"Chief of Staff, what's wrong, your face is a little pale, are you too tired, do you want to go and rest."

Rundstedt's words immediately woke Manstein, who blamed Rommel in his heart: "Brother, what are you doing here!" Do you want to rob the Central Bank of Poland, if this matter is known to the Führer, you will not be able to cut off even a few heads. ”

But Manstein, who was Rommel's hardcore brother, must cover it up for his brother:

"Commander-in-chief, Colonel Rommel came to Warsaw on the orders of the Führer, and our Army Group South should provide as much convenience as possible, otherwise it will not be good to cause the Führer to be suspicious of the Commander-in-Chief, so I think it is better to follow the order of the Führer! Colonel Rommel could search anywhere in Warsaw. ”

Manstein persuaded Rundstedt to agree to Rommel taking over the Central Bank of Poland, but Rundstedt still couldn't make up his mind:

"Chief of Staff, what should we do if that kid from Rommel really went to ransack the Central Bank of Poland?"

"Commander-in-chief, this is easy to do! Isn't it clear in the order given to us by the Führer! The Führer's base camp guard can search anywhere in Warsaw, and I think the Central Bank of Poland is also in Warsaw, so it should be the search area of the Führer's base camp, and even if Rommel makes any moves, it has nothing to do with our Army Group South. ”

Rundstedt thought about it, but he was still a little hesitant:

"But ......"

Manstein hurriedly picked up the conversation and said:

"Commander-in-Chief, there is nothing to do, Berlin has countless pairs of eyes fixed on these Polish riches, and if we receive them, if we hand them over to the treasury, we will offend those people, such as the greedy Air Marshal Goering.

If we don't hand over those wealth, we can't explain to the Führer, and the Führer will be held accountable, and the commander-in-chief is afraid that he will be unable to escape the blame, so he thinks that those wealth is a hot potato, and now since there is a stunned young man to take over this dilemma errand, why don't the commander-in-chief push the boat down the river! ”

Manstein's reasoning is not incomprehensible, Rundstedt was really moved by Manstein's words at this time, Rundstedt did not hesitate, immediately picked up the phone on the desk, and ordered the Wehrmacht outside the Polish bank to evacuate.

Manstein immediately left the headquarters and drove straight to the Central Bank of Poland, where he knew that his brother Rommel had many of those greedy people, and after so many years of brothers, Manstein knew Rommel very well as a person.

And the current situation is to make it clear that Rommel wants to loot the Central Bank of Poland, why did Rommel, who has always valued his honor, do this, Manstein wanted to know the reason, so he didn't even bring a guard, and drove to the Central Bank of Poland himself, just to ask Rommel why he did this.

It is said that Rommel deployed most of his troops outside the Central Bank of Poland, and he entered the Central Bank of Poland with only a platoon of guards who were extremely loyal to him, carrying a hydrogen and oxygen flame gun.

The bank was empty, and the bank clerks in Poland had long since run out, and there were papers scattered all over the floor, which showed how hurriedly the bank clerks had fled.

There are no outsiders and there is less trouble to deal with these people, but the disadvantage is to go to the vault of the Central Bank of Poland with your own hands, and it can only be cut with a hydrogen flame gun.

The vaults of banks are generally built underground, and the gates are all-metal, so it is easy to find such a place, and Rommel quickly found the doors of the vaults, and as expected, the doors of the vaults of the Central Bank of Poland were all-steel metal gates.

Without saying a word, Rommel ordered his men to start cutting the all-steel gate of the vault with several hydroxide flame guns he carried, and it would take at least a few hours to cut such a heavy all-steel gate.

Half an hour later, a guard hurried to report:

"Report to Colonel Rommel, there is a lieutenant general named Manstein at the outpost who wants to see you."

When Rommel heard that it was his brother Manstein coming, he was surprised and horrified, and he was surprised to meet his brother here, and the frightened and stubborn Manstein would not prevent him from sacking the vaults of the Central Bank of Poland.

Regardless of the purpose of Manstein's arrival, Rommel had to go to his brother Manstein, and tell Manstein honestly about his desire to use the money to form a veterans' fund and support German weapons development, and Rommel believed that Manstein should be able to make sense of himself.

When Rommel learned that Manstein was coming, he hurriedly walked out of the bank building to meet Manstein, and after a while, Manstein drove in a small car to the front of the bank building.

When Rommel saw that Manstein had actually come in his own car, he felt that he had not befriended Manstein's brother in vain, which showed that Manstein did not want more people to know that he had led people to loot the central bank of Poland.

"Brother Manstein, why are you here? Are you not the chief of staff of Army Group South? ”

Manstein, who got out of the car, was pale, although he said good things for Rommel in front of Rundstedt, but if his brother really wanted to ransack the Central Bank of Poland and could not give him a reasonable explanation, then Manstein would never have Rommel as a brother, because Manstein did not want to be a brother with a greedy man.

The pale-faced Manstein looked at Rommel and said without a smile:

"Rommel, why did I personally drive to the Central Bank of Poland, don't you understand? Do you still want to pretend to be confused? Rommel you owe me an explanation. ”

After Manstein finished speaking, he stared at Rommel with an angry face, and after Rommel listened to Manstein's words, the stone in his heart fell, since his brother Manstein knew everything, then Rommel had no need to hide anything, and directly told Manstein about his plan.

There were also forty large trucks with a load of five tons in the center of Poland and outside the gates, and the German soldiers driving were there, and Rommel, of course, could not explain to Manstein in front of the public, he could only take a few steps forward and whispered:

"My brother, you have come just in time, I have a matter for you to discuss with you concerning the future of Germany, please take a step to speak."

Manstein looked at Rommel with great sincerity, and continued to nod with a blushing face:

"You'd better give me a reasonable explanation, or you won't even have to do it."

The two of them walked into the bank building together, and found a random office, which was a bit messy, the floor was full of scattered confetti, and even some ashes left behind by the burning of documents, neither of them cared about this, Manstein was silent, he was waiting for Rommel to give him a reasonable explanation......