Chapter 579

Let Vlasov return to his base, and akado and the chief of general staff of the national defense forces, Manstein, drive to the wolf den. A few days ago, because of the excellent fighting performance of the eastern front, marshal brauchich was promoted to deputy commander in chief of the Third Reich army, and Manstein, who had been helping brauchich to make suggestions, naturally rose with the tide, so he was appointed as the new chief of staff of the army, completely replacing the original position of general Bok.

The scenery outside the window is rapidly retrogressive with the progress of the car. Acardo is obviously in a good mood sitting in the convertible car. He saw what he wanted and was confident of the war on the eastern front.

"The marshal went to Kiev in person to inspect the brovalre defence. Before he leaves, your itinerary has not yet been decided, so he will not be able to meet you Manstein carefully explained the reason why marshal brauchich didn't stay in Warsaw to meet him, and also mentioned the Kiev defense problem he was worried about.

Akado laughed, then waved his hand: "general Manstein, I'm not a person who pays attention to small things. My Marshal fought on the front and won the war. He won my respect more than flattery. "

"With all due respect, my head of state. The Dnieper line is very strong in most areas, and our grenadiers and elite infantry are strong enough to withstand the Soviet counterattack. " Manstein thought for a moment and said to akado, "but there are two serious loopholes in this defense line. One is the surrounding areas of Kiev and brovalre, and the other is the direction of the crimson peninsula."

"Oh? So, general, how is the army general staff prepared to avoid these two defects? " Akado picked his eyebrows and asked casually.

"The opinion of the general staff is to launch a limited attack, occupy the crimson Peninsula, destroy the ports of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet there, and complete the defense line." As expected, Manstein threw out his plan to attack Kremlin, which could shorten the German defense line and seriously interfere with the operation of the Soviet Black Sea fleet. However, there is a very serious problem in front of akado, that is, he does not have Gustav cannons and Carl mortar weapons, and lacks heavy firepower support to attack Sevastopol fort.

Recently, German leaders are discussing the feasibility of jointly sending troops with Turkey and Italy to attack the Balkan countries. Turkey is very active in this plan, and even put forward a radical plan of sending 700000 troops to demonstrate the strong military strength of the Turkish army. At this time, if Germany shows weakness on the Balkan issue, it can be imagined that Turkey in the Balkan region will demand more and more in the future.

At the same time, the German Italian Alliance launched a strong offensive in Tobruk area, intending to capture this important military fortress. The African Legion is expanding into a large military group with three army groups. They include Rommel's l group army, general sherner's K group army, and Garibaldi's 1st group army. The supply and transportation of this regiment need to invest a lot of manpower and material resources. At this moment, it is not a wise move to continue to expand the war in the East.

"General, I know you have a point, but once we attack the crimson Peninsula and take the fort Sevastopol. Then the Soviets who have been forced to return to the negotiation table by us will give up the intention of peace talks and continue to fight with us. " Akado sighed and looked out at the growing woods outside the car.

"..." for the first time, Manstein put forward his idea in front of acardo, but he was rejected by acardo. Now, his mood can be imagined. He closed his mouth and waited for acardo to continue to reprimand.

Manstein is now one of the best strategists in the national defense forces and a rare talent for strategic command. Even his boss, brauchich, praised him for his performance. In private, he even compared Manstein with the former imperial chief of staff, Schlieffen, "He reminds me of Alfred. If he continues to be so wise, one day he will surpass all of us," he said of Manstein

But Manstein himself knew that his "operation sickle" plan was proposed by the head of state akado. It was because of the successful implementation of this plan that the German army got rid of the danger of two-line combat, and Manstein himself became the deputy of blauchich from an unknown small commander.

The subsequent change of the babarosa plan was also facilitated by the head of state behind the scenes, which had nothing to do with Manstein himself. Now the situation on the eastern front is becoming stable, and the German army has taken the advantage and reduced the loss to a negligible level. In fact, it is the head of state who foresaw everything with an elusive strategic vision.

