Battle of the Third Reich

"Very good. The chefs here are really good. I haven't eaten such delicious food in a long time."

Lieutenant Colonel Garrett, Commander of the Garrison of the German Wehrmacht in Diksmuide, Belgium, said with a happy expression to Xu Jun, "General, it is a great honor for you to invite me to lunch. I am able to Talking to you, the greatest strategist of our German Army, let those of my other colleagues know that they will be jealous of death.

You are now the idol of all our army officers. At least in our third army, your military strategy and those wonderful tactics have become the favorite topics of discussion for all officers. Especially those lower-ranking officers who are now admiring you to the extreme. Now whoever wants to make any statements in front of them that are suspicious of your military talents, they will fight the guy to defend your honor, ha Haha. Fortunately, no one is injured for this, but after the victory of this battle, I think no one will make that kind of remarks. You have used these great results to prove to all of Europe, no, people all over the world have proved your ability. You let the German Army raise its eyebrows once again, and let those who bully us see that the German Army is as invincible as it was in the past. "

Garrett's face was flushed with excitement there. If it were not for the worship and respect of Xu Jun, he might wave his knife and fork to express his excitement.

This is an excellent German intermediate officer. Xu Jun has seen the file of this city defense commander. Like other front-line officers, he is bloody, rude, tough, and ruthless on the battlefield. He regards honor as life, but he usually behaves like A standard gentleman, even gentle and kind, can't believe it. The German people are a mixture of two simple characters. Xu Jun is very interested in the strange personality of the German people. What kind of education will make these people become like this? . The two extreme behaviors are so naturally concentrated on a person. You can be cruel and cruel like a beast in combat, but in peace time is a perfect man elegant and polite.

Perhaps this is what the Germans have been pursuing for hundreds of years. This is the most perfect image of a soldier considered by the Germans, so they spent a full hundred years creating a group of Germans. A strange character.

Fortunately, these German people will maintain the honor of the German team as their first belief. They still maintain the deep-rooted self-esteem and self-discipline of the German team. Otherwise, the split personality will sooner or later turn them into a group of hypocrisy. The beast or the shameless killing machine, like those of the SS and the Japanese army in the far east.

We must allow the German ** team to continue to maintain their sense of honor and self-discipline and to maintain the discipline of the army resolutely. Xu Jun feels that he has found the reason for the German ** team’s rapid decline after the French battle. It’s an army that can’t stand failure. When they think that their honor no longer exists, when they think they can do what they want, when ironic discipline begins to relax, that once glorious and elite The army will disappear, they will become a group of real beasts, walking beasts using advanced weapons.

No, this is what Xu Jun cannot tolerate. He will never watch these soldiers slide down that road. He will never allow the German military to fall in front of him. Although these things have not happened yet, but now that I have seen the possibility of developing in that direction, then I must take this issue seriously. If you are making history, then you have to be the history you want to see. The German Army has become a human beast like the Japanese Army. This is what Xu Jun absolutely does not want to see.

"General, what are you thinking."

Hans' soft call pulled Xu Jun back from his thoughts on the dining table. The people at the dining table stopped talking long ago, and they sat quietly and looked at Xu Jun with awe. This great commander has stopped staring at the food in front of him for a long time, and everyone dare not speak anymore, fearing to disturb the genius's thoughts, maybe he is thinking about a new one What a brilliant battle plan.

"Oh, haha, sorry, I'm distracted, I'm so sorry, very sorry."

Xu Jun feels that it's really not polite to be distracted at the table. Besides, he is still the owner of this table today. Seeing that everyone stopped eating because of himself, Xu Jun felt very embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, Your Excellency, you must be thinking of some very important questions. Isn't it that you have come up with some wonderful combat plans? We really want to know. Hahahaha." A major in the local garrison command The staff came out and played a round.

"Yeah, we are curious now. The questions that will make you fascinated must be very important. We would like to know what exactly makes you think for such a long time, haha." Garrett also said aside.

"Discipline! I'm thinking about discipline."

Xu Jun smiled and replied: "Please forgive me for being rude. When the lieutenant colonel was talking about the glorious achievements of our army, it reminded me of the discipline of the German police."

