Chancellery, Berlin, Germany:

Hitler, Minister of War Blenburg, and Defense Minister Brauchitsch were having heated discussions in the war room, and Hitler, as Führer, was gushing his speech:

"In view of the current strategic situation, after the completion of the encirclement of the British and French forces, we must stop the offensive, we must use these encircled armies as bargaining chips, so that Britain and France accept peace talks, the red Soviet Union is our main enemy of Germany, we can't waste too much time and lose too many troops in France."

War Minister Blunberg was a die-hard supporter of Hitler, and he would not oppose Hitler's decision, but Defense Minister Brauchitsch was different, he was a representative figure in the traditional German aristocratic officer corps, and 80 percent of the strength of the German Wehrmacht was in the hands of the aristocratic officer corps.

Before the First World War, only nobles could go to military schools, and civilians could not go to military schools, and the German Wehrmacht had been in the hands of the traditional aristocracy since World War I.

Hitler came to power through elections, he did not launch the Great Purge, so the Wehrmacht is still firmly in the hands of the traditional aristocracy, which is why Hitler installed people loyal to him in the Wehrmacht, and Rommel, the man who went out from the Führer, was one of them.

Brauchitsch had a traditional aristocratic officer corps as a backer, and he certainly would not listen to Hitler's arrangements for everything, so Brauchitsch began to speak out:

"My Führer, I don't agree to let the troops stop attacking, we have now surrounded more than 80 divisions of the British and French forces, in order to prevent so many enemies from escaping, we should not stop the pace of attack now, but should continue to attack with all our strength, and strive to annihilate all these enemies in the shortest possible time, so as not to have too many nights and dreams."

Hitler waved his hands and began to give his speech, and it has to be said that Hitler was extremely talented in speeches:

"Marshal Brauchitsch, don't forget, our soldiers have been fighting for many days in a row, they are extremely tired at this time, what they need now is not to attack, but to repair, only in this way can they be confident that the encircled enemy will be annihilated."

After saying a "quibble" in his heart, Brauchitsch said to Hitler noncommittally:

"My Führer, high morale has little to do with repair, as long as we can continue to achieve victories, even if the soldiers are tired, they will also have high morale."

Truth be told, Hitler was angry. This Brauchitsch is really too uninteresting, and he actually contradicts it again and again, Hitler has secretly planned in his heart how to get Brauchitsch down, and it is unrealistic to remove Brauchitsch as Minister of Defense for no reason, there must be enough reasons, and the Gestapo Heydrich should have a way.

Hitler persecuted and retorted:

"Isn't it good to use so many hostages to force Anglo-French peace talks? Our soldiers can shed a lot less blood. ”

"My Führer, Britain will not negotiate peace, in order to maintain their position as world leaders, they will definitely not negotiate peace with Germany, because they cannot tolerate a united, powerful Europe to challenge their world hegemony, this is an irreconcilable contradiction, the Führer's desire for peace talks is just wishful thinking, doomed to no result, but will lose fighters because of this, so that the British and French forces can have time to retreat from the sea."

Hitler was speechless, and his die-hard supporter Brünberg immediately jumped out to help Hitler and said:

"Brauchitsch, is there anyone like you who speaks like the great Führer? It really disgraced the German aristocracy. I think that the order of the great Führer to stop the offensive was not wrong, and it was a very correct and wise decision. ”

The War Department is a department specially created by Hitler, which is a product of Hitler's order to control the Wehrmacht, and its rank is higher than that of the Ministry of Defense.

So the relationship between Brauchitsch and Blungburg can be imagined, it is incompatible, Brauchitsch thinks that Brushig is a little man who sucks his beard, and Blunsch thinks that Brauchitsch is a fool who does not know the times, and the two people are not used to each other.

Brauchitsch looked at Blunburg contemptuously and said:

"What a wise decision, you have to give some real reason."

This Brauchitsch is too ignorant of current affairs, and questioning the wisdom of the Führer in front of the Führer is looking for death! Blunburg secretly rejoiced in his heart, and then he said:

"Brauchitsch, do you know what the situation is on the front line now, tell you! Not only are the soldiers on the front line extremely tired, but they also have very little ammunition left, don't you, as the Minister of Defense, know how much ammunition you have left in the hands of the soldiers on the front line?

Let's tell you the truth! There is not much ammunition left on the front line, at most to maintain a medium-sized battle, and even if we want to attack, we must transport the ammunition to it! As for how many days it will take to stop the offensive and wait for supplies, let the great Führer decide! ”

Blunburg said that the supply of ammunition on the front line, as the Minister of Defense, Brauchitsch must know something, but he didn't think that it would be serious, if this is the case, then we must stop and wait for supplies, otherwise it will be the end of victory and defeat.

Brauchitsch did not dare to insist on his opinion, he hurriedly said goodbye to Hitler and hurried back to the Ministry of Defense to inquire about the situation of ammunition at the front.

As soon as Brauchitsch was gone, Marshal Blunburg smiled and said to Hitler:

"Great Führer, how many days do you think it would take to stop the offensive and wait for supplies?"

"Forty-eight hours! If the British do not agree to negotiate peace with us, they will immediately launch a full-scale attack...... Oh! Didn't Rommel take the Arras airfield! Let Catherine send an aviation division to Rommel to command, monitor the surrounded Anglo-French forces nearby, and at the same time authorize Rommel to make a decision if there is any change in the Anglo-French forces. ”

"The great Führer, how wise it is."

"Didn't Goering say that it was up to their air force to annihilate the hundreds of thousands of enemies in the encirclement? Tell him, I'm giving him such a chance now, let him be bold and do it! ”

In fact, Hitler's order to stop the offensive for two days is not completely unreasonable, Hitler's thoughts are probably like this:

First, he was afraid that the consumption of armored forces would be too great, which would not be conducive to the fighting of the second phase of the French campaign.

Second, the Dunkirk region is a water network area, which is not conducive to armored warfare.

Third, Goering's rhetoric, which he had always sworn in front of Hitler that he could annihilate hundreds of thousands of Anglo-French troops with the air force alone, and Hitler believed Goering's words.

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