On the afternoon of August 25, 1942, in Upper Salzburg, the Eagle's Nest base camp of the Third Reich was holding an imperial strategic meeting.

This was an impromptu meeting proposed by Hoffman, and there were not many people involved, so instead of the large conference room where yesterday's military meeting was held, a reception room with fresh air and a good view was found, but it was clear that the improvement of the environment did not bring about a boost in the mood of the attendees. On the contrary, the atmosphere at the beginning of the meeting was bad.

As soon as everyone sat down, before Hoffmann could speak, the pot-bellied Nazi veteran, commander of the Air Force, and Reich Marshal Hermann Goering had already taken the lead in opening his mouth, and his tone was very yin and yang: "I don't know if the Führer Guard has searched everyone's purse today, if there is another bomb like yesterday, the party and the country will be finished, the Führer has already saved the generals once, but he may not be able to save us again." ”

Apparently, the events of the previous evening had been spread among the top echelons, and Goering's words were directed at the SS national leader, Heinrich Himmler, not only because the flag guards in charge of security belonged to the SS, but also because the function of arresting conspirators was subordinate to the Gestapo. Himmler's failure to disrupt the rebel group's actions in advance and to deal with them in a timely manner at the conference was a complete dereliction of duty from a legal point of view. But Hoffmann knew that Göring was more of a pretext, and last night he clearly ordered the four air force field divisions to be dismantled into supplementary units for use, needless to say, the representative of the Imperial Air Force in the base camp must have passed the news back early this morning, which touched Goering's sensitive nerves, and he did not dare to fire at the Yuan first, so he could only rely on pointing at Sang and scolding Huai to get angry.

The meeting fell silent all of a sudden, and everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and they didn't know what to do: on one side was the grumbling Goering, and on the other side was Himmler, who was the second and third men of the Third Reich, and in the middle, the quiet Führer, no one dared to speak rashly.

After a while, Himmler opened his mouth: "My Führer, I would like to apologize to you solemnly for the mistakes in our work that have allowed the conspiracy of the traitors to develop to such a rampant level. "But we have moved through the night, and we have made a breakthrough this morning......," he said, looking rather confident, as he distributed the dossier to the congregation.

Traskov really failed to withstand the torture of the Gestapo, and confessed the core of the conspiracy group that night, in fact, even if he didn't say a word, Hoffman knew the list of all the important people: the names of the former Chief of the General Staff, Army General Ludwig Beck, and the former commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben, of course, could not escape, and the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Admiral William Franz Canaris, also loomed to the surface, Commander of the Reserve, General Friedrich Fromm, and Quartermaster General Eduard Wagner, Artillery Colonel, were also well-known figures. As for the other trash fish, it is a large list.

The turmoil of the traitorous group is getting bigger and bigger, and looking at the long list in their hands, everyone feels their scalps tingle.

"It can be seen that there are profound reasons why the war has not gone well this year." Hoffman held the file and roared, "My quartermaster is a traitor, no wonder the soldiers during the Moscow campaign could not eat rations, and could only wear thin summer clothes to fight the Russians in the climate of minus 30 degrees; The commander of my reserve army is a traitor, no wonder the reserve army, which has more than 2 million numbers, has not been able to replenish the front in time, Stalin was wiped out by us 500 divisions and 500 divisions, and we even dragged on the replenishment of 50 divisions; The head of my military espionage bureau is also a traitor, no wonder we have invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources but can only harvest information full of loopholes and contradictions! Both commanders of Army Group Center had affairs with the traitorous group, and the chief of staff was simply a core element, and such a unit could still win the battle? ”

"Humph! There are traitors in the army, traitors in the navy, traitors in the General Staff, the Supreme Command, and even the reserve forces, but our Air Force is the strong backing of National Socialism, and all of them are loyal to their leaders. Following Hoffmann's words, Göring suddenly slammed the file on the table viciously, stood up and pointed at Zeitzler's nose and scolded, "Say, why do you want to split the field divisions of our air force and mix loyal and reliable air forces into the unreliable army, I think you are also a hidden traitor." ”

Didn't Goering lose the Führer's favor after the defeat in the air battles of Dunkirk and Britain? Why does this dead fat man dare to play so arrogantly! Hoffman couldn't stand it anymore, knocked the table in front of him, and said in a loud voice: "Pay attention to your words and deeds, Marshal Goering, it is my order to split the Air Force Field Division, we will now discuss the matter of punishing the traitorous group, and do not point the spearhead of the struggle at your colleagues." ”

As soon as he heard this, Goering was immediately deflated, and he "hummed" twice and sat down again.

