The Third Reich: The Return of the King

The 1st Guards Infantry Regiment was quickly assembled and ready to go.

Because the Odily border has the Allied army posts, although there are only a few dozen of them, they closely monitor the passage to Odily.

If Mainz had an army of 200,000 under his command, then he didn't need to worry about anything at all, he could just drive straight in, ignore the surveillance of the Entente, break into Odili, and then quickly solve the problem.

But he doesn't have so many people, so he doesn't have this kind of condition, and if he alarms the Entente in advance at this time, it will undoubtedly startle the snake, not only will it create conditions for the Entente to intervene by force, but it will also leave them time to prepare, and once the Entente has time to prepare, then this matter will be immediately messed up!

In order to achieve the goal of the German-Austrian merger, they had to make this a reality before the Entente reacted, so the four words of surprise were extremely important!

And how can you achieve the unexpected effect?

A hundred years ago, Napoleon, the emperor of the French chicken, had already taught this lesson to the world!

In 1800, during the Second Anti-French Alliance, in order to save General André Masséna, who was surrounded in Genaga, Napoleon led 4 reserve troops to cross the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass, and unexpectedly appeared in the rear of Odilly's army, defeating the enemy army in World War I, laying the foundation for the victory of breaking the anti-French alliance!

This unexpected military operation became one of Napoleon's many military legends, and Napoleon's sentence standing on the Great St. Bernard Pass: A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, but also became a wise saying, which inspired a large number of civilians to join the army and willingly fight for their emperor!

Wanting to replicate Napoleon's legend, Mainz and his troops are ready to cross the Alps along the previously discovered paths!

This trip was not only dangerous, but also time-consuming, and if discovered, his troops would most likely be stuck in the mountains, but if they succeeded, they would be able to avoid the eyes of the Allies and enter Odili by surprise!

"Put on all Odili uniforms, leave all heavy weapons such as artillery, carry only light equipment such as mortars, carry ten days' food per person, and prepare equipment such as winter clothing, gloves and hats!"

Colonel Mainz was not a ruthless man, he was well aware of the dangers of crossing the Alps, the largest mountain range in Europe, the Alps are covered with snow all year round, the temperature is very low, and the mountains are steep, the roads are bumpy, and many times they are walking against the cliffs, and if they are not careful, they will fall into the abyss.

So in order to avoid casualties as much as possible, they must be as prepared as possible before they set off!

"Guderian, you take the 1st Battalion to open the way, remember, mark the location of the road along the way, don't be buried by the snow!"

"It's the Colonel, guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Guderian was excited, although he did it, it seemed a bit professional to let him be the commander of the infantry battalion at this time, but Guderian did not have any complaints, because he was already very lucky, where else did he have the qualifications to pick and choose?

Moreover, being the commander of a battalion with the rank of second lieutenant is definitely a promotion and reuse, although the word "acting" must be added in front of him as a battalion commander, but this does not reduce Guderian's enthusiasm in the slightest!

After Guderian left, Mainz set his sights on another person,

"Kesselring, you are responsible for transporting the logistical baggage, and you are responsible for all the wounded soldiers in the troops, whether to bring them to Odili or send them back to Rosenheim nearby, this decision is all up to you!"

Compared with Guderian, who was excited to be a pioneer, Kesselring, who was named to be in charge of logistics, suddenly became bitter.

He also wants to be a pioneer, who wants to be a nanny in logistics in the back?

"What, don't want to?"

As soon as he saw Kesselring's face, Mainz snorted coldly and asked directly.

Captain Kesselring was taken aback, his life was saved by Colonel Mainz, what the colonel said, he naturally just took it all and carried it out, where did he dare to have any opinions!

"Report to the head of the regiment, no opinion, promise to complete the task!"

"Well, good, there you go!"

"Yes!"

Looking at the back of Kesselring's departure, Mainz was thoughtful.

Kesselring had just been fished out of a Bavarian prison, and he was unclear about the royalist rebellion, because of a conflict with the local Freikorps, and Kesselring was accused of participating in the mutiny, which if convicted, would be a big or small crime, and in a serious case, he would have been shot directly, or even if it was minor, he could have been expelled from the army.

And Mainz, who had just arrived in Bavaria, heard about this incident and came forward to vouch for it, and fished Kesselring out of prison and did a good job.

Although Mainz knew that Kesselring would not be imprisoned for long and would soon be released, Kesselring himself did not know, so he always thought that Mainz had a life-saving grace for him, and in the face of his life-saving benefactor, Captain Kesselring was both grateful and admired.

Although the young Colonel Mainz did not have a large military rank, he was not small in the Reich, and almost all young soldiers knew that there was such a number one person in the Wehrmacht!

And everyone can see that Field Marshal Hindenburg intends to train and promote young people in the army, and the future German army will definitely be controlled by their young people, so at this time, being able to join the command of Colonel Mainz, who is favored by Field Marshal Hindenburg, is equivalent to seizing the excellent opportunity for upward promotion, and in the future, you only need to firmly follow Colonel Mainz to ensure that you can get a steady stream of opportunities for promotion!

Kesselring is not stupid, and after thinking this clearly, he has no idea and manages his logistics wholeheartedly!

To tell the truth, it is indeed a bit condescending to let the air marshal with the most outstanding military achievements of the Third Reich to carry out the task of logistics baggage, but Kesselring is a person who has been in charge of logistics work and has experience in this area, while almost no one else has experience in this area, and there are really not many people who can use Mainz, and if Kesselring is not used, there will be no other better candidate!

But in terms of generals who lead troops to fight, Mainz still has plenty of talent in his hands!

"Schellna, your second battalion will immediately set off to follow the first battalion, alternate with them, and open the passage out of the mountain!"

Schellner had fought in the Alps and knew the terrain here, so it was undoubtedly the best choice for him to cooperate with Guderian.

As for the 3rd Battalion, this battalion will be led by Mainz himself, along the path opened by the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and they will have to conserve as much strength as possible in the process of advancing, and as soon as they leave the Alps, then they will immediately be ready for battle!_

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