"SS skeleton division? I haven't heard of it, you hurry up and clear the traffic, we can't delay too long. ”

Chen Dao's mind was full of thinking about why Guderian and Mandolfer stopped, and they were not in the mood to deal with such a trivial matter as a traffic jam, so they ordered Schumacher angrily.

Schumacher heard the anger in Chen Dao's tone, he didn't know that Chen Dao's anger was due to the halt of the 19th Panzer Army's march, and thought that Chen Dao was angry about the traffic jam, so he had to jump out of the tank and go to the intersection in front of him to negotiate with the Skeleton Division's men.

It didn't take long for Chen Dao to finally wait for Mantufer's reply, the content of the telegram was concise and to the point, the order to suspend the offensive came from the army headquarters, and the specific reason was unknown.

"Orders from the Army Command, damn it, it must be Halder's old lady mouth guy making trouble."

After Chen Dao read the content of the newspaper, he immediately thought of Halder, whom he had always looked down on.

Crumpling the telegram into a ball, Chen Dao crossed his arms and frowned, thinking hard about how to call back.

Seeing Chen Dao's expression of not approaching people and animals, Captain Lorenz and the four orderly soldiers who were also in the carriage were sitting in a precarious position, and they didn't dare to take a breath in the atmosphere, for fear of being angered by Chen Dao.

Half an hour later, in the small village of Nelson on the left bank of the Maas River, Mandolfer received a call back from Chen Dao.

After reading the text of the telegram, Mandolfer's gaze stayed on the line "Immediately executed as soon as the telegram is received" at the end of the telegram, and reluctantly took off his military hat, letting the heat on his head emanate.

Ten seconds later, Mandolfir, who had cooled down, immediately issued an order, and the whole regiment continued to move south, aiming at Nesato-sur-Maas.

Mandolfer himself tended to continue his journey south to the Franco-Swiss border, but was forced to stop by orders from his superiors. Now that he has the order of his immediate boss Chen Dao, he has legal support for leading his troops to continue south, so he did not hesitate to carry out Chen Dao's order to continue south.

After the Helman Goering Regiment was deployed, Mandolfir sent another telegram to the headquarters of the 19th Panzer Corps, informing them of the whereabouts of the Herman Goering Regiment.

Unbeknownst to Mandolfer at this time, the cessation of the advance of the armored forces had ignited a fire in Army Group A, and his telegram was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

In the town of Floin, on the north bank of the Maas River, which has now become the temporary location of the Kleist Panzer Group Command, and in the field airfield that was opened up from time to time to the east of the town, Guderian looked at the chattering Kleist in front of him, and felt that his face was hot enough to fry an egg.

Having defeated the counteroffensive of the French 3rd Panzer Division on 10 May, Kleist ordered the XIX Panzer Corps to halt its advance and keep its range of operations in the area it had occupied.

Guderian, who was anxious to go south, of course refused to agree, so he argued with Kleist on the phone, and finally persuaded Kleist to allow him to conduct a certain range of fire reconnaissance in the next 24 hours.

As a result, Guderian's "reconnaissance operation" covered a full 50 kilometers, capturing several villages and towns garrisoned by remnants of the French army along the way.

Last night, Guderian received a strict order from Kleist that all the 19th Panzer Corps should stand by and not go any further, and that Guderian should immediately report to the Panzer Group Command at 7 o'clock this morning.

When Guderian arrived at the field airfield in Flointown, Kleist had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing Guderian step off the plane, Kleist stepped forward and gave Guderian a lesson in the face, blaming him for not accepting the order and attacking south without authorization.

Guderian was unprepared for Kleist's attitude, and did not react for a while, saying that his troops had worked tirelessly to march overnight, and not only did not receive a commendation but received a scolding, which was really unbearable.

When Guderian felt that his scalp was tight and his hair was about to stand on end, Kleist seemed to be talking too much in one breath, and his head was a little deprived of oxygen, so he stopped and gasped for breath from Guderian's lesson.

Guderian, who had long been unable to bear it, seized this opportunity without hesitation: "If you think that everything I have done is wrong, then I resign, and you can find a more suitable person to complete the task." ”

Kleist instantly felt as if his breathing had stopped, and it was a long time before he asked, "General Guderian, what did you just say?" Please say it again. ”

"I said I was going to resign." Guderian said.

A trace of panic flashed on Kleist's face, and he was speechless for a long time, and the two fell into speechless embarrassment.

