Romanian Eagle

"What are the Italians doing, how can they lose their advantage in the Mediterranean."

In the Führer's capital in Berlin, Hitler was venting his dissatisfaction with Italy.

In front of him are Canaris and Heydrich, who are the heads of German intelligence, and on the side are the top leaders of the Communist Party such as Goering, Hess, Himmler, and the military leaders Brauchich, Keitel, etc. People are also on the side.

"Right now it's making us passive."

Goering on the side also took the opportunity to interject, but after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance at the army officers.

Of course, the gathering of high-ranking German military and political officials this time is not just the news of the defeat in the Italian naval battle. Because Canaris and Heydrich brought France to issue an order to draw some African troops back to the mainland. This had a huge impact on Germany's subsequent operations, so Hitler deliberately summoned them to discuss a plan for fighting against France.

In fact, the battle plan against France has already been drawn up, which is the scythe-scythe operation, which was formulated by Manstein's opinion in history to pass the armored troops through the Ardennes forest.

Although the plan was opposed by Brauchic and others of the Ministry of War (thought it was too risky), but who made Hitler and the armored commander Guderian like it, and finally under the strong pressure of Hitler, the plan was approved. .

Of course, the plan was approved, and it was partly due to luck. The original battle plan against France was called the Yellow Plan, which was similar to the Schlieffen Plan when the Germans attacked France in the First World War, that is, the main German army was placed on the right flank and attacked France through Belgium.

However, in January, a Luftwaffe officer carrying a yellow plan made an emergency landing in Belgium because his plane was lost. Because he could not burn all this important document, part of it fell into the hands of Britain and France. In the face of the danger of leakage, Germany had to overturn the yellow plan and use Maninstein's plan.

But now with the tendency of France to transfer some of its troops back to the mainland, this makes Hitler and others anxious. So this time, it was scolding Italy for losing the naval battle, but it was actually putting pressure on the army to try to launch military operations ahead of schedule.

So for Goering, someone naturally took over.

"Goering is right, we can't just watch France continue to increase its troops on the border, which is very detrimental to our next battle."

This time it was Hitler who spoke, but Brausic, the army commander in chief, felt a little embarrassed in the face of Hitler's obvious pressure. The current commander-in-chief of the army has made little political achievements, and is more known for his military capabilities.

In the face of obvious pressure from the head of state,

He said after thinking about it. "At present, France's increase of border troops is not a big deal. The troops it mobilizes from Africa are basically from the colonies, and its equipment and morale are simply not comparable to the local troops."

"But it is also an army of more than 100,000, and their weapons can also cause damage to soldiers."

Obviously, although Admiral Brausic wants to bring the new French army back to the mainland, there are still people who are against it, and the person who speaks is Admiral Keitel next to him.

Facing the opposition of William Keitel next to him, Brausic was not surprised. This is Hitler's spokesman in the army, and has always been known for his resolute obedience to the Führer's orders.

It's just that the current situation makes him feel a little bad.

Sure enough, as the voice of Admiral Keitel fell, Hess immediately took over. "His Excellency the Chief of Staff is right, we cannot remain indifferent to this, it would be a crime against the soldiers on the front line."

After Hess finished speaking, other high-level officials also joined in immediately, which made the parliament almost become a criticism meeting of Brausch.

Brausic, who was almost cornered, immediately refuted. "But this can't change the combat time because of this. You must know that changing the planning time will have serious consequences. No one wants to see it changed."

"But the plan needs to be revised according to the actual situation. There have been unexpected situations, and it is time to make changes."

Keitel, who also belongs to the military, tried to counter Brauchic's words with a military point of view.

"However, the current increase in the French army has not reached the point where we can advance the plan."

Since Keitel was trying to suppress himself with a military point of view, Brausic was also unceremoniously fighting back. Although Brausic doesn't think he can be the best in the military militarily, Keitel alone, don't let yourself be subdued. The two have worked together for so long, and he still knows how much each other has.

"But we can't wait until then to decide, we need to plan ahead."

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, do you know how much risk you need to take to change the timing of the battle plan? At present, all preparations of the army are carried out according to the plan, and this cannot be solved in advance. solve."

Although Brausic did not say it explicitly, everyone present knew who he said his last words to.

However, Brausic's reaction was to be expected at the moment, only Goering interjected at this time. "Although it does not seem that France has mobilized too many troops from Africa at the moment, we can't just wait. And our allies are doing very well at the moment, we can't wait too long."

Well, Goering pulled back from a military point of view to politics.

In the face of political topics, Brausic couldn't compare with the people in this room, and he was quickly at an absolute disadvantage. However, even at an absolute disadvantage, Brausic still refused to let go and did not agree to launch an attack on France in advance.

In fact, everyone present knew in their hearts that the issue of planning ahead had a lot to do with Hitler's desire to master the army.

As we all know, Hitler came to power by default by the Army. But the Army has always been in Juncker's hands, and they have a more cooperative relationship with the German Workers' Party. Their philosophy is also to serve Germany.

Before Hitler disbanded the SA, and shot Roma, it was all to make the army identify with him.

It's just that since Hitler became the Führer, the infiltration of the army has not stopped. He wanted the military to serve the political party. And the Junkers in the army are also well aware of this, and the open and secret struggle between the two has also run through to the present.

But the army now has a huge disadvantage, that is, since Hindenburg's death, the army has not had a leader. Therefore, the army is at a disadvantage in this confrontation.

Of course, Hitler, as an excellent politician, naturally knew that if he wanted to achieve what he wanted, he had to do it slowly. So whenever he finds an opportunity, he will exert influence.

The Italian naval battle lost, he thought it was a good opportunity. Of course, he had also asked several generals before to understand that the early implementation of the plan did not have as much impact on the army as Brauchic said, so this time he attacked the parliament.

Brauchic, who was not prepared for this, could only be isolated.

In the end, Brauchic, who was not alone and helpless, pushed the time to launch the attack under Hitler's pressure a little earlier, from the beginning of May to the end of April. ,

Although it does not seem to be much in advance, it perfectly shows the current relationship between the army and Hitler.

Of course, the impact of the Italian naval battle was not limited to Germany alone. There was also a discussion in Romania.

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