Chapter 6 Shocking Changes
The cold sweat on Kruger's head suddenly appeared. Now he was unarmed, and even his only gun was confiscated before entering the conference room. He was mournful, his upper and lower jaws and teeth were obviously fighting. He said in a trembling voice: "Yuan...正正, I...but...but...he has always been loyal to you."
"Loyalty? That's how you are loyal to me?" Hoffman ignored the pitiful Kruger, but instead pointed at Kruger's right-hand man. Major General Haining von Treskov, chief of staff of the Central Army Group, said, "Catch this traitor."
Before everyone could react, three guards, like wolves and tigers, rushed up and grabbed Treskov with his backhand. Seeing that he was still struggling, Major Genshe went over and punched him hard in the abdomen. He curled up in pain and couldn't help but blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, staring at Hoffman with hatred.
"General Treskov, a core figure in the famous rebel organization, I heard that you have organized more than three assassinations against me, but I didn't expect to surrender on such occasions, right?" Hoffman smiled contemptuously. The advantage of time travelers is that they are good. According to common sense, these people will not be exposed until the 720 incident, but he can now pull them out one by one, "Guard, go outside and check his bag carefully and be careful of the bomb."
Everyone looked at each other. The development of the incident exceeded their ability to withstand and imagination, but no one dared to move in the face of the guns of MP38.
After a while, Major Genshe ran over and reported the fact that he found a time bomb in Treskov's bag. Although the sound was not loud, everyone could hear it clearly. Hoffman only felt the hairs on his back standing up one by one. If he hadn't made up his mind to remove the cancer and make proper arrangements, he might have been reimbursed today, and he would have really become a deadly devil.
When they heard that there was a bomb, the other people involved also turned pale. I don’t know how many casualties would be caused by the explosion of the bomb in such a closed occasion! Fortunately, the head of state discovered their conspiracy.
"First of the First of the Year...First of the First of the Year..." Kruger cried and rushed over, "I didn't agree to participate in their conspiracy."
"So, do you admit that you know their conspiracy?" Hoffman smiled coldly, "Kruger, if you really dare to join the rebel organization, I respect you as a character, but you are both rats, and you dare not report their conspiracy to me, nor dare to participate in their conspiracy. You are a shameless and worthless pitiful person! Delay me and hold him up and let Himmler go to interrogate!"
Kruger's face turned pale, and Major Genshe didn't be polite to him, and he tore off his collar and epaulette when he came up. The poor Marshal trembled all over, burst into tears, and he couldn't say anything regretful.
"Who among you is their accomplice? You can stand up and implicate others less." Hoffmann's cold eyes swept through the crowd. No one said or moved. Of course, no one dared to look at his eyes, and the air seemed to have frozen.
"Don't stand up? Then I'll call Friedrich Albricht!" With Hoffman shouting, the guards rushed to capture the infantry general who served in the Supreme Command. This guy didn't sound famous, but Hoffman knew his power well. He used his identity as the director of the Office of the Army General Command and the Director of the Reserve Armed Forces Bureau of the Supreme Command to insert a large number of conspiring members into various departments of the Army Headquarters, and also formulated a plan to launch a military coup and occupy Berlin based on the Reserve Army. However, he was also a bachelor. When he saw that the situation was wrong, he honestly surrendered without any struggle, and did not even say a word of defense.
Everyone gasped, but they didn't expect to catch another one. Marshal Kettle, the chief of staff of the Supreme Command, looked pale and twitched all over. The head of state actually caught such a high-level rebel with his eyelids. He only felt that the sky was about to collapse.
Amid Treskov's curse, amid Kruger's pleading, and in Albricht's silence, the guards rushed the rebels to evacuate quickly until the gate of the conference room closed with a "bang" and everyone's hearts were relieved.
"The meeting will continue, General Weix, do you have any disagreements with the new position?"
