One Hundred and Eighty-Two Not Everything Goes Smoothly
"Report!" An officer knocked on the door of Arcador's office. 【First Release】
"Come in!" Akado was busy looking at the financial statements, without looking up.
The officer walked to Accardo's desk and stood at attention with a German salute: "Long live the Führer!"
Akado finally looked up: "What's the matter? News from Poland?"
"My head of state." The officer bowed his head and said, "The news just came that the destroyer Z43 was sunk off the coast of Poland. 95 officers and soldiers of our army were killed in action, and the number of wounded is still being counted."
Accardo frowned. He found that since the war against Poland, he seldom laughed again - economic growth has slowed down, people's mood has been low due to the impact of the war, and the sanctions of the United Kingdom and France have made Germany's energy conflict more prominent. , and now the military has a problem again.
He sighed, stood up slowly, and asked, "What exactly happened? Why was it sunk? The destroyer ran to the sea and the shore guns were fired at it? Didn't the naval commander have a brain?"
"Führer, when drawing up the battle plan, the army asked the navy to provide fire support as much as possible. At that time, you were holding an economic reform meeting organized by Speaker Krupp, so you did not participate." The officer saw Arkado's mood. Well, he said a little nervously.
"How can Raidel be so absurd?" Arcador walked out around the table and said bitterly: "The new type of warship that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to build, the officers and sailors that I spent more than ten years working hard to accumulate. Because you have to take care of the army's face and favor and give it to the enemy?"
"Führer! I don't think that's what the generals meant..." The officer hurriedly persuaded.
"Isn't that what I meant?" Arcador glanced at the officer: "What did I say in the technical development instruction manual for the Navy? Huh? How did I warn them? How did I ask the Navy to formulate their operations planned?"
Accardo suddenly felt a very powerless sense of prostration. He felt that a huge country could not be controlled by him alone. He wondered if Hitler could not control every detail in the same way.
Arkado even had an inexplicable idea: Did these generals act against Hitler at that time, or did they really drag Hitler's back, so that Germany finally went to an uncontrolled ending, a place where everyone The ending that none of them want to see.
"My head of state, please calm your anger." The officer persuaded weakly, and then did not know how to speak.
"Go,
Go get General Brauchitch! I want to hear his full report on every aspect of the Polish war! "Accardo waved his hand and said. He knew in his heart that it seemed that he needed to maintain a thunderous image, make everyone nervous, ask about everything, and reduce losses to an acceptable range.
Originally, when he designed the Z-type destroyer for the Navy, he never considered the task of ground support. In his mind, ground support was left to the naval aviation instead of relying on naval guns to counter bombardment.
Therefore, the Z-type destroyer is only equipped with 88mm cannons as the main gun, which is completely strengthening every anti-air link. Arkado hopes that these warships will follow the aircraft carrier firmly and provide the most effective for the fragile aircraft carrier of the German Navy. Air defense and anti-submarine protection - As for anti-ship attack, it is completely done by carrier-based aircraft.
That's why Arcador is confident in building his destroyers and cruisers with civilian technology, because these warships don't need to think about how to support the battle damage caused by artillery warfare: their enemies will be destroyed by aviation in places invisible to the naked eye, so these Battleships, including aircraft carriers, do not need a strong physique.
However, this kind of destroyers and cruisers with first-class construction speed and strong anti-aircraft firepower, and even German aircraft carriers, have a drawback, that is, the defense against direct destruction of weapons such as artillery. So this time a problem finally broke out. A destroyer was only hit by heavy artillery once, and it sank directly without being rescued.
Germany lacks steel, and the armor used for shipbuilding is even less. In order to save this armor, the German destroyers have almost no decent armor protection, and the cruisers only install armor plates in important parts to symbolize "sex". In a helpless choice, Arkado chose the number and construction speed, and gave up the usual defense level. This anti-German naval shipbuilding tradition was drawn up by Arcardo himself, and no one is allowed to question it.
Even an aircraft carrier has only installed armor protection in some necessary places, and most of the defense measures are pinned on the basis of sinking the opponent's warship first. However, the entire German High Seas Fleet is a thin-skinned and large-stuffed meat bun, with powerful firepower and first-class attack, but it can only be regarded as second-class in terms of defense.
