"Storming Warsaw?" Rundstead, who had received orders from the Supreme Command, was stunned for a moment.

At the last moment of this steady victory, the Führer uncharacteristically issued an order to intervene in the front-line generals. As the commander of Army Group South, Rundstead immediately sensed how seriously Reinhardt was taking this matter.

After passing the order from Reinhardt to Manstein, Rundstead politely asked: "What do you think of the Führer's coercive order?" ”

After all, Manstein was a Führer label, so it was only natural that Rundstead would have a better understanding of Reinhardt's intentions.

"Commander, the Führer's issuance of such a mandatory order must be his reasoning."

After thinking about it, Manstein chose to think about it from a different angle: "Let's not talk about the reason why the Führer did this, I think it is completely possible to look at such a problem from a different angle. ”

"How do you change the angle?" Rundstead was clearly interested.

The victory was decided, and no matter what was done, the Germans were already sure to win. The only difference is how many casualties are incurred and how much time is spent.

Rundstead now just wondered why the Führer, who had always been reluctant to be resigned to the generals, made a special request this time?

To say that the Führer was only to avoid delay, in order to achieve a quick victory, for purely tactical reasons, Rundstead would not have believed it.

Although the Führer does not seem to be very serious, when it comes to specific tactical matters, he has always left it to the generals to judge.

Since the Führer uncharacteristically proposed to intervene, it is estimated that the Führer saw a higher-level problem that some front-line generals did not notice.

But Manstein does not intend to analyze this higher level of the problem for Rundstead at this time.

I saw Manstein solemnly confiding in Rundstead:

"Twenty years ago, when the Empire had just been defeated and surrendered, I didn't think it would be today. Ten years ago, when we managed to pull together an army that was still ready for World War I under the constraints of the League of Nations, I did not think that we would have today. ”

Manstein's eyes flashed with a frenzied light, and he looked seriously into Rundstead's eyes: "But now! With an army of nearly one million, we defeated an enemy that was impossible to defeat twenty years ago, and gradually picked up the glory of the past! ”

Speaking of this, he slammed the wall beside him hard: "Sixteen years ago, when the Führer was just planning Operation Rainbow, I might have laughed at him for not understanding the overall situation, and stupidly ushered in the double hatred and sanctions of Britain and France. Ten years ago, when the Führer openly confronted the League of Nations, I might have thought that he was young and vigorous, and he was burned. ”

"But now look back and think about it, what did the Führer do that we didn't want to do but didn't dare to do?!"

"I never believed in the propaganda, and I didn't pay much attention to the Führer's previous exploits. I only believe what I saw with my own eyes! Since taking over as chancellor, the Führer has single-handedly led Germany to create miracles, none of which can be faked! ”

"In that case, what reason do we have not to carry out this simple order? For us, it's just a viable way to play. But for the Führer, this may represent an important long-term plan! ”

As for Manstein, Rundstead knew something about it as early as the last world war, but the current Manstein seems to be very different from before.

As a member of the staff with a rigorous and meticulous character. The people that Manstein was most unaccustomed to at the beginning were those who were hippie and smiling and immodest people. As his subordinate, whoever looks like this will definitely be severely reprimanded, even as his superior, he will not get a good face from him.

But Reinhardt, the most unorthodox German in history, was adored and respected by Manstein from the bottom of his heart!

Many people believe that Manstein was a Führer who rose to power by serving the Führer.

But Rundstead knew that it was Manstein, a man who had never disdained to be inflammatory, who had always been arrogant, and who was even privately called "Man Buqun" by his colleagues!

As for whether it is appropriate for him to sit in this position, Rundstead believes that he has silenced everyone with a string of outstanding performances since the start of the war.

If such a person can follow Reinhardt with all his heart, why can't he follow the Führer's simple instructions?

Anyway, I have to carry out the order, and instead of doing it reluctantly, it is better to do my best to complete the assigned task beautifully. This is the demeanor of a Prussian general!

With this in mind, Rundstead ordered in a loud voice: "Pass my order to let the Eighth Army, which arrived in advance, encircle the city of Warsaw in a tight encirclement around the ring line. It was then forced to surrender by means of saturation shelling and high-intensity bombardment. ”

"The Tenth Army was ordered to arrive on the outskirts of Warsaw within three days and prepare for the offensive. As soon as the Polish army in the city did not surrender within three days, the Tenth Army immediately attacked on the fourth day and committed all its street fighting detachments. The Polish troops in the city of Warsaw are all remnants of some soldiers with low combat effectiveness, and they just happened to be used for actual combat training by our carefully trained street combat detachments! ”

Looking at the officers gathered in the conference room, Rundstead finally left a classic line to be sung for posterity: "The bell of fate in Poland has been struck, go!" I'm in the center of Warsaw, inspecting the heroic German army! ”

"Yes!" The officers all held their heads high, and from their eyes, Rundstead seemed to recall the group of elite generals he led in the last world war.

At the beginning, we were full of hope and determination, full of passion and courage, as we are now........

Unfortunately, they failed to win in the end, and in the end they only left behind the shame of scars and defeat, and faced a cruel ending.

Rundstead looked at the backs of the officers who were taking orders away, and sighed secretly. This time, under the leadership of the Führer, what kind of outcome will Germany usher in?

Hopefully, it's different from the last time. After all, he hates to lose, even more than he likes to win!

In his eyes, there is an essential difference between the two!

............

At the same time, in eastern Poland.

"Our vanguard is now less than a hundred kilometers from Warsaw. General Timoshenko, you are truly a contemporary general of our Soviets! After Timoshenko finally gathered strength to break through the eastern defense line of the Kaibo army, Khrushchev, who saw that the situation of the battle had improved, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, Comrade Timoshenko's loyalty to the party and his level of leading troops are obvious to all, and after returning home, we will surely report all this truthfully to Comrade Stalin." Yezhov did not hesitate to praise him.

If there was no professional soldier of Timoshenko, the troops would have opened up the situation. The two of them, who had lied to Stalin about the victory a long time ago, would definitely be unlucky.

"Now that the general has defeated the Polish border army, I suggest that the army fight steadily and step by step, so as not to cause accidents." Khrushchev, who was finally relieved, cautiously suggested: "Rather than rushing to take Warsaw, it is better to consolidate the fruits of the existing victory." Warsaw can't take it, and being defeated by a counterattack by the Polish army is really not tolerated. ”

Don't seek merit, but seek no fault!

As a Soviet general, Timoshenko shared this idea. Warsaw is nothing, and it is wise to keep the current gains and move forward steadily.