Chapter 296: Christmas (2)
Brilliant fireworks burst into flames, illuminating the dark and clear night sky in a strange and gloomy light. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Under the busyness of the housewife Vera, the table was soon filled with a variety of sumptuous food, in addition to the usual staples such as bread and potatoes, there were also two full plates of currywurst and beef cubes. The Walkers feasted on their knives and forks, their eyes and faces full of happy smiles. Most of the meat they usually eat is river fish, and although the meat in front of them is not exquisite, it is definitely a luxury that was difficult to buy for the Walker family.
Looking at the laughter on the children's faces, Vera, who was full of belly, couldn't help but wet the corners of her eyes. She reached out to wipe away the warm tears that had not flowed on both sides, and her eyes tended to be slightly red. Walker, who was sitting next to him, immediately noticed his wife's abnormality and couldn't help asking, "Honey, what's wrong with you, is something going on?" ”
Vera shook her head slowly, and said in a somewhat gritty voice, "It's nothing, I'm fine, I just thought about something that happened seven or eight years ago." For three years, I spent 10 hours at the farmers' markets and docks almost every day, competing with other housewives for discarded ingredients. Then in the evening, you can use the dozens of fennigh you earned that day to buy the cheapest and inferior flour. Once, two handfuls of half-dried salads fell from a speeding vegetable truck, and I was excited for a long time. Fortunately, God did not abandon us, and we finally had the day when we could easily enjoy milk and bread. ”
"Although today is the feast of the Lord, we should also express our sincerest blessings and thanks to the Great Chief. It was he who carried on God's will to save Germany from hunger and darkness, and everything we have today is his gift. Vera's eyes showed gratitude and adoration, and she said with her hands clasped in front of her chest. Walker exhaled and said with relief, "That's exactly how it should be." We are immensely glad that such a great figure as the Führer has appeared in Germany at the most critical moment; This war provoked against us by the English bandits will surely end in the complete victory of Germany! ”
After a while, the food on the table was wiped out by the six people. With the help of her children, Vera, the housewife, began to skillfully put away her cups, plates, knives and forks, while Walker, who had done a day's physical work, rested on the sofa and had an extra copy of the People's Observer newspaper published today. This is a habit that Walker has just developed since last month: because with the extension of his working hours, Walker has less than two hours of free time after work each night, which has deprived him of the opportunity for normal entertainment, leaving his tired body to stay at home and relax by listening to the radio or reading the newspaper.
And the price of this official newspaper is also very affordable, with a thick eight-page paper costing only one pfennig, so even an ordinary worker with a limited salary like Walker is more than happy to spend this money every day as a supplement and extension to the radio station.
On the morning of December 24, the Great Führer came to Essen, North West, to inspect the Krupp Arsenal. Alfred Krupp, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Krupp AG, warmly received the head of state and his delegation and proudly demonstrated the production of the various branches. ”
"Since the implementation of the new work and rest time in the factory in early November, the production volume of crude steel, artillery, ammunition, tanks and other equipment of Krupp military industry has increased by 35%~45% compared with the same period before. With boundless loyalty to the motherland and the head of state, and with tenacious will and flexible wisdom, the 110,000 employees of the group have constantly scaled new heights in the special ****** of arms production. The ferocious and vicious British and French robbers and the vile and filthy Jewish clique will surely taste the iron fist of German justice armed with steel, which is the unshakable conviction of the saints of Braunau. ……”
"The ordinary screw, Turner, a veteran worker at the Brom-Foss shipyard, has been rooted in his welding job for 35 years. Although this work was mundane and arduous, Turner made brilliant achievements that moved Germany with his extraordinary rigor and research spirit. Throughout the 30s, the welding of large-thickness and high-strength pressure-resistant steel plates was a common problem faced by the whole world, but this bottleneck, which trapped countless experts and scholars, was broken through by the old Turner at the beginning of this year. ”
"With this technology pioneered by Turner the Elder, the submarines built by the German Navy in the future can use thicker hulls and dive to deep seas that are much deeper than the current level; This will undoubtedly greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the submarine force and launch a more violent attack on the British bandits. This crystallization of long years and hard work is the perfect interpretation of the great German spirit! ……”
