Chapter 140: Mediation

It is conceivable that Hungary may receive new German weapons and equipment, but the fact that the German Confederation sent the 3rd Division, the main force of the German cavalry, to the battle for thousands of miles caught Romania by surprise. Fortunately, Romania took advantage of the Hungarian army's assistance to Germany and seized the time to repair a number of very strong fortifications, intending to occupy the vast land of southeastern Hungary for a long time.

With the rapid deployment of the Hungarian troops, the Hungarian army's dense mountain artillery shells bloomed like raindrops in the forward positions of the Romanian army, and the Romanian army organized the rescue of the wounded while using field steel artillery to fight back, and the positions of the two sides suddenly fell into a sea of fire, and the roaring ballistics drew a red and white arc between the two armies.

The Romanian trenches were littered with corpses and bloody, and many of the soldiers were mutilated on the black soil, some of them even engulfed and torn to pieces by heavy artillery fire, and the wails and shouts were a terrible sight. The Hungarian positions were also in disarray under artillery fire, and some of the mountain guns were damaged, and some were no longer usable. The logistics units of the two armies and the medical staff of the temporary hospital on the battlefield braved the smoke of the war to run back and forth, trying to get the wounded away from the line of fire as much as possible. Most frustratingly, the single frame used to transport the wounded was almost unusable in the narrow trenches, and the paramedics had to resort to brutal methods such as shoulder carrying and dragging the wounded from their positions. The continuous corpses made people have no place to stay, and some of the wounded could not be found in time because they were buried by the corpses, and finally lost their lives. Many of the wounded died after being so tired and sweaty that medical staff were taken to the medical center that they died, and some died during transportation.

Far from the rest of the country, Romania fought a battle without a rear, and because of the lack of medical care, rescuing the wounded soon became a humanitarian form, and the vast majority of the wounded simply treated their wounds, and even the process of stopping the bleeding was saved.

Hungary is actually not much better, it has just declared independence, its industrial base is meager, and its national strength is very weak due to years of war, and if there is no German assistance, let alone defending the territory and defending the territory, driving out the enemy, I am afraid that many position commanders are considering how to surrender to Romania, and even the Hungarian and Romanian wars have been ideologically shaken at the beginning of the war. Eric? Adrian's strategy of suppressing and intimidating a country gave Hungary hope, so they preferred to abandon their own defense of the territory and choose to cooperate with the German army to play Eric's double reed.

As the fighting continued and casualties on both sides increased, Romania had learned that the German 3rd Cavalry Division was outflanking Pezzy and Szeged. The commander hurriedly ordered the army to retreat along the entire line of the Busai road.

The three main Hungarian divisions and other units pursued at the same time, and the two armies were one after the other, as if they were starting a marathon race on the southern Hungarian plain. The fleeing and pursuing troops were intertwined across the hills, and the fierce gunfire stretched for hundreds of miles southeast from Solnock and Kecskemét. The sporadic Romanian counterattacks had been ignored, and apart from the shouts of killing, only the roar of the German MP19-9mm submachine gun could be heard throughout the pursuit. The Romanian army was completely scattered in the rout, and there was no distinction between the commander and the soldiers, and in the process of running, weapons and equipment were discarded everywhere, and only who had long legs and feet and ran fast, completely lost the advantage and dignity of the original confrontation between Hungary and Romania.

The German Type III tank was in the limelight on the South Hungarian Plain, with powerful motors and heavy artillery fire tearing through the Romanian defensive line first, and galloping through the rugged trenches at lightning speed, as if no one was in a no-man's land. The broad tracks rolled against the black Hungarian soil, like five crazy beasts gnawing at the bodies of Romanian soldiers. Five tanks lined up in a line and scattered in the pursuit team, and soon rushed in front of the Romanian rebel army, like five giants blocking the way, the Romanian army panicked, and had to try to avoid the interception of the tanks, the flexible turret of the tank continued to rotate, and the shells accurately fired into the densely populated area of the Romanian army, causing heavy casualties to the Romanian army again.

At this moment, the German 3rd Cavalry Division penetrated through the diagonal line, and in an instant, the swords flashed, the people shouted and the horses neighed, and under the dark cloudy sky, the snowy sabers were reflected by the artillery fire even more cold. The appearance of the cavalry division just blocked the route of the Luo army's rout, and the Luo army was forced into an even more dangerous desperate situation. The battlefield was like a storm, and the Luo army was powerless against such an army, except for a few who fled back to home and abroad, the rest of the stragglers quickly hid in the nearby pine forest.

Before the few remnants of the Romanian army could catch their breath, the victorious Hungarian forces were soon overwhelmed......

The day before the fierce fighting between the Hungarian and Romanian armies, the Romanian envoy rushed to Berlin and insisted on seeing President Eric, but Foreign Minister Miller pretended to regret rejecting the Romanian ambassador's request on the grounds that President Erick was busy with state affairs.

