Imperial Elite

Chapter 157 The Unjust Alliance
The sudden cooperation between NATO and the People's Revolutionary Union caught both the Teutonic and Lucia military governments off guard.

Even the results of the first day of the Battle of Buntania were not that important, after all, Poland was collapsing, the Teutonic army advancing towards Danzig was also blocked outside Danzig, and even the Teutonic air force had not been able to gain an advantage on the Eastern Front.

Unlike the Teutonic fighter pilots, the pilots of the People's Revolutionary League were highly disciplined.

They never entered altitudes above 4000 meters. Once they entered the battlefield, they would not attack the Teutonic fighters in the high altitudes, but would instead provide low-altitude cover for attack aircraft and ground troops launching attacks.

If the Teutonic fighters didn't dive down, they would pretend they didn't exist.

This discipline enables the People's Revolutionary Alliance's attack aircraft units to reliably complete their missions.

Use bombs, rockets, and machine guns to destroy everything that stands in the way of ground troops.

After all, it was according to the script of the Teutons and the Lucia military government.

They should have launched a two-pronged attack from the east and west after NATO's collapse, easily eliminating the People's Revolutionary Alliance in a two-front war.

Therefore, in their war plan, the Lucia military government only needed to deploy large numbers of troops to the north to directly destroy the People's Revolutionary Alliance and reclaim everything they had lost.

Small countries like Greece in the south, and the Mediterranean region, are not in their plans at all.

Although leaving it unattended carries some risk of amphibious landings—after all, Joe's Wagner is incredibly adept at amphibious landings—the idea is that as long as I strike fast enough, this problem won't exist.

Besides, Italy is a major power in the Mediterranean, and it's also their junior partner. What could possibly happen if Italy is keeping an eye on things?
However, when the People's Revolutionary League suddenly cooperated with NATO to launch an attack on Poland, neither the Teutonic High Command nor the General Headquarters of the Lucia Military Government slept all night.

They now have to adjust their strategy for the next phase of the war.

The first point of discussion was the previous plan to launch a surprise attack on the People's Revolutionary League from the south.

At this time, the Teutonic Army had only less than 400,000 troops stationed in the Caucasus region, and a large number of technical weapons and personnel were still en route.

Therefore, launching an attack on that long defensive line at this time would likely exhaust the offensive momentum of the troops after breaking through the line, and then be pushed back by the armored forces of the People's Revolutionary Alliance.

If the oil fields in the Caucasus region were lost, the war machines of both the Teutonic and Lucia Empires would be shut down, so the offensive in the Caucasus region had to be postponed.

With the fighting in the Caucasus region postponed, the Russian military government now faces another pressing issue. Greece, which is generally aligned with NATO, is still somewhat wavering at this point, but Cyprus, a key point in the Mediterranean, is currently blocked on the shipping lanes. Not to mention Paradise Island, the resort island controlled by Wagner, which controls the Black Sea entrance.

If they do not immediately launch an attack on the People's Revolutionary Union's defenses, they feel they should join forces with Italy to gain control of the Mediterranean coast.

For example, the Teutonic Dark Continent Legion, which is currently kicking the Bunitas in the backside in the northern Dark Continent, could continue to cut off the canals to the east, and they only need to conquer or bring Greece into their fold and control Cyprus, the Bunitas' stronghold in the Mediterranean.

This would allow them to almost completely control the Mediterranean, which would not only increase the transportation costs for the Bunitas but also reduce their transportation losses and time, making it a sure-fire way to make money.

However, judging from the size of the troops that the People's Revolutionary League has deployed to the Polish-German battlefield, their forces on the southern front may now be in a relatively weak state, so theoretically this should be an excellent time to launch an attack.

Because once they establish and stabilize their defenses in Poland, it will not be so easy to launch an attack from the Caucasus region.

Faced with this chaotic situation, both the Teutons and the Lucia military government were somewhat hesitant.

After all, while the Teutonic High Command was meeting, in response to the Bunitania air battle launched by the Teutons during the day, the Royal Bunitania Air Force's bomber force once again launched air raids on Germania.

