Rommel had no intention of putting the looted wealth into his own pocket, his purpose was to do everything for Germany, and for this noble reason, he was afraid that Manstein, a patriot, would not fall into his "gentle trap".

Rommel began to talk to Manstein:

"My brother, I have come to Warsaw, the capital of Poland, on the one hand, to do a good job of security for the Führer's visit to Warsaw, and on the other hand, I intend to set up a veterans' fund and support some German weapons research and development.

First of all, I want to talk about why I want to set up a veterans' fund, my brother, you should know that when the war is over, there are many veterans who are very desolate because of disability or other reasons, but the country can't do anything about it, so I want to set up a veterans' fund, and after the war, so as to provide funding for these veterans who have difficulties in life, we can't let the heroes who fought for Germany shed blood and tears, right?

As for funding weapons development, my brother, you should know that we are not ready for war at all, and there are many weapons that have not yet been developed, or good weapon drawings have been shelved.

For example, the long-range bomber JU89 has already produced two, this JU89 is not simple, with a bomb load of ten tons and a range of 3,000 kilometers, since the Air Force refuses to buy and produce such a good aircraft. What a stupid and ridiculous decision it was for Air Marshal Goering to think that Germany did not need long-range bombers.

We in Germany don't just need long-range bombers. And strategic bombers are needed......"

"Wait...... On what basis do you say that Germany needs long-range bombers and strategic bombers? I also know the reason why Air Marshal Goering vetoed strategic bombers, our blitzkrieg only needs the cooperation of tactical bombers, which has been verified in the Polish campaign, why do you think so sure that we Germany need strategic bombers, give me a reason to convince me! ”

Manstein is an "angry youth" who regards Germany's national interests as more important than his own life, and if Rommel wants to convince Manstein, he must really impress Manstein, otherwise Manstein will definitely make Rommel unable to loot the Central Bank of Poland. Manstein was the chief of staff of Army Group South, with more than half a million troops under his command, and Rommel's more than 1,000 men were not enough.

Rommel did not have a weak heart for Manstein's questioning, because later German fans had long analyzed the disadvantages of Germany's lack of strategic bombers, and Rommel only had to read from the script at this time:

"My brother, a blitzkrieg is an invincible weapon for a small country or a country close to Germany, but what about a country far away from Germany or a country with a huge area? Blitzkrieg will be useless.

For example, the United States, if we Germany are fighting with the enemy inextricably, and the United States, the ********, stabs us in the back from the back like World War I, what can we do to attack the United States, you must know that the United States is more than 10,000 kilometers away from us, and if there are no strategic bombers, we Germany will only be beaten.

Besides, countries with vast territories, such as the Soviet Union, you must know that the Führer has always wanted to eliminate the Stalin regime, this is the indestructible will of the Führer, and our war with the USSR will definitely break out. Absolutely not.

In short, we not only have long-range bombers, but also strategic bombers, but our decision-makers have not seen this at all, they have not funded the development of these weapons, so I am willing to risk being shot to loot the Central Bank of Poland, I, Rommel, promise God, all the money will be used for veterans' funds and weapons research and development, and not a penny will go to my Rommel's private wallet, otherwise please ask my brother to shoot me himself......"

Manstein began to ponder after listening to Rommel's words, and his eyes fell on a map of the world on the wall. Manstein was a master tactician, and his strategic vision was definitely much better than that of Hitler, a former corporal.

Rommel's reasons for sacking the vaults of the Central Bank of Poland were also very strong, and coupled with Rommel's analysis of the two powerful enemies that Germany would face in the future, Manstein did not understand, and his eyes were fixed on the world map and he was silent for a long time.

Rommel did not bother Manstein, and about half an hour later Manstein sighed:

"My brother, you convinced me, but you have to promise not to be greedy for a penny, and I want to be involved in the management of this money, is there a problem?"

Rommel immediately shook Manstein's hand and said with great sincerity:

"My brother, you are welcome to join, all for Germany, and I think our other brother Guderian should also join in."

"I went to convince Guderian...... All for Germany. ”

The two big hands of Rommel and Manstein are tightly clasped together, and history will gradually deviate from its original trajectory from this moment on......

The total amount of gold in the Central Bank of Poland is more than 940 tons, for a country, such gold reserves are not too much, Rommel took to the Central Bank of Poland there were forty large trucks, each carrying five tons, this time Rommel looted 200 tons of gold from the Central Bank of Poland, these vehicles full of gold immediately drove to Switzerland.

The remaining 700 tons of gold Rommel did not use the slightest, he immediately sent a telegram to Hitler about the seizure of a large amount of gold, the specific amount Rommel did not report, but said that it was still in the process of counting, Rommel was leaving a chance for others to have their hands, as long as everyone was not clean hands and feet, they would not go to Hitler to complain, and it was better to be happy alone, than to be happy together.

In the end, Rommel also made a phone call to Rundstedt, and he asked Rundstedt to send someone to receive the seized gold, of course, Manstein had a way to get Rundstedt to receive the gold, and Rundstedt just wanted to ignore it.

As for whether Rundstedt will do anything about the gold, Rommel can say that it is not good, because his hands and feet are no longer clean, so he should stop pretending to be high in front of others, which can only be disgusting.

The other two groups of looters went most smoothly to loot the Polish Museum, and they directly emptied a small part of the museum's collection, and these art treasures were sent to auction on the black market in Switzerland.

The group that went to loot the assets of the Polish bureaucracy, they did not complete their task on the first day, they had to go "searching" one by one, led by Polish renegades, and this process would last for several days, and the time for the end of the "search" would be the time when the Führer visited Poland.

Rommel immediately selected some very famous works of art, which were not easy to sell on the black market because they were so famous, but Hitler and the German executives liked them!

So what did Rommel hesitate about! He consulted with veterans and several administrators of the fund, and sent the world-famous works of art to the German top brass, such as Hitler, Goering, Himmler and other senior executives above the ministerial level.

Manstein directly mobilized dozens of Junkers aunt transport planes to carry the remaining works of art from the National Museum of Poland, which were directly flown to Berlin and then handed over to Guderian, who was responsible for the gifts!