The Third Reich in Desperation

He also couldn't say that he had sent the Gestapo to secretly follow up and investigate, and confirmed Elsay's suspicion.In that case, there would be no pretext for concealing the truth from Witzleben and the others.

In order to plan this dog-eat-dog scene, he has spent a lot of thought.What is needed is to be able to create an effect of killing people with a borrowed knife in the newspaper.

In this way, first, it can indirectly deter those who participated in or had contact with opposition organizations.Let them lose their leader and lose their threat after losing their leader.

The second is to give those who contact the opposition organization a chance to choose again.After all, the death of Witzleben and others this time was not caused by Reinhardt.Then they will think that they may not be exposed.

And this failed assassination, because it involved the safety of the head of state, is bound to trigger a new round of investigations by the domestic Gestapo.At that time, sooner or later, the Wetzleben opposition group will be involved.

Under the premise of losing the leader, those lucky people will try to find ways to get rid of the rebel organization that has lost its backbone, and even clean up their relationship with the organization.In this way, the resistance organization will also loosen up.

After a period of time, Reinhardt only needs to come up with a list for the State Secret Police Department in charge of Ross, and catch all the big fish on the list.Most of the remaining large numbers of small fish and shrimps will also be scattered as birds and beasts.

Looking at Elsay who was taken away, Reinhard breathed a sigh of relief.From today onwards, those domestic villains will be eradicated by themselves in sevens and eighties.The hidden dangers such as assassination, rebellion, and internal rape that he had been worried about for a long time were finally hacked down with the knife of "British spy Elsey".

"My head of state, we need to do something next." Ross, who had just settled the scene of the explosion, came to Reinhardt's side: "The scene has been dealt with almost, and 9 people died on the spot. The other ten If someone is seriously injured, it may not be saved.”

"Those have to be reported on, and let the reporters of the Social Worker write more miserable." Anyway, those who died were those who wanted to harm him, Reinhardt said not at all distressed: "Also, let the outside department immediately issue a condemnation , Just say that this is a conspiracy by British agents, they are a naked provocation! Ask them to give an excuse."

Even Ross, who is not very clever, immediately thought that the rhetoric of the British side must be full of denials, and only fools admit it.As for condemning the British, that's bullshit.Finland has repeatedly condemned the Soviet Union's invasion internationally, but it is not useless.

"Führer, it's useless." Rose reminded kindly.

"Nonsense, of course I know it has no direct effect." Reinhardt explained to his confidant with a helpless face: "The key is that we condemn them more now, and we can find less excuses when we beat them in the future. Excuse, did you do it directly?"

"That's it!" Ross nodded his head, looked at the head of state full of ghost ideas with adoring eyes, and said, "Please don't worry, head of state, I will arrange it right away!"

"Go, go." Reinhard waved his hand to send Ross away, and then told Steve tirelessly: "By the way, you are responsible for notifying. The confrontation exercise between the SS and the Wehrmacht will be held as usual tomorrow. Don't be put off by today's matter."

"Yes!" Steve didn't talk nonsense, and after raising his hand to Reinhardt at attention, he immediately turned and left the arrangement.

The war with British and French time is now imminent.The preparation time left for Reinhardt and the Third Reich is running out.

In this exercise, in the name of fighting for new equipment, he used the simulated confrontation between the SS and the Wehrmacht in order to let his loyal and reliable troops prove themselves again, and justifiably strive for more weapons and equipment.As for the loser to optimize the weapon according to the winner's equipment mode, that has long been determined in production.

As long as the SS wins, the Wehrmacht seems to be able to change gear according to the more optimized weapon ratio of the SS.This is also a good thing for the Wehrmacht who lost.After all, weapons have gotten better.

In fact, these weapon configurations that are more optimized for reloading based on the results of the exercise have already been produced in the factory.From the very beginning, it was intended for the Wehrmacht.The exercise is just a pretext, an opportunity for the SS to show itself.

As long as the SS wins, the SS, as the winner, will be able to straighten its back and strengthen the generally inferior equipment, while the loser, the Wehrmacht, will be able to optimize its equipment in the same way as the winner, which is a win-win situation.

For the rest, all the SS needs to do is to win the exercise.

Chapter 264 is expected

When the exercise started, even though the Wehrmacht responsible for the offensive suffered "heavy casualties", it did not capture the SS positions.

After switching offense and defense in the second round of confrontation exercises, facing the attack of the SS, although the soldiers of the Wehrmacht resisted very "tenaciously", even because it was the exercise that all squads were not afraid of "casualties" until the last person, in the end they still It was decided by the command that the SS had won.

One attack, one defense, and two defeats, such a result can no longer be explained by luck.

"I have gained knowledge today. Only one platoon came from the opposite side. As a result, we couldn't even hold back the advantage of the terrain." See the 30th Infantry Division, a regiment, a battalion, a sharp knife company, and a platoon leader Bruce. As soon as it was over, he walked out cursing.

"When their first platoon came to feint, I heard the clue from their gunshots." As the commander of the exercise company on the National Defense Forces side, Leon concluded: "One platoon can fight our side. The firepower data of the whole company, three platoons, their firepower is three times that of ours."

Sighing, Leon sighed in admiration, "If today wasn't a drill, if they didn't shoot blank bombs, we would have to account for everything on the ground."

