PS: Please think about a question when reading the book, is what the characters in the book say necessarily right? It's true?

On the night of July 3, 1943, the Berlin Chancellery was filled with stars and dignitaries, and the promotion and awarding ceremony of the top generals of the Third Reich was being held. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"General Hermann-Hort, for your loyalty, courage and indelible contributions, I now promote you to the rank of Field Marshal of the Wehrmacht on behalf of the entire German armed forces and the German people!"

"Long live the Führer!" Hult respectfully raised his hand, then took the marshal's scepter, which symbolized the top status of the military, from Hoffman's hand and raised it high, and the audience applauded thunderously......

"General Ewald von Kleist, for your loyalty, courage and indelible service, I now promote you to the rank of Field Marshal of the Wehrmacht on behalf of the entire German armed forces and the German people!"

Admiral Kleist also became a field marshal.

The two will never understand that, in real history, instead of becoming a marshal, they were ordered to stand aside within a few years because of disagreements with the Führer.

Seeing that someone in the army was promoted to marshal, the air force and navy were very enthusiastic and wanted to pick people out for promotion, but the navy had just been promoted in a round not long ago, and Senior General Graeme, who was closest to the promotion qualification in the air force, had only been promoted to general at the beginning of the year. However, Grim's loyalty in history and his outstanding performance in recent battles will not be forgotten by Hoffman, so he and Moder and others received the Knight's Cross with two swords and silver oak leaves.

The promotion and conferment ceremony lasted more than two hours, but no one felt impatient, because they knew that the main event of the evening, the Führer's engagement ceremony, had not yet begun.

Ordinary people's engagement ceremonies are usually held in the woman's family, at most a few relatives and friends are invited, but when the news of the Führer's engagement came out, it was not a simple personal matter, but a major event that the whole of Germany and the whole Axis camp paid close attention to, not only high-ranking generals, core officials, including heads of state of various countries were personally present to congratulate, but even Pope Pius XII, who lived in seclusion in the Vatican, also came to Berlin.

After Hoffmann's crossing, the relationship between Germany and the Holy See was invisibly much more harmonious, one was that Germany changed its policy towards the Jews, and the treatment of three years of hard labor was considered completely reasonable and appropriate by the Holy See, and it was a punishment for the original sin of the Jews betraying Christ; Second, Germany weakened its ideological output and no longer exerted aggressive pressure on Christianity or Catholicism; Third, the Eastern countries that broke away from Bolshevik control began to spread their religion normally, and although Orthodox Christianity was the mainstream, there was still a certain market for Christianity.

However, before the engagement ceremony, the Führer unexpectedly said that he would first give a live speech.

"Do you need to tell your radio listeners about it?" Goebbels asked, and the Propaganda Department and the regional party organizations did everything they could to broadcast the whole ceremony, and now at least 20 million people in Germany are listening attentively to the live broadcast report.

"Yes."

"The German people, all German patriots, the Führer is now making a public speech......"

“…… Before the war began, I promised the German people that until the war was finally won, I would not consider personal marriage, and that I would give everything I had to this country that had suffered so much. Today I broke my promise, and although Germany continued to win on the battlefield and defeated one enemy after another, it was still some way from final victory. My engagement at this time was not on a whim or on a whim, nor was it a casual violation of the promises I had made. ”

Hoffmann paused and said, "But because my lover, Miss Eva-Braun, has a new life in his belly, and as the father of this life, I cannot ignore his growth, nor can I ignore the selfless dedication of those who love me, but I must give them a commitment, a name, and fulfill my responsibilities as a man and as a father." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and the tens of millions of people who listened to the radio were also stunned.

"If you are willing to continue to unite under the banner of the Party and work together, if you are willing to trust me to continue to lead the empire forward, and if you are willing to magnanimously forgive me for breaking my word, please give your cheers to your heart's content......

The silence lasted only 1-2 seconds, and in the next moment, all the guests heard a tsunami-like voice outside: "Long live the Führer!" That's almost the whole Berlin shouting!

"Thank you, I hear you...... Believe me, I will definitely bring you a glorious German Empire that has stood for thousands of years, let us cry together for the final victory of Germany - Long live Germany! ”

Outside the window, there was also a mountain of voices: "Long live Germany!" ”

All the guests breathed a sigh of relief, they were a little unaccustomed to such thrilling moves by the Führer. Goebbels, on the other hand, secretly applauded that although the matter of being pregnant out of wedlock is not a big deal, it is not a trivial matter for politicians, especially the Führer, and it will not be concealed in the future; instead of chewing his tongue and spreading it in private, it is better to admit it in person and generously, on the one hand, it appears to be above board, and on the other hand, it appears to be affectionate and righteous -- the Führer is a working-class politician, a representative of the people at the bottom, and a leader elected by the people of all Germany by vote, not an aristocratic elite who is high above the world and does not eat the fireworks of the world, and the support of the people is very important. This kind of honesty will not only not lose points, but will also add points.

