Chapter 229: Personal Grievances
Lin Jun's current opponent is the man who was later called the "legendary marshal" by Finland, although the title of marshal was still 4 years later. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoThe disastrous victory of the Winter War in the Soviet Union made Men Nalin, the old man who reveled in the glory and dictatorship of the empire, who was talented and proud, who despised all democratic systems!
Now that Lin Jun is here, whether it is out of political stance or personal grudges, Lin Jun must make Mannaren, a 72-year-old royalist, lose face, completely tear apart his set of imperial arrogance, and sweep this old guy into the dust of history!
Truth be told, this Tsar-loving fellow would have been killed just like his master if it weren't for his Finn status!
Later generations said that Manalin did not like the tsar in his heart when he was young, and he wanted to do something for his homeland Finland one day. The revolution broke out in Russia, the tsar was finished, Finland became independent, and Mannarin was happy! Hurry back to Finland, the new Finnish government knew that Manalin was a military talent, so he appointed him as commander-in-chief, and let him lead the army to drive away the Russian army on Finnish soil.
Lin Jun, who is familiar with history, scoffs at this kind of remark, which is completely a historical novice who relies on his own ideas to figure out the obscenity: Manalin is at most an extremely difficult, calculating, and extraordinary Finn, because he was born in Finland under the rule of Tsarist Russia, but he is not even an authentic Finn in his bones (including birth and thought)!
Born into a Swedish-speaking aristocratic family, Mannalin is not at all the mainstream Finnish system in terms of family history, and of course Lin Jun is not interested in investigating when his ancestors arrived in Finland. What's even more interesting is that he didn't speak Finnish at all between the ages of fifty! As a young man, he was as fluent in Russian as his native Swedish. Now in his 70s, Manalin speaks Finnish with a strong Swedish and Russian accent, and the average Finn needs some skill to understand it.
When he led the White Guards in the Red Army in 1918, he himself could not give orders to his officers, because he did not speak Finnish and all orders had to be given through translators.
The Finnish people consider the Chairman of their Defence Committee to be a great military hero, a tall, burly, intelligent and capable man of good character over seventy, who represents unity, victory and all things strong and good in Finland. Even Finnish schoolchildren can tell in detail about Manalin's service in the Tsarist army during the time when Finland belonged to Tsarist Russia, and they talk about it with relish.
Before facing the war, Manalin even looked down on the Finnish army, because Finland only had more than 30,000 standing troops in peacetime, so the real main force of the Finnish army was the 100,000 reserve troops that could be quickly assembled, and he was not even happy to review these reserve forces. The reason is simple: many officers and soldiers of the reserve forces wear the clothes of ordinary people at all, which is unacceptable for Mannerin, who is accustomed to the luxurious military uniforms of the tsar's royal personal guards!
For him, the Finnish army is a rabble, and most reservists rely on their hats and belts to distinguish whether they are their own, and they walk in a messy procession, even making mistakes when turning left and right. What was most intolerable and disgusting to Mannalin was the fact that the average reservist often addressed officers by their first names, and even in battle, saluting only when they were friendly and close.
In his bones, Men Nalin had the superiority of the European aristocracy, the supremacy of individualism, and it was for this reason that he despised the ordinary people in his bones, and the peasants were the group he despised the most, because in his eyes, the peasants were always only worthy of being vassals and servants of the nobility!
It is not surprising that the Finnish people revere this old aristocrat, at least Lin Jun can understand why, not only in books and historical analysis, but also in London he really felt - many commoners in Europe revere the aristocracy in their bones, or it can be regarded as the yearning for aristocracy and that elegant and noble temperament for thousands of years.
Aristocracy is basically synonymous with high society in Europe!
Lin Jun really didn't agree with this concept of Europeans, and even hated it very much, disgusted with the "nobility" of the old world parasites!
So why does Lin Jun have a personal grudge with Mannalin, who has never been masked? Because Lin Jun is not only a soldier in his bones, but also an ordinary person, but also a farmer's descendant! In his previous life, in the army, Lin Jun was also a bit maverick, and some comrades looked down on the peasants working by the airport, and once when they went to the city for a vacation, someone in the squadron kindly made a joke about the peasants who were working in the fields outside the window and had their faces turned to the loess, and Lin Jun was on fire at the time: "Which of you is not a farmer for three generations?!" Now flying fighter cow?! There's a kind of skipping a meal! β
At that time, Lin Jun canceled his vacation and ordered the whole squadron to run back to the airport, and the regiment commander talked to Lin Jun at this time. The reason is simple, those pilots don't want to fly for half a month after running a 10-kilometer highway under the sun of 378 degrees.
