Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 24: Commander Department

　　"My great head of state. What kind of response should we take to the declaration of war in Italy. I personally think this is a very difficult issue to deal with. As allies, their declaration of war is understandable, but you don’t think they still carry A speculative mentality. How do you want to respond to the unexpected sudden action of the Italian leader?" Keitel stared blankly at the gloomy little man sitting at the end of the map table, the current German dictator.

　　 I don’t know why. Ever since he stood on the side of the Deputy Führer Reinhardt, he has found that he hates this little Austrian man more and more. I really don't know why I respected and obeyed him so much before, but now I think I was really stupid at that time. This Austrian is really good at buying people’s hearts. The false caring and kind attitudes he uses in his daily work make everyone who has come into contact with him feel how approachable and kind he is. The generals and officials he met were grateful.

　　Only people like myself who have been with him can see the true face of this person, but I used to turn a blind eye to those, which is really unimaginable. Now I finally wake up, it is not too late, at least Germany has not been brought into an unmanageable situation by this head of state full of crazy ideas.

　　Only by letting this little man disappear from the German stage forever, can Germany truly realize its revival. This is a sentence written by his old friend General Baker in his secret letter yesterday. Hitler's performance at today's meeting Confirmed that Baker’s statement is undoubtedly correct.

　　 In today's regular military meeting, he only talked about one point, that is, the assassination of the deputy head of state. He didn't care about the current situation on the front line. There are already several kinds of supplies in the front-line munitions warehouse stocks that have fallen to a dangerous bottom line, and now all forces must be mobilized to transport these supplies from Germany as quickly as possible. But this report has been given to Hitler for three full days, but he has not yet given him a positive answer. The materials are still piled up in ash in the warehouses of German railway stations. This man only cared about his own ambition and power, and did not care at all about the life and death of the frontline soldiers. Keitel was now completely disappointed with Hitler.

　　 And the actions of Germany's closest ally, Italy, made all the commanders generals very angry. The bragging leader obviously wanted to take a bite of Germany's victory. But Hitler's current attitude has become very warm, he seems to be indifferent to the leader's offense to Germany, it seems that this time will be a weak compromise. As a noble German military officer, you cannot tolerate this. Compromise with the insatiable leader of Italy is like betraying Germany's national interests.

　　 Keitel now feels more about himself and Feng. Marshal Brausic's decision was correct. They decided to use all the strength of the command and use all methods to delay the military operations of the French front. They must not allow this dictator to win the honor of defeating France. They decided to present the victory of France as a gift to the command. The right leader, Marshal Reinhardt. Not only them, 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 the nuances of the current situation, so they also privately agreed with the arrangement of the command. The German and French armies on all fronts on the Western Front are now in an interesting state, and the French are not capable of attacking. , And the Germans were not interested in offensive, the two sides confronted each other across the fragile line of defense. However, Keitel believes that this kind of confrontation will not last long. When Reinhardt takes power, it is the day when the French defense line collapses. Before that, I could only continue to endure, continue to confuse and perfuse the Austrian, and contribute what I could to the deputy head's plan.

　　"Marshal Keitel, don’t you think your question is too presumptuous? We can only welcome the actions of our close allies. Any other speculation is rude and untimely. The leader of Italy once invited me to He had an important meeting, but I did not agree to his invitation due to problems in Poland. It seems that he just wanted to discuss with me about their declaration of war.

　　 Now he also sent me an earnest letter to explain to me why he declared war on France without notifying us. He has this right in every way. He did not hesitate to send countless brave young Italian soldiers to the battlefield for the revival of our great Germany, which confirmed that he is a firm and faithful ally of our Germany. How can you say that he has ulterior motives? You simply don't understand the value of allies. This is why you can only be a staff officer and not a force commander. Think about it yourself.

　　 There is one more thing. When it comes to the front line in France, I want to ask you why the current war has stopped, and what happened on the front line. Where is the courage of the Wehrmacht? Where is the German army who went forward without fear a week ago? Have you all gone to Poland with your deputy head of state? Are you trying to betray me? Hitler said to Keitel with a sneer, and at the same time his sullen eyes were scanning the other generals and marshals present.

