The little Japanese only know how to fish by the sea

  Heppner bent down to study the map. This was a one-to-a-hundred-thousand-scale map of the Tikhvin battle area, east of Lake Ladoga, with two large blue arrows representing the German army pointing northeast, and two dotted lines directly pointing to the Vraks River, which was the ultimate goal of the campaign.

  Hube said bluntly that he was ready to launch an attack from two directions after the troops had regrouped and assembled. Lee Te did not mince words, saying: "You have a basic weakness in combat, always using average force." He stretched out his hands, clenched his fists and gestured forward: "My idea is that you only use a small amount of force to support the Tiexin direction, attract the enemy's forces, and ensure the German right wing, while the main force is hidden here..." He poked at the map with his finger, Hube took a glance and blurted out: "Prussia?"

  "Yes." Li De said with a pleased smile, "You hide your troops here, and to the east is the marsh, which just covers you. When the Russian counterattack forces drive the 1st Army to flee desperately southward, you suddenly attack, all the way towards Lake Ladoga, encircle the Soviet 54th Army, because they are now focusing on pursuing the 1st Army, and their rear is empty, this task can be achieved quickly."

  Two fingers simultaneously poked at the map, one finger pushing the other upwards: "Another route follows the highway and railway east of Lake Ladoga, dashing towards Lake Ladoga until it plunges into the Finns' embrace." Lee's finger turned into a fist, fiercely pounding on the map, startling Hepner, while a fly flew off the map and landed on his face.

  Heppner cast a genuinely admiring glance at the Führer, and flattered him in front of everyone: "Too brilliant! Choosing this route of less than 100 kilometers, with such a large force, I firmly believe that we will win this battle. It's just that there are few roads here, and troops can't be deployed. You know, the passing capacity of a mechanized army on one road in a day and night is just one regiment."

  "No, two camps." The leader asked seriously while shooing away the annoying flies, "What are you going to do?"

  He Pingnao thought for a moment and suggested: "We can disperse the troops..."

  Li Desheng, fearing He Pingna would finish speaking, slapped his thigh and loudly interrupted: "That's exactly what I meant! Let the troops form combat groups by battalion, like hundreds of daggers piercing through the forest and marshes, like wolves pouncing on that river."

  "Understood." Hepburn snapped to attention without warning, the jingling of his spurs making Li De jump.

  Li De hinted to go back, walked a few steps and turned around, only to find He Pu Na still standing in the same place. He asked puzzled if there was anything else. The other person murmured for half a day, Li De had to make a great effort to understand, he wanted to take Rong Ni Ya back.

  Lee asked him if he planned to organize a strike team, Hepner was silent. Lee smiled. German officers regarded the military profession as extremely mysterious and highly respected, secretly wearing the enemy's uniform was a kind of blasphemy against their own uniforms. But Hepner did not have such an absurd point of view, attached great importance to special operations, and repeatedly used the Brandenburg troops.

  "Don't be nervous, I highly appreciate that you don't have outdated ideas. Do you know what a soldier's mission is? Victory, pursue victory at all costs. The Russians formed punishment battalions with criminal soldiers, I think you can learn from them."

  "So you're agreeing to let me take Rania away?" Hepner still didn't feel at ease, until Li De nodded his head. He grinned like a child, bowed and gestured for the leader to go first.

  Li De's heart was filled with mixed emotions, but in the end, reason prevailed: a man should pursue lofty goals, and compared to great ambitions, what is a woman? If Dong Zhuo had given Diaochan to Lü Bu back then, who knows, maybe he would have already achieved greatness. Besides, for this woman, Aiwa had eaten a whole night's worth of vinegar, and now she was gone, sparing him the trouble.

  "Führer, rest assured, I just admire her talent. In fact, I have already organized a special task force composed of criminal German troops. I want to let the Kalmyk people take charge and let Rania be the instructor." Hepner explained. Li De felt a bit more at ease after hearing this. The Führer, no matter how great, is still a man. Whether it's a great man or an insignificant one, they all have a desire to conquer, whether it's conquering the world or conquering women. The difference lies in that great men make it a reality, while insignificant ones can only hide in the corner.

  Hepburn took Rania away, Li De gazed at the back of the two under the sunset. In front of the Yuan Shou, Rania tried to put her hand into Hepburn's arm several times but was pushed away by him and looked back apologetically. A gust of deep autumn wind brushed against Li De's face, bringing Rania's mischievous voice: "......Don't dodge, I just want to tease your Yuan Shou, he's quite funny......"

