Chapter 468:

At short notice, the two had to go to Berghof, apparently Hitler was not at the headquarters of the Wolf's Lair.

Hitler was an insecure man, so he was constantly on the move, and on the other hand, as the leader of a country, he had a special power and often interfered in the actions of the front commanders during the war, so in a few years he ordered the construction of a number of command posts.

In addition to the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, there is also the Tsosen headquarters in Potsdam on the outskirts of Berlin, the Wolf's Den in Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany, and the Eagle's Nest in the Alps near Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, southern Germany.

In addition to this, there is the Wolf's Glen in Budapest, Belgium, where Hitler completed the French campaign on the Western Front in 1940, during which France surrendered.

Berghof where Xiao Mubai and Colonel Stauffenberg traveled, originally known as Hitler's mountain house, was Hitler's home in Upper Salzburg in the Bavarian mountains, in a small town in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria.

Judging by the map, Berghoff has reached the border of Germany and Austria.

Berghoff's other name is the Eagle's Nest, and when Xiao Mubai heard the SS colonel talk about it, he knew that Hitler was in the Eagle's Nest, and of course, his mistress Eva.

In fact, the name "Eagle's Nest" was not given by Hitler, it was always called Berghoff during World War II, and the name "Eagle's Nest" came from a detailed post-war report by a world-famous British journalist, Wald Prece.

Although the Eagle's Nest was one of Hitler's headquarters, it could not be compared with the Wolf's Lair, let alone the Wolf's Valley, which was not so much Hitler's headquarters as his leisure resort, of course, this does not mean that the Eagle's Nest did not have the Führer's Guard.

At an altitude of 1,881 meters, the Eagle's Nest was built in 1938 by order of Martin Baumann as a villa for Hitler's 50th birthday, and Hitler used it as a guest of honor.

Hitler spent a considerable amount of time here during the war, most of which was spent expressing dissatisfaction with the personnel who took part in the war, mainly the Wehrmacht officer corps.

According to records, Hitler came here to write the second volume of Mein Kampf and fell in love with the place. So, the Nazis saw the opportunity and decided to build a villa as a birthday gift for Hitler's 50th birthday. After a "great, magnificent, and weird" design, and after 13 months and more than 6,000 workers' intense construction, the Eagle's Nest and supporting facilities were finally completed in 1939.

It is said that Hitler was very pleased with this "work" of his subordinates.

He specially designed some furniture for himself and gave it to his subordinates to make the finished product. He also often vacations here with his mistress, Eva. On a whim, he also likes to use this place as a backdrop to create oil paintings.

After the outbreak of World War II, the Eagle's Nest became the second political center of Nazi Germany after Berlin.

It was in this scenic place that Hitler hosted many important political figures at home and abroad, and it was here that Hitler signed the order to annex Austria and, together with others, developed plans to invade Poland and France.

In 1935, Hitler's mountain villa was rebuilt and renamed Bergerhof, and after that, it became the place where Hitler lived and vacationed for ten years.

Hitler came to the "Eagle's Nest" about 10 times, most of them for less than 30 minutes, and more often than not, he was at the headquarters of the Wolf's Lair on the Eastern Front. In the six years since the outbreak of the Polish War in 1939, Hitler spent about three-quarters of his time in the Wolf's den.

Therefore, when Xiao Mubai learned that Hitler was in the Eagle's Nest, he knew that things were about to change, but fortunately, he knew something here.

The cars followed the winding Bavarian Highway all the way to Berchtesgaden, where they traveled from Berlin in the northeast through the smaller half of Germany to Rosenheim in the southwest, and from there into the Bavarian Mountains.

At this time, Austria was German territory, and Berghoff was not located on the border at this time, because Hitler was Austrian, so it was also regarded as the home of the German leader.

The car unwittingly arrived at the terminal village of Rodt, and under the alert of the SS Reich Security Corps, the car stopped at the entrance to the tunnel, the heavily armed SS elite was armed with all MP40 submachine guns, and an SS major officer ordered the car to stop.

After a series of tedious checks and records, the communication room at the security checkpoint at the entrance of the tunnel called the Berghof villa to ask for instructions on whether to pass and received a reply, and finally Xiao Mubai and the two were allowed to pass under the watchful eye.

The tunnel leading to the Eagle's Nest is eerie, and this tunnel is not unlike a bomb shelter during the war, and the sound of footsteps is clearly heard as you walk through it.

The tunnel, cut straight through the hard granite, is magnificent, but at the same time depressing, especially with the heavily armed SS soldiers behind them.

I don't know how long I walked, but I finally saw clear daylight, and the exit had arrived.

At this time, their location has arrived at this mountain at an altitude of 400 meters from the security checkpoint in the village of Rodt at the foot of the mountain, the sky outside is blue and endless, the weather is clear, the air is fresh and breezy, which is refreshing.

I have to say that Hitler will really enjoy it, this mountain-built villa is really no less than the sea-view villa with a price of tens of millions in later generations, and the feeling of seeing the mountains at a glance is not something that everyone can experience, and it is estimated that only the chairman of the Lushan villa can be compared.

The Berghof building covers an area of 30 hectares and includes pillboxes, anti-aircraft gun emplacements, watchtowers, and various barracks. There are 4 pillboxes with an area of 250 square meters, including 2 reinforced pillboxes and 3 barracks.

These buildings cost about 3,000 cubic meters of concrete, which can be said to be extremely strong.

The building is surrounded by a steel wire fence with wooden watchtowers with tall wooden legs. Locals called the building the First Security Zone, and it housed Hitler and his mistress, Awa, as well as his retinue of officers, assistants, and secretaries.

Of all the buildings, the largest and most important was Hitler's residence, which contained a studio, a bedroom, several assistants' bedrooms, as well as a kitchen and bathroom.

The house was next to the aide-de-camp's quarters at one end and General Jodel's at the other, and General Keitel's house next door to Hitler's was a windowless, but air-conditioned cement room.

Among other buildings, there is a barracks-style house that serves as a meeting room for analyzing the situation, and a windowless dining room with a long table for 20 guests. On the long wall is a map of France.

Xiao Mubai has figured out the situation of Berghoff, and then it will be up to Colonel Stauffenberg.

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