Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 16: Reflection
The experience last night was like a dream for Xu Jun. He actually defeated Goering, the second in command of the Third Reich Air Force Marshal. Not only did he successfully get what he wanted, he also got the whole Command of the Luftwaffe.
Now that I think about it, I still think this is impossible. I'm really lucky.
Goring made two fatal mistakes, one of which was that he didn't bring any of his assistants to base camp. He had no idea that he would have such a thing. Goering was too confident, thinking that as long as he was present, Hitler would still support his opinions as always, so those people would be the same whether they were there or not, and it would have no effect. More likely, Goring always thought this was just an ordinary meeting. He thought that this meeting would be over soon, and he would be able to go back soon. That's why he didn't bring his cadres up the mountain. He never Willing to spend the night in that fortress. Because according to the news received this morning, Goering did bring his team, but he left them all on his own special train "Asia". More coincidentally, it was Carl, the permanent representative of Goring stationed in the base camp. General Baodenchatz was sent to the hospital because of acute diarrhea that morning, so he did not attend the meeting either.
Goering's arrogant self-confidence made him fall into an unfavorable situation. He didn't expect anyone to attack him at the meeting. Goring was originally eloquent, and even worse was the participants. Except for the neutrality, the rest were his enemies. Goring couldn't find anyone who could speak for him at this meeting. As a result, he was refuted by himself in the bewilderment, completely knocked to the ground. If his men were all present at the time, Goering would never end up like this. It was because of seeing this that he hurriedly seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deal a complete and fatal blow to Goring.
The other and most inexcusable mistake Goering made in this incident was that he actually did something to Hitler, which was digging his own grave. He didn't understand Hitler's thoughts at all. In fact, if he had lowered his head to be taught and pleaded hard, Hitler would uphold the original sentence at the time, but he would definitely find an opportunity to restore his official post afterwards. After all, he had been a partner for decades. At that time, Hitler had made this decision as a last resort. It was so stupid that he couldn't even see Goering. As a result, this second Nazi figure was driven to a ruin by his own violent temper, but it may also be because he thought of the tragic end of Hitler’s previous old partner Roma, and that deep fear made him lose. reason. But these are all my own guesses after the fact, and now it seems impossible to go to Goering to verify.
Go back and think about it if Goering didn’t act on Hitler at the time, then he would definitely not be truly defeated. He could only say that he had only won half the game and set up a troublesome enemy. It is very likely that he will be conspired by him in the future power struggle. At that time, I was only relying on a momentary impulse, naively thinking that I could completely defeat Goering with these little conspiracies, and didn't even consider these issues. This makes myself feel scared after thinking about it now. It seems that my vision is still too short, and I am still a bit too tender in political strategy. If he still rushes to attack like this in the future without considering the consequences, then it is likely that he will be destroyed next time, and he cannot be so lucky forever, and he must be more careful in the future.
But now I am lucky. After all, Goering had a miraculous and complete collapse, and now his men had no chance even if they wanted to counterattack. Because early this morning, Hitler issued an order to the High Command and the Imperial Security Agency to thoroughly investigate the Goering party members in the Air Force and the government. It seems that he has also thought of the need to cleanse the forces of the Air Force and the government Rigoring as soon as possible, otherwise it may cause problems and cause some trouble. So the Air Force adjutants on the Goring train and his confidants at Air Command may now be crying in Himmler's interrogation room.
Thinking of Goring's end, Xu Jun didn't feel pitiful at all. This was the punishment he deserved. Looking at history, we know that if Goering stayed in that position, Germany would definitely be defeated, and tens of millions of innocent lives would have been deprived because of him. Goering deserved it. Although he hadn't had time to commit some crimes, he knew all about the history. How could he allow them to happen again? Thinking of this, Xu Jun feels very pleased that he can save the lives of tens of millions of people.
