After several days of haze, the winter sun finally arrived over Berlin on January 11. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The commander-in-chief of the Navy, Raeder, held the blue-gold marshal scepter in his hand and stepped out of the car in a good mood in front of the main entrance of the Prime Minister's Office. Today he had come to report to Hitler on the preparations for the Norwegian campaign, and also to secure more budget for the Navy in the new year. According to the experience of the world war 25 years ago, it will take at least a few years to fight this war before it can be won or lost with Britain and France.

Thinking of this, Raeder's heart couldn't help but be full of anticipation. Last year, the state finances were only four months in the war phase, and the navy was allowed to start construction of 3 large aircraft carriers, 15 armored destroyers, and also approved the modification of 4 auxiliary aircraft carriers; This year's military spending will be doubled compared with last year, and the Wehrmacht's share of the cake is unprecedentedly rich. Even if the Army's production of ammunition and equipment will account for the lion's share, the Navy has every hope of reaping the desired results. Raeder had already begun to assess whether the navy had fewer battleships: the German Navy had only started construction of four new Bismarck-class ships in 1935 and 1936, and now that four or five years had passed, it was time to launch a more powerful battleship!

The hall is tall and magnificent, and the promenade is solemn and magnificent. Just as Raeder was thinking about whether the new battleship should adopt a conservative plan of four triple 450 mm guns, or whether it would be more tempting for Hitler to be boldly equipped with three triple 530 mm guns, a roar of rage suddenly came from inside the gate of the Chancellery's office dozens of meters ahead. Raeder's body shook suddenly, and the expression on his face suddenly became tense and serious. He had already heard that the owner of the roaring voice just now was none other than Adolf Hitler, the supreme ruler of the country.

"I'm so angry!"

Raeder cautiously pushed open the office door, greeted by a roar like a raging lion. I saw Hitler suddenly slam the red and blue pencils on the map on the desk, and his gray-blue eyes were full of unprecedented irritability. His face was flushed, his breathing was heavy, and the three-seven hairstyles on his forehead were scattered by the violent movements of his body; Under Hitler's almost murderous gaze, the burly commander of the Army Air Corps, Speerer, could only hang his head deeply to express his infinite regret.

“…… Call yourself a general, but because you spent a few years at the military academy, but you only learned how to eat with a knife and fork! How many times have the army only thwarted my movements! All you're doing is pulling me back! "Hitler slammed his right fist against the wooden tabletop, spitting everywhere; The huge "bang" sound like the Poseidon Celestial Drum made Raeder feel a faint pain in his palms when he listened to it. At this time, Raeder discovered that the familiar faces of the army's top brass, such as Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitsch, Chief of the General Staff Halder, and Supreme Commander-in-Chief Keitel, were all present, and they were all in mourning and allowed Hitler to rebuke them angrily.

"General Yodel, what's going on?" Raeder quietly approached Yodel, the head of the war department, who was on the periphery, and asked in a low voice. Yodel glanced at the thunderous Hitler, and seeing that he didn't notice his side, he immediately lowered his voice and explained the cause of the incident to Raeder.

It turned out that early yesterday morning, a German BF-110 flying from Mühenstet to Cologne got lost in the clouds and made a forced landing in Belgium. One of the men on board was Major Reinberg, a key staff officer of the Army Air Force, and his briefcase contained a full set of detailed plans for the German Army's offensive on the Western Front. Belgian sentries soon arrived to arrest him and salvaged the battle plan from the flames, which had not been burned. Although it is not known how much of this document was burned, in line with the principle of leniency for the enemy, eight or nine out of ten of the "yellow and color plans" of the German attack on the Western Front had been leaked to Britain and France through the hands of the Belgians.

Hearing Yodel's statement, Raeder couldn't help but frown deeply. The fact that the army would make such a serious mistake is only comparable to the Tsarist Russian army that used clear codes to give orders in the history of modern warfare. Although Raeder did not come from the army, he also knew how important the secrecy of the battle plan was for an army: in the Battle of Tannenberg, the Russian Northwest Front was informed of all its plans by Xinglu because of the use of clear code communications, which directly led to the catastrophic situation of one large army being completely annihilated!

At this thought, Raeder could not help but sympathize with Hitler. At the beginning of October last year, Hitler ordered preparations to attack the Western Front, but the army was disrupted by various reasons such as "lack of ammunition," "bad weather," and "the need for rest and recuperation." Now, Hitler has been holding back his anger for more than three months, and by bowing to the Junker underworld forces in the army, in order to accumulate enough military strength to reassure them, he has run into this incident when the war is about to begin. Now that the battle plan has been leaked, the yellow scheme is bound to need to be overhauled; And this kind of grand readjustment involving the operational dispatch of several million troops will absolutely not be able to be done in about two months. If Raeder himself were Hitler, I am afraid that he would also have the urge to flip the table at this moment!

"It's ...... him" Hitler, who had vented his anger, sat back on the sofa tiredly, his face full of despair and frustration. Hitler was disappointed by the defeatist leadership of the army, but he had to rely on these Prussian generals, otherwise the war would not have been able to continue. There was silence in the office for a while, and then Hitler's hoarse voice sounded again: "In any case, the yellow-color scheme will be postponed indefinitely for the time being." The Army and High Command immediately set to work on an alternative plan, and a week later reported the first draft to me. ”

Speer and the others nodded their heads busily as if they had been granted amnesty. Hitler's gaze slowly swept over the generals in front of him, and when he saw yodel on the edge of the crowd, a bright light suddenly flashed in his heart.

About half a month ago, Jodel had proposed another plan to the High Command for fighting on the Western Front from below, but Hitler himself did not pay much attention to it at that time, but after a cursory review, he put it on the shelf as a plan. Now it seems that perhaps a plan that is different from the current "yellow scheme" needs to be paid attention to by Hitler. As for the person who formulated that plan, Hitler also had the impression that he would soon be promoted from the current chief of staff of Army Group A to the commander of one of the five newly formed armies of the army. (To be continued.) )