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Seeing Field Marshal Keitel and the Chief of Operations, General Jodel, Artillery Admiral, Hitler immediately gave an order.

"The operation on the Eastern Front against Moscow ceased indefinitely, and Army Group North ceased to transfer troops to Army Group Center until there was an order from me, telling Marshal Loeb, to continue the offensive on St. Petersburg. Army Group Center built fortifications on the spot and prepared for the winter. Army Group North and Army Group South Ukraine continued their offensive, aligned the front with Army Group Center, occupied the Sumy, Kharkov and Donetsk lines and stopped the offensive, and then switched to the defense on the spot and prepared for the winter. ”

Admiral Yodel asked angrily, "Führer, why is that?" Now is clearly the best time to capture Moscow. ”

"No why? This is an order, and it is carried out immediately. Hitler said.

Shocked by the unmistakable tone of Hitler's tone, Field Marshal Keitel immediately uttered his mantra.

"Yes, my Führer."

Hitler called out to Marshal Keitel, who was leaving, and gave a new order.

"Inform the Air Force and Army Command and ask them to count the number of combat personnel currently on the Eastern Front, and then count the number of winter equipment they have prepared, and report to me within 48 hours, and I will coordinate with the production department to try to prepare enough winter supplies as soon as possible."

"Yes, Führer, I'll do it at once." Keitel said.

Hitler left Keitel and returned to his office in the Supreme High Command with his adjutant.

In his office, Himmler was waiting for him.

"Führer, the preliminary results of the interrogation of Canaris, here are the reports, which contain three significant results."

Hitler gestured to the chair across from his desk and motioned for Himmler to sit down and report.

"We searched his office and home, and reviewed his documents and diaries. We can be sure that he was guilty of at least two major treason, and one of which was about General Baker. First, before the French campaign was launched, Canaris had secretly colluded with Britain and France to betray their plan to attack France. ”

"Which battle plan is it? Halder's one, or the one we implemented? ”

Himmler said: "It's the Yellow Plan, the one that Halder devisted. ”

Hitler sneered a few times.

"In order to oppose me, they went so far as to betray Germany. Thankfully, we had a new plan developed by Manstein and Heinz to avoid this major risk. And then you say, what's the second thing? ”

Himmler continued: "Before we entered Spain, Canaris secretly contacted Franco and signaled him not to be on our side and to remain neutral in Spain. ”

Hitler sighed: "Fortunately, Heinz gave me the idea to use carrots and sticks to force Franco to side with us, so that we could recapture Gibraltar." Go on, what's going on with Baker? ”

"With regard to General Baker, the information we get is that if their coup is successful, General Baker will be the president of the new government."

Hitler closed his eyes and said a word with a straight face.

"Let him go to hell and become the president of Germany. This bunch of scum, scum, a disgrace to the Germanic people. Well, that's all you had to say? Who is the poisoner? Is there a survey result? ”

Canaris denied that he had Heinz poisoned, and General Baker said he didn't know. Heinz's driver and adjutant also flatly denied that they poisoned Heinz, and we want to torture them, but I think it is still necessary to consult Heinz, after all, these two people are people close to him. ”

"You've thought so thoughtfully, call and ask Heinz. Let's go, I'm going to meet Canaris, I'd like to hear what he thinks? ”

At the headquarters of the Gestapo, in a single room prepared by Himmler, Hitler met Canaris.

In one night, Canaris seemed to be ten years older, his face was full of wrinkles, and his eyebrows drooped even lower.

"Why did you betray Germany?"

"I didn't betray Germany, I just opposed you." Canaris said. ‘

Hitler recited an oath, and with each word, Canaris's gaze became flustered.

"I solemnly swear before God that I will unreservedly obey the orders of Adolf Hitler, the Reich Führer and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht, and keep my oath in the name of a valiant soldier, even to the point of death."

After reciting the oath, Hitler said: "As a member of the Wehrmacht, you have pledged allegiance to me with this oath. I want to ask you, when did the oath of the German military become so cheap? Where is your honor as a German soldier? When you betrayed the intelligence of the Yellow Plan to Britain and France, did you also think that you had not betrayed Germany? ”

Every time Hitler asked a question, Canaris's head hung down a little, until at last he raised his head sharply and shouted to Hitler in annoyance: "I have been forced to do all this by you, you and the criminals around you are leading Germany into the abyss, and everything I have done is the pain that must be experienced to save Germany." ”

"You traitor, you're still quibbling. In 1933, I inherited a Weimar Republic with only 100,000 troops and 20,000 navy, and 6 million unemployed people, and to this day, in less than ten years, I have returned to you a great German empire with no unemployed people and tens of millions of troops. Under my command, our army took out Poland in four weeks, Denmark in one day, Belgium in two weeks, France in fifty days, England in two years, and oh, and Luxembourg in one breakfast. Is such a Germany an abyss for you and the people around you? Am I committing a crime in what I do? ”

Under the criticism of Hitler's creation god-level eloquence, Canaris was criticized for being incomplete.

