Berlin, the Führer's residence.

Reinhardt frowned at a piece of intelligence from a spy on the Eastern Front. On the long table in front of him sat the chiefs of the General Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Blaschich, Catherine, and Raeder, as well as the commander of Army Group East, Rundstede, who had rushed back from the Eastern Front, and generals including Reichenau, commander of the Sixth Army, Guderian, commander of the newly built Second Panzer Army, and Liszt, commander of the Twelfth Army. Even the head of the Gestapo, Ross, and the chief of the SS General Staff and deputy commander-in-chief, Steve, were also present.

The Sea Lion plan to fight against the British has reached the third stage, which is the final stage of the upcoming landing operation. But at this moment, there was news that the Soviet Union had deployed more than 1.5 million troops on the Soviet-German border, and a large number of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles had entered the Soviet-occupied zone of Poland.

Using the spy network planted by the Soviet-German cooperative, Reinhardt even heard that the Soviet army had conducted a simulated Soviet-German offensive and defensive exercise. Fortunately, Zhukov, who played the role of the commander of the German army, won the exercises, which made Stalin have some scruples and did not make up his mind to completely tear his face with the Third Reich.

In addition, Khrushchev and his ilk, who relied on the Soviet-German railway cooperative to improve their political performance in Ukraine, also reconciled and tried to delay the war.

Of course, Zhukov's victory only allowed the Soviet army to delay the offensive and readjust the battle plan. And the reconciliation of Khrushchev and his ilk was only to buy time so that he could replace the post of first secretary of Ukraine and avoid personal losses arising from the Soviet-German war.

In other words, as soon as the Soviets developed new tactics, Khrushchev and his men got rid of their interests in the German railway cooperatives. Well, whether it is war or peace, it all depends on the mood of the Soviet Union.

On the other hand, the German army is now carrying out a large-scale reorganization and expansion plan, that is, splitting the original units and adding new recruits to form a split into several new combat units of the same size.

Many units with rich combat experience and brilliant achievements, were pulled to the north of France to prepare for the landing operation against the British. The 30th Infantry Division, the most powerful in all of Germany, and the 15th Panzer Army, which were taken by Rommel, were also impossible to return to the Eastern Front.

The 1st Panzer Army was transferred back to the Eastern Front, and Liszt's 12th Army, as well as the 17th and 4th Armies, gradually advanced to the Eastern Front, joining the Eastern Army Group that had been left behind by Rundstead.

However, the mobilization of only these troops was not the best that Germany could come up with. As a result of the British landings and the African expeditions, the Germans had divided too many elite regiments on other fronts. Obviously, it was possible to achieve victory by relying only on the remaining forces against the all-out Soviet army.

The surrender of France allowed the German army to free up a large number of troops and at the same time have Vichy French allies with 100,000 troops. However, if Reinhardt wanted to pull the 100,000 troops in Petain's hands to help the German army fight against the Soviet Union, it would not be difficult at all.

First of all, the French themselves were not thinking about sending their own troops to the East to defend the country for Germany. They were more urgent to transport these troops to Algeria in the south and deliver them to the famous French general Berente, so that they could defeat the invading British army and defend the Algerian oil fields, which represented the hope of French revival.

If it is said that the troops that can be deployed to replenish the Eastern Front as they want, the more than 300,000 SS troops in Steve's hands are undoubtedly the best choice. Among them, 250,000 SS troops were reorganized and expanded from the former Hungarian Wehrmacht, and they had been stationed in the southern provinces of Germany as a large-scale reserve on the Eastern Front. Another 100,000 SS troops who participated in the French campaign and were deployed in Germany were also liberated with the end of the French campaign, and some of them could be transferred to the Eastern Front as appropriate.

That's why Steve was called to this meeting.

However, among the many Wehrmacht generals on the Eastern Front, the one who was as loyal as the SS commander was Reichenau of the Sixth Army. As early as 1930, as a member of the Wehrmacht, he joined the National Socialist Party. What is the difference between such a Wehrmacht general and an SS general.

Therefore, it was now up to the Wehrmacht, an SS commander-in-chief, to take on the task of combining maps and intelligence and presenting the situation on the Eastern Front in accordance with Reinhardt's ideas.

In front of many heavyweights of the Third Reich, Reichenau unhurriedly picked up the telescopic pole, pointed to the huge map of Europe on the wall of the conference room, and introduced: "On the Eastern Front, our original Eastern Army Group only has 550,000 troops. But the Soviet army in front of them has reached about 900,000. In the south, where the SS was mainly responsible, the 250,000 SS troops faced about 700,000 Soviet troops. To the north, the 6th Army, which I had just brought to, was facing a large strength of 200,000 men, but it was also facing the newly deployed 300,000 troops of the Soviet Army. ”

"The proven strength of the Soviet army is as high as 1.9 million?!" As the chief of the General Staff of the Army, but actually in power, Bo Luhich frowned and whispered to himself: "Is this ready to do something to us?" ”

"Generals, don't worry." Seeing that many people present were already worried, Reinhardt cheered everyone up in a timely manner: "Our troops, including the Fourth, Twelfth, and Seventeenth Armies that are moving closer to the Eastern Front, as well as Guderian's newly expanded Second Panzer Army, have a total strength of more than 1.7 million, and our army has a huge advantage in equipment, so there will be no crisis in the defense of the Eastern Front." ”

"That's right!" Receiving Reinhardt's eye signal, Paulus, chief of staff of the Command, also quickly got up and added to the senior generals present: "Counting the troops of the Soviet army that are moving towards the border, their total strength will be about a little higher than 3 million. In fact, we also have a total of 450,000 troops, including 50,000 SS troops, who are planned to be transferred to the Eastern Front in the second batch. ”

After a pause, Paulus raised his voice and continued: "In addition, after our successful defeat of France, Romania has already made up its final mind and signed a secret agreement with us, planning to provide 750,000 troops for future battles against the Soviet Union and recovering their lost territory. In other words, the total strength of our coalition forces on the Eastern Front will reach more than 2.9 million! ”

"Diplomats are negotiating with the Finnish government to secure the joint presence of the Finnish army in possible operations." Ribbentrop smiled and quietly threw out another piece of good news.

"Don't forget Italy." Reinhardt finally said: "Mr. Rossi, who is presiding over Italian politics, is pro-German. I can assure you that he will sign a secret agreement with us to provide more than 200,000 Italian expeditionary forces to the East. In other words, we will eventually gain an advantage on the Eastern Front, both in terms of weapons and equipment, and in terms of troops! ”