The task of the Romanian 3rd Army was to garrison the Kerch Peninsula and encircle the Soviet troops in the city of Kerch.

The headquarters of the army group was located in the town of Leniskaya.

Chen Dao and Heinrich's convoy had just driven into the town, and through the car window, Chen Dao saw two soldiers standing side by side on the side of the road on the right, and an officer standing in front of them, waving a horsewhip and whipping the two.

Since the National Socialist Party came to power, the gap between officers and soldiers in the German army has become smaller and smaller, and there is no gap between the nobles and the common people in the past, and the style of integration of officers and soldiers has penetrated deeper and deeper into the army, especially in the SS.

In countries such as Romania and Hungary, where there is still a royal family, although it is also a constitutional monarchy, because education cannot keep up, the class division is more serious, and this division is most obvious in the army, which is often whipped by officers.

"The combat effectiveness of a unit is composed of two parts: hard power and soft power, and in this way, they will create a very serious estrangement between officers and soldiers, resulting in the inability to build trust between officers and soldiers, and then affecting combat effectiveness." Marshal Heinrich said.

The convoy was parked on the right side of the main road in the center of the town, and the commander of the Romanian Third Army, General Peter Dumitrescu, had already led a group of staff members waiting for the door of the headquarters.

The two sides warmly embraced and exchanged a few words of greeting, then walked into the headquarters together and sat around the conference table.

Admiral Dumitrescu was a burly man, with a pleated face that was cleanly shaved and there was not a trace of stubble in sight.

Chen Dao spoke first.

"On the orders of Führer Hitler, I serve as the deputy commander of Army Group A and Army Group C at the same time, in fact, the main responsibility of this position is to coordinate the relationship between the two army groups, and at the same time to strengthen the cooperation between our country and friendly forces, so that our troops can burst out into a more powerful combat force in future wars.

In previous battles, I have confirmed that your army is arguably Germany's most formidable friendly army, and that one Romanian can be the best against two Russians. We have come here to reorganize our armies so that one Romanian warrior can take out three or four Russians in future battles. Mr. General, tell me, is there anything you need our help in improving your combat effectiveness? ”

Admiral Dumitrescu thought for a moment and said: "This winter, our troops received a lot of new equipment, and speaking of which, we still have to thank General Rosen, the German engineers and the teaching corps.

Our 1st Panzer Division has now been largely converted to German equipment, the 1st Panzer Regiment has all been converted to Type 4G tanks, and one of the four motorized infantry battalions has been converted to SD KFZ 251 series armored vehicles. Under the teaching of the teaching troops from Germany, our soldiers have basically mastered the methods of using these weapons. ”

Before Chen Dao went to India last autumn, he held a joint meeting with Germany's industrial and military circles with Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, and other countries.

At the meeting, it was decided that in order to unify the weapons models among the participating countries of the Axis powers, Germany would grant these countries the right to license the production of weapons such as MG34/42 general-purpose machine guns, G42 semi-automatic rifles, G42 assault rifles, No. 4G tanks, SD KFZ 251 series armored vehicles, PAK 40 anti-tank guns, as well as ME-109 fighters and JU-87 Stuka dive bombers, and at the same time send engineers to factories in various countries to provide guidance.

The German military also sent training troops to various countries to teach the armies of various countries to use these German-made weapons, all of which were the result of Chen Dao's active operation.

In a flash, eight months have passed, and the seeds planted by Chen Dao have taken root and sprouted, and now it is the harvest season.

The Romanian Third Army, which was fighting on the front line, had begun to replace itself with new equipment one after another, and its combat effectiveness had been significantly improved by a level.

