Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 381: The decision of the head of state
The corner of the garden of the Prime Minister's Palace is under construction. At Xu Jun's request, the construction site is surrounded by wicker walls covered with green camouflage nets. In addition to blocking noise, it can also avoid dust caused by construction.
The first phase of the construction project of the air-raid shelter of the Prime Minister's Palace, which was originally started in 1943, was put 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 air-raid shelter function, it can also be used as a backup command center for the central theater at critical moments. At the same time, it will be a vault on the ground floor. It will also be used to preserve the most important and secret files of the German government.
"How did you play yesterday? Dogen, I heard that you took Mercedes to the zoo." Xu Jun closed the heavy curtains and turned back to his desk.
The head of the empire still wore his impressive marshal uniform, with two rows of medals hanging on his chest, golden ornaments on his shoulders, and the oak leaf knight's cross on the neckline gleaming.
After returning to Berlin, many people suggested that young imperial heads of state should replace army uniforms with imperial administrator uniforms, like the tawny uniforms often worn by Hitler, which is more in line with the imperial head of state as a leader of the country identity of. However, Xu Jun rejected everyone's suggestions in the first place. How could they have thought that the head of the empire would be an extremely fanatical uniform control.
"Not bad, my head of state. The zoo has recently imported a batch of wild animals from Southeast Asia, which is impressive." The SS colonel replied.
"Mercedes is very happy to play, she also wants to bring back the zoo bear cubs." Randolph interjected, and was cut back and forth by the boss's gaze like a blade.
"That's great, I want to go to the zoo, too." The head of the Empire supported his chin with one hand, and the fingers of the other hand circled the tabletop, cursing these subordinates who didn't play with them.
How can I say that I am the head of state, and since returning to Berlin, I feel that I have lost most of my freedom. When that Jack was still the deputy head of state, it was the sky high and the birds were flying and the sea was leaping, he could wander around Europe without any scruples, and he never had to worry about someone standing up and blocking him.
But when Xu Jun is here, it's not the case at all. Once he has the idea of going out, he will immediately be strongly advised by his subordinates.
It's not that the subordinates are uncomfortable. It is because the empire head has a special physique, which is really surprising.
A battlefield patrol that year crashed directly into the battlefield. It was easy to have a vacation, but took a group of division commanders to Warsaw and fought a battle with the local SS. Squatting in an armored vehicle would be People sniped through the armor plate. Once in a submarine, you would encounter an entire British fleet. When you became the head of state, it should be better. As a result, Weifu went out for lunch and was attacked by a group of Japanese.
Nowadays, the number of subordinates loyal to him is almost incalculable. These people are exercising the power acquired in his name. In the eyes of the world, they are all integrated with him, and the head of state has not determined the successor. Once an unfortunate accident happens to the head of state, it will definitely be a disaster for Germany. I don’t know how many people will lose everything they have in front of them, or how many people will be buried with this leader.
Col. Daogen has always been loyal. He will not refuse any orders from the Führer. In this matter, he said that he is on the Führer’s side, but one of his conditions must be met, that is, it is not impossible to go to the zoo to play. But it is necessary to bring the entire Führer Guard, and then make an appointment in advance so that they can organize the army to clear the field, so that the Führer can play well in a safe environment.
Xu Jun almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood on the ground, emptied all the tourists, and asked him to go to the zoo alone. What he knew was that he went to visit the animals. What he didn't know was that he was letting a large group of animals come to watch him.
Finally, the head of state dismissed the idea. What he never expected was that his thoughts reminded the unreliable group of subordinates, so this group of people took advantage of the free time on Sunday and organized themselves to go to the zoo. Autumn tour.
Now what makes Xu Jun even more depressed is that they also deliberately missed a sentence or two during work communication, so that the empire head was envious and jealous.
"My head of state, the food issue is still the biggest difficulty we face at present. Although Germany has had a bumper harvest of cereals this year, the total output of non-staple food has dropped significantly." The head of state found Feeling slightly depressed, Weierle hurriedly turned the topic back to normal official business.
"I talked to an ordinary farmer I met yesterday and learned about the real situation in the German countryside. After returning to base camp, I collected relevant information collected by the Eye of Odin in the past few weeks and discovered the current situation. Some are not optimistic."
