"4,367 people? How many kilometers did we break through? Gobert, the Third Reich's Minister of Propaganda and Education, who was not a good liar, received the war report from the Ministry of Defense in the early morning of September 2, 1939 -- the "War Report of September 1" issued by the Ministry of Defense, which was the most authoritative battlefield report.

At a press conference on 2 September at 7 a.m., Dr. Goebel will announce to the world the impressive achievements of the Wehrmacht on the first day of the war.

"Army Group North advanced 55 kilometers deep into the Polish Primorsky Province, successively breaking through the Polish army's defense line of the Tuhora Forest and the defense line of the Brasz."

Defense Minister Field Marshal Schleicher yawned and replied: "Army Group South advanced 47 km and 42 km in depth to the Łódź and Lesser Poland provinces, respectively...... This was all as of 7 p.m. yesterday, and by midnight it was estimated that both of our army groups had broken through more than 70 kilometers into the enemy's depth. Poland's Primorsky Army and Krakow Army have now suffered a devastating blow, with so many captured prisoners, killed enemies, and captured so many weapons that it is too late to count, and it may not be until the afternoon to have a specific number. ”

"70 km...... In less than 24 hours, two Polish army groups were also crushed, and only 4,367 people were lost, of which only 914 were killed, which is too untrue! Dr. Goebel looked at Field Marshal Schleicher in embarrassment, "Your Excellency, do you think anyone will believe this report?" ”

Schleicher shrugged and said, "Just believe it, because it's true." The pattern of warfare has completely changed, and now is not the time for trenches and machine guns to reign supreme. Tank clusters can easily achieve breakthroughs, as evidenced by all military exercises over the past few years. Unless the opponent has a mobile anti-tank artillery group, it will not be able to withstand the surprise attack of the tank group. ”

"But, no one else will believe it!" Dr. Goebel shook his head repeatedly, "Propaganda is also war, and the true meaning of propaganda warfare is not to tell the truth or tell lies, but to say what people are most willing to believe and what is most beneficial to us." We now want to convince the Soviet Union, Great Britain and France that Germany has made a major breakthrough, so it would be better for us to be credible in the figures we publish internationally......"

Dr. Goebel is a propaganda expert and understands the importance of propaganda warfare. Now that the war had just begun—and it seemed to Goebel and Hitler behind him that it would take a long time—and Germany had to win the Soviet Union and hold Britain and France in order to achieve final victory, a successful propaganda strategy was necessary.

Before the outbreak of the war, Dr. Goebel had developed a full set of propaganda strategies. These included exposing the atrocities of the Poles against the Germans, glorifying the bravery and fearlessness of the German fighters, and promoting the barbarism and backwardness of the Polish army.

But the bravery of Poland should not be denied, and bravery is the consistent impression that the Poles have given to the peoples of Europe, and there is no need to subvert it. Poland should also not be packaged as a vulnerable adversary...... This is not in line with the facts, and it is easy to give people the impression that Germany is bullying.

Moreover, Germany's over-strength was not conducive to reconciliation with Britain and France after the defeat of Poland - Hitler's government had not yet made up its mind to fight a world war!

"Doctor, what are you talking about?" "They believe it or not," said Schleicher, "and with the current situation, we will win in two weeks, so go ahead and declare it." ”

As he spoke, the triumphant marshal stood up and patted Goebel's thin shoulder, "Alright, the war will soon be won." Now I will go to the official residence of the royal city to report the good news to His Majesty the Emperor. On the Prime Minister's side, I'm sorry for you. ”

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"Betrayal! Stab in the back! Damn the Bolsheviks! We shouldn't have trusted them at all......"

When Dr. Goebel came to Hitler's chancellor's office worriedly, he heard Adolf Hitler before he could enter the door. Hitler shouted loudly inside.

Walking into the Chancellor's office, Dr. Goebel saw Goering, Hess, and Ribbentrop, as well as SS General Röhm. Hitler was angry, waving his fists, and walked around the office, looking a little anxious.

"What's wrong?" Gobert crept up to Ribbentrop and asked him in a low voice.

"Soviet Union!" Ribbentrop's face turned pale, "Stalin broke his promise, and he did not deliver an ultimatum to Poland." Just demand that Poland dissolve the Confederation ......"

"What?" Gobert's heart also chuckled. No one is sure that Germany can single-handedly take on the three great powers of Britain, France, and Poland!

If it were not for the reassurance of the "United Soviet Union" for 20 years, this war would have been "almost impossible".

"Gobert, what information do you have?" Hitler noticed Goebel.

"Leader," Goebel hurriedly saluted, and handed Hitler the latest battle report he had brought with him from the Ministry of Defense. "The report from the headquarters of the Eastern Front came, in yesterday's battle we lost 4367 men, crushed two Polish army groups, and advanced 70 kilometers on both the northern and southern fronts......"

