The Return of the King chapter 033

After Trotsky heard what Mainz said, he understood what he meant, and he felt relieved.

This time the Soviet army purchased a large number of weapons from the German army, including 200 artillery pieces, 1,200 heavy machine guns, 20,000 rifles, 100,000 rounds of artillery shells and 5 million rounds of ammunition.

This batch of supplies should be able to support it for a period of time. During this period, the White Army's attacks were very fierce. The Soviet troops on the front line suffered heavy casualties. If weapons, equipment and personnel cannot be replenished in time, the situation may be very dangerous.

"The current trade line must directly pass through the area controlled by the enemy. In this case, our arms trade may be cut off by the enemy at any time. I wonder if you can arrange transportation by sea?"

Just when Mainz was thinking about whether to remind the Woolly Bears that their trade routes were unsafe, the Woolly Bears themselves took the initiative.

"If transported by sea, where do you plan to transport it?"

There are many outlets for woolly bears, and the Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, and Black Sea are their main shipping routes.

For woolly bears, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea are the most important, especially the Black Sea, which directly reaches the hinterland of woolly bears. Moreover, the Black Sea is a non-freezing port, and sailings will not be suspended due to ice even in winter.

The situation in the Baltic Sea is slightly worse. The port here will be closed due to ice in winter, so many of Mao Xiong's trade routes are in the Black Sea. However, it is now summer.

After the ice in the Arctic Ocean melts, the waterways that were inaccessible in winter can now be briefly opened. Therefore, ships can also reach Mao Xiong from the Arctic Ocean, but this route is the longest and most dangerous. , compared with the other two routes, there is no advantage. If possible, no one would choose this route.

For Mao Xiong, the situation at this time is very bad. During World War I, they were enemies with the Ottoman Empire. The two sides fought many times in the Black Sea. In order to prevent the navy that never sets from the Black Sea, the Turkish people deployed a large number of mines at the entrances and exits of the Black Sea. These mines caused many warships to hit mines until the sun never set. , the losses of the Russian army were not small.

Although the world war was over at this time, the native chickens still maintained hostility towards the woolly bears.

The hatred between the two sides had lasted for centuries.

Even if the Western countries did not block the woolly bears, the native chickens would still remain hostile.

The chicken people will never open the door to the bear, so it is very difficult to transport supplies from the Black Sea to the bear, unless the chicken people are dealt with, and transporting from the Baltic Sea is not that easy, the sun never sets.

The empire's navy has completely controlled the Baltic Sea at this time.

It is almost impossible to enter the territory of Mao Xiong from the Baltic Sea.

"If possible, we hope to transport it to Murmansk!"

Murmansk is a port near the Arctic Ocean in the north of Mao Xiong. According to Trotsky, the German army is going to take the Arctic Ocean route.

"This route is also unsafe. If you go here, you will be intercepted by the Sun Never Sets. I am afraid that our ships will not be able to get out of the North Sea!"

If you want to say which area in the world has the largest number of British warships, it must be the North Sea. After all, this is the most important sea area for the Empire on which the sun never sets.

"So, what does your country mean?"

Trotsky was a little embarrassed. This won't work and that won't work. Deyizhi and Mao Xiong are not directly adjacent to each other. How should they continue the arms trade?

"I think we don't have to limit our sights to Europe. We can look further afield, such as here! Colonel

Mainz said with a smile, pointing his finger to the east on the map.

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Mao Xiong was not happy to let an enemy officer who had fought against his motherland inspect one of the few relatively good heavy factories in the country that was still preserved.

But everyone dared not disobey Comrade Lenin's orders!

In fact, it wasn't just the Wooly Bear who felt unhappy, Colonel Mainz also felt a little unhappy.

An inspection is an inspection. Why do you have such a large group of people following you?

These armed and armed soldiers following him are enough to make people feel like Alexander. But that's not all. There is actually a group army commander who has just come down from the front line next to him, eyeing him eagerly!

"General Tukhachevsky, I heard that you just came down from the Ural Front?"

Colonel Mainz asked casually. In fact, he knew everything about this period of history. In March 1919, Kolchak, the former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, led an army of 150,000 people through the Ural Mountains and headed towards Moscow marched with the intention of overthrowing the rule of the Red Bear and restoring the Russian Empire.

This military operation was huge, and Kolchak not only acted on his own, he also contacted White Guard generals such as Denikin to join him.

Military operations are of great significance to Mao Xiong, because a year ago, Denikin led troops to attack Moscow.

That time Moscow was almost defeated by the White Guards.

If the Soviet soldiers had not fought to the death, I am afraid that Moscow would have been defeated.

The red regime no longer existed, and a year later the White Army attacked again, with a larger scale than the last time and a multi-pronged advance.

Many people in Western countries were optimistic that this time the red regime would be crushed.

After all, the manpower and material resources they invested and the support they provided this time were obviously greater than the first time.

In their opinion, since they fought so well the first time and almost killed the red bear, then this time it will be natural. It would have been better the last time.

As a result, the Allied Powers did not expect that Tukhachevsky suddenly appeared on the Soviet side. This man was defeated despite the inferior troops, inferior equipment and lack of supplies. And annihilated several of Kolchak's most elite officer regiments!

This battle was unexpected, no one expected it to be like this, and this result also confused Kolchak. His 150,000 men were severely defeated by the armies of Tukhachevsky and Frunze, who were attacked from the north and south. Although the battle on the front line was not over yet, Kolchak's defeat was determined. At this time, it should be Already on his way to the Far East!

Facing such a ruthless character, Colonel Mainz was not afraid, but he began to understand why Mustache must use countermeasures to kill Tukhachev. It's ridiculous, because if this person is not eliminated, he will definitely become the biggest hidden danger of the Third Reich!