Sickert rushed back to the Wehrmacht headquarters the next day, after all, it is not a good thing for a commander-in-chief to stay in the exercise area all day long, although the whole world knows that the German Wehrmacht now has only a few people and a few guns, and the commander-in-chief is similar to the commander of the army group of other countries, but Sickert still does not want to admit this helpless fact.

So staying in his office and fantasizing about having a dozen army groups is something that makes Sickert very comfortable.

"Second Lieutenant Grace!" Sickett called his heartfelt female secretary, "Accardo's purchase report should have been submitted today, right?

This question brought Grace into the middle of her conversation with Accardo yesterday:

Grace asked Accardo worriedly: "But if the general asks, I dare not hide it! If it is revealed, the general will no longer trust me, and your concealment will fail!"

Accardo laughed: "I bought a company in Munich with a lot of money, and the name of the company is interesting, the name is Bayerischemotorenwerke, the Bavarian Maschinenwerke, and I give this company the nickname 'BMW AG'. ”

Accardo pointed to the plan, smiled at Grace and said: "In the future, all my car and armored car purchases will be marked with the word BMW, and you will not say anything if you report to Ma Sict, if he finds out, you can directly put the responsibility on me." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Grace, frowning.

"In the future accounting, in the procurement of the Wehrmacht, how much BMW will have, in fact, how much BMW motorcycles and cars. Not real horses, understand?" said Accardo, ending the conversation.

Thinking of this, Grace smiled and reported to General Sickert, who asked questions: "Lieutenant Colonel Accardo's report this time purchased a BMW 300, and it seems that he still likes horses." ”

"This Accardo, who was hard at mouth with me yesterday, didn't he secretly correct his radical mistakes in the end? Sickert smiled, took the report and flipped through it roughly, and when he saw that there were still 200 cars written on the car purchase column, he snorted unhappily, closed the original report, and threw it aside.

"Go down!" Sickett closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, waved his hand at Grace and said, "I'm tired and need a break." ”

While Sickert was being deceived by Accardo's BMW name at the General Headquarters, Accardo was personally training his armored commanders at the exercise site. he

Pointing to a forest opposite, Accardo spoke patiently to the group of young soldiers and officers surrounding him.

"You should order your troops to stop here and send armored reconnaissance vehicles to reconnoiter here and there!" Confirm the position of the enemy and then arrange the attack, you are all important talents of the Wehrmacht, and I don't want to lose any of you because of an unprepared and careless attack!" Accardo sternly recounted his operational principles.

He stretched out four fingers and bent down every time he spoke: "Discover the enemy, find the weak point, strike a thunderbolt, rest and replenish! This is the basic principle of combat! Do you understand?"

"Always maintain your most reliable comrade-in-arms, the tank! Clean the barrels, pack the engines, and make sure all the hatches can be opened and closed freely. "Accardo never tires of admonishing these young tankers in almost every exercise, because Accardo knows that each of them is the most valuable asset.

"Sir. A German officer, about thirty-five years old, was recording Accardo's words, and he raised his hand with the pen and asked to speak. It wasn't until Accardo looked at him that he asked nervously, "What if we lose air supremacy?"

Accardo looked at the officer who asked the question with interest, his face made Accardo very familiar, and it made Accardo very excited to see this historical bull figure here, and after looking at him for a few seconds, Accardo asked, "Captain, what's your name?"

"Sir, my name is Heinz Wilhelm Guderian! and I am a company commander of the 10th Hussar Battalion. Guderian straightened up and saluted, introducing himself loudly.

Accardo is a little crying and laughing, the famous blitzkrieg tactician in World War II, the world's leading founder of the theory of armored forces, General Guderian, who is known as the father of armored forces, is now a company commander under him, and the world is really wonderful.

"How to make the sky belong to us, that's my problem, and your problem is how to achieve the most brilliant results at the least cost!" Accardo answered Guderian's question with a smile, then pointed at him, and continued: "Okay! That's all for today, you come with me." ”

Taking Guderian to a big tree, and seeing that there was no one around, Accardo turned back to Guderian and said, "You know the theory of armored forces that I have a very thorough understanding! Who gave you an analysis?"

