France, ten kilometers from the east bank of the Somme, front command of the 3rd Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht.

Rommel looked at the huge map on the wall in front of him with his hands behind his back, his brow furrowed.

Behind him stood several German officers with the rank of major general or colonel.

After a long time, Rommel turned around and whispered to the officers behind him: "If I remember correctly, the 3rd Panzer Division was the first Panzer Division established by the Führer, right?" ”

"Yes." The commander of the 3rd Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht, Army Major General von Schwevenburg, replied.

"Before the implementation of the yellow plan and the transfer of my second armored group, you are under the command of General Guderian and belong to the first armored group?" Rommel asked again.

"Yes." Schwebenburg replied again.

"Hehe, you have lost Guderian's face." Rommel shook his head and mocked.

"Why do you ......?" Schwebenburg said angrily when he heard Rommel's taunt.

"What's wrong with me? Am I saying something wrong? Rommel didn't have the slightest intention of letting Schwebenburg go, and before Schwebenburg finished speaking, he choked back, "You have a reinforced armored division, four full-fledged tank battalions and a tank training battalion with more than 390 tanks, and the division headquarters also has a whole regiment of panzergrenadiers to accompany the tank attack, plus a bomber wing of General Kesselring in the sky and more than 100 Stuka dive bombers to help, in the face of several incomplete French infantry divisions, I have been fighting all day without any progress, am I wrong to blame you?!" ”

"I'm ......," Schwebenburg's face turned red.

Rommel was right, the attack of the 3rd Panzer Division was indeed very problematic, and an elite Panzer Division was blocked on the other side of the river by several poorly staffed and poorly equipped French divisions, which really should not have been.

"Give me another day, and I'll definitely be able to fight the other side!" After a moment, Schwebenburg looked up and said.

"Humph! I think it will be the same for you for another ten days! "Rommel showed no mercy," Admiral Kleist has given me the order to die, and he said that if we can't beat the Somme today, he will resign and go back to the Führer to personally plead guilty, but all the officers of our 1st Panzer Group must also join him! ”

"This ......," Schwebenburg heard this, leaving two drops of cold sweat on his forehead. To be honest, he wasn't confident he could break through the Somme today.

"So you better retreat, the attack will be handed over to our Seventh Armored Division, and your Third Armored Division will learn a little later!" Rommel snorted coldly again.

"Good!" Schwebenburg endured Rommel's repeated cynicisms and gritted his teeth and replied, "Then I'll be waiting for your news later!" ”

To tell the truth, von Schwevenberg, as an aristocratic officer, was not used to the Führer's officers, and like some aristocratic officers, he also believed that most of the Führer's officers rose to high positions by getting close to Lyon, especially Erwin Rommel, who was born a commoner but was promoted to lieutenant general early, and belonged to one of their most unpleasant officers.

And if you really want to talk about military merits, Schwebenburg is not weaker than Rommel, when he attacked Poland, the Third Panzer Division led by him was the sharp knife unit of the entire 4th Army.

During the offensive to open the Polish corridor, the 3rd Panzer Division, under his command in Schwebenburg, penetrated the Polish corridor in only four days and successfully joined forces with the 3rd Army in Gruzjung. Subsequently, the 3rd Panzer Division turned around and forced its way across the Vistula River and participated in the pursuit of the Polish Army Group "Modlin", until the Polish army in Bzura's pocket was completely annihilated, and the 3rd Panzer Division was ordered to return to the German-Luxembourg border to rest and prepare for a new offensive, the whole division suffered only 76 dead and 122 wounded!

And now, Rommel, a "parallel import" lieutenant general, dares to mock himself continuously, how can this make him swallow?

"That's good!" Rommel nodded with satisfaction, "Honestly make way for our 7th Panzer Division, remember how we fought, this class should be a greeting for you when you just entered my 1st Panzer Cluster!" Let's go! ”

With that, Rommel left the command of the 3rd Panzer Division with his own guards.

"Humph! I'm! After Rommel's back disappeared, Schwebenburg angrily slapped the table.

"That is, didn't he Rommel just rely on getting close to the Führer! If there is a different Führer, do I think he will dare to be so arrogant?! A major officer flattered and said.

"Shut up!" The division chief of staff on the side immediately gave the major officer a kick, "How do you speak?" A change of Führer? Shall I give you a new head? ”

"The Chief of Staff is right!" Schwebenburg also said angrily, "In any case, the reason why the Führer in the army is sending officers Dasheng is not the Führer's fault, but all because of those people's demagoguery!" The Führer will one day recognize their true strength, and will finally understand that Germany can only find a way out by relying on our aristocratic officers! ”

"Yes! I understand! The major officer hurriedly saluted.

"Having said that, the opposite side is really evil, in the past, our tanks could scare away the French to take the position with a round of impact, but the French army opposite us was really tough, and we almost took the position several times, but we were suddenly hit by the French hidden anti-tank artillery at the juncture...... It's strange, who is the commander on the other side? So calm? ”

"Yes, the commander on the other side has a terrible grasp of the timing of the battlefield." The chief of staff also sighed, "And he is also very clear about our tactics, every time he can grasp the loopholes of our attack, and then hit them with the anti-tank gun that has been covering, this is too powerful!" ”

"Alas, forget it, no matter." Schwebenburg waved his hand, "Anyway, it doesn't matter to us, let's retreat and wait to see Rommel look abroad...... It just so happened that our division had been attacking all the way from the beginning of the war, and we had never stopped in between, so we took this opportunity to give the soldiers a good rest and do a simple maintenance of the tanks - the French soil was really tired of them. ”

At the same time, on the other side of the Somme, on the French positions.

Several French soldiers were busy camouflaging an SA37 47mm anti-tank gun with a pile of branches.

At this moment, a voice suddenly appeared behind them: "Good afternoon, soldiers." ”

Hearing this, several people turned around to look at the speaker, and after seeing the two shining stars on the speaker's shoulders, they hurriedly saluted: "Hello Mr. Brigadier General!" Does the brigadier general have any instructions? ”

"Huh." The brigadier general smiled and waved his hand to signal a few people to finish saluting, and then said, "I'll just take a look at everyone casually, you guys continue to be busy, I'll go to other places to have a look." ”

With that, he left the anti-tank gun position with a smile on his back and his hands behind his back.

"Hey, this brigadier general... Who is it? After watching the brigadier general leave, a soldier stabbed his comrade in the arm and asked.

"You don't even know him?" The soldier questioned looked at the questioner with disdain and said, "Brigadier General Charles de Gaulle! All four divisions in our defense area are under his control! ”