Chapter 98 - 095 | New... Hydra? (I)
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Two days ago.
Underground research institute, war room, Berlin.
General Sankt stared at the map hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back, and his brows were tightly wrinkled.
After Siegfried got rid of the arrogant and blind Fuhrer, he became the new leader of the Third Reich.
Although the process wasn't smooth, there were also many opponents. After all, the Austrian mustache had no other advantages besides being good at brainwashing, with many diehard fans.
"A bunch of idiots who can't think and just follow blindly. They can't see the future of the empire!"
General Sankt sneered.
"Fortunately, I have you on my side, Guderian. So, I am not alone. "
He turned around and looked at the serious man fiddling with the military sandbox.
The other party's name is Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, nicknamed 'Imperial Eagle.' He is an outstanding General who was able to compete with Manstein and Rommel.
This man helped General Sankt stabilize the situation and kept the vast Empire from falling apart.
"I warned him that it would be foolish to use armored troops to attack the vigorously defended Kursk. "
Guderian said with an expressionless face.
"But the Fuhrer always liked to act according to his own ideas. He doesn't have any strategic vision and doesn't understand military command at all. His talent in this field was even worse than art and painting. "
General Sankt nodded deeply. He and Guderian naively once thought that the Fuhrer could lead the Third Reich in a better direction.
Unfortunately, it turned out that Austrian bumpkins couldn't do it.
"We all want to build a more robust and better Empire. Now, here's the chance. "
General Sankt said eagerly.
He regarded Guderian as an ally, and it was common knowledge that the German General was at odds with the Führer.
The other side had openly disobeyed the orders of the Supreme Leader of the Third Reich, refusing to shoot Soviet prisoners of war. It was unwilling to be the executioner in killing civilians.
Even in the Battle of Moscow,
He insisted on retreating despite the instructions from Berlin,
To save the strength of his army and the lives of his soldiers.
This led to the Führer's outrage and the direct removal of Guderian into the reserve.
But the irony was that after the defeat in Stalingrad, the egotistical Führer had to reinstate the other party.
The Third Reich couldn't live without Guderian, and no one could replace him.
This was the consensus reached by many people.
After all, after Manstein's dismissal and Rommel's suicide by poison, there was no better choice.
"So, what do you think, Guderian. What should we do next?"
General Sankt humbly asks.
Although he also graduated from the military academy, they are far less than the serious man in front of him in terms of strategic vision and command ability.
"The empire is in shambles, and it's hard for us to recover from the disadvantage. But fortunately, you have created three 'battleship class' Aryan Supermen. "
Guderian thought seriously and whispered, "So far, they are invincible weapons. "
"Therefore, I suggest launching three attacks with three 'battleship-classes' as the core."
"We can form three battle groups —— led by Sieglinde, Siegmund, and Siegfried, respectively. "
General Sankt listened carefully. He has long wanted to expand the strategic advantage for the Third Reich.
It was only held back by the old school supporters of Führer's, allowing the Allies to develop.
"Sieglinde was sent to the northwest to launch a raid along the coast toward Belgium. As you know, the Ruhr Pocket area was broken recently. Many German soldiers were being held in nearby concentration camps, and their release would allow them to continue to push for the destruction of Western Allied supplies in Belgium. "
Guderian gestured over the map and wisely said, "Send Siegmund to the east again, so as not to give the Soviets any chance to regain their strength. They are tenacious enemies and significant worries of the Empire. "
Simultaneously, Siegfried will be able to strike precisely at the oil fields of Ploesti in Romania, accurately, and recover some industrial core areas and the most crucial fuel storage areas. "
"This way, the Empire will stabilize from the brink of collapse, and the western Allies will be unable to launch a counterattack for a while —— as long as we have a chance to catch our breath, we will be able to work our way out of the mess. "
General Sankt attached great importance to Guderian's opinion.
He asked the other party to work out an operational policy carefully and then ended the conversation.
"Baron, what do you think?"
When Guderian left the war room, General Sankt faced a compartment and asked out loud.
A grim man wearing a monocle slowly appeared.
"Guderian's idea is a good one, but he missed one point. "
As an observer, the grim bald man, with a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth, whispered: "The Allied Powers have also obtained 'Wöden's Blood,' and it won't be long before they master the biotechnology of making Aryan Supermen!"
"The one who can't afford to delay is the Empire. The only way to survive is to strike first, to destroy the enemy, to snuff out the threat in the cradle —— then we could get a glimmer of hope. "
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