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Chapter 535 Sod Deployment

Berlin, Residence of the Führer.

Reinhard frowned at a piece of intelligence from the Eastern Front spies. On the long table in front of him, sat one after another the Chief of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Brauchitsch, Catherine, and Raeder, as well as

Lundstedt, commander of the Eastern Army Group, who rushed back from the Eastern Front, as well as generals including Reichenau, the commander of the Sixth Army, Guderian, the commander of the new Second Armored Army, and List, the commander of the Twelfth Army. Even the commander of the Gestapo

Ross and SS Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander Steve were also present.

The Sea Lion plan to fight against Britain has reached the third stage, which is the final stage of the landing operation. But at this moment, it was reported that the Soviet Union had deployed more than 1.5 million troops on the Soviet-German border, and a large number of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles entered

News to the Soviet-occupied zone in Poland.

Using the spy network planted by the Soviet-German cooperative, Reinhard even heard that the Soviet army conducted a simulated exercise of a Soviet-German offensive and defensive battle. Fortunately, Zhukov, who played the role of the German commander, won the exercise, which made Stalin have some scruples.

, not determined to completely break with the Third Reich.

In addition, Khrushchev and others, who relied on the Soviet-German Railway Cooperative to improve their political performance in Ukraine, also tried to mediate and delay the war.

Of course, Zhukov's victory only allowed the Soviet army to delay the attack and re-adjust the battle plan. The mediation by Khrushchev and his like was just to buy time so that he could replace his post as First Secretary in Ukraine.

, to avoid personal losses caused by the Soviet-German war.

In other words, once the Soviet army formulates new tactics and people like Khrushchev get rid of their interest relationship with the German Railway Cooperative, then whether it is war or peace depends entirely on the mood of the Soviet Union.

On the other hand, the German army is currently undergoing a large-scale reorganization and expansion plan, which means splitting the original troops and recruiting new troops to form several new combat troops of the same size.

Many troops with rich combat experience and brilliant records were pulled to northern France to prepare for the landing operation against the United Kingdom. There were also the 30th Infantry Division and the 15th Armored Corps, the most powerful in Germany, which were taken away by Rommel.

It was no longer possible to return to the Eastern Front.

The First Armored Army was transferred back to the Eastern Front. List's Twelfth Army, as well as the Seventeenth and Fourth Army, also gradually moved towards the Eastern Front, joining the Eastern Army Group where Lundstadter had originally stayed.

group.

However, just mobilizing these troops is no longer the best state for Germany to take action. Due to the military operations of the British landing campaign and the African expedition, the German army has separated too many elite regiments on other fronts. Obviously,

It is possible to win victory by relying only on the remaining strength against the Soviet army that is going all out.

The surrender of France allowed the German army to free up a large number of troops, and at the same time it also had a Vichy French ally with 100,000 army troops. However, if Reinhardt wanted to use the 100,000 army troops in Pétain's hands to help the German army and

The Soviet Union's war was not at all difficult.

First of all, what the French are thinking about now is not to send their local 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 Bertrand.

In order to defeat the invading British army and defend the large Algerian oil fields that represent France's hope for revival.

When it comes to being able to deploy and supplement the troops on the Eastern Front at will, the more than 300,000 SS troops in Steve's hands are undoubtedly the best choice. Among them, there are 250,000 SS troops that were adapted and expanded from the original Hungarian Defense Forces.

The SS army has been stationed in the southern provinces of Germany and serves as a large-scale reserve force on the Eastern Front. The nearly 100,000 SS troops who participated in the French campaign and were deployed in Germany were also liberated with the end of the French campaign and can be used as appropriate.

Send an additional portion to the Eastern Front.

This is why Steve was called to this meeting.

However, among the many Wehrmacht generals on the Eastern Front, the one who was as loyal as the SS commanders was Reichenau of the Sixth Army. As early as 1930, he joined the National Socialist Party as a member of the Wehrmacht. In this way

What is the difference between a Wehrmacht general and an SS general?

Therefore, now this Wehrmacht general, who is generally an SS commander, is tasked with combining maps and intelligence to introduce the situation on the Eastern Front according to Reinhardt's ideas.

In front of many heavyweights of the Third Reich, Reichenau slowly picked up the telescopic pole, pointed at the huge map of Europe on the wall of the conference room and introduced: "On the Eastern Front, our original Army Group Eastern only has

They had a strength of 550,000. But the Soviet army in front of them had reached about 900,000. In the area where the SS was mainly responsible in the south, the 250,000 SS troops faced about 700,000 Soviet troops.

To the north, the 6th Army I just brought, although it has a very large establishment of 200,000 men, is also facing the newly deployed Soviet army of about 300,000 troops."

"The proven strength of the Soviet army is as high as 1.9 million?!" As the chief of the army general staff, but actually in power, Brakhitch frowned and muttered to himself in a low voice: "This is what we are prepared to do.

Have we taken action?"

"Generals, there is no need to worry." Reinhard saw that many of the people here were already worried, so he encouraged everyone at the right time: "Our troops, including the fourth and twelfth troops who are moving towards the eastern front,

The Seventeenth Army, as well as Guderian's newly expanded Second Armored Army, have a total strength of more than 1.7 million. In addition, our army's equipment has a huge advantage, so there will be no crisis in the defense of the Eastern Front."

"That's right!" After receiving Reinhard's look, Chief of Staff Paulus also quickly stood up and added to the senior generals present: "Including the Soviet troops moving towards the border, their

The total strength will be slightly higher than 3 million. In fact, we also have a second batch of 450,000 troops, including 50,000 SS troops, planned to be transferred to the Eastern Front."

After a pause, Paulus raised his voice and continued: "In addition, after we successfully defeated France, Romania had already made its final determination and signed a secret agreement with us, planning to provide 750,000 troops for future wars against the Soviet Union.

Recover their lost territory. In other words, the total strength of our coalition forces on the Eastern Front will reach more than 2.9 million!"

"Diplomats are negotiating with the Finnish government to obtain the cooperation of the Finnish army in possible battles." Ribbentrop smiled and quietly gave out another piece of good news.

"Don't forget Italy." Reinhardt finally said: "Mr. Rossi, who is presiding over Italy's political situation, is pro-German. I can assure you that he will sign a contract with us to provide more than 200,000 Italian dollars."

The secret agreement of the Eastern Expeditionary Force. In other words, we will eventually gain an advantage on the Eastern Front, whether in terms of weapons, equipment, or strength!"

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