Guderian took a plane to the German headquarters in Vinnica, Ukraine. In the concrete bunker of "wewolves", he met Hitler again.
The entire situation on the Eastern Front was almost collapsed. Compared with more than two months ago, the head of the Empire seemed even more haggard and his head had turned gray. As Marshal Manstein launched a series of strategic counterattacks, he successfully stabilized the Eastern Front.
The situation, coupled with the melting ice and snow, neither side was able to launch a major offensive. Since March, the entire Eastern Front has entered a period of calm.
"The most dangerous situation is in the North Caucasus region. Our troops are limited and we are unable to stop the Russians' attack!" At the combat meeting held at the German headquarters, Zeitzler once again raised the issue of retreating from the North Caucasus. General Staff Staff.
He told his reasons that the Soviet army was advancing towards Rostov, putting the German army in the North Caucasus in danger. He strongly asked Hitler to agree to Kleister's retreat, warning: "If you do not issue a retreat from the Caucasus in time now
The second Juyashviligre will appear."
Hitler was distraught and, after Zedzler repeatedly urged him, he hesitated for a long time, and said, "Okay, do whatever you want!"
Both Guderian and Manstein participated in the combat meeting. Hitler hoped to organize another large-scale offensive in the summer. Manstein proposed that due to insufficient troops and equipment, the German army is likely to be in the current company after entering the summer.
The defense line could not be maintained. Guderian raised the issue of military production, at least before the spring of 1944. The country could not provide enough tanks to the front line. Then the general raised the issue that made the head of state angry. He asked China
The parties sent reinforcements to maintain defenses on the front lines of Ukraine and the North Caucasus.
This time, Hitler did not get angry anymore, and did indeed begin to seriously consider the so-called Soviet-German peace issue raised by the Republican China. The huge losses suffered by the German army on the front line of the Volga River to the Don River forced Germany to start the domestic mobilization in early 1943.
, recruiting men under forty-five and over 17 to serve.
As Britain and the United States have already burned the war to Germany, Hitler had to admit that he was facing the increasingly deteriorating war situation and began to talk to the generals about the military crisis he was facing so far. He admitted that the quick battle he hoped for had been
Destruction and protracted war are inevitable. At the same time, German public opinion has also begun to talk about peace. We hope to make peace with Britain and the United States alone.
"My Head, I think we may have forgotten the strategy we had formulated at the time. In our plan, we did not want to completely occupy the entire Europe. In the "Yellow Battle Plan" and the "Barbarossa Plan" our purpose is to defeat it only
France and the liberation of Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic Kingdom did not have the intention to annex them, but now we seem to deviate from the original intention. We need a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Russia, which is our purpose, even if the Chinese enter.
Ukraine and Eastern Europe. But it is not inconsistent with our plan." Manstein said, he was the main maker of the two battles. The Germans initially had no intention of annexing these countries, which was also in the early days of the war.
Both the Belarusians welcomed the arrival of the German army as liberators, but as the Gestapo and the SS implemented a harsh rule that was no less than that of the Soviet Union, they gradually pushed the people back to the Russians.
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This is a major political mistake.
Now Marshal Manstein is reminding Hitler that even if the Chinese came in, Germany did not lose anything, but instead it was easier to achieve the original purpose of the war.
In the eyes of Germans, including Hitler, there is not much hatred for the United States. On the contrary, most Germans feel that Americans are closer. But now Americans are helping Russia with all their might, thinking about the cruelty of the Soviet Union. This will make every German feel chill. And in this world, the only one who can deal with the United States is Republic China, the "yellow people" from Asia.
Although he was extremely reluctant, reason told Hitler that only those "Oriental people" could save the "noble Aryans" and would not suffer the tragic fate of defeat.
"Okay, I will think about your suggestions carefully!" Hitler pondered for a long time before he said powerlessly. As the war progressed, he had realized that without the support of Republican China, Germany would not even have the same relationship with the Americans as the Americans. The Soviet Russian army supported confronted each other. In the face of the harsh reality, he had to choose to bow his head. Although the head of the empire was arrogant, he was not stupid.
Rome, the Venetian Palace located on the north side of the Capitorio Mountain exudes a romantic classical atmosphere. The foreign ministers of the Prime Minister's Office of the Kingdom of Italy, Republic of China, the Third Reich of Germany and the Kingdom of Italy jointly signed after three days of talks and consultations. The Roman Manifesto.
"Cheers to the common development of mankind and future world peace!" As the host, Italian Foreign Minister Ziano raised the crystal cup in his hand, and the red wine in the cup was as red as blood. The Italians looked very proud, at the Rome dirt conference The Italians benefited the most, and the Chinese agreed to hand over the entire North Africa to Italian jurisdiction after the war.
German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop smiled very reluctantly. After the "Rome Declaration", the Sino-Italian coalition forces would enter Eastern Europe and France controlled by the Germans, and the Germans would lose more than half of the benefits they seized in the war, millions of emperors **The results of the war that people exchanged for with their blood would be shamelessly forced by the two allies to "share" with them.
He could imagine that it would be basically impossible to invite them out after the Sino-Italian coalition forces entered these areas, unless the German Empire chose to go to war with the allies, but Germany had the ability to republic China and always followed them. Is it a lackey? The weak Germany now urgently needs the support of these two countries, but these two so-called allies take advantage of the situation and turn Eastern Europe and France into "co-management" of the three countries.
Ribbintrov could imagine how angry the head of state, who was still in the "werewolf", was still angry.
"Cheers to our great friendship and cooperation!" Chinese Foreign Minister Shi Zhaoji clinked glasses with Ribbintrop and Ziano with a calm smile on his face, which made the German Foreign Minister feel even more hypocritical. But now there is What method? Without the help of these hypocritical allies, Germany would be hard to support it anymore. Soviet Russia is much stronger than expected and has already gained an advantage on the Eastern Front. In the North Atlantic, since the Americans landed in Britain After that, it became the world of the United States and Britain. American long-range bombers had begun to bomb Germany, and the sky in Western Europe became the world of the United States and Britain.
The German Air Force, which had the advantage in the early stages of the war, was already at an absolute disadvantage. Goering's Air Force could not stop the continuous attack of US and British fighter jets. Whether in terms of the number of aircraft or the performance of fighter jets, the German Empire began to lag behind.
"We launched a European war, but we invited the Orientals back to Europe!" Thinking of this, Ribbentrop was very disappointed with the result. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome
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