Mannaheim was suddenly injured, of course, a huge loss to the Finnish White Army. To be honest, it would be impossible to have this army without the old man. But the problem is that not everyone likes the capable Mannaheim, and they don’t like to see that Mannaheim has such a great influence on the army.

For example, Swinhuwud. This brother, Taiwan, does not like Mannaheim. On a lot of issues, the two cannot say it together. For example, Mannaheim is more gentle and does not advocate massacre of the Red Guards who surrendered or were captured. The old man felt that this was not a solution to the problem, but a creation of conflicts, leaving a time bomb for the future of Finland. Swinhuwud wanted to liquidate everything and use violence to eliminate pro-Russian elements.

Of course, this is not the most important difference, but more importantly, the major differences in the political concepts of both sides. Mannaheim hopes to bring Finland on the road of independence, freedom and neutrality. The old man advocates adhering to neutrality in international affairs, not recognizing his godfather, and not being the younger brother of a big gangster. He does not get involved in the conflict caused by the big gangsters due to uneven distribution of spoils.

But Swinhuwude is different. He is more like a radical nationalist. He believes that Russia is an enemy and a major concern and must be de-Russianized in Finland. He advocates that the enemy's enemy is a friend, wants to accompany the rich, and wants to live with the Germans' thick legs. It is best to dismember Russia with the German "allies" and solve this major concern once and for all.

For Mannahem, this one-sided foreign policy seems to have found a backer and a godfather, and can be used to pretend to be a powerful person, but in fact it is endless troubles. Finland finally became independent and had the opportunity to be a human being. But Swindow and Wud did not cherish it at all, and he just broke free from the Russian dog chain. Then he ran to the German master to shake his tail and beg for mercy. Is this different from before?

Mannahem doesn't like this foreign policy at all. Even if it is to be Russianized, it should seek help from the international community in a diversified manner. What are the benefits of tying Finland to a German tank? Can't you idiots see that the result of this world war is almost doomed? To be a badass for a country that is destined to fall, there is only one result, that is, to follow them to do it.

Because of the huge political differences, Mannheim could hardly have a good conversation with Swinhuwud. The conversation between them only involved military affairs, but they could reach an agreement on driving away the Russians for the time being, but once politics was involved, it would be incompatible. After less than five minutes of negotiation, the two sides would part in disagreement.

Now, Mannahem is injured and has to leave the battlefield. He has to leave the command. This is a godsend for Swan Huwud and the Germans. Swan Huwud does not like a commander-in-chief who always likes to sing opposite him, and the Germans are eager to strengthen their control over Finland, especially the Finnish army.

Before, it was because Mannaheim was too high, and almost all the White Army were his, so it was difficult to let the old man leave easily. But now the Russians have solved this problem. It was natural for the old man to automatically withdraw from the battlefield and let others replace him.

Even after hearing the news that Mannarheim was injured, Swinhuwud was not sad but happy at the first time. He could finally replace the old man with justification. In fact, he had already had the candidate to replace the old man, that is, Earl Gerz, the commander of the German Expeditionary Force.

However, for this person, Mannheim expressed strong opposition: "How can we hand over the command of the Finnish army to a German? The Finnish army can only be commanded by real Finns, and the Germans can only be consultants at most!"

When the protests from Mannaheim were placed on Swanhuwud's table, the Prime Minister was furious: "It is the cabinet's job to decide who will command the Finnish army. Has Carr forgotten even the duty of the soldiers?"

According to Swinhuwud's idea, he should beat Mannaheim hard and let this Qiu Ba understand who is the master of Finland. In fact, Swinhuwud had wanted to do this for a long time, and he had endured Mannaheim for too long.

"Prime Minister, I think it is probably inappropriate for you to do this." Earl Gerz advised, "In a sense, General Mannheim's concerns are not unreasonable. As a foreigner, it is somewhat inappropriate for me to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Finnish army. It is not right and easy to give people a message!"

"Emperor, how can you give up?" Swinhu Wude was anxious, and he was very worried about his master's death. "Now you can only save the situation of the war. If you don't become the commander-in-chief, who will I believe?"

Does Earl Gertz want to be the commander-in-chief? That's a lice on the bald head, obviously. The Germans want to control Finland. To control a country, they naturally have to control the violent machines of this country. Now there is the best opportunity to control Finland's violent machines, how could he let it go? Even if Earl Gertz wants to let it go, the German government will not let it go.

Earlier, in a secret telegram sent to him by the German government, he said explicitly: "This is a god-given opportunity. Mannaheim's injury gives us the opportunity to completely control Finland, so don't let it go!"

Why did Earl Gerz refuse again? It was just a matter of retreating. If he was too proactive and agreed in one bite, it would be that he was too ugly to eat! He had to say it, and he had to look like he was unwilling to refuse.

