Reinhard suddenly felt a little distracted, because with his arrival, history had gradually been changed beyond recognition.
Before 1940, he could still rely on his understanding of the original history, prescribe the right medicine, and go smoothly.
But this time, I don’t know if it was because the news of the sudden attack by the Soviets was too exciting. Reinhard himself hadn’t fainted yet, but his men couldn’t bear it before him. Reichenau was earlier than ever in history.
He died suddenly 10 months later, which Reinhardt had never expected.
"Who is temporarily in charge of commanding and dispatching Reichenau's Sixth Army?" Reinhard asked with a headache.
"It should be General Reichenau's deputy and deputy commander, General Karl." Paulus, who was familiar with the internal personnel of the Sixth Army, quickly answered.
After listening, Reinhard nodded thoughtfully: "That's right. You were also an officer of the Sixth Army before. It seems that you are still very familiar with it."
Although Paulus felt that there seemed to be some profound meaning in Reinhardt's words, he was not allowed to think about it in detail at this time because he still had one more thing to report after the war situation in the east.
"Führer, there is one more thing..." Paulus' tone was a little low.
What else?
Hearing this, a bad premonition suddenly came to Reinhardt's mind. The Western Front has not been settled yet, and there is such a big problem on the Eastern Front. Could there be another problem now?!
As expected, Paulus really announced his death: "In the southern part of the empire, on the African battlefield, General Rommel's attack on Tobruk Fortress failed. The British Commonwealth army has continued to win the defensive battle and re-stabilized its position and morale.
, within a short time, I'm afraid we are in North Africa..."
"We can no longer launch an offensive, right?" Reinhard said with a wry smile on his face, and made this embarrassing final conclusion for Paulus.
Although he came to this conclusion himself, Reinhard still felt bitterly that Churchill, a fat man, was really lucky.
Just when he was about to reach the end of his rope, his mortal enemy Stalin actually launched a war against Germany, giving Britain a glimmer of hope internationally.
Then, the British Commonwealth's own troops repelled Rommel's aggressive advance in North Africa. They rarely won a battle against the Germans and got rid of the curse of the British being invincible against the Germans.
Reinhardt could almost imagine how excited Churchill and the British politicians and soldiers would be when they heard the news.
Their morale was clearly about to collapse, but now...
"Order Rommel to stop!" Reinhard said through gritted teeth: "If he dares to act recklessly, let Lieutenant General Hans of the 30th Division take over the command of the African Army."
At this moment, even Paulus couldn't believe it for a moment when he heard this.
Rommel was a confidant general promoted by Reinhardt. This fact is already known to the German Communist Party. Lieutenant General Hans basically had no interaction with the Führer and relied entirely on his own tenacity to fight.
Style, I won one fierce battle after another and rose through the ranks by following normal procedures.
Replacing one of his closest confidants was no longer in line with Reinhardt's previous behavior, or in other words, it was not in line with a leader's imperial power.
However, at this time, Reinhard could no longer think of where to go.
He just clenched his fists uncontrollably and said angrily: "Over in Africa, I stopped the French generals from attacking and discouraged the Italians from launching an offensive, but my own German generals were the only ones who refused to obey the command.
, insisting on having his own way!"
Reinhard suddenly felt that in history, when Hitler was preparing Barossa Operation for Pakistan to attack the Soviet Union, Rommel did not obey the command and stirred up trouble in Africa. It was already such a headache.
No matter how good your record is, if you advance hundreds of kilometers in the desert in one day, to put it bluntly, it will be of no use to the overall situation!
"Führer, General Rommel..." Paulus hesitated again and again, but in the end he still did not defend Rommel's behavior.
Did Rommel launch this offensive for the sake of imperial strategy?
Obviously, even Rommel himself did not believe this use of excuse and plea. At least, not completely!
After all, when the seven French divisions that Pétain promised to send to Africa arrived on the battlefield, the odds of victory would clearly favor the Allies. The reason why Rommel insisted on launching an attack was, in the final analysis, because he could not wait to obtain the conquerors of Africa.
Honors and titles.
It is natural for soldiers to yearn for military exploits and want to make contributions. However, this is not a reason to disobey orders and ignore the overall situation.
If everyone wanted to be like Rommel, then this battle would be impossible to direct.
"You don't have to defend him." Reinhard stood up from his seat, walked to Paulus, patted his shoulder and said: "You are different from him. I believe that if you go to Africa to command
The overall situation is yours, so I don’t have to worry about this kind of disobedience."
Joke, will Paulus disobey?
Manstein, the original German god in history and the idol of Paulus, rarely expressed his willingness to take any responsibility for the rescue, and he was not seen disobeying Hitler's stupid order to stay put.
Looking at Paulus, a military staff officer who had completed many strategic deployments for him and proved his superiority, Reinhard gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.
"Paulus, let me ask you another question." Reinhard looked serious and looked Paulus in the eyes very seriously: "Do you still understand and familiarize yourself with the various units of the Sixth Army?"
Although he did not understand why the head of state suddenly asked him this question, Paulus, who had always been submissive, did not think much and immediately answered seriously: "Familiar! During the Battle of Poland, the marching instructions of almost every division in the Sixth Army were
, I have participated in the formulation, so I am very familiar with it.”
"That puts me at ease." Reinhardt showed a somewhat forced smile.
What are you worried about? Before Paulus could react, he heard the head of state announced a decision that surprised him greatly.
"General Paulus, I'll leave the Sixth Army to you! You are General Reichenau's deputy, so it shouldn't be too difficult to take over."
Reinhard put his right hand on Paulus's shoulder, squeezed him hard, and said silently: "Paulus, Paulus. This time, you must stop the Soviet army for me!"
