Chapter 866: Waffen-SS Applies for Combat Target
the 15th Panzer Division, the 14th Panzergrenadier Division and the newly formed 505th Heavy Panzer Division, the 29th Panzer Division, 6 Italian divisions that surrendered to the Germans, the 5th SS Panzer Division (i.e. the Viking Division), the 7th Volunteer Mountain Division (i.e. Prinz Eugen Division); German generals such as the 9th SS Panzer Division (i.e., the Hohenstaufen Division), the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division (i.e., the Nordic Division), and the 17th SS Grenadier Division (i.e., Gutz von Perissingen) were all in the middle of their thoughts.
However, Mandolfir, who was now at the rank of general, was not impatient at all, but stood very patiently observing the facial expressions of these officers, and waited patiently for their response.
For Mandolfer and all the senior officers of the German army, Hitler's first favorite was the Waffen-SS that he personally formed, but the SS of almost 40 divisions was created by Hitler's orders, although they had the coolest and most powerful uniforms, the most advanced and new weapons and equipment, and the highest priority of resources and wealth.
But there are only a handful of SS units that really possess absolute combat strength and can become the elite title in the world.
For example, the 1st Hitler Guard Banner, the 2nd Reich Division, the 3rd Skull Division, the 5th Viking Division, the 12th Hitler Youth Panzer Division, and the 7th Volunteer Mountain Division (Prince Eugen Division) are among the few elite SS troops. However, they did not fall into the attention of the German army, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, because they all believed that these SS divisions formed by a large number of foreign volunteers were a rabble in vain, and they were not at all the unstoppable tiger and wolf divisions advocated by Hitler, and even those Nazis who fanatically supported Hitler agreed with it.
Therefore, Mandolfel, who had served as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division of the elite panzer units, was now very calm and calm as he watched these SS officers and the high-ranking officers of other units, and he did not feel any timidity or inferiority.
In addition to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Panzer Divisions, which were originally established, the German armored forces also included the 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th and 11th Panzer Divisions, as well as the Panzer Instructors, and the 7th Panzer Division commanded by Mandolfer were all from the elite armored units of the German Panzer Division.
Of course, Hermann Göring's armored division is not inferior to these armored units, and after Chen Yanlong's current reorganization, the weapons and combat effectiveness of the Göring armored division are even more powerful and elite than when Hermann Göring ruled.
However, at this moment, the Hermann Göring Armored Division did not appear on the battlefield in Sicily, because Chen Yanlong sent the newly formed 505th Heavy Armored Division to Mandol to command the operation.
However, the combat strength of this newly formed 505th Heavy Armored Division was not inferior to that of Hermann Goering's Panzer Division, which was transferred to fight on the Cassino front.
And in addition, Chen Yanlong also used the Berlin Garrison and the Führer's Guard Battalion as the basis to give Mandolfil a new armored unit named 'Greater Germany' Panzer Corps, which is a brand-new armored force, and its combat strength will definitely not lose to any elite ace force in the world, including the German Wehrmacht, the elite ace SS, and the armored forces of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.
Moreover, this 'Greater Germany' Panzer Corps is not only the unit that won the most Iron Cross medals in the German army in the future, but also the combat unit that has the highest priority among all the units of the German army to receive the supply of soldiers, materials and new weapons and equipment.
However, at this moment, the 'Greater Germany' Panzer Corps participated in the upcoming Battle of Sicily for the first time, and it was also the first actual combat battle they participated in after their first formation.
All the officers and men of the 'Greater Germany' Panzer Corps were nervous and excited, and even the three new division commanders who had now arrived in the conference room to participate in Mandol Wellman, Buck and Langkite were a little nervous and excited.
Wellman was a lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Grenadier Regiment and was now promoted by Chen Yanlong to the commander of the 1st Division of the 'Greater Germany' Panzer Corps, while Longkite was a lieutenant colonel of the 36th Tank Regiment of the 14th Panzer Division and was now promoted by Chen Yanlong to the commander of the 2nd Division of the Greater Germany's Panzer Corps.
The last Buck was a lieutenant colonel of the 266th Grenadier Regiment and was now promoted by Chen Yanlong to commander of the 3rd Division of the Greater German Panzer Corps.
As for the commander of the Greater German Panzer Army, Mandol himself served as the commander, and Chen Yanlong originally wanted to send Rolls or Barklay to serve as the commander.
But because Rouse had been promoted to the commander of the 1st Armored Army by Chen Yanlong some time ago, and Balk was also promoted from the original position of commander of the 48th Armored Army to the commander of the 4th Armored Army.
And at this moment, both men were sent to the Eastern Front to form a long defensive front in Königsberg, in case the Soviets might defeat the forces of Moder and Manstein, who were gradually lacking new weapons and equipment to fight, and invade Königsberg and the German mainland.
"I am willing to fight Patton, please Commander put me and my troops in the ranks of attacking Patton!"
While Mandolfer was patiently waiting for the response of the various German officers, suddenly the new commander of the Viking Division, Waffen-SS Colonel Edmund Desaihofen, was the first American unit to stand up and say that he was responsible for the annihilation.
The commander of the original Viking Division, General Helbert Gillette, was transferred to serve as the commander of Chen Yanlong's newly formed reserve army, the armored corps of the Berlin Garrison Army.
"The main battle objective of our Prince Eugen Division is also the same as that of the Viking Division, choosing Patton and his 7th Army and Allen's Great Red 1st Division!"
As soon as the words fell, SS Major General Carl Richter von Oberkamp, who was now promoted by Chen Yanlong to the commander of Prince Eugen's division, also immediately agreed.
Prinz Eugen's division was once part of the command of SS Fifth Mountain Army Commander Arthur Philippe, but after Chen Yanlong resolved Tito and Yugoslavia's military operations, the 1st Mountain Division, the 7th SS Prince Eugen Mountain Division, the 118th Infantry Division, the 369th Ghost Infantry Division (Croatia), the 104th Infantry Division, and the Brandenburg Special Forces were also deployed to fight on various battlefields.
Among them, the Fifth Mountain Army, which was the main force of the German army to clear Tito's guerrillas, [Army Commander Arthur Phillips, under the command of the Waffen-SS 7th "Prince Eugen" Mountain Division, the 23rd Waffen-SS "Cama" Mountain Division, the 369th Croatian Infantry Division, the 8th Chasseur Division, and the 181st Infantry Division, the 13th Waffen-SS "Scimitar" Mountain Division, the 21st Waffen-SS "Scandeburg" Mountain Division, and other units were also mostly transferred to Italy and handed over to Kesselring for command operations. Take part in the battle of Cassino and the Winter Line.