The Third Reich in Desperation

Mussolini in the wheelchair shook his plaster-covered head slightly and let out a "woo-woo" sound.It can be seen from his angry eyes that the former leader is not in a very happy mood now.

No wonder, after all, before Mussolini was attacked, he had dreamed countless times of military parades in Cairo, but when he got to this drowned situation, he was suddenly washed away by Reinhardt like this.

If he wasn't furious, he wouldn't be Mussolini!

Reinhardt continued to provoke Mussolini: "Don't get excited, leader! I know you want to express your gratitude to me, but who made me your best friend! Don't say thank you, we Everyone has communicated in their hearts.”

The people on the side had already been dumbfounded.They could only see through the cracks in the plaster, Mussolini in the wheelchair, his eyes had widened.It's hard to imagine, what was on the mind of this once mighty leader at this time?

It’s okay if it’s just like this, but the key is that Reinhardt didn’t intend to stop at all. Then he sat down on the sofa next to Mussolini and continued his teasing.

Moreover, after Reinhardt found that Mussolini's hands and feet seemed completely immobile, he began to play with his flexible hands and feet wantonly, changing various postures and raising Erlang's legs, or turning his hands into the shapes of various animals, surrounding The disk above Mussolini's head is spinning! ! !

In the end, even Rossi, who had a deep hatred with Mussolini, felt that he couldn't bear it, so he simply dragged Reinhardt out of Mussolini's ward on the grounds of discussing the European war.

At this time, Mussolini was already foaming at the mouth and collapsed on the wheelchair.

As a result, before leading him away, Rossi also saw Reinhardt turning around and pointing at Mussolini, who was paralyzed in the wheelchair, with an anxious expression on his face: "Nurse, hurry up, he's fainted!"

In fact, Rossi hoped that Mussolini's health would recover as soon as possible, so that he could arrange for Mussolini to be held accountable and ruin the reputation of the former prime minister and his enemies of Rossi.

Rossi hoped that Mussolini could experience the pain he experienced when he was awake.That's why he hoped that Mussolini would get better first.

Anyway, Rossi has already seized the power of Italy, and Mussolini's waking up will not help, so he is not worried.

But Reinhardt and Mussolini didn't have so much deep hatred, he just wanted revenge on Mussolini.

After all, during the Polish campaign, Mussolini's bad behavior towards his lion, the vengeful Reinhardt still hasn't forgotten it.

Fortunately, Mussolini was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital. Otherwise, if he went to Yugoslavia and Greece to make a trip, maybe the result of the Soviet-German war would be Germany's death!

Mussolini, a big cheater, the biggest traitor in the Iron Allies formed by the Third Reich, of course, I, Reinhardt, will have to kill him personally for revenge.

Reinhard shook his head to his followers and said, "No, no, as an old friend of leader Mussolini, I understand that he must be eagerly waiting for my arrival. Believe me, no one is better than me. Get to know the Italian leader. He'll get better sooner when I'm there."

It's a pity that the entourage can only suggest that the head of state's arrangement cannot be rejected, so he nodded in cold sweat and said: "Okay... okay, head of state, I will arrange the plane right away."

Ever since, July 1941, 7.The German head of state once again came to San Giovanni Hospital in Italy to visit his "old friend".

When Reinhardt and his party, accompanied by Rossi and the guards he arranged for the Italian Gestapo, entered the Hospital of God Giovanni and came to the door of Mussolini's room, what he saw was a man wrapped tightly The solid "mummy" is sitting in a wheelchair and looking at this side.

This "mummy" is Mussolini who was rescued in the hospital after being seriously injured by the bombing.

"Oh! My God! Guards! Guards! Come on, mummy! The mummy is resurrected!" Reinhardt exclaimed to Mussolini, who was in a wheelchair covered with bandages and plaster, in a fuss.

Although there is a thick plaster, from the perspective of others, it seems that Mussolini's face will be able to feel the expression of Mussolini's face now.

An accompanying Italian official with a twitching face came to Reinhardt and explained: "Great German head of state, there are no mummies here. The one sitting in the wheelchair is our former leader Mussolini."

"What? This mummy is my old friend... Mussolini?" Reinhardt pointed at Mussolini in the wheelchair, pretending to be surprised that he didn't know the situation in advance.

The face of the Italian official twitched again: "Yes, honorable German head of state."

Reinhardt smiled, showing a gloating expression, turned around and looked at Mussolini in the wheelchair: "Oh, Your Excellency. Although I know you have always liked Egypt very much, there is no need to dress like this Go! If you really like it, I will ask Rommel to dig up the pyramid tomorrow and send you a real mummy."

Mussolini in the wheelchair shook his plaster-covered head slightly and let out a "woo-woo" sound.It can be seen from his angry eyes that the former leader is not in a very happy mood now.

No wonder, after all, before Mussolini was attacked, he had dreamed countless times of military parades in Cairo, but when he got to this drowned situation, he was suddenly washed away by Reinhardt like this.

If he wasn't furious, he wouldn't be Mussolini!

Reinhardt continued to provoke Mussolini: "Don't get excited, leader! I know you want to express your gratitude to me, but who made me your best friend! Don't say thank you, we Everyone has communicated in their hearts.”

The people on the side had already been dumbfounded.They could only see through the cracks in the plaster, Mussolini in the wheelchair, his eyes had widened.It's hard to imagine, what was on the mind of this once mighty leader at this time?