Eva on the side was almost crying, she didn't know that there were so many things hidden after this engagement ceremony, these days she poured all her attention into jewelry, for wedding dresses, for clothing, for the ceremony, trying to make herself dignified and generous, graceful and luxurious, worthy of the dignity of the Third Reich, Hoffman did her best to meet her request, but this simple-minded woman did not think of anything more.

Now everyone looks at Hoffman differently: the Führer is not only engaged, but also clearly announced that he has offspring, considering that the Führer is now less than 55 years old, and the golden age of a politician is at least 20 years, as long as the general situation is not turbulent and the position is as stable as Mount Tai. If he is born a boy, he will be a hot figure in another 20 years, and his successor may be younger, but he will undoubtedly be the heir to Germany's top political legacy. They have all studied history, Charles-Louis-Napoleon just relied on the prestige of the surname Napoleon, from a broken aristocrat to the emperor of France, if Germany leapt to become the leader of Europe, who will dare to underestimate the surname "Hitler" from now on?

Mussolini in the crowd couldn't help but say to Count Ziano: "I can't imagine that Adolf is still a seed of innocence......"

Ziano echoed the smile, but he couldn't help but slander in his heart: You are embarrassed to ridicule others, your old man is almost the laughing stock of the whole Italian people in the matter of the relationship between men and women.

Marshal Antonescu, the ruler of Romania, said to those around him: "The Führer's bearing is becoming more and more calm, not as impatient or fanatical as before, and there is a vague atmosphere of a European ally, which is a good thing for the future political situation, hey, now I look forward to finishing the war as soon as possible!" ”

Of course, such a good day requires drinking, but Hoffman is obviously very restrained, only slightly drank a little wine, at 1 o'clock in the evening, the wine has almost woken up, he gently woke up the sleeping Eva next to him: "I'm going to have a meeting, you have a good rest." ”

"Ah, there's a meeting at this late hour?" Eva opened her eyes in a daze, "Can't you open it tomorrow?" ”

"It's been agreed a long time ago, and I'm going to be late if I don't go."

"Then be careful yourself and come back early."

In the conference room of the base camp, several generals were pacing, and seeing that the time was approaching, Marshal Hult asked uneasily: "The Führer won't be drunk and can't wake up, right?" ”

"Possibly, today is a good day to get engaged." Field Marshal Kleist nodded yes, "I was much younger than the Führer when I was engaged, and I was even more drunk at that time, and I was directly drunk unconscious...... ......" he said, and he couldn't help but burp at first, causing a bunch of people to laugh at him.

But today is the big day for the two marshals, and it is not normal not to drink - I don't see Marshal Kleist standing here with a red face now, and the man in his 60s looks like a young man in his early 20s.

Zeitzler said with a smile: "It's okay if the Führer doesn't come, the general strategy has been decided, and the battle plan can be formed if it is clear, and I will report to the Führer tomorrow morning." ”

As soon as his words fell, a "The Führer has arrived!" "It's been passed in.

At 1:30, Hoffman walked into the conference room on time, everyone saluted in order, Hoffman smiled and congratulated the generals who were promoted and accepted the medal today, and then everyone congratulated him on his happy engagement.

After a few minutes of greetings, the meeting officially entered the main topic. The reason why Hoffmann chose this time for the meeting was deliberate, and first, the general was mostly concentrated in Berlin; The news of the engagement ceremony is known to all countries, and the development and initiation of a cover battle plan can achieve unexpected purposes. He believed that Britain and the United States could get the news of his engagement, so Berlin put a lot of effort into security, laid down heavy troops on the ground, and hundreds of planes in the air escorted it.

"How's the situation at the front?"

"Everything is going very well, the initial adjustment of the formation of the various army groups is in place, the losses of all units in the battle of the castle have been replenished by more than 90%, and the 2nd Army of the Russian Liberation Army and the rest of the Russian prisoners have been fully transferred from the frontline to the direction of Ukraine and Minsk." Zeitzler looked at the schedule, "The logistics are in full swing, and it is expected to be completed by the evening of July 4, and the offensive will not be delayed." Now the overall plan still lacks a resounding codename. ”

"It's going to be an unexpected attack, like a summer thunderbolt that shocks everyone." Hoffman thought for a moment, "Let's call it Summer Thunder......" (To be continued. )