France delivered a total of 490 artillery pieces and more than 40,000 rounds of shells to Parret this time, and follow-up weapons are still following up. In fact, the French army's weapons were diverse, with mortars ranging in caliber from 77 mm to 300 mm abounding, and artillery shells were also miscellaneous.

Paulus got up and put a draft of the telegram on Ganmarin's desk and said, "General, this is important information from the German reconnaissance unit, which shows in detail the armament of the Greek troops and the specific location of the main Greek forces. ”

Gammelin looked up at the somewhat immature division commander, not only did he not doubt his military ability, but even from Paulus's words, he could feel the vigor and heroism, and couldn't help but sigh why the Germans could fight in all directions.

If the Germans were all so shrewd and capable, not to mention the other French generals, it was he Gammelin who would not dare to be an opponent with him.

"Thank you for your hard work, but I can guarantee that French artillery support will be there in time for your need." Gammelin also seemed to want to show off.

Paulus and Schellner received a reply from Gammelin and took a serious part in this important meeting of cooperation between the two armies, and at ten o'clock in the morning they both left Gammelin's tent.

At this time, the French army camp was in a bustle, in addition to those various artillery, everywhere there were German-style military jeeps, this simple, rough and durable means of transportation was widely used in the German army, and the French army was even more fond of it.

This kind of jeep generally does not have any major problems, even if the mechanical failure, it can be done with only a wrench and an iron bar, which is very suitable for the troops whose time is life, and even the US military is gradually popularizing.

Paulus strode over to his jeep, unpacking a pack of cigarettes as he went, then pouring one out and putting it in his mouth.

"General Friedrich Paulus, please give me a cigarette." Schellner had always been against Paulus smoking, but he wanted to try it too.

The two looked at each other strangely and smiled, forgetting to start the car. The soldiers of various countries who came and went saluted them one after another when they saw that these two men were not of low rank.

"You? Want to smoke too? Paulus saluted the soldiers who saluted him one after another, and then laughed at Schellna, "Don't! Don't learn from my esteemed General Ferdinand Schellner. Do you know what I am? It's smoke! It's bad for the body, okay, don't mess around, let's go. ”

Screwner's outstretched hand slapped Paulus back into his pocket, deliberately closing his mouth with a button.

"Look at your stinginess, isn't it just a cigarette?" Schellner doesn't smoke and naturally doesn't know that there are many types of cigarettes.

"I'm for your good, you never smoke, and don't follow me to learn badly. Besides, my pack of cigarettes can be exchanged for half a Mercedes Benz when I take it out. Paulus smirked and got into the car.

Schellner also laughed when he heard this, and mocked: "If you don't give it, you won't give it, I don't know how to smoke." But you're bragging too badly, what is the concept of half a Mercedes-Benz? Who are you fooling? Think I'm cigarette blind. ”

Paulus was not angry, but took out the pack of cigarettes again and pointed to the package and said, "See, pure white, without any labels, it's not small, understand?" Then he tore open a gap, and a mark appeared inside—A.

"What do you mean? I don't understand, so I can only ask. Schellner shook his head, and asked modestly.

"It was given to me by Minister Brauchitsch, and I really don't want to smoke it." Paulus smugly took his cigarette and waved it in front of Schellner's eyes.

"Your Excellency gave you a pack of cigarettes to make you look like this? Just you, are you still short of cigarettes and smoking? Schellner asked.

"This kind of tobacco is a new tobacco that has just been harvested this year, from the East, where it is still a French colony, a place called something, the annual output is only a few hundred catties, after removing some of the defective tobacco leaves, there are more than 100 catties left. This cigarette in my hand is rolled with this pure tobacco, understand? Really, let you see it again. Paulus also added unsatisfactorily: "Mr. President has been smoking this kind of cigarette for a long time, although it is very expensive and the quantity is not much, but people have this good fortune, and he does not even smoke Cuban cigars now." Because we did well in Italy last time, His Excellency gave me 5 packs and let me taste them slowly. ”

"Oh God! Someone like you deserves to smoke such a good cigarette? When Schellner heard this, he deliberately despised Paulus.

"What's wrong with me, the size is also the head of a division, why can't I smoke like this? You're jealous. You wait and see, after the end of the Greek side, sooner or later we will have to hit Siam, which is not very far from the place where this smoke is produced, maybe there will be more of it. Paulus said suddenly, strangely.

"Where did you hear from that? Street news. In fact, Schellner hoped that Paulus was telling the truth, that the Germans were interested in expanding their country's overseas territories, and that they were happy to fight wars.

"You don't need to ask, just pay more attention to our country's foreign policy." Paulus looked left and right for a moment, and then whispered, "Have you forgotten last year's diplomatic crisis?" Where would we be so easily forgiven by the kind of behavior of the Japanese people? ”

"Then how do you know that the top brass has not reached a compromise through diplomatic means?" Schellner is not a fool either, private transactions at the national level have never stopped, and the absence of public information does not mean that there has been no movement, after all, this is an incident that has humiliated the Germans.

Paulus was silent, the possibility of what Schellner said was not impossible, but he still shook his head and said: "I don't think it's necessarily, I don't think this matter is so simple, just look at our Mr. President's foreign war in the past two years, you can see that although Siam had an accident at the beginning, it undoubtedly gave us a good excuse to use force." ”

Schellner still doesn't agree much, after all, the two countries go to war, just because the diplomatic ambassador was beaten by a third country, it is not enough to use force, at best it is a diplomatic dispute.

"No, no, no, think about it, my Excellency General, this coalition action to punish Greece is actually a rehearsal for the invasion of Siam, maybe the top brass has been prepared for a long time, or maybe Mr. President, they have other methods." Paulus always felt that Germany would find a way to acquire another colony in the East, otherwise there was no way to explain why it had decided to send only nine infantry divisions in the first place, and had recently sent an additional army group.

"Greece is a very small country, and the German army could have chosen to fight alone, but in order to block the mouth of the great powers, they had to deliberately ask for help from various countries, and the meaning of this is extraordinary, you and I cannot imagine. Although Germany only sent 9 divisions this time, it was superior to the Greek army in terms of quality, and with the troops of the Five-Power Alliance, it also had an advantage in numbers. Well, Greece is stupid enough to be a fool and refuse to surrender, and it seems that he will not give up without being beaten. God knows what the Greeks thought, they wanted to find an opportunity to smash the coalition once and then negotiate the terms of surrender. The more Scheer thought about it, the more incomprehensible he felt.

"It can only be said that the Greek high-level is too taken for granted, and if Germany is put aside, even Britain, France, and Italy will never give up this opportunity, and it will be rare for them to have a war in the future." Paulus said with a smile.

"How can Italy's long-coveted springboard for the eastern Mediterranean be left to Greece to negotiate terms?" Schell added.

"Let's wait and see, including the expansion into Siam, we have the opportunity to make big plans." Paulus seemed very sure.

"Look at your beauty, fighting a war is like rushing to a dinner." Schellner said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, brother, get in the car and go back to camp." Paulus threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, then stomped the watch on his wrist and said, "Go, it's time." When I entered Athens, I invited you to drink and taught you to smoke. ”