The German Führer didn't know what the Hungarians thought, and even if he did, he could only smile bitterly and shake his head, he really didn't think that those rigid Hungarians would have a time to open their brains.

Xu Jun changed the original geopolitical strategy of the Nazis, and the knock-on effect was finally revealed, and Hungary was only one of the most inconspicuous links.

The importance of Hungary, at the crossroads of the Balkans, was too important for any military expert to ignore in Germany's original strategy on the Eastern Front.

Hitler sometimes liked to look at strategic issues from a political point of view, which was sometimes a plus, but in the case of Hungary it became a flaw.

Although the country is strategically located with the vast and fertile Hungarian plain, which occupies almost more than 70% of the country's land area, it also means that it is the ideal battlefield for mechanized troops, and except for a few scattered hills and mountains in the northwest, there is almost no danger in Hungary.

The annexation of the Ruthenian region of Czechoslovakia was actually a matter of more advantages than disadvantages for Hungary, and the ethnic policy adopted by the Magyars could not be welcomed by the Ruthenians, who had earlier become independent, and they were relatives of the Ukrainians across the Korpathian Mountains.

To make matters worse, Hungary was thus directly bordered by the Soviet Union, and there was no longer any strategic buffer zone. And in the current strategic situation, even if Hungary wants to remain neutral, it may not be able to stand alone.

This is also the main concern of the Regent of Horti right now, he has seen the crisis hanging over Hungary's head, and he has not the slightest confidence in dealing with it.

Xu Jun's thoughts on this issue are actually the same, because in his defense plan, he is already ready to give up Hungary.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't trust the Horti Regent, the admiral was a pragmatist, so there was no need to expect how "loyal" he would be to his allies.

Historically, in order to buy Hungary, Hitler made a lot of exchanges of interests with it, and even did not hesitate to sell the interests of his "allies", and gave Hungary great support both militarily and politically.

The Kingdom of Hungary also gained a political status second only to Italy in Germany's Axis Alliance, and in Hitler's eyes it was even more important than the Japanese, not only because Hungary could provide Germany with much-needed aluminium and agricultural products, but also because Hungary was an important conduit for the German armed forces to project into the Balkans, and as victims of the Treaty of Versailles, the Hungarians were the most staunch supporters of tearing up the treaty system.

The fanatical and xenophobic Magyar chauvinism in Hungary has led to almost all enemies in Eastern Europe and the Balkans in addition to Poland, so they have no choice but to rely on Germany.

At a time when Germany was in full swing, Hungary was indeed the most effective accomplice of the Nazis, and even the SS was impressed by what they did on Soviet soil.

But when Germany suffered defeat on the Eastern Front and the strategy turned to the defensive, Hungary's attitude immediately wavered, and when Horthy felt that there was no possibility of victory in the war, he immediately put aside the so-called Covenant, sent a secret envoy to contact the Soviet Union, and then unilaterally signed an armistice agreement with the Soviet Union.

Now that the whole European landscape has changed, the European Union, the most powerful since the Roman Empire, is taking shape, and Hungary's position in the hearts of the Germans is no longer so important.

Although the Rothenians do not believe in communism, but in the face of the brutal oppression of the Magyars, the blood ties of the Eastern Slavs have become particularly cordial, and now I don't know how many Ruthenians have become supporters of the Soviets in order to fight for the survival rights and interests of their own nation, and they are looking forward to the blood relatives on the other side of the mountain range day and night. Liberate them from the Hungarian rulers.

And the Carpathian defensive line, which Hungary was trying to build, looked more like a joke in the eyes of the German generals.

The Hungarian military did not believe that a few reinforced concrete pillboxes, or the addition of machine guns and artillery on both sides of the pass, could withstand the steel wave of the Soviet Red Army. They also studied the blitzkrieg theory of the Germans, and it turned out that with their existing forces, it was simply impossible to replicate this tactic.

Hungary's foundation was hollowed out after the Treaty of Trianon, when the Hungarian military was limited to 35,000 men, barely enough to maintain the government's rule.

Hungary has been quietly accumulating troops since then, but because the Little Entente has been staring at it tightly, it took ten years to only increase the number of more than 20,000 people, raising the total number of troops to about 57,000.