Admiral Dumitrescu continued: "The main difficulty we face now is that there are too few tanks, and the Russians have too many tanks. We have only one armored division, but we have one cavalry, one mountain army, and one infantry army. You know, the Russians are full of tanks, and if these of our units are attacked by a large number of Russian tanks at the same time, which one of our only armored divisions will go to support? Once a unit is defeated, it will cause the collapse of the friendly forces. How to enhance the anti-tank capabilities of these infantry, cavalry and mountain infantry is a difficult problem. ”

Chen Dao and Marshal Heinrich took notes, and Chen Dao then asked, "Are there any other problems?" ”

Admiral Dumitrescu hesitated for a moment, then continued: "There is another problem, and that is trust. At the moment, we are in a good situation, and your country's military is getting along with us quite well. Field Marshal Heinrich commanded us well, and in the battle against the Crimea, he had no malice in letting us carry out some tasks that seemed to be a death attempt, and he had gained our trust. ”

Chen Dao and Marshal Heinrich invariably felt their faces heat up, especially Chen Dao.

Why weren't the Romanians sent on those malicious missions? The answer is that it was the Italians who were sent out by Chen Dao on such a mission.

Sure enough, no one is stupid, and while cooperating, he is also guarding his teammates, not as easy to fool as Mussolini's vain guy.

"Our next task is to go to the area south of the Don River and fight deep into the enemy's rear. At that time, if the logistics line drags on too long and supplies are restricted, will your country withhold our supplies? Also, if we are in adversity in the future battles, will your country be able to maintain its goodwill towards us? ”

Listening to Admiral Dumitrescu's words about his concerns, Marshal Heinrich glanced at Chen Dao out of the corner of his eye.

Chen Dao noticed Marshal Heinrich's gaze and sighed secretly in his heart.

Communication is really important, and the "Operation Captain Hook" that he is about to carry out has dark plans such as "selling teammates" and "dying friends don't die poor".

Now it seems that this road does not work, and others are also beware of their own behavior, which is self-defeating, and selling teammates is not successful but is sold by teammates.

Summer is coming, and the yang energy is getting stronger and stronger, it doesn't seem to be a good season to engage in intrigues, or it is more appropriate to engage in yang conspiracy.

Thinking of this, Chen Dao said directly: "Mr. Admiral is very frank, then I will not hide it anymore, what we are about to implement is a systematic troop reorganization plan, which can completely solve the problem you said."

As for the issue of trust, I can tell you responsibly that if in the future battle, our troops are in adversity, and someone needs to fight to block and cover the friendly forces to retreat first. I'll let you and your headquarters retreat first, and I'll stay behind and lead the troops as cover. Those who are here today are witnesses, and I definitely count. ”

Shocked by Chen Dao's momentum, Admiral Dumitrescu did not talk nonsense.

"Since General Rosen has made this promise, we Romanians will not be miscreet, and I will stay with you in the face of any danger."

For the remainder of the meeting, Chen Dao, Field Marshal Heinrich, and Admiral Dumitrescu discussed some of the details of the battle, and after a sumptuous dinner, they set off for the village of Salabas.

"What is our plan for the reorganization of our forces? How did I not know? As soon as he got into the car, Marshal Heinrich asked.

Chen Dao said: "I didn't know that this plan existed, so I said that I would give him a reorganization plan tomorrow." Tonight, let's work overtime and write out this plan. ”

The next morning, when Chen Dao and Marshal Heinrich set off for the headquarters of the First Army of the Russian Expeditionary Force with black circles under their eyes, General Dumitrescu received a plan for the reorganization of troops from the headquarters of Army Group C.

According to the plan, the units of Army Group C made the following changes:

The Romanian 3rd Army was reinforced by the 8th Cavalry Division of the German SS and the 11th Field Division of the German Air Force.

At the same time, the German 1st Mountain Infantry Corps, which was subordinate to the 4th Mountain Division, was exchanged with the 4th and 7th Mountain Infantry Brigades of the Romanian Mountain Army.

After the reorganization of the troops, the Romanian 3rd Army became the following formation:

The 1st Armored Division was directly under the command of the army group;

Romanian Mountain Infantry Corps: 1st and 2nd Mountain Infantry Brigades, 4th German Mountain Infantry Division;

Romanian Cavalry Corps: 5th, 6th and 8th Cavalry Brigades, 8th Cavalry Division of the German SS;

Romanian 4th Infantry Corps: 6th, 7th, 8th and 14th Infantry Divisions, Luftwaffe 11th Field (High) Field (Artillery) Division.

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PS: There is still a chapter at ten o'clock in the evening.