Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 4: Mountain Cliff Castle
"General! General! Wake up, we are here."
Xu Jun opened his eyes in a daze.
"Oh, here, what is here?"
"We are at "Mountain Cliff Castle"."
Xu Jun woke up in a spirit.
"Ah! Are you here so soon?"
Early this morning, Xu Jun got on a special train specially prepared for him at the base camp. Xu Jun was very excited at first, this train is so beautiful. The brand-new gray paint gleamed in the sun, and the huge black imperial eagle emblem on the carriage and the bright red Nazi party flag clearly showed off the noble identity of this train. The red velvet curtains, dark red embroidered wool carpets, elegant oak tables, and elegant and luxurious French seats in the carriage also made Xu Jun feel the luxury of power.
Waiting for the train to leave the city of Cologne, Xu Jun asked the attendant to bring him a pot of coffee, and then while drinking coffee, he sat comfortably on the window seat and admired the beautiful German countryside outside the window.
But when the train left for less than an hour, Xu Jun began to feel tired. After all was busy all night, the excitement after the plan was completed was suddenly defeated by the sleepiness caused by the rest of the night, and even the fragrant coffee could not make him refreshed. Only after a while, Xu Jun fell asleep without grace on the gorgeous Louis XIV-style gold seat.
Hans knew Xu Jun worked all night last night, so he didn't wake him up.
When the train arrived at Münster Station, it was already lunch time. Only then did Hans wake up Xu Jun, who was asleep. Then he dragged his blindfolded deputy head to eat at the station restaurant. Xu Jun didn't remember what he had eaten at that time, anyway, it seemed to be meat sausage kimchi or something. I remember that Hans didn't seem to take his own dishes seriously, he had been paying attention to himself, I really didn't know why he had been staring at him so much. As a result, after eating this messy lunch, our deputy head of state was dragged into a base camp exclusive car in a semi-awake state, towards Munster Eifel, the temporary base camp of the Third Reich Commander, which is "Mountain Cliff Castle" drove away.
As a result, Xu Jun fell asleep in the car again.
Hans looked at the deputy head of state who was almost drooling asleep in front of him. He couldn't laugh or cry. He hadn't rested on the front line. He had to stay up late when he came back. There was really no way he could do it. In the restaurant, he kept staring at Xu Jun, because Xu Jun’s state was really worrying. Hans was afraid that the deputy head of state would drown himself in the sauerkraut broth in front of him in the next second. .
The car finally reached its destination after driving for an hour. The car stopped directly in the open space in front of the base camp. A soldier from the head guard flag team immediately ran up and opened the door for them. Hans woke Xu Jun up at this time.
Xu Jun slowly got out of the car, feeling a little groggy on his head. He first bends and kicks in the clearing, loosening his sore muscles. Then he rubbed his hands vigorously on his face a few times, waking up. Then began to look around here.
It is not false to say that this is a "cliff castle", but the "cliff" is not very high, and the "castle" is actually a huge permanent fortress position. When the Germans gave their code names, they had no imagination. This is part of Germany's "West Wall Defense Line", originally built to serve as the second line of defense in Germany if the western border is breached by an enemy country. Because of the complete living facilities and the early installation of the infrastructure for the many communication equipment that will be needed in the future, Hitler's military adjutant chose this place as the temporary base camp for the Western Front.
Xu Jun turned around and looked down the mountain. The mountain was originally an old town. But now that the townspeople have been moved away, it has become a subsidiary camp of the base camp. Various military vehicles were parked along the old gravel streets in the town. Soldiers and junior officers rushed around the town. In the square in the center of the village, four 105mm heavy-duty anti-aircraft guns can be seen pointing directly at the sky. Alongside them, the artillery soldiers used camouflage nets to set up several tents, which appear to be the antiaircraft artillery command post. There is a three-story building on the edge of the square, which seems to be used as a warehouse. There was a neat row of trucks parked in front of the house. Dozens of German soldiers are rushing to move the goods from the truck into the building. And dozens of trucks drove towards the town on the road far away from the town. The whole town is full of busy scenes.
At this time, a row of simple bungalows at the foot of the mountain on the edge of the town attracted Xu Jun's attention. Xu Jun found that there were senior officers running in and out from time to time, which seemed to be an important department. Xu Jun quickly searched Jack's memory for all the conditions of the entire base camp. Jack participated in the construction of the entire base camp and knew everything here.
When Xu Jun found the memory of the row of bungalows, he couldn't believe it was true. Stationed in that row of ugly green painted slab houses turned out to be the famous German Army Command.
