Chapter 106
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"What on earth does the general want us to do in Kaiserslautern?"
After leaving the headquarters, Kesselring could not help asking Manstein.
Manstein had a little idea in his mind, but he was not very sure about his guess, so he planned to go to the site, inspect and visit before making a judgment. So he shook his head and said:
"I don't know either. Anyway, let's take the troops over first!"
Kesselring had no other better way, so he had to take his troops on the train and take the train south from the north to the industrial city in the middle of the forest in the southwest of the empire.
After arriving here, Kesselring immediately sent people to the west to investigate the intelligence of the French army, and also began to receive the equipment that was sent over.
Major General Mainz did not lie to him. He really transferred enough equipment to the Third Division to arm 100,000 people.
Looking at the mountains of equipment, Kesselring fell into a happy trouble.
The armies of various countries have always been troubled by the lack of equipment, and they have never seen such a worry about too much equipment as they do...
Just when Kesselring was troubled by the equipment of these 100,000 people, Major Manstein changed into casual clothes and quietly entered the area controlled by the French army in the west with several guards-the Saar coal mining area! The
Saar area is different from the original Prussian and Franco-Prussian areas. Coal regions like Alsace and Lorraine, which were taken away by the German army during the war, have very rich coal reserves.
The reason why Prussia was able to quickly become the largest industrial country in Europe in just a few decades after defeating Gaul was that these three places had large amounts of coal and iron ore, which were important raw materials needed for industrial development.
At this time, Alsace and Lorraine had been taken back by the Gauls, and even the Saar coal mining area was occupied by them.
The French army sent a division of troops here to control this place, and also sent tens of thousands of workers from the country to mine coal from here day and night, and transport it to the country continuously.
In the Treaty of Versailles, the Gauls specifically requested that the mining rights of the Saar coal mining area be allocated to them, allowing them to mine coal here for free for fifteen years, and after the end of fifteen years, they were allowed to The local residents will hold a vote to decide the ownership of the Saar region.
If the local residents vote to stay in Gaul, then the Gauls will turn this place into Gaul's territory and will not return it to the Hans!
The Gauls have made a good calculation.
The Saar region is a mining area and the population here is not large.
At this time, the population here is only about 600,000.
After the Gauls take control of this place, on the one hand, they can mine coal for free and plunder the resources of the Hans.
On the other hand, they can also immigrate from the country to enrich this place.
As long as they immigrate 600,000 people from their own country within fifteen years, so that the number of Gauls in the Saar region exceeds that of the Hans, then when the Saar region holds a referendum fifteen years later, they will be able to get their wish and completely annex the Saar region!
Moreover, during this period, they can also suppress the people here. Hans, forced them to move away to reduce the Hans population here, further ensuring that they can eat this place smoothly.
In order to ensure that this plan can go smoothly, and to ensure their right to mine coal here, the French army attaches so much importance to this place and sends a full division here.
Since Saar itself is the land of Hans, the local population is mainly Hans, and there are not many people migrating from Gaul. Even if there are, they are mainly new immigrants.
Manstein and others did not arouse the suspicion of the French army when they entered here, but he noticed that at the main intersections in the Saar area, the French army began to strengthen the police. Set up some roadblocks and began to check pedestrians. Some places even set up checkpoints. A circle of sandbags were placed around the checkpoints. Some French soldiers were carrying heavy machine guns to the sandbags. It looked like a complete preparation for war!
Manstein was not surprised by the reaction of the French army. A German division of troops went south to Kaiserslautern. This kind of thing must not be concealed from the eyes and ears of the Gauls.
So after learning that the German army was coming, the French army would inevitably take some measures. After all, the relationship between the two countries was not very good at this time. After the French army had actively invaded the Ruhr area, the German army could completely counterattack the French army from other places.
After ignoring the French soldiers, Manstein visited the city of Saar.
He noticed that the Hans in the city seemed to be living a bad life.
After the German army was defeated and surrendered, the French soldiers were not polite to these people from the enemy country, not to mention that their policy included plans to expel the Hans from the Saar region, so the French army was suppressing the local Hans almost everywhere in the Saar region.
After a visit, he found that the local Hans had long been unable to tolerate the atrocities of the French army. If they had not had no weapons in their hands and no one came forward to organize them, they would have risen up to resist the French army!
This discovery made Manstein's mind suddenly clear!
He understood the purpose of Major General Mainz arranging them here!
"So that's how it is!"
Manstein was very excited. He thought about it, sent a soldier back to deliver a letter to Kesselring, and then stayed here to contact the local Hans people!
Manstein has made up his mind. He wants to be a nail, firmly nailed in the Saar region, and completely disrupt the rule of the French army here!
Kesselring was scared out of his wits after receiving the report from the soldier!
Manstein is so brave!
He ran to the enemy's area alone to cause damage. If he was discovered by the French army, he would be dead!
After receiving the notice from Manstein, Kesselring's first reaction was to recall Manstein. Manstein was not only from the General Staff As a staff officer of the headquarters and the elder brother of Major General Mainz, even if he did not have these identity concerns, Kesselring could not sit idly by and watch his comrades in danger!
However, after calming down and thinking carefully for a while, Kesselring gave up the idea.
He knew that although Manstein's decision was risky, the benefits were equally huge.
Moreover, Major General Mainz specially gave them weapons for 100,000 people. Did he expect them to let these weapons rust in the warehouse?
Of course not, these weapons must be used!
The total size of the German army is only 100,000 people, and the German army itself will definitely not be able to use up these weapons. Since the German army can't use them up If so, can it be used by others?
Thinking of this, Kesselring began to understand what Major General Mainz meant.
So, he immediately sent someone to pick up Manstein, prepared several radios for him, and provided him with a batch of weapons to facilitate his operations there!
The French army certainly didn't know about the German army's secret actions. After all, their current focus is still on the German troops in Kaiserslautern!
After Manstein got Kesselring's support, he immediately distributed the weapons he received to the miners who vowed to resist the French army!
After these miners had weapons and equipment, they immediately took action.
They overthrew the French army in the mining area.
Control, led a large number of workers to launch an uprising, and then under the guidance of Manstein, they broke up into small groups and began to use their familiarity with the local terrain to attack the French strongholds in various parts of the Saar.
For a time, the French army's backyard was on fire, but they had a strong enemy in front of them, which made the French army dare not easily dispatch troops to suppress the workers' uprising.
As a result, the workers' uprising became more and more intense.
By September, the workers' army in the Saar region had reached 100,000 people.
The order that the Gauls had worked hard to establish in the Saar region also completely collapsed under the impact of 100,000 workers armed to the teeth!
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