Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 44: Discipline
"Very good, the chef here is really good, I haven't eaten such delicious food in a long time."
Lieutenant Colonel Garrett, commander of the German Wehrmacht Garrison in Diksmoide, Belgium, had a contented expression on his face. He happily said to Xu Jun: "General, it’s my honor that you can invite me to have lunch. , I can talk to you, the greatest military strategist of our German Army, and let my other colleagues know that they will die of jealousy.
You are now the idol of all our army officers. At least in our Third Army, your military strategy and those wonderful tactics have become the favorite topics of all officers to discuss. Especially those junior officers, they admire you to the extreme. Now if anyone wants to put forward any doubts about your military talent in front of them, they will fight that guy to defend your honor, ha Haha. Fortunately, no one has been injured yet, but after the victory of this battle, I don’t think anyone will make such remarks anymore. You have used these great achievements to prove yours to all of Europe. No, people all over the world have proven yours. ability. You let the German Army raise its eyebrows once again, and let those who oppress us see that the German Army is still invincible as it used to be. "
Garrett flushed with excitement there. Had it not been for his admiration and respect for Xu Jun, he might have waved a knife and fork to express his excitement.
This is an excellent German mid-level officer. Xu Jun has read the archives of this city defense commander. Like other frontline officers, he is passionate, rude, tough, and ruthless on the battlefield. He regards honor as his life, but in peacetime. Acting like a standard gentleman, even gentle and kind-hearted makes people unbelievable. German soldiers are a mixture of two simple personalities. Xu Jun is very interested in the strange characters of German soldiers. What kind of education will make these German soldiers like this. The two extreme behaviors are so naturally concentrated on one person. In battle, he can be cruel and cold like a beast, but in peace, he is a perfect man elegant and polite.
Maybe this is what the Germans have been pursuing for hundreds of years. This is what the Germans think is the most perfect image of a soldier, so it took them a whole hundred years to create a group of German soldiers. Such a strange character.
Fortunately, these German soldiers regard safeguarding the honor of the German army as their first belief. They still maintain the deep-rooted self-esteem and self-discipline of the German army, otherwise the split of personality will sooner or later turn them into a group of hypocritical beasts or Shameless killing machines, like those of the SS and the Japanese army far in the east.
The German army must continue to maintain their sense of honor and self-restraint habits, as well as resolutely uphold the discipline of the army at all times. Xu Jun feels that he has found the reason for the rapid decline of the German army after the French battle. This is An army that cannot withstand failure. When they think that their honor is no longer there, when they feel that they can do whatever they want, when the iron-like discipline begins to relax, the once glorious and elite army will Disappear, they will become a group of real beasts, beasts that can walk and talk and use advanced weapons.
No, this is something Xu Jun cannot tolerate. He never wants to watch these soldiers slide down the road. He never allows the German army to fall in front of him. Although these things haven't happened yet, now that I have seen the possibility of developing in that direction, I must take this issue seriously. I am making history, so I have to see the history I want to see. Xu Jun never wants to see the German Army turning into a humanoid beast like the Japanese Army.
"General, what are you thinking."
Hans's soft call pulled Xu Jun from his thoughts back to the table. The people at the table had long stopped talking, they sat quietly and looked at Xu Jun with awe. The great commander has stopped there staring at the food in front of him and contemplating motionlessly for a long time. Everyone dared not speak any more, for fear of disturbing the thoughts of this genius. Maybe he was thinking about a new one. A brilliant plan of action.
"Oh, haha, I'm sorry, I'm lost, I'm really sorry, I'm very sorry."
Xu Jun feels that it’s not very polite to be distracted at the table, not to mention that he is still the owner of the table today. Xu Jun felt very embarrassed to see everyone stopped eating because of themselves.
"It's okay, General, you must be thinking about some very important questions. Did you come up with a wonderful battle plan? We really want to know. Hahahaha." A local garrison commander The chief staff officer of the Ministry came out to make a round.
"Yeah, we are very curious now. The problem that can make you wonder must be very important. We want to know what is the problem that makes you think for so long, haha." Garrett also said To.
"Discipline! I am thinking about discipline."
Xu Jun smiled and replied: "Please forgive me for the rudeness in front of me. When the lieutenant colonel was talking about our army’s brilliant achievements, he reminded me of the discipline of the German army."
