Chapter 231 231 Plan
Internal problems, how to deal with them are only internal problems. What makes Accardo feel the pain of his skin now is the combat operation of the British Navy this time. Now it seems that the British have a premonition of the coming of war, and they seem to be ready for it.
On the contrary, it is still believed that Britain will continue to tolerate the development of the German Navy in a vague manner, which is a miscalculation of the German Navy. The cost of miscalculation was heavy, as heavy as a destroyer and a Stuka bomber. For Germany, this revenge cannot be avenged.
At least in Accardo's mind, it was a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood. So if the British Navy sank a German destroyer, then the German Navy had to sink at least ten British battleships in order to take revenge.
In revenge, the Führer formed a completely new command structure: the Supreme Command of the Third Reich. On the day of its establishment, Accardo personally ordered the unification of the fragmented German military chain of command, using his unparalleled authority in the Army and in various institutions.
The Waffen-SS was placed under the command of the Wehrmacht Army, and the Wehrmacht was responsible for supply and operations, and the original SS structure was used only as a recruiting agency for recruiting soldiers to replenish losses. The Air Force has set up liaison offices for the Navy and the Army in order to better accomplish cooperative combat missions.
In order to better accomplish the combat missions on the Western Front, Accardo will directly supervise Army Commander Brauchitsch, Navy Commander Raeder, and Air Force Commander Catherine, and jointly draw up an operational plan for a coordinated offensive by land, sea and air. However, many German officers showed little interest in French war, and they did not want to destroy the low-hanging peace.
The intelligence department has been expanded once again, integrating the respective intelligence agencies of the navy, army, and air force, plus analysis and counter-infiltration, and it seems that Gascol is responsible for more things. However, part of the arrest was assigned to the SS, which could be regarded as a subsidy for the SS's duties.
When he arrived in Berlin as commander of the 21st Infantry Corps, Manstein was nervous, his plan was not perfect, but it was aimed at overturning the Army's battle plan, codenamed "The Yellow Box".
The age of 50 is undoubtedly a very good age for a commander, and generals at this time often have the impact of daring to fight when they were young, and have mature and steady experience and experience. And Manstein just turned 50 this year.
In fact, the content of the "yellow box" is not difficult to guess, and even the French commanders have already guessed a rough idea: Germany plans to prepare three armies A, B, and C, and Army C is responsible for making a feint on the Maginot Line and trapping the French troops on the Maginot Line; Rundstedt's Army A is responsible for attacking Belgium and Luxembourg and breaking the French army's defense line there; and the main force of the attack is Army B, deployed in the Netherlands and northern Belgium, responsible for entering the Netherlands, Belgium and other low-country countries all the way south.
Originally, it was really not clever, and the German commanders of the Western Front who accepted the order to carry out this plan were hesitant. Even the Führer himself felt that this plan was unlucky, since it hardly allowed the Wehrmacht to adopt the blitzkrieg tactics of a great victory in Poland.
In Poland, an elite army of tanks, motorized troops, and mechanized artillery regiments, supported by Stuka dive bombers, broke through the loose lines of the Polish defenders. The armored men rushed into the enemy position, opening a huge gap, allowing the regular infantry to pour in like a tidal wave.
And if this set of tactics were to act according to the Yellow Box plan, the key breakthrough of Army Group B would almost certainly hit the main British and French forces entering Belgium. In this way, the collision of the main forces of the two armies is inevitable, not only will the cost be extremely high, but the success or failure is unpredictable, which Accardo does not want to see. Even if the British and French troops suffered losses, they could retreat and follow the Somme all the way to northern France, blockading the Germans in the area and leaving the Germans in the same stalemate as in the First World War.
Of course, Accardo knew the correct answer to this question, but he needed a military professional to complete the plan for him, and then obtain the approval and implementation of the entire military. This spokesperson, he chose Manstein.
At Accardo's prompting, Manstein drew up a battle plan called it. In this battle plan, he exchanged the offensive content of the German Army A and Army B: it became the main attack of Army Group A, and Army Group B assisted.
