Hitler asked Rommel to choose his own troops, which was exactly what Rommel wanted, because Rommel had always wanted to have a paratrooper unit, and now he could finally get it.

After Rommel left Hitler's office, he walked and talked with General Catherine, and the Air Force Command was next to the High Command, and Rommel was going to the High Command to find Blunburg to select troops, so he happened to stop by with Catherine.

"General Catherine, you know what? Aircraft factories in France have produced BF109 with a star engine. ”

Claes looked at Rommel in amazement and asked incredulously:

"I said, brother, you're doing a good job in France! Even our fist products have been copied for you, I heard that the French star engine is very powerful! Quickly say how effective is this engine on the BF109? ”

Rommel and Catherine have already worked together several times on the battlefield, and Catherine is absolutely not wrong to call Rommel a brother, and Rommel certainly likes her own brother.

"My brother, the French star engine has an output of 1,800 horsepower, which is a full 500 horsepower more than the BF109F we are using now, which makes the upgrade of the BF109 much easier and more urgent.

My point of view is to extend the fuselage a little first to increase the fuel tank volume, which can increase the range of the BF109 and thus overcome its short legs.

Then it is to equip the BF109 with a 30mm coaxial machine gun, and wear two 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns, such a fierce firepower, there is no other aircraft in the world that can match it!

The last is the development of BF109 external ammunition, since BF109 has such a powerful power, we can mount 500 kg of weapons and ammunition outside the BF109 fuselage.

I mean to carry two 250-kilogram submunitions, and the other is anti-tank rockets, which are still under development, and I estimate that they will be able to equip the troops by the end of this year. ”

"Ahh Is this true? ”

Rommel's words really shocked Catherine, Germany has been developing BF109 for some years, and BF109 has been upgraded several times, but it always fails to achieve the expected effect.

Catherine, of course, knew that it was the German engine, the German aero engine was broken after World War I, and the BF109 These weapons were secretly studied, so Germany was worse than Britain, France and the United States in terms of engines.

If Germany had been given a few years, Germany should have been able to produce more advanced engines, but because Hitler was in a hurry to start a war against the Soviet Union, most of Germany's financial resources were invested in the war, and Germany's investment in various research and development was reduced, including the investment in engine research and development.

Rommel knew, and Catherine certainly knew, that what Catherine didn't expect was that the French star aero engine was so advanced, why no German high-level noticed it when it occupied France!

If Rommel hadn't worked hard to restore the French military-industrial complex, wouldn't such an excellent star aircraft engine be buried.

Rommel did not understand why Catherine was so excited, and he said in confusion:

"Yes! I have already ordered one hundred and twenty of these BF109s from aircraft manufacturers in France, and the quality of any weapon, I think it is better to test it on the battlefield! ”

Catherine suddenly said excitedly:

"Why did you order one hundred and twenty aircraft, this upgraded BF109 should be produced in three shifts, and our Air Force will order as many as it produces, my brother, don't you know that the Air Force suffered heavy losses in the Great Britain section last time?"

That's what happened! Rommel understood Catherine, after all, he was an air force general:

"My brother, this BF109K model has just been developed, what the effect is, and those defects, we need to find them in actual combat, and then modify the defects."

"No, we can't wait, the Führer has already decided to attack ......"

Catherine said here she stopped suddenly, looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that no one was there, she lowered her voice and said to Rommel:

"The Führer is already preparing to attack the USSR."

Rommel similarly lowered his voice and asked:

"Don't we need the help of the Soviet Union to transport millions of tons of rare metal ore? Why is the head of state so anxious, so won't our future sources of rare metal ores be out of stock. ”

"So far, the Soviet Union has shipped 850,000 tons of rare metal ore to Germany, and the Führer has set the time for attacking the Soviet Union in June, and the Soviet Union can help Germany transport another 900,000 tons of rare metal ore.

This 1.75 million tons of rare metal ore was enough for Germany to use for two or three years, so the Führer wanted to launch a surprise attack at an unexpected time for the Soviet Union, and the Führer estimated that it would only take three or four months to take the Soviet Union. ”

After listening to Catherine's words, Rommel really wanted to cry without tears, and he had been trying to change Hitler's plan to attack the Soviet Union, and exchange the captured weapons and equipment for China's rare metal ores.

It was to allow the Führer to postpone the attack on the Soviet Union for the sake of rare metal ores, even if the attack was postponed for a year, Rommel had enough time to get out the weapons developed by Germany in the later period, but now it seems that most of the previous efforts were in vain, and only the money that Rommel invested in various research and development was not in vain.

Rommel couldn't help but stand on the spot, and he asked himself in his heart:

"O my Führer! You just can't wait to attack the USSR, you know? How wrong you are with this decision, you will send the Third Reich to hell, and you will also send yourself to heaven. ”

Catherine saw Rommel standing on the spot, and he hurriedly pulled Rommel with his hand and asked in a low voice:

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh! It's okay. ”

"That's good, you wait and let the aircraft factory in France send the drawings of the star engine and the BF109K to Berlin, with Germany's scientific and technological capabilities, I think this aircraft will be perfected in advance."

"As you wish."

At this time, Rommel and Catherine also walked to the door of the Air Force Headquarters, and after Rommel said goodbye to Catherine, he continued to walk forward, and a few steps further to the High Command.

"General Rommel, are you going to the high command to select troops?"

On the other side of the high command was the SS office, and Rommel had not yet reached the entrance of the headquarters when he was stopped by Himmler, the general leader of the SS.

"Hey! General Rommel, how about coming to me for a cup of coffee first? ”

What kind of person is Himmler, the general leader of the SS, the biggest spy chief, such a person is a hundred times more terrifying than Dai Li, and Rommel the time-traveler will never ignore Himmler like history.

It is recorded in history that all the generals of the Wehrmacht looked down on the SS and rejected the SS from the bottom of their hearts, and of course they also rejected Himmler, the biggest spy chief.

Rommel was poisoned by Hitler's decision, and it was Himmler and his staff chief of staff who falsified the relevant evidence.

Rommel the Traveler deeply understood that when he didn't have enough strength, he still didn't want to offend such a powerful villain, otherwise he would die himself.

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