"I know what you are referring to. It has been discussed many times in the ministerial meeting. In a short period of time, we have no way to adjust. Germany, no, it should be that the entire Europe is facing food security issues. This requires organizing a professional expert group to conduct research. I have agreed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ proposal to the British and French cabinets on forming an expert group. I believe they will be able to reply to us within a week. I don’t think there will be any problems. .
The biggest difficulty this year should appear in Denmark. All of their animal husbandry feed needs to be imported from overseas. The maritime blockade in the past few months has caused an extreme shortage of feed. In order to avoid starvation of livestock, they can only do it in advance. Slaughtered. This war has dealt a huge blow to Danish agriculture and animal husbandry. They have already begun to use their previous strategic reserves. If they can no longer get external food supplements, parts of northern Denmark may face famine by the end of the year.
The situation along the Rhine River is similar. After hundreds of years of repeated cultivation, the land along the coast has been severely degraded. Now only a large amount of chemical fertilizers can be used to barely guarantee production. Petain told me that France’s total food production this year was less than half of last year’s, but some of the farmland has been replanted. With the savings from previous years, there should be no problems.
Although the situation in Belgium and the Netherlands is a bit better than Denmark, they are not too far apart. Belgium can still get supplies from France, and the Netherlands is in a bit of trouble. They used to rely mainly on the grain trade with the United Kingdom, but the United Kingdom itself now There was a big problem. Now we can only mobilize part of the funds to help Denmark and the Netherlands, import a batch of food from the United States and Canada, and find a way to solve this year's problems. "Xu Jun leaned on the back of the chair softly, stroked the short hair on his forehead, said without expression.
"And Italy, my head of state, the intelligence obtained from Italy, they are discussing buying a batch of grain from us at low prices, mainly wheat, cured meat and canned food." Kirsten respectfully Added to.
"How is the situation there now? Did Mussolini show signs of changing his intentions?" Hearing the news from Italy, Xu Jun immediately became energetic.
"Exactly as you expected, Italy is secretly carrying out a national mobilization, and now the mobilization of troops has exceeded 200,000. The Italian General Staff’s launch of a short and limited-scale combat plan was not adopted, Mussoli Ni did not show any change of intention, he was determined to do a big job." Kirsten replied.
"Continue to pay close attention to their every move. If they send a purchasing team, they will sell them what they want, but they must use cash to trade. It is absolutely not allowed to use credit as before. The debts they owe to Germany are already There are too many. Given 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 ran quickly to pull away the tapestry covering the wall for him, and exposed a huge map of Europe behind him in front of Xu Jun.
"[Aldrich Plan] To speed up preparations, the two mountain infantry divisions in the fast-reaction cluster are ready to enter Serbia at any time. We cannot keep the problem going. This year, we must solve all the hidden dangers. Leave it to us The time is not sufficient, we must use the resources we already have more efficiently ~ IndoMTL.com ~ We cannot waste precious manpower and material resources on these countries that will only drag their legs." Xu Jun stretched out his hand and drew a circle in the air. Everyone in the room knew what burden he was referring to.
"Italy also wants us to urgently supply them with a batch of fuel, which is the fuel needed by planes and ships." Weierle continued: "My head of state, continue to maintain this alliance with them, for Germany There is no benefit. Your decision is obviously extremely correct, and all the generals in the command agree with it."
Italy’s current situation is very interesting. This Mediterranean country is still at war with Britain and France. Obviously, neither Britain nor France intends to surrender to him unconditionally. In an air strike, several bombs were dropped on a pass in the Alps. The Royal Navy's fleet continued to intercept Italian oil tankers in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, causing Italy's oil reserves to almost fall to the bottom of the well.
When the so-called ally, Germany, faced these situations, he stood by and ignored the brutal acts of Britain and France. He even fanned the flames and fueled the flames. This made the great leader feel that he was humiliated and hurt by tons. .
With the character of this leader, he certainly would not admit that he breached the contract first, nor would he admit that he was defeated. Mussolini controlled all Italian public opinion and declared that the brave Italian army was wise in the great leader. Under command, he repelled fierce opponents from various fronts, and the major Italian media touted it so much that Mussolini was like a collective possession of those heroes who resisted the invasion of foreign enemies in Roman history.