The capital of the Third Reich, May 7th, 3 PM.
In the conference room on the top floor of the Empire State Building, Lin Yu was listening to the military's report.
As the Chief of Staff of the Army that he had promoted before the Battle of Maoxiong Grad, General Zeitsler was loyal to Lin Yu.
He knew very well who gave him his position. Who was the one who did not send him to the military court or even dismiss him when he was defeated? Who was the one who still retained his original position and trusted him!
Therefore, General Zeitzler kept a distance from Field Marshal Keitel and the others. He knew very well that even within the Third Reich, there were many people who had different opinions about the head of state. Among them, the officers of the Junkers nobles were the biggest opposition group.
If it was in the past, even if General Zeitzler was promoted and put in an important position by the head of state, he wouldn't have easily strained his relationship with Marshal Carl.
However, after the Battle of Kursk broke out, General Zeitzler keenly captured some small details.
For example, the head of state had specially promoted three of his most trusted generals and made them the commanders-in-chief of the Northern, Southern, and Central Army Groups of the Third Reich.
Although the head of state did not explicitly state why, he only said that it was for the sake of the war.
But General Zeitzler had a different idea. He felt that the Ruler was preparing to break off relations with the Junker nobles in the National Defense Force!
Moreover, the successive victories in the battle of Kursk also confirmed this point. When the frontline continuously received good news, people no longer had any objections to the head of state's original arrangement. Instead, they would praise and even praise the head of state.
Moreover, not only would they suck up to the head of state, but they would also praise the three generals who had performed well at the front line. Model, Manstein, and Guderian!
When the attention of the people was attracted by the three outstanding generals, naturally, not many people would continue to pay attention to the old marshal of the National Defense Force and the founding fathers of the Junkers!
This had reduced the influence of the National Defense Force and the Junkers within the Empire!
Moreover, General Zeitsler believed that this would become even more obvious after the battle was won!
Therefore, although the head of state didn't say it explicitly, his intention to exclude the National Defense Force and the Junker nobles was still noticed by Zeitsler!
Under such circumstances, as a trusted aide that the head of state had personally promoted, he naturally had to stand completely on the head of state's side.
"Zeitzler, there has been no news from Guderian's Eighteenth Armored Corps for two days, right?”
Princeps, who was looking at the map, seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly turned around and asked the absent-minded Zeitsler.
"What? Oh, right, the last time the 18th Armored Corps sent a telegram, their position was still here!”
As the Chief of Staff of the Army, although Zeitzler was a little absent-minded, his basic qualities were still there.
He was very familiar with the positions, objectives, and recent movements of the various armies at the front line.
The only exception was probably Gordian's 18th Armored Corps.
Gordian was really too unpredictable in his battles, so much so that Zeitzler didn't know his exact location.
However, he guessed that this guy must have infiltrated the Soviets 'den. Otherwise, he would not have not sent a telegram!
"This is, Ao Boyang?"
Lin Yu looked at the name on the map and could not help but read it out loud.
"Yes, General Guderian's target should be the Pena River, but his direction of advancement is very agile. He did not choose the shortest straight line, but advanced towards the north and then turned back to the east. In this way, it will be difficult for the Soviets to figure out his intentions in the first place, which can buy him some time!”
Zeitzler made his own speculations based on Guderian's route, and his speculations were very close to the truth.
From this point of view, the Third Reich was indeed a gathering of stars. The empire not only had famous generals like Guderian, Manstein, and Rommel.
There were also people like Zeitzler who were not very famous, but their strength was also very outstanding. They were even talents who did not lose to Guderian or Manstein!
To be able to lead such an empire, to be able to command such an army, it was truly a great blessing in life!
After Lin Yu sighed, he became curious again. Gordian's Eighteenth Armored Corps was equipped with the most advanced Tiger King tank. With such advanced equipment, he would definitely not be content with mediocrity!
So Gordian was definitely up to something big. But what was his goal? If they continued to head north, that would be the nest of the hairy bears. Didn't Gordian know that?
Because he was thousands of miles away, Lin Yu naturally did not know the situation at the front line. Even if he was at the front line of the battlefield, he had no way of understanding Gordian's movements.
After breaking through the first line of defense of the Soviets, Guderian's 18th Armored Corps completely maintained radio silence. He and his 60,000 men seemed to have disappeared from the battlefield.
Lin Yu could understand Guderian's approach. He was worried that if he turned on the radio, it would reveal his location and intentions. He was worried that it would arouse the vigilance of the Soviets, so he turned off the radio!
However, he had turned off the radio, and neither the frontline command center nor the dynasty's headquarters could contact him directly. This made everyone very anxious and worried about the safety of Gordian and the sixty thousand elites!
At this moment, Gordian, who was the focus of everyone's attention, had already arrived at the Pena River!
" We've finally arrived at this godforsaken place. Pass down my order. We'll move out at four in the morning. All division commanders, come and check the time now…"
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