Rommel knew that Hitler had made up his mind to attack the Soviet Union, and he had persuaded Hitler before, but to no avail, Hitler had a soft spot for attacking the Soviet Union until his death.

Since persuasion has not worked, Rommel will not continue to be bored, but it is necessary to remind Hitler of something:

"Great Führer, have you already decided to attack the USSR?"

"Yes, the Barbarossa Plan has been drawn up, and the attack is scheduled for June 22."

Hitler still had great trust in Rommel, and he did not hide his plans to attack the Soviet Union.

"Great Führer, I have a personal opinion, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Say it!"

When Hitler faced Rommel, he rarely made long speeches and spoke sensibly.

"Thank you, Great Führer, I think that the attack on the Soviet Union should begin at the end of March or the beginning of April, as soon as the snow and ice in the Soviet Union have melted.

Winter in the Soviet Union is generally at the end of October and the beginning of March, so that we have about eight or nine months to fight. ”

"General Rommel, I estimate that it will only take three or four months for us to defeat the Soviet Union, and the transfer of weapons, ammunition and troops will not be completed until May at the earliest, and there are still nearly 100,000 British troops in Greece that have not been annihilated! That's why I decided to attack in June. ”

Germany attacked the Soviet Union and gathered 3.5 million troops, plus more than 2 million troops from the client states, the total strength of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union reached about 5.5 million.

With such a large number of troops, it will take several months to prepare. That's it. Hitler went back to the old path of history. How to change Hitler's decision, Rommel quickly thought about how to deal with it.

"Great Führer, it's better to do this, May 1 is International Labor Day, the Soviet Union will definitely be on vacation, let's not let go of this holiday to launch a surprise attack.

I've heard that Soviet officers have a habit of going out on holidays, if we launch a surprise attack on the Soviet Union on May 1st Labor Day. It is definitely possible to catch the Soviet Union by surprise, which will cost us a lot less. ”

Hitler looked at Rommel and, after a moment of contemplation, said:

"Wouldn't that be more than a month in advance of the attack plan? Then the pressure on our logistics department will be great. ”

"Yes, the great Führer...... The French Viceroy Speer has a plan to speed up rail transportation, which can double the efficiency of Germany's transportation, and the German railway system can definitely accomplish this great task if it is carried out according to Speer's plan. ”

Hitler looked at Rommel in disbelief and asked in surprise:

"Does Speer really have such a rectification plan?"

"Absolutely."

"Then you immediately ask Speer to report this plan to the command for trial, and if it is as you say, I agree in principle to set the Barbarossa Plan on May 1 Labor Day."

"I wish the great Führer the most glorious victory in the history of Germany."

Hitler praised Rommel in earnest. Because Hitler wanted to keep a close eye on the Barbarossa Plan, he left everything in the German-Italian Afrika Korps to Rommel.

That's a lot of power. Since the outbreak of World War II, it was the first time that Hitler had given such power to a general, and it was impossible not to be Hitler's confidant.

Originally, Rommel also wanted to remind Hitler of the problem of preparing antifreeze oil and winter clothing, but Rommel saw Hitler's confident appearance and kept silent.

For the sake of victory, defeat first, that is the tradition of the Chinese, Hitler absolutely did not want to hear the statement that Germany could not defeat the Soviet Union, if Rommel said it, it would be really boring.

Rommel has been investing in research and development for a long time, and there has been significant progress, samples can be produced in two months at most, and by the time winter comes, Germany will definitely be able to produce a sufficient amount of antifreeze oil.

It is easier to do this with cold-proof clothing, Rommel can produce it in large quantities in France, the French government of Vesy can advance some money, the Rothschilds can also advance some money, and some capitalists in France can also help hoard some, and when Germany needs it, they will come to buy it, which is a profitable business.

After returning to his apartment in Berlin, Rommel planned to rest for the night and take a flight to Africa early tomorrow morning. Because of the military emergency, Rommel simply did not have time to care about the projects that donated to research and development.

However, German entrepreneurs are relatively trustworthy, and Rommel's donation is set for that project, and those companies that receive Rommel's donation will not misappropriate Rommel's donation at will.

Although Rommel did not invite any companies, several companies sent Rommel some R&D progress reports, and of course some of them asked Rommel to continue to donate.

Rommel did not rob the wealth at this time, and the auction of which works of art did not go very well, because Rommel robbed too many works of art from Poland and France, so the price was naturally not too high.

The money must be kept for the veterans' fund, and cannot be donated, and Rommel can only say that there is nothing that can be done about the companies that ask for additional donations.

The happiest news for Rommel was that the No. 5 tank, jointly developed by MAN and Daimler, had been completed and was ready for trial production.

The development of the No. 5 tank began 38 years after Germany mass-produced the No. 4 tank, because of Germany's military expansion plan, which led to insufficient investment in the research and development of the No. 5 tank, which made the development progress of the No. 5 tank slow.

Since the two companies received Rommel's donation, they immediately invested more research and development efforts, and German engineers have accumulated a lot of research experience in tank research and development in the past few years.

With the results of research and development over the past few years, the development of the No. 5 tank could be completed at the beginning of 41, and Rommel carefully looked at the relevant design of the test vehicle. (Historically, Germany completed the development of the Leopard in February '42, a year ahead of schedule.) ）

Tank V was armed with a 75L71 gun at a speed of 55 km/h, with front hull armor inclined 45 degrees and 80 mm thick (equivalent to 140 mm vertical armor), turret front armor 100 mm thick, and side armor 45.

Rommel was very satisfied with the firepower, mobility, and armor of the Leopard tank, but there were two things that made Rommel very dissatisfied.

The first was the suspension system of the Leopard tank, with complex overlapping road wheels, although it was the most advanced suspension system in Nazi Germany at the time, which allowed it to pass through rough terrain at high speeds.

But this overlapping wheel maintenance is very troublesome, and the cost is expensive, this suspension system in actual combat, it is easy to have problems, that is, too delicate, too precise.

This suspension system had to be changed to the torsion bar suspension system that Germany already had, the torsion bar suspension was simple and practical, and the cost was low, and the disadvantage was that the tank was a little bumpy.

The Germans were wrong to think that they wanted to make tanks as comfortable as cars. Weapons and equipment, the first thing to consider is applicability, and then comfort ****!

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…… (To be continued.) )