Xu Jun picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip of red wine, then forkped a piece of smoked fish from his plate and put it in his mouth.
"Everyone, let's eat, we can talk while eating."
The garrison officers here immediately relaxed after hearing Xu Jun's words, and the sound of interlacing cups and plates rang again on the dining table.
"General." Garrett asked Xu Jun while cutting the barbecue that he had just brought up: "What is the discipline problem you are thinking of? Our German army is not proud of having iron discipline. Right?"
"Lieutenant Colonel, this is indeed the case. We have the strictest, most perfect, and most civilized discipline in Europe. From now on, our discipline implementation is also very satisfactory to me, but have you thought about it? The discipline guarantees the victory of our army, so we abide by it, but after the victory, if we defeat all the enemies, can our army still obey the discipline as firmly as it is now? How can our officers Able to continue to enforce these disciplines."
Xu Jun paused, and glanced at the officers on the table. Some military officers bowed their heads and pondered after hearing Xu Jun's words, while some were puzzled and looked at each other with their colleagues.
"Think about it. Everyone is familiar with the Soldier's Manual. That is the most basic discipline that every soldier must abide by. They did strictly abide by these disciplines on the battlefield, but after the battle is over.
Let’s talk about the cities we are occupying now, whether our soldiers can still abide by those disciplines in these cities they occupy. Of course, this kind of thing will not happen now, but after one year or two, it is difficult to guarantee that these violations of discipline will appear. What the officers would do at that time, they might also let go of the soldiers who had followed them from birth to death, and then these things happened more and more, and they might get worse. Then the discipline of the entire German army began to fall apart, and the soldiers began to fall.
When the glorious German army is tainted by various shameful crimes, the invincible honor will also leave the German army. "
"General, this is terrible, you are not prophesying." Garrett was startled by Xu Jun's words.
"This is not a prophecy. This is a mistake made by all conquerors in history. Countless once powerful and noble armies have been destroyed by their indulgence. Countless once glorious empires have been posted because of this. Putting on the label of cruelty and evil was cast aside by later generations, or was directly destroyed and drowned in the long river of history. Every conqueror's failure started with a lack of military discipline. You now know what I want to say. "
"General, you want the German army to strictly observe its own discipline at all times."
"It’s like this. The German army must strictly abide by military discipline at any time. Anyone who violates military discipline must be punished due to it. Only if we continue to adhere to the iron discipline, we will not commit the ancient Only by the mistakes made by the kings can we be invincible forever, and we can always maintain the honor of the glorious German army."
"I understand what you said, you are right. It is true. If the German army begins to indulge themselves, then no matter what great victory they have won, what great honor they have, all this will be Those evils are tainted and concealed. This is something we must never allow. We will never allow our beloved German army to be ashamed for this reason. You are really the greatest general I have ever seen, and your vision is better than ours. Everyone must be far away. I feel the supreme honor to be able to serve a great and noble soldier like you." Hans was the first to understand Xu Jun's meaning, and he couldn't help being so clear and wise for the German army. The leader is excited.
The officers immediately understood the general’s concerns. They were also overwhelmed by Xu Jun’s warning. They also agreed with Xu Jun’s opinions, and they admired the young commander even more.
Just as everyone was talking about how to keep the German army's current discipline, the door of the restaurant was opened. Two gray-headed SS officers appeared in front of everyone.
"Report, Honorable Deputy Head of State. Please forgive us for interrupting your lunch. We have important things to report to you." Daogen stood straight at the door and said loudly to Xu Jun.
Why did they come back? Xu Jun felt very strange. The two of them were sent to Mueller to fight for themselves yesterday afternoon. They should be on the front line and wait for their arrival. Is there any change in the front line? No, if there is any problem, Mueller will telegraph to himself. There is no need to let these two people come back to report in person. It seems that something important must have happened. The faces of the two officers were covered with dust on their uniforms, and they looked embarrassed, and they seemed to have suffered no less along the way.
"Everyone, I'll be with you." Xu Jun greeted the officers, then stood up and walked towards the two men. Hans also quickly stood up and nodded to the officers, anxiously Hurriedly followed Xu Jun and walked over. Xu Jun didn't stop when he walked in front of the two SS officers.
