Chapter 32 The Great Depth Strategy

In the military prison, Montgomery, De Gaulle, and Tukhachevsky coincidentally lived in the same room, and De Gaulle was quietly reading a book, while Montgomery and Tukhachevsky were discussing army tactics.

Tukhachevsky, who was only about 24 years old at the youngest, said in French: "The artillery theory I learned in school is mainly to attack enemy infantry positions and suppress enemy artillery. You are quite right, modern warfare already includes a communication system, and the infantry in the front directly directs the rear artillery through telephone and radio to strike at the enemy's fortified points, and this method is indeed much more efficient. ”

Montgomery analyzed: "Your Russian command system is too rigid, and you have more people than the German army in each battle, but the result of the war is all the defeat of the Russian army, and the German army has won a complete victory." ”

Tukhachevsky sighed, shook his head in disappointment, and said: "Russia has perished, my motherland is now in a state of fragmentation, but unfortunately I can't go back to serve my motherland." ”

Outside the prison cell, Hitler strode in and said with a smile: "If you want to go back to Russia, I'll help you go back." ”

"Oh?" Tukhachevsky looked at the uninvited guest: "You help me go back to Russia?" ”

"I can try it, you are just ordinary lower-level officers, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Hitler smiled at Tukhachevsky in a friendly way, knowing that the prison could not hold them, and the historical Tukhachevsky and De Gaulle eventually escaped from prison.

"You are?" Tukhachevsky's tone was full of doubt.

Montgomery explains: "Adolf Hitler, Blue Max Medalist, combat hero, German captain and German lieutenant. ”

Hitler laughed: "I've already retired, so I'm not a captain anymore." ”

"Oh, that's right." Montgomery went on to introduce Hitler: "Tukhachevsky, lieutenant, a native of Smolensk, Russia, was a very studious soldier. This is Charles de Gaulle, a company commander from Lille, France, who was captured after fainting after being gassed. Haha, all four of us can represent a country, Britain, France, Germany and Russia are all together. ”

Hitler shook hands with the two separately, but De Gaulle did not seem to be in a high mood, just shook hands and said nothing.

Regarding de Gaulle's coldness, Montgomery explained: "There are always a few days a month for a man, don't mind, that's how he came in those days." ”

De Gaulle glared at him: "Nonsense, I'm angry that this garbage bitch in the United States raised me." ”

"The United States?" Hitler questioned in French.

De Gaulle jumped out of bed, paced in his cell, and said to himself like a psychopath: "Europe is the Europe of Europeans, and it is already an unforgivable sin for the Entente to buy equipment from the Yankees, and now that the United States has entered the war and let the Yankees set foot in Europe, will the Yankees have to intervene in European affairs in the future, and in the long run, the United States will inevitably control the ...... of the entire Europe."

"I agree with you." Hitler said: "The United States has become a creditor country of Britain and France, and even if the Allies win the world war, the whole of Europe will look at the face of the United States." ”

"Yes!" De Gaulle said hysterically: "And the Yankees' behavior is shameful, and when our Entente and the Allies fight to the death, he will go ashore to pick peaches, and take the opportunity to enter the war in order to seize national interests, these shameful bastards!" ”

"This is also no way for the Entente, Germany can not hold on, how can Britain and France hold on, I heard that during the Battle of Verdun, the French commander-in-chief Nivel launched a suicide attack, which was repelled by the German Hindenburg and Ludendorff, more than 120,000 casualties, the soldiers who lost their morale retreated like a tide, at that time the entire army refused to go to the front, and a million soldiers on the front line almost mutinied, but fortunately, the French replaced Nivel with Petain in time, and the mutiny was quelled, otherwise during Verdun, Your French army has long since collapsed. ”

"Even if the situation collapses and Paris falls, we can move to England and the mountains of southern France to continue the fight against Germany." De Gaulle said that De Gaulle at this time had the idea of establishing Free France during World War II.

Hitler and de Gaulle discussed international politics for a long time, while Montgomery and Tukhachevsky also discussed infantry strategy and tactics, and Hitler occasionally chatted with them.

