Chapter 77 Women and Children in Front

The biggest disadvantage of Mihailovich’s Fatherland Army compared to Tito’s forces, as with many of the old armies compared to the new ones, was the gap in the degree of organization.

The armed forces within the Fatherland Army, many local leaders with soldiers voluntarily joined in, Mihailovich does not have a very strong leadership authority, many local generals do not listen to him very much, and a lot of these generals have cooperation with the German army.

This is one of the reasons why Britain, after examining the situation, came to the conclusion that the Fatherland Army was not as good a fighting force as Tito, and eventually turned out to be in favor of Tito, but numerically there was no difference between the Yugoslav Fatherland Army and the original Tito.

Now on the Austrian border of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army is similarly, because by Tito’s troops chased into the ground, Mihajlovic’s authority has instead increased, a certain degree of binding on the whole of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, but still is not the authority of a single word, when it comes to things he can only persuade as much as possible to the other commanders.

So many days, Mihajlovic has been reticent, against the enormous psychological pressure, has been counted worthy of leading the Fatherland Army for many years of psychological quality, so that the counterproductive effect is that the entire Yugoslav Fatherland Army is now on edge, the future is full of trepidation, which Mihajlovic in fact knows all too well.

Can not trust the Croats, although now the Croatian Ustasha armed, the same don’t Tito chased to the Austrian border, but this is even more can prove that Tito to their own kindred are so ruthless, to them this a predominantly Serbian Zoroastrian Army armed, even more there is no reason to let go of a horse.

“Colonel, what do you suggest we do?” The major commanders who had come to Mihajlovic’s place all sensed the gravity of the situation. Once back in Yugoslavia, facing Tito, these men were doomed to a miserable end.

“The solution is not without a choice, but we have no choice left.” Mihajlovic took out the speech he had already prepared and said in a tone full of sadness, “We can’t just sit back and wait for death, back in Yugoslavia, we will lose the ability to resist, there is only one person who can save us now.”

Who? Everyone looked at each other, it wasn’t that they didn’t know that Mihajlovic had disappeared for a few days, but no one knew where Mihajlovic had gone, and assumed that Mihajlovic had found a route into exile.

Later on, Mihailovich reappeared, and all of them did not think much about it, the whole thing they were kept in the dark, naturally they did not know what the so-called method that is now being talked about, in the end.

And the most important thing, that is, now all the weapons in their hands have been seized by the British, without weapons where can they go?

“We can’t beat the British and American armies even if we had weapons, and now without weapons we are pure refugees, and with such a large group of refugees, no army can shoot without fear. Let’s let the children and women go ahead and clear the way for us, and bet on whether the British and American soldiers will shoot.”

If Allen Wilson were here and heard Mihailovich say this, he would have exclaimed inwardly, that the refugees pouring into Europe in later times liked to let women and children lead the way, inspire sympathy in the Europeans, break through the borders and then rely on them not to leave.

Mihailovich now let women and children in front to cover for their troops, has been initially proficient in the essence of shamelessness, worthy of being the leader of the Fatherland Army for many years.

Hearing Mikhailovich’s words, the surrounding commanders were clearly moved, in fact, even if Allen Wilson was here words, also think it is possible to succeed.

In this era, Europe will not have a sympathetic group, European countries have gone through many years of war, to all kinds of tragedy has been numb, how can there be excess sympathy, but the U.S. Army as a group is really not necessarily.

First of all, the U.S. mainland has not been affected by the war, and in the grand scheme of things, the U.S. military hasn’t fought any hard battles in the first place, and right now the U.S. is still trying to figure out how to build up its image and gain a foothold in Europe.

Shooting at unarmed mass refugees, once a sea of deaths is caused, although it can be shrugged off with all sorts of reasons when the time comes, but now all sorts of scythes and hammers are flanked again by European countries, and once the U.S. military shoots and causes a sea of deaths in numbers, the USSR might just forget that these people are Tito’s opponents, and say that it’s the refugees that make U.S. troops responsible.

Or take a step back, this was an organized and premeditated move by the imperialist countries to subvert Yugoslavia. The propaganda machine was turned on and both the image of the United States was attacked.

With pro-Soviet parties pandering from all over Europe, it really could be very embarrassing for the Americans. Even if all of the above scenarios don’t come to pass, there is one last factor, General Patton didn’t go to Berlin as he had historically done, Eisenhower went to Berlin himself, and General Patton was in Bavaria.

After all the internal and external factors were added together, and after arriving in Europe and discovering that Austria was nominally partitioned into four countries, but in reality it amounted to Soviet exclusivity, and that there were only two battalions of soldiers in the British-occupied zone, Alan Wilson saw the loophole, and it was only inadvertently, that he pointed out a clear path for Mihajlovic.

“That’s it!” On this side, Mihajlovic had already made up his mind, “According to my information, General Patton is extremely dissatisfied with the Soviet Union, and his attitude is very important in this run to freedom we’re making, so maybe World War III will break out, and then we’ll still be able to follow the U.S. Army, kill our way back to Yugoslavia to recapture all that we’ve lost, and then we’ll solve the problem with the Croats, but right now, facing Tito, we are in a situation with the nearby Croats, do not internalize for the time being.”

Alan Wilson here, may be surprised that Mihajlovic also has the potential of a regular public, complaining about the sky and the air, complaining about the air after the Soviet Union Xiu complained about the U.S. empire, are so similar to the temperament, but also expect a third world war?

However, Mikhailovich’s words are really a shot in the arm for the commanders of the Fatherland Army who have already lost their homes and are like dogs in mourning.

In the midst of the camps of the Fatherland Army groups, the Fatherland Army commanders who had returned from Mikhailovich were giving unspecified orders to their men. It seemed clear, but on second thought it was unclear.

In the calm camp, on June 23, a ripple appeared, and no one knew yet what kind of impact this ripple would have; Mikhailovich’s eyes almost followed the sun, hoping that the time for action would come soon, and hoping that it would never come at all.

In the midst of high tension, Mihajlovic’s eyes were bloodshot, but he was not tired; whether he lived or died depended on the midnight operation, and as darkness fell, it seemed that today would be another ordinary day.

Near twelve o’clock, the camp of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army was full of agitation like a calm lake boiling up. Men, women, and children called up by the Fatherland Army soldiers looked at the torches that had been lit and wondered what was to be done at midnight.

“Women and children come out and follow us!” A soldier shouted, putting the women and children up front to pay for the action.