The Third Reich in Desperation

Berente slowly closed his eyes, and casually passed the telegram that he had been holding tightly in his hand after reading it to others for circulation.When the last French officer finished watching, even at a height of more than 4000 meters, all of them seemed to be able to clearly feel the gloomy chill emanating from the Polish High Command on the ground.

"Marshal! There is a telegram from French Admiral Ganmerin."

At the same time, Smi Gray was placed in the headquarters in Warsaw, and also received a French call with the same content as the telegram in Berente's hands.

In the telegram, Gan Molin, who had just become the commander-in-chief of the French Army and the commander-in-chief of the British-French coalition forces on the western front, explained: "In the northeast, more than half of the active divisions of the French army are fighting. But since we crossed the border, we have encountered The tenacious resistance of the Germans. We have made significant progress in many areas, but we are also caught in the difficult positional warfare of World War I. Facing the enemy who has been prepared for a long time, the artillery we need has not been fully satisfied …

The French air force has been operating in coordination with ground forces since the start of the war.But we also know that Germany is equipped with a considerable number of aircraft.

Therefore, my promise to commit all forces to the offensive in the second week after the mobilization of France was fulfilled.More things.......sorry, I can't do it. "

This telegram is full of eloquence, but it can be summed up in one meaning: Seeing that the German army is so powerful, we suddenly don't want to fight the German army.Poland plays with Germany by itself, and don't count on my previous promises.

"Fart!" After listening to the telegram, Smeigre smashed the cup on the table on the spot.Then he stomped on the debris one by one and roared: "Ah... that trash of Gan Molin who is not as good as a pig or a dog. After we have pinned down so many tanks and planes in Germany, we still can't do anything! No. ......He did it on purpose, and he never thought of helping us."

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Finally, he grabbed the telegram sent by Gan Molin and began to tear it up roughly: "Excuse! It's all an excuse! It's about attacking Germany and sharing the territory. The Allied forces will definitely provide full assistance. It's all fucking bullshit! The clever Berente of the French officer corps caused us to lose 25 elites, and Gan Molin, a dishonest villain, abandoned us again... I... ...I'm going to kill them!!!"

"That's right." Speaking of Berente, Smi Gray suddenly turned his head and stared at a staff officer who was in charge of coordinating before saying coldly: "Where is that bastard Berente? Where is the French officer corps now? I'm going to kill them!"

"Yuan... Marshal, Major General Berente... took people to pack their bags and ran away early in the morning. You have received a report."

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What Smigre didn't know was that Ganmerin, whom he had always trusted before, had said this privately: If the German army could annihilate Poland within half a month, France would be relieved of moral anxiety, because even if we sent troops, we would not have to worry about it. That's too late.

This is not like what a general said, it is so shameless that even most politicians who implement the appeasement policy don't have a thick skin.What's more, the military mutual assistance treaty between Poland and France was signed by Gan Molin himself four years ago, and he was able to deny it immediately in retrospect.

As a general, he publicly issued more brazen orders to his army commanders.

In order to pretend to fulfill the mutual aid treaty, the French high command decided to put on a suitable "offensive show".In order to give confidence to the Polish allies, the French army also gave this offensive a nice name-the Saar offensive.

Before the start of the war in Depok, what Ganmolin personally promised was that once Poland persisted for a week, the French army would launch a super-large-scale offensive, and the German army would surely flee.At that time, as long as the Polish army takes the opportunity to counterattack, it will be able to carve up Germany's territory with France.

It's not a little bit of awesomeness, it's Ling Yun's ambition and arrogance.But in the end, when Gan Molin gave the order to the troops, the guy's tone changed: "All the French troops participating in the attack must stop advancing 'not less than 1 kilometer' in front of the German Siegfried line of defense. "

With this order, the French Second Army at that time immediately broke into the French-German border at an "extremely fast speed" and "quickly" arrived in front of the German Siegfried line of defense.

After that, more than [-] French troops stopped far away where the Germans could be seen with the naked eye.Then the infantrymen began to walk around the forest or the village in groups of three or four. The machine gunners were tired of carrying their guns, so they simply moved a chair and sat down, with the machine guns aside, holding a cup of hot black tea with their free hands.

