Chapter 102 Schlaf's Counterattack
Lieutenant Hall, Supplementary Battalion of the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment.
Wang Weiyi was still so surprised that it was as calm as if no one came in, he had nothing to do with him.
On the contrary, Hall seemed a little afraid. When passing by Wang Weiyi, he quietly looked at his boss.
Marklin seemed to be sure to win. When Lieutenant Hall stood in the witness stand, Marklin asked in a condescending tone: "Lieutenant Hall, although you are standing in front of your superiors now, I hope you will keep the reputation of an upright gentleman and tell me carefully about Captain Ernst Alexand von Breme that day."
"Yes, I will." Hall stumbled, and after a while, he mustered up the courage to say: "We captured the enemy's position and captured a large number of prisoners, including Lieutenant Colonel Rosen... Captain Ernst decided to release the prisoners. I tried to dissuade him, but he did not listen to me and insisted on letting Lieutenant Colonel Rosen go... and... Captain Ernst also went to the British position and stayed for a long time before returning..."
The audience was in an uproar, forcing Felix to rebuke several times to calm them down.
"This damn Jew, he should go to hell!" Adolf Hitler cursed with a dark face. If possible, he hoped to rush up now and then give this Jew a hard lesson!
"Go to the British?" Marclin became excited: "Baron Alexander, why did you go to the British? Can you give us a reasonable explanation? In my understanding, if it were not for the order of the superior, would an officer run to the enemy's camp? I was really curious."
Wang Weiyi smiled faintly.
Schraf knew it was time to take action: "Len Hall, can you be responsible for what you said?"
"I...can't..."
"But as far as I know, your reputation in the supplementary battalion is not that high." Schruff smiled slightly: "After the company commander of the third company of the supplementary battalion, Lieutenant Haos, you really hope to be able to replace Lieutenant Haos, but unfortunately, Baron Alexander was the last commander of the third company, and in the subsequent battles, you have never been very active. Can I imagine that you deliberately said those words because you were jealous of Baron Alexander's merits?"
"I object!" Marklin shouted: "I object to such unfounded accusations by lawyer Schraf!"
"Ah, if I guess wrong, I would also like to apologize to Lawyer Marklin." Before Felix could speak, Schraf had already said first: "But I also heard one thing, before Baron Alexander created the 'Some Miracle', you, Lieutenant Hall, forced your subordinates to abandon your company commander, Ernst Bleme!"
There was another uproar in the audience.
If Schraf hadn't told this inside story, the Germans would never know. German soldiers could be defeated on the battlefield, but they would never allow the shameful thing to abandon their comrades, especially the abandonment of their superiors!
Marclin's face changed drastically. The other party did not answer the question positively, but began to question the witness's character. This is a very terrible thing!
Before he could speak, Felix, the Marquis of Yorko, who was the presiding judge, had he asked: "Endleman Hall, have you ever done such a thing?"
"I..." Hall was a little scared: "I received an order from my superiors to retreat..."
"Retreat?" Schruff said disdainfully: "When your superior, Company Commander Ernst, was fighting bloody on the front line and buying enough time for your retreat, you actually abandoned your superior? Marquis of Yorko, I know that someone at the scene witnessed all this with his own eyes, and he is now in the auditorium, and I want to invite him out."
After obtaining permission from the Marquis of Yorko, Schraf turned to the auditorium: "Mr. Adolf Hitler, are you here?"
Adolf Hitler stood up and walked to the witness stand. Schraf spoke, "Mr. Adolf Hitler, please report your number and rank."
"Corporal of the Third Company of the Supplementary Battalion of the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment."
“Are you on the scene that time?”
"Yes, I'm here, sir."
"Please tell everyone what happened that day?"
Hitler looked at Hall with cold eyes: "That day, we received the order to retreat. Captain Ernst strives to buy us the time to retreat. When Captain Ernst was still on the front line, Lieutenant Hall had already ordered us to retreat. Mr. Lawyer, you are right, Lieutenant Hall, he abandoned his superiors!"
Hall opened his mouth, but he wanted to speak but stopped. He didn't know what to say.
Schlaf then asked, "Corporal Adolf Hitler, please tell us clearly, did Lieutenant Hall have time to receive Baron Alexander?"
Adolf Hitler looked at Hall again, and then a deadly sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"have!"
The exclamation rang out in the audience for the third time.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure!" Adolf Hitler replied so affirmatively: "I even beg Hall, who was still a sergeant, to ask me to pick up Captain Ernst, but Hall flatly rejected my plea. All the people present in the third company could prove this. I respect Lieutenant Hall, but in this matter, he was a shameless deserter!"
Schruff's eyes turned to Hall: "Is there any fabrication of Mr. Adolf Hitler's words?"
Hall was silent for a long time and shook his head with difficulty.
"Traitor!" "Coward!" "Deserter!"
A loud curse had already spread from the audience.
It is hard to say whether Ernst Breme is guilty or not, but the despicable things Hall did have completely angered the Germans who were listening.
Especially those nobles with status, most of them had sympathy for Baron Alexander, but now Hitler's words aroused their anger towards Hall.
"A man like this is not worthy of being a witness!" Schraf began to pursue the victory: "On the battlefield, he can leave his superiors without hesitation, and he is not even worthy of being a German soldier. Lord Marquis of Yorko, I ask you to deprive Hall of witnesses, and at the same time I suggest that the military immediately pursue Hall's despicable behavior on the battlefield."
Chapter completed!