Although the scale was reduced, the bombs did indeed land on the Teutons' heads.

This made the Teutonic Grand Commander realize that he was now in a very awkward situation of fighting on two fronts: the air force was fighting in Gaul, but the army was about to rush to three battlefields.

While the Teutons were caught in a dilemma, Andrei, who had already reached Paris, discovered that Paris was a wonderful place.

Although the reconstruction of Paris was not completed after the two battles of Paris, many buildings, not only in the suburbs of Paris but also in the city center, are still awaiting repair.

However, seemingly due to memories of the last great war, and the film "Gates of Hell: Paris" that disgusted the Teutons, the first thing the Teutons did after occupying Paris was to organize the citizens of Paris to exhume and rebury the skeletons in the Paris catacombs.

Now that we've emptied the catacombs, you can't accuse us of trying to summon demons anymore, can you?

Of course, the Teutons would never pay for such a massive project.

Paris cooperated with Joe Corleone in making the movie, and they were already being lenient by not holding you accountable. Now you want money? Are you even awake?

But the Teutons didn't want to be the bad guys, so they dumped the job on the puppet government in Paris.

Then, faced with such a project, the Paris puppet government also found it difficult to handle.

After all, the corpses in the catacombs have been there for hundreds of years. Theoretically, the property deeds in Paris are all in other people's names. And even if these remains were taken out, where to bury them would become another problem.

But since the Teutons have said so, then this matter must be done.

Although it was necessary, there was still a small problem: with nearly two million Gauls being crammed into Teutonic prisoner-of-war camps by the Teutons.

The Gauls, who were already forced to allow some colonists to come to their homeland due to labor shortages, now had even less available labor.

So how do we solve this problem?
As the saying goes, as long as you don't give up, there will always be more solutions than problems.

Because of the White Feather Movement that swept through Gaul and Bunitania during the last war, and now there are women shouting "liberation" and trying their best to entertain the Teutons who have entered Paris.

While in the past, due to political reasons, there was no way to deal with these people, and they could only be allowed to cause trouble, now that the Teutons have spoken up, those who have long disliked them have something to say. Since you have such ideas, then the task of cleaning up the underground catacombs is entrusted to you.

The women naturally wanted to protest. "I've eaten with Teutons! I've slept with Teutons! You can't treat me like this! I want to see the officer! I want to see the officer!"
Then some Teutonic officers did come and ask if the people could be released, or if a particular person could be released.

But this time, the person who sent these women to clean the catacombs showed the backbone of a Gaul, saying in a tone befitting the Gauls, "No, this is a direct order from the Führer. You should speak to the Führer."

These officers naturally dared not bother the Führer with such a trivial matter, so the women could only go to the catacombs to clean up the skeletons.

Just as the Paris puppet government had planned, the unearthed skeletons, having nowhere else to go, were simply piled up on the streets.

With the streets piled high with bones, idlers naturally started making up stories in the taverns.

In addition, Paris is now an important place for Teutonic soldiers to relax on leave, so many Parisians generally don't wander around the streets after get off work unless absolutely necessary.

This dilapidated urban area, coupled with the corpses scattered everywhere and the lack of human presence, created an environment where people were scarce.

Soon, even the Teutonic soldiers who had come to relax no longer wanted to come to Paris, and even the Teutonic soldiers responsible for maintaining order in Paris were terrified.

The patrols, which started on foot, were changed to patrols in armored vehicles. Unless there was something to do, these Teutons preferred to play cards in their barracks rather than stroll through the streets of Paris, which were full of skulls.

André arrived in Paris under these circumstances.

Then, on his first day in Paris, André made contact with the local resistance.

The reason they were able to make contact was quite simple: most of the Teutonic garrison troops were disgusted by those skulls, so they now mostly traveled in armored vehicles when they went out.

André, who was heading south to Paris to assess the situation, entered the city wearing a guard uniform, accompanied only by two soldiers, and even rode a bicycle into the city.

With such a somewhat arrogant attitude, the resistance organization would surely beat them up if not them.