At first, the German soldiers seemed tense as hell.You know, in order to fight Poland, there are only 35 active-duty German troops on the German-French border, and the other [-] newly-built divisions left on the Western Front.If the French army raids now, you can go to Berlin and Reinhardt for tea on weekends!

But as time passed, the French army on the opposite side was still so calm.The gun didn't fire, and the position didn't move forward.

The German army in the line of defense took a closer look. Do you think the French are here to organize a group cross-border tour of the army? !Many people are not holding guns, and there are even several literary and artistic officers leaning under the tree to read!

All right, let's leave, and look back at Admiral Rundstede running naked, what's there to be nervous about? Didn't the head of state tell you not to be nervous?

Two days later, news of the defeat of the Polish army at the Battle of the Bzula River came.The French Second Army started a new major operation in the early morning of September 9, that is, the entire army withdrew to the Maginot Line at a "forced march speed", and must withdraw from the German border before noon.

During the whole process, in order not to irritate the German army, Gan Molin sent the French air force in the telegram to Poland, and did not even dispatch the reconnaissance plane. He was deeply afraid that the German army would send planes to bomb in retaliation after seeing the French planes passing by.

"Are you sure the French didn't fire a single shot from the beginning to the end, and they have all retreated now?" Sitting in the Fuhrer's residence in Berlin, Reinhardt specially summoned all the high-level troops who could gather, in front of everyone Asked about the situation on the western frontier.

"Yes, my head of state! The French have no intention of fighting at all. The border guards retreated to the temporary fortifications according to your intention, and they really did not exchange fire with the French army."

The person who reported the situation was a major general of the SS Army. Naturally, when he spoke, he kept vaguely revealing his admiration for the Führer.

The report of the major general of the SS was too important, and it directly unloaded a boulder that weighed heavily on the heart of the German High Command.Prior to this, although Reinhardt, the always wise head of state, made repeated assurances, in fact, few people dared to [-]% believe that the French army would miss the great opportunity to attack Germany.

The main force of the German army has all been transferred to the Eastern Front. At this time, the French attack will surely win.With so many soldiers in France and so many so-called famous generals, can no one see this golden opportunity?

As a result, no one fucking saw this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.In other words, a few people saw it, but were persuaded by the inner appeasement psychology, and sat back and watched the German army attack eastward.

Originally under Reinhardt's plan, this Polish campaign was first initiated by the Soviet Union, which further rekindled Britain and France's fear of this red behemoth.

Furthermore, the farther Germany goes west, the closer it will be to the Soviet Union, and it will be a matter of time before it borders.Isn't what Britain and France have been pursuing for a long time is to let the two enemies of Su and De meet together? Isn't this just right!

Just when the generals of the sea, land and air who were present were all relieved and thankful that the situation was developing according to the most ideal situation, Reinhardt's next words instantly aroused a commotion.

"So, after General Rundstede returned from Poland, shouldn't he take off his clothes and run around the center of Berlin?" Reinhardt rubbed his hands and laughed.

Damn, it seems that the Führer has been thinking about this matter all along!

The generals of the SS Army are okay, they are basically used to Reinhardt's wretched style, and the people in the navy and air force also let it go because they have nothing to do with them.But the veteran generals of the army couldn't sit still.

In particular, General Rundstede is regarded as the veteran of the German Army by many veteran generals in the army because of his deepest qualifications, a typical example of the old German soldiers.In addition, his status as a nobleman of the Feng family is quite important.Such an important and representative Confucianism will be cast naked on the street, no matter how you think it is wrong!

"Führer, although General Rundstadt had a disagreement with you before, it's really too much to punish him like this?" An elderly army general looked at Reinha, who was about to laugh and cramp. Tepper cold water.

"Excessive?!" Several rich expressions appeared on Reinhardt's face, including surprise, grievance, sadness, and anger, which can be described as everything: "I'm willing to bet and admit defeat, what's too much about it? Besides, if you really think It's too much, why didn't you jump out and object? Did you think it must be me who lost at the beginning, and you wanted to see me make a fool of yourself, so you didn't say it on purpose?"

