Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 34: Navy crisis
The turquoise waters of the Baltic Sea shone dazzlingly under the sun. The blade-sharp bow of the German Navy Type 9A ocean-going submarine U37 easily split the emerald-like deep water. Fast forward across the waves that are coming. The sea water aroused by the bow of the boat was mixed with countless bubbles, like countless shiny diamonds and pearls flying in the air, and then poured violently on the cold and hard steel deck of the submarine, and finally returned to them along the narrow drainage holes on the deck. That green hometown.
"Looking at this endless sea makes me feel how small I am. It is so peaceful, broad, and all-inclusive. It makes people feel very peaceful and comfortable. It makes me almost forget that there are There are battles and wars. Looking at this beautiful scenery, I don’t want to think about the cruel decisive battle we are about to face." Weirle leaned on the fence of the bridge and looked at the sea horizon shining with charming brilliance in the distance. Send out a sincere admiration.
"General, you only see the tolerant side of the sea. If you see its cruel and violent side, you won’t say that. The sea is an unpredictable child. When it is calm, it is like the most A serene angel, and when it starts to get angry, even the most violent demon in **** can’t catch up to half of its cruelty. And this is what I like about it. I only have to stand the test, face the danger and persist. Those who come down are the real strong, and that is the real man." A handsome young naval officer raised his head from the compass and said to Weierle with a smile.
"Haha, really, I have never been to sea. So I have not seen the violent side of the sea, but I have heard many stories of seamen fighting against the wind and waves before, and I admire the courage of those people in the story. . To be honest, I don’t know if I can face the anger of the sea just like them. I don’t know much about the anger of the sea. Feng, Colonel Luoyan Kram."
"Oh, have you never been to sea?" the navy colonel asked in surprise.
"Really, this is my first time out to sea. I used to paddle a boat in the canal or go swimming in the lake. You know my job has prevented me from embracing the real ocean, but now I can finally eliminate my regrets. This is the blessing of your marshal." Weierle replied with a smile. After saying the last sentence, he turned his eyes to the left side of the bridge with one hand holding a telescope and looking into the distance. Xu Jun.
"It turned out to be like this. Then I can say that General Weierle is a natural seaman. I have never seen anyone who can adapt to the swing of a ship so quickly when he goes out to sea for the first time, especially when it is running on the surface. Even the old sailors who have been on other surface ships cannot quickly adapt to this crazy turbulence.” Colonel Siegfried praised Weierle’s amazing adaptability.
"Hahaha, Colonel Siegfried, you don’t know, I can adapt to this kind of bumps because of my poor balance ability. Marshal Reinhardt is the real adaptability, he He is a pilot with a balance ability that surpasses ordinary people. But do you see anything unusual about him? He is as comfortable on the boat as on land. Look at the guys behind, it is a shame to the German army, on land One by one, all energetic and vigorous came to the sea but became so embarrassed." Weirle shook his head and said with a smile, then he turned his head.
"Randolph! See what you look like, do you have enough vomiting. You are not as good as me, an old guy. Seeing your painful look, you just shoot yourself." Weirler confronted. Called Randolph, who was twitching and spitting green water on the railing on the weapon platform behind the bridge.
Randolph weakly leaned on the railing and raised his head, looking at Weierle, who was standing on the bridge, with his head up and his chest, mentally winged, with tears. He just wanted to tell a word, but he didn’t say a word yet, so he lay down fiercely. Going to the railing and gagging. Hans, who was standing next to him, quickly patted his back lightly. Hans's face is not very beautiful now, but it is still much better than the green Randolph. The four storm commandos lay on the other side of the weapon platform and contributed their food to the sea. Now these heavily armed commandos can't even hold pistols, but from the current situation, their bodies should be They are working hard to adapt to this special environment, and they will be able to recover in a day or two.
"Fon. Colonel Luo Yankram." Xu Jun put down the telescope and turned around and said to the navy colonel.
"Yes, my marshal." Siegfried replied respectfully.
"Oh, don’t be so restrained. You have worked with Mueller for a while, and you should know from him what kind of person I am. Besides, we’ve met each other before, at the celebration party in Dunkirk. ."
"Yes, my marshal. Your approachable demeanor at that time left a deep impression on me." Siegfried was still a little unwilling to let go, but he no longer had the formal look on his face. Up.
"Marshal Raidell sent you this time because I know you." Xu Jun slowly walked to the side of the radio signal receiving antenna, and then leaned against the fence and looked at the man standing in front of the compass. Siegfried said with a smile.
"Yes, Marshal Raidel sent me here because I have worked with you. He wants to show you good, hoping to exchange your trust in him through me." Siegfried replied respectfully.