It was half an hour before Hitler left the room.

In Carlden Bruner's office, Hitler pulled out a document from his briefcase.

"This is the list you have handed in, these people, the former mayor of Leipzig, Gotaile, the farmer Schmenzien, the Berlin police chief, Count Herdorf, and the field marshal Witzleben of the reserves, etc., all these that I have circled, immediately arrested, interrogated, and sentenced, and the others on the list are waiting for my orders."

Carlden Bruner put away the list and personally sent Himmler and Hitler away, but met two uninvited guests in front of the office building.

"Hermann, Heinz, why are you here?" Hitler asked in surprise.

Chen Dao said: "Ensign Lorenz and the driver are people who have been with me for many years, if they are guilty, I want to ask them, why did they do this?" If they are innocent, I want to prove their innocence in person. ”

"I want to see how Heinz interrogates them," Goering said. ”

"How's your body?" Hitler asked.

"The doctor said there was no problem, and the danger period had passed." Chen Dao said.

Driven by curiosity, Hitler turned around and returned to the building with Chen Dao and Goering.

A few minutes later, in Carlden Bruner's office, Chen Dao looked at the tall glass and military kettle on the desk and said, "That's right, it's this glass and this kettle." ”

"We did an examination and found your and the second lieutenant Lorenz fingerprints on it, but the liquid inside was examined, and no toxic substances were found," Carldenbruner said. ”

Chen said: "There is not enough evidence to convict us, and we can't get a useful confession, so we can only use some unconventional means. ”

Twenty minutes later, two Gestapo suddenly appeared in the room where Second Lieutenant Lorenz was being held.

The tall Gestapo said: "Second Lieutenant Lorenz, I have been instructed to inform you that after our inspection, cyanide was found in the vodgary remnants of that military kettle, and on the kettle, there are only the fingerprints of you and General Rosen. When we reported it to General Rosen, he agreed to sentence you to death, but he would announce to your family that you had been ambushed by the guerrillas because of your affection for many years with him. ”

The short Gestapo next to him pulled out a P38 pistol and placed it on the table.

"Second Lieutenant Lorenz, do it yourself."

"No way, it's a sham. No, I want to see the Governor, I didn't do it・・・・・・"

Ensign Lorenz rushed to the door, but was stopped by two Gestapo, who rushed outside the door and pressed Ensign Lorenz back into his chair.

"There is no point in resisting, you don't want to delay our time."

Second Lieutenant Lorenz stared at the pistol in front of him, his hands pulling through his hair, and muttered to himself:

"No way, I didn't do it, someone must have planted it, I have no motive, why should I murder the governor, I have no motive・・・・・・"

"You were once demoted from major to second lieutenant for offending the Governor, isn't that a reason for you to resent him?"

"Nonsense, I was demoted because ・・・・・・ can't do it, you can't know." Second Lieutenant Lorenz argued.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, even if it doesn't save you. Pick up the gun and do it yourself, the corpse carrier is waiting outside. ”

"I want to write a suicide note to the Governor."

The tall Gestapo hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Using the pen and paper provided by the Gestapo, Second Lieutenant Lorenz quickly wrote a suicide note and handed it to the Gestapo, then stood up, tugged at the hem of the uniform, smoothed the wrinkles of the uniform, and fastened the style button.

Pulling back his hair, Second Lieutenant Lorenz picked up the P38 pistol and pointed it at his temple facing the four Gestapo.

"Time will tell, I am innocent."

After saying his last words, Second Lieutenant Lorenz pulled the trigger.

In the quiet room, there was a soft "click", which was the sound of a firing pin hitting the air.

The tall Gestapo and Ensign Lorenz looked at each other for a few seconds before suddenly coming to their senses.

Stepping forward and snatching the gun from the hands of the second lieutenant, he said to the second lieutenant Lorenz with an apologetic face: "Sorry, Mr. Ensign, I forgot to reload. ”

The four Gestapo exited the room, leaving Ensign Lorenz alone to reminisce about a trip to the gates of hell.

In Carlden Bruner's room, Chen Dao listened to the Gestapo's report on what happened, read the "suicide note" of Second Lieutenant Lorenz, and let out a long sigh.

"Now I can conclude that he didn't do it, and things have become complicated."