Although Warsaw, Poland has just experienced the war, the city has not been destroyed in a large number, because the Poles did not carry out resolute resistance in Warsaw at all, the German army has not yet come to the city, the Polish government and the Polish army command have long fled across the border to Romania, and when the German army came to Warsaw, the defenders scattered in a hurry, and Warsaw basically fell without experiencing the war, so Warsaw is basically intact.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of Army Group South, who was in charge of Warsaw, General Rundstedt (artillery general), many Western military researchers believe that Rundstedt is not only not great, but even not a first-class commander. During the period when he was in charge of the commander of the army group, he even neglected his duties, and he often handed over the command and planning power to his subordinates, and even read many documents without carefully reading them.

The reason why it is considered excellent is inseparable from a large number of outstanding military strategists under his command - Manstein, Guderian, Kleist, Rommel, Hort, Lister, Reinhardt and others. His famous battles, such as the French Campaign, were designed by Manstein, while the other two important battlefields, Normandy and the Bulge, were more in charge of Rommel and Modell.

Rommel would soon become a direct subordinate of Rundstedt, and such a boss who dared to delegate authority and did not interfere with the direct command of his subordinates would be the easiest to gain the respect of his subordinates. Since Rundstedt was in Warsaw, Rommel's plan for robbery was more likely to succeed.

Rundstedt had a little bit of a disagreement during the Battle of Normandy, mainly because the two had differences on how to prevent the deployment of troops to the Allied landing, Rommel advocated putting troops on the beachhead and annihilating the Allied landing force on the beachhead, and Rundstedt advocated deploying troops in depth and gathering and annihilating the Allied forces after they came ashore.

At this time, Rundstedt and Rommel, a small colonel, did not have a little contradiction, because the difference in military ranks between the two was too great, and they were not of the same grade at all, not to mention that Rommel was a popular man next to Hitler.

Rundstedt's headquarters was located in the Polish presidential palace, which was of course extremely luxuriously decorated, with hand-woven wool carpets on the floor, and all kinds of decorations on the walls, including world-class paintings, all kinds of gold ornaments, and even the ceiling, there are exquisite murals.

Rundstedt was born into a noble family, a hereditary family of soldiers, and he himself had a particularly strong sense of aristocracy, this man had two quirks, the first was that he was the commander of the armored corps, but he had never entered any tank, in the words of Rundstedt; "I can't smell that gasoline in the tank."

The second blame is that Rundstedt's aristocratic consciousness is only used on his peers or his superiors, and even if his subordinates are born civilians, he will not despise the civilian-born officers under him, if his peers or superiors are from civilian backgrounds, then Rundstedt is very despised. For example, Hitler, who was born as a civilian, shook hands with Hitler and never took off his gloves, and Hitler could only pinch his nose and admit that Rundstedt was unreasonable because he was a representative of the traditional German forces.

But Rundstedt has great trust in his subordinate officers, and many things are handed over to his subordinates to do, even the military command is like this, Rundstedt's military command is completely a sheep-herding command, he does not interfere with the command of his officers, so his subordinates have so many famous generals, Rommel is one of them.

Rommel met Rundstedt at the Polish presidential palace:

"Report...... Colonel Rommel, commander of the guard at the Führer's base camp, came to report. ”

Rondstedt wore the gray Wehrmacht general's uniform, and although his temples were gray, his lean face was radiant, and his slightly wrinkled face did not look at all like that of a man in his sixties.

Rundstedt looked at Rommel, who saluted him, still sitting on the leather sofa and did not get up, Rundstedt was such a big person, Rommel was not surprised, fortunately, Rundstedt's attitude towards Rommel was still very kind.

"Colonel Rommel, I have read the order of the base camp, since you are here to escort the Führer to Poland for inspection, if you have any requirements, please do not hesitate!"

Rommel is not yet a subordinate of Rundstedt, he should be regarded as a "minister", Rundstedt can cooperate with his work, it is already very good, of course, the Führer inspects the security work of Poland, Rundstedt must also cooperate with Rommel, there is no doubt about this.

Since Rundstedt didn't want to talk nonsense with Rommel, Rommel, of course, didn't bother himself, and hurriedly said his request:

"I need Mr. General to send a division of troops to do a good job of martial law in Warsaw, and at the same time they will act as a perimeter guard, and then the guards of the Führer's base camp will search all suspicious places to ensure that not a single resister poses a threat to the Führer's safety."

Rommel knew that Rundstedt could not hand over the command of an infantry division to himself, so he only asked Rundstedt to send an infantry division to assist the base camp guards. Of course, Rundstedt would not refuse such a very reasonable request.

"Colonel Rommel, I don't think there is any problem with this, I can issue an order for martial law now, but my troops only participate in martial law, and the specific security check and search will be the responsibility of your base camp guard, if there is any unexpected situation, your base camp guard will be fully responsible."

Rundstedt said to you Rommel what he wanted, and that unquestionable tone was equivalent to an order.

Rundstedt's order was actually to put all his responsibility on Rommel's base guards, he didn't want to take any responsibility, Hitler went to Warsaw, the capital of Poland, which had just been occupied, and no one dared to guarantee that there would be absolutely no accidents, and Rundstedt's shirk was also common sense.

But for Rommel, it was a good thing to be sleepy and meet a pillow! Rommel just wanted to "search" any suspicious place in Poland City alone, otherwise how could he scrape the ground!

"Yes, General."

"Hmmm......"

Rundstedt was absent from Rommel, and after giving Rundstedt a military salute, Rommel immediately withdrew from Rundstedt's office.

Rommel returned to the Führer's headquarters guard in Berlin and immediately launched a search operation in three directions. Of course, there is a reason why Rommel is so active, because Warsaw, the capital of Poland, has just been occupied, and Warsaw is still in a state of disorderly anarchy, and this is the best time for Rommel to plunder, and the longer it drags on, the more difficult it is to start, so Rommel immediately launched a "search operation" after receiving the order from Rundstedt, which can be described as vigorous and resolute.

Rommel himself, with an armored battalion and forty large trucks, went straight to the Central Bank, the bank of Poland. Hans took the grenadier battalion to several museums in Warsaw, and Bismarck took the motorized infantry battalion to search the houses of government officials in the city of Warsaw.

There were no pedestrians on the streets of Warsaw, and with the occasional German patrol on the side of the road, twelve No. 3 tanks of the Führer's base camp guard, carrying forty Borgward B3000 medium-sized trucks with a load of five tons, rushed all the way to the street outside the important Polish bank.

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