At about 9 o'clock in the morning on August 27, 1942, on the coast of the Baltic Sea, the port of Riga, the capital of Latvia. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the slender and handsome figure of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen appeared on the sea, the crowd that had been waiting for a long time in the port immediately erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and countless fiery red flags and red and white Latvian flags were waved in the wind, giving the port masks a layer of red glow.

The musicians of the marching band lined up in three rows and followed the conductor's gestures and played a cheerful welcome music.

Chen Dao stood in the bridge, looking at the lively port from afar, and exclaimed: "This is really a noisy gong and drum, a red flag display, and a sea of people, and it is almost firecrackers going out in unison." ”

Second Lieutenant Lorenz leaned into his ear and whispered, "Your Excellency, the warship is about to dock, and it is time for you to change your clothes." ”

"Change of clothes? What to change into clothes? Chen Dao asked puzzled.

"The military band on the shore is navy, and those officers are also mainly naval officers, and it's not very appropriate for you, as their superior, to wear the uniform of the Air Force." Second Lieutenant Lorenz explained.

Chen Dao looked down at the dark blue air admiral uniform on his body, and then looked at the black uniforms of the naval officers around him, and felt that there was indeed some disobedience, and immediately walked back to his cabin from Ji Ruliu.

When he was in the wolf's den, he often messed with Goering, and he was born in the Air Force, Chen Dao habitually wore the Air Force uniform as a regular uniform, and only changed his clothes on special occasions, and today is a special occasion.

Chen Dao took Ensign Lorenz back to his cabin, and Ensign Lorenz opened the suitcase containing his clothes.

The suitcase contained three military uniforms, two black and one dark green.

The dark green one is the army admiral's uniform, and the two are black, one is the admiral's uniform and the other is the Waffen-SS major general's uniform.

Looking at the three sets of uniforms, the corners of Chen Dao's mouth twitched a few times.

As an outstanding representative of the German army's cross-circle people, it is really a sweet worry that I have to worry about which military uniform to wear every day.

Under the service of Second Lieutenant Lorenz, Chen Dao changed into the uniform of a naval general, turned around and walked out of his residence.

At this time, the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen slowly docked to the shore, and the two groups walked to the gangway.

One of the two teams was soldiers in military uniforms, and the other was dressed in suits and leather shoes.

Chen Dao walked down the gangway, glanced at the two teams, and turned his head to walk towards the first team in suits and leather shoes.

The man at the head of the group looked to be in his fifties, with a square face, angular appearance, gray hair, and a very masculine manner, and Chen Dao was impressed by it.

"Mr. Ulmanis, I'm Heinz von Rosen."

"Your Excellency the Governor, on behalf of the Latvian people, I welcome you, and you will soon feel the warmth of the Latvians." Ulmanis said.

Chen Dao, the former leader of the Latvian underground resistance group and the current prime minister of Latvia, shook hands with the senior Latvian government officials who came to greet him.

After completing the process, Chen Dao turned around and walked to the group of greeters in military uniforms, led by two German rear admirals.

Chen Dao raised his hand and the two major generals saluted each other, followed by a cordial handshake.

"It's a pleasure to fight alongside you, General Ohm, General Hersman."

With the rapid expansion of the German Navy, Rear Admiral Ohm was promoted to commander of the first aircraft carrier group of the German Navy, under the command of two aircraft carriers, Zeppelin and Strassa, two battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz, and other corresponding light warships.

Rear Admiral Hersmann's full name is Hans von Hersmann (played by reader Zhang Sanfeng), the commander of the second aircraft carrier group, under the command of two Seckt-class aircraft carriers, the battleship Hindenburg, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau battlecruisers, a total of five capital ships, and the corresponding light ships.

Of the five capital ships, the Hindenburg battleship is the first ship of the Hindenburg-class battleships, which has recently entered service with the German Navy, and two Seckt-class aircraft carriers have entered the late stages of construction.

After the greetings, at the warm invitation of Ulmanis, Chen Dao and his entourage attended a welcome luncheon held at the Prime Minister's Office.

At the luncheon, a speech full of the flavor of the united front is indispensable.

"Lithuania is the Lithuania of the Lithuanians, not the Lithuania of Russia. Estonia is the Estonian Estonia, not the Russian Estonia, and Latvia is the Latvian Latvia, not the Russian Latvia, not Stalin's Latvia. ”

Obedient and listening, Umanis and other senior Latvian officials heard the implication of Chen Dao's words, Chen Dao was setting the tone for relations between Germany and Latvia, and Germany would not annex the three Baltic states like the Soviet Union.

Their biggest fear is that a polar bear is chased away at the front door, and a Hans lion that also eats humans breaks in at the back door.

"Here, on behalf of the Führer, I would also like to welcome Latvia to the family of Axis powers. You can rest assured that Germany, as an ally, as a brother, has an obligation to help you heal the wounds of the war and to assist you in resuming production. Soon, the Baltic Production and Construction Corps will be formed, and with the assistance of the SS, the Latvian people, who had suffered during the war, will be able to live a peaceful, prosperous and joyful life again. ”

The Axis powers allowed the three Baltic states to be restored and to form self-government, on the condition that they join the Axis group. As the main force of the Eastern Crusade against the Soviet Union, Germany's proviso was to establish an organization called the Baltic Production and Construction Corps in the three Baltic countries.

