0p0 Third Reich Episode 349
Third Reich Episode 349
On the other hand, the German army is currently undergoing a large-scale reorganization and expansion plan, that is, splitting the original troops and adding new recruits to form several new combat troops of the same size.
Many troops with rich combat experience and brilliant records were drawn to northern France to prepare for the landing operations against Britain.Also taken away by Rommel, the 30th Infantry Division, the most powerful in Germany, and the 15th Panzer Army, it is impossible to return to the Eastern Front.
The First Armored Army was transferred back to the Eastern Front. Liszt's No.12 Army, and No.17, the Fourth Army, also gradually marched towards the Eastern Front to join the Eastern Army that was originally staying in Rundstede. group.
However, only the mobilization of these troops is no longer the best state that Germany can show.Due to the military operations of the British landing war and the African expedition, the German army has separated too many elite legions on other fronts.Obviously, it is possible to win by only relying on the remaining strength to deal with the all-out Soviet army.
The surrender of France allowed the German army to free up a large number of troops while also having the Vichy French ally with an army of 10.However, if Reinhardt wanted to pull the 01 troops in Pétain's hands to help the German army fight the Soviet Union, the difficulty would not be at 30:[-].
First of all, what the French are thinking day and night is not to send their own troops to the East to defend the country for Germany.What they are more urgent is to transport these troops to Algeria in the south and send them to the famous French general Berente so that they can defeat the invading British army and defend the large Algerian oil fields that represent the hope of French revival.
In terms of being able to deploy and supplement troops on the Eastern Front at will, the more than 30 SS troops in Steve's hands are undoubtedly the best choice.Among them, 25 SS troops adapted and expanded from the original Hungarian Defense Forces have been stationed in the southern provinces of Germany, serving as large-scale reserves on the Eastern Front.In addition, nearly [-] SS troops who participated in the French campaign and deployed in Germany were also liberated with the end of the French campaign, and some of them could be transferred to the Eastern Front as appropriate.
That's why Steve was called into this meeting.
However, among the many generals of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, the one who is as loyal as the commander of the SS is Reichenau of the Sixth Army.As early as 1930, he joined the National Socialist Party as a Wehrmacht.What is the difference between such a Wehrmacht general and an SS general?
Therefore, now it is the General of the Wehrmacht, who is generally the commander of the SS Army, who has taken on the task of combining maps and intelligence to integrate and introduce the situation on the Eastern Front according to Reinhardt's ideas.
In front of many heavyweight figures from the Third Reich, Reichenau picked up the telescopic rod unhurriedly, pointed to the huge map of Europe on the wall of the meeting room and introduced: "On the Eastern Front, our original Eastern Army Group only has However, the Soviet army in front of them has reached a scale of about 55. In the area where the SS is mainly in charge in the south, the 90 SS troops are facing about 25 Soviet troops. In the north, I just Although the 70th Army brought in had a super-large establishment of 6 men, it also faced the newly deployed Soviet army of about 20 troops."
"The proven strength of the Soviet army is as high as 190 million?!" As the chief of the army's general staff, but actually in power, Borahiche frowned and murmured to himself in a low voice: "This is the army that is ready to deal with Have we made a move?"
"Generals, don't worry." Reinhardt saw that many people present were already worried, and he encouraged everyone in a timely manner: "Our troops, counting the No. 12, which is moving closer to the Eastern Front, The No.17 Army, as well as Guderian's newly expanded Second Armored Army, have a total strength of more than 170 million, plus our army has a huge advantage in equipment, so there will be no crisis in the defense of the Eastern Front."
"That's right!" Paulus, the chief of staff of the High Command, also hurriedly got up after receiving Reinhardt's gaze, and added to the senior generals present: "Counting the troops of the Soviet army that are moving to the border, their The total strength will be slightly higher than 300 million. In fact, we still have 5 troops, including 45 SS troops, who plan to transfer to the Eastern Front in the second batch."
After a pause, Paulus raised his voice and continued: "In addition, after we successfully defeated France, Romania had already made up its final determination and signed a secret agreement with us, planning to provide 75 troops for future wars against the Soviet Union. Recover their lost ground. In other words, the total strength of our coalition forces on the Eastern Front will reach more than 290 million!"
"The diplomats are negotiating with the Finnish government, trying to get the Finnish army to fight together in possible battles." Ribbentrop smiled, and quietly threw out another piece of good news.
"Don't forget Italy." Reinhardt finally said: "Mr. Rossi, who is presiding over the political situation in Italy, is pro-German. I can assure you that he will sign a contract with us and provide more than 20 Italian oriental money. The secret agreement of the expeditionary force. In other words, we will eventually gain an advantage on the Eastern Front, whether it is weapons, equipment or troops!"
Chapter 536 of the main text tells the head of state that I have tried my best
Of course, the fact that the Allied forces surpassed the Soviet army on the border is only in the future tense.
As for now, a total of 45 German troops in the second batch of troop increase plans have not yet set off.The military alliance negotiations with the Finnish government are still in progress.As for the 20 allied troops in Italy, it is estimated that they are still busy eating pasta in the country.
Therefore, the existing strength of the German army on the Eastern Front is actually [-]% inferior.
Coupled with the intelligence provided by Reinhardt using his prophetic advantage, it shows that the Soviet army will have a reserve of about 1000 million regular troops.Once the two sides go to war, the German army, which has not been able to concentrate because of Operation Sea Lion, has no chance of winning.
