Chapter 187: The Polish Campaign: Napalm
Lyon, escorted by the SS, soon arrived at the German High Command in the city of Berlin from the Führer's estate.
"Long live the Führer!" Seeing Leon step into the High Command, all the officers present immediately stood upright, saluted and shouted to Leon.
The standard German salute was the standard German salute for the SS officers, and the Prussian salute for most of the Wehrmacht officers, but the few Wehrmacht junior officers who were extremely fanatical about Lyon saluted the same German salute as the SS.
From this it is possible to get a rough idea of how high Lyon's status was among the young officers of the Wehrmacht.
"Sit down." Leon waved his hand expressionlessly, asked everyone to sit down, and said, "Who will tell me about the current situation in Warsaw?" ”
"The ground of Warsaw has been completely occupied by us, but the Polish garrison of Warsaw has not suffered heavy losses, and about 110,000 to 130,000 of them have taken refuge in the underground city to continue to resist. This force has caused us a great deal of trouble, and they often come out of a corner of the city from time to time to give our troops a hard blow, and when we turn around to deal with them, they are all gone into the tunnels and disappear. Reichenau stepped forward to brief Lyon, he was the chief of staff of Army Group C, the protagonist of the Battle of Warsaw, and it was only fitting that he would be able to introduce the situation, "We are very unaccustomed to this method of warfare, and there is no effective way to deal with this group of gophers at this stage except to send people to monitor all known tunnel crossings." ”
"But Ludwig told me that you had already figured out a way, why did you tell me that you couldn't do it now?" Leon said depressedly, "You guys have been discussing it for so long, and you haven't been able to come up with an effective solution?" ”
"Well, it's not like there's no way." Reichenau was a little embarrassed by Leon's words, "It's just that there are some concerns about the implementation of this method, so we asked General Ludwig to inform you and let you have an idea." ”
"What concerns? You just say! The high-ranking German officer, who had always been vigorous and resolute, suddenly got up, which made Leon a little puzzled.
"With poison gas!" Reichenau gritted his teeth and told Leon the results of their discussion.
Gas! Leon was taken aback, this method was indeed enough for this group of German troops, who had always acted without care, to weigh the consequences.
After all, the international convention clearly stipulates that the use of poison gas is absolutely forbidden in any country under any circumstances, and if Germany uses poison gas in violation of the convention in Warsaw, the consequence may be that Germany will be disgusted by most countries or even declare war.
This is a consequence that Germany cannot afford, at least at this stage.
"It's really not very feasible." Lyons considered the consequences and decisively rejected the plan, "It is not worth the use of poison gas against Poland, a weak opponent. ”
"Moreover, the use of poison gas may not have the desired effect." Rundstedt, who was sitting next to Lyon, also expressed his opinion, he was the oldest of the active German officers, as early as the outbreak of World War I, he served as a staff officer of a division, and then took over as the chief staff officer of an army in the Carpathians, and at the end of World War I, he became the commander of the Third Military District!
In World War I, there was no such thing as an international convention, and the use of poison gas in that war was like a common occurrence, so Rundstedt, who commanded troops in all directions in World War I, has the best experience in the use of poison gas among the current senior German generals.
"Polish gophers have spent so much effort to build a dungeon, and I can guarantee that there is definitely enough gas mask in that gopher hole to keep them alive in poison gas for ten years." Rundstedt was convinced.
As he had guessed, the Warsaw dungeons were stocked with gas masks and replacement filters, enough equipment to last them long.
After Rundstedt said this, the German officers present were all dull, and it was not possible to use poison gas, so it must not be flooded, right? But the dungeon is built on the drainage system? Burn with fire? But there are so many underground rivers in Warsaw, will there be a shortage of water to extinguish the fire?
They can't come up with a good solution.
Leon couldn't help but feel a little funny when he looked at the German officers in front of him who were screaming on the ground, in the sky, and in the ocean, but they were deflated underground.
If it wasn't Lyon who was commanding here, or Lyon's soul came from other countries, then Poland would really succeed this time, but unfortunately the soul of their biggest rival Lyon came from an ancient Eastern country, and that country might not be able to catch up with these European and American powers in terms of military technology, but when it comes to playing the war to the fullest, then these European and American powers really can't catch up.
Tunnel warfare? The old ancestor had long played rotten things, Leon thought, you Poland is unlucky, and you have met the ancestor of the tunnel war.
"I have a way!" Leon looked at the group of German officers with sad faces and said with a smile.
Most of the German officers listened to Lyon's words and were shocked, they couldn't help these majors, could there be a way for the Führer, a non-professional?
However, some officers who had been in contact with Lyon for a long time, such as Manstein and others, looked at Lyon in surprise, and wrote "I know that my Führer is the best, there must be a way!" ”。
"Uh, what are you doing with the Führer**** D'Stadt had an expression of "I don't believe that the Führer, you have a way", and "asked" Leon for advice.
"Burn it with fire!" Leon said.
"Burn with fire?" Rundstedt blinked and reminded, "Führer, Warsaw's underground rivers are extremely rich, and your fire may have been doused with water by Polish gophers as soon as it was placed." ”
"Who said the fire I set was a normal fire?" Leon smiled mysteriously, "Maybe you don't know, the research team led by Dr. Louis Fisse, a scientist at Harvard University in the United States, recently came up with a fun thing, the name of this thing is napalm, which is formed by adding some special substances to ordinary gasoline. Compared to regular gasoline, this thing is gelatinous and can splash around and stick to anything it touches and burn for hours. ”
"Isn't it afraid of water?" Rundstedt asked curiously.
"Ordinary gasoline isn't afraid of water, let alone this thing." Leon explained with a smile.
"Can we do it?" Everyone's eyes lit up and they rejoiced.
"Of course!" Leon nodded, "This thing is not difficult to do, we are more than capable of setting every gopher hole in Warsaw on fire in a matter of days." ”