However, these resistance groups, lacking military experience, soon discovered that in matters of resistance, military skills were more important than courage.

Fortunately, due to the significant difference in combat capabilities between the two sides, no one was injured in this friendly fire incident.

After making contact with the local resistance forces in Paris, Andrei discovered that the big city was great; not only were there more targets and more soldiers, but he also had many more ways to cause trouble.

Since that's the case, Andrei won't hold back. After consolidating the resistance organizations in Paris, Andrei is ready to start causing trouble.

After being besieged by the Teutonic elite mountain infantry, Andrei also reflected on his actions.

As guerrillas, their chances of winning a direct confrontation with a regular army are indeed not very high.

Therefore, what I should do is not to build up an army in one place to expand my presence and then invite the Teutons to encircle and annihilate me.

Instead, they expanded their guerrilla territory, launching surprise attacks on all the Teutons wherever they were present, adopting a hit-and-run policy so that the Teutons could not catch them.

Therefore, Paris, with its vast underground infrastructure, is an ideal place for guerrilla warfare.

Just as Andrei was preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Teutons in the underground facilities in Paris.

Under the cover of the air force, Old Joe successfully met up with the Steppe Front, which was making rapid breakthroughs, at the Vistula River. After crossing the bridge that the Polish Germans had not had time to blow up, Old Joe, who as always liked to fight and command his troops from inside a tank, saw the armored forces of the Steppe Front of the People's Revolutionary Union.

In order to close the gap with Old Joe as soon as possible and encircle the Polish-German forces, the Steppe Front of the People's Revolutionary Union dispatched a Guards Tank Regiment as the vanguard of the troops.

As a guard unit, this tank regiment is naturally well-equipped, with a battalion of heavy tanks as the spearhead, two battalions of medium tanks for coordinated operations, and a mechanized infantry battalion equipped with armored vehicles.

It can be said that most of the armored equipment currently in service with the People's Revolutionary Army can be seen in this regiment.

However, when Joe saw the tanks equipped by this regiment, he felt that they looked familiar. Not only did the equipment look familiar, but the equipment configuration and combat methods of this armored regiment also seemed very familiar to Joe.

If London hadn't acted so irresponsibly, Joe could have led a similarly equipped force to retaliate against the Teutons when they marched into the Rhineland.

However, it is always a good thing to be able to reunite, so on the night of the reunion, Old Joe still held a party with the officers and soldiers of that Guards regiment, as is tradition.

As someone who has been exposed to alcohol, and under the influence of the women in his family, Old Joe now has a certain understanding of the Lucia people's tricks for getting people to drink.

After both sides raised their glasses in the first toast of "For Friendship," neither Old Joe nor the officers of the People's Revolutionary Union emptied their glasses, and one glass of vodka after another was downed.

Joe's face gradually turned red, not because he couldn't hold his liquor.

However, upon questioning by Old Joe, he discovered that the People's Revolutionary Alliance's army construction was a pixel-perfect replica of his own MCS project.

While the fact that tanks look familiar can be attributed to the fact that good design always has a tacit understanding.

But isn't it a bit too advanced for you to be assembling anti-aircraft vehicles into tank companies now?
Even mechanized infantry companies have self-propelled mortars and anti-aircraft vehicles. The Teutons haven't even developed these yet. What are you guys trying to do with so many anti-aircraft vehicles when you're engaged in low-intensity warfare and don't have much air pressure?
Yes, once the anti-aircraft guns are leveled, they are used to harass ground units—whoever uses them knows how effective they are. But such large-scale deployment and organization always requires a reason, a driving force.

Otherwise, it's like how Old Joe knew that submarines and aircraft carriers were good things, but he never bothered to study them.

In particular, the way they bombed the enemy with air force bombardment, followed by artillery bombardment, then tanks charging, then infantry charging, with the armored forces only needing to desperately tear open the gaps, leaving the rest of the tasks to the subsequent infantry units, sounded increasingly familiar to Old Joe.

Putting aside the tricks Constantine learned from him, Old Joe wondered, "Could my abandoned MCS plan have been leaked?"
(End of this chapter)