Reinhardt was actually right.Because several veteran generals put aside the political aspect and only analyzed it from the military point of view, they really decided that it must be Reinhardt who made a fool of himself.Of course, they didn't really want to see Reinhardt's streaking, but they just wanted to use the vigor of killing the head of state to highlight how important the military professionalism of their generals was.

It's a pity that Reinhardt also made up his mind, he must clean up the spirit of these army generals as soon as possible, and use a strong medicine to establish his own prestige.He turned his head away, and democratically asked the other generals for their opinions: "Everyone was present when the bet was made, so it was fair and open. Why is it that General Rundsteder will be punished if he loses? Am I going too far?"

I saw Reinhardt winking at the direction of the Air Force and the SS: "You say, am I wronged?"

"Injustice and injustice!" They are all cronies who were single-handedly promoted by Reinhardt. They have already followed him to learn the essence, and when they saw the head of state's hint, they immediately fought against injustice: "We all participated in the whole process, what the head of state said It’s all reasonable, and it’s been agreed long ago. It’s really a big injustice to say that the head of state is wrong after the results!”

"That's right." Realizing that this was the time to show his loyalty, Raeder also hurriedly led a group of admirals to complain for the head of state: "After the head of state won, the few of you objected to the bet. It is too partial to Ronderstadt." General De, it's not fair to the head of state!"

Seeing this effect, Reinhardt knew that his life in command of the German High Command would definitely be much easier in the future.The new generation of German generals are now fucking led out of the division by themselves.Not to mention the quick reactions, they all became his confidantes, vying to speak for him.Cut down the vigor of the army again, and there will be no obstacles of its own in the German command!

Besides, he has always been used to messing around, and finally God opened his eyes this time, and he actually took advantage of it. He must seize the opportunity to clear up the muscles and bones of the generals in the army who have many problems one by one!

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Rundstede, who is far away on the Polish battlefield, still doesn't know that Reinhardt has already booked a circumnavigation route in Poland for himself. Now he is still immersed in the great victory of the Battle of the Bzura River.

Echoing the Southern Army Group in Rundstede, the Northern Army Group commanded by Admiral Bock also made extensive use of armored forces and launched a well-regulated encirclement battle.

If it is said that in the Army Group South, Manstein is the representative of the Fuhrer next to the veteran Rundstede.In the Northern Army, Bock, the same traditional Prussian general, was sent by Reinhardt to another Führer general—Heinz William Guderian.

Unlike Manstein's appointment as chief of staff of the Southern Army Group, Guderian chose to go to the front line to command operations.

After all, he is Reinhardt's confidant and a well-known armor master in Germany (Reinhardt entrusted him with all the tasks related to the armored force, he is not famous who is famous), Guderian got it quite smoothly. A chance to command an armored corps.

Therefore, in Bork's Northern Army Group, the well-equipped 19th Armored Army of the Wehrmacht was assigned to the academy general Guderian who had the most experience in armored forces.

In fact, Guderian's ability to firmly grasp the command of the armored forces in the National Defense Forces has a lot to do with his preparatory work for more than ten years.

Under Reinhardt's packaging arrangement, Guderian, who returned home after training armored soldiers from the Soviet Union, often published articles on contemporary military issues in the famous German "Military Weekly".

And Reinhardt greeted the editor-in-chief of this weekly, Atok, and put every article by Guderian in the top position of the "Military Weekly".So Guderian took advantage of the opportunities of tactical exercises and war games to easily express his new concept that tanks will become the master of the ground battlefield time and time again.Over the past few years, Gudli's reputation as an armor expert has spread throughout the German military.

In 1931, he went smoothly as the Chief of Staff of the Directorate of the German Motorized Infantry Force. In 1935, he was arranged by Reinhardt to be one of the division commanders of the first three armored divisions in Germany.When Austria was merged, he was even ordered to lead the armored troops to march all the way, creating a modern speed of marching more than a hundred miles a day!

In this attack on Poland, Guderian served as the commander of the 19th Panzer Army of the Northern Army.Bock had no opinion at all, after all, he couldn't find anyone more professional than Guderian.