Chapter 392: The All-Knowing and All-Powerful Head
Sometimes it's just that way. When you want something, it happens to be something.
For example, when you forget to review, you only rush to count 2 questions in the front, but the teacher just happens to spot check the questions you wrote down casually, and then these two questions, the whole class made and did the right people, and you are really one of them. As a result, you were praised by the teacher and praised at the parent-teacher meeting for your serious and solid revision.
For example, if you go to the Internet with your roommate all night with a happy night, you end up sleeping in your dorm room the next morning. But it just so happened that the teacher who was in class was serious and rigid on weekdays, and he was drawn by roll call every day, and he happened to be in a happy mood today, so he didn't take the roll call. So all of you were lucky to have escaped.
For example, when the entire German top brass sent back to Berlin the telegram that Lütjens and Raeder had won a resounding victory in the unlikely event of a victory over the British Royal Navy.
That's right, looking at the top leaders of all walks of life in Germany, except for Reinhardt, who confidently hoped that the aircraft carrier tactics could be surprisingly successful, and the sword went off the rails to defeat the real main fleet of the British Empire, none of the other generals was optimistic about this matter.
Let's just say that Blahsitch and Catherine, although one of them is the commander of the army and the other is the commander of the air force, neither of them is the commander of the navy. But as for the level of their own country's navy, the two commanders are a little forced in their hearts.
In the eyes of the generals, the advantage of the German navy was actually that the carrier-based aircraft were more and stronger than the British fleet. It's similar to the three-plate axe with the famous Dongfang Cheng biting gold, once it is used up, there is nothing to take it for.
Aside from the anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities, the average artillery strength of the German battleships was quite a big cut compared to the British Navy. If the two armies were in close combat, the German High Seas Fleet would have a slim chance of victory.
But even with only this mere axe, Reinhardt still resolutely put all the high seas fleet into this battle, firmly pressed all the bets of the German Navy in this game, and ordered the high seas fleet to rely on aircraft carrier tactics to fight hard!
The moment they got the victory telegram, everyone looked at the head of state who was sitting firmly on Mount Tai with shocked and admiration. Wisdom beads in hand, nothing more than this. At a time when everyone was nervous, the Führer's sharp gaze had pierced the eternal fog of war!
Strategize in the strategic, decisive victory thousands of miles away. Before the war began, he was convinced of victory, so he bravely and firmly threw himself into his family.
Reinhardt saw the reaction of everyone in the conference room. He just smiled faintly, his eyes flashed with wisdom, and he quietly looked at the route map of the High Seas Fleet's North Sea operation.
A group of brainless, if the carrier-based aircraft in the distance could not defeat the British fleet, the Führer would not have ordered the whole army to retreat immediately?
Am I really as rigid as you are?!
Yes, that's Reinhardt's real confidence.
The first detachment of Lütjans was originally all the fastest warships. Once there is really a case on the carrier-based plane's side, and it doesn't win the battle, Lütjans will be able to throw off the British fleet far away when he turns his head.
Fighter fights, that's far away. Even if they lose, these battleships in the rear can still flee in advance. In addition, the Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, which have lost more than 100 carrier-based aircraft, can also further increase their speed and reduce their burden and evacuate.
As for Raeder's second fleet, although the types of warships are complex and cumbersome, the speed of the voyage has been slowed down. But they were also in the rear, farther away from the front line, and the shorter the distance they had to walk when retreating, there was no question of not being able to escape.
Even if it is really about to catch up, it is more than enough to use the various captured multinational warships of the Second Fleet, plus the fleet of Norway's allies as cannon fodder, and cooperate with the powerful two new German "Reich-class" battleships to block the attack.
When the backward cannon fodder battleships have lost almost the same, and the blocking time is enough, the "Imperial-class" battleship will be lucky to slip away with its ultra-high speed.
The speed of the "Reich-class" battleships has long been verified with the immature "Peter the Great".
The defective "Peter the Great", which was given to the Soviet Union at the beginning, was still able to suppress the British fleet with its speed during sea trials. Now, the two "Imperial-class" battleships that are really mature in technology are even more worried about their speed being compared to the British fleet.
Of course, that's all for later.
Thinking about defeat before winning is the greatest skill Reinhardt learned from General Sickert, and it is also an excellent quality that a leader should have. Although Reinhardt was convinced that aircraft carrier tactics were almost bugs in this era, he was not an all-knowing and all-powerful God, and could not guarantee that nothing unexpected would happen.
Therefore, whenever Reinhardt is directing actions that are detached from the original history, he will think of the future in every possible way, not ignoring the one percent possibility of failure.
This is also the reason why he has always stayed up late and worked overtime since the beginning of the French campaign. There are too many deduction results and corresponding solutions for future wars that he needs to consider and give instructions. For every battle, it can be said that there will be infinite possibilities for development, so the documents that come with it will also be endless.
"Everything is expected," Reinhardt pretended to smile in the face of the admiring gazes of a group of generals, "Long before the fleet pulled anchor and set sail, the outcome of this battle was already a foregone conclusion. Anticipating the war has always been my forte, and in the past 20 years, I have not missed a single one! ”
Indeed, every decision of Reinhardt has repeatedly convinced the believers around him of one thing - the Führer can foresee the future, and he has the super ability to deduce without losing to any professional general!
Sometimes, even the idol generals such as Manstein, Rommel, and Guderian who have shown their skills and have been worshiped by countless soldiers will feel that if the Führer had not been in politics, but had been in the army, he would have become a top commander who would be inferior to any so-called famous general.
Think about it, in peacetime, Reinhardt was able to rise through the ranks to become an army general. In real war, perhaps he would have become a marshal with a medal on his chest.
"My Führer," Brauchitsch stood up with great shame, "you have once again proved to us that you are a strategist like no other. My subordinates are full of guilt and regret for stopping the armored forces against your will. ”
Brauchitsch now really thinks he was a fool. If the orders given by the all-knowing and all-powerful Führer are not obeyed, they must change the Führer's instructions and stop the army on their own initiative.
Isn't this the same as putting the correct answer and not copying it, and going to make a wrong answer and fill in the test paper yourself?!