"I think some people don't know the sky, and they dare to oppose even the Führer's orders." Goering's usual opponent, Martin Baumann, did not forget to add fuel to the fire, "probably because the explosion did not happen, and some people's deputy Führer could not help and take over." ”

There is a reason for Baumann's remark, as on June 29, 1941, the Prime Minister issued an order that Goering should be his heir in the event of an accident in the war. Seeing that the angry Goering was about to pounce on Bowman again, Hoffman had to come forward and reprimand: "Bowman, you don't say a few words. ”

Seeing that the conference was at an impasse, the mouthpiece of the Third Reich, Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Minister of National Education and Propaganda, stepped in to make a round: "Comrades have heard about yesterday's events, and we are all rushing to the Führer's side in a hurry - fortunately everything is safe and sound. If it had not been for the Führer's wisdom and decisiveness and on-the-spot handling, I don't know what kind of disaster would have happened. It can be seen that the Führer has far more insight and decisiveness than we do, and as for how the traitorous group should be investigated and dealt with, it is better for us to obey the Führer's instructions. ”

Goebbels was a master of balance, but it wasn't just that. He knew that until the Führer's final moment of suicide, the Goebbels decided to follow suit, and not only had they poisoned six of their children with their own hands, but both of them had committed suicide - and that they wanted to reuse him for this loyalty. Of course, it is more important to change the fate of himself and Goebbels's family.

He cast an appreciative look at Goebbels and said slowly: "It turns out that our intelligence work is flawed, of course, it is not Himmler's responsibility alone, the burden on him is too heavy. The fact that Canaris, by virtue of his advantage in the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, played a very important role in the traitorous group and successfully evaded us, shows the need to continue to strengthen intelligence work. I decided that in the future, the Military Intelligence Bureau would be directly responsible to me, and that the external functions of the Imperial Security Department and the Foreign Military Department of the Eastern Front would be transferred to take full responsibility for collecting external information, and that Comrade Bowman would assist me in my daily work. The domestic functions of the Imperial Security Department continued to be strengthened, and it was responsible for the surveillance of domestic enemies. ”

After Hoffman said this, he looked at Himmler, but he didn't expect the other party's expression behind the glasses to be unusually calm, and he couldn't see much dissatisfaction, it seemed that the Führer's personal capture of the traitorous group touched him greatly, and the order to reorganize the intelligence agency could only be carried out through gritted teeth. Everyone was originally afraid that the chicken farm owner was too powerful, and when the Führer personally came forward to cut power, they all agreed. Bowman didn't expect a large piece of pie to fall on his head, his face flushed, and his whole body was filled with excitement.

To reconcile Hoffmann, too, in order to appease Himmler, he added: "Over the past year, the Waffen-SS has made outstanding contributions on the Eastern Front, both in terms of sacrifice and combat performance. In addition, judging from the list of the traitorous group this time, the SS has not been infiltrated by the enemy, and still maintains its usual loyalty and reliability, which is the glory of National Socialism and the Party, and I authorize you to form 4 more Waffen-SS divisions, and at the same time give priority to the reorganization of Hitler's divisions, Reich divisions, and skeleton divisions that have been resting in France into panzer divisions. ”

"Yes, Führer." Himmler, who had been gloomy all the time, finally smiled after receiving the good news. Zeitzler was of course dissatisfied with the expansion and priority replenishment of the Waffen-SS, but now that there are so many traitors in the Wehrmacht, it is reasonable for the Führer to increase the number of Waffen-SS troops because he is not at ease with the Wehrmacht.