Now Weix didn't dare to say anything more. He shook his head mechanically and sat down honestly. However, he didn't have much thought to listen to what Hoffman wanted to say next. His mind was full of rebel groups: Treskov's arrest was definitely a bombshell. He played for two commanders of the Central Army Group, Bock and Kruger. In particular, Marshal Bock was still his uncle. Maybe he had already organized a conspiracy network. If not unexpected, the Central Army Group would soon start a cleansing of conspirators. When he thought of taking over the Central Army Group, and with the fact that Himmler and the SS had to intervene, his brain felt ache.
Even Weix didn't make any noise, so naturally no one would stand up and complain for Paulus. Moreover, everyone's mind was all about plotting groups and they dared not question the decision of the head of state. The subsequent personnel appointments were naturally adjusted. Manstein not only took over as the commander of the B Group Army Group, but also served as the commander of the 6th Army. The Greek conquerors, Lieutenant General Ferdinand Scherner, the commander of the 19th Mountain Army, unexpectedly became the commander of the 2nd Army. Although this was a pure infantry army, it had as many as 9 divisions and 1 brigade. Obviously, he was not present and also obtained a good job. According to convention, his rank could be upgraded one level. He had a far superior understanding of Scherner's ability and loyalty Hoffmann. This seemingly ordinary personnel adjustment opened the prelude to his series of adjustments to the core commander of the front line.
Now through personnel and deployment adjustments, everyone has understood the overall situation. Among the 180 divisions on the Eastern Front (including more than 20 Axial Little Brother Divisions), the southern wing occupies a large head and has 96 divisions. Among the two armies A and B that form the southern wing, the B Army Group where Manstein is located accounts for 60% of the troops, and even directly governs the 6th Army with the strongest assault force and 14 elite German divisions. Everyone casts at Manstein with envy, but they also feel that the Krim conqueror is worthy of this position.
After some other scattered personnel appointment and removal information were announced, General Zeitzler, Chief of Staff, began to explain the strategic policy of the next stage of the Eastern Front. Zeitzler's level is of course not a good idea. In just one night, he turned the strategic intentions described by Hoffmann in a few words yesterday into meticulous and reliable military deployment adjustments. He picked up the teaching stick and continued on the map one by one: "According to the instructions of the head of state, in the next half year, the troops under the Eastern Front Command will be stable.
At the current level, unless there is a special situation, there will be no new army divisions. However, the personnel, materials, and technical weapons lost by each unit will be replenished according to emergency situations. Overall, we will adopt offensive defense measures in the next few months, focusing on eliminating the living forces of the Russians rather than seizing strategic points. We hope to make adjustments and supplements a year, so that we can open up the situation on the southern line strategy while gaining an overwhelming advantage over Stalin next year."
"South Line Strategy?" Everyone was puzzled. In addition to the East Line and the West Line, there is another southern line now?
"The commander-in-chief of the Western Front is Marshal Longdested; the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front is personally served by the head of state; the commander-in-chief of the Southern Front is Marshal Kesseling, and General Guderian succeeds Marshal Rommel as commander of the African Army." At Zeitzler's signal, Guderian stood up and informed everyone of the general situation of the Southern Front strategy. Everyone was not surprised by Guderian's re-opening. There have been so many things happening today, and they will be accustomed to even unexpected orders. Many people are still glad that Guderian doesn't come to the Eastern Front to make trouble. But listen.
The head of state had to draw two armored divisions and three motorized infantry divisions from the eastern front to reinforce the African army. Everyone, especially the commanders of several army groups, had a gust of toothache like a wind, and no one wanted such a thing to fall on them. But now it seems that this knife is inevitable - who gave the southern front oil resources? Zeitzler's attitude was very clear. The Central Army Group and the Southern Army Group each transferred an armored division and a motorized infantry division, and the Northern Army Group contributed a motorized infantry division, and the specific number was specifically implemented by the Supreme Command after the meeting.
Chapter completed!