Chapter 408: Rommel is ordained
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The room in the Führer's Mansion was full of smoke, and several high-ranking officers had bloodshot eyes.
Ciric, step by step, has come to the present, and every step is like walking a tightrope, especially now, Ciric actually took the initiative to provoke the British Navy, trying to completely destroy the British Navy fleet with a surprise attack.
Can this operation be successful?
Brauchitsch was undoubtedly the one who was most worried, and his heart was constantly fluttering as he paced back and forth in the room since the plan for the Gulf of Peace had been issued.
Just after dawn outside, the first news finally came belatedly.
The JU-290 bomber of the Air Force, which coped with the task brilliantly! Successfully blew up nine large warships, including the Ark Royal!
The arrival of this news, in an instant, made Brauchitsch, who had just sat in the chair, stand up again: "Success? ”
"Yes, the British were defenseless, and now our Junkers-88 bombers are carrying out follow-up bombing."
It's all good news!
Did it really work?
Due to the fact that the front was in the middle of the battle, there was a delay in the delivery of the news, but even so, the news that kept coming made them extremely excited.
The Hood, the Royal Oak, and the large warships were sunk.
When the Navy's carrier-based aircraft were dispatched, it was basically confirmed that the British Navy in Scarpa Bay Naval Base no longer existed.
"Well done." Brauchitsch's mouth finally spat out these words.
I have to say that this plan, which was really too thorough, successfully hit the soft underbelly of the British fleet, and after this attack, within a few years, there was no need to worry about the sea power in the North Sea.
"Where's the Führer Ciric?" Brauchitsch looked at the empty seat and asked.
After giving the order, Ciric went to sleep, and told the people below not to disturb his rest with anything other than the news of the victory.
Now, having succeeded, it's time to tell the good news to Führer Ciric!
It's already past 10 o'clock in the morning, and the head of state, who has always had a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early, should have come a long time ago.
"The Führer is receiving General Rommel." A deputy said to him.
The Führer had gotten up a long time ago, but, having gotten up, the Führer did not come here to wait for the results of the bombing, but went to meet an army officer.
Erwin Rommel was born on 15 November 1891 in Heidenheim, the capital of Württemberg, and joined the army in July 1910.
During World War I, he went to France with his army, and later fought the Romanians and Italians on the Eastern Front. He was awarded the Order of the Blue Max by the Kaiser.
After the end of World War I, he remained in the 100,000 army and served as an infantry battalion commander and an instructor at the Army Academy. Last year, Rommel was promoted to major general by Ciric and became the commander of the Führer's base camp.
Rommel, in World War II, is famous, he eventually became a field marshal, and is also a famous military strategist, tactician, and theorist in the world's military history, nicknamed "Desert Fox, Imperial Eagle", and Manstein and Guderian, who were called the three famous German generals during World War II.
Guderian was the first to be discovered by Ciric, and Manstein, who has recently been valued by Ciric, presided over the battle plan against France, and as for Rommel, he is about to usher in the peak moment of his life!
At this time, in another office, Rommel was looking at Ciric with expectant eyes.
"Rommel, you have always asked for a transfer to the commander of the combat unit, and after careful consideration, I have decided to appoint you as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division." Ciric said to Rommel.
Hearing this, Rommel was extremely excited, he stood up and saluted Ciric: "I will definitely not disappoint the Führer's high expectations and build the 7th Panzer Division into our devil's division." ”
Staying in the base camp, although it was a fat poor, it was not what Rommel wanted, as a soldier, he very much wanted to go to the front line to fight on the battlefield, which was his fate.
And now, he finally got the opportunity to command an armored division!
The 7th Panzer Division of the Army was formed at the end of last year, although it is not as large as the Panzer Division of the Waffen-SS, but the German Panzer Division of this era can already take out any one and single out a group army.
Commanding an armored division is the hope of many soldiers.
"Rommel, there's a short time left for you." "In a short period of time, you need to build the 7th Panzer Division into an armored division that is adapted to combat in the tropical desert area," Shirek said. ”
Hearing this, Rommel was stunned for a moment, fighting in the tropical desert?
"Führer, with all due respect, isn't our most urgent goal now to bring down our old enemy, France?" Rommel was strange that, as a veteran of the First World War, he wanted to take out France.
Ciric nodded: "Yes, our goal is to take out our old enemy France, but, General Rommel, as a senior commander, we must take a long-term view, we must not only consider how we should act, but also how the enemy will act." ”
At first, Rommel was still confused, but then, he reacted.
"Yes, Your Excellency, you have learned the right lesson, we have to consider how the enemy acts, our air raid this time, the British naval fleet has lost most of it, and they will definitely retaliate against us."
Before coming in, Rommel had received the first report of the Junkers 290 bomber, and he knew that this bold plan of action would be a complete success.
So, what retaliatory action will the Annoyed British do?
If it was blood for blood and tooth for tooth, the British should send a large number of bombers to bomb the German fleet, but unfortunately, the British did not have that ability.
Britain's aviation technology is already lagging behind Germany, and Germany's BF109 fighter is able to crush British aircraft, not to mention the FW190 developed later.
And the British, at present, only the Spitfire fighters still have the ability to confront the German fighters, but unfortunately, the range of the Spitfire is insufficient, and it is simply not able to provide enough escort for their bombers.
Without fighter escort, British bombers would have bombed the German fleet, which was a one-sided death-defying operation.
At the same time, the German fleet, which would not stay in the harbor, was in the North Sea, and it was impossible for Britain to achieve the same record as its own bombing of Scarpa Bay.
So, what will the British do? Picking up soft persimmons and pinching them is certain, and Germany, having a base, is quite important, but Germany does not have much ability to protect.
That's the Libyan base!