"Turbulent democracy - On December 23, the northern French city of Rouen was again on strike in a massive 50,000 workers. According to Dutch Central Radio, this was a retaliatory action by the French Communist Party in retaliation against the Daladier government's trial of French Communist MPs. The French military and police cracked down, and hundreds of people have been arrested. This is the best manifestation of the decay and chaos of the French republican system of government: the political parties are pitting each other against each other in disregard of national interests, and the people are weak and short-sighted, and there is such an unbelievable internal friction in times of war. Fortunately, the place where these phenomena occur is our enemy country. And Germany, under the leadership of the Great Führer, had already eliminated other political parties and formed a world gap with France. ……”
"Burning Northern Europe - From 11 December, the Soviets again massed their forces for a second general assault on the Finnish Mannerheim Line. After two weeks of hard fighting, the Soviets finally broke through the frozen Taipalai River and achieved their first victory since the outbreak of war in the eastern part of the Karelian Isthmus. However, the Soviet-Finnish front remained the same as it had been when the war began on 30 November, and the capture of Helsinki was still far away. It seems that our allies did have some minor troubles, and the Finns resisted more than anyone before them had imagined. However, this was a temporary setback, and the Russian giant was bound to eventually triumph over the small and weak country of Finland. ……”
Walker looked at the last report with some disgust, feeling as if he had found a dead mouse in potato soup. After the outbreak of the Soviet-Finnish war, Walker's heart involuntarily sided with the weaker Finland, and his hatred for the invading Soviet Union grew day by day. He wondered why the official newspapers were so biased in favor of the Soviet Union on this issue; Was the Führer really going to change course and abandon the expansion of the Germanic peoples to the East, and instead make peace with the Slavs, who were inferior only to the Jews?
Suddenly, Walker was awakened by his own rebellious thoughts; He shook his head vigorously, removing all the doubts and dissatisfaction in his heart with the Führer, and at the same time repented and blamed himself. Today, the food and clothing of his whole family are all brought by the head of state, and he has no reason to have two hearts. What's more, with the Führer's outstanding talent, there must be something else to do so. At this thought, Walker's heart returned to open-mindedness. The political problems between countries are not for him to think about, he only needs to do one thing, and that is to work hard under the leadership of the Führer!
Although Goebbels' propaganda department has always been not responsible for the truth of the matter, but only cared about it as the German rulers needed, in this foreign report, he has an extremely rare reflection of the truth.
In France, Prime Minister Daladier had a hard time this Christmas Eve. This is not the result of the oppression of the current war, but purely based on the chaotic situation in the country at the moment. In recent years, the power of the French Communist Party has swelled rapidly due to the high unemployment rate, and has become an important force to be reckoned with in Congress. Whenever he saw the red sickle and hammer logo appear in Congress, Daladier felt a strong sense of class crisis.
This time, Daladier originally wanted to take advantage of the war to restrict the freedom of workers and citizens by issuing strict wartime decrees, so as to fundamentally eradicate the soil on which the French Communist Party depended; Unexpectedly, the majority of the people in China would not accept him, and for the sake of personal freedom and rights, they completely disregarded the needs of the country and the nation.
Many of Daladier's policies, clamoured by the French Communist Party and some purely idealistic romantic parties, were resisted. Workers refused to extend their working hours, and some citizens in the service and consumer goods industries protested in front of Daladier's house, denouncing him as a "poor prime minister" who had ruined his job. The opponents' remarks are eloquent: the Germans have no intention of fighting at all, so why should they take the initiative to taste the hardships of the war? The Maginot Line, which cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of francs, is now the time to play its role as a solid bulwark of the normal life of the French people!
This chaotic situation was in stark contrast to the outbreak of patriotic enthusiasm in France in 1914, when even fugitives surrendered themselves and asked to join the army. As an old man who had gone through the years of the past, Daladier couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
Yet Daladier also understands why, months after the outbreak of the war, the French people are still willing to bury their heads in the sand as ostriches and forcibly drive the war out of their lives - because they no longer want to go through the four years of hell during the world war. This is a huge wound on the face of all French people that has not yet healed, and the flesh is rolling and hideous. In this case, how many people are willing to look in the mirror all day long and keep recalling how the knife was taken in the first place? Most people are afraid that they will try their best to erase this tragic memory, and anyone who points a finger in front of him will immediately turn their faces! (To be continued.) )