In this way, the main force of the offensive became General Rundstedt's Army Group A. They would launch an attack near the Ardennes, cross the wooded highlands, infiltrate with elite armored units, and suddenly appear in front of the French army near Sedan to tear through the weak French line on the Meuse near Sedan and head west for the English Channel.
The troops of Army Group B pressed on the British and French forces step by step, so that the main British and French forces could not turn back and escape, forming a huge encirclement and completely annihilating the hundreds of thousands of British and French troops inside.
This plan really appealed to Führer Accardo, who, like Hitler, experienced the brutal trench warfare of World War I, and witnessed the brutal slaughter and great sacrifices. So he, like Hitler, was full of yearning for a quick end to the war. So this plan that could directly defeat the British and French forces made him want it for a long time. Soon the whole plan was deployed.
However, there is still a long way to go for the Anglo-French army to go north to Belgium, so a very coincidental thing happened. A German plane was traversed across the Belgian border and was found to be in Belgium after an emergency landing.
A German officer on board violated the Führer's secrecy by carrying a complete set of fuel and ammunition replenishment plans in his bag. Before he was knocked unconscious by the Belgian soldiers, he was frantically trying to burn the texts to the ground - but unfortunately he couldn't.
The Belgian army quickly shared this information with the French army, because in the event of an attack on Belgium, France would be obliged to send troops to support it. This secret document confirmed the French military's suspicion that the main German attack would enter the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries.
The conceited commander-in-chief of the French army, the 68-year-old General Gammerin, drew up a counterattack plan named after the Anglo-French forces that advanced to defend the Dale River. The so-called Dale River Defence Line stretches south from Antwerp to the Belgian town of Dinan on the banks of the River Meuse.
After receiving this information, in order to ensure the safety of his ally Holland, he ordered the Anglo-French forces to extend the line to the north, all the way to the Dutch town of Breda. In one fell swoop, the troops deployed in the Low Countries north of France increased from 19 divisions to a full 30 divisions.
Speaking of which, anyone who knows history will know that the accident of the plane's forced landing actually happened in another time and space, 1940. How could there be such a coincidence in the world that the same thing would happen more than two years in advance according to Accardo's needs?
Of course, there would be no such coincidence, but Accardo, who knew the whole story, ordered Gascol's German intelligence service to design a shocking cross-time and space hoax as it was. Real intelligence was used, real commanders were used, and except for a few executors, no one knew the truth of this unexpected event.
After the intelligence agencies in the Netherlands learned of the northward movement of the main French army, Accardo knew that his chance for revenge had come. After gathering the generals of the army and deploying a series of tasks, in order to confuse the French, he carefully delivered a confusing New Year's message condemning the Soviet government on New Year's Day 1938.
On New Year's Day 1938, the head of the Reich, Accardo Rudolf, who had made a hurried appearance in Berlin, Germany, boarded a special train. It was announced that the Führer would go to Hamburg to inspect the reconstruction of the shipyard there, but the train suddenly turned southwest two-thirds of the way through.
In Hanover, Accardo met with his team of meteorologists, who are expected to see good weather conditions in the coming days. The long-awaited Führer can begin at any time. Unfortunately, on January 2, snow began to fall in northwestern Germany, and the plan had to be postponed repeatedly.
As the train shook, Accardo became more and more nervous, to be honest, he was now almost no different from an ordinary German general, and the history that had long been unrecognizable made it impossible for him to accurately predict the direction of future events, all he could do was wait anxiously to see if those distorted histories could develop in the direction he wanted.
Listening to the clatter of the wheels against the rails, Führer Accardo lost sleep, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, worried about the weather and the difficulties he might encounter later. In addition, he was worried about the German navy and whether it would be able to seize the opportunity to realize the century-long dream of the German navy.
Braving heavy snowfall, Accardo and Anna drove 12 miles in their cars. Arriving at the new headquarters of the High Command of the Western Reich, a bunker blown out of the foot of a wooded mountain, Accardo was not spared, and continued to name the place according to Hitler, the Stone Fort.
The bad weather showed no signs of improving, and the German army was forced to postpone the offensive that was supposed to be launched. Accardo was anxious, walking impatiently around the Stone Castle's office. However, this delay has given the army generals more time to transport troops, stock up on supplies, and have more time to prepare bombs and shells for the new war.