I met Rommel!

  Soon, Zhou Tianlei and his subordinates got on the car sent by the headquarters to pick them up.

  After the car arrived at the headquarters, a man who appeared to be a deputy officer led them into a large hall and said: "You wait here for a while, the leader is in a meeting, he will see you after a while."

  It was some time before anything was heard but the sound of footsteps at the door, and then the aide-de-camp flung it open and shouted: "Attention!" As Hitler and his retinue of generals approached he yelled: "Eyes right!"

  Zhou Tianlei glanced over and finally saw the famous hero in history, of medium build, wearing a yellow uniform on top and black trousers below. On his head was that familiar signature small parted hair, and the small mustache under his nose was also neat and tidy. It made people feel that he had infinite majesty on him at first glance.

  "Now the ace is smiling at Zhou Tianlei and his subordinates, saying: 'You are heroes of Germany, you are heroes of Dayerman, you sank the Royal Oak in their anchorage, you created the most proud achievement in the combat history of the German Navy submarine fleet.'"

  "The whole German people are proud of you! The Army has added a decoration to the Empire, you have added a greater one at sea for the Empire, and now I shall decorate your commander."

  He took the Knight's Cross from his aide and pinned it on Zhou Tianlei, who thought to himself that this was a bit too far-fetched. Historically, Prien didn't receive this medal until the end of the year, and it wasn't even Hitler who gave it to him, but Raeder.

  Before he could turn around, he suddenly saw his old superior R?der, as well as the commander of the surface fleet Lütjens, and his direct superior D?nitz, whose rank had changed from Major General to Lieutenant General.

  They stood behind Hitler, looking at themselves like a fox that had just raided a chicken coop. Zhou Tianlei suddenly understood that in history, D?nitz was favored by Hitler because of his own military achievements and obtained permission to expand the submarine fleet. But did D?nitz show his report to Hitler? After all, it mentioned the establishment of an air force for the navy, which was a taboo for G?ring.

  Hitler seemed to have not noticed the thoughts turning in Zhou Tianlei's mind, he stood there and began to preach his old European strategy, German revival, elimination of inferior nations and other theories. Zhou Tianlei almost covered his ears, cursing in his heart: You this Hitler, I'm completely uninterested in your Nazi theories. Heaven, hurry up and let him finish already.

  After Hitler's exhausting bombing had ended, it was almost dinner time. Hitler and Zhou Tianlei and his subordinates came to the dining room, and after having dinner together in the dining room, D?nitz hinted that Zhou Tianlei should walk with him.

  G?tter went with D?nitz to his house, where he had prepared a bottle of French Bordeaux wine to celebrate their success. "Now look at them," said D?nitz, "who dares to despise our Navy, our U-boat fleet? Raeder only thinks of his surface forces; does he not think that the British would allow us to build a surface fleet stronger than theirs?"

  After they entered the villa, D?nitz personally opened a bottle of wine, poured it into two high-footed cups, and raised one: "Come on, congratulate you for sinking the Royal Oak, and add a great merit to our submarine force."

  After taking a sip, Deng Nuo put down his cup and asked Zhou Tianlei: "You said in your report that the G7E electric torpedo we used has problems with its fuse and depth-setting device. Is this true? Why didn't others report it?"

  "Chotoku Kondo replied: 'I checked the depth setting device, and found that it was set to the same atmospheric pressure as inside our submarine. According to its manual, it should only be the same at sea level. Many others use surface attacks or short dives, so the internal air pressure of the depth setting device can still match reality. So they won't have this report. This time I attacked HMS Royal Oak and found that G7E was ineffective, I re-fired and sank it. If the British sailors were more vigilant at the time, I think I wouldn't have had a chance to re-fire. This time I was relatively lucky, but I won't be so lucky every time.'"

  "I'll have to discuss this with Captain Scherb of the Ordnance Bureau, I won't let my brave men go into battle against the British with wooden guns. And how did you come up with that submarine design, staying underwater for a long time waiting for the enemy? According to intelligence from HQ, the British now have relatively advanced underwater listening devices. You'll be stuck underwater and they'll find you."

  "If the sound emitted by our submarine is lower than that of the listening device, do you think the enemy can still find us? Moreover, the underwater acoustic environment is complex, and we can fully utilize them to conceal ourselves. (Zhou Tianlei was very confident because he knew that in the future, submarines would use sound waves to camouflage themselves, and submarines would try every means to extend their stay underwater. Not to mention nuclear-powered submarines, even Germany itself was trying to develop fuel cells to extend the underwater time of its submarines.) Furthermore, we need to reduce surface charging, so I designed an air pipe that can be used to charge the battery with a diesel engine while submerged. And I also designed some devices that can reduce the noise of the submarine underwater, and I want to go to the shipyard to verify the reliability of these devices. In addition, in my report, I also described the tactics for Germany."

  D?nitz thought for a moment and said, "Alright, you can go try it out. I'll see the Führer tomorrow and get him to approve your going to the shipyard with their engineers to study these things. As for tactical issues, if we blockade Britain's sea transportation, won't that be enough to defeat her?"

  "It's impossible, the British must think of a way to break our blockade. I believe that with our current tactics of fighting alone, if the British discover our approximate location after we attack their transport fleet, they can mobilize a large number of warships to surround and annihilate us. If it were a surface fleet or our submarine fleet attacking in batches, it's also unlikely that we could be a match for the British. Therefore, we must find a way to heavily damage the British fleet, only then will they be unable to stop our blockade."

  D?nitz said: "As for the establishment of naval aviation, you also know that G?ring won't let us set it up. He has a saying that is always on his lips: everything in Germany that flies belongs to him. And our funds are not enough either! Come on, let's not talk about those unpleasant things anymore, let's have a good time today. Tomorrow you can go to Berlin to play, you haven't seen Berlin for a long time, right?"

  After Zhou Tianlei said goodbye, according to D?nitz's guards, that night in D?nitz's villa, a sound more unpleasant than wolf howls was heard singing the U-boat song. He said that even if wolves came, they would be scared away by the sound, and cows would never produce milk again after hearing the sound, hens would never lay eggs again...

  The next day, Zhou Tianlei left Deng Nuo's villa. He wanted to inquire about the whereabouts of Pu Rien's relatives. Because in his original time and space, he didn't know much about his family situation either. Pu Rien didn't leave him any memories. However, the result of the inquiry made him very depressed. Pu Rien's relatives had died early. In other words, he was a lone wolf. Zhou Tianlei thought to himself: How could this be? Why did I become Sun Wukong and pop out of a stone? How could he be such a treasure? Was it because I came to this time and space that history changed?

  Zhou Tianlei wandered aimlessly on the street, suddenly colliding with someone who came out of a small alley. Zhou Tianlei took a look and saw that it was a German army officer. However, after seeing his face, he felt very familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen his photo before.

  It was the other party who had already recognized him: "Excuse me, sir, are you Gottlieb Priel? I am Erwin Rommel, an army officer. Sorry to bump into you." "What, you're Rommel? The Desert Fox!" "I'm Rommel, but not what Desert Fox ah."

  "Oh, I just remembered a nickname of a historical figure." Zhou Tianlei said awkwardly.

  "Desert Fox, this title is quite interesting, I like it." Zhou Tianlei thought to himself: Oh my god, am I creating history?

  "Have you got a moment, Mr. Zhou Tianlei? Let's go have a cup of coffee and I'd love to hear how you sank the HMS Royal Oak."