Although it is the end of June, the seaside port of Kiel is still cool and pleasant, with the sea breeze blowing.

At the reception desk on the first floor of the Naval Aviation Command, Lieutenant Lutz, the officer on duty, hummed a cheerful tune and checked the "Reservation Book" on the table.

Lieutenant Lutz hummed in a low voice, but Private Eisinger, who was sitting to his right, could still hear him humming a "March of the Old Comrades".

It seems that Lieutenant Lutz is still in a good mood today, otherwise he would have hummed that deep "Goddess of Fate".

The pen in Lieutenant Lutz's hand slowly swiped across the paper of the register, carefully counted the names recorded on it, and said without raising his head: "The number of people who registered for your Excellency the appointment commander yesterday has increased again, and it is ten more than the day before yesterday. ”

"I'll count it again before I get off work today to see how many more appointments are there than yesterday? How did they make an appointment, and they appeared together in the past few days, vying to meet the commander. ”

Now, of course, they have to come and congratulate the commander, and then talk about business. Lieutenant Lutz said.

"This is the Naval Aviation Command, not a stock exchange, what business is there to talk about?" Isenger asked, puzzled.

"Look at the names registered here, Heinkel & Juncker, and Messerschmidt, they certainly didn't come to the commander to talk about war." Lieutenant Lutz explained, pointing to the register.

Isenger glanced at the register, nodded in understanding, and then asked, "It's been four days since the armistice was announced. Why hasn't the commander come back yet? ”

"I guess he probably went to Berlin. He has made such a great feat. The Führer would certainly have rewarded him, and then he would be in magazines, newspapers, and radio, and it would be some time before he could return. Lieutenant Lutz said.

Esinger then nodded, and quietly lowered his voice and said: "The commander and the generals of the army made a bet that Germany would defeat France in eight weeks, and now that he has won, how do you say those generals of the army will react when they see him?" Envy? Eat one's heart out? ”

Lieutenant Lutz's face changed, and he hurriedly raised his head to look around.

Luckily, there were only two figures at the end of the corridor on the left-hand side. They couldn't hear what they were saying at such a distance, and Lieutenant Lutz was relieved after finding out the "enemy situation" around him.

"You are wrong, the generals of the army will neither envy nor envy when they see the commander, they will only have one emotion, and that is hatred." Lieutenant Lutz also lowered his voice.

"Hate? Why should they hate the commander? Have they forgotten that the plan to attack France was drawn up by the commander himself, and without the commander's plan, we do not know how long the war with France would have been fought? Issinger couldn't hold back his grievances for his commander.

Seeing that Issinger raised his voice excitedly, Lieutenant Lutz hurriedly raised his middle finger and made a booing motion.

"You're wrong, they don't hate the commander, they hate themselves. They would have hated why they had not uttered the prophecy that Germany would defeat France in eight weeks. ”

Esinger couldn't help but sneer a few times.

"I was given a sabbatical before the French campaign. When I got home, I met two friends who were in the Army, and they laughed at me for a long time. I almost got into an argument with them and they stopped, and if I meet them again in the future, hum"

"How did you tell the commander when they laughed at you?" Lieutenant Lutz asked.

Issinger's white face instantly turned red, and he lowered his head in shame.

"I said that the commander used to be the commander of an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and he only knew how to fight planes, and it was normal not to understand land warfare, have you ever encountered something similar? How can you tell? ”

Lieutenant Lutz was stunned for a moment, and then a blush immediately covered his face.

"I'll be gone in two days." Lieutenant Lutz changed the subject.

"Where to go?" Isenger didn't ask about the topic very familiarly.

"I passed the pilot's medical examination and will report to the combat unit in two days." Lieutenant Lutz replied.

"What type of plane to fly?" Issinger asked.

"I reported a fighter jet, but I don't know what model it flies." Lieutenant Lutz shook his head and said.

"Could it be the ME-109T?" Issinger asked.

"The carrier-based pilots of the Zeppelin are not capable of being a rookie like me." Lieutenant Lutz said with a smile.

"As long as you persevere, you will definitely be able to become a carrier-based aircraft pilot, and I wish you success in advance." Assinger said as he extended his right hand to Lieutenant Lutz.

"Thank you." Lieutenant Lutz stretched out his right hand and clasped it tightly with Issinger's hand.

"Someone's coming." As soon as the two of them let go of their hands, Lieutenant Lutz saw a figure swaying through the glass of the gate.

The door opened, and the two of them jumped up from their chairs and raised their hands in salute after seeing the appearance of the rear admiral who was walking in front.

