Chapter 106: Blitzkrieg

Rommel is now very busy in France, and he is now doing two things, the first is to train and arm the Seventh Panzer Corps, and the second is to write books in his spare time.

The name of Rommel's book is "Blitzkrieg", and the theory of blitzkrieg is a set of tactical guiding ideologies formed by Manstein, Guderian, Rommel and others.

Up to now, however, a specific and comprehensive theoretical system had not yet been formed, and Rommel perfected the theory of blitzkrieg in the light of his own battlefield practice.

In this book, Blitzkrieg, Rommel systematically expounds on the changes in the use of blitzkrieg against different countries.

For example, how to deal with a country with a small country and a small number of people, how to use blitzkrieg methods, Germany has already had actual combat examples, and Germany's attack on Norway and Denmark is a good example.

In countries with large land areas and large soldiers, the blitzkrieg used is different. Rommel also made a special mention of the doctrine of defense in great depth, which is the nemesis strategy and tactics of blitzkrieg.

There is no example of such a country, and about this article, Rommel wrote specifically to Hitler and the German high-level, which is clearly aimed at the Soviet Union.

Both Hitler and Germany's top brass believed that the Soviet Union was vulnerable, and as long as the Soviet Union used a large-depth defense, Germany would definitely fall into the quagmire of war, and Hitler would dare to attack the Soviet Union without any scruples?

If Germany was not as short of oil and all kinds of rare metals as it was in history, Hitler would have to think twice about attacking the Soviet Union, and this was the ultimate goal of Rommel's theory of defense in depth.

Rommel also borrowed from the tactics of the ancient Qin state in ancient China - long-distance and close attack, and in order to cooperate with this strategy of long-distance and close attack, Rommel also creatively put forward the importance of strategic air force.

Regarding this national policy, Rommel also wanted to remind Hitler that the United States must pay enough attention to it.

Make friends with the United States as much as possible, and even if you can't, delay the pace of the United States' entry into the war as much as possible.

Rommel had a great deal of material in his hands that he could use to write, and if Rommel was close to anything, he could send a telegram to his two brothers, Manstein and Guderian.

So Rommel wrote the book "Blitzkrieg" very smoothly, the first version of the draft paper was completed in a month, and then Rommel gave the draft of "Blitzkrieg" to his adjutant Wald for proofreading.

Rommel's "Blitzkrieg" has a total of more than 500,000 words, and it is certainly impossible for Rommel to write more than 500,000 words in a month.

He used about 100,000 words to explain the blitzkrieg, and the rest used actual combat data to prove his blitzkrieg theory.

It can be said that Rommel's "Blitzkrieg" is a collection of all the essence of German blitzkrieg theory, and as soon as this book is published, it will have an unparalleled effect on the promotion of the world's military theory.

It was up to Hitler to decide when this book would be published, because it completely revealed the means and methods of Germany's strategic offensive.

The continued recovery of the French economy under Rommel and the reduction of unemployment to less than 2 percent were a remarkable achievement.

Why can France recover so quickly? In fact, there are many reasons, first of all, Rommel's policy is right, and secondly, the Rothschilds have helped Rommel, which has given France a firm foundation for economic recovery.

Then there is the fact that France lost millions of strong laborers in this war, and they either died on the battlefield or were captured to work in Germany.

That's millions of young people waiting for work! This meant that Rommel had less to worry about creating six million jobs.

In the end, Germany put some civilian goods in France for production, and the French factory orders could be fully satisfied, and Rommel placed orders with some French arsenals to revitalize the French arsenals.

Of course, I have to say here the important role of the French vice-governor Speer, who was able to play the same role as in history, and all walks of life in France quickly regained their vitality under Speer's guidance.

Speer also began to work on the renovation of some French arsenals on the basis of Rommel's suggestion.

France's industry and technology are not much weaker than Germany's, and the equipment of French factories is also very advanced, and the quality of workers is also very high.

Therefore, Rommel did not want to let these huge French military industrial enterprises be left in vain, and only needed to slightly transform the French military industrial enterprises, and these French military industrial enterprises could produce standard weapons and equipment for Germany.

For example, the No. 4 tank, the BF109 aircraft, and historically Germany had the BF109 aircraft using the French star engine.

This is a major matter related to the life and death of Germany, and it is also related to Rommel's small life, and Rommel cannot be said to have taken it lightly.

He directly asked the French government to allocate funds to support the upgrading of these military industries in France, and the puppet government did not dare to disobey Rommel's orders, and there was no resistance to Speer's upgrading.

After these things were done, it was time to deal with the distribution of the looted wealth of France, and the works of art looted by Rommel were slowly auctioned off by Swiss banks.

All proceeds go to the veterans' fund, and the money from the auction of art cannot be moved, but will be used for veterans' support programs after the war.

Rommel was able to use the gold and silver that the Swiss banks helped to resell, and Rommel looted the Bank of France this time, getting a total of $6.3 billion. (The U.S. spent $3 billion on B29.) )

How to use these $6.3 billion can stump Rommel, who spent $3 billion last time to support some German weapons research and development, which has already attracted Hitler's attention.

Fortunately, Rommel did not use the money to make friends with the German elite or the people who held real power, which is the most taboo point of dictators, and Rommel, of course, will not do it.

Rommel did not have a good way to deal with it, and he immediately sent a telegram to the managers of the two veterans' funds, Guderian and Manstein.

Rommel asked the two brothers for their opinion in the telegram, and both of his brothers let Rommel take care of it, believing that their brother Rommel could handle the matter.

Guderian and Manstein, like Rommel in history, are not political materials, and they are not economic, so they can only do all this for Rommel.

The $6.3 billion is probably the last wealth that Rommel can loot, and then there is a bitter war, and almost no country can loot Rommel.

If Rommel can take Egypt, where can he go and loot. But Egypt is a British colony, and Egypt certainly doesn't have much gold, so they can only pray to the British, and it is too late to transport all the gold and silver looted in Egypt.

How to make good use of these $6.3 billion will be crucial to the future of Rommel and Germany.

Rommel locked himself in his office, and the importance of some weapons development was reprioritized.

First, there is undoubtedly the development of the atomic bomb, and the Manhattan Project of the United States spent about two billion dollars.

And Hitler in Germany allocated only 10 million marks for the development of the atomic bomb, which can only be a drop in the dime.

Hitler cared about missiles, such as the V1 and V2 missiles, and he was simply not willing to invest in the development of the atomic bomb.

To be honest, in fact, missiles did not play a big role in World War II, because there were no satellite-guided missiles at this time, and Germany launched a missile attack on Britain in history, and as a result, each missile deviated from the target by about 30 kilometers on average.

There is no need to laugh, in fact, this is the case, Germany's tactical thinking and weapon research and development are at the forefront of the world, but other supporting technologies have not kept up, which is doomed to the reason why missiles have little effect.

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