"German people, patriots of all Germany, now broadcast the latest news......" The loudspeakers in the streets of Berlin were already broadcasting the news in a high-pitched voice, and everyone stopped to listen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

“…… Under the personal command of the Great Führer, from May 25 to 16, the Reichswehr and the Waffen-SS, with the close cooperation of the Allied forces in the Axis, launched an unprecedentedly powerful offensive on the Russian front, destroying more than 1.3 million enemy troops, destroying and capturing more than 2,000 enemy tanks and more than 3,000 aircraft of various types, and our army's losses were slight, less than one-ninth of the enemy's, and the entire front of the Eastern Front advanced by 300-450 kilometers.

The commander of the enemy's Bryansk Front, Leityr, and political commissar Suseikov, suddenly woke up in the face of the strong pressure and the call of justice of our army, resolutely revolted in front of the battle, and led all the officers and men of the army to change their banners and join the Russian Liberation Army, and jointly fought for the overthrow of the cruel rule of Stalin and the Bolsheviks and the construction of New Russia.

This event not only marked the beginning of the internal disintegration of the enemy, but also meant that the Third Reich and the justice-loving peoples of all Europe were not far from final victory...... Let us further unite and make unremitting efforts to overthrow the international Jewish monopoly oligarchy and bring down the reactionary ruling classes in the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain!

Long live our leader, the great, glorious, and correct Führer Adolf Hitler! Long live the invincible and invincible German people! ”

On June 18, 1943, as soon as Hoffmann returned to Berlin, the High Command immediately issued a Victory Communiqué for the Battle of the Castle, along with a large number of promotions and decorations for officers. Admirals Hult and Kleist were promoted to field marshal by Hoffman for their long-term exploits, and all the commanders of the army group on the Eastern Front except for Moder held the title of marshal.

Keitel also mentioned Zeitzler and Moder in the promotion list, and Hoffmann did not agree to the promotion for the sake of internal balance due to the fact that they had not been promoted to their current rank for a long time, but based on their outstanding contributions, he generously awarded them the Knight's Cross with two swords and silver oak leaves.

While the streets of Berlin were talking about a major victory, Hoffmann had quietly rushed to the Eagle's Nest Villa, and when he arrived in Berlin to report the good news to Eva, he was suddenly surprised by a big surprise: "My dear...... I'll tell you the good news, I'...... Pregnant! ”

"Really?" Hoffman was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, "My child? No, no, no, I mean, I have a baby? ”

Eva didn't hear any difference between these two sentences, and only said to herself: "The doctor said that it may be more than 2 months, and I am afraid of disturbing you, so I have not dared to say it." ”

"Okay, you wait for me, I'll be back right away, right away!"

Hoffman rushed back to the Eagle's Nest in a hurry, and as soon as Eva saw him, he rushed over, and after the two hugged tightly, Hoffman squatted down and attached his ear to Eva's lower abdomen: "Let me listen to the child's voice......"

"Look at you in such a hurry!" Eva giggled, "It's only the size of a potato, where does the heartbeat come from?" ”

"Well, what are you going to call them...... Hoffmann spun around the spot several times before he finally said, "if you are born a boy, you will be called Ludwig; If it's a girl, call it Rita......"

"Okay." Unbeknownst to Eva, the two names were the names of Hoffman's first two children.

"My dear, you have given me such a big surprise, and I will also give you a surprise......" Hoffman said with a smile on his face, "next week there will be a grand ceremony of awards, commendations and promotions, senior generals, important officials and heads of state will come to Berlin, I would like to hold a ceremony after the meeting to announce the news of our engagement, will you marry me?" ”

"Yes!" Eva screamed in response without hearing the whole thing, she was going crazy!

"Prepare well, I will announce the ...... to the world" to the level of the Führer, the house, the car, the diamond ring, the marriage proposal ceremony and other routine are no longer mentioned, as long as Hoffman speaks, countless people will be ready. Moreover, the Führer was not a poor man, he received more than 10 million marks in royalties every year, and then he had a considerable share of the oil fund he was preparing - a development fund that included the entire Middle East oil-producing regions!

No one noticed that on the same day as the Victory Communiqué was issued, there was a brief message -- our Marines occupied the Seychelles a few days ago! The news caused an even bigger shock in Washington, as they had just received news that the huge Japanese fleet had suddenly captured the Maldives and the British Indian Ocean territory.

"The good news is that the Axis offensive against South Africa may be coming to an end for the time being; The bad news is that Japan may attack India......" Admiral Kim briefed on intelligence in the direction of the Indian Ocean in an anxious tone.

Marshall gave an expressionless report on the situation on the Eastern Front: "The Soviet army suffered a crushing defeat, losing more than 1 million people, and the commander of a front army surrendered to the enemy......"