"Give me the attendance book." Chen Dao raised his hand and said after returning the salute.

Isinger hurriedly found the attendance book and handed it to Chen Dao, who picked up the pen and wrote his name.

"Inform the heads of various departments to come to the conference room for a meeting at 2 p.m. and report to me the progress of the work in the past three months." Chen Dao threw down a sentence and walked to the stairs.

Lieutenant Lutz, Captain Bach and Captain Lorenz signed their names in turn in the attendance book, and handed them the arranged appointment book.

After seeing the figures of Chen Dao and the others disappear at the staircase, Esinger quietly asked Lieutenant Lutz, "The commander's expression looks melancholy, and he doesn't seem to be in a good mood. ”

"I guess he's tired, you don't see that he, Captain Bach, and Captain Lorenz are all thin and tanned." Lieutenant Lutz said.

Issinger nodded, thinking to himself that the commander must have been exhausted after they had been away for nearly three months, from Norway to France, as well as Luxembourg and Belgium.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, in the conference room on the third floor of the Naval Aviation Office Building, Chen Dao had just walked into the conference room yawning when he realized that the situation was not good.

I saw the green light in the eyes of the subordinates on both sides of the conference table. Chen Dao's vigilant gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one.

"What do you want to do?" Chen Dao asked humbly.

Chief of Staff Garland spread his hands. There was a helpless look on his face.

"Commander. I can't help it, I can't show our respect for you if I don't do it, so please give up your senseless resistance and accept our congratulations in peace, Amen. ”

As soon as Garland's words fell, the officers of the HNA surrounded him in an uproar, grabbed Chen Dao's military uniform with countless pairs of big hands, and then threw him into the air

Two minutes later. Chen Dao covered his nose and mouth, and said in a sullen voice to Garand, who was sitting on his right hand, with his head downcast: "What is the sin of maliciously hurting your superiors, you say it yourself." ”

Captain Bach and Captain Lorenz sat on the side, looking at Chen Dao, who was pretending to be angry, and snickered in their hearts.

Impulsively, the officers pushed too hard, causing Chen Dao's nose and mouth to make a close contact with the roof, and almost knocked out his front teeth.

After discovering that the commander had non-combat damage, the officers returned to their respective seats with lightning speed, and sat upright one by one, leaving only Garland, who was closest to Chen Dao, to receive education.

Garland glanced at his colleagues in the conference room with a "resentful" look, and saw that they all looked like they were hanging up without caring about themselves. couldn't help but grit his teeth and clench his fists and said to Chen Dao: "It's a big deal, I'll drive a fighter jet to the English Channel, kill ten British fighters and come back to accompany your front teeth." ”

"It's almost the same as letting you go to the cafeteria to peel potatoes for ten days." Chen Dao said with a glare.

Deputy Chief of Staff Leibniz came out to relieve Garand. He gestured with the number seven and said, "Commander, please understand our feelings. Eight weeks, oh no, seven weeks and one day to be exact, the defeat and surrender of France, everything is as you would expect, and we can't help but get excited.

I apologize to you, when I first heard your talk of the defeat of France in eight weeks, and thought you were nothing more than an uneducated and unskilled arrogant boy who had come to this position by virtue of his nepotism with Marshal Goering, but it turned out to be my short-sightedness. Please forgive me for my ignorance, please accept my apologies, you don't have to return the salute to me. After speaking, Leibniz stood up and respectfully gave Chen Dao a standard military salute.

Colonel Ohm also stood up and said affectionately: "Your Excellency, this is the first time I have addressed you like that. I think it's because of age that you can't understand how people of us feel. After our defeat in 1918, His Majesty the King went into exile in the Netherlands, and we lost our leader.

Under the pressure of the Treaty of Versailles, we could only keep 100,000 troops and 20,000 navy, and at that time, the streets were full of lost veterans and unemployed people.

Because of inflation, domestic prices have skyrocketed, and we have to use astronomical bills to buy a pound of potatoes. One of my colleague had to go to the potato field to steal other people's potatoes in order to find enough food for his children, and unfortunately he was found twisted and taken to the police station, and later committed suicide in shame. When he died, his two children were five years old and one was three.

A naval officer, losing his life for a couple of potatoes, can you imagine? But it happened.

All of this was thanks to the victorious powers, especially the French. Twenty years later, with the might of the Manstein-Rosen Plan drawn up by you, we have defeated the French in only seven weeks and one day, thrown all the suffering we have suffered for twenty years into the Atlantic, and put the hat of the loser on the head of the French. After speaking, Colonel Ohm raised his hand and respectfully gave a military salute to Chen Dao.