In fact, Eric has always been very concerned about the war situation between Hungary and Romania, and the arrival of the Romanian envoy has long been expected by him.

After World War I, Romania has been deeply influenced by the Soviet Union, but this time the Hungarian and Romanian side did not ask the Soviet Union to come forward, but repeatedly implored Germany to solve the crisis for Hungary and Romania, to a large extent, to get closer to the West, but also considering that Germany's economic development may benefit from it. And tell them that war is only a means after all, and that it is enough to achieve the desired end. As Stresemann and Miller left Hansafelt Palace, Eric handed them a drawing of the German Type III main battle tank and a map with Transylvanian lignite, iron, lead, manganese, gold, copper, natural gas, salt, and sulfur for them to ponder.

Stresemann looked at Miller and smiled knowingly: "Your Excellency the President is really worthy of being the world's No. 1 politician and a unique businessman in the world. ”

Miller, of course, understood, but was still a little puzzled: "Your Excellency, you have not made it clear about the question of the belonging of Transylvania. ”

Eric smiled lightly and said: "The lack of a clear statement is actually a statement, in principle, Hungary and Romania can return to the previous Line of Actual Control, but I deliberately left the focus of the dispute between the two sides, nothing more than two purposes, first, we did not choose a side on the Transylvanian land issue, and neither side should be offended." Second, taking advantage of the contradictions between the two sides to achieve joint development under the supervision of the German Confederation could benefit Germany and prevent them from recurring land disputes. ”

When Miller heard this, he joked, "Oh my God! Thanks to Eric? His Excellency President Adrian is a native of our Federal Republic of Germany, which would otherwise be unthinkable. ”

The two laughed and left the Hansafelt Palace.

The Romanian envoy did not yet know about the fighting ahead, and when the news of the German troops came out, he knew exactly what the outcome of the war would be. The next day, Stresemann relayed the bad news to him, and the envoy was silent for a long time, and his heart was very heavy. Miller expressed regret about this, but had no choice but to say: "Your Excellency, as you know, Hungary is a traditional ally of Germany, and it is Germany's obligation to help Hungary, not to mention that Hungary also helped Germany in the confrontation between Germany and France, so there is no reason why Germany should not help Hungary." At the same time, your country has always been closely following the Red Soviet Union, which is easily misunderstood by the West, but after this war between Hungary and Romania, we have also found that Romania is equally important to Germany, so Germany is willing to intervene and bring both of you back to the negotiating table. ”

The Romanian envoy was well aware of Germany's dilemma, and Germany was not surprised by Transylvania's non-position.

Stresemann relayed to Eric? President Adrian said that Germany did not intend to continue the attack on Romania, but for the sake of stability and development of both sides, it would leave a small number of troops until the two sides voluntarily made mutual concessions on land claims and reached an understanding.

The Romanian envoy and the head of state also disagreed with the Romanian invasion of Hungary proper, and always believed that it was sufficient to recover the Romanian-speaking areas of Transylvania, but the military did not fully comply with this provision, which in a sense went against the will of the entire Romanian people, and hoped that Germany would respect the feelings of the Romanian people.

The two sides exchanged views on a wide range of international issues, and the communication went very well, and Stresemann also presented pictures of the German III tanks to the Romanian envoy and told him that five of them were now in front of Hungary. After the meeting, Special Envoy Raffonne asked Mr. Miller to accompany him to visit Rofon and put forward his intention to purchase German Type III main battle tanks.

After the end of the First World War, many European countries were constantly in conflict, especially the conflict between traditional borders and the "Berlin Peace Talks" and the 14-point program proposed by US President Wilson, which also led to a long period of local wars in the division of national territories, and the war between Romania and Hungary was one of them. In order to deal with local wars that break out at any time, countries are also constantly pursuing new weapons and equipment. Adrian's reason for equating the economy with the military industry is largely due to this consideration, because he has long aimed at this piece of the cake.

The German Type III main battle tank deeply attracted the Romanian envoy, who asked Germany to broker a ceasefire between Hungary and Romania as soon as possible, and asked to go to Frankfurt to visit the production line of the German Type III main battle tank. Stresemann happily agreed to his request.

At the time when Stresemann was receiving the Romanian envoy, Austria, due to its mountainous terrain and relatively weak industrial base, had ordered 300 German Type III tanks without seeking technical support and without proposing to purchase 300 German Type III tanks at the Austrian plant.

Berlin's diplomatic work is in full swing, but the border between Hungary and Romania is still actively preparing for war.

The Hungarian armed forces, which had just won a major victory, were seizing the time to rest and recuperate while carrying out national mobilization, and in just a few days, more than 100,000 troops were assembled on the border between the two countries.

Romania also showed no weakness, and the front-line commanders, ignoring the opinion of the head of state, also drove a large army of more than 100,000 troops to the north-western border.

The horn of war is sounding again, and the dark clouds are difficult to dissipate.