Chapter 579: Manstein's plan

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Letting Vlasov return to his station, Akado and the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht Manstein travelled together to the Wolf's Den. A few days ago, because of the excellent performance of the Eastern Front, Marshal Brouchich was promoted to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Third Reich, and Manstein, who had been helping Brauchich to make suggestions, naturally rose with the water, so he was appointed. As the new chief of staff of the army, he completely replaced the original position of General Bock.
The scenery outside the window quickly reversed as the car progressed, and Akado was obviously in a good mood while sitting in the convertible. He saw what he wanted, and he was full of confidence in the following war on the Eastern Front.
"The marshal went to Kiev personally to inspect the Brovary defense line. Before his departure, your itinerary has not been scheduled, so he can't wait to greet you." Manstein explained Marshal Blauchic carefully The reason why he did not stay in Warsaw to greet him, he also mentioned the Kiev defense problem that he was more worried about.
Akado smiled and waved his hand: "General Manstein, I am not a person who pays attention to the bar. My marshal is fighting on the front line and winning the war. I can win my respect more than flattering me."
"Frankly speaking, my head of state. Most areas of the Dnieper defense line are very strong, and our grenadiers and elite infantry are enough to resist the Soviet Union's counterattack." Manstein said to Akado after thinking about it, "but this There are two more serious loopholes in the defense line, one is the surrounding area of ​​Kiev and the Brovary area, and the other is the direction of the Crimean Peninsula. "
"Oh? So, General, how does the Army General Staff prepare to avoid these two flaws?" Akado raised his eyebrows, asking casually.
"The general staff's opinion is that a limited attack was launched, occupying the Crimean peninsula, destroying the Soviet Black Sea Fleet port there, and supplementing the defense line." Manstein really threw out his battle plan to attack Crimean This combat plan can shorten the length of the German defense line and seriously interfere with the actions of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. But now there is a very serious problem in front of Akado, that is, he does not have weapons such as Gustav cannon and Karl mortar, and he lacks heavy firepower support to attack the Sevastopol fortress.
And recently, the German senior officials are discussing the feasibility of joint troops with Turkey and Italy to attack the Balkans. This plan is extremely active in Turkey, and even proposed a radical plan to send 700,000 troops, with the intention of demonstrating the strong military strength of the Turkish army. If Germany is weak on the Balkan issue at this time, then it is conceivable that the demands of Turkey in the Balkans will increase in the future.
At the same time, the German and Italian coalition forces launched a strong offensive in the Tobruk area, intending to capture this important military fortress. The African Army is expanding its strength and is expected to expand into a huge military group with three army groups. These include the L Army of Rommel, the K Army of General Scherner, and the 1st Army of Garibaldi, Italy. The supply and transportation of this legion need a lot of manpower and material resources. At this moment, it is obviously not a wise move to continue to expand the war on the Eastern Front.
"General, I know what you said makes sense, but once we attack the Crimean peninsula and seize the Sevastopol fortress. Then we have been forced to return to the negotiating table to get the Soviets and we will give up the peace talks completely. Plan, continue to fight with us. "Akado sighed and said, looking at the gradually thickened wood outside the car.
"..." Manstein was rejected by Akado for the first time he presented his ideas in front of Akado. Now he can imagine his mood. He closed his mouth and waited for Akado to continue his reprimand.
Manstein is now one of the best strategy masters in the National Defense Forces and a rare strategic command genius. Even his boss Blaušić has praised his performance, even taking Manstein in private. Compared with the former Imperial Chief of Staff, Schliffin, he gave his colleagues, General Bock, who was the commander of the group army, to comment on Manstein: "He reminds me of Alfred. If he continues to maintain such wisdom, then One day he will surpass all of us. "
But Manstein knew that his "Operation Scythe" plan was proposed by the head of state, Akado, and it was because of the successful implementation of this plan that the Germans got rid of the danger of two-line combat, which also made Manstein From a little commander in obscurity, I became a deputy to Braušić.
The subsequent change of the Barbarossa plan was also caused by the head of state behind the scenes, and had nothing to do with Manstein himself. Now that the situation on the Eastern Front has stabilized, the Germans have the advantage and reduced the loss to negligible extent. All the heads of state used an elusive strategic vision to predict everything in advance.
