What Smigret didn't know was that Gamelin, whom he had always trusted so much, had said this in private: If the German army can destroy Poland within half a month, France will be free from moral uneasiness, because even if we send troops, we can't
That's too late.
This is nothing like what a general said. It is so shameless that even most politicians who implement the appeasement policy are not very thick-skinned. What's more, the military mutual assistance treaty between Poland and France was signed by Gamelin himself in four years.
The person who was responsible for signing the contract immediately turned around and refused to acknowledge it.
As a general, he publicly issued even more shameless orders to his army commanders.
In order to hypocritically fulfill the mutual assistance treaty, the French High Command decided to stage a suitable "offensive performance." In order to give confidence to the Polish allies, the French army also gave this offensive a nice name - the Saar Offensive.
Before the war between Germany and Poland began, Gamelin personally promised that once Poland persisted for a week, the French army would launch a super-large-scale offensive, which would surely drive the German army into panic. At that time, the Polish army would only need to take the opportunity to counterattack, and they could carve up Germany with France.
’s territory.
What he said was not just a little bit awesome, it was Ling Yun's ambition and arrogance. But in the end, when Gan Molin gave the order to the troops, the guy's tone changed to: "All French troops participating in the attack,
The advance must be stopped 'not less than 1 kilometer' in front of the German Siegfried Line."
With this order, the then French Second Army immediately broke into the French-German border at "extreme speed" and "quickly" arrived in front of the German Siegfried Line.
After that, more than 100,000 French troops stopped far away at a place where the German construction work could be seen with the naked eye. Then the infantry began to walk in small groups in the forest or around the village. The machine gunners were tired of carrying their guns and simply moved to sit on a chair.
He stood down, laying the machine gun beside him, with his free hand holding a cup of hot black tea.
At first glance, the German soldiers looked extremely nervous. You must know that in order to attack Poland, there were only 11 active German divisions on the German-French border, and another 35 new divisions remaining on the Western Front. That combat effectiveness
Basically, they are not much different from the militia. If the French army attacks now, they can go to Berlin and have tea with Reinhardt on the weekend!
But time passed little by little, and the French army on the opposite side was still so calm. Their guns did not fire, and their positions did not move forward.
The German troops in the defense line took a closer look and saw that the French were organizing a collective cross-border tour for the army?! Many of them did not have guns in their hands, and there were even several literary and artistic officers leaning under the tree reading a book!
Okay, let's all disperse. Looking back, we see General Lundstadter running around naked. There's nothing to be nervous about. Didn't the Führer tell you not to be nervous?
Two days later, news of the Polish army's defeat in the Battle of the Buzula River came. The French Second Army started a new major operation in the early morning of September 30, that is, the entire army retreated at the speed of a "forced march".
The Chino Line of Defense must all exit the German border before noon.
During the whole process, in order not to irritate the Germans, Gamelin sent a telegram to Poland that the French Air Force did not even dispatch reconnaissance planes. He was deeply afraid that the Germans would also send planes to bomb in retaliation after seeing the French planes passing by.
"Are you sure the French didn't fire a single shot from the beginning to the end, and have all retreated now?" Sitting in the Führer's Residence in Berlin, Reinhard specially summoned all the top military officials he could gather, in front of everyone.
They asked about the situation on the western frontier.
"Yes, my head of state! The French have no intention of fighting at all. The border guards retreated to the temporary fortifications according to your wishes, and they really did not engage in fighting with the French army."
The one who reported the situation was a major general of the SS. His words naturally revealed his admiration for the Führer who knew everything about him, both inside and outside his words.
The report of this major general of the SS was so important that it directly lifted a huge stone that was weighing heavily on the heart of the German command. Before that, although Reinhard, the always wise head of state, had repeatedly promised, in fact,
There are still not many people who dare to 100% believe that the French army will miss this great opportunity to attack Germany.
