With a "snap", Hoffmann, who was at the Eagle's Nest stronghold, turned off the radio and stopped listening to the chatter arranged by Goebbels—it was a long list that would have taken a lot of effort to read. These lists were all announced after he approved them, and instead of hiding them and keeping them from the public, it is better to inform them generously, so as not to guess randomly, at least there is a deterrent effect.

Facts have proved that Himmler's methods and ruthlessness are extremely prominent, not only using this incident to brand Goering as a traitor, but also logically creating a scene of suicide in fear of crime, and Hoffman does not need to see or investigate to know what the truth is. Göring had nothing to do with the incident in the first place, and the worst thing was that he was too domineering in his daily life, not only did no one intercede for him when he dealt with it, but no one questioned it after the case was made public, although everyone knew what was going on.

But for the sake of Goering, Hoffmann has not slept well for several days, to be honest, he originally only wanted to deprive Goering of his rights, did not want to completely kill him, and even the title of Imperial Marshal was still reserved for him, but the consequence was so ruthless, it was just a subconscious hint at first, and the next day Himmler finished the matter. Although he crossed over to become the Führer and inherited the Führer's callous memory, he was, after all, just an intellectual's soul traversing, and he was not a qualified politician at all. I haven't even experienced parliamentary struggles in normal times, but now I have actually eliminated an imperial marshal and the number two person in the party while talking and laughing, and the feeling of being in power is very good and terrifying, how can I sleep? The problem is that the others do not know Hoffmann's original intentions, whether it is the party elders or the top of the army, they are all shocked by the Führer's thunderous means of purging Goering's forces, if it took a lot of effort to purge the SA and Rohm in the past, this liquidation of Goering can be regarded as a no-brainer, everyone is impressed by the Führer's authority, even Ribbentrop, who has always been very arrogant, now speaks with 120,000 cautions.

Originally, he had some sympathy for Goering's fate, but after Himmler presented Goering's list of his families, his mood gradually returned to calm. The list shows that the total value of real estate, securities, diamonds, gold, and cash in Goering's name is 50 million Reichsmarks, and the value of Göring's collection of antiques, relics, and paintings is more than 400 million Reichsmarks—all of which he has scavenged from various places by clever means, and the price paid is extremely insignificant. In addition, Göring also has the Hermann Göring Imperial Mining and Ironmaking Consortium, which was established in 1936 under the protection of the powerful, and has developed into one of the top five steel giants in Germany after just a few years of development, and the value of this part of the equity is not less than 100 million marks.

Hofmann was shocked that a No. 4 tank cost only 100,000 Reichsmarks, and that Goering was worth 5,000 tanks, and the last remaining sympathy vanished.

"My Führer, Goering may not have committed treason, but his crimes are no different from those of a traitor." Seeing Hoffman's uneasiness, Martin Bowman said indignantly, "Look at his life of poverty and luxury, even the Hohenzollern family does not have such a big pomp, and his fate is not worthy of sympathy." ”

"I know, it's just that the thought of so many years of friendship still makes me unable to face it casually." Hoffmann no longer continued to dwell on Göring's affairs, but instead turned to Baumann, "After the Goering incident, your task is also very arduous, to strengthen the national socialist education of the comrades in the party, to guide them to transfer their enthusiasm for making a fortune to contribute all their strength to the cause of the empire, to pay attention to the evaluation and assessment of cadres at all levels, we can no longer bear similar damage, and we can no longer afford it." Now, Himmler, Goebbels, you and Speer are my most trusted assistants, Himmler is in charge of the SS, Goebbels is in charge of government affairs, and Speer is in charge of the economy and armaments, but the core of our cause is party and state socialism, and no one is allowed to trample on or override this principle, so you must be scrupulous and modest. ”

Baummann nodded, indicating that he understood Hoffmann's subtext, after the fall of Goering, Himmler's power became too great, and he had to find a way to restrain it, although the Führer took the opportunity of the integration of intelligence agencies to weaken some of the power of the SS, but Himmler's overall status still rose, and in order to curb this momentum, it was necessary to borrow a party pawn like Baumann -- after experiencing the test of the Goering incident, Hoffmann became much more politically mature and a lot more tactful in the means of dealing with problems. Baumann and Goebbels were the pawns he used to restrain Himmler and had to be used well.

