Southwest of Uman, Gevoron.

In terms of orientation, this is not suitable for the Soviets in the encirclement to break through, and the Soviets should break through to the east is the correct plan, so in the entire Uman encirclement, the defense here is relatively loose.

It was not garrisoned by German troops, but by the German vassal states, the Hungarian Rapid Corps.

Hungary was inconspicuous throughout World War II, but it was a real assistant to Germany.

This has to start with the Kingdom of Hungary before World War I, as a theoretically independent kingdom of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which ruled over a large land, including not only present-day Hungary, but also Transylvania, Slovakia, Lucinia (Transcarpathian Ukraine), Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and present-day northern Serbia.

It is conceivable how glorious the Kingdom of Hungary was in history, but unfortunately, in World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart, and Hungary established a Soviet power, which was destroyed by the Entente Powers, and the original Austro-Hungarian Admiral Horthy was elected regent of Hungary until the end of the war.

After the defeat of World War I, Hungary ushered in a terrible end, it was cut off large tracts of land, forced to pay reparations, and its army was limited to 35,000 people, etc. Every Hungarian is full of hatred for the First World War.

The Hungarians began to be torn between the two sides in the post-war situation, initially relying on Italy, but they soon found that the Italians were "not interesting enough", they were more interested in Austria, and they hooked up with the Yugoslavs, especially because they realized that Italy did not want to see a "big Hungary" in the Western Balkans, and with the gradual recovery of German power and the increase in Hungarian-German economic and trade exchanges, the Hungarians also wanted German support.

After that, the terrible economic crisis that broke out, all the countries of Eastern Europe were greatly affected, and Hungary was no exception, which became an excellent opportunity for Germany to expand its influence in the region, although the countries of Eastern Europe were extremely short of funds, but they had all kinds of raw materials that Germany coveted, and Hungary needed food and oil.

In this way, the German-dominated barter spread throughout Eastern Europe, which not only made Hungary economically dependent on Germany, but more importantly, brought more pro-German forces, and this was only the beginning.

With the gradual progress of German militarily, the Hungarians were red-eyed.

Germany tore up the Treaty of Versailles, rearmed the army, the Germans marched into the Rhine area, Germany annexed Austria, the swastika flag had appeared on the Hungarian border, and the Hungarians were shaken.

They have realized that the Czech Republic has been pinched, and that Germany's next target must be it, and if they want to divide something, they must choose the right side as soon as possible.

When the Czech Republic was partitioned, Hungary also sent troops to gnaw down a piece of territory in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, and tasted the sweetness.

From then on, Hungary's policy began to be seriously tilted, watching Germany continue to grow strong step by step, carving up Poland, killing France, and killing Britain, smart people know what to choose.

If Hungary did not follow Germany, it would have been easy for Germany to destroy Hungary.

However, the attitude towards the Soviet Union was still a serious challenge to the Hungarians, and by this time it was already time for Baldoshi, a weak chancellor, to come to power.

He didn't want to go to war with the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union was a huge country, and he was afraid of Germany and the Soviet Union, but the Hungarian military was eager to try it.

For Hungary, this is a good opportunity, an opportunity to expand its territory, especially since Romania has already made a move, and if Hungary does not follow, it will not only be a matter of not being able to share the spoils, but even Romania will be watching if it annexes Hungary's territory.

After the Hungarian cabinet voted against the demand of the Chief of Staff, General Wirther, for an immediate declaration of war on Russia, the day after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a number of planes painted with the Soviet Air Force logo bombed the Hungarian cities of Laho and Kosice.

With this excuse, Wirther immediately put pressure on Baldochy, and then announced a declaration of war against the Soviet Union, Hungary, not to be delayed!

Since Hungary was not ready for war, it did not send many troops at the beginning, just the so-called fast corps, that is, armored troops. In the middle of World War II, Hungary sent 200,000 troops at its peak, and it was definitely the main force among the servant countries on the Eastern Front, and they not only fought against the Soviets, but sometimes also with Romania.

In a village north of Gevoron, warrant officer Ampel, of the 1st Tank Battalion of the 9th Motorized Brigade, leaned against his own tank.

He wears an Italian M1937 leather tank and a motorized unit crew helmet and a mechanic's jacket on his head. The jacket is worn with a cornflower blue mobile unit collar badge and a 9 mm caliber pistol stuck in his waist.

At this time, his hands were oily, and he had just finished repairing the gearbox of the tank, which made him look sloppy at this time.

As a former member of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hungary also had a certain industrial base, but they were unable to design advanced tanks like the Germans, and until now, they have only copied foreign tanks.

Their brigade started operations with a total of 81 Toldi light tanks, 60 Italian CV35 tanks and 48 Alvis-Straussler Csaba armored vehicles. And now, the long march and the hardships of the battle have reimbursed many tanks, and they have less than 30 vehicles left.

"Our tanks, compared to the Germans, are simply too primitive." Beside him, tank commander Youssef said: "Now we are fighting side by side with the Germans, the Germans should support some of our tanks, I heard that the Germans still have some Black Panther 2 tanks in stock, and they will be better than our current tanks." ”

Looking at these light tanks on their side, only 20 mm Danish-made Madsen machine guns, they are very enjoyable to fight, with a rate of fire of 350 rounds per minute, roaring is very chic, but it is useless, at most it is used to deal with an enemy infantry, if it encounters a Soviet tank, it will definitely be a stop.

"I heard that Germany has exported the technology of the Panther tank to us, and in a few months, we will be able to drive the Panther tank." Ampel washed his hands with gasoline and said to Youssef: "When the time comes, we won't have to repair these tanks every day." However, along the way, the Germans never let us rush to the front line, and our chances of fighting against Soviet tanks are very small. ”

Just after these words, they seemed to hear a rumbling sound in the distance.

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