Eight Hundred and Twenty-Six Status Disputes

What Guderian didn't know was that the "God" he praised for completing the victory of the bridge defense battle was lying in a borrowed tent at this moment, sleeping soundly without any image of God. Please search! The fastest-updated novel, he is really tired. After fighting for a day and night, he really needs to rest for a while now.

The German armored forces continuously crossed the Soviet defense line, and most of the Soviet troops surrounded behind were surrounded by the M Group Army under Manstein's command who caught up. Now the battle of annihilation in the rear is unfolding in an orderly manner. Guderian's The troops were able to continue the rapid advance towards Stalingrad.

These things have nothing to do with Rennes. The 50th Battalion paid a heavy price in this attack. In order to cover the attack of the 1st Company, the 2nd Company fought two tragic encounters on the road and lost 3 Tiger tanks. , and the Rennes team, which was the spearhead of the 502nd Battalion, also lost their No. 113 tank. The entire battalion, including the tanks that have been repaired, has only half of the tanks left.

Therefore, in the current offensive operations, the 502nd Tank Battalion no longer undertakes assault missions, and even because it is too far away from the rear, it may not be able to obtain new recruits and new tanks in a short period of time. If you want to continue to participate in the frontline operations, you may have to wait for a long, long time.

The Imperial Division, as a newly added SS unit to Guderian's G Army, made its debut in this offensive operation. This unit, including its military uniforms, is a bit out of date, but it has shown extremely powerful combat effectiveness in combat. The combat style of the entire division is so brave that it is almost reckless. After suffering heavy casualties, they completed the 30-kilometer forward assault. Difficult task, occupied and captured a large number of Soviet heavy artillery.

As a unit that went into battle for the first time, the deputy commander of this division was wounded and killed in the process of leading the charge. The heads of the three infantry regiments were injured one after another within more than an hour, and two of the nine battalion commanders were killed. But they broke through the 4 positions arranged by the Soviet army, captured 4,000 enemy troops, and were the first to plant the divisional battle flag on a prominent position closest to Stalingrad.

Guderian immediately dispatched 3,000 sets of field camouflage blouses and 300 G43 semi-automatic rifles to this unit. Although he doesn't like the SS's emphasis on its own existence, it is because of the traditional soldiers' preference for troops with strong combat effectiveness. , Guderian decided not to discriminate against such deformed troops that emphasize mental power for the time being.

In addition to the brilliant record, the Imperial Division has added a large number of wounded to the field hospital. The content of these fanatical members of the Greater German Party is that they are willing to give their all for the order of the head of state. These people can be said to be the most loyal party members and the most fanatical followers of Acador. Those who are considered to be exaggerated movie plots will be reflected in these people. What they wailed after being hit by bullets was not "help" ", but "Long live the motherland".

Now Guderian is very close to Stalingrad, even so close that Rokossovsky feels uncomfortable. The German bombers could easily bomb the city under the escort of fighter jets.

Because the distance is too short, the German army can frequently dispatch planes, allowing one plane to make several round trips in one day.

So in the next few days, the German air force flew more than 1,100 sorties in Stalingrad, and carried out an unprecedented large-scale bombing of this important Soviet transportation hub and industrial city.

Rokossovsky received more than a dozen calls from Stalin and Zhukov in one day, each of which urged him to keep Stalingrad, and even made several calls from Moscow, claiming that if the battle of Stalingrad occurs accident, then Rokossovsky must fulfill his promise. The implication is that Rokossovsky is destined to live and die with this city, either to live together forever or to decay together.

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Poland, Wolf's Lair.

Akado is in his office, with his back to his confidant, Reinhard Heydrich, the leader of the SS. He turned around slowly, his subordinate, and then observed the man who obeyed him with a scrutinizing look.

After a long silence, he spoke a little laxly: "Reinhardt, at this time, you shouldn't overly challenge the dignity of the generals of the Wehrmacht, at least when the war is at such a critical juncture, don't annoy those who are fighting for us. Frontiersmen, right?"

"My head of state, the SS has more than 1 million troops in the country. They are doing their best in maintaining law and order, fulfilling your power above the law, controlling and monitoring concentration camps, and stabilizing national production." Rein Hart stood at attention and said: "They all hope to serve you, my head of state, in a more dangerous place where they can show their loyalty."