It was only after the German annexation of the Czech Republic that the situation changed, and with Germany's backing for him, the Hungarian army began to rearm.

At that time, Hungary divided the country into seven military districts, each of which had three brigades (one mixed infantry brigade and two cavalry brigades, as well as a number of engineering logistics units). After the expansion, the number of domestic military districts remained the same, three brigades were reorganized into one corps, but in the Ruthenia region, the Hungarians stationed eight corps at once.

Historically, these forces were then divided into the land seized from Romania in the second Vienna arbitration, but now that the second assault has not occurred, these troops are all blocked in the border area between Ukraine and Romania.

By the beginning of the 40s, the total number of Hungarian troops had soared to more than 200,000 men, not including the Hungarian gendarmerie under the Ministry of the Interior, as well as various logistical auxiliary units.

Of particular mention were the Hungarian labor battalions, which consisted entirely of foreign and Jewish soldiers selected from the army, who the Magyar officers found unreliable and would destabilize the army's fighting capacity.

Originally, the Hungarian troops were relatively backward in terms of weapons and tactics, and now almost more than seventy percent of them are rookies with no combat experience, and even the veterans have only served for two years now.

Xu Jun did not expect these recruits to fight to the death in a future war on the Eastern Front, unless their enemies were replaced by Romanians.

Compared with their sworn enemies of the small Entente, the Hungarian army lagged behind in all respects, whether it was in terms of organizational system, operational ideology, or weaponry. Unless Germany is willing to fully support and rearm this army, as it has historically done, they should not be expected to play a role in frontal combat.

But it is impossible for Germany to take out expensive weapons and equipment to arm the Hungarians as it did in history, and in Xu Jun's eyes, it is a black hole that cannot be filled.

Hungary will almost certainly be abandoned, or placed in a secondary strategic position, and the country will become a battlefield, according to the High Command's documents.

Once the Soviets invaded Hungary, Germany did not have the extra armoured forces to devote to the defense of the Hungarian plains, and it was a complete waste to send infantry units there.

The railway and road system in Hungary was the most strategically important target, but when Yugoslavia was fully embraced by Germany, Germany no longer had to worry about the strategic passage to Romania being cut off.

The Mediterranean Sea is now completely in the hands of the European Union, and Turkey, which has always been a traditional ally of Germany, has long been holding back its desire to regain that "friendship forged in blood" without the suppression of Britain and France.

In the event of a war on the Eastern Front, the European fleet could drive straight into the Black Sea and establish a direct supply line to Romania.

Although the Romanian army was not much stronger than the Hungarians, the terrain was very defensive, and the Romanian mountains, as complex and varied as Yugoslavia, belonged to the nightmare of the partisan occupation forces in the Holy Land.

With the current strength of the Hungarian army, it will be difficult to hold the Corpathian defenses unless they expel all the Ruthenians from the area.

If the Magyars were to be brutal, they might have caused a bunch of bloodshed during the migration, just as they did in the Soviet Union in history, and fortunately no Hungarian had thought of it so far.

Xu Jun was not ready to mention this to Horty, he was not interested in taking the blame for the humanitarian disaster.

Perhaps when Hungary falls, they will become real warriors, and then they will regain the trust of the German Führer.

Xu Jun was happy to provide protection for the Hungarian government and army in exile when Hungary was in crisis, and he was willing to help them, arm them, and let them fight to the death for the liberation of the motherland, when the German army would enter Budapest as liberators, which was the scenario in Xu Jun's plan.

The Hungarian delegation was already doomed to return empty-handed, although these people were still full of expectations at the moment, and everything seemed to be a little unfair, which may be the sadness of a weak country.

At this time, the parade was coming to an end, and the enthusiasm of the crowd began to slowly fade, and it was time to be tired of cheering for two hours in a row. The ceremony had entered garbage time, the guests in the stands were a little tired, and the German Führer's pestle had been on the altar for so long, almost to the limit.

It's not that he can't do it anymore, but that he drank too much water before coming out of the prime minister's office in order not to be thirsty during the speech, and leaving the stands in the middle of the ceremony will inevitably lead to unnecessary interpretation from the outside world, so His Excellency the Führer now has to grit his teeth and show a sunny smile on his face, which is simply a terrible torture.