Sure enough, under the "repeated refusal" of Earl Gerz, Swinhuwud still "resolutely" made him the commander-in-chief of the Finnish armed forces, and immediately took office.

When Mannahem learned the news, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He was worried about the Germans' step-by-step pressure to erode Finland's independence and independence step by step.

Mannahem was anxious, but Swinhuwud was overjoyed. For him, this was a powerful step to promote relations between Germany and Finland. He believed that soon, with his active efforts, Germany and Finland would become inseparable allies and would unite closely until the evil polar bear was completely erased from the world map.

Swinhuwud felt that he had made a very correct decision, and even felt that Mannaheim's injury was too timely. He wanted to thank the Russian volunteers, and the Russians finally did a good thing. He let Mannaheim get out of here.

Swinhuwud was full of confidence in the command ability of Count Gerz. He believed that the Germans on the battlefield were much more powerful than the Russians. Naturally, German officers were stronger than Russian officers. Mannarheim, who was nurtured by the Russians, could bring the White Army to this level, and Count Gerz, who was more powerful than him, would naturally go further!

In a sense, Swinhuwud's idea is not wrong. In terms of military education, the Germans were indeed stronger than the Russians at that time, and the combat effectiveness of the Junker Officer Corps should not be underestimated. This situation continued until the end of World War II.

In terms of officer quality, Hans could indeed despise the world at that time. Not to mention the rough Russians, the old army powerhouses, the Gaul Chicken and the British Empire, were left behind a few streets. As for the American cowboys, to be honest, the quality is quite that. That's it.

In terms of military capabilities, Earl Gertz may be similar to Mannarheim, and even his quality may be higher than Mannarheim. But the problem is that the world is never the strongest, so it must be the best. The situation of the Finnish White Army is completely different from that of the German Army. Earl Gertz may have ten or even twelve points of combat power in command of the German army, but it may be good to command the completely unfamiliar Finnish White Army.

This is true. After Earl Gerz took over the Finnish White Army, the headaches appeared one after another. In the past, the most common and common practices in the German army also needed to be emphasized over and over again in the Finnish army. What is even more terrifying is that the Finnish White Army lacked training, especially systematic military training. To put it bluntly, this is a group of mobs that were temporarily pieced together.

Earl Gerz was so happy that he was tormented by this group of mobs. At first, he tried to force the Finns to change with tough means, but soon discovered that the Finns, who were taught a miserable lesson by the Russians, were completely outraged, just like a pile of sand, no matter how hard you tried, you could not pinch them again.

After this futile attempt, Earl Gerz described in a telegram to the country: "The problem I urgently need to solve now is not the lack of training for officers and soldiers, nor is it the serious lack of weapons and equipment. Compared to these, this Finnish army has no soul. They don't know why they fight, and they don't know whether they can defeat the 'terrifying' opponents. They are afraid of being beaten, just a group of frightened birds!"

In order to boost morale, Earl Gerz had to improve the treatment of soldiers, so that they could eat well and get full cultivation, and even went to the grassroots to visit continuously, constantly cheering and caring for soldiers and officers.

It should be said that Earl Gerz has achieved certain results, but it will take a long time to completely recover the Finnish White Army. Time is too precious for him. Especially when the air force's reconnaissance plane told him that the Russians were constantly driving from Petrograd to the Vyborg front, he knew that if they could not attack Vyborg as soon as possible, not to mention fighting Petrograd to see the scenery, his army could even be reversed.

"We must launch a new offensive as soon as possible, and we must resolve the problem of Vyborg before all the Russian reinforcements arrived on the battlefield!"

At the military meeting, Earl Gerz talked endlessly, of course, mainly to his own army and the Swedish Volunteers. As for the Finns, he felt that they could only serve as decorations for waving flags and shouting.

"My plan is for us to launch an attack first. In order to avoid political issues, we will uniformly replace Finnish uniforms... We will break through the Russians' positions from the north, go straight to the port direction, and first cut off their maritime transportation routes..."

Before he could finish his words, Swedish Volunteer Commander Larson raised an objection: "As far as we know, there is a powerful fleet anchored in the port of Vyborg, and with their artillery fire, we may suffer heavy losses."

Earl Gerz disagreed: "According to the Air Force's main force reconnaissance, the main force of the fleet has returned to Kronstadt, there is only one old cruiser and two small destroyers in the port of Vyborg, which is not worth mentioning!"

Yes, in the eyes of Earl Gerz, not only the small fleet in Vyborg Harbor, but also the Russians and their defenses were not worth mentioning. On the battlefield of the Eastern Front, he had fought with the Germans. His young man had broken through the Russian positions more than once, and beat them up more than once. This time, he believed that there would be no exception.

The one who gave Earl Gerz this confidence was not only the young men under his command, but more importantly, the Swedes also brought new weapons - tanks!