Akado knows better than anyone that such a navy, pulled out to conduct fleet battles on the ocean, and relying on the technical advantages of large-scale use of naval aviation, may achieve certain results, and even gain an advantage over traditional navies, but if Without the core of the aircraft carrier, this fleet is a toothless tiger, not even a sick cat.
The problems revealed by the navy made Arkado infinitely expand the shadowy part of the empire that he could not control, which made him feel uneasy, and made him have to start thinking about every detail he didn't know. He now More than ever, I want the security of being in control.
Brauchitch finally arrived late, and as soon as he entered the door, he was frightened by Arcador's cold face: "Long live the Führer! Why did you come to me?..."
"Who asked the navy to provide artillery support to the Danzig area?" Arcador asked a cold question at the very beginning: "As the commander-in-chief of the army, did you know there was such a plan? Why didn't you report it to me?"
Brauchitch was stunned for a moment. He has not yet received the news of the sinking of the naval warship, but requesting naval support has always been a traditional means of littoral warfare. I have never heard of such a trivial matter before reporting to the level of the head of state?
However, he saw some clues from Akado's unkind face, so he had to bow his head and explain: "My head of state! Ask the navy to provide limited support when necessary. It is a tradition of littoral warfare. This tactic The question has always been discussed and decided by the General Staff, and it was sent to you, isn't that a leapfrog report?"
"Destroyer Z43 sank." Arkado also knew that Brauchitch was wrongly blamed, but he lost a warship all of a sudden. This feeling is really not very good: "Which idiot asked the warship to provide offshore support? On the destroyer There is only an 88mm caliber high-level dual-purpose gun, are you going to the sea to die?"
"My Führer! It's our fault for thinking about this matter." Brauchitch immediately admitted his mistake. He knew that the loss of a destroyer by the Navy was indeed caused by poor planning, but he did not raise the matter to the point of Losing control of this height: "I will let the officers of the staff review this matter and make a detailed report to prevent such incidents from continuing."
Akado nodded, and was somewhat relieved. After all, Brauchitch was pulled up by him alone, and there should be no problem with loyalty. These anger should not be vented to an army commander: "I'm sorry! I When I think of soldiers on the front who lost their lives because of our mistakes, I feel like I'm not doing my best."
"My Führer, even the most perfect battle plan will have various problems in the process of implementation. This is unavoidable. You don't need to blame yourself too much." Brauchitch's face "revealed". His moved expression made it impossible to tell whether it was true or false. He nodded and comforted: "My head of state, our army has now achieved the most glorious victory in the history of human warfare. You should be happy for the soldiers on the front line."
"In the future, we will have a comprehensive communication with the navy without any grudges! All arms must cooperate in this way!" Akado thought for a while and said: "Similar to this kind of mutual loss of face, the soldier's life should be compromised! Resolutely do not allow it to happen again! Understand?"
"Yes! My Führer!" said Brauchitch, standing at attention.
"How's it going on the Army side?" Arcador pointed to the map hanging on the wall in front of his desk, and asked aloud, "Give me a brief introduction to the battle."
"The results of the air force have not been sent to me, but according to my analysis of the intelligence sent by the various army headquarters, the air force has already won the battle for air supremacy. They have carried out destructive interference with the Polish army, which has caused Our advancing operations went very smoothly."
"The d army commanded by General Model has advanced to the Sell Bridge and established a bridgehead there. I have ordered them to continue to advance to Krakow." Brauchitch pointed to the south and introduced.
Then he pointed to the middle: "In the central region, we only fought a containment battle, so the results were not obvious."
Then he pointed to the top of the map again, glanced at Arkado and continued: "Rommel's 7th Panzer Army to the north has merged with the East Prussian Army P, but the Polish Pomeranian Army has escaped."
"Is the next plan ready?" Akado asked casually.
"Of course, but the plan is too complicated. Which aspect does the Führer want to know?" Brausich replied: "The logistics plan is very large. Our army has captured 17 locomotives of the Polish army and is repairing part of the railway that was destroyed by the air force."
"What about the frontal battlefield?" Akado asked again. He didn't understand many things about combat, and he couldn't expect a second-rate army "fan" like him to know the ability to lead troops to fight, so he had to ask casually to prove it. own concern.
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