055 Anglo-French ultimatum
On the morning of September 3, 1939, the war had been going on for just over 50 hours before the Germans achieved unimaginable results. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On this day, the vanguard of the Fourth Army of Army Group North had reached the line of the Vistula River, which was part of the final border between the two sides demarcated in the secret clause of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact.
At this point, Küchler's Third Army Group and Kruger's Fourth Army Group had completed the encirclement of the main Polish force in the Danzig Corridor area, the 'Pomerania' Army, and all the enemy was besieged in the forest area north of Siwiz and west of Grauttenz, and they were now just waiting for the final order to attack and completely wipe out all the Polish troops in the Danzig Corridor from this earth.
The east and west of Germany will be turned into a whole piece of land again!
However, the German High Command learned that von? Marshal Bock's troops had already closed the siege of the enemy, but they had not given the final order for a general attack, and the soldiers could only wait and try to lure the Polish troops hiding in the forest to take the initiative to attack.
In fact, why didn't the German High Command want to give the order to launch a total? But the question is Rudolph? Hess couldn't make up his mind at this time, he was waiting, he was worried!
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On the morning of this day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain issued an ultimatum and once again stressed that the German army must stop all attacks by 11 noon on the same day and begin an orderly withdrawal from the territory of Poland!
Just half an hour later, the French also issued an ultimatum demanding that German troops begin withdrawing from Polish territory by 5 p.m. that day.
Two successive Anglo-French ultimatums from their backs, so that Hess Rumang in his back like a fish in his throat, the wording of these two ultimatums is too harsh, obviously, the British and the French may be serious, especially France, the French have invested more than 80 divisions into the German-French border area, the army is pressing, but the Germans only responded with only 23 divisions.
It was a confrontation of great disparity, and the German army deployed on the German-French border was not very well-armed, and if the French decided to join the war, it would be a fatal blow to Germany in an instant!
"Führer, what are you waiting for? Give the order! ”
Keitel was standing opposite Hess, the warplanes had appeared, and as a soldier, he should seize every opportunity to decisively give the order to attack, and completely wipe the Danzig corridor off the map, dragging it down would not do Germany any good!
"How do I give orders? Keitel, you should know that behind us, there are 83 divisions of the French, and now the French have given us an ultimatum that if we can't stop fighting in time, they will kill them and go straight to the Ruhr valley! ”
"Führer, what are you thinking? It's only morning, and if we seize this opportunity to get rid of the Pomeranian regiment of the Poles at once, then even if we have other options in the afternoon, we will completely destroy the Poles, and even if we let those politicians engage in politics after the war, they will be able to have more advantages! But if we can't eat the Pomeranian Legion before then, then we won't be able to make an example! If we really stopped the offensive at this time, it would have boosted the morale of the French, who would have thought that we were afraid of them, and that we could be easily defeated! ”
William? Keitel was a general, and his military nature made him yearn for war, and he was a former fanatical admirer of Hitler.
Rudolf who could be Hitler's successor? Hess's forward-looking and submissive performance made Keitel look down on him from the bottom of his heart, and he even thought that Hess was not worthy of being the head of state of Germany at all!
After this time, Keitel was even more determined in his thoughts, Rudolph? Hess could not be compared with Hitler at all, and it was absolutely impossible for such a submissive man to lead Germany back to glory.
"You've only thought that if we eat the Pomeranian Legion, the French might be cowardly to a certain extent, but you don't even think about what if we can't eat the Pomeranian Legion? And what if we did that and it was precisely the anger of the French? Do you know what the consequences we will face if we provoke them? ”
"Führer! War is risky! And my troops are confident that they will completely eat the Pomorian Legion, and at a very small cost! In this case, if you are still worried about this and that, what qualifications do you have to lead Germany back to glory! ”
Keitel was a little angry, he stood in front of Hess, but he pinched his waist with one hand and stretched out the other hand to point at Hess's nose and retorted, without the slightest respect in it!
"I'm not eligible? Don't forget, we wouldn't have been able to take the Czech Republic without me! Don't forget, the order to attack Poland was also given by me! ”
"That's it? Czechoslovakia's affairs, if it weren't for the Führer's advance layout, you could have taken it down? It was your order to attack Poland, but we know what is going on! Also, now that you were able to give the order to attack, now that we have the opportunity to destroy the main forces of the Poles, what are you doing now? What are you worried about? You don't even dare to attack the enemy who is already surrounded by us, what qualifications do you have to lead the German army, what qualifications do you have to lead the whole of Germany! ”
The more Keitel spoke, the more angry he became, but every word was like a steel needle directly into Hess's heart!
Keitel was the chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht, and his influence in the military can be imagined, and if Hess wanted to sit firmly in the position of Führer, he must have the support of the military.
So, Hess was a little jealous of Keitel, especially after Keitel made such remarks again, Rudolph? Hess wanted to hold Keitel more than push him away!
"Since you've decided to do so, go ahead and fight, but you have to promise me that you have to eat the Pomerani Legion in the shortest possible time!"
"Yes! Please rest assured, the great German army is invincible, I'm going to give it to Von? Bock gives a total order! ”
William? Keitel smiled, he had already gotten what he wanted, although at the same time he was a little disappointed in Hess, but as a soldier, he didn't want to bother with political matters, as long as he didn't stop the German army from creating victory, who would be the Führer?
Looking at Keitel's departing back, Hess sat back in his seat, unaware of what he was thinking......