In order to avoid familiar people seeing the flaws, Hoffmann also racked his brains to slowly send the people around him out, and the chief adjutant Schmunt was appointed as a lieutenant general after he was promoted to the Eastern Front to take over the position of quartermaster, Zeitzler naturally welcomed the arrival of this old friend; Dr. Morel, who was familiar with the Führer's health, was also taken advantage of by him to be assigned to the post of deputy chief of the Military Medical Department of the Logistics Department of the Eastern Front -- this charlatan, who had no knowledge or skills, and who had been trying to inject drugs and other drugs into the Führer, was finally swept away by him. He is also determined to replace the other head of state service personnel at the right time in the future in order to minimize the risk of identity exposure. There was perhaps only one person in Germany whom he could not change, and that was Eva Braun, who had been having a headache for the past two days except for the matter of Goering, and how could he face this woman who lived in the Berghof villa only a few kilometers away and had the closest relationship with the Führer.

He still postponed the matter of Eva for a few more days, but the problem of the Air Force could not be delayed for a moment. After the fall of Goering, there was also a wave of purges within the Air Force, and Keitel, who adhered to Hoffmann's will, tried to keep the situation too serious, but the wave of purges inevitably spread to the second man in the Air Force, Field Marshal Milch, the director of the Air Force. He was questioned as early as 1935 because his father was Jewish, and the Gestapo intervened in the investigation. Göring's claim that Milch's father was not the Jewish pharmacist Anton Milch, but his uncle Karl Brauer, in order to save Milch, was assured by a certificate signed by Milch's mother, and Göring famously said: "In the Luftwaffe, it is up to me to decide who is Jewish!" But now that Goering had collapsed and his promises and assurances were null and void - Himmler could easily find out that the German certificate of German origin that Milch had later obtained was a fake, and that Milch was a true descendant of the Jews.

Faced with such a thorny problem, Keitel did not dare to concentrate on himself, so he could only come back and ask for instructions. As a scholar with a conscience, Hoffman hated racism and anti-Semitism and wanted to change this established national policy, but he also knew that anti-Semitism was a deep-rooted consensus throughout the Third Reich.

"Obviously, Marshal Milch has to move his position, otherwise the Air Force will not be able to account for it here." In Hoffman's memory, Milch's ability was outstanding, and his shortcomings were clear enough -- he was too much of a power-grabbing power, which was deeply criticized within the Air Force. Due to his non-cooperation, the chief of staff of the Air Force was changed one after another, and it was not until the former Milch's deputy, Jehunnik, who was only 40 years old at the time, came to power that he sat in this position, which shows the difference in Milch's popularity. What's more, Milch was good at administration and personnel organization, weak in strategic command, and biased against the development of new aircraft, and even delayed the entry into service of the ME-262 because of his bad relationship with Dr. Messerschmidt, which was fatal for an Air Force director.

"Didn't you give an account of the prisoner of war camp to the Air Force? Field Marshal Milch was transferred to the post of Director of the Administrative Affairs Bureau of the Supreme Command, and dealt with prisoners on a full-time basis. Hoffman advised, "Don't mention Jewish descendants anymore." Although Goering was dealt with, it does not mean that everything Göring has done and said before is wrong, and he must continue to insist on what he should insist on. The disposition of others must not be further expanded, otherwise it will only be our enemies who will be happy, and the High Command must stand firm, and the Wehrmacht is not a subordinate body of the SS. ”

Baumann, who was on the side, also nodded repeatedly, and the Führer's words were vaguely reproachful to the SS, and it seemed that he did not want to let Himmler come either.

Keitel asked: "How will the follow-up personnel and organizational problems of the Air Force be arranged?" The current successor to the Air Force Commander is currently the most vocal Marshal Kesselring, in addition to the Air Force Commanders of the Western Front, Field Marshal Hugo Speller and General Wolfram von Richthofen have certain supporters. ”

"The southern front is the strategic direction in the future, and Kesselring's position as commander-in-chief of the southern front must not be shaken, as for the other two ......" Hoffman hesitated slightly, and slowly paced, these two people's qualifications are too shallow, but I am afraid that they will not be able to suppress the group of proud soldiers of the air force. He had been spinning in place three times, but he still hadn't made up his mind.

"Führer, why don't you personally serve as commander-in-chief of the Air Force?" Seeing that Hoffman was slow to speak, Bowman interjected, "As the Supreme Commander of the Empire, you are now also the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and you can also be the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force—this will help stabilize the situation more quickly." ”

Keitel originally satirized Bowman in his heart, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not unacceptable, once the Führer concurrently served as the commander of the Air Force, it would mean that the state of the "independent kingdom" of the Air Force would be completely broken, and it would be of great benefit to the Supreme Command to grasp the overall situation. Therefore, he also echoed with a smile on his face, and waited for Führer Man to accept it gladly.

Who knew that Hoffman gave a different answer: "Let me think about it first, we will return to Berlin tomorrow, and I will share with the air force generals my thoughts on air force tactics and aviation manufacturing, which are essential to our strategy." ”