In the second half of the meeting last night, Xu Jun finally showed his huge and insidious plan to everyone and explained it in detail. At that time, Hitler and the marshals and generals screamed wonderfully, especially Marshal Stretcher, who praised Xu Jun as if Clausewitz was reborn and Schlieffen was reborn. As a result, everyone just asked some details and passed the plan unanimously. The entire Wehrmacht Headquarters immediately started to move at full speed. The generals, marshals, staff officers and Xu Jun continued to issue orders to mobilize the troops while discussing the main points of action. Even Hitler enthusiastically accompanied them all night.
Early this morning, Hitler personally put himself in the car, so that he hurried to the front line to implement this plan. Because Xu Jun's anticipation of the enemy's actions made Hitler deeply feel that the time left for Germany is indeed running out. Now every minute is precious, and any delay will wipe out the previous efforts of this plan.
Xu Jun took his new command and took his new command into Goring’s "Asia" special car and hurried to Cologne, and then hopped non-stop on the special plane prepared for him and flew to France. front. When he came, he only followed Hans, Randolph and Daugen. Now when he returned, he followed a big group.
Because Xu Jun couldn’t command such a big battle with the few people on hand, Marshal Keitel lent him almost half of the Army Combat Command. These experienced staff and secretaries can indeed give him a lot Great help. However, the number is a little bit larger. There are more than forty people plus a high-level communications company, plus a lot of luggage to fill the two planes, plus two transport command communications equipment and headquarters supplies. Five JU52s formed a transport formation. When they flew to the border line, an **** ME109 squadron joined in again, and the mighty 47 aircraft were organized into a fleet and flew towards Arras.
The plane finally flew back to Agniz. The plane circled around the simple airport for a few times and then landed slowly.
When the plane circled, Xu Jun had already seen that by the small airstrip, the soldiers and tanks of the 7th Armored Division had lined up a huge and neat welcome queue to welcome his return, and those Familiar officers stood at the forefront of the queue. As soon as the plane stopped, the group of officers ran towards the plane.
Xu Jun stood up and led his adjutants out of the cabin. When he first appeared in the hatch of the plane, with a loud "salute", all the German soldiers uniformed their gun salutes.
Xu Jun waved his hand quickly and stepped off the plane. Muller greeted him quickly. He first paid his respects to Xu Jun, and then looked at Xu Jun with gratitude and admiration. He was too excited to speak.
"What's the matter, Colonel Muller, how does it feel to be the commander of the 7th Armored Division."
Xu Jun saluted Mueller with a smile on his face. Mueller hurriedly returned the gift.
"Report to the general. Thank you very much for his appreciation. When I received the command from the command last night, I couldn't believe it was true. You actually gave the 7th Armored Division to my command. General! I swear to you that I will not disappoint your expectations of me. I will go all out to lead the Seventh Armored Division to fight for the Third Reich and fight for your honor."
Although he is already trying to calm his excitement, his voice still sounds a bit trembling~IndoMTL.com~Müller continued.
"Also, please allow me to congratulate you on your promotion. Now you have set a record again. You are now the youngest lieutenant general in the German Army."
"Hahahaha..." Xu Jun patted his epaulettes.
" It’s just two extra stars. There is nothing to congratulate. I have to add more work for these two stars. Think about it or it was easier to be a brigadier general in the staff at that time. Well. Don't talk about me, they are not all promoted." Xu Jun pointed to the adjutants standing behind him.
"Hans also jumped two levels. Now he is a colonel just like you. Randolph is now a SS captain, and Dougan has become a lieutenant colonel. Your men have also been promoted one level. Say. Isn’t you the one who has risen the fastest among us? You jumped three levels. You were just a captain two days ago. If we congratulate you one by one like you, I’m afraid it won’t be over until the evening."
Müller quickly said excitedly, "General, if it weren't for your recommendation to me, the Army Command would never agree to such an exceptional promotion. You give me all my honor."
"No! Colonel Mueller, your honor is won by yourself, by your own bravery and talents, although I did recommend you like the commander, but if you did not let me see I will never make this recommendation if you have the ability to do so. Now I only hope that you can use your strength to prove to everyone that my recommendation is correct and you can indeed shoulder this responsibility."
"General! I swear to you! I will prove it to everyone..."