In the end, even Rossi, who had a deep hatred with Mussolini, felt that he couldn't bear it, so he simply dragged Reinhardt out of Mussolini's ward on the grounds of discussing the European war.

Text 770 How to Play War

The division commander of the Imperial Division of the SS, Major General Paul Hausser, suddenly received Guderian's request that the Imperial Division immediately end the repair in advance, and rushed to the Yernia salient area near Smolensk at the fastest speed After taking over the defense order of the 17th Mobu Division, the execution began gradually.

Although the main force of the SS army followed Model in the Southern Army Group, the SS troops who stayed in the Central Army Group and the Northern Army Group were also under the command of the headquarters of each army group and faithfully executed orders.

Yes, they are loyal to the Führer, and the biggest service they can serve the Führer at this time is to bring down the Soviet Union for the Führer and capture the villain Stalin alive.

It is worthy of being the ace unit of the SS known for its excellent quality in the Central Army Group. Only 12 hours after receiving the order, the Imperial Division made all preparations for combat and rushed to the front line overnight under the order of Major General Paul.

Regarding the efficiency and willpower of the SS Imperial Division, even the Army Command of the Wehrmacht (its function was downgraded to the General Staff, but the name eventually retained the name of the Army Command) also placed high hopes on the SS Imperial Division, A special plane was sent to drop leaflets on the front of the position, encouraging the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Division to carry forward the glorious tradition and defeat the Soviet army with the heroic spirit unique to the SS.

The leaflet, which was printed from Army Headquarters, concluded, in a phrase most popular among the SS: "The Führer awaits your news of victory!"

It is undeniable that whether it is the Army General Command, Bock's Central Army Group Command, or Guderian's Second Army Command, they all firmly trust the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Division.

As a motorized infantry division in the SS, the Imperial Division has received a lot of care in terms of equipment distribution because of its title of "Führer's direct lineage" in terms of combat effectiveness and mobility. The bonus is even more brave in combat.

When it first participated in the war in Poland, it had not yet completed a division-level scale. Now all the regiments under the name of the Imperial Division participated in the war in the name of regiment-level troops at that time.

Among them, the German regiment joined the command of Bock, who commanded the Northern Army Group in the Polish campaign, and acted within the formation of the 3rd Army to attack Mlawa and Modlin.It can be said that this time they returned to fight under Bock's command.

At that time, the Germanic Regiment under the Imperial Division joined the Southern Army Group in Rundstede, advanced to Warsaw at the moment of the decisive battle, and captured Warsaw in front of Timoshenko.It can be said that this time they fought against the new commander of the Western Front, Timoshenko, and they met their old opponents again.

So, after the Battle of Poland, the German Regiment, the German Regiment, and another Führer Regiment formed the current SS Motorized Rifle Division, also known as the Imperial Division.

After Paul Hauser became the first division commander, he has been working until now. The Imperial Division participated in the French campaign. At that time, they were still under the command of the B Group Army Group under the command of Bock, fighting from the Netherlands and Belgium to France.

It is precisely because after experiencing the Battle of Poland and the Battle of France, Bock, who served as the commander of the Army Group twice, felt the combat effectiveness of the SS Imperial Division, and he was familiar with this SS combat unit, so he was the third in the Soviet campaign. When he served as the commander of the army group for the first time, Bock did not hesitate to ask the commander-in-chief of the SS, General Steve, to come to the SS motorized infantry division.

Because Reinhardt deliberately avoided the war with Yugoslavia, the Imperial Division did not get the feat of attacking the capital of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, as it did in history.

However, when the Imperial Division participated in the war against the Soviet Union, it was incorporated into the 46th Panzer Corps, under the command of Guderian.The imperial division, which swore allegiance to the head of state, was in a happy mood under the command of Guderian, the confidant of the head of state, and it was interspersed all the way to the Yernia area, cutting off the main force of the Russian army and the main forces of the eastern and western fronts. Contact, the troops of the 4 divisions of the Soviet Army were packed into the encirclement at once.

All this is inseparable from their trust in Guderian, the favorite general of the head of state.

Guderian likes to command mobile troops to risk inserting into the enemy's positions. If you look at it from other generals, the risk of doing so is too high, and you will be more or less worried.However, the Imperial Division, from the division commander Paul to every soldier, believed in the head of state, and also believed in the command of Guderian, whom the head of state himself trusted.

Facts have proved that under the command of Guderian, the Imperial Division has indeed achieved impressive results.

After a month of repeated battles and victories, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Division are at the peak of their morale.

Due to the status of the SS, the soldiers of the imperial division after a brief repair were also given priority to replenish at the first time through the "special replenishment channel" of the SS, and the damaged equipment was basically in the special transportation team of the SS. Supplies can be replenished under the complete.This made Major General Paul more confident in defeating all Soviet attacks.

But when Paul led his army to the designated defensive position on the salient, he still couldn't help being surprised.

It has only been more than ten days since he came to this area last time, but this place has undergone tremendous changes!

There are no longer any standing trees near the position, and the few small hills that I saw before now seem to have been cut down by an average of about 1 meter by artillery fire.In the fortifications they built a month ago, most of the bunkers have been overturned, many trenches have been leveled, and the positions are full of destroyed equipment and scattered ammunition boxes.

Paul casually grabbed a handful of soil from the ground formation, and there were 4 or 5 pieces of shrapnel inside!