"Sir, I took part in an observation exercise, and the British Royal Tank Battalion once demonstrated the power of tank assault, and I came back and wrote a very detailed report! Fortunately, the British did not look favorably at that exercise, and unfortunately we did not have the energy to discuss it. Guderian said sadly: "I didn't get any response to my report, so I had to deduce my ideas by myself." ”

He said as he looked eagerly at Accardo: "However, one day, my cavalry unit was cultivated as a virtual tank unit, which gave me hope all of a sudden, I didn't expect that there would be such a discerning officer as you in Germany, I believe that you will be able to lead us to victory in the next war!"

"I can't do it if I want to get rid of the armored soldiers! Captain Guderian! There are too many things that I need to do myself, and my time alone is limited after all, so I need people who understand me and support me. Accardo stroked the thick trunk of the tree with his palm, and said a little lonely and a little sentimental.

"Lieutenant Colonel, I'm willing to be your supporter!I think I can understand you! I've been your fanatical follower since the day I heard about you!" Guderian's face flushed with excitement, and Accardo even had some doubts that Guderian would push him down and rape him in the next second.

It's a pity that the basic drama was not staged, and Guderian said excitedly there: "Lieutenant Colonel Accardo, let me be your loyal follower! I am willing to pay with my life to prove your theory of armored forces!"

"Laying the foundation of a theory, especially a practical theory, is very boring, and it requires a huge amount of numbers! So I'm going to ask you to help me get the first detailed number to verify our theory of armored forces!" Would you like to?" asked Accardo as he looked at Guderian as he planned to train the young man in front of him into a future super-commander.

"Gladly!" said Guderian in a salutation.

"This year, in the autumn of 1921, I will transfer you to the Department of the Transport Corps of the Ministry of Defense! There I will get a comprehensive understanding of the logistics of the armored motorized troops! Then I will immediately arrange for you to go to Munich for an internship in a motorized transport battalion there. Questions?" asked Accardo.

Guderian's face was full of excitement: "Very happy! Sir, Heinz Wilhelm, Guderian assures you! I will dedicate my life to the German armored forces!"

Sending away his brain-dead powder plus the future bull-breaking general Guderian, Accardo sat on the lawn, leaned against the big tree and sighed, he didn't talk to Guderian casually, he was really a little tired.

In fact, more than a year ago, Accardo began to work desperately for the future of the Luftwaffe. Although General Sickt's preference for cavalry and bicycles was somewhat anachronistic, he had the foresight to anticipate that the air force would become an independent armed force, and he coincided with Accardo.

So with Sickert's approval, Accardo set up a department called the Special Aviation Division in the revamped General Staff, which reserved 180 places in the small officer corps to absorb some of the old pilots of the First World War. Accardo assigned these "special duty advisers" to the main units to instill air force awareness in the soldiers and officers of these units.

The idea is that infantry and virtual armored officers can take into account the possible actions of friendly and enemy aircraft when developing tactics during the exercise, even in the absence of aircraft.

During this period, the work of dislimatizing the production capacity of German arsenals such as Krupp was not carried out thoroughly by the Allied Arms Control Committee because of the large number of countries.

At the behest of Accardo, the Wehrmacht secretly hid 1,500 brand-new cannons produced at the Krupp factory in a secret base in the mountains. The operation was carried out by the Wehrmacht at night and at just the right time, just before the officers of the Arms Control Committee arrived at the Krupp factory.

And the Krupp factory itself secretly shipped another 1,500 cannons to a leather bag company in the Netherlands and hid them.

During the inspection, an Allied inspector found that Krupp had turned in a full 3,000 fewer cannons than French intelligence estimated. So there was an argument between the two sides.

People on the Krupp side defended themselves by claiming that French intelligence was exaggerating. Eventually, the Coalition Arms Control Commission inspectors made a compromise to break the stalemate, and in front of these inspectors, the Krupp plant restarted production, producing a full 3,000 cannons, which were removed and destroyed, and the factory's clamps and presses were dismantled.

From this incident, it is not difficult to see that the entire Allied Arms Control Committee is full of loopholes in the monitoring of the size of Germany's armed forces.