　　"It’s true, my head of state, the attitude of the army now makes people feel suspicious. The three army groups are actually staying on their positions to bask in the sun. They all stopped their offensive for various reasons. , Even the troops that have surrounded the enemy have begun to organize defenses outside the encirclement. These are why, I dare not guess the army’s plan, but your current behavior is almost the same as that of colluding with the enemy. And my intelligence shows At present, the current actions on the front line are controlled by someone behind the scenes. This is something that is never allowed to happen in our Third Reich. No one can play this clumsy conspiracy in front of the great head of state. This is a blatant rebellion! I ask my great head of state to give me the power to conduct a thorough investigation of this matter. I will pick out the conspirators hiding in the center of our German army one by one and hang them before all the great and honest German citizens. "A young man with a shrewd face said to Hitler viciously.

　　 The iconic hook nose on the young man's face and the major general logo on the dark SS uniform proved his identity. Director of the General Security Administration of the Third Reich, the most inhuman and cruel beast among all the Nazi butchers in Germany, Reinhardt. Heydrich. Now this bloodthirsty beast has completely brought down his boss Heinrich. Himmler, and has completely replaced his boss next to the Führer. He is now the most trusted person by Hitler's side, and he has become the most reliant think tank of the Führer. He is even more arrogant than before. Now no one dared to object to his orders. He has become even crazier and crazier. Cruel.

　　 He has always been jealous of the apostle of God from the bottom of his heart. He is younger than him, more powerful than him, more powerful than him, and more popular than him. That kind of prestige in the army is even more of his life. Are hard to obtain. All this made the insidious fellow jealous and going crazy. He once wanted to cling to the apostle's command, but he was rejected mercilessly. This has made this narrow-minded person hold his grudge even now. This time there was finally a chance to take down the kid who had been stepping on him, how could he not grasp it desperately. Now in his mind he began to plan to start the army again. He wanted to take this opportunity to clean up all the officers who had worshipped the apostle as a god, and then he would find a way to climb the apostle once sat. The throne of the past.

　　"No, my dear Heydrich, don’t do that now. Those people must have been fooled and misled by some conspirators before they would be willing to be followers of that person. As long as they recognize that. After the true face of the hypocritical conspirators, 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. At that time they will understand that only I, Adolf Hitler, is the sole leader of Germany’s revival, and only I am the one sent by God to save Germany.” Hitler smiled and rejected Heydrich’s request, although his face was wearing With a smile, but there was a cold flash in his eyes, he was observing the reaction of the generals and marshals to his words.

　　 The results disappointed him. All the officers looked at the documents in front of them with cold faces and expressions. They neither expressed anger at Heidrich's words nor expressed gratitude for what they said. The situation now is as if he and Heydrich are singing a one-man show, and the audience below seems to be completely disinterested in the show. What happened to these generals and marshals? How could they suddenly possess such courage, how dare they 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 and absolutely unforgivable.

　　 Hitler coldly said with a gloomy face: "However, the performance of the German Army in the French front is indeed very unsatisfactory to me. I still have to hold some people accountable for this issue. Von Blau Marshal Xiqi, as the commander-in-chief of the German army, do you have any comments on this matter?"

　　"No objection, my head of state. I think all of us are more or less responsible for this matter. But the French front does have a lot of difficulties, such as supply fatigue and damage. But in Germany, these problems have not been resolved for a long time. I think the head of state is also very clear about this." Feng. Marshal Brausic replied unhurriedly: "Our army does have the upper hand in all aspects of the French army, but in fact, we are at the end of the battle. The soldiers on the front line need to be completely rested. The tank troops also need a real overhaul. General Guderian did not obey the order and drove lonely. Not only was he beaten back by the French, but he also suffered serious losses. This happened just two days ago. I think you won’t forget it. .Great tank experts like General Guderian will be defeated by the French third-rate low-level troops, which proves that our theory is correct. What we need now is to rest and accumulate strength, and then to the French Launched a fatal attack. For the French, their vitality has been severely injured by Marshal Reinhardt in Dunkirk. It is not enough for us to recover within half a year. So the current stagnation of the battle is for us Defeating France has no effect."