As the general adviser on the construction and development of the SS, Chen Dao single-handedly set the supreme guiding ideology of the "three represents" for the SS, and at the same time built the SS into the United Front Work Department of Germany.

The blood alliance established between Germany and the three Baltic states during the war created a large number of pro-German people.

According to Chen Dao's investigation, there are a large number of German-origin residents in the three Baltic countries, and taking the port of Riga, the capital of Latvia, as an example, as many as 40 percent of the more than 700,000 citizens in the port are of German descent, and it is a good time to engage in united front.

According to the establishment, the SS had only twelve field divisions, and in order to break the shackles of insufficient numbers, the Baltic Production and Construction Corps came into being.

The Baltic Production and Construction Corps has three divisions, and the SS sent officer corps to the three Baltic countries to prepare for the establishment, and the vast majority of the Corps members were recruited from volunteers from the three Baltic countries.

The Production and Construction Corps is a half-army and half-civilian militia division, which is engaged in production in its spare time, and is responsible for exterminating the stragglers of the Soviet troops in the three Baltic countries during the war, and protecting the logistics line of the German Army Group North.

The content of Chen Dao's speech is something that the top level of the Latvian government has long understood and agreed with.

Chen Dao took the trouble to repeat the above, but it was only a reassurance from Ulmanis and others that they shared the same trenches with Germany and faced the same enemy.

After saying a few more words about the scene without nutrition, Chen Dao's speech came to an end.

The lunch was quite hearty, but it was also a little corrupt.

After lunch, Chen Dao, with a slight smell of alcohol, went straight to the hotel where he was staying, and had a brief battle meeting with Major General Ohm and Major General Hirschman.

On the coffee table in the hotel room, Ensign Lorenz laid out a map.

Chen Dao pointed to the map and said, "Say, what is the current situation of Army Group North?" What do we need to do? ”

"According to information from our liaison officer stationed in Army Group North, the headquarters of Army Group North has now been relocated to Luga, where it is about 130 kilometers directly south of Leningrad," said Major General Hersman. The troops of Army Group North had advanced to positions ranging from thirty to forty kilometers from Leningrad. ”

"Here," said Major General Hersman, pointing to a small coastal town called Oranienheim, about forty kilometers west of Leningrad, "a part of the Soviet army, about ten divisions or so, is surrounded in this area, and they are currently resisting stubbornly with their backs to the Gulf of Finland. ”

Chen Dao nodded.

"I know all of this, you just have to say what we're going to do."

"Our most important task at the moment is to destroy the Red Banner Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Union," Rear Admiral Ohm said. ”

"The Baltic Fleet is based in the port of Kronstadt, about twenty-five kilometers west of Leningrad, where they can support Leningrad to the east and Soviet troops in the Oranienheim encirclement to the south."

"How's the strength of this fleet?" Chen Dao asked.

"This fleet has two battleships, three cruisers, at least ten destroyers, as well as hundreds of frigates and torpedo ships." Rear Admiral Hersman said as he pulled out a book of ships.

"Marat and the October Revolution, Gangut-class battleships, old ships left over from the Tsarist period. There were 12 main guns with a caliber of 305 mm, and when the army encountered artillery of this caliber, even if it sent the E-40 up, it would have to be sent back to the steel mill one by one to be rebuilt. Chen Dao said as he flipped through the ship's manual.

"I kept this manual." Chen Dao unceremoniously smiled at the ship's manual.

"Let me talk about the part of my mission related to the navy."

The expressions of the two major generals, Hersman and Ohm, became serious.

"First, from a business point of view, the destruction of the Baltic Fleet, the occupation of Leningrad in cooperation with the Army, and the destruction of the enemy in the Oranienheim encirclement are our most important tasks.

Our second task is to use this campaign to test the combat performance of our new aircraft carrier-based aircraft.

Third, it is necessary to let those newly trained carrier-based aircraft pilots be tested in actual combat so that they can accumulate experience in future operations in the Pacific region. ”

The two rear admirals nodded one after another, and Chen Dao continued: "In addition, from a personal, or rather a personal point of view, the Russian Baltic Fleet can make me, no, one step closer to our dream." ”

The two major generals looked at Chen Dao suspiciously. Major General Hersman asked, "······What do you mean by our dreams?" ”

"Do you want to be a marshal?" Chen Dao asked.

"Of course." Major General Hersman said.

"I also want to be a field marshal, and not only that, but I also want to be a field marshal, an air marshal and an Waffen-SS general, to be the holder of the highest rank of the four branches of the German armed forces, and now, by taking out the Baltic Fleet, we will have an extra star on our epaulettes and bring us one step closer to the dream of an admiral."

Rear Admiral Hersman and Rear Admiral Ohm looked at each other, and the Navy had a stroke······ It seems that it was first reported from the commander of the High Seas Fleet, Lütjans, that the "Little Brother-in-law" in front of him threatened to become the highest rank holder of the four major branches of the German armed forces, but he did not expect the rumor to be true.

The gap between human beings is really as insurmountable as the gap between gods and mortals.

The two major generals were full of emotion in their hearts, but Chen Dao continued to take care of himself: "I will leave for Luga early tomorrow morning, and since I have arrived in Leningrad, I will always visit Marshal Loeb. I'm there to prepare the airport for you, and you prepare the pilots for the transition. When the time comes, we will go together to pursue the star that belongs to us. ”