Chapter 63: Combined Forces
As Lynn had hoped, the meticulous, coherent and smooth "Blitzkrieg" shook viewers from all over the world in one fell swoop, and in the face of the wonderful dusty scene, they were afraid that they only hated that they did not have a pair of eyes that could replace the camera equipment. Clearly, the exercise simulated the recent French military operations in Vietnam and used German tactics to answer the questions that plagued the French. At the end of the exercise, the guests gave a standing ovation, and the expressions on everyone's faces were different: the most were surprised, but some were simply surprised, and some were thinking about the political and military issues behind the surprise; Some are admiring, others are worried – and that includes German Chancellor Willy. Stock's deputy, no matter the minister (who does not charge a ministry, attends cabinet meetings, participates in decision-making, and serves as a special and important matter assigned by the head of government) Thomas. Wingert. Given the opportunity to speak alone, Wingert expressed his concern to Lynn, who he believed that the military show was likely to have a negative impact on the GDR's image in the international community, and made a conclusive speculation about this effect: "If people feel that Germany will return to the path of arms expansion, they may spontaneously boycott German products, and thus influence some of the foreign policy decisions of their own government, and our economy and trade are still very fragile!" ”
"Your concerns are indeed very reasonable, and we have thought about them beforehand, and this is a small adventure and a temptation to let us know whether people are more worried about the rise of Germany or want a moderately strong Germany to act as a bulwark for the Western world."
On this issue, Lynn is not blindly confident. In the original historical time and space, the German armed forces were disbanded after the end of World War II, and the four major powers of the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union reached an agreement to permanently abolish Germany. However, after the outbreak of the Korean War, relations between Western countries and the Soviet Union deteriorated, and the United States turned to support the rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany in order to start a full-scale confrontation with the Soviet Union in Europe. In 1950, at the suggestion of the United States. French Prime Minister René. Pliven put forward the idea of forming a "European army" in an attempt to justifiably transform the armed forces of the former Third Reich into the Wehrmacht of West Germany, so that it could serve as the backbone of the confrontation with the Soviet military bloc. Adenauer, the first Chancellor of West Germany, understood this and authorized former German Army Lieutenant Blank to coordinate relations with the Western occupation forces. In fact, the rearmament matter is carried out in secret. Because of the rich experience of Hitler's generals in fighting against the Soviet Union, the US troops in Germany released a large number of war criminals from the former Third Reich and managed to make them the dominant force in the future West German Wehrmacht. Former German Panzer General Hasso. Feng. Mandolfer sang and harmonized with Blank in the Bundestag and actively promoted the passage of the army building bill; Former German Panzer Corps General Walter Brown, who tried to rescue Hitler in the Battle of Berlin. Wink was ordered to go to Argentina to recruit former Wehrmacht generals, officers, and SS officers to return to serve in the country; Former German Chief of Staff Franz. Admiral Halder was also recruited by the U.S. Army's War History Bureau in Germany to take charge of intelligence work. Soon, West Germany had built an army of 500,000 soldiers and 170,000 civilians, mostly heavily armoured divisions. The Air Force joined NATO's integrated air defense system, and the Navy closely monitored the Baltic Sea, escorted NATO ships, and regarded the Soviet Union's Baltic Fleet as an imaginary enemy. In 1957, after the first five West German divisions were replenished to NATO, the NATO top brass realized that German generals had to be brought into the high command levels. At that time, the main force of the French army was sent to Algeria, and the German army was urgently needed to take over the defense of Central Europe, so France proposed that a German general be the commander-in-chief of NATO's ground forces in Central Europe. Outcome. Hans, a 59-year-old former German lieutenant general and former chief of staff under Rommel, is a former German lieutenant general. Speidar became the first German commander of NATO, and the American, British, and French troops deployed in West Germany were under his command! …,
Wengert's approach makes him more of a good guy than a hardliner, which is a big part of Lynn's affirmative answer. Under his firm gaze, Wengert really made a concession: "Okay. May you be right, and kindly remind you that many of our parliamentarians lack the spirit of adventure, and that they want at least twenty years of peace in Germany. ”
