Manstein took out the battle plan and checked the details again.

Although this plan was made by him, and although everything has been developing according to plan so far, this is only the first time he has planned such a large-scale operation, and it is inevitable that there will be tension.

From troops, firepower, terrain, logistics, combat units to local intelligence, every point has been repeatedly confirmed by him and his staff team. To this day, he is still a little relieved, and he can't help but compare it over and over again.

The war has begun, and the situation on the front line is even unexpectedly smooth. The battle reports showed that the Polish troops on the border did not play a sluggish role at all, and they were panicked in the face of the first wave of German charges.

As in the case of the Soviet Union's surprise attack, the poor reaction speed of the Polish army on the border was completely unable to adapt to local surprise attacks, and could only passively divide and destroy the enemy.

The difference was that the Polish army deployed more dense troops on the Polish-German border, resulting in a much greater first round of German results than the Soviet army in the east. The German army's tactics of concentrating on armored forces and quickly rushing into the Polish hinterland caused the Polish High Command to lose the area originally intended to be used as a second line of defense before the Polish High Command could establish a new line of defense. In this regard, the German army was much better than the Soviet army, which was advancing slowly.

"What? It's time to check the original plan again. "It was the commander of Army Group South, the veteran of the German army, Rundstead.

Although the veteran general and Reinhardt had some differences over the deployment of troops on the Western Front, this did not prevent him from fulfilling his duties as a German general on the Eastern Front.

Reinhardt, who knew this, also very generously appointed this veteran general who boldly put forward his opinions as the commander-in-chief of Army Group South, and put Army Group South, a huge main German corps, under the command of Rundsteide.

At this time, seeing that the old general cared about himself who was labeled as Reinhardt's cronie, Manstein also responded respectfully: "Commander, it's a good thing that the front line is going well, but we shouldn't be slack at this time. As soon as the success falls short at this time because of some small mistake, it will be a serious dereliction of duty on the part of me, the chief of the General Staff! ”

"You've got a really good plan, and you have to have confidence in yourself." Rundstead waved his hand and said, "Of all the staff officers I have ever met, you are the most daring and cautious. Personally, I think that no one in the Polish High Command can be your opponent. ”

Rundsteadt's words were simply the greatest encouragement for Manstein, who was just starting to formulate the battle plan of the Grand Army. What kind of man is Rundstead, that is one of the most experienced army generals in the German army today. It would be an honor for every staff officer to be praised by such a war expert.

In fact, at the beginning, Rundstead was biased against Reinhardt's practice of arranging Manstein to work with him. He thought it was a way for Reinhardt to mix sand around him and plant his lineage. Out of this mentality, Rundstead initially despised Manstein, who had become chief of the General Staff of Army Group South by virtue of his connections.

But later, after Manstein and his staff team worked out a near-perfect strategy for marching, Rundstead began to look at him with admiration.

As the supreme commander of Army Group South, Rundstead witnessed with his own eyes how Manstein had not touched the ground some time ago, and had led his staff officers to formulate a specific march route without sleeping or eating. And this advance plan, under the vicious eyes of Rundstead, can't find even the slightest loophole!

This combat line, which even Rundstead can't find fault, is as follows:

The 14th Army marched straight from Upper Silesia through Moravia to the Corpathian Mountains, paving the way for the main Polish army to encircle Galicia, and to cover up the true intention of encircling and annihilating the main Polish army with a rapid straight line attack.

Among them, the 8th Army was to break through the Polish fortress group in Silesia, and then advance along the north bank of the Vistula River towards Krakau.

At the same time, the 17th Army marched out of Moravia and, having routed the Polish army on the border, advanced along the south bank of the Vistula River towards Krakau.

The 22nd Panzer Corps attacked from the Orava Gorge west of the Corpathian Mountains and attacked Krakau from the south. The 18th Mountain Corps marched north of Krakau through the Beauplad Gorge and via New Songchi, threatening Krakau from behind.

The four marches seemed to have their own purposes, but in fact they were interlocking step by step, pointing from four directions to the heavy assembly point of the Polish army at Krakau, trying to break the backbone of the Polish army on the southern front in one fell swoop.

The 10th Army, with its relatively strong armored forces, was to destroy all the Polish garrisons and their reserves in the provinces of Lodz and Posen, in cooperation with the relatively weak 8th Army. Prevent the Polish army from using these forces to retreat to the rear of the Vistula to organize a new line of defense.

The new line of defense mentioned in Manstein's strategy was in fact the best defensive line proposed by the French officer Billant to the Polish high command at the beginning. It is a pity that the Polish Marshal Smigre did not take it, and Manstein was ready to leave him with a chance to make amends.

It can be said that the overall goal of Manstein's plan, although bold, is perfect because it reduces the risk by setting small goals for the dispersion of individual troops!

In this marching strategy, tactics are only minutiae, just basic tools. Manstein's awesomeness lies in the fact that he has set the tactical objectives of each point as part of the objectives of the entire battle situation, even if one or several points are not in place in time, the remaining points can still independently support the general trend of the entire battle situation!

After so many years of fighting, I have never seen that staff officer make such a meticulous and thorough plan!

In Rundstead's view, if Reinhardt had reused himself regardless of the gap, he felt a kind of overlord's broad-mindedness. Reinhardt's excavation and reuse of such an inconspicuous wizard as Manstein showed a kind of wisdom of the master!

Coupled with Rommel, a young player who won more with less in Spain, and Guderian, the armor master of Austria's lightning march, this Manstein is already the third extraordinary talent that Reinhardt boldly promoted! Rundstead was a little surprised, it seems that the cronies in the army promoted by the Führer so far are some honest generals who can stand the test, not the kind of incompetent people who flatter and climb the flames.

Again and again, again and again, it is no longer a coincidence. All phenomena point to a possibility, that is, the Führer has never been inserting cronies in the top echelons of the army, but promoting some capable personnel to the top ranks!

Rundstead was in a trance, looking for this situation, maybe the Führer really had extraordinary foresight, so wouldn't it really be possible for him to take off only a pair of underwear and run naked on the streets of Berlin in the future?!