Chapter 381: The Führer's Decision
At the request of Xu Jun, a corner of the Prime Minister's Palace garden is under construction, surrounded by a wicker wall covered with a green camouflage net to block out noise and avoid dust caused by the construction.
The construction of the first phase of the air-raid shelter of the Prime Minister's Palace, which was originally started in 1943, was put on the timetable by Xu Jun in advance.
In Xu Jun's plan, this will be a three-story integrated underground bunker, in addition to the basic role of a bomb shelter, it can also be used as a backup command center in the central theater at critical moments, and the vault on the ground floor will also be used to store the most important and secret archives of the German government.
"How was yesterday? Dougan, I heard you took Mercetes to the zoo. Xu Jun closed the heavy curtains and turned back to his desk.
The Reich was still dressed in his imposing marshal's uniform, with two rows of medals on his chest, gold trim on his shoulders, and an oak-leaf knight's cross on his neckline.
After returning to Berlin, many people suggested that the young Führer should preferably replace the army uniform with the uniform of the Reich administrator, like the tawny uniform that Hitler often wore, which was more in line with the Führer's status as a national leader. However, everyone's suggestions were rejected by Xu Jun at the first time, how could they have thought that the head of the empire would be an extremely fanatical uniform control.
"Not bad, my Führer. The zoo has recently imported an impressive batch of wildlife from Southeast Asia. The SS colonel replied with a chested shoulder.
"Mercetes is having a great time, and she wants to bring back the bear from the zoo." Randolph interjected, and was immediately cut back and forth by his boss's knife-like gaze.
"That's great, I want to go to the zoo too." The Reich head propped his chin in one hand and circled the table with the fingers of the other, cursing the subordinates who didn't play with themselves.
I said that I was the Führer, but since I returned to Berlin, I feel that I have lost most of my freedom. When Jack was still the deputy head of state, the sky was high and the sea was wide and the fish could fly freely around Europe, and he never had to worry about anyone standing up to stop him.
But when it comes to Xu Jun, it is not the case at all, once he reveals that he has the idea of going out to play, he will immediately be strongly advised by his subordinates.
It's not that his subordinates are unkind, it's just that this head of the empire has a special physique, which is too attractive and unexpected.
When I was doing a field patrol, I crashed directly on the battlefield, and it was easy to have a vacation, but I ran to Warsaw with a group of division commanders and regiment commanders, and fought with the local SS, squatting in an armored car would be sniped through the armor plate, and a submarine would encounter a whole British fleet, and it should be better to become the Führer, but when I went out for lunch, I was attacked by a group of Japanese.
Now the number of loyal subordinates is almost immeasurable, these people exercise power in his name, they all share his honor and disgrace in the eyes of the world, and in the absence of a successor to the Führer, if any unfortunate accident occurs, it will be an absolute disaster for Germany, and I don't know how many people will lose everything they have in front of them, and I don't know how many people will be buried with this leader.
Colonel Dougan has always been loyal, he will not refuse any order from the Führer, in this matter he said that he is on the Führer's side, but he must meet one of his conditions, that is, it is not impossible to go to the zoo to play, but it is necessary to bring the entire Führer Guard, and then it is necessary to agree in advance that they can organize the army to clear the field completely, so that the Führer can have a good time alone in a safe environment.
Xu Jun almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood on the ground, emptied all the tourists, and let him go to the zoo alone, knowing that he was going to visit the animals, and not knowing that he thought he was letting a large group of animals come to watch him.
In the end, the Führer dismissed that idea, and to his unexpectedness, his idea instead alerted the unreliable subordinates, so the group took advantage of the Sunday holiday to organize themselves to go to the zoo for an autumn outing.
What makes Xu Jun even more depressed now is that they also deliberately missed a sentence or two during work exchanges, making the head of the empire envious and jealous.
"My Führer, the food problem is still the biggest difficulty we are facing at the moment, and although Germany has had a bumper harvest of cereals this year, the total output of non-staple foods has shrunk significantly." Finding that the Führer's mood was slightly sluggish, Weirle hurriedly turned the subject back to normal business.
