The Third Reich: The Return of the King

On 12 October, Odily's German army finally routed the last foreign army in the territory, an army of 80,000 men from the two nations of Slovenia and Croatia.

This army was originally separated, but the previous military operations of the German army frightened them, and in order to protect their own safety and avoid being broken by the German army, the two armies quickly moved closer together to keep warm.

And this action of theirs caused a lot of trouble for Colonel Mainz!

After the previous continuous fierce battles, the number of German troops in the hands of Mainz has been reduced to more than 45,000 people, and the attrition is close to 5,000, of which, most of the attrition occurred in the previous battle with Jieke, the combat effectiveness of the Jieke army is indeed much stronger than other armies, fortunately, the German army did not fight a positional war with them, if it is a dignified positional battle, the German casualties may be higher!

Originally, Mainz planned to take advantage of the fact that these two armies did not react to deal with these two armies, but they didn't expect them to pick up the group so quickly!

After these two armies joined forces, their strength increased to 80,000 men, while Mainz's strength was only 45,000, of which 10,000 were in Moder's hands, and only 35,000 were directly under his command!

The difference in strength between the two sides was more than double, so a direct attack would surely result in heavy casualties, so Mainz ordered the army to rest, and then the Odilli government ordered the surrounding towns to isolate the alien army.

After receiving the order, the surrounding towns stopped having any contact with the army, and the supplies that the Odili government had originally provided to them began to stop.

The other side has a military advantage, but Mainz has a home advantage, after all, it is Odili, the other party is just a foreign army, a strong dragon can't overpower the ground snake, not to mention that the other party is not a strong dragon at all.

Soon, it worked!

Because of the loss of supplies, the commanders of the two armies suddenly couldn't sit still, and all kinds of rumors began to spread in the army.

They knew that if they didn't take action to solve the current situation as soon as possible, then they might be trapped here alive!

So, the two discussed it and made a decision!

On 7 October, while the main German forces were repairing, the two armies each sent a small unit to nearby villages and towns to loot supplies.

Although the nearby villages had their own militia, they were inferior in numbers and weapons in the face of the regular army, and although these militias put up a heroic and stubborn resistance, they were eventually defeated!

The towns of Slovenija and Croatia then went on a rampage, and in their opinion, now that they had torn their faces, there was no need to restrain them, and while they were robbing the goods and goods, the two armies also began to defile women in the city, and did some heinous things!

Furious, the people who had been attacked ran to Viyenne to ask for help from the Odilli government and the German army, asking the Germans to help them deal with this group of bandits!

After receiving this request, he naturally would not refuse, and he immediately sent troops to prepare to wipe out these two armies.

Because of the large number of these two armies, and the fact that they had been reinforcing the fortifications near their barracks during this time, the barracks had been turned into a small fortress, and in this case, a direct attack on the enemy barracks would inevitably result in great casualties.

So Mainz decided to adopt sparrow tactics against the enemy army, using the enemy's most fatal weakness to deal with the enemy!

The biggest weakness of these two armies is that they are in a foreign land, they do not have the help and support of the locals, and they lack supplies, so they have to go out and loot supplies in order to survive.

And as soon as they moved, then the opportunity for the Germans came!

Because the German army had the advantage of time, place and people, Mainz was not in a hurry at all, and he sent troops to block the route of the two armies fleeing south, and at the same time sent the German army to start training the militia in nearby villages and towns.

Mainz did not expect these militias to go into battle alongside the Germans, but he hoped to play the role of these militia leaders, relying on their familiarity with the local terrain, to disperse them around the enemy's military camp and closely monitor the enemy's movements.

If the enemy sends troops, send a signal immediately and let other places be prepared in advance.

In normal times, if they encounter a lone enemy, they can also take the initiative to attack these people.

This tactic quickly paid off, and the large number of militias active around the Croatian and Slovenian armies made it difficult for them to sleep.

Although these militias do not have the ability to directly attack their barracks, these militias are circling around them like flies, one shot here today, one shot tomorrow, the barracks of the two armies are bustling like a vegetable market, and they don't have a good way to do this!

If you want to say how much damage these militia have inflicted on them, it is not true, at most one or two hundred casualties in a day, which are not worth mentioning for an army of 80,000 men.

But if left unchecked, this kind of loss will add up, and sooner or later they will be consumed!

However, if they send troops, these militiamen will be like cunning loaches, and when they see that the situation is wrong, they will immediately slip away, and they will not confront them head-on at all!

This situation made these two armies feel very uncomfortable, as if they were punched on cotton, and they couldn't use their strength at all!

"No, if we continue like this, we will be consumed sooner or later!"

"That's right, we can't continue like this, I have heard that the main force of the German army is in the Simmering area to the south, as long as we can completely annihilate these flies that are circling around us in this German army, there is no need to worry!"

"Is the investigation clear? How many troops are there in the German army?"

Maxim, the commander of Croatia, asked with some caution, he was very impressed by the previous performance of the German army, this army is not so easy to bully!

"Hmph, how many? I've heard that they only had 50,000 men at the beginning, and now they have to deal with us, the Idulians and the Gerkes at the same time, and the enemy in the Simmering area is only 20,000 or 30,000 at most, 80,000 against 20,000, four times the number of troops, can they still lose? If they lose, I write my name upside down!"

Slovenian Commander Maljas said disdainfully, expressing contempt for Maxim's cowardice!

"Alright then, in that case, we'll be out tonight!"

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