Battle of the Third Reich

Vol 5 Chapter 381: The decision of the head of state

The corner of the Prime Minister’s Garden is under construction. At Xu Jun’s request, the site was surrounded by a wicker wall covered with a green camouflage net. In addition to blocking noise, it also avoided dust caused by the construction.

The first phase of the construction of the bomb shelter of the Prime Minister’s Palace, a plan originally opened in 1943, was placed on the timetable by Xu Jun in advance.

In Xu Jun's plan, this will be a comprehensive underground bunker with a three-story structure. In addition to the basic shelter function, it can also be used as a backup command center in the central theater at a critical time, and the bottom vault will also be used. To preserve the most important and secret confidential archives of the German government.

"How did you play yesterday? Dogen, I heard that you brought Merced Tess to the zoo." Xu Jun closed the heavy curtains and turned back to his desk.

The emperor's head was still wearing his handsome marshal uniform, with two rows of medals hanging on his chest, golden ornaments on his shoulders, and the Oak Leaf Knight's cross badge on the neckline was polished shiny.

After returning to Berlin, many people suggested that the young head of empire should better replace the army uniform with the uniform of the empire's administrative officer, just like the yellow-brown uniform that Hitler often wears, which is more in line with the identity of the head of empire as a national leader. However, everyone's suggestion was rejected by Xu Jun at the first time. How could they think that the head of empire would be an extremely fanatical uniform control.

"Not bad, my head of state. The zoo recently imported a batch of wild animals from Southeast Asia, which is impressive." The Colonel SS answered with a chest.

"Merce Tess was very happy, and she wanted to bring the bear from the zoo back to raise." Randolph interjected, and was immediately cut back and forth by the boss's sight like a blade.

"Good, I want to go to the zoo too." The head of the empire propped his chin in one hand, and the fingers of the other hand circled on the tabletop, cursing those who didn't bring themselves to play.

How to say that all of you are heads of state, since returning to Berlin, I feel that I have lost most of my freedom. When Jack was still the deputy head of state, it was a high-flying bird that could fly around in Europe without any worries, and never worry about someone standing up to stop.

But when he came to Xu Jun, that was not the case at all. Once he showed the idea of ​​going out to play, he would immediately be strongly advised by his subordinates.

This is not because his men are not close to human beings. It is because the physique of this empire is a little special, and it will be too unexpected.

In that year, a battlefield inspection actually crashed directly on the battlefield. It was easy to take a vacation, but ran to Warsaw City with a group of commanders and commanders, and had a battle with the local SS. Squatting in an armored car would be separated by people. Deck sniping, once in a submarine, you will encounter a whole British fleet. It is better to wait until you become a head of state. As a result, you will be attacked by a group of Japanese after going out for lunch.

Nowadays, the number of "believers" loyal to the head of state is almost incalculable. They are waiting for his orders at any time in the country and exercising power in his name. In their eyes, these people are all in one with the head of state. If the successor has not yet been determined, if any unfortunate accident occurs, it will be a disaster for everyone. I don’t know how many people will lose everything they have in front of them, and how many people will Bury for this leader.

Colonel Dougan has always been loyal. He never refused any orders from the head of state. In this matter, he also said that he would stand on the side of the head, but he must meet one of his conditions. It is not impossible to go to the zoo, but it must To bring the entire heads of guards, and then agree on a good time in advance, so that they can organize the army to clear the field, so that the heads of state can play in a safe environment.

Xu Jun's old blood was almost sprayed on the ground, and all the tourists were emptied. The empire's head was walking alone in the zoo. The scene was not so much that he was visiting animals, it was better to say that a large group of animals was watching him.

In the end, the head of state dispelled the idea, and what he did not expect was that his thoughts reminded the group of unreliable subordinates. This group of people took advantage of the vacation on Sunday and organized themselves to go to the zoo for an autumn tour. .

What makes Jun Xu even more depressed now is that they deliberately missed a sentence or two during work conversations, and don’t want the envy and envy of the empires.

"My head of state, the food problem is still the biggest difficulty we are facing. Although the German domestic cereals have achieved a bumper harvest this year, in terms of non-staple food, the total output has shrunk significantly." Desolate, Weierle hurriedly turned the subject back to normal business.

"I talked to an ordinary farmer I met yesterday and learned about the real situation in the German countryside. After returning to the base camp, I adjusted the relevant information collected by the eyes of Odin in the past few weeks and found that the current situation is not optimistic. ."