"Why don't I hope so?" Lynn replied, "Our army is simply not capable of dealing with a war without a strong national power, and our potential allies lack the confidence to fight the enemy head-on, so they can easily reoccupy Germany if the enemy wishes, turning all our efforts into dust!" Right now. Congress can't raise its current meagre military budget, and we don't want to sit idly by, so we'll have to use some unconventional means to clean up our armaments. I believe that the legislators will understand such good intentions, and the people will also understand. ”
In front of Lynn's fluent and sharp language like a blitzkrieg, Wingert was speechless. He lowered his head and stroked the brim of his black top hat and lowered his voice and said, "Although we had to take such an adventure, considering the potentially terrible consequences, I strongly recommend that you take some necessary precautions. ”
"Prevention failure? Hmm......" Lynn shrugged her shoulders and said, "Well, I will think about it carefully, and please convey my greetings to His Excellency the Prime Minister for me, wishing him good health and happiness!" ”
"Of course!" Wingert took his leave and left, and after that, Guderian met with the commander of the Southern Military District, Joseph. General Halpe came to Lynn with him. The Southern Military District, which covers the southern German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, is mainly composed of the 3rd Infantry Corps and a number of independent units at the battalion and regimental level, as well as a secretly formed armored instruction regiment with 34 tanks, 7 assault guns, 22 self-propelled guns and 48 armored vehicles. Such a weak armored force is insignificant in a large-scale military war, but it carries the hope of German rearmament - at present, more than half of the German army's armored corps has been trained in this training regiment, and the generals can only use this armored force to practice their new tactical concepts. In this special military exercise, the troops responsible for the main frontal attack were drawn from the training group.
Lynn shook hands with Halpe with a calm face: "This military exercise was very successful, General!" ”
"Its success lies first and foremost in its planning – the planning of the consulting department is so beautiful!" ”
The accolade pointed to Guderian's military advisers, who knew the true source of the plot.
"Without troops and weapons in ideal condition, no matter how good a plan is, it is just a plan." Guderian said, "Today it is not only foreign officials and colleagues who are surprised, but also many of us ourselves who rub their eyes at the strength of the Teaching Corps - even if it shows only a small part. ”
Halpe smiled slightly, and quickly regained his serious expression, he stretched out his hand to make an inviting gesture: "President, marshal, the troops have been regrouped behind the woods. You can review it at any time. ”
Lynn motioned for Halpe to lead the way, and she walked side by side with Guderian. Today, the supreme commander of the Democratic German team is the old and steady von Von. Marshal Weix, out of concern about the international situation, personally did not approve of holding such a special military exercise. Although it didn't stop Lynn and his supporters within the military from finally doing it, he made his mark clear by being absent from the pavilion. Lynn didn't have too much worry about this, after all, the old marshal born in 1881 was nearly seventy years old, and his energy, reaction and physical condition showed obvious signs of weakness. As for the 63-year-old Joseph. Halpe. There was no advantage in terms of age, and the key to being able to hold an important position at the level of commander of the military district in the GDR was to talk to von Von in turbulent times. Together, Wilks supported Lynn and the Baath faction. Of course, Halpe's military score is not low, the Westphalian-born soldier has spent 41 years of his military career, and has been awarded the Black Battle Wounded Medal for his bravery during the First World War, and remained in the Wehrmacht after the war to be responsible for the reduction and selection of troops. Between 1931 and 1933. According to the Soviet-German secret treaty, he studied at the armored forces school in Kazan, the Soviet Union, and after returning home, he participated in the formation of German armored forces. After the outbreak of World War II. Halpe participated in the invasion of Poland as an armored brigade commander, and in the spring of 1940 he was transferred to the Wensdorf Armored School as headmaster; In October 1940, he became commander of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, and in January of the following year he became commander of the newly formed 12th Panzer Division. In the early days of Operation Barbarossa, Halpe and his Panzer Division did not perform brilliantly, until July 1942, when he became the commander of the 41st Motorized Army of Army Group Center and was promoted to General of Panzer Corps, and began a period of glory of his own under the command of Moder - in the battles of Rzhev, Operation Mars, Kutuzov, etc., Harpe was entrusted with important tasks, and gradually grew into the second man of the 9th Army with his flexible and mobile tactics. Trusted and reused by Moder, he repeatedly served as the commander-in-chief of the front line in important battles, and was promoted to the rank of general for his outstanding exploits. Unfortunately, the efforts of a few people could not change the general trend of the war, and Moder became the "fire captain" running around and plugging leaks, and Halpe's command of Army Group A was not smooth, and he was dismissed and transferred to the reserve after losing to the famous Soviet general Konev. 