Here, the Adolf mentioned by Gustav V was not the Adolf who was the head of state of Germany, but the Swedish Crown Prince Adolf, who also served as the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht.
After Crown Prince Adolf received the telegram from Gustav V, he hurriedly took a sleigh from Vasa across the Gulf of Bothnia and went to Sundsvall across the strait to meet Rommel.
In Sundsvall, Adolf finally met Rommel.
Rommel and his base camp guards had just gotten off the train and were resting in the square outside the station.
However, at this time, the base camp guard had changed its designation and became the German vanguard.
Rommel had the usual German handsomeness and elegance. If he took off his military uniform and put on a suit or dress, others would definitely mistake him for an engineer or a nobleman. However, there was also something that surprised Adolf.
It was Rommel who actually brought two huge Dogo dogs.
Crown Prince Adolf also likes to keep dogs, and he likes to keep large mastiffs the most. In his palace, he keeps dozens of large carnivorous mastiffs, and the varieties are basically Fando, Bordeaux, Cane Corso, Filer and other varieties.
Of course, the Dogo, known as the king of hounds, is indispensable, and there are four of them.
However, the four Dogo dogs raised by Crown Prince Adolf are slightly inferior to the two dogs owned by Rommel.
After the ceremony, Crown Prince Adolf stared with envy at the two Dogo dogs held by Adjutant Rommel, and exclaimed: "Dogo dogs of this size are really rare. They must be very good at hunting, right?"
Rommel smiled and said: "Ordinary wild wolves are not their opponent at all. If two of them attack together, they can kill a medium-sized wild boar. I heard that the wild wolves in the Nordic jungle are very ferocious and extremely large, so this time I specially killed them."
I brought it here to see if the wild wolves from Northern Europe can beat my Dogo."
"Nordic wolf?" Crown Prince Adolf subconsciously shook his head in denial, because in his consistent impression, the Nordic wolf only bullied the Huskies pulling down the sled, encountered Boer dogs, Cane Corso, and Dürer.
, a fierce dog like Dogo can only be tortured and killed, but when the words came to his mouth, he was stuck again.
Because he suddenly remembered a legend spread among the Finnish army.
According to Finnish Army legend, the Soviet Red Army bred a huge Nordic Wolf King. This Nordic wild wolf could even drive wolves in the dense forest to fight. It was also said that the more than one hundred elite ski teams in the Finnish Defense Forces were killed because of their misfortune.
The entire army was wiped out only when a pack of wolves attacked. It was also said that Simon Haye, the White God of Death, was also bitten to death by wolves.
When he first heard this legend, Crown Prince Adolf naturally didn't believe it, but after hearing it more and almost every Finnish soldier he met said this, he became a little doubtful. At that time, he said to Rommel: "I really
I heard that the Soviet army raised a huge wolf king, which is said to be as big as a calf. The two Dogo dogs of Your Excellency the General have a rival."
"Oh, really?" Rommel just smiled and did not take what Crown Prince Adolf said to heart.
Let’s not talk about whether there is a wolf king the size of a calf in the world. Even if there is, so what? A wolf is a wolf after all, so how can it beat the Dogo, which is known as the king of hounds?
While the two were talking, the driver had already driven over a Volvo car specially built for Crown Prince Adolf. Crown Prince Adolf invited Rommel to get on the bus. Rommel was not polite and signaled the adjutant to hand over the two dogs to the guards, and then took the adjutant with him.
He bent down and got into the special car belonging to Crown Prince Adolf.
Crown Prince Adolf's special car has a huge space and is a command car with both staff and communication functions.
As soon as he entered the carriage, Rommel saw at a glance the square table placed at the front of the carriage, and a topographic map placed on the square table, a map of Finland, with the Swedish army marked in three colors: red, orange and blue.
Regarding the situation between the Finnish Army and the Soviet Red Army, apart from anything else, judging from the work on the map, the Swedish Army is quite professional.
Adolf apparently listened to his father's advice and decided to entrust Rommel with an important task.
Rommel naturally stood in front of the square table and his eyes fell on the map.
While looking at the map, Rommel asked: "His Royal Highness, what is the current situation in Finland?"
Crown Prince Adolf said: "The main force of the Finnish Defense Forces has been completely annihilated in the Karelian Isthmus. The 50,000 Finnish Defense Forces now gathered in Vaasa are just militia temporarily recruited by the Finnish government and have not received special military training.
Weapons and equipment, especially heavy equipment such as artillery, are in short supply, and their combat effectiveness is very poor."
Rommel nodded and asked: "What about the Soviet Red Army? Where is it advancing now? Is this map the latest?"
"This is the latest map." Crown Prince Adolf nodded and added, "The Soviet Red Army did not advance further after capturing Helsinki. However, the puppet government led by Kuusinen has taken control of Turku and Tan around Helsinki.