"I know what you are referring to. It has been discussed many times at the ministerial meeting. We have no way to adjust in a short time. Germany, no, it should be the problem of food security throughout Europe, which requires organization A professional team of experts has conducted research. I have agreed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' proposal to the British and French cabinets on the formation of an expert team. I believe they will give us an answer within a week. I think there will be basically no problems.

The biggest difficulty this year should be in Denmark. Their livestock feed all needs to be imported from overseas. The sea blockade in the past few months has caused an extreme shortage of feed. In order to avoid massive starvation of livestock, they can only slaughter in advance. This war is a huge blow to Danish agriculture and animal husbandry. They have already begun to use their previous strategic reserves. If they can no longer be supplemented by external food, some parts of northern Denmark may face famine by the end of the year.

The situation along the Rhine is similar. After hundreds of years of repeated cultivation, the land along the coast has been seriously degraded, and now only a large amount of chemical fertilizers can barely guarantee production. Betan told me that France’s total grain output this year is less than half of last year, but at present some farmland has been replanted, plus the savings of previous years, there should be no problems.

Although the situation in Belgium and the Netherlands is a little better than Denmark, it is not too far apart. Belgium can still get support from France for the time being. The Netherlands will be in trouble. They used to rely mainly on food trade with the United Kingdom, but the United Kingdom now has both There is a big problem. Now we can only mobilize part of the funds to help Denmark and the Netherlands, import a batch of grain from the United States and Canada, and first find a way to solve this year's problems. Xu Jun softly leaned on the back of the chair, stroking the short hair on his forehead, and said with a blank expression.

"There is also Italy, my head of state, and information obtained from Italy. They are discussing whether to buy a batch of food from us at a low price. They mainly need wheat, cured meat and various canned foods." Kirsten's respectful report arrived.

"How is the situation there now? Has Mussolini showed any signs of changing his intention?" Xu Jun came to the spirit immediately after hearing the news from Italy.

"Exactly as you expected, Italy is secretly mobilizing the national general mobilization. Now it has mobilized more than 200,000 troops. The previous proposal of the Italian General Staff "to launch a short and limited attack" has not been adopted. Mussolini's attitude is very firm, and there is no performance to change his intentions. It seems that he is determined to prepare for a big fight." Kirsten replied.

"Continue to pay close attention to their every move. If they send a purchasing group, they will sell them the materials they need, but they must use cash transactions. They are absolutely not allowed to take credit as they used to. They have too much debt to Germany. Now, with the current economic situation in Italy, I am worried that they may go bankrupt before repayment." Xu Jun stood up and walked to the wall on the side of the office.

Disenhofen quickly ran over and pulled out the tapestry covering the wall for him, exposing a huge map of Europe in the back to Xu Jun.

"[Aldrich Plan] preparation work is going to be accelerated. The two mountain infantry divisions in the Austrian cluster must be ready to enter Serbia at any time. We cannot delay this pile of problems until the end of this year. Solve all hidden dangers. The time left for us is not ample, we must use the resources we have more efficiently. We cannot waste precious human and material resources on these countries that will only hinder." Xu Jun reached out in the air A circle was drawn, and everyone present knew what he was referring to.

"The Italian side also wants us to urgently supply them with a batch of fuel, which is needed by aircraft and ships." Weierle continued: "My head, continue to maintain this ally relationship with them, there is nothing for Germany Benefits, your decision is clearly very correct, and all generals in the headquarters agree with this."

Italy’s current situation is very interesting. This Mediterranean country is still at war with Britain and France. Both Britain and France obviously have no idea of ​​unconditional surrender to Mussolini. The French continue to harass the Italian borders, and they will launch from time to time. In an air raid, several bombs were dropped on the pass of the Alps, and the Royal British Navy's fleet continued to intercept Italian tankers in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, causing Italy's oil reserves to almost reach the bottom line.

When the so-called third empire of steel allies faced the difficulties of the friendly nations, they chose to sit on the sidelines, not only turning a blind eye to the brutal acts of Britain and France, but even fanning the flames behind it. Shame and hurt.

With the character of this leader, of course, he would not admit that he had breached the contract first, nor would he admit that he had been defeated. Mussolini controlled all public opinion in Italy, declaring that the brave Italian army followed the wise command of the great leader. Various fronts repulsed their fierce opponents, and Italian major media raved about it, making Mussolini seem to be possessed by the heroes who resisted the invasion of foreign enemies in Roman history.

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