Chapter 467: Imperial Chancellery
Chapter 467:
Shortly after Xiao Mubai attended the conspirators' meeting for the first time, Operation Valkyrie entered the preparatory stage.
The tasks in the preparatory stage, the first point, to find out the situation of the Reich Chancellery, the Wolf's Den, the Tsosen headquarters and the Eagle's Nest, the second point, to prepare high-intensity and high-energy explosives, and the third point, to submit the new Valkyrie plan to Hitler.
Xiao Mubai began his first task to find out the environment in which Hitler lived, the first of which was the Reich Chancellery.
From the headquarters on the outskirts of Berlin, follow the city road, cross Kurthou Strasse into Wilhelmstrasse, and finally stop at 77 Wilhelmstrasse, where Wilhelmstrasse and Worth Strasse meet, and go through several security checks before entering the Reich Chancellery.
To be precise, it is the outer compound of the Reich Chancellery, and it is still a long way to enter Hitler's bunker.
The first security check just passed through was the Wehrmacht's Berlin Guard Battalion, an army under the Wehrmacht High Command, and the second security check officially began, Hitler's trusted SS and Reich Guard, the Nazi Eagle Dog.
Xiao Mubai sat in the driver's seat, and in the back seat was Colonel Stauffenberg, the first security check was easy to pass, and a captain just looked at the documents of the two people, didn't ask anything, and was released immediately.
This is Hitler's Chancellery? Xiao Mubai felt that he was in a piece of history, and he felt an inexplicable sense of alienation, where the SS and Imperial Security could be seen patrolling everywhere, fully armed with loaded guns and ammunition.
The 82-barrel car was parked in the open space in the courtyard of the Imperial Chancellery, Xiao Mubai followed Colonel Stauffenberg and walked into the first building, which was not as gloomy as imagined, the Imperial Chancellery's Office was like an ordinary building, but there were more military officers walking.
Passing through the building and approaching the bunker, the second security check was raised more than a notch, and a major in an SS uniform stepped forward, followed by two soldiers armed with MP40 submachine guns.
It was a heavily armed SS garrison, a huge force that intimidated everyone with a good heart.
There are many watchtowers on the high walls of the buildings, and on the high walls of the buildings and watchtowers, searchlights are installed that do not fall into every corner, and in addition, in some places there are even dense muzzles, which are used to house heavy machine guns.
The Chancellery was built entirely on the basis of a bunker, and it can be seen from this that Hitler was very insecure.
"Colonel, please explain your intentions!" The SS major did not care whether the officer in front of him was a colonel or a Wehrmacht general, and there seemed to be no difference in his eyes, and he still spoke in the same tone.
"I need to meet the Führer, there is a document that needs to be signed by the Führer." Colonel Stauffenberg replied lightly, with a look of surprise.
The major did not reply anything, but personally checked the file bags carried by the two men, and found nothing suspicious, and finally recorded the information of the visitor, and made a detailed written record of the names of the relevant documents, and the two were released.
By this time, five minutes had passed.
Following Colonel Stauffenberg, led by the guards, the two walked into the passage of the bunker.
The city of Berlin was bombed more than a dozen times, and the Chancellery was also the focus of the Allied bombing, because the Chancellery was partially destroyed, so a side road was built through which officers and party and government personnel could reach the entrance to the bunker under the protection of guards.
At every passage passed, there were guards on guard, and it was very cumbersome to confirm the identity every time.
Xiao Mubai held his breath and walked silently in this slightly depressing passage, facing so many guards, this Hitler's bunker was really a little gloomy and dark, maybe a certain unjust soul would crawl out from a corner.
Finally arriving at the entrance, Xiao Mubai and the two were escorted down a flight of stairs to a reinforced steel gate, guarded by two heavily armed sentinels, guarding the side expressionlessly.
An SS officer again inspected the visitor's briefcase and belongings. This was a matter of routine, and Colonel Stauffenberg naturally did not refuse, and after doing this, he passed through the steel gate and officially entered Hitler's bunker.
At this time, the two of them were already under the Imperial Chancellery.
The descent is a narrow hallway, through a plank, to another door, and then down another flight of stairs to the very top of the bunker.
Passing through many small rooms along the way, passing through an empty corridor, and continuing up a flight of stairs, you can see a deeper and larger bunker, and when Colonel Stauffenberg gazed at it, Xiao Mubai knew that his destination had arrived.
This was Hitler's private bunker.
It's a pity that someone finally intercepted the two uninvited guests here.
Standing in the hallway outside the thick concrete walls, the room was uncomfortably cramped, and a foyer separated a waiting room from the conference room, where Xiao Mubai and Colonel Stauffenberg stayed quietly.
On the wall of the room hangs a huge portrait of a triumphant Hitler, dressed in a special Führer uniform, waving his hands as if to greet the crowd, and his mustache has a familiar feel.
Xiao Mubai knew that here, if nothing else, this was the place where Hitler committed suicide, in the destruction of the empire, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker, with his mistress Eva, eleven months before the suicide time.
"Colonel, the Führer is not here." The sudden voice brought Xiao Mubai, who was immersed in history, back to his senses, and an SS colonel pushed the door in and said to the two people who were sitting in the seats waiting.
Hitler was not there, and Xiao Mubai felt a pity that he had never met.
"I have a plan that needs to be signed by the Führer, please help me contact Bowman, the secretary of the Führer, thank you." Colonel Stauffenberg was not very disappointed, and immediately after listening to the SS colonel.
So, the SS colonel glanced at Colonel Stauffenberg and went out again to make a call.
Inside the thick concrete bunker, near the partition, there are offices, guardhouses, lavatories, emergency telephone rooms, and power supply rooms, and the foyer leads to a main red-carpeted passageway where Hitler presided over his daily combat meetings.
It's a pity that Xiao Mubai didn't have the opportunity to see it today.
Under the vigilant gaze of the guards on the side, when Xiao Mubai and the others were a little impatient, the SS soldier who went to call was late, and said to the restless two people with some arrogance: "You go to the Wolf's Lair headquarters now, and go there to listen to Secretary Bowman's arrangement." ”
After speaking, he immediately sent off the guest: "Colonel, please!" You can leave. ”
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