Mannerin looked down on all the civilians in the world, and even more disgusted with those who believed in communism, in the eyes of his old aristocracy, the officers in the communist army were not officers at all, no matter what rank, general or marshal were always peasants, and all their victories came from the violent nature of the peasants!
This old aristocrat and old royalist party has said more than once that he looks down on the peasants, and even more slanders the soldiers who believe in communism. The people of Lin Jun's grandfather's generation were also peasants before participating in the revolution, and although they were born into a military family, they were extremely hostile to those who looked down on the peasants and were self-righteous, especially these old European aristocrats!
"Without the peasants, you moths would have starved to death! Look down on the peasants?! I'm not done with you! β
Regardless of whether you are an old Bi Ma Wen who only hates and despises European peasants or the peasant group, Lin Jun is considered to be in trouble with him! Not to mention that Men Narin despised all those who were "lowly" than him, so whether it was out of political interests, class positions, or personal grievances, Lin Junfei beat this old nobleman all over the ground!
Of course, Lin Jun didn't let personal grievances take precedence over political interests and class positions, otherwise he would definitely raise his hands in favor of Voroshinov's plan to occupy the entire territory of Finland, and it would be best to capture that old Bimawen alive, and then see how aristocratic the old nobles in the Siberian prisoner of war camp can have!
If Lin Jun joins forces with Voroshinov, it is not impossible to occupy the entire territory of Finland according to the current Soviet strength, at most it will be a loss like the Soviet-Finnish war in history. But Lin Jun knew that this would do more harm than good to the Soviets, so he put aside his personal grievances for the time being, defeated Lao Bi Ma Wen first, and as for capturing this old aristocratic royalist alive, he would naturally have a chance when the time was ripe in the future.
When Lin Jun told Gusev what he thought of Mannalin, the secretary was still a little surprised: Lin Jun would not keep talking about his vulgar language, but Gusev could still clearly feel that Lin Jun was extremely disgusted with that Finn, and even he was extremely disgusted and hated this Mannalin, which could even be described as bitter hatred.
Gusev, like most Soviets, was born into a genuine Russian peasant family, and he can remember the difficult days at home as a young child. Their family was tenant farmers of the Russian aristocracy, and the brutal image of those aristocratic tax collectors was deeply imprinted on him by the age of five or six. The dislike for aristocrats is innate, since arriving at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gusev has dealt with several cases related to the old nobles, and Gusev, who has always been steady, will become like a mad dog as soon as he handles these cases, and he has never thought of leaving a way for those people to live!
The only exception to the aristocracy was Gusev's attitude towards the chief's wife, who, in his opinion, was a perfect communist fighter, and had always maintained from the bottom of his heart his enthusiasm as a comrade and respect for the chief's wife.
At present, among the attachΓ©s around him, Gusev is the most favored by Lin Jun, just like he did to Andlupf and Alexander at the beginning, Gusev belongs to the kind of person who can negotiate issues, not the kind that only carries out his own orders.
The lieutenant colonel's secretary has some of his own opinions on strategic matters, and he is not blindly following Lin Jun's opinions, just like the topic discussed between Gusev and Lin Jun now: "Chief, from a personal point of view, this Mannalin is very able to judge the situation. β
His observations came from maps and information near the Finnish border attached to the document.
"You see, according to intelligence, he even intervened in the construction of the Finnish transport network, and if it were not for his intervention, the area not far from our existing borders would have had good railways, and the road conditions would not have been as bad as they are now. He was preparing for an impending war at the expense of the economy of parts of Finland. β
It is clear on the map that the roads in the border between Finland and the Soviet Union are sparse, many settlements even have simple roads, and there is no trace of the railway. Once the Red Army attacked, as soon as it crossed the existing border, there would be no railroads, and only trains would take them to the heart of Finland.
"So, Gusev, the only option for the Finns is to try to prevent us from reaching the roads and railways that are in good condition, and we must get to these areas in a short time, so as not to get stuck in them. It is in our strategic interest that I have decided to focus on breaking through and storming the Mannerreen Line, because once we occupy Vyborg, the Finnish government will be powerless. The old guy must have wanted us to attack from the tight areas of central Finland, so I wasn't so stupid to go hide and seek with him in the forest. β
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