The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 857

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: 0.086s Scan: 0.031sAfter the first round of German bombardment, the rednecks in Houston suffered huge casualties, and then they finally recognized the reality. Even if they hid in the city, they could not stop the German attack. If they continued to fight, they might die here!

So, at this time, they had no choice but to surrender!

So, when the second round of German artillery fire was about to continue, the rednecks in the city raised the white flag!

“Stop fighting, stop fighting, we are willing to surrender, we are willing to negotiate!”

The leader of the Red Necks, Anthony, was afraid that his subordinates would mess up the negotiations, so he personally came out holding a white flag and wanted to negotiate with the German army!

“Your guess is quite accurate. The other side couldn’t sit still after just one round of artillery fire. It seems that you know the Eagles better!”

Model looked at his watch. Only half an hour had passed, and the other side had already taken the initiative to leave the city and surrender. This confirmed Vanelk’s previous guess!

“Haha, it was just luck!”

“Since this person has surrendered voluntarily, our plan has changed a little. We can accept their surrender, but we will not accept their independence. At most, we will give them the status of a state. Even if they become independent, they must become our protectorate!”

Model originally had no idea about Texas, but at this time he achieved unexpected results on the battlefield, which changed his mentality a little!

If you don’t take advantage, you are a bastard. Since Texas has been conquered, you naturally cannot give it up. However, the German army is limited in strength and cannot allocate troops to defend Texas, so he decided to hand over the governance of Texas to these rednecks, help them to establish an independent country, and thus share some of the pressure of the German army!

It can be predicted that after the rednecks become independent, they will inevitably have a direct conflict with the Eagle Sauce. Texas is rich in oil resources, and the Eagle Sauce government is unlikely to give up here, so they will definitely attack Texas. Since the rednecks have become independent, they will naturally not sit idly by. They will definitely rise up in resistance!

Model has seen the rednecks’ fighting style on the battlefield. Although this method is not very effective against them, if If used against the US military, it may have a very good effect.

Using the rednecks to attract the attention of some US troops and take away some of their forces is naturally good news for the German army itself, because the number of US troops is so large, and if some of them are attracted by the rednecks, then the US military can invest less on them, and the pressure on the German army will be reduced!

Moreover, tearing Texas off the territory of the Eagle Sauce will greatly improve the security situation in the west of the German army. At least they don’t have to worry about being attacked from both sides by the US military!

Therefore, taking Texas is a good thing for the army to kill two birds with one stone. If it is given up at this time, then this good thing will naturally be gone.

However, Model is not going to give the rednecks too much power. He supports the other party to establish a country, and will not allow them to have an equal status with the Third Reich. If they establish a country, they can only become a protectorate and younger brother of the empire!

“This is natural. They are no longer in a position to negotiate with us. Leave the negotiations to me!”

Vanelke understood Model’s idea, so he took the initiative to take charge of the negotiations, walked out, and contacted Anthony!

Vanelke’s judgment was very accurate. Anthony, who was shocked by the powerful strength of the German army, only prayed to save his life at this time. He didn’t even dare to ask for the establishment of a country. So when Vanelke took the initiative to propose that the German army could help them become independent from the Eagle Sauce and reward them with their own country, he couldn’t believe his ears!

“What’s wrong? Are you unhappy?”

“No, no, no, I do, I do!”

Anthony nodded quickly, fearing that the other party would take back what he had just said!

Once Anthony nodded, the rest would be very simple!

Under the joint witness of Vanelk and Model, on November 5, Anthony sent a telegram to the world in Houston, the capital of Texas, announcing his independence from the Eagle Sauce and the establishment of the Republic of Texas belonging to the rednecks.

And he himself was sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas!

Once the news was announced, it immediately caused a stir in the Eagle Sauce country!

After Florida, they lost another state!

And the situation this time is not quite the same as that of Florida. Florida was occupied by German immigrants and then invaded by the German army. It was forcibly separated from the territory of the Eagle Sauce. Here Strictly speaking, it was the result of interference from external forces!

However, the local people of Texas did declare independence from the United States, which was obviously dominated by internal factors!

In terms of the severity of the two incidents, the independence of Texas is obviously more serious, because it may set an example for dozens of other states in the United States, allowing them to follow Texas on the road to independence! The

United States itself is a federal republic, and the power of each state is already very large. If they were independent again, the federal government would have collapsed long ago!

Therefore, in response to the news of Texas’ declaration of independence, the United States government immediately condemned it and refused to recognize the Republic of Texas!

In addition to refusing to recognize the independence of Texas, In addition, the U.S. Army that had gone north before, Major General Glatt, was directly dismissed from his post, and his deputy Colonel Alcart took over his position, and immediately went south to suppress the independence of the Texas rednecks!

Poor Major General Glatt, he just wanted to avoid the German army, but he didn’t expect that Texas would become independent as soon as he left, and his retreat became the fuse leading to Texas independence.

As a result, he was not only directly dismissed, but he might even be sent to a military court for trial in the future!

As for his reporting of Colonel Alcart, a group of bigwigs at the West Point Military Academy worked together to protect Alcart, so the military determined that he was framed after”investigation”, and not only did they not arrest Alcart, they even… Let him get promoted!

In this way, the US troops attacking Texas are actually in the hands of the people planted by Vanelk. If Texas is disobedient, the US military’s attack will be more fierce. If Texas is more obedient, the US military’s offensive will be weakened! The German army has one more bargaining chip to control Anthony!

But these have nothing to do with Model. After leaving Vanelk to clean up the mess, Model left a batch of weapons and equipment seized from the US military, and then left an army in the Orange area, and withdrew back to Florida!