Reichenau had a heart attack so early?!

Reinhardt suddenly lost his mind, because with his arrival, history had been gradually changed beyond recognition.

Before 1940, he could still rely on his knowledge of the original history to prescribe the right medicine and smooth sailing.

But this time, I don't know if it was because the news of the sudden attack of the Soviets was too exciting, Reinhardt himself hadn't fainted, but his men couldn't bear it before themselves. Reichenau died 10 months earlier than in history, something Reinhardt had not anticipated before.

"Reichenau's Sixth Army, who is now in charge of the temporary command and dispatch?" Reinhardt asked with a bit of a headache.

"It should be Admiral Reichenau's deputy, Deputy Commander General Karl." Paulus, who was familiar with the internal personnel of the Sixth Army, quickly replied.

After listening, Reinhardt nodded thoughtfully: "That's right, you were also an officer of the Sixth Army before, it seems that you are still very familiar with it." ”

Although Paulus sensed that there seemed to be some deep meaning in Reinhardt's words, he did not allow him to think carefully at this time. Because, he still has one more thing to report that is second only to the war situation in the east.

"Führer, there's one more thing ......" Paulus's tone was a little low.

What else?

Hearing this, a bad premonition suddenly surged into Reinhardt's heart. The western front has not yet been completed, and there is such a big basket on the eastern front, is there any need to produce any basket now?!

Sure enough, Paulus was really mourned: "In the southern part of the empire, on the African battlefield, General Rommel's attack on the fortress of Tobruk failed. The Commonwealth army, having regained its position and morale after the victory in this defensive battle, may be in North Africa ...... a short time."

"It's not possible to go on the offensive anymore, is it?" Reinhardt smiled wryly and made this embarrassing final conclusion for Paulus.

Although he came to this conclusion by himself, Reinhardt still felt that the luck of Churchill, a fat man, was really good.

Just when he was about to run his ground, his nemesis Stalin actually launched a war against Germany, giving Britain a glimmer of hope internationally.

Then, the Commonwealth's own troops, in North Africa, repelled the advancing Rommel, and in a rare battle with the Germans, they won a rare battle, freeing themselves from the spell of the British being invincible to the Germans.

Reinhardt could almost have imagined how excited Churchill and his homegrown politicians would have been when they heard the news.

Their morale is obviously about to collapse, but now ......

"Order Rommel to stop me!" Reinhardt gritted his teeth and said: "If he dares to mess around, let Lieutenant General Hans of the 30th Division take over the command of the African Army Group." ”

At this moment, even Paulus was a little incredulous when he heard this.

Rommel was Reinhardt's confidant general, which was already well-known in the German military circles. Lieutenant General Hans, on the other hand, basically had no intersection with the Führer, and completely relied on his tenacious fighting style to win one vicious battle after another and rise up through normal procedures.

Replacing one's own henchmen is no longer in line with Reinhardt's previous style of acting, or rather, it is not in line with the imperial power of a leader.

However, at this time, Reinhardt could no longer think of going there.

He just clenched his fists a little uncontrollably, and said angrily: "On the African side, I stopped the French generals from attacking and dissuaded the Italians from launching an offensive, but only my own German generals did not obey the command and insisted on going their own way!" ”

Reinhardt now suddenly felt a little bit that when Hitler was preparing for the Barossa operation in Pakistan to attack the Soviet Union, Rommel did not listen to the command and stirred up the heat in Africa, which was already a headache.

No matter how good your record is, advancing tens of or 100 kilometers in the desert a day, to put it mildly, this is a fart for the big war situation!

"Führer, General Rommel, he ......" Paulus hesitated, but after all, he did not open his mouth to justify Rommel's actions.

Did Rommel launch this offensive for the sake of imperial strategy?

Obviously, even Rommel himself probably did not believe in the use of this justification and intercession. At least, not all of them!

After all, it was only after Petain had promised to send the seven French divisions to Africa that the odds were clearly in favor of the Allies. The reason why Rommel insisted on attacking was, in the final analysis, that he himself could not wait to obtain the honor and title of conqueror of Africa.

It is natural for soldiers to yearn for military exploits and to make meritorious contributions. However, this is not a reason to disobey the command and disregard the overall situation.

If everyone wanted to be like Rommel, then this battle would not be able to be commanded.

"You don't have to defend him." Reinhardt got up from his seat, walked over to Paulus, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You're not like him. I believe that if you were the one who went to Africa to direct the overall situation, I would not have to worry about this kind of disobedience at all. ”

Joke, will Paulus disobey?

Manstein, the former German military god in history and the idol of Paulus, expressed his willingness to take all the responsibility for the rescue of him once, and he did not disobey Hitler's stupid order to stay put.

Looking at Paulus, an advantageous military staff officer who had completed a lot of strategic deployments for himself and proved his talents, Reinhardt gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

"Paulus, I'll ask you one more question." Reinhardt's expression was serious, and he looked into Paulus's eyes very seriously and said, "Do you still know and familiarize yourself with the various departments under the Sixth Army?" ”

Although he did not understand why the Führer suddenly asked him this question, Paulus, who had always been obedient, did not think much about it, and immediately replied seriously: "Familiar! During the Polish Campaign, I participated in the formulation of the marching orders of almost every division in the Sixth Army, so I was very familiar with them. ”

"In this way, I am relieved." Reinhardt smiled a little reluctantly.

What can you rest assured of? Before Paulus could react, he heard the Führer announce a decision that surprised him.

"Admiral Paulus, Sixth Army, I'll leave it to you! You were originally General Reichenau's deputy, so it shouldn't be too difficult to take over. ”

Reinhardt's right hand, which was placed on Paulus's shoulder, squeezed him a little harder, and said silently, "Paulus, Paulus." This time, you must block the Soviet army for me! ”