In the south of the city of Vosul, when Chen Dao's Bandit No. 1 stopped in front of Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps headquarters, Chen Dao was surprised to find that Guderian personally led people to greet him at the door. "Top" point "small" said,

As soon as Chen Dao jumped out of the car, Guderian stretched out his hand from afar to greet him: "Colonel Rosen, you are finally here?" ”

Looking at Guderian, who was smiling and kind like the uncle next door, Chen Dao suddenly felt flattered.

Who is Guderian? He is a god-level hero blessed with various halos such as the father of German armored forces, the father of blitzkrieg, and one of the three famous German generals, and he is a big man who will go down in history.

Such a big bull actually came to greet him in person, and his attitude was still so affectionate, he could definitely be called a corporal of Lixian, how could Chen Dao not be excited?

With a sense of reverence, Chen Dao respectfully saluted Guderian, stretched out his hands and clasped Guderian's right hand tightly and said, "General Guderian, I am deeply honored that the Herman Goering Regiment can fight under your command. I was fighting in Norway at the beginning of the French campaign, and after the Norwegian campaign ended, I led my men to pursue the 19th Panzer Corps day and night, but the speed of your march was beyond my imagination, and I beg your pardon for being late. ”

"You're so polite, Colonel Rosen. I have seen your field investigation report from Norway, your report has given me a preliminary understanding of the combat effectiveness of the British and French, as well as the information you provided about the French B1 tank and the British Matilda 2 tank, which allowed us to avoid a lot of casualties and made the war go very smoothly, I should thank you. Guderian said.

The two walked into the conference room of the military headquarters with warm and kind words, and when they entered the room, Chen Dao made a gesture to Captain Lorenz with his hands behind his back. Captain Lorenz immediately retreated in understanding. When he appeared in front of Chen Dao and the others again. There was already a square cardboard box in my hand.

Captain Lorenz placed the cardboard box on the long table in the conference room, and took out six bottles of wine from it and placed them on the table.

Chen Dao pointed to the six bottles of wine and said to Guderian: "On the way, I met a French wine merchant with German roots. When he saw me, he insisted on giving me a batch of good wine, but I couldn't refuse his enthusiasm, so I had to accept it. These six bottles are part of it, so be sure to take them and feel the passion of the French wine merchant. ”

"The wine merchant is a generous man, and you are a generous man. Thank you for your kindness. ”

Guderian said thank you, but his eyes only swept over the six bottles of wine, and he didn't mean to pick them up at all.

Doesn't he like to drink? Chen Dao keenly spotted this detail.

"I heard from Hasso that the equipment in the Hermangolin regiment, such as the Type 4G tank, the No. 4 assault gun, and the No. 4 tank destroyer, as well as the Wasp and Hornet self-propelled howitzers, were developed under your direction?" Guderian stared at Chen Dao and asked.

Guderian is really a straight person, and he really goes straight to the point when he speaks, and Chen Dao silently labels Guderian a straight man in his heart.

"All of this equipment was developed under my guidance."

"These weapons are all products of the Skoda Arsenal? What is the monthly yield? Guderian then asked.

Listening to Guderian's question, Chen Dao immediately made up an invisible pen in his mind, ticked off the evaluation of Corporal Guderian Lixian in his mind, and then wrote "Courtesy to people." There must be something to ask for".

"All of this equipment is a Skoda product, as for the volume? I don't know very well. Anyway, not too much. Chen Dao gave an answer that said that was equal to not saying.

Guderian didn't seem to hear Chen Dao's perfunctory tone, and he raised his right hand and stretched out his index finger.

"Can the daily production of the Type 4G tank reach one?"

"Yes." Chen Dao hesitated and said.

"I asked Hasso that the equipment of the Hermangoling regiment reached full strength on March 25, and that fifty-eight days have passed since March 25 to today, and that according to the calculation of one tank per day, there should be fifty-eight G tanks in stock at Nissan. The full number of tank battalions of your Hermangolin regiment is seventy-two, and now the number of losses and serious failures in combat is seventeen, and after removing the seventeen that need to be replenished to the Hermangolin regiment, there should still be forty-one in stock in the Škoda arsenal, am my calculations correct? Guderian said quickly.

The pen in Chen Dao's mind quietly reappeared, and quickly crossed out the eight-character evaluation of "courtesy to others, must have something to ask for" that had just been written, and then the pen turned around, and the dragon flew and wrote the nine big characters of "Nothing to be courteous, either traitor or thief".

"There is nothing wrong with this figure in theory." Chen Dao said quietly.

Guderian didn't know that he had been classified as a "traitor or thief" by Chen Dao, and still said seriously: "Colonel Rosen, I"

Guderian's voice was extremely long, as if searching for the right words.

Just when Chen Dao began to worry that Guderian would not be able to lift it in one breath and suffocate on the spot, Guderian continued: "I beg you to lend those forty-one Type 4G tanks to the Nineteenth Panzer Army. ”

Hearing Guderian use the word "request", Chen Dao suddenly felt as if he was sitting on a pile of steel needles, Guderian was not only his superior, but also an elder who was nearly twice his age.

Letting this elderly superior use the word "request" for a young subordinate like himself, Chen Dao felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

Since Guderian is not disrespectful to the old like Halder, he should also play the role of a good young man who respects the old and loves the young.

Chen Dao was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Mandol Field, who was sitting silently on the side, and remembered that Guderian was still his old superior and old friend of his right-hand man, and he had to give some face.