  Li De turned around to find Goebbels standing behind him with a smile that was not quite a smile. Li De shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, and Goebbels also shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands. Suddenly, he pointed into the distance and exclaimed: "They're hugging each other!" Li De saw two golden figures merging into one in the distance and cursed himself for being an idiot for believing Hepner's words earlier, thinking that they were just work-related. He thought to himself, what kind of vinegar have I been eating? I haven't even held Renya's hand, at most it can be considered a criminal motive. He said nonchalantly to Goebbels: "The sunset is really beautiful."

  Borman appeared in front of the two at some point, holding a telescope and looking towards Heffner's direction. The two scolded irritably, saying they had never seen anyone kiss like that before. Borman looked at them strangely and said he saw the Russian female soldier teaching Heffner Japanese judo hand in hand.

  The German leader and the Minister of Propaganda exchanged a glance, feeling suddenly uplifted and light-footed.

  ……

  Today, Japanese Special Envoy to Germany Oshima Hiroshi visited.

  Taisho Hirota, an artilleryman by origin, was ambitious and obsessed with grand strategy, and he immediately got along with German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. The foreign minister was a salesman by origin, and in three or two strokes, he had already fooled the signal party. So, the foreign minister made a surprise move, to pull Japan onto the imperial war chariot, to contain the Soviet Union, and began to play the old trick of Zhang Yi's salesmanship tactics.

  But militaristic Japan can only bully a weak and poor China that is keen on internal war, it's hard to take on the task of containing the Soviet Union. In 1938, Japan fought against the Soviet Union at Zhanggufeng and was beaten so badly that they ran back crying with their tails between their legs.

  A Northeasterner from Hunchun County, Jilin Province was under the command of a Kalmyk. He relied on his ancestral secret recipe for treating gunshot wounds to gain fame in the local area. The Japanese army simply gave him a door curtain hat and recruited him into their ranks. The young man's escape skills were not as good as his treatment of gunshot wounds, and after being captured by the Soviet army, he was absorbed as an assistant military doctor. When the German-Soviet war broke out, the troops were transferred westward, and a month ago, he was again captured by the German army near Leningrad. The Kalmyk brought him into the shock troops.

  As a witness, he evaluated the Soviet and Japanese armies like this: "The small Japanese with their few broken tanks that were not even allowed to go on stage, were eventually pierced by the old Russian's big tanks. The Russians had so many tanks they couldn't be counted. Little Japan, turtle egg." He said this while extending his little finger.

  Ribbentrop led the Japanese dignitaries, outside a chorus of " Sieg Heil" echoed, the Japanese ambassador greeted everyone he met, when he reached the door of the reception room, just as the female chef was passing by, Oshima Hiroshi bowed deeply and politely, his buttocks raised, with a foolish smile on his face, saying "Hello", the plate in the female chef's hand almost fell to the ground.

  The ambassador and Li De hugged each other for a long time, then grasped the German leader's arm with both hands, lingering as if they were old classmates reunited after a long separation.

  "After a necessary exchange of pleasantries, Taisho Hirota switched to fluent German and began discussing the matter at hand with Hitler: 'On September 27 last year, the Tripartite Pact was signed in Berlin, marking the beginning of a new era in relations between Germany, Italy, and Japan. Article III of the treaty stipulates that Germany, Italy, and Japan agree to cooperate closely along the lines outlined above. The three countries also undertake to provide mutual assistance with all political, economic, and military means if one of the contracting parties is attacked by a power not currently involved in the European war or the Sino-Japanese conflict.'"

  Li De listened quietly, nodding frequently.

  The big island's cunning little eyes glanced at the German leader, continuing to talk about the significance of the Triple Alliance Treaty for half a day, circling around in a big circle, and cutting into the topic before the audience fell asleep: "At present, the relationship between Japan and the United States may undergo dramatic changes at any time and place. I am ordered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Japanese Empire to confirm what kind of assistance the German Empire can provide to the Great Japanese Empire at that time."

  Li De cursed in his heart: A country with a big butt, one sentence is the Great Japanese Empire, it's really shameless. The hand stretched too long, taking advantage of the crisis to occupy Indochina, as a result, the Americans embargoed oil, and they couldn't take it anymore, thinking of pulling Germany into the water. Hitler said it correctly: This nation is only suitable for fishing by the sea, with no far-sightedness, just like their women walking, can only walk with a twisted butt. The problem is that the three countries have already signed an alliance treaty, and standing by idly is not possible either, which would make the Eastern European countries that joined the Three-Nation Treaty later feel cold.

  Li De then spoke at length about Japan's need to compromise with the US and continue to pin down the Soviet Union in the east, but Oshima Hiroshi shook his head like a rattle drum. The meeting ended with the Japanese ambassador saying "Japan and the US will eventually go to war."