Xu Jun took the wine glass in front of him and took a sip of red wine, then fork a piece of smoked fish from his plate and put it in his mouth.

"Let's eat next, we can talk while eating."

The garrison officers in the room immediately relaxed after hearing Xu Jun's words, and the sound of cups and plates intertwined again on the dining table.

"General." Garrett asked Xu Jun while cutting the barbecue that had just been served. "What is the question of discipline you have in mind? Isn't the German Army proud of having iron-like discipline?"

"Lieutenant Colonel, this is indeed the case. We have the strictest, most perfect and most civilized discipline in Europe. And from now on, our discipline execution is also very satisfactory to me, but you have not thought about it, and it is an iron discipline guarantee in combat. We won the victory of our army, so we obey it, but after the victory, if we defeat all the enemies. Can our army still obey the discipline as firmly as now, and can our officers continue to fight These disciplines are enforced."

Xu Jun paused, glancing at the officers on the table. Some officers began to bow their heads in contemplation after hearing Xu Jun's words, and some looked at each other with their colleagues in doubt.

"Just think about it. Everyone is familiar with the soldier manual. That is the most basic discipline that every soldier must observe. On the battlefield, they did strictly abide by these disciplines, but after the battle.

Let’s take the cities that we occupy now as to whether our soldiers can still observe those disciplines in the cities they occupy. Of course, this kind of thing will not happen now, but one year and two years later, it is difficult to guarantee that these disciplinary problems will appear. What officers would do at that time, they might also let go of these soldiers who were born and died with them, and then these things happened more and more, and they might get worse. Then the military discipline of the entire German army began to fall apart, and the soldiers began to fall.

When the glorious German Army is defiled by various shameful crimes, the invincible honor will also leave the German army. "

"General, this is terrible, you are not predicting anything." Garrett was frightened by Xu Jun's words.

"This is not a prophecy. This is a mistake made by all conquerors in history. Countless once powerful and noble armies were destroyed by indulgence on themselves. Countless once glorious empires were labeled brutal because of this The evil label was spurned by future generations, or directly destroyed and drowned in a long river of history. The failure of every conqueror started with the slack of military discipline. You now know what I want to say."

"General, you want the German team to strictly observe their discipline at all times."

"This is the case, no matter at any time, the German military team must strictly observe military discipline, and anyone who violates military discipline must be punished due. We only continue to adhere to the iron discipline, and we will not commit ancient kings. The mistakes we have made, we can always be invincible, and we can always maintain the honor of the glorious German team."

"I understand what you said, and you are right. It is true. If the German team starts to indulge themselves, then no matter what great victory they have won and what great honor they have, all this will be affected by those Sin is covered with defilement. This is something we must not allow. We will never allow the German team we love to be ashamed for this reason. You are really the greatest general I have ever seen, and you have a greater eye All of us need to be far away. I feel supremely honorable to serve you as a great and noble soldier." Hans was the first to understand Xu Jun's meaning. The sober and wise leader is thrilled.

The officers immediately understood the general's concerns. They were also convinced by Xu Jun's warning. They also agreed with Xu Jun's opinion, and they admired the young commander even more.

Just as everyone was talking about how to keep the German team discipline, the restaurant door was opened. Two disgraced SS officers appeared in front of everyone.

"Report, Honorable Deputy Head of State. Please forgive us for disturbing your lunch. We have important things to report to you." Dao Gen stood at the door and said loudly to Xu Jun.

Why are they back? Xu Jun felt very strange. The two of them were sent by Xu Jun to Mueller yesterday afternoon to fight for themselves. They should be waiting for them to arrive on the front line. Is there anything that can't be done on the front line? No, if there is any problem, Mueller will send a telegram to himself. There is no need to ask the two to come back to report in person. It seems that something important must happen. The uniforms on the faces of the two officers were dusty, and they looked embarrassed. It seemed that there was no hardship along the way.

"Everyone, I'm out of company." Xu Jun greeted the officers, then stood up and walked towards the two men, and Hans quickly stood up and nodded to the officers, hurriedly. Followed behind Xu Jun. Xu Jun did not stop when he walked in front of the two SS officers.

