After fooling Lazar, a loyal subordinate, Fang Yan began to deal with his unfinished logistics deployment. Since Fang Yan had been in charge of the supervision of the aircraft carrier before, and was demoted by Raeder to be in charge of the construction and repair bureau for two months, this kind of logistics and transportation matter was not new to him, and he soon entered the official track. It was approaching midnight, and Fang Yan had already arranged all kinds of things with the help of his staff officers. He was even a little grateful for Raeder's suppression of him at the beginning, if it weren't for that, how could Fang Yan lead the army so smoothly this time?

"Well, I'll meet Rommel tomorrow and discuss with him how the Air Force can more effectively support the armored forces on the ground." Fang Yan, who had finished the task at hand, lay on the marching bed and whispered to himself. Fang Yan still has some experience in the overall planning of logistics scheduling, but if he talks about the army's tactics, Fang Yan is basically blind.

Regarding the blitzkrieg tactics created by Guderian, Fang Yan's cognition is still only on the superficial surface. As for how each unit under the armored division fought in battle, and which links needed support, it was completely unknown. Although in the vast majority of cases, due to communications, hardware, coordination, and other reasons, it is difficult for field troops to get timely air support, and in the end they rely on their own blood to fill up, Fang Yan still wants to try to improve every link as much as possible. After all, this battle was also fought for himself, and if Fang Yan could achieve results that would make the army generals look sideways, it would definitely be of great benefit to his superiors!

In the early morning of the next day, Fang Yan, who had finished arranging the work, boarded the off-road barrel car early and galloped towards the headquarters of the 7th Armored Division. More than an hour later, Fang Yan arrived at the destination in drag racing. To his surprise, more than a dozen division headquarters guards armed with MP38 submachine guns were actually doing chores of the baggage team, and the gate of the command post was only guarded by one non-commissioned officer, which did not look like the command center of a main armored division at all.

"Dear General Brom, Division Commander Rommel is not at the command. The day before yesterday afternoon, the division commander went to the 17th Panzer Regiment and ordered us not to disturb him without any important business, and he has not returned until now. If you want to see him, please come with me. The guard platoon commander saluted Fang Yan respectfully and replied meticulously.

Fang Yan increased his forehead with his hand, and secretly sighed that he had forgotten Rommel's greatest feature. Perhaps because he had been a company commander for too long in his early years, Rommel could not stay in the command headquarters far from the front line, and even when he later became the commander-in-chief of the Afrika Korps, he hardly stayed in the rear to maneuver, but was often on the front line listening to the gunfire and artillery fire. Once, the British, who had lost in North Africa, were so angry that they decided to send special forces to get rid of the fox, but they were completely out of the woods, and nothing came of it except to kill a few guards. Because Rommel never commanded the battle from the headquarters that the Italians had prepared for him, 60 kilometers from the front line.

For Rommel's style, Fang Yan actually disagreed. The task of a senior general is to stay in the rear and coordinate the overall situation, and maximize the combat effectiveness of the tens of thousands of troops under his command. If you occasionally go to the front line to understand the actual situation of the troops, it is still a necessary move, but always being on the front line belongs to the martial arts school. If Rommel, who was born as a company commander, did not broaden his horizons and change his habits of Jiang and Hu, then his command of 6 or 7 divisions would be the limit of his benign bearing, and it would be useless to command a large army group like Moder and others.

After driving in the field for a while, Fang Yan saw a lot of land equipment that dazzled him. A large number of eight-wheeled troop carriers are speeding forward, and trucks full of supplies are blowing sand on dirt roads; The half-track armored vehicle towed the 105-mm howitzer and maneuvered quickly, and the No. 1 Tan Destroyer rushed forward with a camouflage charge on green grass...... However, the most striking ones are the 38T tanks with four pairs of large-diameter load wheels. They were slightly smaller than the Lynx tanks, but their mobility was not weak at all, and under the command of the radio station, these tanks covered each other, advancing and retreating with evidence, and even a pure layman like Fang Yan felt the cooperation between them.

"Well, the division commander seems to be conducting exercises with other divisional units......" The guard platoon commander spoke to Fang Yan a little nervously, his expression showing a little guilt and fear. He did not expect that Rommel would start the exercise ahead of schedule today and would not be able to meet the visitors in time. If Fang Yan left in a fit of anger because he felt that he had been slighted, then the anger from the two generals afterwards would definitely not be able for him, a lieutenant, to bear!

