The 269th chapter summer thunder (1)
s: Please think about a question when reading a book. Are the characters in the book necessarily correct? Really?
On the night of July 3, 1943, the Berlin Prime Minister's Office gathered stars and gathered political leaders. The promotion and award ceremony for senior generals of the Third Reich is being held.
"General Hermann Hoot, because of your consistent loyalty, courage and indelible contribution, I now represent the entire German armed forces and the German people, and promote you to the German Army Marshal of the German Wehrmacht!"
"Long live the head of state!" Hort raised his hand respectfully, and then took the marshal's scepter that symbolized the top position of a soldier from Hoffman and raised it high. The audience applause was thunderous...
"General Eibard von Klester, because of your consistent loyalty, courage and indelible contribution, I now represent the entire German armed forces and the German people, and promote you to the German Army Marshal of the German Wehrmacht!"
General Christ also became the marshal.
The two of them will never understand that in real history, not only did they not become marshals, but they were ordered to stand aside after a few years because they disagree with the head of state.
Seeing that some people in the Army were promoted to marshal, air force and navy were very jealous and wanted to pick people out for promotion, but the Navy had just promoted one round not long ago. General Gram, who was closest to being promoted to the Air Force, was promoted to the general at the beginning of the year. It was too fast to be promoted to the marshal, so he could only continue to wait. However, Grim's loyalty in history and his outstanding performance in recent battles Hoffman would not forget, so he and Model and others accepted the Cross of the Double Sword Silver Oak Leaf Knight.
The promotion and award ceremony lasted for more than two hours, but no one felt impatient because they knew that the engagement ceremony of the head of state had not begun tonight's highlight.
The engagement ceremony for ordinary people is usually held in the woman's family, and at most several relatives and friends are invited. However, the news of the head of state engagement is not a simple personal matter, but a major event that is closely watched by the whole of Germany and the entire axis. Not only senior generals, core officials, including the heads of state, and even Pope Pius XII, who lived in a deep position in the Vatican, came to Berlin.
After Hoffman traveled through time, the relationship between Germany and the Holy See became much more harmonious. First, Germany changed its policy to Jews, and the three years of hard labor even the Holy See believed that it was completely reasonable. It should be a punishment for the original sin of the Jews, such as Christ; second, Germany weakened its ideological output and no longer put aggressive pressure on Christianity or Catholicism; third, the Eastern countries that were free from the control of the Bolsheviks began to spread normal religiously. Although Orthodoxism is the mainstream, Christianity still has a certain market.
However, before the engagement ceremony, the head of state unexpectedly stated that it would give a live speech first.
"Do you need to tell the broadcast audience the content?" Goebbels asked. The Propaganda Department and the Party organizations of major regions used all their strength to broadcast the entire process. Now at least 20 million people in Germany are listening to live reports on the radio attentively.
"should."
"The German people, all German patriots, the head of state delivered a public speech..."
"... Before the war began, I promised the German people that before the final victory of this war, I would not consider the issue of personal marriage, and everything I had to devote to this country that was once deeply disaster-stricken. Today I broke my promise. Although Germany continued to win on the battlefield and defeated one enemy after another, it was still a distance from the final victory. At this time, I held the engagement ceremony, not on my whim, nor on my own trampling on the promise I had made at will."
Hoffman paused and said, "It is because my lover, Miss Braun, has a brand new life in her belly. As the father of this life, I cannot ignore his growth, nor do I ignore the selfless efforts of those who love me. I must give them a promise and a title, and fulfill the responsibilities of being a man and a father."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and tens of millions of people listening to the radio were also stunned.
"If you are willing to continue uniting and working together under the banner of the Party, be willing to trust me to continue leading the empire forward, be willing to magnanimously forgive my breakup, please give your cheers as much as possible..."
The silence lasted only 1-2 seconds. In the next moment, all the guests heard the sound of tsunamis outside, "Long live the head of state!" It was almost the shouting of the people of Berlin!
"Thank you, I heard your voice... Believe me, I will definitely bring you a brilliant and brilliant German Empire that has stood for thousands of years. Let us shout long live Germany for the final victory of Germany!"
Outside the window there was also a rush of voices like "Long live Germany!"
