On the German side, the streaking is over, and the generals should sit down and sum up the gains and losses since the Polish campaign.
Throughout the Polish campaign, the German army could be said to have defeated Poland.
Because Germany was in an advantageous position in terms of strategy, tactics, weapons, personnel, coordination, etc., this war seemed to be one-sided from beginning to end.
But after the Glorious Kingdom passed, many minor problems were also exposed.
So after the streaking farce ended, the big guys from the entire Army and Air Force got together to discuss the next path, how to proceed?
However, the meeting entered an uncontrollable state as soon as it started.
The Army scolded the Air Force for often not being timely when providing ground support. Even when it was timely, they liked to throw bombs with their eyes closed, and several times they dropped bombs on their own people.
The Air Force said that there was something wrong with the Army's attack guidance. Is it my fault for guiding the planes to explode?
As for the army itself, it was even more quarrelsome.
The infantry divisions in the National Defense Force wanted to transfer more No. 3 assault guns from the armored divisions. After all, they found that this tool was very useful in supporting infantry attacks, and due to production capacity issues, the armored divisions did not have many of them, so of course they could not let go.
As for the SS, they almost sent representatives to go to the Soviet army to ask for the equipment captured in Poland. Who can compete with these gangsters?!
There were arguments about budgets, establishments, weapons, and the reorganization of troops. Many senior generals started to quarrel over who would serve some capable troops after they were reorganized. It was like venting the anger they had accumulated while running around naked.
So after the Army unanimously bit the Air Force to the outside world, they immediately started biting each other again within their own nests.
However, at least they knew that the SS men were like dogs, just like the Führer, and they would not let go when they bit someone. In addition, the SS did shed a lot of blood throughout the Polish campaign. In addition to liking to steal the trophies of friendly forces, they also
Due to the fact that the overall establishment of the SS was not large compared to the Wehrmacht, it was selectively ignored by the army generals.
Redel, who had escaped the streaking incident by squatting at the naval base, was drinking tea and watching a show in the northern base. The Polish campaign had little to do with the navy, so he naturally escaped from this celebration parade.
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On the other hand, under Reinhard's precautions, Gestapo agents inserted into the Polish Navy blocked their transfer, so that the Polish Navy was unable to escape to Britain as it had historically done after the war began. After that, these
The Polish warships naturally entered Redel's pocket.
All assets in the Polish Navy: 4 destroyers, 13 gunboats, 5 submarines, 10 minesweepers, 1 minelayer, and 4 training ships were all integrated into the naval sequence of the German Third Reich.
In addition to the 4 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, 1 new battleship, 4 new cruisers, and 12 Z-class destroyers that Reinhard used to supplement Redel with domestic production capacity, as well as Redel's work in Reinhardt or the West
When he was a subordinate of Kurt, he had 2 old battleships, 3 old cruisers, 7 old destroyers, and a large number of torpedo boats. The actual strength of the German Navy now has even surpassed the French Navy, which has never stopped developing.
Ranked second in Europe, second only to the Royal Navy of the British Empire!
So Redel is now very accustomed to Reinhardt's silent pursuit of making a fortune, and has fallen in love with this method of quickly replenishing and increasing the number of warships through capture. After all, relying on Germany's own production capacity, how many years will it take to build a bunch of warships?
Went. But in the war with Poland, a country's fleet was obtained within a month, rapidly expanding the size of the imperial navy.
Not to mention the distance, as long as Denmark is taken as planned by Reinhardt, 30 torpedo ships, 7 submarines, and 4 coastal defense ships can be obtained.
How long will it take to capture Denmark? It will only take one day at most.
How long will it take to build a battleship of the same size as the Danish Navy? One month is not enough!
Therefore, this summary meeting of striving for production capacity and development. From the beginning to the end, Redel came with the mentality of attending as a routine and did not expect to gain any benefits at all.
And Catherine on the Air Force side happened to be a quiet person. After a few words, she led a group of Air Force generals to silence. Only dozens of high-level generals of the National Defense Force were left, and they were so noisy that they almost started to fight!
The head of state sitting at the top also has a headache. Keeping the noise like this won't solve the problem at all.
So, Reinhardt started from the most basic and discussed with the Army on the establishment of small arms and infantry companies. Both the Wehrmacht and the SS had an infantry company, and the infantry companies they sent out were based on the weapons that both sides felt were suitable.
The configuration direction is adapted, and then the exercise is performed. Finally, a comprehensive evaluation is conducted based on the exercise performance and achievability. Once the evaluation is feasible, the weapon configuration and mode of the winning side's exercise unit are adapted.
Of course, it is definitely not possible to have a confrontation with someone with only one submachine gun. Although both parties can plan the weapon configuration of the exercise company on their own, the outrageous matching method makes it impossible to implement specific adaptations in the future.
If the Führer's SS wins by relying on excellent equipment, then the Wehrmacht can use this as an excuse to follow the model of the SS drill company and replace it with good equipment. Therefore, in order to save money, the Führer will not be thick-skinned no matter how thick-skinned he is.
Maybe the SS would do something like having one submachine gun in each hand. After all, even if they win, the Führer will not be able to use this as a standard for future adaptations.
But at least the Army didn't dare to make a death bet this time, and the obvious sequelae of streaking did show up.
However, the head of state still set a bonus - if the SS wins, the supply of weapons for the Armed SS, that is, the regular combat troops of the SS, will be further opened to the same standards as the Wehrmacht. Regardless of whether the Wehrmacht wins or loses,
, can optimize the equipment level of the infantry company according to the weapon equipment method proposed by the victor.
Why did the SS grab spoils during the Battle of Poland? They were not poor. Although they had some advanced experimental weapons, they were like desserts, delicious but not filling! Overall, the SS was still poor. Apart from their beliefs, they had various
Everything is lacking.
Compared with this kind of request, the generals of the Wehrmacht were really afraid that Reinhard would come up with some bullshit naked parade bet.
Anyway, they were confident in their own combat effectiveness, and the bet was not unreasonable, so they simply agreed to Reinhardt.
According to the plan jointly formulated by Reinhard and General Bock who commanded the Northern Army Group during the Polish Campaign (General Lundstedt, who originally commanded the Southern Army Group, had already been killed and was unwilling to make a bet with the Führer, so the Wehrmacht had to send Bock.
General), the participating companies of the SS and the Wehrmacht each had a week to prepare, and a week later, the two sides met at the exercise ground.
We only have so much time, and we randomly grab an infantry company from the combat units in the previous Polish campaign. Everything is fair, and there is no such thing as veterans abusing new recruits.
So, an interesting phenomenon happened.
Finland is in actual war with the Soviet Union, Norway is preparing for war with the United Kingdom, but the Germans still have the heart to conduct exercises!