All the main forces of the German army have been transferred to the Eastern Front. At this time, the French army's attack is bound to win. With so many soldiers in France and a lot of so-called famous generals, can no one see this golden opportunity?
As a result, no one saw this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In other words, a few people saw it, but were persuaded by their inner appeasement to sit back and watch the German army attack eastward.
Originally, under Reinhardt's plan, this Polish campaign was initiated by the Soviet Union, which further rekindled Britain and France's fear of this red beast.
Furthermore, the more Germany fights westward, the closer it will be to the Soviet Union. Sooner or later, it will be a matter of time before the border is reached. Isn’t it true that what Britain and France have always been pursuing is to bring the two enemies of Germany and the Soviet Union together? Isn’t this just right!
Just when the generals at sea, land and air who were present were relieved and thankful that the situation was developing according to the ideal situation, Reinhardt's next words instantly aroused a commotion.
"So, after General Rundstedt returns from Poland, shouldn't he take off his clothes and run around in the center of Berlin?" Reinhard rubbed his hands and smiled.
Oh my god, it seems that the head of state has always been concerned about this matter!
The generals of the SS were fine, and were basically used to Reinhardt's vulgar style. The people in the navy and air force also let it go because it had nothing to do with them. But several veteran generals in the army couldn't sit still.
In particular, General Rundstedt, because he has the most seniority, is regarded by many veteran generals in the army as the veteran of the German Army and a typical example of German soldiers in the old days. In addition, his status as a nobleman of the Feng family is also quite important. In this way
It doesn’t feel right no matter how you think about an important representative Confucian general being thrown into the street and running naked!
"Führer, although General Rundstadt had differences of opinion with you before, it is too much to punish him like this, isn't it?" An elderly army general looked at Reinha, whose face almost cramped from laughing.
Special splash of cold water.
"Excessive?!" Several rich expressions suddenly appeared on Reinhard's face, including surprise, grievance, sadness, and anger: "I am willing to admit defeat, what is too much? Besides, if you really think
That's too much. Why didn't you come out and object in the first place? Did you think that I must be the loser from the beginning and wanted to see how stupid I was, so you didn't say anything on purpose?"
In fact, what Reinhard said was right. Several veteran generals put aside the political aspect and analyzed it from a military perspective, so they concluded that it must be Reinhardt who made a fool of himself. Of course, they were not serious.
I really wanted to see Reinhard streaking, just to use it to kill the Führer and highlight how important the military professionalism of their generals was.
Unfortunately, Reinhard had also made up his mind to calm down the energy of these army generals as soon as possible and use a strong dose of medicine to establish his own prestige. He turned his head and democratically asked other generals for their opinions:
"Everyone was present when the bet was made. It was fair, just and open. How come General Lundstedt has to be punished if he loses? Does that mean I went too far?"
Reinhard glanced in the direction of the Air Force and SS: "Do you think I am unjust?"
"Injustice!" They were all the confidants promoted by Reinhardt. They had already followed him and learned from him. When they saw the hint from the head of state, they immediately started to fight against the injustice: "We were all involved in the whole process. What the head of state said
It's all reasonable and has been agreed upon for a long time. It's really a huge injustice to say that the head of state is wrong only after the results have come out!"
"That's right." When he realized that this was a show of loyalty, Redel also hurriedly led a group of naval generals to cry out for the Führer: "It was only after the Führer won that you objected to the bet. It was really too biased in favor of Lundstedt.
General Germany, it’s unfair to the head of state!”
Seeing this effect, Reinhard knew that his life of commanding the German high command would definitely be much easier in the future. The new generation of German generals were all fucking taken out of the division by him. Not to mention the quick reactions of each one,
They all became his cronies, vying to speak for him. Once the army's spirit was weakened, the German high command would no longer have any obstacles of his own!
Besides, he has always been used to messing around, and finally God opened his eyes this time, and he was still reasonable. He must seize the opportunity to clear up the muscles and bones of the generals who have many problems in the army one by one!