Chapter 490

Akkado still looked for an excuse, finished breakfast ahead of time, arrived at the army general staff, where the largest conference room, personally presided over a solemn ceremony. In the envious eyes of all the officers, the third German marshal was born. This man was lundstedt, who took over the Marshal's Scepter because he occupied London.

The rank of field marshal awarded to him has long been affirmed by akkado, and privately he also negotiated with lundstedt himself. However, the stubborn old general thought that he must obtain the most brilliant victory in order to obtain this glorious honor.

The German people attach great importance to the rank of Marshal. They insist that the person who gets the rank of Marshal must have the merit that matches the rank. This is also the main reason why Hitler's promotion to marshal on a large scale after the invasion of France led to the dissatisfaction of the army. These generals attacked Hitler for insulting the rank of Marshal and satirized numerous marshals.

In this life, akkado was very careful to give his generals the rank of Marshal. The promotion of Marshal brauchich was due to the expectations of the people in the national defense forces, and also thanks brauchich for succeeding akkado to complete the "Hades plan" of the national defense forces; Reidel was promoted to marshal because he defeated the British navy and won an opportunity for the German Navy to go to the ocean. Of course, another reason is that he is the mouthpiece of akkado in the military; Today, lundstedt was promoted to marshal because of the end of the British local war. No one raised any objection to this matter. After all, lundstedt participated in the two wars between France and Britain, and the credit is not small.

In the sound of music, acardo walked onto the stage in person, patted the arm of randstadt, the veteran general who rushed back from London to Berlin, Germany, and wanted to shake hands with the general with a smile. However, instead of holding out his hand, lundstedt raised his right arm at attention and saluted the head of state with a standard German salute: "long live akkado Rudolph, head of state!"

Countless cameras recorded this moment. New marshal lundstedt stood at attention to salute the head of state, his eyes full of worship and joy.

"Welcome back to Berlin. Marshal lundstedt. " Acardo smiles and reaches out his hand again, and lundstedt stretches out his palm in fear. The two shake hands, and then stand together to take a picture of the reporter.

"My head of state, thank you for your trust and support. I live up to your expectations and put the flag on the top of London." Lundstete is a typical Prussian soldier with a rigorous style, but like all traditional Prussian soldiers, he has unparalleled loyalty and reliability.

"It's hard for you, but you have to go back to London as soon as possible to stabilize the situation there and carry out the follow-up reconstruction work. According to the agreement, we will build military airports in Ireland and northern Britain under Catherine's command. You are in charge of the coastal defense of the three British Islands. I need a relatively stable Western defense line. It all depends on you. " Akado asked reporters to take photos, and lundstedt said.

Lundeshtai nodded and replied to akado: "my head, I will start to set up the defense system immediately. As long as there is no problem with the Imperial Navy, I want you to ensure that the British Isles are solid."

"The new marshal of the Third Reich! Cheers With a smile, akado picked up the wine glass placed on the table, raised his arm and said to his beloved general with a smile.

"For the Atlantic barrier! Cheers Lundstadt then raised his glass. "I'll be back in London tomorrow, my Fuehrer. Take care of yourself."

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"General Rommel has won a great victory in ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^! Annihilate 20000 British troops! " A newsboy is waving newspapers in the street, shouting that the newspapers are very easy to sell this year, so his life is much better.

After all, in 1938, the head of state appointed Speer to integrate the imperial industry and reorganize the white orchid group; Landed in England and occupied London, the capital of England; Then the Soviet German war broke out in an all-round way, and Germany won and fought back on the border; Now there is another victory in North Africa, which is dazzling.

The people are still jubilant and talking about the war situation in North Africa and the strategic supplies from Italy - one of the costs of Germany's troops in North Africa, including flour, butter and Italian labor. Now the Germans find that war is not unacceptable, as long as they can continue to obtain these benefits

Rommel's victory cheered the people, but it turned the army general staff of the national defense forces into a mess. Brauchich is now in charge of the eastern front, so here is the veteran general who has just returned from the eastern front to the commander-in-chief of the N group army and deputy chief of the general staff of the national defense force.