"You come with me." Xu Jun said to them: "Let's go to another room and talk." Then he left the restaurant and walked to the lounge on one side.
Dougan Randolph and Hans followed Xu Jun closely.
went into the lounge, Xu Jun told all the waiters there to leave, and then called two guards to guard the door. After everyone was seated, Xu Jun asked the two SS officers: "What happened? Did the war have changed? Why didn't Mueller telegraph over and ask you to come back and report in person."
"Deputy Führer, there is no problem on the battlefield. According to your plan, we have already won the final victory in this battle. We have two tasks when we come back. The first is to report to you the final results of this battle and our Loss. The second task is that the commander of the British Expeditionary Force Gott is ready to surrender to us, but he wants us to hand you this letter from him. He said that they would only lay down their weapons after your reply." Daogen took out several documents and a letter from the document bag he was carrying.
"This is Gott’s letter. We didn’t send it by telegram in order to keep it confidential, and Colonel Mueller believes that these must be delivered to you by the most reliable person as quickly as possible. Request to complete this task."
"Oh, this way, how did I make it look like this, it made me still have some major problems with the current line." Xu Jun finally let go of his hanging heart after listening to Daogen's words.
After hearing Xu Jun’s question, Daogen glared at Randolph who was aside. Thinking of this, he didn't get angry. How could he have such an assistant? He must have done something blaming gods before to get this kind of retribution.
Dogen said bitterly: "This is because of Captain Randolph's idea. He thinks that this kind of urgent must use the fastest means of transportation. He said those cars are not fast enough on the poor road system in Belgium. So he and I came here on a motorcycle. He was in charge of driving, and I was sitting in a bucket. It was like this all the way down."
"Hahahaha, it turned out to be like this. After you finish the report, let’s take a bath and rest. Hahaha, there is a bathtub to enjoy. You haven’t used the bathtub for a long time to take a comfortable hot bath. Right. Have you eaten? The food here is also good. You can have a good meal after taking a shower. Hans, you will arrange a room for them later and let the kitchen prepare some delicious food for delivery. Go to their room." Xu Jun was amused by Daogen's answer. They actually drove a motorcycle from Dunkel, no wonder they were so embarrassed.
"Thank you very much, Deputy Führer, then I will report to you the final results of our battle." Daogen hurriedly replied, because he saw Randolph's mouth move. He is now afraid of himself. The subordinate said again about the size of the bathtub or what was delicious, so he rushed to stop Randolph before he had time to speak and stuffed the guy's words back into his stomach.
"Okay, let's start, I also want to know what we got."
"A lot, my deputy head of state, the results of the British Army have not been counted, because they have not surrendered, so I don’t know their casualties. But anyway, we wiped out the British Expeditionary Force. For the United Kingdom The navy’s result was ~IndoMTL.com~ sinking six battleships, they were Rodney, Collision, King, Warspite, Barham and Vengeance. Sinking three battlecruisers was the Hood , Prestige, Counterattack. Sank three heavy cruisers, Dorsetshire, Nofolk and Exeter. Captured the other three battleships, the flagships of their home fleet, Nelson and Malaya, The Resolution. The details are written in the report. The Air Force has shot down a total of 272 enemy aircraft. In terms of losses, the Army has killed 2,840 soldiers and 47 officers in the battle so far, and injured 8,294. The Air Force has shot down 63 fighter jets. Bombers, including 37 dive bombers, with 89 dead and missing pilots. From various perspectives, you have created a miracle. This is a great victory that has never been seen in German history. We are your direct reports for ourselves Subordinates feel extremely proud." After talking, Daogen handed the documents to Xu Jun.
Xu Jun flipped through those documents and put them aside. He said to Daogen, "I’ll look at it in detail later. You give me the letter from Gott to me. I want to know who What conditions did the commander of the expeditionary force want me to promise him?"
Daogen hurriedly handed the letter to Xu Jun. Xu Jun tore open the seal of the letter, picked up the letter and read it carefully.
After reading the letter, Xu Jun leaned up on the sofa and closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then laughed happily.
He turned his head and said to the two SS officers: "You guys go to rest now, and enjoy this rare break. Because we have to rush to Dunkirk overnight after dinner. I am. I will personally give this General Gott a satisfactory answer."