"What? What the? Hitler was also taken aback, but he did not suspect Hersmann and the headquarters of the Eastern Front, "This is very surprising!" The Poles were so unbeaten. ”

Adolph. Hitler, as if calmed down a little, stopped, crossed his arms and pondered for a moment, and then said to Ribbentrop: "Go and tell the Soviets the news and tell them that the German lightning tactics have been amazingly successful." Believe it or not, Poland has already been defeated by us, and if they still want right-bank Ukraine, they should hurry up, otherwise we will have to take more territory. ”

"Yes, my leader." Ribbentrop said.

"Ernst." Hitler called Röhm's name again, and the SS general who had been overthrown by Hersmann was lucky enough to be alive and friendly with Hitler.

"Leader, what do you command?" Rohm asked.

"I remember that there was an airdrop plan in the White Plan to seize Lviv?" Hitler asked.

"Not to seize Lviv, but to seize the Lviv oil fields." "The field is not producing much, but it's better than nothing for us, but the Eastern Front headquarters canceled the plan at the end of August," Rohm said. ”

The current Polish Confederation was originally an oil-producing country, with the Yasvo oil fields and the Krosno oil fields in the Carpathian province, and the Lviv oil fields in the Lviv province of the Free State of Ukraine. Although the production of these three fields is limited, it is always good to get their hands on it.

Therefore, when the "White Plan" was formulated, Hersman made plans for the seizure of the Yasvo, Krosno and Lviv fields. Among them, the task of seizing the Lviv oil fields was intended to be entrusted to the paratroopers of Major General Student and the SS Greater German Infantry Regiment. However, the operation was later canceled because the Air Force and Naval Aviation were too heavy to cover the airdrops. However, because the plan was to use the SS's elite Greater German Infantry Regiment, Hitler knew about it.

"Ernst, you personally go and tell General Hersmann to carry out this airborne operation as soon as possible, with the participation of paratroopers and the Großdeutsche Infantry Regiment." Hitler waved his hand and gave the order, as if he were the Führer of another time and space, "As long as our men appear in Lviv, Stalin will definitely lose his breath!" ”

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Ernst. When Rohm arrived at Stettin, where the Eastern Front headquarters was located, there was a lot of joy inside the Eastern Front. Stalin's treachery did not cast any shadow on the hearts of the officers of the Eastern Front Headquarters. Because 30 hours after the outbreak of the war, the German army has already won a decisive victory.

The vanguard of the 19th Panzer Corps had now arrived on the banks of the Vistula and was seizing a bridge - because the German advance was so rapid that the Polish sappers did not even have time to place the explosives to blow up the bridge!

In addition, the 9th Division of the Polish Primorsky Army Group has abandoned its positions and fled since yesterday evening, and is now being pursued by the German Army and Air Force all the way. And the 27th Division of the Primorsky Army, having lost its artillery regiment again, was blocked by the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 2nd Panzer Army when trying to break through, and suffered extremely heavy losses, and now it almost collapsed.

At the same time, the advance of the three Panzer Corps of Army Group South, the 15th, 16th and 22nd Panzer Corps, was also extremely smooth. The Polish army was completely stunned and could not organize effective resistance at all.

Moreover, the weather on September 2 was still sunny, and it was definitely a good day for the Air Force to go out to bomb. This was undoubtedly great news for the German army, which had mastered Polish airspace.

"Airborne into the Lviv oil field?" Hersmann listened to Ernst. Rohm's paraphrase of Hitler's "order", thought for a moment and said, "The leader is completely superfluous to Britain and France." ”

"The Admiral thinks that Britain and France will not go to war with us?" Ernst. Rohm asked.

"No," Hersman shook his head, "we'll defeat them!" France is vulnerable and will collapse under the attack of our armored clusters, as Poland did. And the British ...... Their huge fleet was in fact outdated, and like the Polish army, the air force and naval aviation would be responsible for defeating them. ”

"General, can the airborne operation be carried out?" Ernst. Röhm did not believe Hersmann's words, Poland is Poland, France is France, and the navy of the British Empire has been dominating for hundreds of years, where is it so easy to deal with? It is better to quickly pull Stalin into the gang.

"Alright," Hersman thought for a moment, then beckoned to Major General Rommel, the deputy chief of staff in the war room, "Erwin, when will Operation Duke be executed?" ”

"Operation Duke" was the code name for the airborne oil fields in Lviv. Rommel thought for a moment and replied: "Everything can be prepared on September 6, and if the weather is good, it will be airborne." ”

Hersman said, "Okay, let's schedule it for September 6th." (To be continued.) )