Chapter 464:

As the war progressed to the present, the situation became more and more severe for the German army.

By the end of June 1944, the German defenses on the Western Front were already in a state of collapse, the Soviet Red Army was about to capture the Polish capital Warsaw, and on the Eastern Front, the German defense line against the Allies was already on the verge of collapse.

The more severe the form of the front, the more urgent Valkyrie's action will be, relatively.

If the Allies hit Berlin, then the Wehrmacht would still demand a decent ending and unconditional surrender. So now, the more intense the two-front offensive of the Allies, the more urgent the action against Hitler.

At the very least, Xiao Mubai has already begun preparations for Operation Valkyrie.

On July 1, the promotion ceremony was held at the headquarters of the German Wehrmacht in Tsosen.

At the new phase of the promotion ceremony of outstanding soldiers, more than 300 outstanding officers of the Berlin Military Region of the German Wehrmacht were promoted, including 14 supplementary battalions under the jurisdiction of the Berlin garrison of the reserve army, and Xiao Mubai was also one of them.

Standing in the vast square, Lieutenant General Fromm promoted the more than 300 officers, and he helped each of them to put on a new collar badge.

Xiao Mubai also looked at this boss, nominally, he, the adjutant of the chief of staff of the reserve army, still had to accept his leadership, but he was very uninterested in Lieutenant General Flåm, and in history he refused to sign the order, so that the subversive plan to assassinate Hitler at the last moment failed completely.

"Heinrich, congratulations, you have been promoted to the rank of captain for your good performance during the last year of service." Just as he was thinking about it, Lieutenant General Fromm walked over with a smile on his face, and when he saw Xiao Mubai's face changed, he said in a very formal official language.

"......" Xiao Mubai didn't speak, just raised his head and chest, and after putting on the epaulettes and collar badges for him, he replied with the German Wehrmacht military salute, full of restrained confidence.

Lieutenant General Fromm walked past Xiao Mubai with a blank face.

Needless to say, this was the first time he came into contact with Lieutenant General Fromm, Xiao Mubai knew that this person did not feel very good about him, and the use of this kind of official language in the promotion ceremony really lost his identity as a lieutenant general of the Wehrmacht, not to mention that the two were in the same headquarters.

Although I don't know what the reason is, Xiao Mubai's sense of Fromm suddenly became worse, and Fromm gave him a look like this, which was also aimed at Colonel Stauffenberg.

What's going on?

At the end of the promotion, Xiao Mubai began to perform the duties of an adjutant on the first day, the formal letter of appointment has been down, his organizational relationship has been transferred to the Reserve Army Command, and his immediate superior, Colonel Stauffenberg, is already the chief of staff of the Reserve Army Command and the supreme commander of the General Headquarters of the Domestic Garrison.

Xiao Mubai's work was in the reserve headquarters, but in fact, the work was arranged by Colonel Stauffenberg, which was more conducive to the operation.

"Heinrich, this is the architectural construction drawings of the Imperial Chancellery, as well as the defense plan, you need to remember the drawings accurately, find out the weak points of the building's blasting and the air defense file, and we will prepare it immediately."

In the reserve army headquarters building, in Colonel Stauffenberg's office, facing Xiao Mubai sitting opposite, Colonel Stauffenberg said solemnly, and after speaking, he handed over the things in a complete set of file bags.

Xiao Mubai didn't dare to be careless, and took the two heavy file bags, this architectural drawing of the Imperial Chancellery's Office was stolen by someone sent by the Black Band, and he would have to return it after remembering it.

"You only have half an hour." Colonel Stauffenberg reminded again.

Xiao Mubai opened the file bag and looked at the drawings carefully, according to the assassination plan, Stauffenberg carried the bomb into the implementation site, and then set the time to prepare for the detonation, Hitler's position in this plan was crucial.

The implementation sites have been established as the following points, the Reich Chancellery, the Wolf's Den, the Wehrmacht High Command, and several other alternate locations, which are all places where Hitler usually stays, and Xiao Mubai needs to memorize the three-dimensional composition of the buildings at each location in order to enter and exit safely.

The first is the Imperial Chancellery, the palace of the princes of Prussia in 1869, renovated in 1875 as the Chancellery, which was built in 1930 in a modern style during the Weimar period.

In 1935, architects Paul Truster and Leonhardt Gower redesigned the interior to serve as Hitler's residence, adding a greenhouse and a bulletproof cellar, which was continuously expanded from 1936 onwards and named the Führer's Bunker.

Historically, the real implementation point of Operation Valkyrie was at the Wolf's Den headquarters on the Eastern Front, which was only one of the backup points, but the people of the Black Band still regarded it as the focus, and Xiao Mubai, as the implementer, also needed to have an in-depth understanding of it.

Otherwise, the preparation work is not sufficient, and it is he who is troublesome when it comes to implementation.

In late July 1938, Hitler officially appointed the architect Albert Speer to build a new Chancellery on the side of Voss Strasse to the intersection with Wilhelmstrasse, and asked it to be completed within a year.

Hitler commented that the old Chancellery, inaugurated by Bismarck, was only suitable for a soap company and not as the headquarters of the Greater German State. Despite this, it was still an official residence and was being renovated at the time, and the private floor for Hitler's residence was also known as the Führer's apartment.

The old and new Chancellery shared a large atrium, under which was the Führer's bunker, where Hitler lived from 1945 until his suicide.

In his autobiography, Speer describes the process of setting up his new Chancellery, which took less than a year to clean up, design, build, and install. But in fact, preliminary planning and design work was completed in 1935. In addition, 2 Voss Street, where the new mansion was built, was cleared as late as 1937.

The room was silent, Colonel Stauffenberg was silent, standing up and down in front of the window, and the only sound in the room was the gentle flipping of paper.

It didn't take long for Xiao Mubai to remember this thick drawing, and after the brain domain was developed, his memory was terrifyingly improved, which was not a problem for him at all.

When I look at the defense plan of the Imperial Chancellery, it will be much easier, Xiao Mubai just opened it, and Colonel Stauffenberg began to explain it to him, "You haven't been to the Chancellery, listen to me." ”

"The plan for the defense of the Reich Chancellery was designed by Hitler himself, and was undertaken by the Führerguard, the SS and the Berlin garrison battalion, under the direct leadership of the Supreme High Command, and under the dual direction of the Wehrmacht High Command and the Central Security Service."

"That is to say, entering the Chancellery has to go through three checks, the first is the Berlin garrison, the second is the SS Berlin security team, and the third is the Führer Guard, and the more you go to the innermost level, the stricter the inspection."

"We only have eight minutes to implement the plan, and if we exceed the time, it means that we will never be able to escape after the prime minister's office is blocked, so we must be cautious."

When he said this, Colonel Stauffenberg's oppressive gaze looked at Xiao Mubai, and saw that he was not afraid of his majestic gaze, but was calm and confident without being affected by anything, and couldn't help but nod.

"Colonel, I'm ready." Xiao Mubai shouted in a straight voice.

"Good!"

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