It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 79｜Tutu!
"This is a bit unbelievable. So many fully equipped troops?"

In a bright room, Shang Ke, standing by the window, couldn't help but exclaim in Chinese.

He was now in the Second Directorate of the Hungarian General Staff - actually an intelligence agency.

Beside him, a female major with short, curly brown hair asked with a smile, "What are you marveling at, Mr. Advisor? Are you surprised by the formidable military strength of the Ivan Rus people?"

As she spoke, she took a step forward.

Shang Ke did not respond to the female major's approach, but his eyes gradually changed from being surprised and absent-minded to clear and worried.

He suddenly put his hands on his hips and began to pace.

Judging from the intelligence data, Ivan Rus's military strength in 1939 was so strong that Shang Ke suspected that it was inflated.

The number is not large, just over two million, but the average quality is very high - most of the standing field troops have relatively sufficient technical equipment and the number of officers is basically sufficient.

In the history of the original dimension, on the eve of the outbreak of the Eastern Front War, the Soviet army had a huge gap in equipment and officers due to rapid military expansion, and chaos occurred frequently.

The Soviet army deployed a huge stall of 29 mechanized armies (61 tank divisions and 31 mechanized divisions) and 198 infantry divisions in one go. Although the total number of the army reached 570 million, it was seriously short of equipment.

For example, the 35th Tank Division was equipped with 142 T-26s and 29 armored vehicles, but only 120 trucks and very few anti-aircraft weapons.

又比如第40坦克师，全师只有19辆T-26和139辆T-37两栖坦克（3.2吨），并且全师仅94辆卡车作为后勤保障力量。

This can even be described as horrific.

To sum it up in one sentence - the Soviet army could clearly have reorganized into more than a dozen fully equipped and staffed mechanized armies, but it spread itself too wide and ended up with nearly thirty inadequate mechanized armies.

In comparison, Ivan Ross is more appropriate.

Faced with insufficient national strength, Ivan Rus concentrated his limited resources to form an elite force of more than two million as the backbone of his army, and then supplemented it with tens of millions of conscripted cannon fodder troops.

In addition, judging from the intelligence, the armored tactics of the Ivan Ross Army are also quite reasonable.

Shang Ke suspected that there must be an expert behind this.

Suddenly, he turned around and asked, "Is there a general named Tukhachevsky on Ivan Rus' side?"

During the few minutes he was thinking, Sabo-Monica kept staring at him.

Men are most charming at only two times.

One is shopping, when you take out your wallet and pay the bill generously.

The second is thinking, the time when you concentrate on thinking about difficult problems.

Monica, who has been in love for a long time, has her own set of general standards for this.

At this moment, Shang Ke suddenly turned his head, and their eyes met, which scared her.

She said casually, "There are many people with this surname, perhaps a dozen generals."

Shang Ke thought for a moment and added, "He's from a noble family, and his hometown seems to be Smolensk."

"I know who you're talking about, Mr. Counselor." Monica nodded, not taking it seriously. She said casually, "There is indeed such a person in Ivan Ross's General Staff, but he's in prison... Oh, he was released last month."

Tutu! It’s really you!
"Prison? What's wrong?" Shang Ke was very curious.

Seeing his interest, Monica smiled and began to tell him. "He also participated in the Great Rebellion and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Later, while in prison, he participated in some research on battle theory, which was praised by some generals in the General Staff."

"So someone petitioned Queen Veronica to pardon this so-called genius. He was assigned to an army group to be responsible for reorganization and training, but his work was terribly poor."

"To describe it in Chinese, it's like chicken feathers all over the floor. Queen Veronica was of course very angry and ordered him to be imprisoned again. He was only released recently."

After saying that, Monica spread her hands. She felt that this driver was not very capable.

Hearing such a brief description, Shang Ke couldn't help but laugh.

As expected of you! Tutu!
Then everything makes sense. The reason why Ivan Ross's army armored tactics and campaign theories developed relatively normally is thanks to the theoretical foundation laid by Tu driver.

Later generations used the term Scarlet Napoleon to praise Turkmenistan. He was an outstanding theorist. He proposed and initially designed deep warfare and mechanized tactics. He could be called a master, but his ability to manage and command the army was difficult to describe.

Anyway, after learning about this situation, Shang Ke soon stopped laughing.

Ivan Rus's army was certainly not flawless, but its organization and tactics were reasonable, it had developed normally, and it was fueled by a fanatical desire for revenge. Overall, they should not even be underestimated strategically.

"The one who bears the main pressure is Valland, but we still have many enemies to fight against." Monica smiled helplessly.

Hungary and Ivan Rus's border is not very close, with the border line being only about a hundred kilometers.

Intelligence indicates that the Ivan Rus Army has deployed a regular combat corps along the border, consisting of:
｜11 infantry divisions
｜1 motorized infantry division

｜2 cavalry divisions
｜4 tank brigades
这个战役兵团地面部队编为第10集团军，计约20万人；空军则至少有800架战斗机和240架轰炸机，分为3个航空军。

If that were the case, it would be fine, but Hungary and Sweden have a rival, Romania, to the east, and the border between the two countries is more than 400 kilometers long.

After the end of the European War, Hungary was forced to cede Transylvania, a land of more than 100,000 square kilometers, to Romania, which was undoubtedly a shame that was hard to bear.

Romania is currently an agricultural country with a population of approximately 1900 million, twice that of Hungary. However, its industry is weaker than Hungary's and it lacks the ability to manufacture heavy weapons. It maintains an army of approximately 53 people, consisting of:
｜27 infantry divisions
｜1 motorized infantry division

｜4 mountain infantry divisions
｜4 cavalry divisions
｜3 armored regiments
This army is well-trained, but its equipment comes from a wide variety of sources, and can be called a multinational brand.

Romania has long been playing both sides, acting like a fence-sitter. At present, it seems that this country will definitely be on the same side as Ivan Rus.

For this reason, Hunsted had to guard against Romania and use half of his troops to resist its invasion.

It would be fine if there were complex terrain to help, but the eastern part of Hungary is an endless plain!
That is to say, 40 Hungarian troops needed to fight against 20 Ivan Rus troops and 53 Romanian troops on the vast plains.

The Hungarian General Staff planned to resist step by step to delay time, and the final line of defense was the Tisza River - a river running north-south through the central and eastern regions.

The construction of the Tisza River defense line began six years ago. Due to the country's lack of national strength, the defense line consists of a large number of reinforced earthen bunkers and a small number of reinforced concrete permanent fortifications as solid support points. The high-grade cement that the Great Unification Federation sold at a discount played an important role, otherwise even this would not have been possible.

"The average width of the Tisza River is only over 100 meters, right? It won't be a big hindrance." Shang Ke shook his head slightly.

"This is the only natural geographical barrier on the Great Plains." Monica sighed.

At this time, Shangke, who was lost in thought, noticed that there was a small town called Tissalek upstream of the Tisza River. The town was marked on the map with a number he had never seen before.

"what is this?"

"Hydroelectric station, Tisalek Dam. Don't you know, Mr. Consultant, that this was built with aid from your country?"

(End of this chapter)