So now Manstein is worried. He doubts that he has no ability to be the chief of general staff of the German army. He doubts that he is just a puppet of the head of state. So he stayed up for several days and used the rest of the night to draw up a complete attack plan for Sevastopol fortress. For this plan, he even consulted the intelligence department with his own right and obtained a lot of German spies' intelligence on the Kremlin fortress group.

However, to his disappointment, akado still vetoed the attack plan to prove himself, which made him feel frustrated. It seems that the Fuehrer really just regarded him as a microphone with no independent opinions, a responder of the Army Staff Headquarters.

The atmosphere in the car suddenly embarrassed, Manstein silent, akado seems to be thinking. Both of them are so silent. Anna, sitting beside akado, doesn't speak. She just holds akado's hand and plays with it gently“ I can't give you much support, and it will take months in the evening. We have invested too much in the Balkans and must recover it in the near future. However, as soon as the Balkan problem is over, I will give you a group army, so that you can solve the Crimean Peninsula yourself. " Akado suddenly opened his mouth and broke the silence in the car. Obviously, Manstein, sitting opposite him, did not expect that the conversation would turn around. For a moment, he had an impulse to cry. He looked at akado and listened to akado continue to talk to himself: "I do have many supporters in the army. Many of them are in high positions because of their absolute loyalty to me. Randall, Gaskell, even Catherine and Dick have deep personal relations with me. Goodrian and Rommel in the army are also my confidants. But I found you. It's not that I have a crush on your obscurity, but that I really feel that seeing you is just like seeing Rommel goodrian“ You're the one I'm looking for, and I have a hunch that goodrian and Rommel can bring me victory. I think you will bring me victory, you will become one of my most proud men, even I have prepared you for the position of Marshal Akado said here, looking at Manstein, it is obvious that the other side has been frightened by his words. Maybe the other side never thought that he would be regarded as the reserve candidate of Marshal by the head of state. Of course, akado can't say that to Manstein: elder brother, you wrote my plans a few years later, and I intend to give you the position of Marshal. After you beat the crimson peninsula a few years later, Hitler will surely give you that - he will scare Manstein to death, or Anna will be sent back to Berlin for treatment as a mental illness. So he had to continue under the guise of discerning the Pearl and explain the process of discovering Manstein with God's gift. This made Manstein feel frustrated. After all, the generals who were favored by the head of state are doing well now. He, as the chief of the general staff, can't understand more“ My head of state... "Manstein, who is 51 years old this year, feels that tears are coming out of his eyes. He has experienced too much in just a few minutes. He almost abandoned himself and was ready to fade out of the military command circle. However, because of the sincere words of head of state akado, he decided to fight for akado all his life“ Report your plan to attack the crimson Peninsula to marshal blauchich as a guide to action in this area. In the future, I will give you the opportunity to prove yourself in crimson. " Akado continued, "don't let me down at that time, understand?"“ Yes! My Fuehrer! Manstein will never let you down! Head of state akado? Long live Rudolph Manstein replied solemnly“ Don't look down, my general. Show me my wolf den. I'll spend the whole summer here Akado some helpless said: "I hope the temperature here is slightly better than Berlin, I hate the heat." The car stopped at the first sentry post. On both sides of the road, there were SS soldiers standing at three posts and five sentries. On both sides of the road, there were endless forests, birds singing everywhere, and the mottled light shining on the ground through the dense leaves of the forest. Akado stood up, took off his windbreaker and handed it to Anna, revealing the SS uniform he was wearing inside. He wears a lot of clothes, mainly to maintain the image of the head of state in public. The weather is not too hot in the last two days, so he even wears a windbreaker to maintain a capable and spiritual image. He has a special appearance designer, and his clothes are strictly controlled. These are the arrangements of Fanny, she needs a perfect image to make her flawless propaganda of the German head of state“ My Fuehrer! Welcome to wolf den. " An officer at the post stood at attention and motioned to the guards to remove the barricade.