Chapter 300: Limited investigation

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"Report!" The staff knocked on the door and said loudly at the door.
"Come in!" Guderian was staring at the huge map on his desk, carefully watching the positions of the two troops drawn on it. His office was in a mess. It was originally the City Hall building in Stone City. When he ran away, he took nothing away, and like a thief, he messed up his own things.
"Just now, about 10 kilometers south of us, the 10th Panzer Army of the French army launched a fierce attack." The staff handed the document to Guderian, and then said: "I heard that it was very large, and it was dispatched. Hundreds of tanks. "
"Don't easily believe the complaints of your people, dear Bob." Guderian smiled and threw the documents aside: "They always exaggerated all kinds of difficulties. For example, they wouldn't say they were tired. Need to rest, but will say that their tanks are out of fuel. In the same example, they can heroically 'repel' enemies ten times and hundred times, just need to give them a month's vacation. "
Misreporting was born from the beginning of human wars, sometimes because of statistical errors, sometimes because of invitations and rewards, sometimes just to cover up mistakes and losses. This kind of thing cannot really be avoided, and sometimes it is exaggerated and encouraged because of the need for war propaganda.
Of course, there is a very famous maxim that tells people that often exaggerating their record is extremely irresponsible for themselves-"Do n’t always exaggerate your record, otherwise the next time your boss will send you to perform a more difficult task." Because As such, everyone will carefully consider the consequences before choosing to brag.
As a qualified general, you need to possess many necessary skills, and one of these necessary skills happens to be recognition of the bragging of your staff. Obviously, Guderian, who often fought on the front line and even went to the battlefield personally, had a more thorough understanding of these issues, so the first instinctive reaction was unbelievable when he heard that there were hundreds of tanks attacking.
"General, our army repulsed this French attack by a small pass road and destroyed 29 of their tanks." The staff had to briefly introduce the results from the report of the 9th Motorized Infantry Division .
"28 tanks? It's a bit reluctant to rely on the 9th Motorized Infantry Division. Was the SS 3rd Armored Division helped?" Guderian got up and took off the monocle in his eyes and looked at it. His own secretary: "The French really dispatched hundreds of tanks? Are our losses big?"
"General, we lost 63 soldiers in the pass, and there are two serious injuries being rescued." The staff introduced: "In addition, the French attacked very suddenly. At that time, only one of our army's tanks were there. This tank was destroyed. Now. "
"A tank?" Guderian froze for a moment, then pressed his uneasy uneasiness, and continued to ask, "How can I keep a tank for so long? Have the crew survived?"
"According to several reports from the scene, this tank is our army's tank ace No. 113. One crew member was killed, one was injured, and the others were fine." The staff recalled and said: "And just sent Here comes a report from the Technical Appraisal Department, who is responsible for collecting the damage parameters of the destroyed Leopard tank. This report needs to be sent back to the Berlin Technical Department. "
No. 113? Rennes' tank? Guderian couldn't say anything in his heart, and he asked, "Who was killed? Who was injured?"
Then he set aside the staff and went outside, went to the office responsible for document classification, grabbed all the reports about the defensive operation, and looked carefully. I do n’t know. The sight of the photos and the recorded text on the scene made Guderian, who has been in battle, take a breath.
The photo shows that the track on the right side of this leopard tank was hit and fell off, and the guide wheels on the same side have also been broken into pieces scattered around. The shells penetrated the tank's side armor from here and hit the tank's mechanics.
Of course, there are other photos to show that the tank is covered with bullet marks in other places. The skirts hanging on both sides have been beaten for more than half, leaving only a few pieces still hanging on it, covered with dense and dense. hole.
Moreover, the entire turret of this tank was hit several times. The analysis showed that there were a few times because of the angle problem to avoid being completely penetrated. It was mentioned that the several adjustment positions of this tank were very smart and correct. .
When I saw the casualty analysis later, Guderian was still slightly relieved, which showed that the gunner Andre was injured, and a mechanic named Clark was killed-he did not know these two people, just in some commendations. Mentioned these names, so it relieved him, after all, he only cares about Ren Had.
"Just submit this report truthfully, don't make any renderings. In addition, excluding the Air Force, how many French tanks have been destroyed by Frederick Rockets?" Guderian put the report in order and put it back in the reference room. Then asked on the table.