Pere and several cities in Jyväskylä, as well as most cities in the central and northern parts, are also controlled by the Kuusinen puppet government. Only Evasa and the surrounding area of less than 200 kilometers are still under the control of
under the control of the Finnish government.”
Rommel snorted slightly and then asked: "In other words, the main force of the Soviet army has not crossed the Helsinki line?"
"At least not yet." Crown Prince Adolf affirmed, "But within ten days at most, the Soviet Red Army will definitely cross Helsinki and launch an attack on Vasa, because the road from Leningrad to Vyborg is constantly transporting supplies.
Calculating the transportation capacity of these highways, we can almost replenish the supplies of the Northwest Front in ten days."
"Well, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's staff team is very professional, and this judgment is very accurate." Rommel praised his hands without leaving any trace, and then asked, "What about your Swedish Army? How many troops have been assembled on the front line? And there are
How many aircraft, artillery, tanks and other weapons are there?”
Crown Prince Adolf didn't hide anything and replied: "Our Swedish Army has assembled eight armies on the Vaasa and Pori front lines, with nearly 300,000 people, including seven tank regiments and ten artillery regiments. In addition, the air force
Nine flight groups have also departed for the first-line airports in Sundsvall and Gävle."
After hearing Crown Prince Adolf's answer, Rommel immediately fell into a long silence.
After being silent for a long time, Rommel suddenly asked: "Your Royal Highness, most of the main force of the Northwest Front of the Soviet Red Army is stationed in Helsinki, right?"
"Yes." Crown Prince Adolf nodded, "The main force of the Soviet army is stationed in Helsinki and nearby areas."
"Okay." Rommel stretched out his hand and tapped twice on the map, and said with a smile, "If this is the case, the troops and weapons are almost enough."
"Almost enough?" Crown Prince Adolf was confused and asked, "General, what do you mean by this? What is enough? What is enough for?"
Rommel chuckled and said with a smile: "What I mean is that the number of tanks and artillery of the Swedish-Finnish coalition forces currently gathered in Vasa and Pori is enough to launch a wave of blitzkrieg. As long as the tactics are appropriate, they can completely
It is possible to capture Vyborg before the Soviet army can react and destroy the supplies the Soviet army has hoarded there."
"What?" Crown Prince Adolf shouted, "Capture Vyborg and destroy the supplies hoarded by the Soviet army?"
"That's right, capture Vyborg and destroy Soviet supplies." Rommel then clenched his right hand into a fist, slammed it heavily on the place marked Helsinki on the map, and said in a deep voice, "In this way, the troops gathered on the front line in Helsinki will
The main force of the Soviet army has become a turtle in a urn, and without supplies, destruction will be the only outcome."
Only then did Crown Prince Adolf confirm that Rommel was not joking.
At that moment, Crown Prince Adolf asked in a loud voice: "But, but, is it possible to capture Vyborg?"
Rommel said confidently: "As long as the pre-war deception work is done well and the Soviet army is not allowed to detect our intentions in advance, then the troops participating in the blitzkrieg will be determined enough to move forward without any factors.
If there is no interference, then the capture of Vyborg will be a high probability event."
After a pause, Rommel added: "At least, that's how it would be if I commanded it."
"Okay!" Crown Prince Adolf gritted his teeth and said, "General Rommel, I will now appoint you as the Chief of Staff of the Swedish Defense Forces, including all Swedish armed forces assembled on the Vaasa and Pori front lines, including my personal guard.
, everything is under your unified command, and I will also say hello to the Finnish Defense Forces."
"Ah?" Rommel was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't believe it.
Rommel really didn't expect that Crown Prince Adolf would appoint him as the Chief of Staff of the Swedish Defense Forces and give him command of all the 200,000 Swedish Defense Forces assembled on the front line. You know, he was just a German major general, serving as the Swedish Defense Forces.
The Chief of General Staff of the National Defense Forces must be a general, right?
But soon, Rommel reacted and said: "His Royal Highness, are you serious about this?"
"Seriously!" Crown Prince Adolf said flatly, "I can now summon all the generals above the division commander on the front line and announce your appointment in public." After a pause, he continued, "Don't worry, General, this is not my personal decision.
It is a decision made by the Swedish Royal Family and the Prime Minister’s Office.”
"Very good." Rommel said, "There is no need to summon generals above the division commander level to announce the appointment. It would be a waste of time for the division commanders to go back and forth, because now for the Refine-Finn coalition, the most precious and scarce thing is time. If you have work,
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince issued an order to the Swedish-Finnish coalition forces to strengthen their harassment and attacks on the Turva and Tampere front lines."
"Okay." Crown Prince Adolf said happily, "I will convey it right away."