"But you can't ignore the feelings of the army and unilaterally expand the SS. I promised the main generals of the army that when I ruled Germany, the Wehrmacht was the only legal armed force in the whole country!" Akadoinha Te, said the word "one and only" with an emphatic tone.

"My Führer! The SS is your most loyal guard. Isn't it an inevitable trend to let troops absolutely loyal to you gradually replace those less obedient Wehrmachts?" Reinhardt was a little excited, and the SS The army is his whole life, and his dream is to make the SS the largest group in Germany.

"The army is an irreplaceable national defense force of the empire! This is the established policy after I took office! It cannot be shaken!" Akado frowned and stared at Reinhardt, emphasizing: "The role of the Wehrmacht cannot be replaced by the SS. Yes, there is nothing wrong with letting your people join the Wehrmacht, but asking them to start anew is a provocation to the entire Wehrmacht! I think you should know what this means!"

Reinhardt was annoyed by Accardo, without flinching in the slightest. Now he does not represent one person, but thousands of SS soldiers, representing their interests. He walked up to Akado, and said slowly: "The Wehrmacht, which is composed of old soldiers and nobles, can no longer keep up with the times! The SS will definitely replace them."

Akado suddenly reached out and knocked on his desk: "Enough! I am also a member of the National Defense Force! I used to be a member of the National Defense Force, and so are you! Your nonsense this time has already made the senior management of the National Defense Force very dissatisfied. They have reported this to me more than once.”

During the period of the Republic, the main reason why Akado was able to defeat Hitler and finally stand as the supreme leader of Germany was that Akado was born in the Wehrmacht and was trusted by both old warlords and new soldiers. Instigated the use of the Wehrmacht, which caused Hitler, who had a stormtrooper, to suffer a crushing defeat.

As one of the prices, as one of the most important bargaining chips for the Wehrmacht to be loyal to the head of state, Akado assured all the senior generals of the army that he would not let the SS under his command grow too much, and that the Wehrmacht is the German law. The only German defense force.

It is also because of this that Akado assigned all the expanded armed forces of the SS to the Wehrmacht, and the Wehrmacht troops uniformly supplied them. This made the Wehrmacht acquiesce in the existence of these SS troops. Of course, on the other hand, these SS troops have won the respect of their colleagues in the Wehrmacht because of their bravery and good record in combat. This is actually an important reason.

But acquiescence or acceptance, these are not reasons for the Wehrmacht to tolerate the continued expansion of the SS's influence. After all, this group of the Wehrmacht was developed from the old army. They are proud and even somewhat xenophobic. The senior generals of the army have always taken it as their responsibility to ensure the detached status of the Wehrmacht in Germany. Therefore, they are particularly disgusted with the paramilitary organization SS of the same nature. .

"Whether you can understand it or not, I can only tell you that, except for the 0th Division of my private guard and a few special operations units under it, any front-line SS unit can only To be able to fight under the unified command of the National Defense Forces can only develop within the tolerance of the National Defense Forces!" Akado warned Reinhardt in a cold tone: "I know what you and the people behind you think, but I want to tell You, or tell you, it is best not to engage in such things as internal friction at this time, otherwise, I will take out and hang those bastards who claim to be loyal to me, but are only loyal to themselves in the end!"

Inhardt, he gritted his teeth and said: "The SS is not only yours, it is also my blood! If you are hotheaded or can't figure out who you should be loyal to, I will feel very disappointed. .”

It was only at this time that Reinhard remembered who the person in front of him was. He was different from the rising powers behind the SS. He was the head of state, and he was the heaviest end of the balance of power. And in this country, there are no people who are not loyal to the head of state. Reinhardt himself got rid of many, but definitely not all.

Speaking of being unreasonable, the Wehrmacht is the most powerful and unreasonable organization in Germany. They deal with their opponents in a more direct and bloody way: tie them to the tracks of tanks, hang them on the bombs of planes, stuff them into the torpedo tubes of naval submarines-even if it is a country's Sovereign, when facing the German Wehrmacht, you must also be careful with your words and deeds.

"I will try my best to convince them that the SS is still loyal to you, my Führer." Reinhardt said after being silent for a while.