Hit? Le did not answer, but turned to Commander von Blomberg and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I wonder how many troops we may mobilize now?"
"Führer, the German Army can now mobilize 136 divisions! About three million people can go to the front line!" Von Blomberg replied cautiously.
"Lampard, how is the situation in the SS?" Hit? Le asked again.
"In addition to the Northern Mountain Division currently fighting in Norway, the six divisions of Military Police, Empire, Police, Skeleton, Viking and Prince Eugen, with 200,000 people, can all participate in the battle!" Then Lin Wei assured again, "After During the Polish campaign, the SS still had many shortcomings. After such a long period of training, I believe the SS can shoulder greater responsibilities!"
Commander von Blomberg, who had just finished speaking, could not sit still and said to himself, "Six divisions of the SS are 200,000 people, which is equivalent to two divisions of the Wehrmacht. You can't bully people like this." , what if the French, who don’t know the details, come up to confront an SS division just by looking at the serial numbers?" Von Blomberg quickly suppressed his thoughts, it was too scary.
"So how many troops are there on the Western Front now?" Hit? Le asked.
"I can answer this question!" General Manstein said, "The Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, and France have a total of 135 divisions, of which the French and British armies have a total of 103 divisions. Organized into three army groups, the Netherlands and Belgium have a total of thirty-two divisions. As for Luxembourg, I prefer to believe that it will only provide verbal support like the last war!"
"That's it!" Hit? Le glanced at it and said seriously, "The Imperial High Command has decided to adopt General Manstein's suggestion and take action against Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands! The operation code name is "Operation Sickle.""
Then everyone began to discuss the details of the plan. An hour later, the revised battle plan stipulated that the main German army would cross the Ardennes area and attack the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France, and then attack Paris from the west and north. The German army in front of the Maginot Line, which was carefully constructed in France, organized feint attacks to contain the enemy in front of them. When the main force captured Paris and advanced to the side of the defense line, they would then launch an attack, flanking the main force in front and back, and annihilate the French army in front of them.
After combining opinions from all parties, the deployment of the total force was finally finalized. The German army planned to assemble a total of 142 divisions from the North Sea to Switzerland, including 16 armored divisions and six motorized divisions, with 3,900 tanks. There are more than 4,800 aircraft.
As the plan gradually became clear, the generals of the National Defense Force also began to join in the discussion, constantly improving the details in various ways.
When everything is ready, Hit? Le announced happily; "I firmly believe that the French will be surprised when the time comes!"
"Admiral Rundstedt!" Hit? Le shouted.
"Führer!" Rundstedt, who was meticulous and even somewhat rigid, stood up and replied. There was no trace of flattery, as if the person standing in front of him was not the head of the Third Reich and was no different from anyone else.
Hit? Le also had no objection, because he knew that Rundstedt was this kind of person, and was even called a "Prussian soldier" in the Wehrmacht, so he went on to say, "Army Group A commanded by General Rundstedt" The group is responsible for the main attack, and has jurisdiction over the 4th, 12th and 16th armies, a total of 44 divisions (including 10 armored divisions and 3 motorized divisions. Including the three armored divisions of the SS Police, Prinz Eugen and Wiking), composed of The 3rd Air Force provided air support, deployed from Aachen to the Moselle River, crossed the Ardennes area, and carried out assaults along the English Channel to separate the British and French forces in northern France and Belgium."
"Yes, Head of State!~" Admiral Lundstaeder said calmly.
"Admiral von Bock!" Hit? Le then shouted.
"Führer!" General von Bock also stood up to show respect.
"General Bock, the Army Group B you will command consists of the 6th and 18th Group Armies, with a total of 28 divisions (including 6 armored divisions and 1 motorized division, including the SS Gendarmerie, Reich, and Totenkopf). Armored Division), with air support provided by the 2nd Air Force, deployed from the borders of the Netherlands and Belgium to Aachen. As the right wing, it broke through the Dutch border defenses, occupied the entire Netherlands and northern Belgium, and then advanced towards France."
"Yes, Führer!" General von Bock also sat down.
Hit? Lebu nodded and continued, "General Loeb! The C Army Group you will command includes the 1st and 7th Army, a total of 17 divisions (including 1 motorized division), located in front of the Maginot Line. Responsible for the feint attack and contain the French army facing them."
"No problem, Führer!" Loeb assured.
