Chapter XII Air Force Questions
With a "bang", Hoffman turned off the radio at the Eagle Nest Base Camp and stopped listening to the nagging arranged by Goebel - it was a long list, and it would take great effort to read it. These lists were announced only after he approved it. Instead of hiding it and not letting the public know it, it would be better to tell it openly, so as not to guess randomly below, at least there would be a deterrent effect.
Facts have proved that Himmler's methods of doing things and his ruthlessness were extremely prominent. Not only did he use this incident to put Goering as a traitor, but he also naturally created a scene of suicide fearing guilt. Hoffmann did not have to look at or investigate to know what the truth was. Goering had nothing to do with this incident, and it was bad because he was too domineering on weekdays. Not only did no one come forward to plead for him when dealing with it, no one questioned this after the case was announced - although everyone knew what the inside story was.
But for Gorene, Hoffmann had not had a good sleep for several days. To be honest, he only wanted to deprive Gorene of his rights, but he didn't want to completely kill him. Even the title of Imperial Marshal was still kept for him, but the consequence was so cruel. It was just a subconscious hint that Himmler finished the matter the next day. Although he traveled through time and became the head of state and inherited the head of state's ruthless memory, he was just the soul of an intellectual who traveled through time and could not be considered a qualified politician. He had never experienced parliamentary struggles, but now he was actually a joke while chatting and laughing.
A marshal of the imperial party, the second-ranked figure in the party, was cleared out, and it felt very good and frightening. How could he sleep? The problem is that others did not know Hoffman's original intention. Whether it was the veterans of the party or the top military, they were shocked by the head of state to wipe out the Gorin power like a thunderous method. If it took great effort to clean up the stormtroopers and Rom, this time the liquidation of Gorin was considered to be effortless. Everyone was impressed by the authority of the head of state. Even Ribin Tropp, who was always careless, was now with 120,000 caution.
Originally, he had a little sympathy for Goring's fate, but after Himmler submitted Goring's list of house searches, his mood gradually returned to calm. The list showed that the total value of real estate, securities, diamonds, gold and cash under Goring's name was 50 million imperial marks, while the antiques, cultural relics and oil paintings collected by Goring were more than 400 million imperial marks - these were all obtained by him using tricks from various places, and the price paid was extremely insignificant. In addition, Goring also had the Hermann Goring Empire Mining and Ironmaking United Company. Under the escort of the powerful and powerful, this steel enterprise, which was established in 1936, has developed into the top five steel giants in Germany after just a few years of development, and the value of this part of the equity is no less than 100 million marks.
The cost of a No. 4 tank is only 100,000 Empire Mark, and Goring's value is worth 5,000 tanks. Hoffman was deeply shocked by this, and the last bit of sympathy disappeared.
"My head of state, Gorene may not have treason, but his crimes are no different from treason." Looking at Hoffmann's uneasy mood, Martin Bowman said angrily, "Look at his extravagant life, even the Hohenzollern family does not have such a big show, and his fate is not worthy of sympathy."
"I know, just thinking about the friendship over the years still makes me unable to face it as if nothing had happened." Hoffman no longer continued to bother Gorene, but instead explained Bauman, "After the Gorene incident, your task is also very arduous. We must strengthen the national socialist education of comrades in the party, guide them to transfer their enthusiasm for making a fortune to contribute all their strength to the cause of the empire. We must pay attention to the evaluation and assessment of cadres at all levels. We can no longer bear similar injuries and cannot afford them. Now, Himmler, Goebbels, you and Sperer are my most trusted assistant. Himmler is responsible for the SS. Goebbels must be in charge of government affairs, and Sperer must be responsible for the economy and arms, but the core of our career is the socialism of the Party and the country. No one is allowed to trample on or above this principle, so you must be conscientious and humble."
Bauman nodded, saying that he understood Hoffman's subtext. After Goring fell, Himmler's power became too great and he had to find a way to restrain it. Although the head of state took advantage of the integration of intelligence agencies to weaken some of the powers of the SS, Himmler's overall status still rose. To suppress this momentum, he had to borrow party chess pieces like Bauman. After personally experiencing the test of the Goring incident, Hoffman became much more mature in politics and had a lot more smooth in the methods of handling problems. Bauman and Goebbels were the chess pieces he used to restrict Himmler and must be used well.
In order to avoid the familiar people seeing the flaws, Hoffman racked his brains to slowly send out the people around him. Chief Adjutant Schmont was promoted by him and appointed as Lieutenant General to replace the position of military commander on the Eastern Front. Zeitzler naturally welcomed the arrival of this old friend. Dr. Morel, who was familiar with the body of the head of state, was also arranged by him to go to the Eastern Front Logistics Department as deputy director. This was ignorant and he had been thinking about injecting drugs and other drugs to the head of state.