　　"You are lying! My Lord Commander-in-Chief, the situation on the front line 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. "Heydrich stood up and pointed at Feng upon hearing this. Yelled Brausic.

　　"Who told you this kind of absurd story? This is a shameless lie that even a three-year-old child would not believe. How could we ignore the most elite tank unit of our German army, this is our Germany The army’s most precious treasure, how could we deliberately put it in danger? This is simply illogical. Is this what General Guderian said to you himself?" Feng. Brausic still responded unhurriedly.

　　 But Yodel, who was sitting next to the marshal, couldn’t bear Heydrich’s arrogance. He stood up abruptly. He also pointed his finger at Heydrich’s nose and said angrily: Derich, you must pay attention to your words. You must know who you are talking to! This is the commander-in-chief of our German army, a noble marshal. And what you are, you are just a little Major General of the SS, who gave you this power to speak this way to a marshal."

　　 "You!" Heydrich has been going smoothly these days. No one has ever spoken to him with this attitude. Now he is being reprimanded by Yordel pointing to his nose, and his nose is almost crooked. Up. But Yordel's words were true. The behavior in front of him was indeed a bit too arrogant. As a result, he had to sit in his seat, staring at Yordel with hate, but couldn't find a word to refute him.

　　"General Yodel, sit down. Heydrich is indeed a bit too presumptuous, but it is also for the benefit of Germany that he questioned the commander-in-chief of the army. And you have scolded him so loudly in front of me. , I don’t think we will talk about this matter for now.” Hitler said coldly: “Now whether it is due to real difficulties or behind-the-scenes conspiracy, it is impossible to start this without thoroughly defeating the French. Investigated. However, those officers who have been investigated clearly and whose crimes have been confirmed must be punished. Regarding the failure of Guderian on the French front, I have sent a special person to investigate this. I found that this was due to the commander of the group army. Caused by the dereliction of duty. So I decided to arrest Rondstedt and his entire headquarters. They will be taken to the Berlin Military Prison in two days, where they will be interrogated for their crimes, and then by the military. Trial in court. I think they will get the punishment they deserve. Marshal Von Brausic, what do you think."

　　 Hitler's words caused a commotion among all commanders in the room. Feng. Blausic looked at the neat and tidy moustaches, he was sneer in his heart, does this little guy want to use this to make the army yield? This technique might have worked a month ago, but it won’t be useful now. It seems that Hitler really thought that Marshal Reinhardt had been seriously injured and could not fight him for the time being, so he began to purge his followers. It seems that the apostle's plan has more confidence in its success. In this case, I simply let this corporal know the spirit 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 the officers of the High Command, the officers of the High Command. There is also dignity.

　　 "The Führer!" Feng. Brausic stood up fiercely. He bowed slightly to Hitler~IndoMTL.com~ and then stood up his chest full of medals and said: "As for this matter on the French front, as the commander-in-chief of the German army, I did not fulfill my duties. I am extremely ashamed of this. In order to take on the responsibilities that I should bear, I decided to resign from my post of commander-in-chief of the German Army. Now I will leave the high command. I will go to the French front as a volunteer veteran to meet with mine. Soldiers fight together. Even if you don’t agree, I will not perform any of the duties of the commander-in-chief of the army. I’m very sorry." Feng. Brausic picked up his marshal's sceptre and military cap from the table and saluted Hitler as a standard military salute.

　　 Hitler was stunned by the sudden incident in front of him. He didn't know how to deal with this situation now, but before he could think of a countermeasure, the entire platoon of commanders followed their commander-in-chief. stand up.

　　 "You guys, what do you want to do!" Hitler called out in a panic.

　　"We all resigned to you because we did not fulfill our responsibilities, my head of state. We will go to the front to wash away our shame like the former commander-in-chief and fight with the German soldiers until we The great motherland left the last drop of blood. I hope you can find a more capable assistant than us." Keitel said to Hitler with a heavy expression. Then all the officers respectfully paid a military salute to Hitt, and then they picked up their military caps in front of them and left their seats and followed von Brausic towards the door of the conference room.

　　 Hitler sat in his seat, staring blankly at the first resignation of the head of the Supreme Command in German history. He could not say a word now with his open mouth.