After the deployment, Hit? Le opened his mouth and said, "In addition, the Army should also deploy 47 divisions (including 1 motorized division) in the Rhine area as reserves, of which 20 divisions will serve as reserves for each army group and obey the orders of each army group. In addition to the deployment of the army group, the other 27 divisions serve as the general reserve and are directly commanded by the Supreme Command.”
"No one has any opinions yet!" Hit? Le asked.
"No more, Head of State!" everyone said.
"Führer, I hope to be in Army Group B with General Bock!" Looking at General Bock, Lin Wei repeated, "Of course, I have no intention of competing for command with General Bock, I just want to see it with my own eyes. SS attacks French territory!”
Hit? Le thought for a moment and said, "Okay, Lampard!"
"Thank you, head of state!" Lin Wei said.
"If nothing happens, everyone should go back and prepare!" Hit? Le said, "I hope to complete the war preparations within a month!"
"Hi! Hitler?" In cheers, the plan to fight against France was finalized.
Crowds of people walked out of the conference room of the Prime Minister's Office one after another. Everyone was discussing the details of the war against France. It can be seen that once the plan is finalized, the current generals of the National Defense Force will go all out. Make plans become reality.
As soon as Lin Wei came out, he saw his secretary, Robert C. Crawford. Lin Wei immediately realized that something big must have happened, otherwise Robert C. Crawford would never appear here. Lin Wei hinted to Robert C. Crawford that he would talk about it later when he had something to do.
"What brought you to the Prime Minister's Office? Just tell me what you have to say!" Sitting in his car, Lin Wei ordered to return to the SS headquarters while saying.
"Leader, haven't you always told us to pay attention to the Soviet-controlled areas in Poland?" Robert C. Crawford said cautiously.
"That's right. What happened?" Lin Wei asked doubtfully.
"According to the Gestapo's investigation, a large number of Polish officers are missing in the Soviet-controlled areas. They don't know where they went. The Polish Gestapo are afraid that this is a Soviet conspiracy! That's why the Polish police department and the Gestapo found me. Let me tell the leader this! According to the information obtained by our intelligence personnel in the Soviet Union, a large number of Polish officers have also disappeared from the prisoner-of-war camps of the Soviet Red Army!" said Robert C. Crawford.
"I haven't heard of any trouble caused by the Soviet Union using Poles in history!" Lin Wei muttered, "Wait!"
Lin Wei thought about it carefully, constantly connecting the words Soviet Union and Poland together in his mind. After a long time, Lin Wei suddenly smiled, "Robert C. Crawford, tell the intelligence agents and agents lurking in the Soviet Union The Polish Gestapo, they will get medals! Haha..."
"Yes, leader!" Although he doesn't know why, the leader thinks there is no problem with this matter, so there is no problem.
"Katyn Massacre! Katyn Massacre! The Soviets and Poles will never want to get together again!" Lin Wei muttered in a voice that only he could hear, "If it is done well, maybe when attacking the Soviet Union , if we can get the full help of the Poles, the worst thing we can do is help them recover in the future. As long as we help the Poles recover on the land of the Soviet Union, Poland will completely be at odds with the Soviet Union in the future, and Germany will also have a loyal satellite. country!"
The Soviet government believed that the Polish prisoners of war were a big burden, so it decided to deal with the officers among the Polish prisoners of war first. Without the officers, the rest of the soldiers would be leaderless. Relevant parties in the Soviet Union believed that the best way was to eliminate them physically. On March 5, 1940, the People's Commissar of the Soviet Union (Minister of Internal Affairs) Beria wrote a report on the execution of more than 20,000 prisoners of war and prisoners, mainly Polish officers, and submitted it to Stalin and the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Approval and you're instantly approved.
In early April 1940, the execution of Polish prisoners of war officially began. Hundreds of captured Polish officers were taken into cars from the three prisoner of war camps and secretly transported to the Katyn Forest where they were executed. The executioners stood behind the Polish prisoners of war and shot them in the back of the head with pistols. After burying it, Soviet personnel laid a thick layer of soil on top. Soon, a second batch of prisoners of war was transported to the place and treated in the same way. By mid-May of that year, the Soviet Union had executed a total of 4,421 Polish prisoners of war in the Katyn Forest. They were buried in eight large pits, covered with pine and birch trees. In addition to the Katyn Forest, the Soviet Union also shot 3,820 people in the Starobelsk prisoner-of-war camp, 6,311 people in the Ostashkov concentration camp, and 7,305 people in other prisoner-of-war camps and prisons in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus. . Including the 4,421 people shot in Katyn Forest, the total number was 21,857 people, including about 15,000 Polish officers and soldiers prisoners.