All the guests breathed a sigh of relief. They were a little uncomfortable with the head of state playing this thrilling move. However, Goebbels secretly applauded that although the matter of pregnancy before marriage is not a big deal, it is not a trivial matter for politicians, especially the head of state, and it will not be hidden in the future. Instead of spreading it privately, it is better to admit it openly and openly. On the one hand, it seems open and righteous, on the other hand, the head of state is a working-class politician, a representative of the people of the lower class, and a leader elected by the people of Germany by votes. It is not a noble elite who are arrogant and do not live in the world. Public support is crucial. This kind of honesty will not only not lose points, but also add points.
Aiwa on the side was almost crying. She didn't know that there were so many things hidden after the engagement ceremony. These days, she devoted all her attention to jewelry, wedding dress, clothing, and ceremony, trying to make herself dignified, generous, elegant and luxurious at the engagement ceremony, and worthy of the decentness of the Third Reich. Hoffman tried his best to satisfy her request, but this simple-minded woman did not think of more things at all.
Now everyone's eyes on Hoffmann are different: the head of state is not only engaged, but also clearly declares that it has descendants. Considering that the head of state is less than 55 years old, and the golden age of a politician is at least 20 years old, as long as the overall situation is not turbulent and the status is as stable as Mount Tai. If he is born as a boy, he will be a hot figure in another 20 years. He may be younger in succession, but he is undoubtedly the top successor of Germany's political heritage. They have all studied history. Charles Louis Napoleon will fight from a decaying nobleman to the French emperor with his reputation as the surname Napoleon. If Germany becomes the leader of the European alliance, who will dare to underestimate the surname "Hitler" from now on?
Mussolini in the crowd couldn't help but say to Count Ziano: "I didn't expect that Adolf was still a seed of innocent love..."
Ziano agreed and smiled, but couldn't help but slander in his heart: You are so embarrassed to tease others that you are almost the joke of the Italian people in terms of relationships between men and women.
Marshal Antonescu, the ruler of Romanian, said to the people around him: "The head of state has become more and more stable, not as impatient or fanatical as before. It is vaguely like the leader of the European alliance. It is a good thing for the future political landscape. Alas, I hope to finish the war early now!"
Of course, you have to drink wine on such a good day, but Hoffman was obviously very restrained and only drank a little wine. At 1 o'clock in the evening, the wine was almost awake. He gently patted Eva who was sleeping beside him: "I'm going to have a meeting, you have a good rest."
"Ah, I'll have a meeting so late?" Eva opened her eyes in a daze, "Can't it be tomorrow?"
"I've made an appointment long ago. If I don't go, I'll be late."
"Then be careful and come back soon."
In the conference room of the base camp, several generals were walking. Seeing that the time was approaching, Marshal Hort asked worriedly: "Will the Head of State get drunk and can't wake up?"
"It's possible that today is a good day for engagement." Marshal Klester nodded and said, "I was much younger than the head of state. I was drunk and unconscious at that time... Well..." He said, and couldn't help but burp, which made a bunch of people laugh at him.
But today is a happy day for the two marshals. It is abnormal not to drink. Marshal Klester is now standing here with a blush on his face. The man in his 60s looks refreshed like a young man in his early 20s.
Zeitzler smiled and said, "It's okay if the head of state doesn't come. The general strategy has been determined. If the combat plan is clear, it will be formed. I will go to the head of state to report tomorrow morning."
As soon as he finished speaking, a "Head of the First Emperor!" had already come in.
At 1:30, Hoffman walked into the conference room on time, and everyone saluted neatly. Hoffman smiled and congratulated the generals who were promoted and received the medal today, and then everyone congratulated him on his happy engagement.
After a few minutes of greetings, the meeting officially came to the main point. Hoffmann was carefully considered when he chose to hold the meeting. One was that most of the generals were concentrated in Berlin; the other was that the news of the engagement ceremony was known to all countries, and covering the development and initiation of the combat plan could achieve unexpected goals. He believed that Britain and the United States could get the news of their engagement, so Berlin made great efforts in security, with a lot of troops laid out on the ground, and hundreds of planes were escorting in the air. Britain and the United States were quite aware of it and did not harass him.
"How is the situation on the front line?"
"Everything went very smoothly, the establishment of various armies was initially adjusted, and the losses of each unit in the castle battle were added to more than 90%. The surrendered Russian PLA 2nd Army and other Russian prisoners have shifted from the front line to Ukraine and Minsk." Zeitzler looked through the progress table, "Logistics support is in full swing, and it is expected that it will be completed by the evening of July 4, and the attack will not be delayed. The overall plan is still missing a loud code."
"This will be an unexpected sudden attack, just like the thunder of summer shocking everyone." Hoffman thought for a while, "It's called Summer Thunder..." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!