"Back to base camp?"

"Yes, you have to hurry up and prepare!"

"Understood, General!" Hans replied.

Xu Jun said to Müller again: "Major Müller, if Colonel Luxembourg's troops have not arrived here after lunch, I am not prepared to wait for him." I'm sorry I can't preside over the conference. I must immediately return to the base camp and discuss with the Führer the plan for the rest of the battle.

Now I appoint you as the acting commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade of the 7th Armored Division and promote you to lieutenant colonel. When Colonel Luxembourg returns, you convey my order to Colonel Luxembourg, and I appoint him as Acting Deputy Commander of the 7th Panzer Division. You're going to help him lead the 7th Panzer Division. You just stay here and fix your troops.

Since our losses this time are very large, I will ask the Army General Headquarters to immediately replenish the 7th Panzer Division. The lost junior officers are selected from among the surviving non-commissioned officers, and the vacancies of the senior officers are taken over by the surviving junior officers, who have proven their ability in battle, and I will issue them letters of appointment. The rest of the problems will be resolved by you and the Colonel Luxembourg, do you understand? ”

"Understood, I am very grateful to the general for your trust and promotion in me. Please rest assured that I will manage the 7th Panzer Division well with Colonel Luxembourg. I will never fail to live up to your expectations of me. I long for you to come back soon and lead us to continue the fight until the day of victory comes. Mueller replied excitedly.

Two levels were promoted in two days, something that had never happened before in the Wehrmacht. Mueller felt like he was in a dream. Now that Xu Jun has been promoted to the level of God in his mind, Mueller secretly swears that he will repay Xu Jun's appreciation and cultivation no matter what, even if it is for him to lose his life for Xu Jun.

After lunch, Rundstedt's plane arrived on time. It was a brand new JU52, and in order to land her, the 58th Engineer Battalion spent two hours pressing out an improvised runway with 20 heavy tractors and 80 trucks of various types.

Now Xu Jun and his subordinates are standing next to the plane and saying goodbye to the officers of the 7th Armored Division. Because this time he was going back to the base camp of the Wehrmacht, Xu Jun only took Hans, Randolph, and Dogen, three people. The two midshipmen remained in the 7th Panzer Division to continue their apprenticeship, while the two orderlies were added to the miscellaneous squad of Müller's new command.

When the soldiers of the 7th Panzer Division learned that their commander was leaving, they all spontaneously came to the runway to say goodbye to their beloved general. They lined up in a neat phalanx and watched the commander's plane slowly leave the ground. All the soldiers immediately saluted with their guns in unison until the plane slowly disappeared from their view.

Xu Jun sat in the spacious cabin of the JU52 and looked down at the combat telegrams and various records that Hans had sorted out for him. He was to put them together in a formal report and submit them to Hitler before returning to the base camp.

He looked at the document and discussed the details with Hans in a whisper. Randolph sat in a row behind them, and he was now excitedly watching the procession of escort planes shuttling back and forth outside the porthole. In order to prevent the last forced landing incident from happening again, the base camp deployed a destroyer group of 40 ME110 fighters to protect them throughout the process. They formed a wheeled formation and surrounded the ju52 tightly.

Dougan was not interested in looking at it, he was now asleep in his seat with his head tilted.

After Xu Jun explained some details of the combat report to Hans, he simply threw the specific work of writing the report directly to Hans. He thought about it while looking at the clouds outside the window, leaving poor Hans with a pencil in his mouth and looking at the pile of papers.

Xu Jun pondered how he could get Hitler to change his wrong decision, and how to convince the generals that his advice was correct.

He searched Jack's memory for memories of how he had dealt with Nazi leaders and high-ranking generals, hoping to find out their weaknesses and preferences so that he could use them for his own ends. As the memories of Jack's contact with Nazi Party officials unfolded in front of him, Xu Jun couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

This guy is such a scoundrel, I didn't expect him to behave like this at the regular meeting at the base camp.

Well, if I can't convince those generals and commanders to support me, then I'll learn this scoundrel's method to "communicate" with those high-level "elites", and if my plan can't be passed, then my plan will also be ruined by you.

Xu Jun made up his mind and felt relieved for a while, but he immediately remembered what to do next if he really succeeded in preventing Hitler's bad decision. How to disrupt the retreat of the British, how to perfectly destroy them in Dunkirk, what preparations need to be made, where to attack, how to fight, what is the current battlefield situation, and how many troops can be used, these questions are placed in front of Xu Jun one by one, giving him a headache. What I need most now is accurate information, and only when I get the exact information now can I make a plan for the next step.

"Hans!"

"Yes, General!" Hans replied by looking up from his pile of papers.

"As soon as you land, you will give me an up-to-date report on the exact location and number of troops of all the current army units. I would also like to ask for a reconnaissance report from the Air Force reconnaissance unit on today's enemy movements. Get me a detailed map of western France. ”

"Yes, General, I can actually get the pilot to contact the ground now, so that the ground can prepare this before we land."

"That's good, you go and do it, and let them prepare the most detailed information."

"Got it. Checkmate. Hans put down his papers, stood up, and walked towards the cockpit.

Xu Jun put his mind at ease, leisurely looked at the scenery outside the window, and waited for Hans's results. After a while, Hans returned to the cabin. He patted Xu Jun on the shoulder.

"General."

Xu Jun turned around and asked, "How is it?" Got in touch? ”

"General, it's all arranged. We landed in Cologne today and rested there for the night. Tomorrow morning we will take the special train sent by the Führer to the cliff castle, and we will be there at noon tomorrow. Please rest assured that the base camp for your most urgent information will be sent to Cologne and then directly to your hotel. There are also the commanders of the Cologne garrison and city officials who are already waiting at the airport for the arrival of your plane, who have prepared a grand welcome ceremony. ”

"yes, then how long do we have to land?"

"It should be soon, we have already flown over the French border, and it will take two hours at most to reach Cologne."

Xu Jun nodded, and finally put his mind at ease. He leaned back in the soft leather chair and began to close his eyes and recuperate. Hans sat back in his seat, pencil in hand, and continued to write his report.

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