It wasn't long before Guderian met with Rommel. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Marshal! Hello! ”

As soon as they met, he gave Rommel a military salute.

"You're so kind, Heinz! Just call me back to be Eva! We're all old friends, why are we so strange when we meet now? ”

Rommel smiled brightly, almost as he said.

"Then why did you come to me so early today? Is there something big that you want to discuss with me? ”

Hearing this, Guderian also responded with a smile.

"I'd like to swap battlefields with you, can I? Because I'm going to hit Montgomery hard! I'm going to fight back for the war I lost in Africa! ”

Rommel got straight to the point and said what he meant.

"I don't quite understand what you mean? What to swap the battlefield? What battlefield to exchange? ”

Guderian's eyes flickered, and then he asked rhetorically.

"The Führer intends to appoint me with no less than 10 divisions to be stationed in Italy! And I know that you were also appointed commander-in-chief of the Sicilian campaign by the Führer! So I want to exchange places with you for the battle, i.e. I want to be the commander-in-chief of the Sicilian campaign, and you lead those of my troops, into Italy? How do you feel? ”

Rommel blushed in embarrassment.

"You have to talk to the Führer about this! I'm just doing what he commands! So I don't have the right to swap with you! And if the Führer knows that we have violated his orders in this way, I am afraid that you and I will be court-martialed, and there will be no good result! ”

When Guderian heard this, he immediately retorted without thinking about it.

"I know! So before I propose a change to the Führer, I would like to come and discuss it with you! Because if you agree to my proposal, then I believe that the Führer will still have a way to convince him to change the battlefield for us! ”

Rommel gazed pleadingly at Guderian.

"Why are you so insistent on becoming the commander of the Sicilian campaign? Isn't your body going to recuperate now? Now that the Führer has sent you to lead troops in Italy, won't you have more opportunities to recuperate? The combat pressure on the front line is very high! ”

Guderian shook his head and changed the subject.

"As long as I can defeat Montgomery and make me ashamed, then I am willing to work hard and tired!"

Rommel did not hide it at all, and said frankly what was in his heart.

"But I don't want to!"

Guderian touched his nose and disagreed.

"Why don't you agree?"

Hearing this, Rommel asked excitedly and angrily.

"It's easy! This is a great opportunity for me to turn around, and it is also a great opportunity for me to command so many elite troops for the first time, so why do you say I should exchange battlefields with you? ”

Guderian grinned.

"You hillbilly from the Eastern Front! Do you know how to fight those British and American troops? Do you have my experience and achievements in the African and Tunisian campaigns? A hillbilly like you who doesn't know anything, you have absolutely no way to win against those Anglo-American troops! I can't just watch you lead the most powerful elite troops of our empire to your death! You'd better go back to the Armored Forces Academy and build your armored troops! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Rommel suddenly broke out and cursed out of his anger because he was too excited and angry.

"Eva! That's what you're going to say when you come to my house today? That's the tone in which you're going to negotiate with me to exchange battlefields? Do you think that such invective can make me submit and give up? You can protest against Hitler, you can lash out at Kesselring, you can go home and cry at your wife, Lucy, or even physically attack and curse Montgomery. ”

"But for me, such an insult of yours will have absolutely no effect on me, Heinz Wilhelm Guderian! And I'll only treat you like an idiot! Because I only fight to the end for my motherland and the people! As for a personal feud like you and Montgomery, I have no interest in meddling in it! But don't worry, if I run into Montgomery, I'll beat him like a lost dog! ”

Guderian sneered and retorted angrily.

"Montgomery is my prey, and no one can touch it! Hum! You wait for me! Heinz, I'll go to the Führer now, whatever the cost, I'm going to get command of the Sicilian campaign, and I'm going to beat Montgomery to the ground!" Shame on you! ”

Rommel said unceremoniously, angrily.

"Whatever you like! You can do whatever you like! Anyway, I won't give up my military power this time! ”

Guderian shrugged his shoulders and retorted nonchalantly.

"You hillbilly! Show me, I'll go to the Führer now! ”

After hearing this, Rommel scolded even more angrily.

"Margaret! I'm going to continue to study the battle map and battle plan! ”

Seeing Rommel becoming more and more annoyed, Guderian was not to be outdone, turned to his wife and gave the order to evict the guest.

"Humph! You're doing a great job! I remember, you wait! Guderian! ”

As soon as the words fell, Rommel burst into a rage and yelled.

Then, before he could wait for Guderian's wife, Marguerite Gerner, to drive him out, he turned in anger and strode away.

"Is that how you treat him? Heinz! You're old friends! ”

Guderian's wife, Margaret Gerner, looked at Rommel who was leaving angrily, and said worriedly to Guderian beside him.

"Leave him alone! Let him go to the Führer theory! Anyway, without the order of the Führer, I would never give up such a great opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune! Not even Rommel! If this battle is fought well, I will definitely become a marshal! And this battle of Sicily is also about the success or failure of our Western Front! If Sicily is lost, then Italy and our German properness are in danger! The Anglo-American allies will march straight into Italy, then France, and our Germany proper! So for the sake of our country, and for the safety of our people, I must not lose Sicily! ”

Guderian said with a solemn face.

"No matter what you decide, I will always support you! Heinz! ”

Margaret Gerner gently took Guderian's arm and said softly.

"Thank you, Margaret!"

Guderian smiled and said gratefully.