"Mr. President, Field Marshal Hoffmann urgently telegraphed." Just when Eric wanted to continue chatting deeply, Ananta received a message and did not dare to slack off to tell Eric.

Seeing Anata's serious face, Eric had no choice but to take the blame aside and ask, "What's the situation?" ”

"S-Class, Codename: Gold." Although Ananta is qualified to open the S-class intelligence bag, she lacks the meaning behind the intelligence codename, so she can only be responsible for conveying it.

"Order all Wehrmacht generals to cancel the rest of the trip, postpone the exhibition time, and return to Berlin immediately." Eric naturally knew what this codename meant.

Austria, strong gold reserves have always been something Erick spied on, the Habsburgs like to accumulate wealth is famous in Europe, according to Eric's incomplete data, its reserves should be about half of Germany's current 1,300 tons, if you can take advantage of this batch of gold and the current gold versatility, Germany's development will enter a new level. Naturally, Eric gave Austria's identity the word gold.

"The movement should be small, return in batches, the navy is not in a hurry, the air force is not in a hurry, let the army will lead the line to return, the highest priority for the armored forces. That's about it. After Eric finished speaking, he asked the staff to prepare a transport plane, which was a passenger plane specially configured for Eric Industrial Park, which was luxurious and magnificent. The rest of the personnel present were also repatriated to their respective residences.

Not long after sitting on the plane, Rundstedt boarded the plane with some high-ranking army generals, Eric didn't say much, and the plane quickly flew towards the Berlin airport.

Without saying a word, the United Front Work Department of the Hanseatic Palace is the highest military command of the German Confederation, and Eric has been concurrently serving as the commander of the United Front Work Department, and Hoffmann is the chief of the General Staff.

After receiving permission from Eric, Hoffman said to the generals present: "Italy forced its way across the mouth of the Po River at 5 p.m. yesterday under the cover of the navy, and has just received the news that it has taken Chioggia and Rovigo again. The 800,000 Italian troops along the line from the Alps to the Gulf of Venice had almost all advanced a single step, and the entire Austrian defense line had collapsed. ”

"No, I heard Tiradi say that this 110-kilometer defensive line can ensure that the Austrians can hold out until Germany is ready to intervene, how can it be so easily defeated?" It was Army Commander Rundstedt who spoke, and as the active German Supreme Army Commander, of course, it was impossible for him to go to Austria to personally direct the defense work, which would make other countries unhappy, so in private, Austria hired these "early retirement" German officers to the army as instructors in the way of hiring German Austrians, and the instructors were actually field commanders.

Hoffmann did not answer Rundstedt's question, although the two were sometimes headed by Hoffmann, but there was not much difference in actual status, and there were some things that could not be said without permission.

"The line of defense itself can be done, provided that the deployment plan is not known to the Italian army, and the Italian army must be convinced." Guderian is a straight man, what to say" It is clear that Italy is convinced of this deployment. ”

"Which idiot leaked the information?" Goodry spoke straightforwardly and said it directly, but Manstein pushed it with his hand and didn't let him continue.

Eric was a little embarrassed, because Guderian was talking about idiocy as he was, but Manstein reacted. The degree of secrecy of this intelligence is very high, reaching the S level of military intelligence, and the current highest level of military intelligence is only SSS level, which shows the degree of secrecy, with the ability of the Ministry of State Security, to leak such high-level intelligence, unless it is intentional. It's just that everyone present has a tacit understanding, and not everyone is as "refreshing" as Guderian.

Although Eric was a little unhappy in his heart, he did not show it, but said: "The matter has come to this point, I can only find a way to make up for it, Hoffman, tell me your plan." ”

"So quickly got a response?" Guderian exclaimed again, this is really strange, the efficiency is a bit surprisingly high. This time, no one paid attention to him anymore, and he couldn't stop him by his own death.

Fortunately, Eric knew Guderian's character and did not blame him, but staggered the topic and said: "Our purpose is not to intervene in the first stage, but to wait for another big defeat for Austria, which is conducive to our next plan." ”

"According to our predictions, the Presanella Mountains to Treviso will be the main battlefield of the two armies, which is the second line of defense planned by Tiradi, which was supposed to serve as a transit point, where most of the military supplies are located. And there were not many casualties in the two days of fighting, and the Italian army did not expand the results of the battle, just to seize territory. Following Eric's words, Hoffmann continued: "If I guessed correctly, Austria's Chancellor Karl Renner has arrived at the office of Mr. President. Whether Germany can annex Austria depends on Mr. President, otherwise it will be no good to continue fighting, and it can only be regarded as military training. ”

Eric laughed a few times and didn't answer, but this attitude has been understood by everyone, and the president has a great grasp in his heart.

Pushing open the office door, Carl Renner was walking around the office, but Ananta was cautiously accompanied.

"Go out and keep the door closed." Eric ordered Carl Renner to sit down on the couch.

Lenner came over and said directly: "Mr. President, Deauburn is a family, is Austria so humiliated, does your country have a light on its face?" ”

Eric didn't speak, it wasn't what he wanted to hear.

"Austria has always regarded Germany as a brother, but does Germany regard Austria as a friend?" Lenner was a little impatient.

Eric still didn't reply, but calmly watched the old man collapse on his own.

Carl Renner yelled a few words and sat on the sofa and looked at Eric viciously, but he thought in his heart how this 31-year-old president could be so proficient in diplomacy, it was incredible.

Seeing Karl Renner calm down a little, Eric said: "Germany wants to help Austria very much, but as a great power, if we want to ensure the stability of the region, we can't do things according to our preferences and be fair, Italy is not violating Germany, but Austria, and Germany and Austria do not have any military alliance." Eric handed Carl Renner a teacup and said: "Actually, our two countries come from the same roots, and we are also very anxious about what happened to you, but we can't help it, it is a matter of Italy and Austria." He shook his head and bited the national pronunciation.

Karl Renner was not an idiot, and Eric's several expositions were to remind him that Austria was not yet German, but what he had always been wary of was the annexation of Germany, but it was forced by form, and this time he came to Germany with another voice from the Austrian cabinet. If Austria's independence could not be guaranteed to receive German aid, and the Italian idiots could not get the slightest benefit, it would be a big deal to annex to Germany, and it would be a family to say that it would be a family.