The awkward atmosphere between the two was broken by the appearance of a staff officer, and the lieutenant staff officer handed a telegram to Kleist, "The headquarters of the Nineteenth Panzer Corps has an urgent telegram. ”

Kleist took the telegram and read it, Guderian stared curiously at the telegram in Kleist's hand, and kept guessing the content of the telegram in his heart, could it be that the French army had counterattacked? Eight achievements are this, and the only thing that can make the military department send an emergency telegram is the French counterattack.

Kleist read the telegram quickly, and the facial features on his face were all twisted together.

"Look at this telegram, your subordinates are openly disobedient, this is all a good thing you have done, and I now announce that you have been relieved of your duties. Lieutenant General Wyle, commander of the 2nd Panzer Division, is acting as your post, and you can go. Kleist handed the telegram to Guderian and turned away.

After taking three or four steps, Kleist turned to Guderian and said, "When you go back, tell Lieutenant Colonel Mandolfer that I will take him to a court-martial." ”

After reading the telegram, Guderian finally learned the reason for Kleist's anger, and the telegram read: Lieutenant Colonel Mandol sent a telegram to the military headquarters that the Herman Goring Motorized Rifle Regiment had moved south alone to clear the way for the army group.

Well done, Hathoch! Guderian first gave a thumbs up to the courage of his old subordinates, and then remembered Kleist's threat to send Mandolfil to court-martial, and the special relationship between Kleist and Mandolfel, and suddenly felt that things had become very tricky, completely beyond his control.

Hopefully, this incident would not affect Hasso's family harmony, and Goodry secretly prayed for his old subordinate Mandolfer.

Half an hour later, Guderian returned to the military headquarters of the 19th Panzer Army, he first sent a report to the headquarters of Army Group A, and then announced to the personnel of the military department that he would leave the news.

Guderian's resignation report to Army Group A was no less than a bombshell, which immediately echoed at Army Group A headquarters. The command of Army Group A telegraphed back and ordered Guderian not to leave the headquarters and wait for the commander of the 12th Army, General Liszt, who was entrusted by the command of Army Group A with full authority to deal with the matter.

Chen Dao did not know that one of his telegrams had caused an uproar in Army Group A, and after sending the telegram, he waited for a long time without waiting for the convoy to move forward again, and finally couldn't hold back and walked towards the intersection with a few followers.

At this time, there was already a lot of noise at the crossroads, and the ghost battle group advancing from east to west and the skeleton division marching from north to south did not give in to each other, and the more they argued, the more excited they became.

The officers and soldiers on both sides who were at the forefront of the quarrel had already begun to stretch their arms and sleeves, and a group fight was about to break out.

Chen Dao looked at the scene of the quarrel that was about to escalate into a brawl, and reached out to touch his right waist, but he felt empty.

Turning around and snatching the MP38 submachine gun in the hands of the orderly, Chen Dao pulled the bolt and swept the half-shuttle bullet to the sky, and the intersection was suddenly clean.

Chen Dao walked to the crowd of confrontation with a submachine gun, looked at the tanks and trucks on top of each other, and found that the clash was even more violent than he had imagined.

One of the Skeleton Division's Mercedes-Benz trucks stopped south in the middle of the intersection, blocking the way of the Ghost Strike Group, and the front of a Type 251 half-track led by the Ghost Strike Group stuck to the front left wheel of the truck, making the truck unable to move, and the two cars just crossed the intersection and did not give way to each other.

Chen Dao stared at the two cars for a while, then turned his gaze to the officer led by the Skeleton Division.

Chen Dao held the MP38 submachine gun in his right hand, put the muzzle of the submachine gun up on his shoulder, and said to the SS major: "Major, what is your name?" ”

"Mr. Colonel, I am Carl Reiner, commander of the anti-tank battalion of the Waffen-SS Skeleton Division."

"I am Colonel Heinz von Rosen, commander of the Luftwaffe Hermann Goering Motorized Rifle Regiment, and now I am under my command, and I will take your men back to the car." Chen Dao said.

Major Reiner glanced at Chen Dao's epaulettes again, patiently, and said in a low voice as low as possible: "Colonel Rosen, my troops are now in a hurry to go south, please give way to you and your subordinates." ”

"You're in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, so we can't spend it here indefinitely, what do you say?" Chen Dao asked rhetorically.