Chen Dao saw that there were still officers who were about to move, and it seemed that they were about to speak, so he hurriedly let go of his right hand covering his mouth to stop everyone.

"Today we are going to have a very important combat meeting, and I don't want to turn it into a thanksgiving meeting. If you want to thank me, please use all your energy and talents to assist me in the next war to achieve victory after victory. ”

"You don't have to say we'll do the same." Garland sat up straight and said loudly.

"Real soldiers have to talk less and do more, I'll wait to see how you perform." Chen Dao said.

"You talk about the progress of the work during this time, and start with you." Chen Dao gestured to Garland.

"There are four things, the first of which is that the aircraft carrier Zeppelin was completed and put into service on May 10."

Chen Dao looked at Colonel Ohm. Said with a smile: "So our Colonel Ohm has finally gotten rid of life on land. I have a home of my own at sea. I'll be sure to visit your captain's room when I have time. ”

Colonel Ohm, the captain of the USS Zeppelin, also smiled and said, "I and the 1,760 crew of the USS Zeppelin are waiting for your arrival at any time. ”

"How long will it take for the Zeppelin to complete its commissioning and take part in battle?" Chen Dao asked.

"The commissioning of the ship is relatively fast, and the training of carrier-based aircraft pilots is more time-consuming, and it will be next spring at the earliest." Colonel Ohm replied.

Chen Dao nodded and made a record in his diary, and then said: "The time can't be too general, it's set for March 1 next year, and you should prepare according to this date." ”

"140 He-100D1 fighters have been delivered, fifty Me-109T fighters have been delivered, and one hundred and twenty-seven Ju-87C dive bombers have been delivered," Garland then said. The Ju-89 long-range reconnaissance aircraft completed tests already in May. Only six have been delivered so far. ”

Chen Dao wrote them down one by one, and then said, "Go on." ”

"The construction of aviation schools at all levels has been completed, and there are currently 1,300 pilots being trained at all levels." Garland continued.

While the chief officers of various departments of the HNA were reporting to Chen Dao one by one, a Mercedes-Benz sedan with an extremely luxurious appearance stopped in front of the office building of the Naval Air Force.

This body type! This momentum! This dress-up! This rank!

Lieutenant Lutz stared at the oncoming uninvited guest in amazement, and a name immediately popped into his mind.

"Your Excellency Marshal, why do you still have one in your arms," Isenger muttered quietly.

Lieutenant Lutz touched his hand and shouted, "Stand up." ”

The two straightened up and raised their hands to salute the visitor.

"On what floor is General Rosen's office?" The visitor asked

Chen Dao had just walked to the door of his office after the meeting when he heard a child's scream coming from inside.

Chen Dao rubbed his ears, could it be that he had broken his brain on the roof just now and had symptoms of auditory hallucinations?

As soon as Chen Dao put down his hand, he heard a few more children's giggling sounds from the office.

Chen Dao looked up at the door number. I didn't go to the wrong office, how can there be a child's voice?

"Would you like to go to the infirmary?" Captain Bach asked with concern.

"No, I don't." Chen Dao said and pushed open the door. The raised right foot did not fall to the ground.

Seeing Chen Dao's abnormal reaction, Captain Bach looked curiously into Chen Dao's office, but quickly retracted his head as if he had been hit head-on.

"You go get busy first." Chen Dao sent Captain Bach into the office, quietly looking at the two people sitting on the sofa.

"Heinz, you're finally back, come, Ida, Uncle Heinz." Goering held his daughter Ida in both hands and handed it to Chen Dao.

Chen Dao hesitated for a few seconds, stepped forward to pick up Ada, and then sat down in his office chair with a bend and teased Ada.

Goering looked at Chen Dao, who was sitting behind his desk five or six meters away, and an unprecedented sense of alienation came over him.

Seeing Chen Dao playing with his daughter intently, without even looking at him, Goering suddenly felt that he had been stabbed in the heart.

Goering grinned for a while before he calmed down the sourness in his heart, stood up and walked to Chen Dao's side as if nothing had happened.

Chen Dao didn't seem to see Goering's huge body, and still ignored him.

"What's wrong with your lips? The nose is also cut, and you got into a fight with someone? Goering stared at Chen Dao and suddenly made a startling discovery.

Chen Dao was silent for a long time, until Goering's embarrassed face turned blue and white for a while, and then he asked, "Whose idea is this?" ”

"Whose idea was what?" When Goering saw that Chen Dao was finally willing to respond to him, his face was instantly filled with joy.

"Who gave you the idea to bring Ada to me?" Chen Dao raised his head and asked.