Renault FT-17. The Swedes sent the little guy they imported from France to Finland. It seems that they can't wait to verify the actual combat performance of the tank.

Although Earl Gerz had never seen such a steel machine called a water cabinet before, his colleagues on the Western Front described the power of this new weapon to him. They could charge forward with machine guns and artillery fire, cross trenches and obstacles, and cooperate with infantry to break through the solid defense line more easily.

Earl Gerz really wanted to see how powerful this new weapon was. In fact, if the Swedes had not refused to cooperate, he would have prepared one or two to send it back to China for research.

The Swedes purchased a machine gun-type FT-17, equipped with an 8mm Hatchacas machine gun, and equipped with 4,800 rounds of ammunition. Earl Gerz was not very satisfied with the French machine gun. In his opinion, the firepower was too weak. He prefers the FT-17 equipped with a 37mm Pito gun that his colleagues mentioned. Obviously, the French were also guarding against the Swedes and left a hand.

The Swedish Volunteers had a total of 18 FT-17s, which would cover an infantry battalion to launch an attack on the Russian positions. Of course, before the attack began, the first call was the German artillery. The strong German artillery was wearing the uniforms of the Finnish White Army (except for individual badges, they were actually the Russian uniforms) quickly pushed the 150mm howitzer into the position. With the order of the gunman, a violent roar shook the sky.

The attack was the 2nd Company of the Third Battalion, 1st Brigade of the Border Police Force. At that time, the recruit Philip was correcting the trenches, and the first round of bullet rains hit him less than 20 meters ahead. The violent explosion almost shook him out of the trenches, and the dirt and stones made him dizzy. If he hadn't put on a steel helmet, this round of stone rain would have cost him half his life.

Let me say one more thing. Compared with other volunteer troops, the Red Eagle Regiment and the Border Police Force are equipped with steel helmets. The authentic SSH40 steel helmets are also provided by a certain immortal.

However, Philip's disaster was not over yet. He recalled with lingering fear: "The White Army's shelling was very fierce and accurate. Many of our support points were hit with devastating blows. Many comrades died heroically without firing a shot... In fact, I almost died. A 150mm grenade roared and hit the trench where I was, no more than five meters away from my straight line... At that time, I was frightened and thought that the shell would be torn to pieces by the shell... One minute passed, two minutes passed, and until five minutes passed, it still had no intention of explosion, until the squad leader kicked my butt and asked me to pick up my weapon and fight quickly..."

Speaking of this, Philip took a deep breath and said slowly: "I started my rifle and aimed at the enemy's infantry and fired wildly. Because my hands were shaking, most of the bullets were missed. Of course, I also hit a white dog or two... But these were not important. What's important is that the tanks rumbling on the battlefield. Yes, we didn't know what this monster was called. Most of our comrades simply called it the steel monster..."

"They are indeed monsters. Ilia, the sharpshooter next to me, fired ten shots at a tank in one breath. The bullets made it pound, but it was useless... Soon the monster stopped, its 'head' turned twice, and just when I was wondering what it wanted to do, a tongue of flame spurted out..."

Recalling the scene at that time, Philip seemed to be still scared. He gestured to the reporter a length and sighed: "It's just a little short of that. The bullets hit me and the soil was flying. I quickly retracted back to the trenches and shouted at the squad leader: 'Comrade Squad leader, what should I do?'. The squad leader was very calm. Although it was his first time on the battlefield, I must say that he was really calm and not panicked at all. Everything was in order. He shouted at me: 'You can cover me!'. As he said that, he took out a few grenades and gave us a wink."

"At that time, I forgot to be afraid, and I took turns shooting at the monster with Elia. After about 10 or 20 shots, his head turned to us soon. At this time, our brave squad leader jumped up from the trench and rushed towards the monster from the side. He ran nearly fifty meters and threw the grenade out..."

"The squad leader threw it very accurately. The grenade exploded accurately above the monster's head. With a rumbling sound, we cheered. All of us thought that the monster was dead!" Speaking of this, Philip took a deep breath of cigarettes and said with a depressing repression: "But we were too happy too early. When we were still cheering, the monster spewed out the flames again. Our brave squad leader was knocked to the ground like logging... "

"His he died?" the reporter asked in confusion.

Philip sighed again and said, "We thought so at that time. All the comrades took light and heavy weapons and shot at the monster like crazy, and the barrel was red..."

The reporter asked again: "What's the matter?"

Philip's face became increasingly ugly, and he said in pain: "Then it was useless at all. The monster rushed towards us while shooting at us... I had no doubt that it was crushing us!"

Speaking of this, Philip suddenly felt refreshed and said excitedly: "Just when we all thought we were dead, a turning point appeared!"

PS: Bow thanks to comrades holding Polunzi, hzwangdd, Xicheng and Juventus!
Chapter completed!