Hitler wrote and drew on white paper with a pencil: "Artillery strike refers to the artillery striking at the same target and position of the enemy at the same time, so that the artillery covers the area where our troops are attacking, and destroys all the enemies in this area." The first round of artillery strikes is often the most lethal, so we must pay attention to the first round of artillery fire, calculate the time for artillery from all directions to reach the enemy's position, and grasp the time difference, so that they can strike at the enemy's important areas at the same time and in the same place. ”

Tukhachevsky also had a unique view on infantry strategy and tactics: "It is necessary to build a strong reserve with high mobility ability, with which it can play a great role in repairing the loopholes in the battlefield to reinforce the front line, or breaking through and pursuing." ”

Hitler thought about it and had to admire Tukhachevsky, who is only 24 years old now, a small lieutenant company and platoon commander, who has a unique tactical vision and genius-like thinking ability.

Isn't what Tukhachevsky said the prototype of the theory of large-depth warfare that he established in the future, and the artillery support infantry assault tactics mentioned by Hitler were precisely restrained by the large-scale reserves in the theory of great depth.

Tactics in war, mutual restraint.

Several people chatted very well, and the time flickered into the evening, and Hitler had no intention of leaving.

Hitler climbed into the top bunk bed: "I'll spend the night on it." ”

"Well...... We're all going to rest, aren't you going home? I haven't heard of anyone who would live in prison on their own initiative. Tukhachevsky said with a red face, Tukhachevsky's lips were already unusually bright, and this red face was even more eye-catching.

Tukhachevsky was evicted from the order.

But Hitler refused to leave, patted the dust on the bed, took off his clothes and lay down: "You are my friends, and it is a pleasure to be with them." ”

"Friends?" Tukhachevsky was stunned to hear that Hitler treated them as friends.

Montgomery rolled his eyes: "Friend, my friend gave me stinky socks?" ”

Hitler laughed: "You really hold a grudge, you can't forget it after so long." ”

Montgomery said, "This friend of yours dragged me to a German prison, and if you hadn't been taken captive, I don't know where I would have been on vacation now." ”

Several people were talking and preparing to fall asleep, only de Gaulle was a lover of books, and he turned on the light to read.

"Reading at night is not good for your eyes." Hitler got up from the bed and said to de Gaulle, ready to go to the toilet, but when he walked to a stone slab, he felt a different "foot feeling", this stone slab was very loose, and it felt like it was empty underneath!

What's going on?

"Don't move!" Tukhachevsky, Montgomery, and De Gaulle all rolled out of bed and told Hitler not to move.

"Here's ...... What's going on? "Hitler was motionless, his body facing them.

"This ......" Tukhachevsky was speechless, sweat on his forehead.

Montgomery said, "This slab is broken, and we'll get the warden to fix it another day." ”

Hitler's head turned sharply: "Then you are so nervous? ”

Montgomery smiled, "We're afraid you'll fall, so we're here to help you." ”

"Nonsense!" Hitler accentuated: "Are you trying to escape from prison?" ”

The three people on the other side were speechless.

Hitler suddenly laughed heartily: "Don't you just want to go back to your homeland?" I said that I will help you escape back to the motherland, believe me, you will be able to return to the motherland in no more than half a month. ”

"Would you like to help us?" De Gaulle couldn't believe it.

"I treat you as friends." Hitler looked at them sincerely.

"Good friends?"

"Yes, each and every one of you is brilliant and worthy of my friend."

"Good! We're friends! Tukhachevsky stretched out his palm to Hitler, and the two shook it firmly.

Hitler opened the slate in the ground, and under the slab was a hole in the slab, and six meters inside the hole was a drainage pipe made of steel. The diameter of the pipe is not wide, but it is just enough to accommodate an adult.

"We haven't been able to find the tools to break the pipe, otherwise we would have been able to run a long time ago." Tukhachevsky said.

"We planned to wait for the thunder and rain to break the bed, and then use the steel pipe on the bed to break the pipe and escape along the sewer rush." ”

"You're really ......," Hitler smirked, "that's amazing." ”

PS: Historically, De Gaulle and Tukhachevsky were indeed captured on the battlefield, and later both escaped from prison and returned to their homeland.