1945 year. General Mandol, commander of the 5th Panzer Army of Group B commanded by Field Marshal Modell, was transferred to the Berlin theater of operations, vacating a position, and Moder immediately thought of Halpe, who was idle at home. Halpe returned to Moder and commanded the 5th Panzer Army in a grueling defensive battle on the Western Front, at which time the Germans were depleted of tanks, no replenishment, and no fuel, and the 5th Panzer Army had long since lost its name, and Halpe loyally led the remnants of Army Group B following Moder to the Ruhr industrial area, where it was surrounded by the Allies. Soon after, the Battle of the Ruhr ended, Moder committed suicide, and more than two dozen German generals, including Halpe, were captured by the Allied Bradley forces in the Ruhr Encirclement, ending their World War II journey in disappointment. After the outbreak of war between the Eastern and Western camps, Halpe returned to Germany in 1947 as commander of the 4th Corps of the German Wehrmacht, entered Poland under the command of the Allied Command in Europe, and was forced to make way for the American, British, and French forces in the Allied rout in 1948, so that he was encircled by the Soviet army. As a result of the Soviet army's strategy of fragmentation and disintegration, Harpe and his unit were able to return to Germany after disarming, where they were appointed by the German puppet government as the head of the security forces in Saxony, and were later dismissed because of sympathy for the supporters of the resistance. …,
After walking through the woods, Lynn met in another open area the officers and men participating in the exercise, more than 200 men in a neat formation, and against the backdrop of tanks and fighting vehicles, they were in better spirits than any German unit that Lynn had inspected a few months earlier, and their equipment had improved markedly, both thanks to the restoration of the military-industrial complex and aid from the Reich. Since the beginning of 1950, the Nordic Empire has secretly provided the GDR with more than 20,000 automatic rifles, thousands of artillery pieces, more than 400 combat vehicles, nearly 100 aircraft, and hundreds of thousands of ammunition. In addition, the production equipment provided by the Nordic Empire also played a crucial role in the reconstruction of well-known military enterprises such as Junkers, Maybach, and Mauser. Junkers' aircraft engines went on seven months earlier than expected, Maybach's gasoline engines four months earlier than expected, and Mauser had secretly begun mass production of the MG42. This alone was not enough to give the new Germany the strength to speak directly to its old enemy, but it was like liquid nitrogen injected into the engine, which instantly increased the output of the engine and accelerated the pace of the nation towards a bright future, and the small side effects of mechanical wear and tear could be ignored......
Walking directly in front of the officers and soldiers, Lynn stood firmly with his head held high and a straight military posture, his young and handsome face showed the resolute temperament of a soldier, and his firm eyes could make people clearly feel the strength of his inner strength. Without the aid of any amplification equipment, in this open open air, he used a loud enough voice to keep everyone engrossed in his speech: "German soldiers, I am extremely proud of your performance today. The country is proud of you! The people are proud of you! At this moment, we are bathed in the warm sunshine, breathing fresh and free air, and our mood is calm and fearless, and we should feel fortunate and cherish it more than the bad times of the war years. This is the same reason that you cherish your beloved girl, protect her, love her, take care of her, do not let her be bullied and seduced by outsiders, and let your rivals be discouraged! In order to achieve this goal, we must persevere in our efforts and strive to make ourselves stronger. Here, here, and here......"
Lynn patted his chest, clenched his fists, and finally pointed to his head, such a concise and clear speech won countless admiring eyes, and the handsome and sunny temperament, approachable style, wise and tenacious quality and other positive factors together constitute a unique personality charm belonging to Lynn, past, present and future, will win him endless wealth in life. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )