Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 47: The SS
rubbed his swollen forehead, Xu Jun held up the teacup by the table.
"Dogen, the schedule for the afternoon."
Xu Jun took a sip of tea and frowned.
"My head of state, your schedule for the afternoon is to receive General Keitel and General Manstein at two o’clock. Meet the Japanese envoy at 3:30. Attend the command meeting at five o’clock. Meet with the French envoy at seven in the evening. Have dinner together."
Dogen replied respectfully and loudly.
"Um... Change the order and postpone the interview with General Keitel and General Manstein. I want to see the Japanese envoy first."
Xu Jun poured the cold tea from the cup into the spittoon next to the desk, and then rang the electric bell on the desk.
"Change me a pot of hot tea, Eric."
The handsome imperial dictator shook his teacup at the young adjutant who came in.
"Please wait, my head."
Major Disenhofen walked up to the front and walked over the tray next to the desk.
"Okay, let's deal with this matter like this. Tell Himmler that I am very satisfied with his performance. The troops have arrived in the Dutch East Indies, and they will start as soon as Marshal Blumberg arrives. Assume the responsibility of protecting the safety of the mission. Once there is an error, I will first hold the SS responsible."
Xu Jun signed the name at the bottom of a document and handed it to Daogen.
"Yes, my head of state. His Excellency Himmler is very confident in this plan, and I also hope that the SS will change his impression in people's minds from now on. And I can assure you that this time The SS commandos in Asia will be the most elite and loyal."
Dogen replied excitedly.
"I believe you, Dogen. The reorganization of the SS needs to be accelerated. Himmler has done a good job in this regard. His performance has far exceeded my original expectations of him, and he will receive his response. This expedition will be an arduous test given to the SS by history. I believe that they will not fail the inscription on the SS saber."
Xu Jun stood up and walked to the window, looking at the Paris city view outside the office window, and said calmly.
"Our honor is loyalty, my head of state."
Dogen lowered his head respectfully.
Long before the great domestic cleansing began, Xu Jun had already launched a large-scale cleansing operation in the SS.
Himmler has now become Xu Jun's most effective helper and weapon in ensuring the domestic stability of Germany and the implementation of the German strategic adjustment plan. The intuition of this SS national leader was terrifying in some respects. He knew this was the only chance to keep his already shaken throne. If he can't grasp it, Xu Jun will send him to **** without hesitation. If he grasps it, then he may be trusted by the apostle of God. Moreover, he admired Xu Jun’s performance on the battlefield and political arena very much. When Xu Jun knocked Hitler to the ground, Himmler, who was accustomed to respecting the strong, immediately replaced the statue in his heart on the altar with Hitler. Reinhardt. He firmly believes that as long as he serves the apostle faithfully, he will gain more benefits from the young head of state than he has now lost.
Himmler’s obedience to orders is the most resolute and thorough among German officials. As long as he receives an order, he will work hard to complete it even with the dumbest method. Once the SS reorganization plan and rectification orders are issued, they must be unconditionally obeyed and implemented.
Himmler, the cruelest mob in history did not hesitate to extend his butcher knife to his men in this time and space. In just half a month, the scum in the SS was cleaned up once, and in the process the **** and efficient style of the SS was maintained.
Xu Jun has no good impressions of the German Nazi SS, even full of disgust. The gorgeous auras about the SS in history all come from its branch, the Waffen SS, which is known for its bravery and tenacious style. The ordinary SS was of no use at all except spreading terror and crime on German and occupied territories, corrupting Germany’s reputation, and committing a lot of wars and civil crimes. Moreover, as long as one thing is incorporated into the SS, the proportion of failures will increase exponentially. It is purely a typical representative of failures.
Now, Xu Jun will no longer allow that bad situation to happen under his nose. If the SS can’t play the role he should play for Germany, Xu Jun doesn’t mind being in this rat **** completely. Pick out a pot of soup before ruining it. However, the almost religious loyalty and sacrificial spirit of the SS, as well as the strong cohesion and strength that evoked from it, are what everyone in power hopes to master. This is a huge force that ordinary people cannot imagine.
Xu Jun is also unwilling to give up this force that can strengthen his rule at this stage. Therefore, how to control and use the SS that has begun to decay has become an important issue for Xu Jun.
After all, the SS is theoretically his personal personal guard, and it has not penetrated so extensively in all areas of Germany as it will in the future, causing such serious damage to Germany. If it can be reformed and reasonable The use of it would be a powerful trump card in Xu Jun's hand. However, the premise is that Xu Jun must thoroughly control this force.
Historically suspicious Hitler did not completely trust the SS. He always worried that the SS would become another stormtrooper, so he did not relax his control over the SS from beginning to end. Himmler hadn't clearly understood the head of state's thoughts at first, and immediately received a severe warning from Hitler after a private action. Thinking of Roma's end that year, Himmler put away his ambition to dominate the SS, and the subsequent performance of the SS did satisfy the head of state.
As one of the national violence agencies, the position of the SS is unusually vague. In addition to Hitler's intentional indulgence of his personal guard, Himmler's personal ambition also played a very important role.
In history, the SS has become synonymous with terror. With Hitler’s approval, it enjoys all the right to legally use violence, and its tentacles reach every corner of the Third Reich. Anything it considers to be beneficial exists. The fields of politics, economics, production, diplomacy, and even scientific research will be invaded by it ruthlessly. The SS actually has its own ordnance research institution, which specifically designs weapons and equipment for them. As a paramilitary unit, it is extremely rare in world history. The SS enjoys the highest level of privileges among the violent institutions of the Third Reich. It is only responsible to the German head of state, except for the German head of state and their national leader, they refuse to accept anyone's command. They have absolute police power and can arrest any German citizen they regard as criminals at will. They can even arrest active-duty soldiers, even if it is a general with a medal. They have their own prison, their own concentration camp, their own legal system, and even their own courts and judges.
In the Third Reich, the SS and the State Secret Police jointly cast the Damocles Sword hanging over the heads of all German citizens. Any German who dares to cross the thunder pool will learn about these two violent agencies. Iron fist. The only national violence institution in the history of the world that can be compared with them is only Cheka, which was known for its **** and brutality. It is now called the Soviet National People's Committee of the Interior, which is the famous KGB in later generations.
Now, Xu Jun is not ready to let the SS develop like in history, he must reposition the SS. Xu Jun's goal is to transform the SS into a German national internal guard force, and make the SS a key force in maintaining German social stability, rather than the destroyer of social order in history.
The SS cannot become a privileged institution, it can only serve the regime. Xu Jun decided to limit the powers of the SS, deprive them of part of their police power and all privileges that are not related to their duties, and limit their power to only those needed to defend national security. The SS will implement thorough militarized management instead of the original management model of semi-political organization and semi-military organization. That model is too confusing and created too many opportunities for the black sheep in the SS to use power for personal gains to embezzle the wealth of Germany.
The SS must also streamline existing personnel and remove all those who do not meet the standards, so as to purify the composition of the SS. Because Himmler was too eager to expand the SS before, a large number of social workers were recruited into this organization. From the records of the past few years, the source of the SS members is extremely complicated, from traffickers to thugs, as long as they are considered to be loyal to the Nazi Party and willing to be loyal to the head of state, and can prove that they are pure Aryan race Germanic can join. Moreover, nepotism in the SS is rampant, and one person is often ascended to heaven. Once some people have power, the first thing they do is to draw all members of their family into the SS.
This has caused the situation of bribery in the SS to become more and more serious. Everyone has seen the benefits of joining the SS, so the leaders of all levels of the SS who have the power to recruit have become those who want to get in with various purposes The chief bribery of the SS guys. The information Xu Jun saw recorded such an incident. A certain butcher shop owner gave a basket of sausages to a third-level SS captain. The next day, people suddenly discovered that this was still cutting meat in the shop yesterday. Today, the guy wore a black SS uniform and wandered around the streets, and the collar of the first-level SS team leader was hung on his collar. This shows that the clean-up and rectification of the internal personnel of the SS has reached the point where it is urgent.
Xu Jun’s order to Himmler specifically stated that for this purpose, any personnel who did not meet the SS membership standards would be removed. If anyone is found to be involved in bribery or fraudulent acts for private purposes, they shall be arrested on the spot and interrogated severely. Once the circumstances are found to be true, they must be punished immediately.
The SS will truly become one of the armed units of the country, and all funds will be provided by the state instead of being raised by the SS itself. Once some SS sponsors used the power of the SS to attack their opponents, this has seriously affected the stability of German domestic economic development. The SS will conduct complete military training. The German Wehrmacht will send professional instructors to give the SS soldiers the most systematic and comprehensive military training, and SS officers at all levels will also receive systematic military command education. The SS rank is linked to the rank of the Wehrmacht. , But retain the original military rank logo. The SS will become a light armed force recognized by the state and assume the responsibility of safeguarding the country's internal security and maintaining order. Prior to this, the SS must reorganize a new leadership organization and structure, and use the National Defense Force as a model to establish a more systematic and efficient command system. The SS has to formulate new rules and regulations, must strictly abide by German law, and establish a strict supervisory agency to prevent illegal acts.
Moreover, Xu Jun also specifically asked Himmler to minimize the ideological dominance of Nazi racial ideology in the SS, and at the same time put the focus of ideological guidance on patriotism and loyalty education, and the most important point is that Establish Xu Jun's personal highest leadership position in the minds of SS members. The SS will become an internal armed police force loyal to the country but responsible only for the head of state. This is the new identity Xu Jun has customized for this black army.
Himmler deeply understood Xu Jun's spirit. This head of state is slowly erasing the traces of Hitler's existence in Germany and taking the opportunity to increase his strength. For this, he can understand very well. After so many years of intrigue and deception to fight for power, Himmler also sees the nature of the Nazi party. Whether or not the belief is firm is not important. What is important is only the strength in his hands.
Xu Jun now has a huge power that Hitler was unable to control at the time. He has gained the support and allegiance of all national violent machines. He successfully completed tasks that Hitler could not complete, and completely controlled the rights of the entire country. Individual hands.
Hitler was not able to achieve a complete dictatorship at the beginning of the war. Most of his power was shared among his group of comrades. For this reason, he had to devote a lot of energy to balance him every month. The relationship between the group of comrades in arms. At the same time, he must balance the relationship between the Nazi Party and other powerful institutions in the country, and balance the conflict of interests between the two parties. The most important thing is that he has not yet fully mastered the German army. Although he is the sole leader of the German army, in fact, the German officers still have the strength to obstruct his orders. The strength of direct confrontation.
And now Xu Jun has not only won the full support of the military, but also through Hitler’s death, eliminated all high-level Nazis who could threaten him and share power with him, and concentrated all their rights on From this point of view, the current apostle of God is more qualified to be called a dictator than Hitler at the time.
Himmler now knows exactly what role he should play under the apostle of God. He also saw what he would get from Xu Jun. Although the SS has been weakened on the surface, in fact, the SS will be stronger than before.
The SS was politically recognized by the military for the first time, which means that the internal friction and confrontation between the SS and the military will no longer exist, and the biggest obstacle to the development of the SS will disappear. And Xu Jun’s legal status for the SS made Himmler even more happy~IndoMTL.com~ This means that the SS will be able to step on the political stage as the official administrative unit of the German state from now on, instead of doing things like before. Everything must bear Hitler's sign. The SS is no longer a mob but a regular national force.
And what makes Himmler most excited is that Xu Jun actually gave him an important mission, and it is related to Himmler’s most interested foreign affairs activities. Himmler can see from this point. Jun's trust in him has reached an optimistic level.
Xu Jun asked him to select the most elite armed personnel in the SS to form a battalion-level combat team, and then follow the German mission to China, and stationed there to provide protection for Germany and its allies' foreign affairs agencies. Himmler devoted great enthusiasm to this, and 1,200 German SS members were drawn from various units. They are all veterans or strong young men who have served in the Wehrmacht. They are fanatical patriots, and they admire and admire the current head of the imperial state, and are eager to contribute their loyalty to the head of state.
All of them have received rigorous eighteen weeks of infantry training, and many of them have various special technical certificates. After personally reviewing and watching the live ammunition exercises of this force, Himmler felt that the combat effectiveness of these SS members even surpassed that of the Waffen SS on the French front.
He is now full of confidence in completing this task. These fighters will not let his head of state down, and will surely win him more praise and favor from the head of state.
And after watching the tactical drills of the soldiers, the head of the Asian Intelligence Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured him in private that, except for not using chopsticks, these soldiers would be invincible in Asia.