, and all-round crushing, there is no one at all. Vehicles are able to escape pursuit.
In just three days, the four Southern Federation armies that had completely penetrated into the hinterland of the Croatian region were all divided and surrounded, and then wiped out.
When the United States, Mao Xiong, Britain and France reacted, it was already a week later. The coalition forces of Austria and the Southern Kingdom had already driven forward, not only swallowing the Bosnia and Herzegovina region, but even directly captured Belgrade, the capital of the Southern Federation. Withdrew directly westward to the Romanian border.
When the news came out, the whole world was shocked.
The battle situation changed too fast, and telegrams from all over the world immediately flew to Vienna like snowflakes.
Especially the five-star general Eisenhower, who has been promoted to the chief of staff of the army, flew to Vienna for the first time.
But at this moment when Austria attracted the attention of the whole world, Josie hid in the study of Schönbrunn Palace alone.
Without him, it's time to refresh the fourth plane transaction beacon.
"Don't give me another little doll this time!" Josie looked at the search countdown on the system screen in front of him, and silently prayed to Ten Thousand Heavens God and Buddha.
Soon, the originally dim screen lit up.
Perhaps Josie's prayer played a little role, and what appeared opposite was a neatly dressed and meticulous middle-aged man.
It's just this face— **** isn't this Ned Stark?
Well, it’s just that the faces are the same. In fact, they look much younger than Ned Stark, and the black stand-up collar coat on the other party’s body already shows that the other party has nothing to do with the world of power. .
"Plane Trader? It's a magical thing, so what can you offer me, and what do I need to pay, or do you want my soul?" "Ned Stark" spoke.
"Uh... this gentleman, I think you misunderstood me. I'm not a demon. I can't take your soul, and your soul is worthless to me... But according to you, there are demons in your world?" Josie Hearing this, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
"Probably not, but the world I live in, in my opinion, is no different from hell!" The other party sighed.
2 in 1.
(end of this chapter)