"Yesterday I spoke with an ordinary farmer I met and got a sense of what is really going on in the German countryside at the moment. After returning to the base camp, I took the relevant information collected by the Eye of Odin in the past few weeks, and found that the current situation is a little not optimistic. ”
"I know what you are referring to, it has been discussed many times in the Council of Ministers, and in a short time we simply have no way to make adjustments. Germany, no, it should be that the whole of Europe is facing the problem of food security, which requires the organization of a professional team of experts to study it. I have agreed with the proposal of the Foreign Office to the British and French Cabinets on the formation of a group of experts, and I am confident that they will be able to hear back to us within a week, and I think there will be basically no problems.
The biggest difficulty this year should be in Denmark, where all the feed for livestock farming needs to be imported from overseas, and the sea blockade in recent months has caused an extreme shortage of feed, and they have to slaughter their livestock in advance to avoid starvation. The war was a huge blow to Danish agriculture and animal husbandry, which had already begun to use their previous strategic reserves, and if they were not replenished with food from the outside world, some parts of northern Denmark could face famine by the end of the year.
The situation is similar in the region along the Rhine, where the land along the Rhine has been severely degraded after hundreds of years of repeated cultivation, and now only the heavy use of chemical fertilizers can barely guarantee production. Petain told me that France's total grain production this year is less than half of last year's, but now that some of the farmland has been replanted, and with the savings from previous years, there should be no problems.
Belgium and the Netherlands are a little better off than Denmark, but they are not too far apart, Belgium can still get supplies from France, the Netherlands is in trouble, they used to rely mainly on the grain trade with England, but Britain now has big problems of its own. Now we can only mobilize some funds to help Denmark and the Netherlands, import a batch of grain from the United States and Canada, and find a way to solve this year's problems first. Xu Jun leaned on the back of the chair softly, stroked the short hair in front of his forehead, and said expressionlessly.
"And Italy, my Führer, got intelligence from Italy, and they are discussing buying from us at low prices a shipment of grain, mainly wheat, cured meats and canned goods." Kirsten respectfully added.
"What's going on there now? Did Mussolini show signs of changing his intentions? Hearing the news from Italy, Xu Jun immediately came to his senses.
"As you might expect, Italy is secretly mobilizing the whole country, and now there are more than 200,000 troops. The Italian General Staff's plan to launch a short, limited-scale operation was not adopted, and Mussolini showed no intention of changing, and he was determined to go big. Kirsten replied.
"Continue to keep an eye on their every move, and if they send a buying team, sell them what they want, but they must trade in cash, and they are absolutely not allowed to take credit as before, they already owe too much debt to Germany, and with the current state of the Italian economy, I am afraid that they may go bankrupt before they can repay" Xu Jun stood up and walked to the wall on the side of the office.
Tysenhofen hurried over and opened the tapestry covering the wall for him, revealing a huge map of Europe in front of Xu Jun.
And Italy, my Führer, got intelligence from Italy, who were discussing the purchase of a batch of grain from us at a low price, mainly wheat, cured meats and canned goods. Kirsten added respectfully.
"What's going on there now? Did Mussolini show signs of changing his intentions? Hearing the news from Italy, Xu Jun immediately came to his senses.
"As you might expect, Italy is secretly mobilizing the whole country, and now there are more than 200,000 troops. The Italian General Staff's plan to launch a short, limited-scale operation was not adopted, and Mussolini showed no intention of changing, and he was determined to go big. Kirsten replied.
"Continue to keep an eye on their every move, and if they send a buying team, sell them what they want, but they must trade in cash, and they are absolutely not allowed to take credit as before, they already owe too much debt to Germany, and with the current state of the Italian economy, I am afraid that they may go bankrupt before they can repay" Xu Jun stood up and walked to the wall on the side of the office.
Tysenhofen hurried over and opened the tapestry covering the wall for him, revealing a huge map of Europe in front of Xu Jun.
(Not yet refreshed)
======================================================
Asking for a monthly pass, asking for a recommendation vote, the author needs everyone's support to get to the top of the ranking.
Thank you all for your continued support and encouragement. (To be continued.) )