Keseling and General Edward began their military deployment meeting in a relatively harmonious atmosphere.

"The Head of State intends to fight a winter front with the British and American Allies who may launch a surprise attack before winter and Christmas."

When both sides were ready for the mood to have a meeting, Kesseling was the first to speak.

"you mean......"

Admiral Edward asked after taking a sip of jasmine tea.

"What I mean is the Gustav line that my troops are building, and are preparing to deal a heavy blow to the invading British and American troops in Casino and other places!"

"Now my troops have deployed a large number of bunkers in the Bernhard line in front of the Gustav defense line and the Hitler line behind. They are covered with gun cellars, concrete underground bunkers, rotatable machine gun mounts, barbed wire and mine arrays, cross-fire outlets in various forms, and artillery observation posts that can communicate through field radio and radio equipment at any time.

Finally, a large number of mortars were set up in depressions and dry riverbeds, and our artillery group also had barbed wire, and various carefully camouflages, anti-tank trenches, underground passages, and even various fortifications such as underground passages and shelters were dug between various streets!"

"And originally I planned to deploy only 15 divisions on the Gustav defense line, but now because the more than 200,000 troops of the Head General and General were dispatched together, the troops that I could obtain support for the combat would be much stronger!"

"And General Edward is still proficient in mountain combat, so I feel even more at ease!"

As soon as General Edward finished speaking, Keseling immediately spoke out his military deployment situation.

"Well! Everything follows the command of the head of state!"

Admiral Edward just smiled slightly and responded briefly.

Because he still doesn't know how Chen Yanlong will arrange his troops by then, whether to organize him and his troops into the troops commanded by Kesselin, or to divide the troops and cooperate.

"The Army Group C that I am now forming and commanding is established by troops drawn from the *Southern Army Group and the *B Army Group, and it is also mixed with a large number of new recruits to make up the numbers."

"Because I can't draw all the elite troops of the *Southern Army Group and the B Army Group, because they are still fighting on the Eastern Front and North Africa!"

"The troops I have now include the 10th Army commanded by Marshal Rommel, and the commander is General von Fitinghof Schell's armored soldiers! There are also the 14th Army commanded by General Eberhard von Mackenson. There are about 21 divisions, including 2 tank divisions, respectively, arranged in the Gustav defense line and the coastal areas of northern Italy."

"And they are under their jurisdiction of the 14th Panzer Army under the command of Lieutenant General Friedling von Zangel, that is, the 5th Mountain Division under its jurisdiction, commander Lieutenant General Julius Ringel, and the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division, the 44th Panzer Grenadier Division, the 71st Infantry Division, the 94th Infantry Division, and the Hermann Goring Armored Division!"

"Their commanders are Major General Rotter, Lieutenant General Frank, Lieutenant General William Lapke, Lieutenant General Steinmes, and Lieutenant General Paul Conrat!"

"There are also the 76th Panzer Army of the Group's Reserve Team, which is under the jurisdiction of the 29th and 90th Panzer Grenadier Divisions, commanders are Lieutenant General Fries and Major General Bad!"

"There are almost half of the recruits and some Italian troops involved. In short, the newly formed C Group Army Group I want to command is just a large number of recruits led by veterans. There are still many sources of troops that have not been replenished and are still recruiting soldiers..."

It seemed that General Edward's concerns about command power, Kesseling also made no hesitation to explain his troops to the other party with the actual situation of the troops.

"Martyr Keseling, you are also very powerful. I remember that before Marshal Rommel was dispatched to Morocco by the head of state to conduct airborne operations, you only had less than 5 infantry divisions, plus two unsatisfied armored divisions!"

"How long has it been since the time passed? It seems that there has been more than a month. You have already mastered the strength of almost 21 divisions in your hands?"

Upon hearing this, General Edward suddenly stared at the sight of surprise and praised without any concealment.

"You don't have to praise me anymore. I am just the general of the head of state. All the troops I can have now are dispatched by the head of state for me behind the scenes!"

"In addition, I know that General Edward may be very worried about the Head of State assigning our military power, but I can remind you in advance, don't underestimate the Head of State or suspect him; otherwise there will be no good ending. I believe you should have witnessed several large-scale purges in recent times, and many high-level officers who want to murder the Head of State have been dealt with!"

"To put it simply, how the head of state arranges it, we will steadily complete the combat orders he gave; I also hope that our two troops can unite to fight against the possible attacks of the British and American Allies!"

Keseling was not polite to the point that General Edward's implicitly sarcastic tone.

"Well! I will pay attention to this, thank you for your reminder! Marshal Kesselin!"

In response, Admiral Edward narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Keselin for a while, and responded coldly.

"It's up to you! But what I just said is the truth. My current troops were really organized by the head of state behind the scenes. Even the Gustav defense line, Bernhard defense line, and Hitler defense line that I want to deploy, he personally came to inquire and supervise!"

"The reason I just said it so frankly to you is because I am worried that the General has been in Finland for too long; I don't know that the Head of State's temper and personality have changed a lot recently, so I would like to remind you so that you will not touch the head of State and cause any unexpected situations in our military cooperation!"

"Because the head of state attaches great importance to this winter battle, especially the battles in the Gustav defense line; the order given to me by the head of state is to only allow victory, and never fail! You know the consequences of responsibility! General Edward!"

Seeing that the other party not only did not take the reminder he just heart, but also felt bad and hostile to him, Keseling said in a heart-to-heart tone.

After hearing this, General Edward narrowed his eyes again, staring at Keseling with a scheming gaze as if he wanted to see through what he thoughts and thoughts in the other person's heart, without saying a word.

"What's wrong with you? Why is the atmosphere so hostile?"

But at this moment, Chen Yanlong, who had already arrived at Kesseling's large manor in advance, quietly walked in with a team of guards and stared at General Edward with sharp eyes, and said coldly.

"Hi! Hitler!"

Upon hearing this, Keseling and Admiral Edward were shocked, and then they immediately stood up and greeted loudly.

"Okay! Don't be polite to me, sit down again and tell me what happened just now? Why are you two so full of gunpowder?"

Seeing this, Chen Yanlong waved his hand gently, signaling them to sit down and say.

"Admiral Edward is concerned about the distribution of power between the two of us, and the command and deployment of defensive operations!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Keselin replied immediately.

After hearing this, Chen Yanlong stared at General Edward with a sharp look.

The latter was stared at by his extremely sharp gaze and had a cold war all over his body.

"I just thought about how my troops arranged it after they arrived in Italy so that I could be mentally prepared and informed my subordinates, and also make them mentally prepared!"

Then Edward immediately mustered up the courage to speak out his thoughts loudly and truthfully.

"You and Keselin must obey my orders. I am the commander-in-chief of the winter combat preparations that will be carried out from today! No one of you can dispatch a soldier without my orders. In addition, I will disband and form your troops again! If any of you two have any objections, you can dismiss me immediately!"

"In order for the Empire to succeed in winter, I don't need to disobey my orders to deploy and act. I like intrigue officers, especially high-level generals!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yanlong scolded coldly.
Chapter completed!