general anthony

However, the 7th Airborne was not as exhausted in the field as the 128th Infantry Division had been. On the contrary, they had just driven away thousands of Norwegian soldiers and were in high spirits at the moment.

Coupled with the complete fortifications of Bitavale, seven or eight thousand German airborne troops faced the onslaught of more than 20,000 Norwegian soldiers. Sai Kemu, rushed over and wrapped the Norwegian troops before withdrawing to repair.

The Norwegian army was already dazed by Manstein's combination of punches, coupled with the fact that they were surrounded by German troops after a long attack, which made them completely lose their determination to resist. surrendered unconditionally to the Germans.

Temporary Prisoner of War Camp in Bitawal.

"This is the residence of Your Excellency and Your Family for some time to come." A German colonel walked into a small independent courtyard with Anthony, who shouldered the rank of lieutenant general of the Norwegian Army, and said politely.

Hearing this, Anthony put down his luggage and looked around the courtyard.

There is a two-story building and a small garden in the small courtyard. Although it is not luxurious, it can be called clean and bright. In today's devastated Bitawal, such a small courtyard is really rare.

"Thank you, I'm very satisfied." Anthony smiled and patted the heads of the two little boys who were about eleven and twelve years old beside him, thanking him.

"The general is too modest." The German colonel bowed his head very politely, and said, "We know that this place may not be very worthy of your status as a general, but please bear with me, the current Bitavale can't be found. What a decent house."

You didn't come up with this kind of Bitavale! After listening to the words of the German colonel, Anthony's wife thought with dissatisfaction.

Of course, she only dared to think about these words. If she really said it, she might not know what the polite German colonel in front of her would do to her.

But adults have a sense of proportion, children may not necessarily have.

"Invaders!" one of Anthony's two sons suddenly cursed at the German colonel.

This sentence immediately startled the couple, and Anthony hurriedly took the child in his arms and said apologetically to the German Colonel, "Sorry, Colonel, he's just a child..."

The German Colonel's face changed after hearing the child's scolding, but then he resumed his previous smile, walked to the child's side, squatted down and said, "Children, we are not invaders, we are just here to help you build a new in order."

At this time, the child also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and was so frightened that he buried his face in Anthony's arms, not daring to take the words of the German colonel.

"General Anthony, our officers respect you very much, and try their best to give you the best things, so please respect us in the future, and don't teach similar words to children in the future." The German colonel stood up. He said to Anthony with a smile.

"Thank you." Seeing that the German colonel let go of his son, Anthony breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Okay, settle your family, I have to go back to debrief." The German colonel sorted out the slightly wrinkled military uniform just because of squatting, and said to Anthony.

"Hey, please wait." Anthony quickly stopped the colonel when he saw that he was about to turn away.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" The colonel turned around and said suspiciously.

"Well, this time your raid was planned by the 'commander' you said?" Anthony asked hesitantly.

"Yes, he planned this perfect raid." The Colonel replied admiringly.

"He, what's his name? Can I meet him?"

"The commander's name is Fritz Erich von Manstein." The colonel reported Manstein's full name seriously, "As for the meeting, I think you should be able to meet him soon. already."

"Thank you, sorry for your troubles." Anthony thanked him, then turned around and entered the small building with his luggage and his family.

Although the colonel and Anthony said that Manstein would come to see him soon, Anthony did not think Manstein would come any time soon, as he knew very well that Norway still had a fighting chance, and as the military chief Manstein didn't have time to chat with a defeated general of his own.

However, the reality was beyond his expectations. Half a day after he was admitted to the courtyard, Manstein came to visit.

"Hello, I'm Fritz Erich von Manstein. I hope my presence doesn't disturb you." Anthony, who was ushered in, stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

"Where, I just wanted to see you." Anthony stretched out his hand and shook Manstein's hand, and said happily, "Come on, General Manstein, please!"

After entering the room and sitting down, Anthony took the lead and asked, "I wonder why the general is free to visit the humble residence at this time? As a military-level commander, you should have a lot of things to deal with now, right?"

"Me? I'm not a military-level commander." Manstein smiled. "My military post was dismissed by the Führer a long time ago."

"Then, why did you command your country's troops to defeat me?" Anthony asked strangely. "Also, isn't your country's head of state very discerning? Why would you be willing to dismiss your military post?"

"Haha, the Führer is so insightful that he will remove my military post, so that I can give him advice at his side with peace of mind." Manstein made a joke, laughing loudly, " As for me being transferred to plan and direct this operation this time, it is entirely because of General Anthony, you are too powerful, and your tactics have made our 128th Infantry Division miserable."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Anthony waved his hand and said modestly, "I'm just a defeated general."

"No, you are not the defeated army." Manstein said solemnly, "To be honest, if it wasn't for the superior equipment and personnel quality of our troops, we would not have won this raid so easily."

Speaking of which, Manstein paused, and then asked: "Actually, I am a little strange. You who can come up with 'fatigue tactics' to defeat our 128th Infantry Division should not be completely unaware of our intention to move the tiger away from the mountain. Ah, why are you directing troops to keep up with our 'bait'?"

"Alas." Anthony sighed after listening to Manstein's words, and then replied with a face full of unwillingness, "Why didn't I see your intentions? When your 128th Infantry Division retreated, I felt something was wrong. "

"Then..." Manstein looked at Anthony suspiciously, waiting for him to continue.