Under the escort of the SS, Lyon soon arrived at the German High Command in Berlin from the Führer's Manor.
"Long live the Führer!" Seeing Leon stepping into the High Command, all the officers present immediately stood up and saluted Leon.
Their salutes are also different. The salute of the SS officers is the standard German salute. Most of the Wehrmacht officers salute the Prussian salute, but a small number of the Wehrmacht officers who are extremely enthusiastic in Lyon salute. It's the same German Ritual as the SS.
From this, we can roughly see how high Lyon's status is among the young officers of the Wehrmacht.
"Sit down." Leon waved his hands expressionlessly and asked everyone to sit down, "Who will tell me about the current situation in Warsaw?"
"The ground in Warsaw has been completely occupied by us, but the Polish Warsaw garrison has not been seriously damaged. About 110,000 to 130,000 of them hid in the dungeon and continued to resist. This force has caused us a lot of trouble. , they often come out from a certain corner of the city to give our troops a hard time, and when we turn around to deal with them, they all get into the tunnel and disappear." Reichenau stepped forward and introduced to Lyon. After a brief look at the situation, he was the chief of staff of Army Group C, the protagonist of the Warsaw Battle. He made a special trip to report on his duties, and it would be more appropriate for him to introduce the situation, "We are very uncomfortable with this method of warfare, except for sending people to monitor all Outside of the known tunnel entrance, there is currently no effective way to deal with this group of gophers."
"But Ludwig told me you've already come up with a solution, why are you telling me there's no way?" Leon said depressedly, "You have been discussing for so long, but you haven't been able to come up with an effective solution. ?"
"Well, there is no way out." Reichenau was a little embarrassed by Lyon's words, "It's just that there are some concerns about the implementation of this method, so we asked General Ludwig to inform you and let you make up your mind."
"What's your concern? You just say it!" The high-ranking German military officer who had always acted resolutely suddenly got up, which made Leon a little puzzled.
"With poison gas!" Reichenau gritted his teeth and told Lyon the result of their discussion.
Poisonous gas! Leon was taken aback, this method was indeed enough for this group of Germans who had always acted without any worries to weigh the consequences.
After all, the international convention clearly stipulates that any country absolutely prohibits the use of poison gas under any circumstances. If Germany violates the convention by using poison gas in Warsaw, the consequence may be that Germany will be disgusted by most countries and even declare war.
This consequence is unbearable for Germany, at least at this stage.
"This method is really not very feasible." Leon considered the consequences and decisively rejected the plan, "It is not worth the risk of us to use poison gas against a weak opponent like Poland."
"Moreover, the use of poisonous gas may not achieve the expected effect." Lundstedt, who was sitting beside Lyon, also expressed his opinion. He is the oldest German officer in active duty, as early as when the First World War broke out. He served as the staff officer of a certain division, and then took over as the chief staff officer of an army in the Carpathians, and at the end of World War I, he became the commander of the third military region!
In World War I, there was no such thing as an international convention. The use of poisonous gas in that war was commonplace, so Lundstedt, who commanded the troops to fight in the Quartet in World War I, used poisonous gas among the current senior German generals. The most insightful.
"Polish gophers spent so much effort to build a dungeon, and they absolutely considered the attack from poison gas. I can guarantee that there is definitely enough gas mask in that gopher hole to let them live in poison gas for ten years. ' Lundstedt said firmly.
In fact, as he guessed, there are a large number of gas masks and replacement filters in the Warsaw Underground City, and these equipments are enough for them to last a long time.
After Lundstedt said this, the German officers present became bored. Poison gas was not enough, so it couldn't be flooded with water, right? But people's underground city is built on the drainage system? Burn with fire? But there are so many underground rivers in Warsaw, will there be a shortage of water to put out fires?
They can't come up with any good solutions.
Leon could not help but feel a little funny when he saw the German officers who were on the ground, in the sky, and in the ocean in front of them, but they were deflated under the ground. There is really nothing in this world that is perfect.
If the commander here is not Lyon, or the soul of Lyon is from another country, then Poland really succeeded this time. Unfortunately, the soul of their biggest opponent, Lyon, came from an ancient eastern country, which may be in the military technology. China can't keep up with these European and American powers, but when it comes to playing the war, then these European and American powers really can't keep up.
Tunnel warfare? The old ancestors have played bad things for a long time, Leon thought, you are unlucky in Poland, and you met the ancestors of tunnel warfare.
"I have a way!" Leon laughed while looking at the frowning German officers.
When most of the German officers heard Leon's words, they were immediately startled. They were all professionals who couldn't do anything. Could the non-professional Führer still have a solution?
However, some officers who had been in contact with Lyon for a long time, such as Manstein and others, were the opposite of them. They looked at Lyon in surprise and wrote, "I knew that my head of state was the best, there must be a way!".
"Uh, what can you do, Führer? Destedt asked Leon for advice with an expression of "I don't believe that you can do it, Führer."
"Burn with fire!" Leon said.
"Burn with fire?" Lundstedt blinked and reminded, "Führer, Warsaw's underground rivers are extremely rich in resources. Your fire may have been extinguished by Polish gophers with water just after you set it off."
"Who said the fire I set was an ordinary fire?" Leon smiled mysteriously, "Perhaps you don't know that the research team led by Dr. Louis Feise, a scientist at Harvard University in the United States, recently came up with a fun thing, The name of this thing is napalm, and it is formed by adding some special substances to ordinary gasoline. Compared with ordinary gasoline, this thing is gelatinous, and it can splash around and stick to the things it touches for a long time. Burn for a few minutes."
"Then is it not afraid of water?" Lundstedt asked curiously.
"Normal gasoline is not afraid of water, let alone this stuff." Leon explained with a smile.
"Can we do it?" Everyone's eyes lit up and they were overjoyed.
"Of course!" Leon nodded. "This thing is not difficult to do. We are fully capable of setting every gopher hole in Warsaw on fire within a few days."