It turned out that Hitler, in order to hold the army tightly around him, for fear that those army staff officers would make their own decisions when he left Berlin, he came up with this method and moved the army headquarters here. It also claims that because the army’s responsibilities are very important and the battle situation may change quickly, the army’s general headquarters must be located near the headquarters of the headquarters and can receive orders directly from the headquarters.
As a result, Hitler personally set the location of the army headquarters there. It turned out to be a row of pig houses. I really don’t know what Hitler thinks. But the members of the Army Command did not even have any opinion on this. One may be because this is a station set by the head of state himself, and they dare not object, and I heard that it is because their chief of staff, Harder, thinks that if the headquarters is so close to the base camp, they may have a chance to meet the defense command The battle plan exerted influence, so the glorious German army headquarters was moved into the pigpen, of course it was refurbished. Otherwise, let the commander-in-chief of the army Feng. Marshal Brauchic moved in and went to work, so it would be easier for him to commit suicide directly.
Xu Jun thought of this and shook his head, turned around and led Hans and the two SS adjutants along to the fortress gate.
Two army officers were already waiting in front of the strong steel explosion-proof door of the fort. Both were young majors. Xu Jun found their information in Jack's memory. They were the military adjutants of the head of the military adjutant, Wink and Ruhr.
Seeing Xu Jun approaching, the two of them hurriedly stood at attention to salute. Both parties salute the military salute, and Wenke said to Xu Jun with a smile on his face: "Welcome back, Your Excellency Vice-President, in the days when we lost contact with you, all of us are worried for your safety. Hearing that you are safe We were very happy about the incident and led the troops to a great victory. Especially the head of state, he also made an exception for you to celebrate with a glass of red wine during yesterday’s dinner."
Ruhr next to went on to say: "The Führer specifically asked us to come to meet you at the door during lunch. He is requested to send someone to notify him as soon as you arrive. Now the Führer is waiting to see you in his office. Please. Come with us." Xu Jun walked into the fortress under the leadership of the two officers.
Since this is a military facility, no decoration work has been done. Gray reinforced concrete aisles, thick curved shelters, and rough concrete walls. The heavy explosion-proof steel door, and every ten meters in the aisle stands a fully armed Führer Guard soldier, showing how indestructible this fortification is. Xu Jun continued to follow the two officers to the depths of the fortress.
After they passed the sixth heavily guarded iron gate, they entered the core area of the fortress.
The aisle here began to widen. After a while, Xu Jun and his group came to a hall. The hall was the size of a basketball court, and there were small offices symmetrically distributed on all sides of the hall.
There are dozens of desks in the lobby, where countless German soldiers are busy working.
In the middle of the hall is a huge battle sand table, on which is densely planted small flags representing a unit. More than a dozen German civilian officers were standing around the sand table wearing headphones. They kept moving these small flags while listening to the prompts in the headphones.
The low-level officers and civilians hurriedly carried various documents and materials between the offices and the desks. The telephone ringing and the sounds of commands, quarrels, and reprimands came from all corners. , A tense and lively scene.
Xu Jun discovered that although it looks chaotic at first glance, from the serious expressions on the faces of all the staff, the work here is actually proceeding in an orderly manner, just in accordance with its own way of operation. .
is the office area of the headquarters of the National Defense Command.
Those low-level officers and civilians all stopped when they saw Xu Jun walk in~IndoMTL.com~ immediately stood at attention and paid tribute. Xu Jun found that everyone looked at him with the same worship and respect as the guards in the aisle.
Xu Jun smiled and greeted them, saying, "Everyone, please continue your work." Those talents began to walk again and continue to be busy. However, a few beautiful female secretaries still look back at Xu Jun secretly from time to time. When they find that Xu Jun is also looking at them, they flushed quickly and quickly fled into their office. .
Hans and Randolph smiled darkly behind Xu Jun. It was not until Xu Jun and Daogen glared at them both that they returned to their serious expressions, but they would still have a smile in their eyes when they saw Xu Jun's back.
Going further in is the most important office and living area for senior staff. One of the thickest and heaviest explosion-proof doors Xu Jun has seen so far strictly blocked the noisy noise outside, and compared with the hustle and bustle outside, it was as quiet as another world.
There is an extra layer of wooden floor on the ground than those outside, and a long beige felt carpet is laid in the middle of the aisle. The rough cement wall is painted with a layer of lime paint. The explosion-proof lamp on the board was replaced with a darker yellow bulb, and the whole environment was mysterious and quiet under the dim light.
The passages here extend in all directions like a maze. Maybe the designer wanted to do this, so that the enemies who rushed into the fort could get lost.
Ruer led Xu Jun to an inconspicuous little door.
"Your Deputy Head of State, the Head of State is waiting for you inside."