"You come with me." Xu Jun said to them: "Let's go to another room and talk." Then he left the restaurant and walked to the lounge on the side.

Daugen Randolph and Hans closely followed Xu Jun.

Entering the lounge, Xu Jun asked the waiters there to leave, and then told the two guards to guard the door. After everyone sat down, Xu Jun asked the officers of the two SSs: "What happened, is there any change in the fighting. Why did Mueller not send a telegram and asked you to come back and report."

"Vice head, there is no problem on the battlefield. According to your plan, we have achieved the final victory of this battle. We came back with two missions. The first is to report to you the final results of this battle and our losses. The second task is that the British Expeditionary Commander Gott is ready to surrender to us, but he wants us to give you this handwritten letter. He said that they will only lay down their weapons after your reply." Said Dogen Several documents and a letter were taken from the carrying bag.

"This is Gott’s letter. We didn’t send it by telegram in order to keep it secret, and Colonel Mueller believes that these must be delivered to you by the most reliable person at the fastest speed. We asked him to do it ourselves. This task."

"Oh, ah, how did it make me look like this, causing me to have any big problems with the current line." Xu Jun finally let go of his heart after listening to Dogen's words.

After listening to Xu Jun's question, Dougan glared at Randolph with his eyes. Thinking of this, he didn't get angry, how could he be such an assistant, he must have done what kind of blame for the gods before he would have such a retribution.

Dougan said bitterly, "This is because of Captain Randolph's idea. He believes that such urgent items must use the fastest means of transportation. He said that those cars are not fast enough on Belgium's poor road system, so he and I came on a motorcycle. He was in charge of driving, and I sat in a hanging bucket. It became like this all the way down."

"Ha ha ha ha, that's the case. After you report, go to take a bath and take a break. Ha ha ha, there is also a bathtub to enjoy. You haven't taken a hot bath in the bath for a long time. You Have you eaten? The food here is also good. You can have a good meal after taking a bath. Hans, you will arrange a room for them later, and then let the kitchen prepare something delicious to deliver to their room. Go." Xu Jun was amused by Dougan's answer, and they even engraved the motorcycle from Dunkel, no wonder they were so embarrassed.

"Thank you very much, deputy head of state, then I will first report to you the final results of our battle." Dougan hurriedly answered, because he saw Randolph's mouth move, and he was now afraid of his subordinate. If the bathtub is too big or something delicious, I quickly grabbed the guy's words back in his stomach before Randolph had time to speak.

"Okay, let's start. I also want to know what we got."

"A lot, my deputy head of state, the results of the British Army have not yet been counted, because they have not surrendered, so they do not know their casualties. But in any case, we have completely wiped out the British Expeditionary Force. The results of the British Navy Yes, sinking six battleships, they are Rodney, Collision, King, War exhaustion, Barham and Revenge. The three battlecruisers sinking are Hood, Prestige, and Counterattack. Sink three heavy cruisers, Dorset, Norfolk and Exeter. Capture three battleships of each other, their home fleet's flagships Nelson and Malaya, the determination. The details are written in In the report, the Air Force has shot down a total of 272 enemy aircraft. In terms of losses, the Army has killed 2840 soldiers and 47 officers, and injured 8294 people in this battle. The Air Force has shot down 63 fighters and bombers including 37 dive bombers. A total of 89 pilots were killed and missing. From various perspectives, you have created a miracle. This is a great victory that has never been in German history. We are extremely proud that we are your direct reports. "After speaking, Dao Gen handed those documents to Xu Jun."

Xu Jun flipped those documents and put them aside, he said to Dougin: "I will look at them in detail later, you send me the letter Gott gave me, I want to know the commander of the expeditionary army What do you want me to promise him?"

Dogen quickly handed the letter to Xu Jun. Xu Jun ripped open the letter and read the letter carefully.

After reading the letter, Xu Jun leaned his back on the sofa and closed his eyes for a while, then smiled happily.

He turned his head and said to the two SS officers: "You go to rest now, and enjoy this rare rest time. Because after dinner, we have to rush to Dunkel at night. I will go in person. Give this General Gott a satisfactory answer."

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