"Destroyed about 5 tanks, which was the result of the opponent's tank being too dense." The staff replied behind Guderian.
Guderian nodded, then ordered the civilian officer who stood up at a loss and said: "Help me draft a commend to copy the whole army ... In addition, submit an application in the name of the 1st Armored Army for Lieutenant Lei En Had applied for the Iron Cross of the Oak Leaf Knight. "
"Lieutenant?" The chief of staff glanced at Guderian, then nodded: "I understand, General. I will sign a command to promote Rennes to the rank of lieutenant captain."
"Give him a holiday and let them go along with the camp. Don't give them any other tasks. When the supplementary tank arrives, give him another tank first." Guderian thought and said .
Then he walked out, stopped halfway and stopped, adding back: "Give him the best mechanic and cooperate with their car group. Remember, when doing this, use more brains and arrange a quicker People who integrate into their cars must have excellent skills. Do you understand? "
Guderian thought about it, and then explained his own staff: "In addition, choose some good things from the supplies, add them to the past, saying that I reward them to console them."
"Yes! I see." The staff nodded.
"What else?" Guderian looked at his familiar staff and knew that there must be no problem with his expression like constipation, so he asked.
"General Lundstedt sent a telegram. For some reason, the oil transportation had to be delayed for 2 days before it was delivered to us." The staff said: "He suggested that we stand by and wait for the infantry to come up and then continue west. "
"Oh?" Guderian froze, and his eyes turned to understand the twists and turns. Lundstedt must have been under pressure from the army headquarters to stop the armored forces from attacking. The radical sickle operation has always been very worrying. This time, I wanted to stabilize the front line and bypass the head of state to restrain the armored forces as radical as the head of state.
"How many days of oil do you have in the army?" Guderian asked, frowning at the joint.
The staff naturally knew about this kind of thing and immediately replied: "We have seized a part of the French reserve gasoline in Stone, which is of very high quality. With our own, it has been used for at least 5 days, but this part of the gasoline is seizing supplies. There is a report, we are not very good to take it and use it directly ... "
"Immediately send a telegram to the group army and tell them that the gasoline we seized was detonated because of the destruction of the French army." Guderian wiped away dozens of tons of materials from the book with a big swipe.
He was n’t too addicted enough, and said to his already embarrassed chief of staff: "Also show me the original message."
After a few minutes, the message was sent to Guderian, and I saw the message above. Because the troops were advancing too fast, which led to chaos in oil transportation, the group army temporarily suspended the supply of fuel to the front-line troops. In addition to strengthening the defense, the various ministries can discharge the reconnaissance force to confirm the further movement of the French army and prepare for the subsequent actions.
Guderian threw the message on the desk after reading it, and then put a confident smile on his face, and clicked on the map of his chief of staff and said, "Order the 1st regiment of the 1st Armored Division to go west , The task is to detect the movement of the French army. But you can talk to their commander in private and tell him that the maximum investigation distance I have set for him is in Laon. "
"Laon? Isn't that too far?" The chief of staff felt that this behavior was almost the same as the battlefield disobedience, so he had to stubbornly ask: "If you pursue it, this kind of thing ..."
"No one will be held accountable." Guderian waved his hand to cheer his own chief of staff: "Since General Lundstedt's order did not prohibit the investigation of the troops, it was an excuse for us. I do Say, do you understand? "
For the frontline generals of the army, the command of the army commander is of course not against. But who can be the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, which is an idiot with insufficient IQ? They naturally know that the command of the Army General Command runs counter to the wishes of the head of state, so they must choose the fundamental question of "whoever orders them."
Lundstedt is of course a wise man among the wise men. He ordered the army to be restrained. This is in line with the meaning of the army headquarters, and giving his men unlimited investigation power is a disguised support for Guderian and Rommel. attack. As long as the various military headquarters and divisional headquarters of the front line do not continue to advance, they can shirk their responsibilities indefinitely.
Once investigated, it was a fairy fight between the highest command of the empire and the army headquarters, which had nothing to do with these front-line officers and soldiers.
The Chief of Staff was naturally not a fool. Hearing what Gudrian said, he understood the reason of the matter and immediately nodded and ordered the troops to continue to "investigate".