Goering scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time before he said, "It was Amy's idea." ”

"I knew it was her idea." Chen Dao had the same expression I expected.

"It's time to get off work, let's go to dinner together, I booked a table at the Ryder Hotel." After Goering finished speaking, he looked at Chen Dao's face with trepidation. lest Chen Dao refuse.

"Okay. There was an afternoon meeting. I'm hungry enough to eat a cow now. "Since the brother-in-law pulled down the old face and even used the cute baby offensive, of course Chen Dao has to give face.

Happiness came so suddenly, Goering didn't react for a while, and he didn't come back to his senses until Chen Dao urged him to leave early

At eight o'clock in the evening, the brother-in-law and brother-in-law worked together to serve the little princess Ida and sat down in the living room.

Goering pondered for a moment and said bluntly: "Heinz, I am wrong, it is me who is too stupid and too selfish. Having failed your kindness, I beg your forgiveness and let's go home. ”

Chen Dao shook his head.

"Do you know how miserable my life is without you! Every day without you is an ordeal for me! Every day without you is night for me! Can you forgive me for my mistakes? Would it be okay to give me a chance to correct my mistakes? Goering's voice grew deeper and deeper, revealing a nameless grief.

Chen Dao closed his eyes in pain, covered his forehead with his right hand and lowered his head.

Seeing that Chen Dao was unmoved, Goering hurriedly brewed his emotions, and was about to speak again, when he suddenly saw Chen Dao raise his head suddenly.

"How long have you been reciting that passage at home?"

"Five minutes." Goering replied subconsciously.

"Who wrote these lines for you? So disgusting. Is this what should be said between men and men? The person who wrote you this line should be dragged out and shot for five minutes. Chen Dao said violently.

"It was Amy who wrote it, you can't shoot her. Ida can't afford to lose her mother. Goering retorted.

"Don't use those written lines to perfunctory me, talk about people." Chen Dao reminded.

"No day without you. After you left, I suddenly realized that I lacked someone to talk to, no, not someone to talk to, but a friend to make friends with. Goering said with a sad face.

"After you leave home, there is no one to talk about military affairs and politics with me, and of course, no one can talk about business with me."

"Businessmen from all over Germany want to do business with you, like our partner, Mr. Remtsma." Chen Dao said disappreciatively.

"You don't understand what I mean." Goering said bitterly.

"Remtsma is not at the level enough, I can only talk about six points with him at most, and four points are too high-end, only you deserve to share with me."

"Amy can't do it either?" Chen Dao asked.

"No, he and I only have a common language when we talk about fashion, movies, food, and of course, Ada, in short, I need you, my days without you"

Seeing a few black lines popping out of Chen Dao's forehead, Goering hurriedly changed his words and said, "Let's go home, my family misses you very much." ”

"You must have had a good time lately, right?" Chen Dao asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean?" Goering asked.

"Brauchitsch and Halder, and Keitel and Yodel, what is your attitude when they see you now? And what is the Führer's attitude towards you? Chen Dao asked.

Goering smiled, and the one who laughed was called a spring breeze triumphant, that one was triumphant, and that was a person who was complacent.

"The Führer now has more respect for me than ever before, and he basically consults me on all matters of state, and his attitude is very kind. As for the attitude of Brauchitsch, Halder and the like, do you still need me to say? Of course, thanks to you forcing me to say that. Goering said with a smile.

"Ugh." Chen Dao let out a long sigh, "Sure enough, as I expected, you are in danger now." ”

"I'm in danger right now? What nonsense are you talking about? Goering's eyes widened.

Chen Dao glared back at Goering unceremoniously, and Goering couldn't help but feel empty.

"Do you remember? Why did I force you to say in public that we could defeat France in eight weeks? Because I want to make you a new generation of German military gods, but is the military god so easy to do? What's more, it is easy to be a god of war, but it is difficult to maintain the image of a god of war. Chen Dao explained bitterly.

"Tell me more details." Goering said.

"France surrendered, how is the Führer going to reward you?" Chen Dao asked.

"The Führer promised to promote me to the rank of Imperial Marshal, a higher rank than the Marshal of the Services." Goering replied proudly.

"With the rank of Reich Marshal, you are the holder of the highest military rank in Germany?" Chen Dao asked.

Goering nodded.

"That's what I'm worried about, after you become the Marshal of the Reich. Your career as a military member will be at the pinnacle of your life. It's like the sun in the sky. Every day at noon, the sun will climb to the highest point, which is the most dazzling time of the day, but the sun climbs to the highest point at the same time and is the beginning of the fall, you are now like the sun at noon, it is very difficult to hang in the sky and never fall, because this is the law of nature, mortals can not resist. Chen Dao explained.

