The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Qin Chuan could understand what Rommel meant.

What Rommel was good at was attacking, or it could be said to be siege. At this time, the war situation in Africa had reached a stalemate, and it would be a waste to keep Rommel in Africa.

However, Qin Chuan was not sure where Hitler would transfer Rommel. Historically, he was transferred to Italy to work with Kesselring to organize defenses against the Allied offensive, and then to northern France to improve the defense of the Atlantic Wall. fortifications.

But because the Afrika Korps successfully withstood the Allied attack in Africa, especially in Sicily, Italy was not in danger of being attacked, and Rommel naturally did not need to be transferred there.

Rommel didn't know the answer either.

"The orders of the Führer are always unexpected!" Rommel said: "But I will choose some of them that suit my taste!"

Rommel said with a confident smile.

Rommel's words are true. Hitler's failure was that he regarded himself as a military genius and always commanded troops remotely to interfere with the command of frontline troops. This inevitably led to mistakes due to insufficient awareness of the frontline situation.

The difference between Rommel and other generals is that... he knew that the most important thing was victory rather than the orders of the Führer.

Therefore, if he was sure of victory, he would not hesitate to disobey the Führer's orders.

On the contrary, even if you strictly carry out the orders of the head of state, once the battle fails, the head of state will still get angry and put all the blame on you.

This was Rommel's advantage, and it also gave Qinchuan room for maneuver. Otherwise, all battles would develop step by step along the course of history under the control of the head of state and eventually lead Germany to failure.

The next day, a group of invited officers were notified to stand by the "balcony of history" and wait.

A few minutes later, Hitler walked up the steps surrounded by guards. He shook hands with several officers around him, and then went to the balcony to straighten the buttons on his uniform and get ready.

The curtain opened, and the cheers started immediately. Hitler held his head high and waved gracefully to the people below. Every time he waved his hands, there was a cheer.

To be honest, Qin Chuan was frightened by the scene in front of him when the curtain opened. The square below was full of people, including men and women, old and young, holding large and small swastika flags in their hands. They cheered and waved towards the stage, and the guards at the forefront had to try hard to stop them so that the excited crowd would not rush forward.

After a while, with Hitler raising his hand, the crowd gradually became quiet.

Hitler danced into the microphone and began his speech:

"Today, we stand here! Standing on the land of the Germans! Standing in Berlin, the land watered by the blood and dignity of our ancestors!

Standing in front of me is a nation, a nation groaning in humiliation! After that war (World War I) ended, the pride of our nation was gone! Those victors are riding on our necks and domineering. They trample on our dignity at will, the dignity of the most noble nation on the European continent! Tell me, do you choose to be a freedom fighter like Benjamin Martin, or a slave? ! "

Cheers rang out again, and many people responded loudly: "We choose fighters!"

"You may say: Your Majesty the Head of State, I need a job, a piece of bread. It's the land. You are right, life is so important. But I want to tell you. There is something more important than life in this world. , that’s freedom! That’s dignity!”

The people responded loudly:

"free!"

"dignity!"

Hitler continued: "What we need is not a piece of bread! But a living space! The living space of a nation! This living space is not achieved by begging and protesting, but by iron and blood! It is achieved by It’s achieved by fighting and sacrificing! It’s achieved by courage and life!”

The atmosphere was brought to a climax again, with people waving flags and shouting Hitler's name.

"Today!" After a pause, Hitler continued: "I want to commend a person here in particular. He is a person who fought for our freedom and dignity on the battlefield with his courage and life! I am honored to be able to personally In front of you, I award the 'Legendary Sergeant' the Silver Oak Leaf Knight Medal!"

The people were excited again.

Hitler cast his gaze at Qin Chuan behind him. Qin Chuan did not expect this to be the case and was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Rommel, who was beside him, came out in time to smooth things over. He shook Qin Chuan's hand to express his congratulations, and then whispered: "Captain, the voice of the people is not more terrifying than the enemy's shells!"

Not to mention, Qin Chuan is used to facing enemies, but this scene today is the first time.

But after all, he had seen the world. Qin Chuan calmed down and walked up, stood up and saluted Hitler.

The guard walked to the side holding a 10th Cavalry Medal padded with red cloth. Hitler carefully took it out of the tray, hung it around Qin Chuan's neck and tied it, and then handed over the medal certificate. .

"Well done, Captain!" Hitler held Qin Chuan's hand and said, "The people will remember the efforts of you and every officer and soldier fighting on the front line. Look, they are cheering for you! They are saluting you! Showing their gratitude to you!”

Qin Chuan held the certificate and waved to the people below, which immediately led to another burst of cheers. Qin Chuan even saw Meyer and other youth league members in the front row shouting at him.

"My compatriots!" Finally Hitler shouted to the people: "Long live Germany and the German people! Long live freedom!"

"for freedom!"

…

the crowd chanted over and over again.

Qin Chuan had to admit that all this was very inflammatory, because even a modern person like himself could not help but feel excited in this scene.

"Congratulations, Captain!" Heydrich stepped forward and shook hands with Qin Chuan: "You definitely deserve this medal, so I think you should return to the battlefield. I think your family thinks so too. . This is good for both of us, don’t you think?”

Qin Chuan understood the meaning of Heydrich's words, which was to let him ignore the affairs at the rear, especially the production of counterfeit banknotes. And his family is Qin Chuan's handle.

"Of course, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "As General Canaris said, I belong on the battlefield!"

"Very good!" Heydrich nodded, then patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder: "Then... I believe we will get along very well!"

Of course, Qin Chuan would not believe Heydrich's words. He knew that Heydrich would not let him go.