Battle of the Third Reich

Vol 4 Chapter 24: Command department

"My great head of state. What kind of countermeasures should we take to declare war on Italy. I personally think this is a very difficult problem to deal with. As an ally, their declaration of war is understandable, but you don’t think they also carry a kind of speculation. Psychology. How do you want to respond to this unpredictable sudden action by the Italian leader?" Kettle stared blankly at the small, yin-looking man sitting at the map table, the current German ducái .

I don’t know why, since he stood on the side of the Deputy Head of Rhinehart, he found that he hated the Austrian man more and more. I really don’t know why I respected and obeyed him so much before. Now I think about how stupid I was. This Austrian really does the job of buying people's hearts. The false care and kindness he uses in his daily work makes everyone who has contacted him feel how approachable and kind he is, and often can make those The generals and officials he received were grateful.

Only someone like you who has been with him can see the true face of this person, but it was hard to imagine that he had turned a blind eye to those people before. Now that I'm finally awake, it's not too late. At least Germany hasn't been brought into an unmanageable situation by this head of brain full of crazy thoughts.

Only by making this little man disappear from the German stage forever can Germany truly realize the revival. This is a sentence written by his old friend General Baker in his secret letter to himself yesterday. Hitler’s performance at the meeting today confirmed Baker The sentence is undoubtedly correct.

He went back and forth at today's military regular meeting only to talk about one thing, that is, the assassination of the deputy head of state. He did not care about the situation on the front line at all. There are already several kinds of supplies in the front-line munitions warehouse. The inventory has fallen to a dangerous bottom line. Now we must mobilize all forces to transport these materials from Germany as soon as possible. However, this report has been handed to Hitler for three days, but he has not yet given a positive answer to him. The materials are still piled in vain in the warehouses of various train stations in Germany. This man only cares about his ambitions and powers, and he hasn't paid any attention to the life and death of the frontline soldiers. Kettle is now completely disappointed with Hitler.

The behavior of Italy, Germany's closest ally, made all the generals of the headquarters feel very angry. The exaggerated leader obviously wanted to take a bite on Germany's victory. But Hitler's current attitude has become very violent. He seems to be indifferent to the leader's offense against Germany. It seems that this time it will be a weak compromise. As a noble German official, this is absolutely intolerable. Compromising with the insatiable leader of Italy is simply changing to betray Germany’s national interests.

Kettle now feels more about himself and Feng. Marshal Brauchic's decision was correct. They decided to use all the strength of the headquarters and delay the military operations of the French front by all means. They must not allow this ducái to win the honor of defeating France. They decided to dedicate the victory of France to the headquarters as a gift to them. The right leader Marshal Reinhardt. Not only they, but now almost half of the senior generals on the French front are full of respect and love for the Deputy Head of State. They all know that the situation is subtle, so they privately agreed to the arrangement of the headquarters. On all fronts of the Western Front, the German and French troops are now in an interesting state. The French have no strength to attack. , And the Germans were not interested in attacking, the two sides confronted each other across that fragile line of defense. However, Kettle believed that this confrontation would not last long. When the Rhinehart took power, it was the day when the French defense line collapsed. Prior to this, he only had to endure and continue to confuse and pervert the Austrian, to contribute to the deputy head's plan.

"Marshal Keitel, don't you think your question is too presumptuous? We can only welcome the behavior of our close allies. Any other guesses are rude and outdated. The Italian leader once invited me to go with him once Important talks, but I didn’t agree to his invitation due to problems in Poland. It seems that he just wanted to discuss with me their declaration of war this time.

Now he has also sent a sincere letter specifically explaining to me the reason why he declared war on France without notifying us. He has this power in any way. He did not hesitate to send countless brave young Italian soldiers to the battlefield for the cause of our great Germany's revival, and he was even more affirmed that he is a firm and loyal ally of Germany. How can you say that he has ulterior motives? You simply don’t understand the value of allies. That’s why you can only be a staff officer and not a force commander. Think about it yourself.

Another point, when it comes to the French frontline, I want to ask you why the current war will stop and what happened on the frontline. Where did the courage of the National Defense Forces go? Where did the German squads who went forward without fear and courage a week ago. Did you all go to Poland with your deputy head of state? Do you want to betray me? Hitler said with a sneer to Kettle, while his cold eyes were also glancing at the generals and marshals present.