Hearing that the Red Army had lost more than 1 million, Roosevelt's breath became short, although more than 1 million was trivial to Stalin, but the news that important commanders had defected to the enemy after successive losses was too hard, and he asked: "Will the Russians always collapse?" ”

"It may not be for the time being, but it is on the verge of collapse, with only one-third of the pre-war grain production and less than 40% of the oil produced in Russia, and a large number of Russians fleeing to the German-occupied areas after the German army established and continued to expand the puppet regime."

Everyone was stunned, why is this painting style so weird, shouldn't it be the other way around?

Hull replied with a wry smile: "For ordinary Russians, I am afraid that it is better to live in the German-occupied areas at present: on the one hand, they can earn a living and get the food necessary to support their families, and on the other hand, the puppet regime allocates land to those who are loyal to them. ”

Everyone's hearts were heavy, and this prospect really looked a little bad.

"What about India? Have you communicated with Jiang? When will his additional troops reach India? ”

"In the early stage, we sent additional planes to India and strengthened the transportation capacity of the Hump route, but it is clear that Chiang is only interested in our supplies, he and his senior generals have little enthusiasm for defending India, General Stilwell said that in the past month or so, less than 4,000 people have arrived in India by plane, except for a very small number of officers, the others are obviously ordinary people who have not received any training, and their physical fitness is not satisfactory, and he can only train them with great effort. According to what we have observed in Chongqing, they are more gearing up for war with the Communists. Marshall smiled bitterly, "Even these officers are a minority of the Chiang regime that has been squeezed out and has no aspirations. I am now very worried that these American aid materials will not be used by him to fight the Japanese, but will instead become the basis for him to fight the civil war. ”

"Is he crazy?" Roosevelt said angrily

"He's not crazy, he's calm. Because the robbery of the Russians in northwest China in the early stage had greatly hurt the national feelings of the Chinese intelligentsia, even the democratic-democratic elements who were dissatisfied with Chiang were now strongly dissatisfied with Stalin, and now Chongqing had a great public opinion and military superiority, and he wanted to take advantage of this favorable situation to eliminate the Communists. In his words, ......" Marshall got stuck when he said this.

Hull understands China better than he does, adding: "The Chinese saying goes, 'If you go outside, you must first settle inside!'" ’”

Marshall nodded: "That's pretty much what it means." The withdrawal of the Japanese forces created the conditions for a struggle between the two factions - many places where the two forces were not in direct contact became the territory of the two sides because of the retreat of the Japanese army, and the small frictions became more and more intense, and the Communists complained to us through their liaison in Chongqing, but this was of little avail, as if a large-scale civil war was about to break out. ”

"He found a reason for a military solution to the communist regime and the army -- Japan was sparing no effort to support the Communists, selling them everything from rifles to bullets, from tanks to airplanes, and he suspected that the Communists had colluded with Japan."

"Is this true? What do the Japanese think? Roosevelt was in a hurry, he clearly knew that there was peace and neutrality between Japan and the Soviet Union.

"This is true, but it is not the whole truth, it is too early to talk about the collusion between the Communists and Japan, the two sides are only voices at best, and Chiang himself is doing business with Japan - he buys arms, troops, and territory from Japan......"

"Wait, I heard you right, right?" Stimson was stunned and asked, "Buying troops and territory?" The Japanese went to be mercenaries? ”

"It was the Chinese army, the Chinese puppet army, to be precise, which was originally subordinate to the Wang regime in Nanjing, and was sold to Chiang by the Japanese as a formation. Ironically, these troops were part of Chiang's army long ago. Hull shrugged, "They surrendered to the Japanese in the name of 'saving the country by curves', and now the Japanese have returned Chiang, oh, probably for a lot of money." ”

"What a mess this is!" Admiral Kim frowned, furious!

"As for the land sale, it is even more interesting, Chiang's generals bribed the Japanese army with money or other materials to withdraw from the Chinese territory they occupied."

The audience was stunned, and Roosevelt couldn't help but laugh: "Can the Japanese agree?" ”

"Japan withdrew from several provinces one after another, and in addition to major transportation arteries and major cities, many county towns were sold to Chiang's regime -- we see that the so-called reconquista is actually a process of constantly bribing the Japanese army to withdraw, and the actual capture through fighting is very small." Hull shrugged, "There are also a few particularly 'smart' or 'proud' generals who pay half of the money and don't want to fulfill their obligations or don't want to pay at all, and the Japanese army makes them suffer and launch a special attack, usually not many Chinese troops can stop this sharp attack, and what is even more tragic is that their allies often die and do not save them." So I think that it is not so much that the Japanese army was driven out by the Chinese, but that they took the initiative to retreat - shrinking the front, improving the army's mobility, and increasing the speed of reaction. (To be continued.) )