Goering was lazy, but not stupid. The more I pondered it, the more I felt that Chen Dao's explanation was extremely profound, and it seemed that it had risen to the height of philosophy.

"What should I do?" Goering asked.

"If you want to keep your image as a god of war, you just need to do one thing and remain undefeated."

"As far as I know, there is no undefeated commander in the world." Goering said embarrassedly.

"We always have to work towards something. Did the Führer ask what you want to do with Britain? How do you answer? ”

"I asked, and my answer was to make peace with Britain through neutral countries, and the Führer was very pleased to hear it, and he is now trying to make peace with Britain." Goering replied.

Chen Dao breathed a sigh of relief and told Goering: "After you return to Berlin, remember two things. The first thing is that Britain will definitely not negotiate peace with us, so we must seize the time to reorganize our armaments. In particular, to replenish the losses of the Air Force in the French campaign as soon as possible, to prepare for war against Britain. ”

"Impossible, why should the British continue to fight with us, they no longer have the capital, and there is no reason to fight anymore, we" Goering stopped halfway through his words, and he saw that Chen Dao's eyes were full of impatience and mixed with a hint of anger.

"Well, I admit that I'm not as good as you in the war, I listen to you, what's the second thing you want to say?" Goering said. "The second thing is that if someone asks you how you should attack Britain, you should not give any positive answers, let alone make any promises, especially in front of the Führer, and I will talk about it when I return to Berlin."

"Won't you go back with me tomorrow? Both the Counts and Counts of Falk are waiting for you at home, and the Führer wants to see you. Goering asked.

"As soon as I return to Berlin, the Führer will certainly ask me about the war against England, and I have not yet thought about it, and if I cannot give the Führer a satisfactory answer, it will affect our position in the Führer's mind, and I need a few days to think carefully about it, unless the Führer orders me to go back."

"Now the Führer's main concern is the war against England, and if I always do not answer his questions positively, it will also affect my image in his mind." Goering said.

"If the Führer keeps asking questions, you make him pay attention to Italy's actions and be ready to fight in the Mediterranean, and even if the Führer doesn't ask you, you can take the initiative to suggest to him."

"The Mediterranean is Italy's territory, are you thinking too much?" Goering said.

"There is an adage in the war that if you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate, and unfortunately our ally Mr. Mussolini is the legendary pig-teammate, and it is only a matter of time before Italy collapses in the Mediterranean, and we must prepare for it in advance. As a god of war, you should see in advance what hasn't happened yet, rather than waiting for it to happen. ”

"I still say the same thing, I'm not as good as you in the war, I listen to you." Goering was afraid that he would upset Chen Dao by talking too much nonsense, and ruined the plan for the two to get back together, so he agreed.

"It must be remembered that if the Führer asks about the war against the British mainland, he must not make any promises, and everything will be said when I return to Berlin." Chen Dao admonished again.

"I remember, in the future, I will ask your opinion in advance for any war." Goering said.

"Also, in order to maintain your image as a god of war, I suggest that you stop mentioning the defeat of France in eight weeks in front of the people in the army, and do things in a high-profile manner and behave in a low-key manner."

Goering understood everything and said without hesitation: "I understand that as a superior person, you have to have a high profile, and you can't always hold on to other people's mistakes. What else do you have to explain? ”

"There is no military for the time being, but there are some business." Chen Dao said.

"You've finally talked about business, I've been waiting for you for a long time, let's talk about it." Goering said with a gleeful heart.

Chen Dao took out a piece of paper from his briefcase and handed it to Goering.

"It's very easy to find a garment factory to make camouflage uniforms. Transfer the Koch commando to you, it's no problem. You're also going to recruit a bunch of people from film companies into the Navy, and I'm going to go back and ask Amy and Albert, who know people in the film industry better. What you want me to do is a small thing, but not a big one? ”。 Goering asked.

"Not now, when I get back to Berlin, I'll have it."

"When are you going back to Berlin?"

"Wait for the Führer's order." After Chen Dao finished speaking, he picked up his briefcase and stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"Back to the officers' quarters."

Goering saw that Chen Dao's expression was really about to leave, so he didn't stop him.

"Heinz, I'll say it again, I'm not as good as you in war."

"I'm not as good as you in business." Chen Dao continued.

"You are in charge of the war." Goering stretched out his hands to Chen Dao

"It's up to you to do business." Chen Dao held Goering's hands tightly.

At this moment, the relationship between the brother-in-law and brother-in-law returned to harmony (to be continued......