"Oh, when I was discussing my plan of action with you yesterday, I felt that you were not a simple messenger. Now you are so easy to tell me the intentions of your commander, you want to test What kind of person am I." Xu Jun still looked at Siegfried with a smile.
"No, my marshal, I didn’t want to test your intentions at all. I think it’s better to just tell you all at the beginning instead of letting you figure out the final conclusion. This is more proof that our navy treats you. Support and loyalty."
"Didn’t Riddle want to remain neutral? When he showed me his favor through Canaris, I suspected Canaris was playing with me. There were too many people yesterday and I couldn’t ask you this question carefully. Now there are only our people here. You can tell me why the navy suddenly fell to me. When did Raidel suddenly become courageous against that person." Xu Jun still kept his smile, his eyes fixed on the same. Ge Fei, looking forward to Si Ge Fei can give him a satisfactory answer.
"Actually, the man himself pushed the navy down this road. The navy, like the army, was forced by him to the point where he must protect himself." Siegfried showed a trace of sadness, and he continued. To: "He forced the Admiralty to show his position to him to prevent the navy from falling to you. You know that Marshal Reidel used delaying tactics against him at the beginning. Obviously, Marshal Reidel's response made that person very dissatisfied. As a result, that They dispatched a special investigation team to the Navy Command. They did whatever they wanted in the Navy Command in the name of the investigation. Many officers were suspended for no reason and even arrested.
The man used his power to remove a group of outstanding naval officers. Now the guys sitting in those important positions are loyal to him. Some have never seen the sea. The navy has completely lost its normal command, a large number of ships have been strictly withdrawn to their ports, and the manufacture of many ships has come to a standstill. Your planned blockade of the British mainland is now in name only, because there are no more warships and submarines patrolling the Atlantic Ocean. Although it was stated in the combat report that they continued to block the British, in fact, they were all under scrutiny by the Imperial Security Bureau in their respective ports.
And these news were strictly blocked by that person. Many junior navy officers did not know that this was actually an action for the entire navy, otherwise the mutiny would have already happened. We also considered that this might cause immeasurable losses to the Navy and did not spread the truth about it. We don't want the outstanding naval officers and soldiers to be arrested by the beasts because they have shown some dissatisfaction after learning about these things.
U37 you are currently in, she should be patrolling near Iceland. After those investigation teams entered the naval headquarters, she was withdrawn to the naval base in Denmark for investigation. However, because of this, Marshal Raidel was able to transfer them to Danzig so quickly. Otherwise, we really have no way to find you three ocean-going submarines in one day. "
Hearing what Siegfried said, Xu Jun couldn't help being taken aback. The navy has done such a big thing, yet he doesn't know anything about it. Although his own intelligence network is relatively weak in the navy, it is not even ignorant of such major events. It can be seen how high Hitler's blockade was on this matter.
Hitler once again overestimated his own strength, he thought he could once again consolidate his control of the navy in the same way he first came to power. He didn't consider that his enemy is not the former small group that is not a climate. His enemy is as strong as him this time, and he even has power above him. He did not get the result he wanted, because now the Navy has another option besides him.
He pushed the navy to the point of rebellion. This tyrant once again helped him. He pushed another powerful group in the German army into his own hands. He was working hard to dig for himself.
And another message provided by Siegfried made Xu Jun feel very worried. The navy has lost its normal command and the blockade of Britain has been artificially stopped. Xu Jun felt a chill passing behind his back, what was that person's mind thinking, how was this approach different from collaborating with enemies. Although Britain was greatly defeated by itself in the previous battle, it was not completely defeated. They still had a firm will to resist. Does that person think that by destroying the British battleships, he can easily make the British bow their heads? Now is the most critical period for the collapse of the United Kingdom. That person unexpectedly stopped the blockade of the United Kingdom at this time. Now, as long as the United Kingdom is given a chance to breathe, this once sunless empire will soon recover from the heavy blow of the previous period. In the future, the loss of those personnel and equipment will be made up for by the support of her overseas colonies and those federal countries. Soon she will benefit from this negligence in Germany, which may pay a heavy price for making such a stupid mistake.
Xu Jun is now more anxious to resolve this matter quickly. He wants to correct this mistake before causing irreparable damage to Germany, because according to his understanding of this period of history, if you go now It is too late to make corrections, and it is absolutely impossible for Britain to get new blood.
Looking at Xu Jun, who was thinking, Siegfried sighed secretly. From the marshal's frowning brows, he could see that the marshal had fully understood the seriousness of this matter. The hidden crisis behind this incident. Siegfried felt that the stone that had been stuck in his heart finally fell to the ground. He believed in the ability of the deputy head of state. As long as he started thinking about countermeasures, it meant that the Navy would definitely be saved.