"It is indeed so, my head of state, the attitude of the Army now makes people have to doubt that the three army groups are still staying in their positions to bask in the sun, they all stopped their attacks for various reasons, even if it is The troops that have surrounded the enemy have also begun to organize defenses outside the siege circle. These are why, I dare not speculate about the army’s intentions, but your current behavior is no different from that of the enemy. And my intelligence shows that the front line is now Someone’s actions are controlled by the people behind the scenes. This is something that is never allowed in our third empire. No one can play this clumsy conspiracy in front of the great heads of state. This is a blatant rebellion! I demand My great head of state has given me the power to conduct a thorough investigation of this matter, and I will grab the conspirators who are hiding in the center of our German team one by one and then hang them in front of all great and upright German citizens. "A young man with a shrewd face said fiercely to Hitler.

The iconic eagle nose on the young man's face and the black Major General's logo on the dark SS uniform proved his identity. The director of the Third Reich’s General Security Bureau, the least cruel beast of all Nazi butchers in Germany, Reinhardt. Heidrich. Now the bloodthirsty beast has completely overthrown his boss Heinrich. Himmler, and has completely replaced his boss next to the head of state. He is now the most trusted person around Hitler, and he has also become the think tank that the head of state relies on. He is more arrogant than he was before and arrogant. Now no one dares to disagree with his orders, and he becomes more crazy and more Cruel.

He has always been jealous of the apostle of God from his heart, younger than him, stronger than him, more powerful than him, more popular than him, and the prestige in the army is more difficult for him to obtain in his life. of. All this makes this yin dangerous guy jealous and going crazy. He used to want to be attached to the apostle, but he was rejected mercilessly by the other party. This has made this narrow-minded person always hold grudges until now. This time I finally had a chance to knock down the kid who had been standing on top of him, how could he not grasp it desperately. Now in his mind, he began to plan the plan to start the army. He wanted to take this opportunity to clean up the officers who worshiped the apostle as a god, and then he tried to find a way to climb the apostle. The throne.

"No, my dear Heidrich, don’t do it now. Those people must have been fooled and misled by some conspirators to be willing to be that person’s followers. As long as they recognize the hypocritical conspiracy After the true face of the family, they will know how serious their mistakes are. By then, these people will surely repent and return to the noble cause of our great German National Socialist Workers Party. By that time They will understand that only me, Adolf Hitler, is the only leader of the German renaissance, and only I am the one sent by God to save Germany." Hitler refused Heidrich's request with a smile, although he had a smile on his face, But there was a cold cold light flashing in his eyes, and he was observing the reaction of the generals and generals to his words.

As a result, he was disappointed. All the officers looked at the documents in front of them with a blank expression, neither angered by Heidrich's words nor grateful for what he said. The situation now is as if he and Heidrich are singing a one-man show, and the audience below seems completely uninterested in the play. What happened to these generals and marshals, how could they suddenly have such guts that they dare to turn a blind eye to themselves. Hitler felt a strong sense of shame. He felt that he was insulted by these people. These people completely regarded themselves as clowns. This is simply unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable.

Hitler said with a cold face: "However, the performance of the German Army on the French front is indeed unsatisfactory. I still have to hold some people accountable for this issue. Marshal von Brauchic, As the commander-in-chief of the German Army, do you have any opinion on this matter?"

"No opinion, my head of state. For this matter, I think all of us are more or less responsible. But there are indeed many difficulties on the French front, such as supply fatigue damage, etc., but in Germany However, these problems have not been resolved. I think the head of state is very clear about this point." Feng. Marshal Brauchic replied unhurriedly: "Now our army has indeed gained the upper hand of the French squad from various aspects, but from a practical point of view we are already the end of the crossbow, and the soldiers on the front line need to be thorough Resting, the tank troops also need to be overhauled. General Guderian disobeyed the order and the lone army not only fought back but also suffered heavy losses. This is what happened just two days ago, I think everyone will not fail Remember. Great tank experts like General Goodrian will be defeated by the third-class low-level troops of the French, which proves that our theory is correct. What we need now is to recuperate and save power, and then correct The French launched a deadly attack. For the French, their vitality had been severely injured by Marshal Rheinhardt at Dunker, and it was not enough to recover for half a year. So now the fighting is stagnant It has no effect on our defeat of France."

