After the Kaiser left the palace, the rest of the people began to talk, these people Hitler knew only the crown prince, Wilhelm Crown Prince Victor, who had awarded Hitler the Grand Iron Cross at the Battle of Verdun last year.

Victor enthusiastically introduced the characters in the palace to Hitler, including Prince Maximilian, German Chancellor Holwig, and the rest of the foreign ministers, chancellors of the exchequer, etc., but two of them in the palace caught Hitler's attention, that is, the German god of war Hindenburg and Ludendorff. A few years ago, Hindenburg and Ludendorff joined forces perfectly, in the Battle of Tannenberg, with less than 150,000 troops of ten divisions of the Eighth Army, at the cost of 20,000 people, annihilated 280,000 Russian troops, and fought a magnificent war of annihilation, and then in a series of battles such as the Battle of Lake Masuri and the Battle of Rus, they defeated more than 70 divisions of nearly 2 million Russian troops, and the Russian army suffered more than 1.7 million casualties, expelling the Russians from East Prussia and Poland. As a result, Ludendorff and Hindenburg have become idols in the hearts of the German people, and the status of the two is now in the ascendant, Ludendorff's position is the First Quartermaster General (Deputy Chief of the General Staff), and Hindenburg is the Chief of the General Staff.

As for the former chief of the General Staff, Falkingham (von Falkenhein), because of the defeat at the Battle of Verdun and Romania's entry into the war, he was dismissed by the Kaiser in a fit of rage and sent to Romania to command the Ninth Army to attack Romania together with Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.

Ludendorff and Hindenburg were chatting in the palace, and Hitler was not easy to disturb, but the crown prince introduced Hitler to Prince Maximilian, who was the cousin of the Kaiser, and the two grew up together from childhood to adulthood, and the relationship was excellent, and the Kaiser trusted him so much that he even put the garrison of Brandenburg, near Berlin, in charge of him.

Hitler naturally did not dare to offend this powerful figure, and has been accompanying Prince Maximilian to talk about military affairs, although Prince Maximilian has studied in military school, but he has never been to the battlefield, and he himself is very yearning for war life, but he is a "rake ear", never dare to disobey his wife's orders, his wife is afraid that he will die on the battlefield, so he is never allowed to go to the front.

As a result, Prince Maximilian had great respect for Hitler and others who had rushed out of the sea of blood, and he had great respect and enthusiasm for Hitler.

Hitler felt that Prince Maximilian was not a good person, and he always greeted him with a smile, thinking that this prince was not bad, so he laid out many things in the front-line army for the prince, and Maximilian's eyebrows danced when he heard it.

The two chatted and talked about the trench warfare on the front line, Maximilian said anxiously: "The front-line trench war has huge casualties, and the requirements for resources and logistics are also quite strong, our Germany does not have a huge colony like Britain and France, raw materials are very scarce, and we Germany can't afford to fight a protracted trench war, how can we quickly defeat the Entente?" ”

"Well......," Hitler thought for a moment and said, "I know that there is a tactic called the infiltration tactic, which is very suitable for trench warfare on the Western Front. ”

"Oh?" Maximilian had never heard the phrase at all: "Infiltration attack? ”

"Yes, infiltrate and attack, penetrate into the enemy's line of defense like water and fire, and the enemy cannot be defended." Hitler once again explained the infiltration tactics to Maximilian: "The infiltration tactics refer to the suppression of the enemy through short and fierce artillery fire, our elite assault troops in the artillery fire of Xu Jin, attack the enemy's weak points, and then advance to destroy the enemy's artillery units and headquarters, we can successfully cross the no-man's land, attack the enemy's trenches, and kill the enemy's rear through infiltration tactics." ”

After digesting the knowledge that Hitler had said in his mind, Maximilian waved his palms in the air: "Really good tactics, good tactics!" I immediately reported to the emperor that he should organize the army and break the enemy's defenses. ”

After Maximilian finished speaking, he was about to leave, but suddenly a pair of strong hands grabbed his shoulders, and Hitler opposite Prince Maximilian looked at it, and the person who grabbed Maximilian's shoulders had the rank of general on his shoulder, and his eyes were as sharp as eagles, and this person was Ludendorff!

Next to Ludendorff, German Field Marshal and current Chief of the General Staff Hindenburg!

The two of them came to Hitler's side at some point.

Ludendorff's sharp eyes stared at Hitler: "I heard you talking about infiltration tactics just now, I happen to be a little interested in infiltration tactics, I want to ask you, a front is so wide, it is impossible for shells to destroy all the soldiers on a front, and the enemy cannot all die, so the infiltrated assault infantry will still suffer from strong resistance in the pillbox trenches, what should I do in this situation?" ”

Hitler pondered for a moment and understood Ludendorff's problem, which was that it was impossible for artillery to destroy all the defensive forces on the enemy's position, and that on a front, as long as there were defensive forces, no matter how large or small, the assault soldiers would still be hit hard.

Hitler first saluted Ludendorff and Hindenburg, and then replied: "My idea is to divide into several assault groups, each of which attacks a different enemy position, and some of them are not elite, but only feint in other areas, so as to contain the enemy's defense." The members of the real assault team are all elite soldiers, at least two sharpshooters, a machine gun, a flamethrower, a 37mm infantry gun, a grenade launcher, and two communicators, one of whom contacts the air force to strike if necessary, and the other communicator contacts the rear artillery to carry out artillery fire strikes on the enemy's insurmountable fire points in front. There were also the remaining members, who had to be armed with a Berkman MP-18 submachine gun, to form a fire suppression. In this way, an assault group has formed a complete and powerful infantry firepower system, the enemy position is like a thin piece of paper, and our assault group is a sharp pair of scissors, easily piercing through the enemy position! ”

Listening to Hitler's words, even Hindenburg on the side applauded: "Very well said, it is worth awarding you the Order of Blue Max, these tactics ordinary people can't think of at all." ”

Ludendorff also smiled and said: "Our thoughts are the same, I tried this tactic when I fought with the Russian army on the Eastern Front before, and the actual combat proved that this tactic was effective, heh, you can actually think of it, Hitler, you are really a genius of war, maybe in the near future, my emperor will really be a marshal for you." ”

Ludendorff's praise made Hitler's face red with embarrassment, he was a class man with an axe, the historical infiltration tactics were Ludendorff's theory during World War I, and later in September 1917, Ludendorff's cousin Huthier used it for the first time in the Battle of Riga, using 60,000 people to fight 160,000 Russian troops, and exchanging the loss of 4,000 people for the loss of 25,000 Russian troops, severely damaging the Russian army, and in the same month, Huthier was awarded the Blue Max Medal.

Of course, they were not the only ones who could think of similar tactical principles, many middle and lower-ranking officers were thinking about similar tactics, such as Lieutenant Erwin Rommel of the 124th Infantry Regiment at the time.