He informed akkado about the North African front by telephone an hour ago, when akkado had just arrived at the office of the general staff of the national defense forces. As soon as he saw Bock, akado couldn't wait to ask about the war situation in North Africa.

"How bad is it, bok?" Akado frowned and looked at a report. He asked as he looked at it.

"My head of state, the transport ships that Italy can provide are very limited. In addition to the recent rotation scheme of soldiers, another infantry unit originally planned to be transported to North Africa is still in Italy." Bock pointed to the map and said, "they're still here and there's a port waiting for their ships."

Akado looked at the map and the report in his hand. It seemed that the situation was worse than he thought. Half of the force of the African Legion is either reconstituted or on the road. Rommel has only the seventh armored army and the seventh infantry army that have been fighting for more than ten days in a row, and the rest are Italian second class troops. It's no different from suicide to push Tobruk at this time“ Did you call Rommel? Command him to stop Akado left the information in his hand, went to the map of North Africa, knocked the blue arrow representing Rommel's main force with his finger, and asked general Bok. Bock shook his head helplessly: "my head, the battle of ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Akkado was silent. Rommel, as his confidant, could not be more clear about his temper. At this time, only akkado himself gave orders to him to stop attacking. Otherwise, even marshal blauchich's orders would be greatly reduced after they really arrived in North Africa“ I give the order myself! Telegraph officer! Record: I'm akkado Rudolph. I'm ordering you to stop attacking temporarily and wait for the new Supreme Command's order to arrive. " Akkado called the telegraph officer and issued the supreme order of the German command. Bock watched the telegraph officer rush away, got up and handed another report to acardo, then said helplessly: "Italy's logistics supplies are in a mess. General Rommel is afraid that he has run out of ammunition and food now, so we'd better be ready for the defeat of the African Army."“ Are you really going to lose? Can't be avoided? " Akado looked at his men in doubt, and some of them asked with a fluke mind. Bock gave a wry smile, then found out another piece of information and put it in front of akkado: "because of the defeat of the battle of * *, Britain's top commander in North Africa died of a heart attack. Forced by helplessness, the British king had to let the deputy commander of North Africa take over. This commander is an old acquaintance of ours. That's why I feel that general Rommel is more or less in danger this time. "“ Not... Montgomery? " Akado was stunned, and then suddenly remembered that intelligence showed that the Deputy commander-in-chief of the British forces in North Africa was indeed Montgomery, the famous general who almost drove lundstedt out of the sea“ Indeed, it's Montgomery. In the British mainland, he showed impressive composure. The general led a force that he had never seen before near Tobruk, which was called the British Eighth Army. We can't confirm the specific situation. " After hearing that it was Montgomery, akado sighed. It seemed that he needed to restrain Rommel. After all, in the previous life, the fight between him and Montgomery ended in the failure of desert fox. Although the defeat is a pity, it brings infinite regret and melancholy. Here I have to mention tyronmel, a miserable "Fox of the desert", who conducted a series of dazzling offensive operations in North Africa, but returned to Germany for recuperation due to stomach disease at the most important moment; Then he was appointed as the top commander of the German Atlantic barrier, but he missed the battle of Normandy because of his wife's birthday. If a student only missed two classes in a semester and was named by the teacher, it would be a tragedy for him. Therefore, as a general, Rommel missed two important battles, which is very tragic“ Let's prepare supplies for Rommel on the way ahead of time. We can arrange them wherever we can, and take him back to the safe area. He has all the main forces of the Empire in his hands, to ensure the safety of the 7th armored division and the 7th infantry. "“ Safe? My head of state, after more than ten days of continuous combat, half of the tanks of the 7th armored division can go to the front line to participate in the war. This time, it's lucky for Rommel. He has at most two armored battalions and about one division of infantry in his hands. Montgomery's counterattack will certainly succeed, but our loss will not be too big General Burke knew the battlefield better than akkado. He said that akkado's worry was superfluous: "if the 7th armored division and the 7th infantry army completely appeared in Tobruk, how could Montgomery dare to fight back..."