So now Manstein is embarrassed. He doubts that he has the ability to serve as the chief of staff of the German army. He suspects that he is just a puppet of the head of state. So he has been sleeping for several days, using the rest of the night to draw up a complete Sevastopol fortress attack plan. For this plan, he even consulted some intelligence departments with his own rights, and obtained a lot of information from German spies against the Crimean fortress.
But to his disappointment, Akado still rejected this attack plan that he proved himself, which made him suddenly have a frustrated thought. It seems that the head of state really just regarded him as a microphone with little opinion, an answerer in the army staff headquarters.
The atmosphere in the car was suddenly embarrassed, Manstein was silent, and Akkado seemed to be thoughtful. Both were so silent that Anna, who was sitting next to Akado, didn't speak, just holding Akado's hand and playing gently.
"I can't give you much support, and it will take a few months at night. We have invested too much on the Balkan Peninsula and must withdraw it in the near future. But when the Balkan problems are over, then I will give you a group army , Let you solve the Crimean Peninsula yourself. "Akado suddenly spoke, breaking the silence in the car. Obviously, Manstein, who was sitting opposite him, did not expect the conversation to turn around, and for a time he wanted to cry. Impulse.
He looked at Akado and listened to Akado continue to talk to himself generally: "I do have a lot of supporters in the army, and many supporters are also in high positions because of their absolute loyalty to me, Redell , Gascol, and even Catherine and Dick all have a deep personal relationship with me. Army Goodrian and Rommel are also my darlings. But I found you. It ’s not that I ’m fancy with your obscurity. I really think that seeing you is the same as seeing Rommel Guderian, which brightens my eyes. "
"You are the one I am looking for. I have a hunch, as if I foretold that Guderian and Rommel would bring me victory. I think you will bring me victory, and you will be my proudest. One of the men, even I have prepared you the position of Marshal. "Akado said here and glanced at Manstein. Obviously the other party had been scared by his words, maybe the other party would never have Thought that he would be regarded as a backup candidate for the marshal.
Of course Akado cannot say this to Manstein: Brother, actually my plans were written by you a few years later, and I plan to give you the position of Marshal after a few years after you hit the Crimean Peninsula, Hitler must I'll give it to you-if he says this, it will scare Manstein, or Anna will be treated as a mental illness and sent back to Berlin for treatment.
So he had to continue to use the guise of wisdom and knowledge to explain things with his gift of God to explain his discovery of Manstein. This frustrated Manstein, after all, how well the generals who had been favored by the head of state now mix well, he, the chief of the general staff, could not understand more.
"My head ..." The 51-year-old Manstein feels that tears are coming out of his eyes. He has experienced too much in just a few minutes. He almost gave up and prepared to fade out. The military command circle decided to fight for Akado for a lifetime because of the remarks of the head of the head Akado.
"Report your plan to attack the Crimean peninsula to Marshal Brouchich as a guide to action in this area. In the future I will give you the opportunity to prove yourself in Crimea." Akado Continue to say: "At that time, don't let me down, okay?"
"Yes! My head of state! Manstein will never let you down! Head of State Akado? Long live Rudolph!" Manstein replied solemnly.
"Don't be upset, my general, take me to visit my wolf den, I might spend all summer here, maybe." Akado said helplessly: "I hope it is better than Berlin's The temperature is slightly better, I hate the heat. "
The car stopped by the first checkpoint. The road was filled with SS soldiers in three steps, one post, and five steps at one post. On both sides of the road were endless forests. There were bird calls and through the woods. Dense leaves shine on the mottled light on the ground. Akado stood up, took off his trench coat and handed it to Anna, revealing the SS military uniform he was wearing.
He wears a lot of clothes, mainly to maintain the image of the head of state in public. The weather has not been too hot in the past two days, so he even wears a windbreaker to maintain a smart image. He has a special shape designer, and his clothes are strictly checked. These are Fanny's arrangements, she needs a perfect image to allow her to propagate the German heads without flaws.
"My head! Welcome to the wolf den." An officer at the checkpoint saluted, and then motioned the guard to move the barrier.