"That's it! Enough time! Get ready to be gassed! ”

When the time came, Captain Singhaldo gave the order very coldly and decisively. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of very chaotic footsteps, running after him.

"Stop me! Don't gassine! ”

With a gust of fresh wind blowing in his face, Adjutant David? Oakes himself had already arrived in front of Captain Singaldor, and his roaring sound that made his ears buzz was also transmitted into his eardrums.

"Ahh Don't gassine? Why? ”

Captain Singh didn't react for a while.

"This is the Führer's order, why are you asking so much! If you don't want to be shot, stop all action and take the Jewish women and children back to their barracks! ”

Adjutant David? Oakes immediately yelled angrily.

"Didn't you hear Chief Oakes? Why don't you do what you're told! ”

Before Captain Singhaldo could reply, the commander who followed him, Rudolf Hus, also shouted angrily.

In this regard, Captain Singh Duo could only immediately shut his mouth and lead a group of SS soldiers to release the people back to the barracks.

At this time, the Mercedes car in which Chen Yanlong was sitting was rushing to Heidelberg.

Heidelberg is located on the edge of the Odenling Mountain, and the city is built on the Neckar River.

The Neckar River in the Oden Gap flows here into the Rhine Plain and downstream for tens of kilometres downstream.

Heidelberg, with its stone bridges, castles, and old city buildings with white walls and red tiles, is full of romance and charm.

In the minds of many, Heidelberg is the epitome of romantic Germany.

For more than 800 years, many poets and artists have come to Heidelberg and have been deeply touched by it.

Chen Yanlong came to Heidelberg this time to meet a person, and he was Mandolfer.

On May 1, 1943, Mandolfer was promoted to the rank of Major General.

However, on 30 April 1943, just before the surrender of the German forces on the Cape Bonne Peninsula, illness and exhaustion caused Mandolfer to fall ill and he was taken to the hospital in Heidelberg.

It can be said that he was very lucky, if he had fallen ill for a few days, he might have disappeared, and he would not have appeared as a German tank general.

Chen Yanlong's purpose in meeting him was very simple, that is, he planned to send him to Sicily to command the battle.

Of course, in addition to him, Chen Yanlong also planned to send Guderian over to carry out the Sicilian campaign.

On the way from Berlin to Heidelberg, Chen Yanlong was still thinking about the total strength of the German army.

According to his later life, from a variety of historical sources, as well as books about World War II, especially "The Eastern Front? The Great Collapse tells him that at the beginning of the catastrophic year from July 1943 to August 1944, the strength of the German armed forces reached its wartime peak.

In fact, Germany's human resources are not as tight as they might normally suggest. According to a statistic dated September 1, 1943, the total manpower available to the entire German armed forces was more than 13.55 million men.

including 9.82 million regular troops; 600,000 SS (non-field troops) and police; more than 900,000 servant troops (probably excluding Finland) and foreign troops; more than 900,000 German support personnel; More than 1.2 million foreign support personnel.

Of the nearly 10 million German regular troops, the field army, which has nearly 4.5 million men, is responsible for the most important combat missions. There were another 150,000 air force field units and 280,000 Waffen-SS field troops. As in the past, the main forces of the German land war were deployed on the Soviet-German battlefield.

On July 1, 1943, the Marine Force on the Eastern Front reached 3,138,000 men. This does not include the Finnish theater of operations (200,000 troops, including about 150,000 field armies), the air force (except for the air force field divisions), the navy, the servant army, and various auxiliary forces and forces deployed in the rear occupation areas.

In the previous two years of the Eastern Front War, except for a few months in 1941, the strength of the Eastern Army had always been below 3 million, hovering between 2.75 million and 2.9 million. In the summer of 1943, the army on the Eastern Front was equipped with heavy weapons by leaps and bounds, both in quantity and quality.

On June 30, the total number of German-made tank assault guns in existence reached 3,434. More than 92% of them are medium to heavy. The number of cannons reached 8063 pieces.

The manpower composition of the German Armed Forces on September 1, 1943: total regular army: 9,823,000 people, field army, 4,497,000 air force field divisions, 150,000 air force field divisions; 150,000 air force (field army area), 990,000 navy (field army area); 170,000 troops in the German mainland and the "East" and the Ukrainian occupation zone, 526,000 in the German mainland and the "East" and the Ukrainian occupation zone, 393,000 in the navy; 472,000 (39,000 (Army)/106,000, 280,000 Waffen-SS field troops.

1,734,000 in the Army Reserve and 33,000 in the Navy Reserve; 363,000 in the Air Force Reserve and 3,732,000 outside the regular army.

There were 600,000 Waffen-SS troops and police in the occupied territories and in Germany proper.

Servant Army and Foreign Legion: 670752 (with field army and air force), 207646 (with German mainland, etc.), 822 (with navy); 60,000 people (Italian division).

Auxiliary organizations of the armed forces (Germany): 498,350 (with field army and air force), 383499 from Germany proper, etc., 84,974 (with navy).

Auxiliaries (prisoners of war and prisoners): 316399 (with field army and air force), 530048 (homeland, etc.), 11,974 (with navy), 367,000 (Italian prisoners), 13,555,000 in total.

"It turned out that Germany still had so many troops to use in 1943 and 1944, so I will give the Anglo-American Allies a big one in the Battle of Sicily!"

As soon as he thought that he still had so many troops to use, a sense of confidence rose in Chen Yanlong's heart, and he muttered to himself.

At the same time, he was also planning to first transfer the 5th SS Panzer Division "Viking" on the Eastern Front, the 6th SS Northern Mountain Division, and the 1st SS "Adolf. Hitler's Guard Banner "Panzer Division; The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division of Prince Eugen was also transferred back and secretly sent to Sicily to fight.

Of course, when he sent them back, he also had to find a way to transfer some reserve troops back to the Soviet Union and give them the first time to use them for the time being.

After the Battle of Sicily, we will deal with the combat strength of the Eastern Front, as well as the problem.

While Chen Yanlong was conceiving his new deployment of troops in Sicily and on the Eastern Front, his Mercedes-Benz fleet had already reached the Heidelberg Bridge.

It is a stone bridge with 9 arches that spans the north and south banks of the Neckar River.

On the south bank of the river, there is a bridgehead standing majestically, which corresponds to the Heidelberg Castle on the hill. The bridgehead has two round towers, and the doorway under the tower was originally the entrance to the old town of Heidelberg, and the round tower was also used as a cell

There are two statues on the bridge, to the south is the Elector Karteodor, and to the north is Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

Looking at the fantastic scenery, Chen Yanlong couldn't help but feel happy.

Ever since he crossed over, he had been struggling with how to survive and how to deploy German troops.

There has never been a place like this to take a look at the beautiful scenery and let off steam.

"I didn't expect the scenery here to be good! And the air is relatively fresh, at least not as much carbon dioxide as in later generations! ”

Looking at the reddish-brown Heidelberg that had already appeared in front of him, Chen Yanlong opened the glass window of the car and let the slightly cool breeze blow his face.

And gulped, took a few deep breaths of fresh air.

When he was completely relaxed, his motortade was already on his way to Bismarckplatz in Heidelberg.

"Anyway, should I go on a trip to the castle later? The scenery here is really nice! ”

"Hey! Forget it, let's talk about it after seeing Mandolfil first! Let's see how he is doing, I don't know if he can recover in July and be Sicily! ”

Looking at the bronze statue of the Imperial Prime Minister Bismarck on the square, Chen Yanlong muttered indecisively.