The scammer of the world was finally swept out by him. He was determined to change the other head of state service staff at the right time in the future to minimize the risk of identity exposure. There may be only one person in Germany who cannot change it, that is Eva - Eva Braun. In the past two days, he is still having a headache except for Gorene's affairs, so how can he face this woman who lives in the villa of Berghof a few kilometers away and is the closest woman with the head of state.
He delayed the matter of Eva for a few more days, but the Air Force's problems could not be delayed for a moment. After Gorene's fall, a wave of purge of the remnants of Gorene was also set off within the Air Force. Keitel, who adhered to Hoffman's will, has tried his best to control the situation not to be too serious, but the wave of purging inevitably affected the Air Force No. 2 person, Marshal Mirch, the Air Force Director. He was questioned as early as 1935 because his father was a Jew, and the Gestapo also intervened in the investigation. Gorene was originally
In order to protect Mirch, he claimed that Mirch's father was not the Jewish pharmacist Anton Mirch, but his uncle Karl Brauer, and the mother of Mirch signed a certificate to guarantee. Gorin also had a rumor: "In the Luftwaffe, I will decide who the Jews are!" But now that Gorin has collapsed, the promises and guarantees he made are invalid. Himmler easily found out that the German ancestry certificate obtained after Mirch was fake, and Mirch is an absolute Jewish descendant.
Faced with such a difficult problem, Kettle did not dare to be self-dedicated and could only come back to ask for instructions. As a scholar with conscience, Hoffman hated racism and anti-Semiticism and wanted to change this established national policy. However, he also knew that anti-Semiticism was a deep-rooted consensus among the Third Reich. Even if he was the head of state, he could not take the blame for the whole party. After considering for a long time, he finally decided to do it slowly.
"Obviously, Marshal Mirch had to move a position, otherwise the Air Force would not be able to explain it here." In Hoffman's memory, Mirch's ability was outstanding and his shortcomings were clear enough - he was too powerful and was deeply criticized by the Air Force. Due to his non-cooperation, the Air Force Chief of Staff changed one after another. It was not until the former Mirch's deputy, Yehnnik, who was only 40 years old at the time, came to power and took a firm hold. It shows that Mirch's popularity was different. What's more, Mirch was good at administrative management and personnel organizations, weaker than strategic command, and was biased against the development of new aircraft. He even delayed the service of ME-262 because of his bad relationship with Dr. Messer-Schmidt, which is fatal to an Air Force Director.
"Aren't you entrusting the prisoner-of-war camp to the Air Force? Let Marshal Mirch be transferred to the Director of the Administrative Affairs Bureau of the Supreme Command, and handle the prisoners with full-time duty." Hoffman reminded, "As for the Jewish descendants, don't mention it again. Although Gorene has dealt with it, it does not mean that everything Gorene has done before, and every word he said is wrong. We should continue to persist. The disposal of others cannot be further expanded, otherwise we can only be happy with our enemies. The Supreme Command must stand firmly, and the National Defense Force is not a subordinate organization of the SS."
Bauman, who was standing by, nodded repeatedly. The head of state said a vague reproach to the SS. It seemed that he didn't want to let Himmler do it.
Keitel asked: "How to arrange the subsequent personnel and organizational issues of the Air Force? The current successor to the Air Force commander is Marshal Kesseling. In addition, Marshal Hugo Speer, commander of the Western Front Air Force, and General Wolflam von Richthofen, have certain supporters."
"The southern line is the strategic direction in the future. The position of commander-in-chief of Kesseling's southern line must not be shaken. As for the other two..." Hoffman hesitated a little and slowly walked. The qualifications of these two people were too shallow, and they were afraid that they could not suppress the arrogant and powerful generals of the Air Force. He had been walking in the spot for three circles, but he still didn't make up his mind.
"First of the People, why don't you serve as the commander-in-chief of the Air Force in person?" Seeing that Hoffman had not spoken for a long time, Bauman interrupted, "As the Supreme Commander of the Empire, you are now the commander-in-chief of the Army, and you can also serve as the commander-in-chief of the Air Force - this will help stabilize the situation faster."
Kettle was originally sarcastic about Bowman, a flatterer in his heart, but then he thought that it was not unacceptable. Once the head of state serves as the commander of the air force, it would mean completely breaking the "independent kingdom" of the air force, which would be of great benefit to the Supreme Commander's control of the overall situation. Therefore, he also expressed his smile on his face and waited for the head of state to accept it happily.
Who knew Hoffman gave a different answer: "Let me think about it first. When we go back to Berlin tomorrow, I want to share my ideas about air force tactics and aviation manufacturing with the Air Force generals, which is crucial to our strategy."
Chapter completed!