"Why did you tell me this now? Why didn't you say it yesterday? Why didn't you say it when you were joking with Weierle." Xu Jun suddenly raised his head and fixed his eyes on Siegfried coldly. Asked.
Looking at the dimly cold eyes, Siegfried felt like he was freezing.
"No, my marshal, please listen to my explanation. You must believe me. I have no intention of deceiving you or concealing this information." Siegfried was strongly oppressed by Xu Jun. He was shocked. At that time, he suddenly felt that he would end up miserably if he couldn't give the Marshal a reasonable explanation. He quickly shook his hands and explained: "This is because Marshal Raidel ordered me unless I must You need to use this in exchange for your trust in us, otherwise it is best not to report these things to you in the presence of other people, especially when other naval officers are present. Captain Gilsay was here yesterday, which is not convenient for me Saying that there is still General Weierle on this bridge now, it is not convenient for me to say."
Hearing Siegfried’s explanation, Xu Jun smiled slightly, that strong sense of oppression disappeared into the invisible in an instant, as if it had never existed before, which made Siegfried almost think that the oppression just now was just Own hallucinations. But he clearly knew that it was true, and Siegfried couldn't help adding a touch of awe to Xu Jun.
" Colonel, I believe your words. Don’t worry, as long as you make me feel that you are worthy of my trust, I will give you my trust in you without reservation. Now you have passed my test, you He is indeed a very capable naval officer." Xu Jun said to Ziegfried with a smile.
"Thank you, my marshal, it is my greatest honor to gain your trust." Siegfried bowed his head respectfully to express his thanks.
"Don’t worry about the navy. I believe Marshal Rydell will be able to stand up for a while. At least Canaris and his Intelligence Bureau can support him in secret. The trouble is that Britain may take this opportunity to get him Breathe, they are the most thorny issue in this matter. We must solve this problem before the UK can breathe."
"Yes, marshal." Weierler nodded and said. After listening to Siegfried’s report, Weierle’s mind never stopped. He was analyzing the consequences of this incident. As a result, the wise chief of staff also began to feel chilled.
"My marshal, I don’t think we can change this situation by any means. There is only one way to solve all problems, and that is to solve our current affairs as soon as possible, and then everything can be back to them. On the track." Weirler said lightly.
"Well, there is only this way now. We need to feel our destination as soon as possible. Colonel Siegfried, how many days will it take us to reach." Xu Jun asked Siegfried.
"According to the plan, if there is no accident, it should arrive in France within four days. But now the British warships are patrolling the North Sea again, I don’t know if they will encounter their destroyers."
"This is not a problem. We are now a submarine formation. We still have the ability to resist against a single destroyer patrol." Xu Jun looked towards the two submarines behind.
"I don’t know, my marshal, our submarines have never been in formation, but think about it, it’s true that the survival rate of three submarines should be a bit higher than that of one submarine, but the rate of being discovered also increases accordingly Not only do we have to avoid local patrol ships, we also have to avoid our own air force's patrol and reconnaissance planes. The road ahead is not easy." Weierle said worriedly.
"Please rest assured, General, we will bypass all the seas that may be exposed~IndoMTL.com~If we can't avoid it, we can still sail under the cover. It should be possible without being noticed." Fei smiled and comforted Weierle.
At this time, with a sharp metal crash, Dogen hurriedly climbed out of the submarine.
After he climbed out of the entrance and stood up, he immediately stood at attention and said to Xu Jun solemnly: "Marshal, we are now entering the Mattergat Strait in Denmark, so as not to be affected by our own and Swedish patrol ships. The plane found out that we are going to dive and sail in concealment. Captain Gilser invites you to enter the submarine immediately."
"Oh, this way, I know, thank you for letting me know, we are too angry, now obey the command of the captain, and go down obediently." Xu Jun smiled to Weierle Speaking of Siegfried.
"Then I will go down first, and I will help you below." Siegfeliso slid down the hatch with his legs on a vertical ladder. Then Xu Jun also slowly climbed down the escalator supported by Weierle, and Siegfried got into the commander's tower underneath.
Daogen sent Weierle into the hatch and then turned around. He shouted at the people on the weapon platform behind: "We are going to dive soon. Hurry up and enter the submarine. Look at you. Looks like a strong German soldier. Hurry up, everyone is waiting for you, don’t shame the marshal."
Dogan then pointed to Randolph and said coldly: "Especially you, Randolph, I will warn you again. If you go in and vomit in front of the marshal, I will let Captain Gisele take you. Put it into a torpedo tube and launch it out. I believe you should be more scary to the British than a torpedo, at least the torpedo will not spit on them."