Because of this, Reinhardt, who has always been arrogant, chose to be patient, and pretended to turn a blind eye to Stalin's malicious behavior again and again, and even made that kind of decision...
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(2 days ago)
"Call 554, this is 553, I am ordered to take over your aircraft to carry out the cruise mission, please return!"
"Received 554, I can no longer return, you keep going, repeat, you keep going!"
Over the Baltic Sea, an aerial radio conversation resounded through the sky.
It happened after Stalin saw through Reinhardt's strategy of using Japan to contain the Soviet Union.
At Reinhardt's request, the Germans on the Eastern Front have been in a state of forbearance.After all, Reinhardt did not want to cause an unnecessary military conflict between the German army and the Soviet Union on the eve of attacking Britain.
However, Stalin regarded Reinhardt's tolerance as weakness, and repeatedly touched the bottom line of the German army's concession. The Soviet-German front line was once full of gunpowder. .
There was a reason for Stalin's arrogance.
After seeing through Reinhardt's methods, Stalin quickly sent Molotov to personally preside over the negotiations with Japan and signed a "Soviet-Japanese Prime Minister's Treaty."
This treaty clearly mentions that "if one of the contracting parties becomes the object of war of one or more third parties, the other party shall remain neutral throughout the conflict."
In other words, this is almost the Soviet Union clearly saying: "Once we start a war with Germany, little Japan, you should stop doing sneak attacks."
The more frightening coincidence is that because the Japanese army representing the Northward Movement failed one after another, the Southward Movement navy, which has always been opposed to the army, has recently gained a lot of power and is preparing to take the opportunity to go south to seize the sphere of influence of Western countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Adhering to the Japanese Army's claim that they must oppose this glorious tradition, the Japanese Navy overturned the Army's second plan to march northward to the Soviet Union, and at the same time came up with a diametrically opposite southward advance plan, and even obtained the Japanese base camp. Finally agreed.
Therefore, the Japanese base camp finally began to seek to adjust relations with the Soviet Union in order to consolidate the security of the north.
Japan even put forward the "Japan-Soviet Nonaggression Treaty Plan" first, and appointed Lieutenant General Takekawa Miji as the new ambassador to the Soviet Union, and went to call on Molotov.
Therefore, Jianchuan and Molotov hit it off almost immediately, and finally settled on a "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty" that Stalin requested to change its name.
The reason for changing the name is, of course, that the name "mutual non-aggression" is unlucky.
Sood and Germany signed a non-aggression pact, but the Soviet Union still had to attack Germany.You said that if the Soviet Union signs another treaty with the same name with Japan, will the little dwarfs feel at ease?
With this treaty as a reliance, Stalin, who had stabilized the rear, finally had the confidence to start what he had wanted to do for a long time.
Therefore, at 1941:1 am on January 12, 10, under the order of the Soviet border guards, a Soviet reconnaissance plane went deep into the German airspace in the Baltic Sea, preparing to circle around the defensive positions of the German Eastern Front and collect the German defensive positions for deployment. information about the situation.
The warning radar built by Germany in the northern part of the Polish-occupied area successfully discovered the Soviet reconnaissance plane, so the German air defense department immediately dispatched a me-109 fighter jet to intercept it.
When this Soviet reconnaissance plane encountered the German fighter jet that came to intercept it in the airspace of the Baltic Sea, the front fuselage and vertical tail of the German fighter jet were painted with big red "554", which was particularly eye-catching!
It approached from the left rear of the Soviet reconnaissance plane from the open sea, and it was aggressive as soon as it came up.
For the German me-109 fighter, it was the first time for the Soviets to observe it at such a close distance.During the approach, the German plane began to slow down, monitoring the Soviet reconnaissance plane at close range, with an imposing manner.
Looking from the plane window, it looks like a golden eagle spreading its wings, fierce and angry.The short and thick body of the Yau-7 Soviet reconnaissance plane is like an ugly and clumsy duck.
Next, the me-109 fighter jets got closer and closer, squeezing the Soviet reconnaissance plane.Recently, the distance between the two planes was only 2 meters, and the wingtips almost touched the wingtips, so that only a part of it could be seen from the window.
The Soviet pilots could see that the machine gun mounted on the German plane was close at hand, and the sharp leading edge of the wing shone coldly in the sun.
In sight, the German pilots also stared at them sternly, which made the crew of the Soviet reconnaissance plane feel extremely depressed.
What happened later proved that the Soviets' concerns were not unreasonable.
At that time, after the flying altitude of the two planes reached 1500 meters, the German fighter plane quickly flew away from the Soviet reconnaissance plane. The reconnaissance plane was almost out of control.
On the other hand, the German me-109 fighter jets have requested more than once to open fire on the Soviet reconnaissance plane, but the German high-level officials seem to be worried about triggering conflicts and do not want to do so. This has led to his superiors ambiguous every request Rejected for unclear reasons.
As a last resort, the German fighter jet could only carry out the mission of driving away the Soviet reconnaissance plane and circled around the Soviet reconnaissance plane.
A few minutes later, the German fighter plane saw that the Soviet reconnaissance plane had no intention of leaving and came back, so it had to press the Soviet reconnaissance plane at a very close distance again.
Seeing this situation, the captain of the Soviet reconnaissance plane immediately ordered the plane to slow down, and pretended to show the German pilot that his plane was about to leave.
After that, the Soviet fighters disappeared again.
But the crafty Soviet reconnaissance plane didn't really go away, it made another wide circle and then turned back.