"You are lying! My Commander-in-Chief of the Army, the situation on the front is not as difficult as you said. General Guderian's failure was entirely caused by your failure to reinforce him. The real culprit is you." Heidri Hearing that he stood up and pointed to Feng. Brauchic shouted.

"Who told you this ridiculous story, this is a shameless lie that even three-year-olds wouldn’t believe. How can we ignore the most elite tank unit of our German Army, which is the most precious of our German Army The wealth, how could we deliberately put it in danger, which is simply illogical. Is this what General Goodrian said to you personally?" Feng. Brauchic responded unhurriedly.

But Yodel, who was sitting next to the Marshal, could not bear the arrogance of Heydrich. He stood up abruptly. He also pointed angrily at Heydrich's nose and said, "Heydrich, You have to pay attention to your words. You have to know who you are talking to! This is the commander-in-chief of our German Army, a noble marshal. And what is you yourself, you are just a little Major General , Who gave you this power to speak to a marshal in this attitude."

"You!" Heydrich has been smooth sailing these days. No one has spoken to him in this attitude. Now he is scorned by Yoder's reprimands. But Yoder's words were indeed reasonable, and his behavior in front of him was indeed a bit too arrogant. As a result, he had to sit in his seat. He stared at Yoder with hateful eyes but couldn't find a sentence to refute him.

"General Yoder, sit down. Heidrich is indeed too presumptuous, but he also questioned the commander-in-chief of the army for the benefit of Germany. And you also reprimanded him so loudly in front of me, I see Don't talk about this matter first." Hitler said coldly: "Now whether it is due to real difficulties or because of a behind-the-scenes conspiracy, it is impossible to investigate this before the French are completely defeated. However, those officers who have now investigated clearly and the crimes have been confirmed must be punished. Regarding the failure of the French frontline Guderian, I have sent a person to investigate this. I found that this was due to the dereliction of duty of the group army commander Caused. So I decided to arrest Rondestadt and his entire headquarters staff, they will be taken to the Berlin Military Prison two days later, where their crimes will be interrogated and then tried by the military court .. I think they will definitely get the punishment they deserve. Marshal von Brauchic, what do you think."

Hitler's remarks caused a commotion among all the headquarters officers present. Feng. Brauchic looked at the rest of the neat and tidy moustache. He was sneering in his heart. Does this little man want to use this to make the army succumb? This trick might work a month ago, but it won’t be useful until now. It seemed that Hitler really thought that Marshal Reinhardt was seriously injured, and now he was temporarily unable to fight him, and began to clear his followers. It seemed that the apostle's plan had another 10% chance of success. Since he is so simple, let this corporal know the courage of the German Marshal and let him know the courage of the officers of the German Army. Don’t let those people look down on these officers of the headquarters, the officers of the headquarters. There is also dignity.

"Head of State!" Feng. Brauch stood up violently. He bowed slightly to Hitler, then lifted his medal-laden chest and said, "As for the matter of the French front, as the commander-in-chief of the German Army, I have not fulfilled my duties. I am ashamed. In order to take on the responsibilities I should take, I decided to resign from my position as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, and now I will leave the headquarters, and I will fight as a volunteer veteran on the French front to fight with my soldiers. . Even if you don’t agree, I will no longer fulfill the responsibility of any army commander. I’m very sorry.” Feng. Brauchic picked up his marshal's scepter and cap from the table to salute Hitler with a standard military salute.

Hitler was stunned by the sudden incident in front of him. He didn't know how to deal with the situation now, but before he thought of a countermeasure, the entire line of command officers stood up with their commander in chief.

"You guys, what do you want to do!" Hitler exclaimed in panic.

"All of us resigned to you for failing to fulfill our respective responsibilities, my head of state. We will go to the front to fight the German soldiers like the former commander-in-chief of the Army to wash our shame until we are for our great motherland Leave the last drop of blood. I hope you can find a more capable assistant than us." Kettle said to Hitler with a heavy expression. Immediately afterwards, all the officers respected Hitler with a respectful military salute, and then they took the military caps in front of them and left their seats, followed by von Brauchic toward the door of the conference room.

Hitler sat in his seat, staring blankly at the first resignation of all heads of German headquarters in German history. The resignation took place in front of him. He could not say a word with his mouth open now.

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