Chen Dao mobilized the muscles on his face, pretended to be very embarrassed, and said to Guderian: "There are indeed some stocks of Type 4G tanks, but these tanks have been booked by the Air Force without the permission of the Air Force Command. I don't have the right to lend you tanks without permission. And it's such a large amount. ”

After Chen Dao finished speaking, he peeked at Guderian's face. Sure enough, I saw a disappointed look on Guderian's face, and I also saw Guderian's eyes glancing at Mandolfil from time to time, obviously wanting Mandoluffel to intercede for him.

"Heinz, in the next phase of the operation, we will definitely encounter B1 tanks and Matilda 2 tanks, with those No. 4G tanks, the 19th Panzer Corps can avoid a lot of losses in the next stage of the battle, you can explain the situation here to the Air Force Command, I think they should agree."

Mandolfil couldn't resist Guderian's pleading eyes, so he had to open his mouth to plead with Chen Dao.

Chen Dao glanced at Mandol "embarrassed". Nodding his head, he said, "For Hassuke's sake, I'll give it a try." ”

Without waiting for Guderian to say thank you, Chen Dao preemptively said, "However, I have three requests. ”、

"What requirements?" Guderian asked.

Chen Dao took out a book from the satchel he was carrying and put it in front of Guderian, and then took out a pen and handed it to Guderian.

"First request, sign it for me." Chen Dao said.

Guderian's eyes lit up when he picked up the book, and Chen Dao gave him a copy of "Attention - Tank", the author of which was himself.

Guderian saw at a glance that the cover of the book was sharpened, and it was obvious that he was often flipping through it, and his good impression of Chen Dao couldn't help but increase a little in his heart. It seems that this "Your Excellency Brother-in-law" is still very modest and studious, and even takes his writings with him to study at all times.

Guderian picked up the pen and stopped. Xiang Chen Dao asked, "What do you want me to write?" ”

Chen Dao touched his chin and thought for a few seconds and said, "The tank is overwhelming. ”

Guderian raised his eyebrows and said: "I can write this, but I want to remind you that the tank is a powerful weapon, but it is not a universal weapon."

Seeing that Guderian's eyebrows were dancing and he wanted to popularize professional knowledge for himself, Chen Dao hurriedly interrupted: "I know that tanks can only play the greatest role with the coordination of artillery, infantry, engineers, aviation and other arms, and the combat effectiveness of a unit composed of tanks alone is very limited, this truth Hasuo has told me many times. ”

"Remember, it's not just about collaboration, it's about being centralized, it's about being highly centralized." Guderian said solemnly, then took up the pen and wrote on the title page of the book a large line of "Tanks Overwhelm Everything", signed his name underneath and handed it back to Chen Dao.

Chen Dao opened it and took a look, and said in his heart that Lao Gu's words were really as sloppy as his appearance, and they were much uglier than Lao Long's words.

With this Guderian's autographed "Attention - Tank", the signatures of the three famous generals have been collected by themselves, and it is Manstein's, but it seems that Manstein has no writings, and it seems that after the end of the war, he will encourage Manstein to write a memoir, and then get a signature, so that the signatures of the three famous generals are all together, and they can be left to future generations as heirlooms.

Satisfied, he put away the book "Attention - Tanks", Chen Dao smiled and said to Guderian: "My second request is that you must compensate for the battle damage of those equipment, otherwise I have no way to explain to the Air Force Command." ”

"That's as it should be." Chen Daoti's request was reasonable, and Guderian nodded in agreement without hesitation.

"Twelve hundred and fifty thousand nine hundred and sixty-two marks." Chen Dao quickly said a number.

Guderian was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What did you say?" ”

"I mean, the price of a Type 4G tank is 115,962 marks, you have to be a little prepared." Chen Dao explained.

"Okay, I got it." Guderian said.

"You can't be responsible for this kind of military spending, right?" Chen Dao asked suspiciously.

"It's okay, someone from the Army Ordnance Bureau will be there tomorrow." Guderian said.

Chen Dao nodded, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that Guderian was fearless.

"My third request is that if the Air Force Command agrees to my request, I can't give you all the inventory, I can only give you a maximum of twenty vehicles." Chen Dao said.

"Why?" Guderian asked, puzzled.

"The reason is very simple, you are not the only one who wants the No. 4G tank, General Holt of the 15th Armored Corps, and General Reinhardt of the 41st Armored Corps want it, and I give it to you but don't give it to them." Chen Dao said.

"Twenty-five, we have just surrounded the defenders of the Maginot Line now, it will take at least five days to destroy them, and at least five can be produced in these five days, and these five will be given to me too." Guderian said.

Chen Dao slapped the table without hesitation and said, "No problem, all the output of these five days will be given to you." ”

"Thank you for your generosity, Colonel Rosen." Guderian said happily.

"Shouldn't we talk about the next step in combat operations?" Chen Dao asked.

"The mission of the Hermangoling Regiment was to take a good rest and teach the tankers of the 19th Panzer Corps who lost tanks in battle to use the Type 4G tank, many of whom had previously driven the Type 1, 2 and 38T tanks and did not know much about the Type 4G tank." Guderian said.

"No problem, wrap it up on me." Chen Dao said.

"Now that the problem with the Type 4G tank is solved, it's time to move on to the next topic." Guderian said.

"What's the topic?" Chen Dao asked suspiciously.

"Of course, about the borrowing of tank destroyers No. 4, assault guns No. 4 and self-propelled guns from those stocks." Guderian said.

Chen Dao glanced out the window, and the sky was already full of stars (to be continued......