June 13, 1917. On Wednesday, the weather was fine.

Walter von Brauchitsch resigned from his post as commander of the 3rd Panzer Brigade of the German Empire and was transferred back to Berlin as Chief of the 1st Division of the Ministry of Military Economy. Brauchitsch's letter of transfer did not provide any explanation for the fact that such divisional units with no clear functions under the department had to be assigned to the needs of the department's general office, although he trusted Admiral Erik Adrian. He also heard about his old superior's promotion to general, and when he heard the news, he also laughed out loud, and then informed the entire 3rd Armored Brigade of the news, and everyone was overjoyed.

Brauchitsch was sitting at the residence of Erik Adrian, and instead of going to the Prince's palace at the first time, they hurried back to Berlin overnight, arriving here early in the morning. He had to figure out what the actual task of this transfer was, after all, the transfer was not made public, but was transmitted through a single line of paper documents, without going through telegrams.

After washing, Adrian only said a brief goodbye to Sheena, picked up a croissant and took Brauchitsch to the car, which was his breakfast for the day. By the time the war had been fought, food had become the most scarce commodity, and the situation would have been even worse if it had not been for the exchange of weapons for some food from the divided Tsarist Russia.

"How is the Panzer Division doing now?" Adrian said casually, without the general's frame at all, and then took a big bite of the bread, and the speed was frighteningly fast.

"Ah, the Panzer Division is now under the direct command of Field Marshal Hindenburg, and Ludendorff also needs the approval of the General Staff if he wants to be deployed, don't worry." Brauchitsch thought that Adrian was afraid of Ludendorff's revenge, so he replied.

"No, I'm asking about the current staffing situation, have all the previous vacancies been filled?" Adrian asked again with a wry smile.

"It's full, and the entire top brass of the empire attaches great importance to the situation of armored brigades, especially after the appearance of British 'tanks', they are more concerned about armored brigades, and they will not send armored brigades unless they are in special circumstances." Brauchitsch made a general statement.

"Who is the commander of the 3rd Armored Brigade now?" Adrian asked curiously.

"It's Erwin Rommel, now also a colonel, who has done several missions well, but he also makes mistakes a lot, but fortunately Commander Rundstedt... Oh, it's the major general who takes good care of him. "After all, he is not a member of the armored division now, it is better to call him by rank, although the relationship between everyone is very close, but after all, there are still outsiders, and what should be paid attention to still needs to be paid attention to.

Adrian didn't think it was strange at all, Erwin Rommel was a famous general who didn't need to be repeated at all, even the enemy needed a respected general, give him a platform for development and enough attention, and he could grow up at a faster pace. In fact, he had heard Erwin Rommel mentioned in the office a few times in the big rear. In Berlin, where the streets are full of major generals and division commanders are crawling everywhere, it would be good for a colonel and brigade commander to be mentioned.

"How about British tanks? Have you fought each other and found a way to deal with it? Adrian asked curiously, after all, he didn't have regular contact with this aspect, and he had been busy getting acquainted with his current position.

"As long as it is not a large-scale attack with tanks, it will generally be repulsed, and large-scale attacks are also on our armored divisions, but there is no good restraint method, so they don't take advantage." Brauchitsch replied truthfully.

"Uh-huh, well, that's good. This time you come back to summarize the data submitted by your armored division, and we also need to have our own tanks, but they must be better than theirs. Adrian said something about the task he was responsible for. Brauchitsch's expression was also clear after hearing this, this is the style of Admiral Eric Adrian, who never does useless work.

Adrian's decision to put Brauchitsch in charge of this matter was deliberate, first of all, in civilian work, Brauchitsch had more experience than the officers of other armoured divisions. Secondly, the 3rd Armored Brigade also participated in several actual battles and also had experience in destroying British tanks. The reason why only Brauchitsch was found alone was also because he did not want to lose too much combat effectiveness of the front-line armored division, compared to other commanders of the same level, Brauchitsch's immediate command ability was the most mediocre, but it was also much stronger than the average person, which was the advantage of the pioneer. In the face of the British tank group charge, the then commander of the 1st Panzer Division, Rundstedt, launched a counter-charge without the approval of the General Staff. In the face of more than 500 tin chariots, Rundstedt had his accompanying armourers bring bazookas, which were originally used to destroy pillboxes and firing points, which played a key role in dealing with tanks. After a few ineffective hits, the weak point of the British tin chariot was to weld the door, destroy it with a bazooka, and then throw grenades or strafe it. The counter-charge suffered heavy casualties and required a charge under the shelling of British tanks, but it also managed to break up the Anglo-French attack. Adrian also heard about this battle in the rear, and the tactical awareness of the famous generals in the winning streak was to be more sharp. The General Staff, which had a new impression of the combat effectiveness of the armored division, took better care of the armored division in the allocation of resources to ensure that its combat effectiveness was not lost, and became a golden signboard on the Western Front. However, Adrian, who was in the rear, knew that the British would definitely not continue to follow the old path after suffering several losses in a row, and the British, who were good at summing up lessons and lessons in the war, would definitely make improvements on the original basis and make targeted improvements. The next time it encounters, the armored division will definitely not take advantage. So he had to hurry up and race against Britain to see who could get the tanks into battle before the next campaign was launched.