Rommel enthusiastically agreed to Himmler:

"The general leader's hospitality, dare not obey his orders."

Himmler was very satisfied with Rommel's attitude, and the Wehrmacht generals either stayed away from Himmler when they saw Himmler, the biggest iron house leader, or poked his nose at him, which made Himmler very annoyed, but he was powerless to change the contempt of those Wehrmacht generals for him.

Himmler led Rommel into his office, and then asked his female secretary to pour two cups of coffee, and the two chatted while drinking coffee:

"General Rommel, you have very good fighting skills! It is almost invincible, and now no one in Germany does not know about your great military exploits, your reputation for Rommel's invincibility, and even the countries of the world know about it. ”

Rommel was basically immune to Himmler's compliments, and the biggest spy boss definitely didn't invite himself to his office alone because he wanted to praise himself:

"Your Excellency, the achievements I have achieved are not remarkable, and I think that the Waffen-SS, under the training of the Commander-in-Chief, is already a lion about to be released."

For mutual praise, Rommel the Traveler is no worse than Himmler! Isn't it just to praise Himmler and his Waffen-SS, it's not easy.

After Himmler listened to Rommel's words, Himmler, who was not smiling, showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time, the Waffen-SS was a unit that Himmler had formed with all his might, and now the SS had four division-level troops.

But the Wehrmacht always looked down on the Waffen-SS, believing that the Waffen-SS was a rabble of ruffians and hooligans, and that such an army could not be called an army at all.

Although Himmler was the biggest spy leader, in the face of millions of troops of the Wehrmacht and countless generals, Himmler could not do anything to change all this!

There was only one way to change the perception of these self-esteemed Wehrmacht commanders, and that was to let the Waffen-SS achieve great success.

Now Germany is undoubtedly fighting the most powerful war, so Himmler wants to send the Waffen-SS to the troops commanded by Rommel, and at this time, there is this opportunity, didn't the Führer ask Rommel to choose troops to go to Africa?

Himmler is also an old fritter in officialdom, and Rommel's words of praise can be used to push the boat downstream:

"Thank you General Rommel for the compliment, I myself very much agree with Rommel about the Waffen-SS, yes, my Waffen-SS is definitely no worse than any Wehrmacht unit, I Himmler can guarantee this."

Rommel nodded hurriedly and continued to compliment:

"Yes, yes, the Waffen-SS is indeed the best of the best."

It was the beginning of World War II, and the SS had hardly participated in any decent battles, elite wool, but Himmler was happy to compliment, and Rommel's purpose was only to compliment.

Himmler suddenly looked at Rommel and said with a smile:

"General Rommel, you see that such an elite unit as the Waffen-SS is now in Germany, it is not in vain, why don't you take advantage of the opportunity of your selection of troops to go to Africa, and I will transfer the Waffen-SS Viking Panzer Division to you.

General Rommel, do you know? My Viking Panzer Division has more than 16,800 men, more than 5,000 reserve troops, 152 tanks No. 3, 68 tanks No. 4, and ...... anti-tank guns."

Himmler frothed at Rommel, who knew what the Viking Panzer Division was like.

Founded in December 1940, the Cadre was a recruit division composed mainly of volunteers from the occupied countries, the Viking Division was the first "Foreign Legion" established by the SS, and two-thirds of the soldiers were foreigners.

It is almost impossible for such a force from all over the world, with language barriers and different customs, to be able to unite and form a strong combat force without some training.

Historically, the Viking Panzer Division has always been a very good fighting force, fighting very bravely and tenaciously, and it is also one of the ace units of the Waffen-SS.

Not to mention the exploits of the Viking Division, just the tenacity of the Viking Division, on March 25, 1945, the Soviet army invaded Austria.

The Viking Division, the Hitler Guards Division, and the Wehrmacht 17th Infantry Division were tasked with defending Vienna.

Although the Viking Division had only a few thousand troops at this time, the officers and men of the Viking Division were still full of fighting spirit, blowing up bridges, laying mines, and using the terrain to frequently ambush Soviet armored units with anti-tank rocket launchers.

The stubborn resistance of the Viking divisions inflicted heavy losses on the Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army, with less than 10 tanks left in each tank regiment. But these partial victories were of no avail, and the Third Reich ran out of steam.

These foreign soldiers faithfully fulfilled their oath to Hitler and fought until the last moment of their lives, knowing that falling into the hands of the Russians was a dead end.

The Viking Division's last battle was to hold the line on the Oder River, and they faithfully carried out Hitler's order to "fight to the last man", and only 35 people in the division survived.

Of course, Rommel likes this kind of troop very much, even if the top brass of the Wehrmacht disagrees with it, Rommel will not care, for a general, holding a heroic and tenacious lion in his hand is more important than human sophistication.

In a word: "I have the power of the army, and I have it in the world." ”

At this time, the Viking division had only been formed for a month, and Himmler did not know how terrifying the Viking division was, so Rommel planned to get some tangible benefits from Himmler, and politics was not the art of mutual compromise?

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the Afrika Korps is going to fight in the harsh desert, and the Viking Division has only been formed for a month, so it is difficult for such a unit without any training and actual combat experience to adapt to that brutal battle!

If Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief can help me solve the next small problem, I promise to train the Vikings into an invincible division that will shock the world. ”

In order to get benefits, Rommel also drew a big moon cake for Himmler, didn't Himmler want to be successful? Rommel used this to seduce Himmler.

Rommel believed that Himmler would never be able to refuse, because Himmler did not want to be called a "chicken farmer" anymore, which was a big problem for Himmler's face.

Sure enough, after Himmler listened to Rommel's promise, his eyes were fixed on Rommel, and the Viking Division, which had only been formed for a month, was not important to Himmler at all.

Himmler planned to let them go to Africa with Rommel to make war achievements, and it was normal for Rommel to make some demands for such a good thing.

"General Rommel, there are no outsiders here, don't hesitate to mention your requests! If you want tanks or ammunition, you can just open your mouth. ”

Tanks and ammunition, it's a joke, Rommel, the French governor-general, isn't it in vain, now that the French military industrial complex has all been upgraded, Rommel is not bad at all.

What did Rommel want?

"Your Excellency, since you are so cheerful, then I will say it bluntly, it is better for Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to bring the SS and the Gestapo in France under the jurisdiction of the French Governor-General...... I promise you that the Vikings will bring great glory to the Leader. ”

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