The sharp knife company led by Lyon is basically a veteran who participated in the Polish campaign.In terms of record, they can be called a company of meritorious service, and they are the elite military force that the National Defense Forces can show!

If they can't even beat their company, then after searching the National Defense Forces, it is estimated that there is no other company that can win this exercise.

"I heard that the troops sent by the SS to participate in the exercise were one of the SS troops who seized weapons on the Polish battlefield. I really don't understand why they are still like beggars with such good equipment I'm jealous when I see the equipment." Bruce said embarrassingly.

"What you see is just this company." Frequently communicating with Commander Hans, Leon obviously knows more than Bruce: "I heard from the Commander that the SS has a lot of strange things in their hands, and there are all kinds of new weapons. All kinds. However, most of the conventional weapons used are second-hand products eliminated by the Wehrmacht. Generally speaking, the SS has the largest proportion of equipment, and it is still some old things. New equipment, less than one-tenth of the party The guards have it."

"So, our exercise is an excuse for them to change their equipment?" Bruce suddenly realized as if he had a clue.

"Don't say that," Leon patted the brother who had been his partner since he was in the military academy, and comforted him with a smile: "The Fuehrer let go of his words. If the SS won, let the Wehrmacht follow the rules of the SS." The weapon ratio of the exercise troops will be gradually optimized and changed."

Naturally, they were upset when they lost the exercise, but after losing consecutively, Leon and the others not only didn't get punished, but instead won better weapons and equipment for the National Defense Forces and their own troops.

Since there is a reward, it can be accepted.As for allowing the SS to use the same equipment as the Wehrmacht, that is something that the high-level figures should consider, and there is no need for Leon and the others to worry about it.

"Anyway, it's a day off after the exercise, so let's have some wine and supper tonight." Leon suggested with a smile.

"Well, I heard that Munich beer is very good with pig's trotters. You can try it." Bruce still had the sullen expression, but his answer had already revealed his concern for late-night beer.

On the other side, outside the exercise field, all the army generals who were present to observe were lost in thought.Although it was a bit uncomfortable to lose, when the gunshots sounded at the beginning of the exercise, they understood that the National Defense Forces probably lost this round.

In the ranks of the SS, the sound of automatic weapons firing is too dense!A mere company has almost the firepower of a conventional reorganized battalion of the National Defense Forces.

After whispering and discussing a few words, some people in the National Defense Forces still saw some signs.

For example, Rommel, in World War I, successfully broke through a division position in Italy with a company of infantry, and was once known as the "strongest company commander" in German history. Commander Blau was curious about what Aunt Didi was saying.

Brausch nodded slightly while listening, and seemed to agree with it.

Afterwards, Brausch proposed to Reinhardt a suggestion to add to the content of the exercise—letting the two companies make repairs first, and then draw two infantry companies of the same formation from the Berlin Garrison for comparative exercises.

The SS drill company and the Wehrmacht drill unit after refitting according to the standard of the SS drill troop attack, and the garrison company defends.

Because according to the strategy of the headquarters of the High Command, Germany will be on the offensive side for a long time in the future.Because the future role of new weapons can be better reflected in offensive exercises, the generals hope to conduct two more experiments to avoid accidents.

There are too many exercises, anyway, no one will die.So, Reinhard happily agreed to Brauchic's suggestion.

"Let's go back and do it again?" Leon, who was packing up and was about to buy some Munich specialties later, said with wide eyes.

As soon as the exercise was scheduled to end, Leon, who resigned himself to his fate, quickly let go of the burden of failure, and thoughtlessly planned to take advantage of his spare time in the afternoon to take a stroll around the city of Munich and buy some specialties along the way.

This added another exercise temporarily, which interrupted his leisurely afternoon, and made Leon feel a little bit disappointed.

Leon was lost, but Bruce was very excited: "Lyon! Did you hear that? Let's put on the equipment used by the SS just now and practice again. This is a great opportunity for us to avenge our shame!"

Contrary to Lyon's indifference to fame, Bruce has always attached great importance to various reputations.He always felt ashamed when he lost the exercise just now.Seeing a chance to earn back his face now, he immediately got excited.

"I heard that, let's get everyone ready." Leon smiled wryly in his heart. This round of exercises is over, and he probably won't have much free time today. There's no way to go shopping, so he can only buy supper later.

Soon, Leon took the Wehrmacht company with semi-automatic rifles on the field first.Facing the Berlin garrison who had never seen blood or fought a battle, his group of elites who had experienced the baptism of the Polish war could be said to have won quite easily.

And when it was the turn of the SS, their performance surprised all the generals watching the exercise again.When the black storm of the SS swept through the position of the garrison company, it took less than half of Lyon's time!

Now, the generals and marshals who were calm just now couldn't sit still, and the increase in combat effectiveness was obvious.

If you learn the usage and tactics of new equipment from the SS, the combat effectiveness will definitely be stronger!

It doesn’t matter whether you lose face by learning from the SS, you’ve even run naked before, and you’re afraid of such a trivial matter. I saw a group of Wehrmacht generals with green eyes, and surrounded the SS commander Steve who was present. , Take turns to shake hands and communicate.

Then, Reinhardt, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suggested with a smile that everyone should go down and have a detailed look at the firepower configuration of the SS, which relieved Steve.