General Hugo Speller was not as unreliable as Gobuling (Goering). Goering, a fat man of more than 200 kilograms, was awarded because the guarantee he made at the critical moment would not be effective 100% of the time.
He got the nickname "Ge Buling".
For example, in the upcoming Battle of Dunkirk, Göring originally boasted that he could destroy the British and French allied forces with air force alone, but in the future Battle of Stalingrad, he claimed that he could rely on airdrops to maintain the supplies of the Sixth Army. And in the end,
As a result, the former failed to annihilate the main force of Britain and France, and the latter became the turning point of World War II.
But Hugo Speller, a fat man who also weighed 200 pounds, was different. As early as World War I, this general had served as captain and squadron leader of the 50th Field Aviation Group and the 7th Army Aviation Group.
Commander, and was awarded the Hohenzollern Royal Medal with Double Swords for his outstanding command in battle. He has 100% seniority, and is much more reliable than an air force commander like Goering who was a pilot.
In 1936, he was transferred by Reinhardt to the position of commander of the Condor Corps to intervene in the Spanish Civil War. During this battle, he showed strong air combat command capabilities and was promoted to Air Force General.
It is worth mentioning that during the Spanish Civil War, Hugo Speller also used his status as a German general to rescue thousands of Catholic believers during the war. The Spanish Catholic Church will always remember his brave spirit and made a lot of money.
Have a good reputation.
At the same time, because of the excellent performance of his Condor Legion, the air force that defeated the Spanish Republican Army could not hold its head high. Even the Spanish dictator Franco made a special trip to award him a Spanish Cross.
When such an outstanding general received a request for a night battle from General Bock, the commander of Army Group B, he was not at all as concerned about the Army's interference in the Air Force's command policy as Göring did in history. Instead, he made an exception and organized a night battle for Bock's request.
A night battle that the Air Force had tried to avoid before.
So, after quickly receiving an approval reply from Hugo Speller, General Bock, who had already had dark circles under his eyes, patted the Air Force Liaison Officer on the shoulder with satisfaction and said: "Great, now I can finally sleep tonight.
Have a good sleep."
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"Go away, don't disturb me! Ask the brigade commander stationed in Louvain to drive them out." Contrary to Bock, Montgomery, who had developed the habit of going to bed early, and the German troops on the front line were already lying in bed when they received the news of the exchange of fire.
on the bed.
The anxious staff officer was originally extremely nervous to report on the military situation, but was knocked out of his account by the overly calm Montgomery. For a moment, he was a little unsure of the situation.
His division commander is too calm! The Belgian army is retreating from the Albert Canal. The French Army Group on the right side of the British Army has also completely collapsed. All the surrounding friendly forces were frightened when they encountered the German army, except for the British Expeditionary Force.
The commander of the 3rd Division actually didn't bother to care about the incoming German troops because they were sleeping!
It has to be said that Montgomery's over-calmness, which was probably deliberate, had a good effect. At least, his troops were not as frightened as the Belgian army when they heard the Germans were attacking. You know, the troops stationed in the British Expedition
The Belgian 10th Division in front of the 3rd Division of the Army was so frightened that they broke up or surrendered when 30 tanks led by the German Colonel Ronsenberg launched the first round of exploratory charge.
Montgomery's 3rd Division, however, was able to respond calmly to the enemy. Although their combat effectiveness was not stronger than that of the Germans, at least they did not collapse at the first touch. Even the Grenadier Guards and the Royal Northern Ireland Infantry Regiment of Montgomery's 1st Brigade counterattacked and defeated the Long Army.
The vanguard mobile force of Seborg, with less than 1,000 men, was blocked outside Louvain...
Yes, it blocked the German army, rather than encircling the German army!
"Oops! We sent a typo in the telegram!" After receiving the hold order personally issued by the Army Group Headquarters, and the accompanying news that the Air Force made an exception to provide night support, Colonel Ronsenberg of the vanguard regiment quickly felt
Something's wrong.
The reaction of the headquarters was too great, and it was a bit abnormal. Moreover, unless for some special reason, orders are usually issued from the division headquarters, not from the dignified army group headquarters.
After all, the army group headquarters also has jurisdiction over the major group armies. Each major army group headquarters has to command each army, and each military headquarters has to order each division. Then the division headquarters commands the regiment headquarters. If the army group has to control hundreds or thousands of
Each regiment is personally commanded, and the huge workload can definitely overwhelm the army group headquarters.
Therefore, when a regiment headquarters receives instructions from the army group headquarters, there must be reasons worthy of the army group commander's attention.
But...their vanguard group only had some contact with the British troops in Louvain. Although they deliberately did not launch a strong attack because of their conservative strength, there was no crisis situation. Why did the Army Group Headquarters personally
Give their small regiment headquarters a strict order to stand firm, and also ask the Air Force, which has always refused to fight at night, to make an exception to support them?
After reading the telegram sent to the rear, Colonel Ronsenberg quickly understood the reason that made everyone dumbfounded - there were typos in the telegram, and the war situation was reported incorrectly!
In the telegram sent to the division headquarters, they mistakenly coded "arrived" as "besieged". (Feiyu's note: The German word for arrival is eingetroffen, and the German word for "besieged" is called eingeschloss. The writing methods are similar, and mistakes are inevitable occasionally)
"It's over now." Ronsenberg's adjutant also looked embarrassed when he learned about the problem: "Because of the typo, such a big joke was made. Not only did it alarm General Bock of our Army Group B, but also the entire Air Force.
We are involved. When the truth comes out, we will be imprisoned..."
Ronsenberg knew that what the adjutant said was absolutely correct. Who told them to accidentally make a typo and cause such a big mistake? No matter what the consequences were, they could only bear the consequences.
"Let's just forget about the mistake for the time being. The Air Force's support fighter planes have already taken off anyway. Why not use this unexpected Air Force night attack to seize the British position in front of us." Ronsenberg shook his head and said with a wry smile: "First give it to the division.
Please clarify it for me and send our temporary battle plan to us for approval. Be careful this time and don’t make any typos in the telegram..."
"Yes!" the adjutant replied sweating profusely. Although Ronsenberg did not ask, he knew that the erroneous telegram was written by him. Since Ronsenberg did not ask who wrote the manuscript of the telegram, he also
It's better not to say it... Although you can probably guess that this kind of telegram to the division headquarters was drafted by either the regiment commander or the deputy regiment commander. Since Ronsenberg himself did not draft it, then
The person who is going to write the telegram can only be...
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PS: It’s a terrible typo. As long as Qingyang finds a typo, it will be corrected in time. It’s just that pirates often can’t correct it.
