69novels Chapter 1058
Chapter 1058
After Rommel’s military action application was submitted, it was soon placed on Mainz’s desk!
Unlike the careless Rommel in history, Rommel is cautious by nature. He must report to the head of state before doing anything, and will only implement his plan after approval.
In this way, the head of state can know everything that happens on his side, even if he is in Berlin!
The advantage of doing this is that you can gain the trust of the head of state, let the head of state feel his respect and loyalty to the head of state, and you can also often brush your presence here, so that the head of state will remember you!
In history, Rommel was known as one of the three famous generals of the Third Reich, but in this time and space, Rommel’s status is much lower. Model, Manstein and Guderian followed the head of state earlier than him, and their qualifications were older than him. In addition, the abilities of these three people are also outstanding, so the titles of the three famous generals of the empire were divided by these three people, and he had nothing to do!
This can actually be seen from the different positions of the four people!
Needless to say, after Mainz left the army and became the head of state, Manstein was the actual helmsman of the army. He is the undisputed number one in the German army, and he is stronger than others in both ability and qualifications!
Guderian is the pioneer of blitzkrieg and is known as the father of armor. He has a high status in the army, and the First Army he leads is the recognized number one army in the German army!
As for Model, he has been ordered to take on many important defensive tasks many times, and has made a name for himself with fierce and hard battles! Model and Guderian are known as the two heroes of the empire. One of them is a sharp spear, responsible for attacking, and the other is a solid shield, used to protect the safety of the empire, and he is the shield of the empire!
Although Rommel is very confident in his own strength and believes that his business ability is not inferior to these three people, he has to admit that the strength of these three people is actually quite strong, and it is unlikely for him to suppress the other party steadily.
In this case, Rommel, who is younger and less experienced, must use other methods to gain the attention of the head of state!
And this method is to make the head of state absolutely assured of himself!
Since ancient times, the central governments of various countries have been most worried that generals with strong military strength will not obey orders. Once this happens, these generals with heavy troops only need to return to the capital with their troops to easily overthrow the government, become president themselves, and establish a military government!
Military coups not only have a high success rate, but also a high frequency. Such things have happened in many countries around the world!
In this case, the most headache and worrying problem for the rulers of various countries is military coups!
So Rommel believes that this approach will definitely win the favor of the head of state. Even if the head of state himself has a very high prestige in the military and is not afraid of military coups, someone is so considerate to inform all his every move in advance, and the head of state will definitely not refuse!
Mainz saw through Rommel’s little abacus at a glance. He knew that Rommel had a deep sense of crisis!
The three famous generals of the empire are all in North America at present, and only Rommel is in Africa.
Compared with North America, Africa is naturally nothing. In the eyes of ordinary people and even most officers in the German army, the value of Africa is far less important than North America.
If it were not for this, the empire would not have been able to invest the three famous generals and four armies at once.
Moreover, for the war in North America, the actions of the empire in other battlefields were affected. Rommel had already led his North African Corps all the way to the Middle East and had already reached the doorstep of Persia. As long as they pushed a little further east and broke through Persia, they would be able to border the colonies of the sun never set in Asia!
Once they bordered the colonies of South Asia where the sun never set, the German army would be able to directly threaten the last fortress of the sun never set from land!
Rommel had been planning this military operation for a long time. He knew that his qualifications were not as good as those of the three famous generals, so he hoped to use this battle to completely annihilate the sun never set empire to add some achievements to his resume and improve his qualifications and prestige!
However, it was unfortunate that the battle in North America broke out. In order to facilitate the empire to concentrate its forces to support the war in North America, the head of state stopped Rommel’s action and did not let him continue to attack eastward!
Although the Third Reich was powerful, it was still very difficult for them to fight on two fronts.
In particular, the operations on both sides had extremely high requirements for logistics and supplies. One needed to cross the ocean to transport supplies, and the other needed to cross a large desert and travel thousands of kilometers to reach South Asia!
If these two things were done separately, the pressure on the Third Reich would not be very great. If they tried their best, they would definitely be able to complete it.
However, if the two things were done together, it would cause the empire’s power to be dispersed, and at that time, one thing might not be completed. Therefore, it seemed extremely correct to stop Rommel’s action in the eyes of the Supreme Command.
However, doing so made Rommel feel very hurt. He had been ready to do a great job, but he didn’t expect that the stage was set up, but the protagonist of the show was gone. How uncomfortable it was!
If the war broke out in North America, he could take his troops to participate in the war and take this opportunity to brush up his record, then he could accept it. However, in the eyes of the Führer, Africa is very important, and the remaining British and French troops in Africa have not been eliminated. In this case, the North African Corps certainly cannot run around.
So Rommel’s troops were not dispatched to North America, but Manstein took the Third and Fourth Army Groups to support. In this case, the battle in North America was fierce, and the various army groups participating in the battle had brushed up a lot of records, but Rommel was the only one eating dust in North Africa and got nothing!
Originally, his qualifications and prestige were not as good as the three famous generals. Now, the three famous generals have collectively brushed up a lot of records in North America, but he has gained nothing. This further widened the gap between him and the three famous generals of the empire. This is really a bit difficult to accept for the arrogant Rommel!
Therefore, in Rommel’s view, this time fighting the British army and seizing South Philippines would be his only chance. Even if there were not many enemies this time and he could not achieve much success, as long as he could seize South Philippines, a place rich in diamonds and gold, and let the newly mined gold mines and diamonds here reflect their value, and let the country realize the importance of Africa, then he would be profitable!