Fang Yan was slightly unhappy in his heart, as the commander of an air force, his time was also very tight every day. However, thinking that Rommel's exercise at the station was the key to his future victory on the French battlefield, Fang Yan calmly accepted it. After all, Rommel showed through his actions that he attached great importance to this offensive on the Western Front, and Fang Yan was thrown to him as support, and both were already in a losing situation.

The chariots roared, the infantry split and advanced, and in the blink of an eye, an hour passed by in a hurry from the noisy exercise ground. Fang Yan didn't care about the dust that was still flying between heaven and earth at this time, and immediately asked the guard platoon commander to take him in to find the target. After several inquiries, the barrel truck stopped in front of a 38t tank, and Fang Yan was about to confirm with the person next to him, when he saw a figure crawling out of the command hatch on the top of the tank.

Unlike the majestic and dignified field marshal that he saw in the documentary in later generations, what appeared in front of Fang Yan at this time was just an ordinary and sloppy ordinary officer. His height was only as high as Fang Yan's lower lip, and his slightly thin body had Hitler's sense of weakness; The gray military uniform was wrinkled and covered with oil, and the unkempt face looked like it hadn't been taken care of for more than ten days in a row. However, his eyes were clear, and his high-spirited and uplifting expression revealed a never-tiring spirit, so that everyone around him could not help but be infected by this power.

As if he didn't expect Fang Yan to appear here, Rommel who jumped from the tank was obviously stunned, and after a while, he suddenly remembered something, and his face immediately showed strong chagrin and regret. Recently, he has been thinking about armored warfare, and he actually forgot about Fang Yan's meeting today, and went directly to the low-level troops to start training as usual. He was struggling with how to explain to the person in front of him, but Fang Yan had already smiled and saluted him, and then stretched out his slender and clean right hand in front of him without care.

"General Rommel, we have met several times before in the Führer's base camp. I have come here to ask you about the areas where the armored forces need to receive air support, and at the same time to establish efficient communication links between the two forces. Fang Yan shook hands with Rommel's rough and dirty hands, and said directly.

Seeing that Fang Yan didn't care at all because of his bad situation, Rommel couldn't help but be moved, took a deep breath and said, "General Brom, your open-mindedness is the noblest quality I have not seen in most senior generals. I'm just getting started with armored forces operations, and if you'd like, we can spend the next few days talking about and trying to incorporate air power into this tactical system. ”

Nani? Are you just getting started with armored warfare? Seeing Rommel with a sincere face, Fang Yan couldn't help but be stunned. Immediately afterwards, countless alpacas rushed through Fang Yan's heart, giving him the urge to incarnate Godzilla to breathe fire and roar.

Calculating the time, today is already April 23, and there is only more than half a month left before the outbreak of the Western Front Battle on May 10, which is not an exaggeration. At this moment, you, the commander of the armored division, don't say that you have practiced 7 skills, at least the proficiency should be full, but now you tell me that the proficiency is only 75%, how can you fight the fierce enemy on the battlefield with real swords and real guns? Well, although the Anglo-French army is not a tiger, it is more than a notch weaker than its ancestors more than twenty years ago, but they are also a powerful wolf, and anyone who underestimates them tactically will taste the consequences!

Seeing that Fang Yan was stunned, Rommel, who had just crawled out of the tank, subconsciously thought that Fang Yan was hesitant to go down to the grassroots level of the army to carry out exercises like himself, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Of course, you don't need to stay with the soldiers every day like me. After all, you are already familiar with the aircraft itself, you just need to understand the process of land warfare. ”

Rommel led Fang Yan to the side and said in a calm and sincere tone: "And I am different. I know how I got to this position, and without the Führer's insistence, I would not have had the opportunity to command this armored division. In order to repay the Führer's trust and my dignity, I must be completely familiar with every component of the Panzer Division and respond to all voices that question me with the truest record! In the past 10 weeks, I have accumulated a lot of experience in training and exploration, and finally I am basically familiar with operational command, and many of them I could not experience at all when I stayed in the command headquarters. ”

Fang Yan's heart shook, and his unreliable surprise at Rommel instantly dissipated. Fang Yan suddenly found that because of the inherent concepts ingrained in later generations, his requirements for Rommel were too high.

In fact, Rommel only took office as commander of the 7th Armored Division on February 10 this year, and even if he had secretly studied the operational command of armored units in the past and had extremely extraordinary talent, it was by no means an overnight thing for him to really use an armored division to command like an arm. At this time, Fang Yan finally understood why Rommel stayed in the tank like a corporal to participate in the exercise, and why his appearance and image became so raunchy and unpretentious. Only through the hard work of forgetting to sleep and eating and braving the wind and rain can Rommel become a truly qualified commander of the armored division as soon as possible!