Chapter 463:

"Close the door!"

Seeing Major General Treskov out, Xiao Mubai walked into Colonel Stauffenberg's office. He had just raised his right hand to give a Hitler salute like an SS when he was stopped by Colonel Stauffenberg.

Xiao Mubai didn't know that just now, Major General Treskov and Colonel Stauffenberg had an argument about Valkyrie's operation, and they disagreed with the person who carried out the assassination plan.

"Sit down!"

Colonel Stauffenberg was as concise as ever.

"Do you know how this war should end? Lieutenant? Waiting for Xiao Mubai to sit on the chair in front of the desk, without waiting for him to answer, he rotated the chair and looked at the portrait hanging on the wall behind him.

Portrait of Hitler.

"This portrait will be taken down." After a pause, Colonel Stauffenberg continued: "And this man will be hanged. ”

The portrait of Hitler stares sharply at this small office, and the two people in the office, but no one cares about his gaze, Xiao Mubai is surprised by the courage of Colonel Stauffenberg.

This is really a charismatic man, no wonder Heinrich in history would be his pawn.

"I'm doing whatever it takes to commit an act of treason, can I invite you to join me?" Turning around, Colonel Stauffenberg looked at Xiao Mubai, his gaze was not sharp, but the calmness in his eyes gave people a lot of pressure.

Taking a deep breath, after a full three seconds, looking directly into Colonel Stauffenberg's gaze, Xiao Mubai replied solemnly: "Swear to serve!" ”

As in history.

From now on, Xiao Mubai officially entered Operation Valkyrie and officially became a participant and actor in this assassination operation, and next, they were going to the Reich Chancellery, to the wolf's den in East Prussia, to every place where Hitler stayed, and to deploy the demolition operation.

The official Valkyrie operation was thus unveiled.

After the formal conversation, the private chat remains. Heinrich and Stauffenberg were old days, and the two were not only colleagues in business, but also had personal friendships.

On the other hand, after Heinrich joined the army, he had a brief contact with Colonel Stauffenberg, and they were also members of the Black Band, and Heinrich was introduced to it by Stauffenberg.

Although, Lieutenant Heinrich, as a junior officer, was just the existence of a black band.

"Heinrich, I have just returned from North Africa and have seen the latest news about you. During the last air raid on June 20, I heard that you did a good job of getting penicillin from that miserly Colonel Steve and saving many wounded. ”

Strolling through the grass outside the headquarters of the Tsosen, the headquarters of the Reserve Army, Colonel Stauffenberg spoke casually.

"Colonel, I just don't want my soldiers and colleagues to die pitifully." Xiao Mubai was very indifferent to this, he just didn't expect that even Colonel Stauffenberg knew about this matter, could it be that the news had reached the reserve army headquarters.

"Very well, you did the right thing." Colonel Stauffenberg nodded appreciatively.

"Recently, officers with outstanding combat performance will be commended, I have seen the new list of military rank promotions, with your name on it, it can be seen that you have performed well, I have passed the recommendation, no surprise, you will be notified next month and will be promoted to captain."

Colonel Stauffenberg said lightly, and as he walked, he saw that Xiao Mubai was very indifferent, nodded with some appreciation, and continued: "Next, you will be transferred to my adjutant, work in the reserve army headquarters, and prepare for the handover. ”

When he said this, a smile appeared on Stauffenberg's face and looked at the young Xiao Mubai.

"Yes." Xiao Mubai is also concise and to the point.

The Wehrmacht not only has its own intelligence department, but also has direct access to military intelligence from the headquarters, which is difficult for ordinary officers to access, and only can be accessed by senior commanders, such as Colonel Stauffenberg.

Now that the war situation is unfavorable, ordinary people either know very little or nothing about the war on the front line, the news is under control, and almost no accurate information is circulating.

It is difficult for Xiao Mubai to get the latest military information, so he can only rely on Colonel Stauffenberg, but fortunately, the colonel has already prepared in advance.

In the year 1944, the Soviet Red Army was stronger than at any previous time, but Hitler was still reluctant to give up some territory, which was still a big problem for the commanders at the front.

On the Eastern Front, significant problems were also caused by the chronic lack of strategic direction, however, despite the aggravation of the situation, the German army was forced to continue fighting.

Within two weeks, reports confirmed the successful landing of Allied troops in Normandy, which, despite heavy casualties, put the German high command in a state of panic.

In June 1944, the front of Army Group Center was destroyed. During this time, worrying fronts reached the headquarters that the Soviet Red Army was soon going to attack the Vistula. This meant that the Soviet Red Army would soon occupy the bridgehead on the outskirts of Warsaw.

Despite the destruction of the central line of defense of the front and the dire situation, the situation was temporarily stabilized by astonishing efforts in military skill and fighting courage, as well as a slowdown in the offensive of the Soviet Red Army.

In the last days of June, the Soviet summer offensive attracted the attention of Hitler, who paid much more attention to it than to Western military operations. On the battlefields of the Soviet Union, he realized that this major summer offensive would end worse than any battle his brave corps had ever experienced on the Western Front.

In the weeks that followed, the Germans did whatever it took to hold Poland.

For the Germans who had been lucky enough to escape death and establish a new line of defense in Poland, the retreat was a torturous war of attrition, with most of the soldiers left behind to defend the front line exhausted and the Germans starved of troops.

In the early morning of June 22, a large area of the positions of Army Group Center was ablaze, and 22,000 mortars, together with 2,000 Katyusha multiple rocket launchers, caused great damage to the German defense line.

After the first day of the Soviet Red Army's attack on Army Group Center, the situation became dire, and in the face of the overwhelming superiority of the Soviet Red Army, the conservatively shelled German troops tried to hold their positions using the strategy of the First World War, but it was all in vain.

In his new bunker, Hitler closely monitored the progress of the battle on the Eastern Front, as the front-line combat units suffered successive setbacks, and at the operational meeting, optimism about the victory over the enemy was dashed.

What exactly the anniversary of the 3rd anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union portended, even Hitler himself could hardly imagine.

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