Chapter 17

After all, it's not a good thing for a commander-in-chief to stay in the exercise area all day long. Although the whole world knows that there are only a few men and guns in the German defense force, and the commander-in-chief is similar to the group army commanders of other countries, he still doesn't want to admit this helpless fact.

So staying in his office and imagining that he has more than a dozen army groups is a very comfortable thing for hickett.

"Lieutenant grace!" At the same time, he called his sincere female secretary: "should the purchase report of akado be submitted today? Did you mention the money for the purchase of cars? "

This question got grace into yesterday's conversation with akado:

Grace asked akado anxiously: "but if the general asks, I dare not hide it! If it is revealed, the general will no longer trust me, and your concealment will fail! "

Akado laughed: "my crony bought a company in Munich with a sum of money. The company's name is very interesting. Its name is bayerischemotorenwerke, Bavarian machinery factory. I give the company the nickname" BMW company. "

Acardo pointed to the plan and said with a smile to grace, "in the future, all my car and armored vehicle purchases will indicate the word BMW. You will not say anything when you report to horse Hickory. If he finds out, you can directly put the responsibility on me."

"What do you mean?" Grace asked, frowning.

"In the future, the amount of BMW in the procurement of the national defense forces is actually the amount of BMW motorcycles and cars. It's not a real horse, okay? " With that, akado ended the conversation.

Grice thought of this and reported to general hickett with a smile: "commander akado purchased BMW 300 in this report. It seems that he still likes horses very much."

"This akkado, he had a tough talk with me yesterday. In the end, did he secretly correct his radical mistakes? This young man! Hum Hickory laughed, took the report and roughly looked over it. When he saw that there were still 200 cars written on the column of auto purchase, hickory hummed, closed the original report and left it aside.

"You go down!" Hickory closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose, waved to grace and said, "I'm tired. I need a rest."

At the same time that sikat was cheated by akkado's BMW name in the headquarters, akkado was personally training his armored commanders at the scene of the exercise. he

Pointing to a forest on the opposite side, akado patiently told a group of young soldiers and officers around him.

"You should order your troops to stop here and send armored reconnaissance vehicles to scout here and there! Confirm the position of the enemy and then arrange the attack. You are all important talents of the national defense forces. I don't want to lose any of you because of an unprepared careless attack! " Akkado spoke harshly about his fighting principles.

He stretched out four fingers and bent down one for every sentence he said: "find the enemy, find the weakness, strike with thunder, rest and supplement! This is the basic operational principle! Do you understand? "

"Always maintain your most reliable comrade in arms, tank! Clean the gun barrel, maintain the engine, and make sure that all the doors can be opened and closed freely. " Akkado almost every drill will be tired of telling these young tank soldiers, because akkado knows that each of them is the most valuable asset.

"Sir." A German official, about 35 years old, was recording what akado said. He raised his hand with his pen and asked to speak. When akado looked at him, he asked uneasily, "what if we lose the air supremacy?"

Akkado looked at the officer who asked the question with great interest. His face was familiar to akkado. Akkado was very excited to see this historical character here. After watching him for a few seconds, akkado asked: "Captain, what's your name?"

"Sir! My name is Heinz? William? Goodrian! He's a company commander in the 10th light cavalry battalion Goodrian straightened up, saluted and introduced himself loudly.

Akkado is a bit embarrassed. He is a famous Blitzkrieg tactical expert in the Second World War, the world's leading theoretical founder of armored forces, and general goodrian, who is known as the father of armored forces. Now he is a company commander under his command. The world is really wonderful.

"How to make the sky belong to us is my problem; Your problem is how to achieve the most brilliant results with the least cost! " Acardo answered goodrian's question with a smile, then pointed to him and continued, "OK! That's all for today. Come with me. "

He took goodrian to a big tree and saw that there were no more people around him. Acardo turned to goodrian and said, "you have a thorough understanding of what I said about the theory of armored forces! Who gave you the analysis? "

"Sir! I participated in an observation exercise. The British Royal Tank Battalion once demonstrated the power of tank assault. I came back to write a very detailed report! Fortunately, the British didn't look forward to the exercise. Unfortunately, we didn't have the energy to discuss it Goodrian was very sad to say: "my report did not get any response, so I can only rely on my imagination to deduce my ideas."

As he said, he looked eagerly at akado: "but one day, my cavalry was trained as a virtual tank unit, which gave me hope. I didn't expect to see such a discerning officer in Germany. I believe you will lead us to win the next war!"“ If you want to thoroughly understand all the armor, I can't do it! Captain goodrian! There are too many things I need to do personally. After all, my time alone is limited, so I need people who understand me and support me. " Akado caressed the big tree trunk with his palm, a little lonely and sentimental“ Commander! I'd like to be your supporter! I think I can understand you! From the day I heard about you, I am your fanatical follower Goodrian's face flushed with excitement, and akado even doubted that goodrian would push him down next second. It's a pity that the basic love drama didn't come on. Goodrian was there and said excitedly: "commander akado! Let me be your faithful follower! I am willing to give my life to prove your armored theory“ Laying the foundation of a theory, especially a practical theory, is very boring, it needs huge data support! So I'm going to ask you to help me get the first detailed data to verify our armored forces theory! Would you like to? " Akado looked at goodrian and asked, he intends to cultivate the young man in front of him into the future super commander“ It's a pleasure Goodrian, stand at attention“ This year, in the fall of 1921, I will transfer you to the Department of transportation of the Ministry of defense! There a comprehensive understanding of armored motorized forces logistics support work! Then I'll arrange for you to go to Munich immediately, where you can practice in a motorized transport camp. Is there a problem? " Asked akado. Goodrian's face was full of excitement: "with pleasure! Sir! Heinz? William? Goodrian assures you! I will give everything to the German armored forces After seeing off his brain powder and the future general goodrian, akado sat on the lawn and sighed against the tree. He didn't just talk to goodrian. He was really tired. In fact, more than a year ago, akkado began to work hard for the future of the German air force. Although general hickett's preference for cavalry and bicycles seems a bit out of date, he has a foresight to expect that the air force will become an independent armed force, which coincides with akkado. Therefore, with the approval of hickett, akado set up a department called special aviation department in the transformed general staff, which reserved 180 seats in the small military corps to absorb some World War I veteran pilots. Akado assigned these "special task advisers" to the main forces to instill air force awareness in the soldiers and officers of these forces. The purpose of this is that even without aircraft, infantry and virtual armored officers can consider the possible actions of friendly and enemy aircraft when formulating tactics during the exercise. During this period, the removal of the production capacity of Krupp and other German arms factories was not thoroughly carried out by the joint arms control commission because of the large number of countries. At the instigation of akkado, the German defense forces secretly hid 1500 brand-new guns produced by Krupp factory in a secret base in the mountains. The operation was carried out by the national defense forces at night, just in time, before the officers of the arms control commission arrived at the Krupp factory. And Krupp factory itself secretly transported another 1500 cannons to a leather bag company in the Netherlands and hid them. During the inspection, a treaty inspector found that Krupp had handed in 3000 guns less than the French intelligence estimate. So there was a dispute between the two sides. The Krupp side argued that the French intelligence service was exaggerating. In the end, the inspectors of the Allied arms control commission made a compromise and broke the deadlock. In front of these inspectors, Krupp factory resumed production and produced a total of 3000 cannons. These brand-new cannons were removed and destroyed, and then the fixtures and pressing tools of the factory were removed. From this incident, it is not difficult to see that the whole allied Arms Control Commission has been full of loopholes in monitoring the size of German armed forces.