Chapter 19: Solving Doubts (Part II)
"Indeed, one cannot be believed, my marshal. It was a myth that these cowardly generals would dare to confront their supreme leader. Weirle nodded in agreement.
"These generals have been under Hitler's suppression for too long, and they have completely polished the sharpness of the soldiers. Look at that Keitel and Von. Brauchitsch, look at their servile face in front of Hitler. I can't believe they would betray their master. Xu Jun said excitedly, not noticing the glint of excitement in Werler's eyes as he called his great Führer by his name.
"My marshal, those generals are indeed as you say, they have been worn out by Hitler in these ten years. The generals of the German High Command were some of the most cowardly men in the world, and they were willing to make any retreats or compromises in order to retain their power and position. So the reliability of their support for you this time is really not too high. I would have liked to warn you not to be too optimistic about the support of those generals, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary. Your analysis of them is the same as I thought, and I am very happy. "But, after analyzing the reasons for their defection, I think at least we can trust them in the current situation." ”
"Oh, tell me your analysis." Xu Jun asked curiously.
"You probably didn't know, or you didn't notice. You are now strong enough to confront the Führer. The Führer's strength was the Wehrmacht and the SS, and it was the Gestapo and the Reich Security Service that really made the generals fearful. They are afraid of the dangerous methods of these departments, so they will bow their heads to the Fuhrer and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool. Although they appreciate your military talent and appreciate your love for the German Army, this is not a reason for them to risk their lives to support you.
But now you have shown strength to the surprise of those generals, who did not expect that you would have the support of these two departments, and you would take away half of the Führer's strength at once. Now the forces that threatened their fate were no longer in Hitler's hands. And if you lose this struggle, Hitler will regain his power, and then you don't have to guess what will happen to these generals, and they will be severely punished as your supporters. Although they did not make their attitude clear before this, the kind of admiration and praise they had given to you in front of Hitler had already left the impression in Hitler's mind that they were your followers, and that they probably just wanted to give you more power in front of Hitler so that the Army could get more benefits from it, and now they had never imagined such a situation. By the time they understood that you were going to confront Hitler, it was too late for them to try to put themselves back in their position, and it was impossible for them to get Hitler to change that impression.
Hitler, on the other hand, miscalculated the situation, not knowing that you had taken away his most important weapon from him. He also thought that he had everything in Germany, which is why he was so openly hostile to the generals, who were forced by him to take this road. This was the first mistake Hitler made. Those generals now have to choose you as their only way out, not to mention that with your current strength, you may even be able to win, they are gambling. Wehrle smiled and said what he thought.
"Your analysis makes a lot of sense." Xu Jun nodded in agreement, and then he asked Weierle again. "So what happened to this promotion order, there must be a conspiracy in the middle, can you give me a reasonable explanation?"
"Don't worry, my marshal, listen to me go on. Although the army has this idea, it is impossible for them to directly turn against the Führer in the current situation, because this is not in line with the tradition of the German ** team, and they can only support you privately. Moreover, Hitler may have realized his mistake by reconvening a separate meeting with the senior leaders of the Nazi Party after the meeting. The next day, he began to desperately use the policy of softness to win over the generals, but to my surprise, all the generals showed the firmness they had never shown before. Maybe it's because they don't feel like they're afraid of being framed by those conspiracies anymore. Especially Feng. Field Marshal Brauchitsch, though he was still outwardly respectful to Hitler, and reaffirmed his loyalty to Hitler, but in retrospect, he gathered all the generals together to discuss how to support you, and at the meeting he was like a different person, and he was surprisingly active, which makes me feel a little strange to this day.
We now have the support of the entire High Command, the General Staff, and the Army Command, and although they cannot help you by force, they can definitely contain a part of Hitler's forces, at least Hitler will not be able to use the power of the army against you. And the Navy is now on the sidelines, and Raeder completely wants to stay out of it. He was now using delaying tactics against Hitler, he was not a fool, and it was dangerous for him to show loyalty to either side in this situation. The current attitude of the Air Force is very unclear, and it seems that it has been divided into several factions, with one faction led by Milch to express its support for the Führer, while some of the other factions want to follow you and some to remain neutral, and it seems that the Air Force can only react to this matter after they have reached a unified opinion. And now your worst enemy is Reinhardt. Heydrich. He will be your biggest threat. Wehrle said solemnly.
"Heydrich. He was indeed a very big trouble, and the evil wisdom of this man would have been of great help to Hitler. I had already received information that he had hurried to the base camp the day after the incident, and that he would certainly give Hitler some ideas. This vile villain, the cruel butcher, is definitely one of the most dangerous enemies in my path. Xu Jun's eyes emitted a fierce cold light.
"Speaking of which, I want to ask you a question, and one that all those who support you want to know. You haven't shown your attitude until now, and we don't know what your ultimate goal is. Do you want to stand up to Hitler or do you want to replace him? I, along with the other "bishops" and the generals of the High Command, would like to know what you think. Only when we know what you have in mind can we develop a plan on how to help you, and we have the next step. In my mind, you are the only person to replace Hitler, and I feel from the bottom of my heart that a real revival of Germany can only be achieved under your leadership. I am so disappointed in what Hitler did after he came to power, that he would have led Germany into the dark abyss. So I hope from the bottom of my heart that your goal this time is the same as I had hoped, to remove Hitler from power, to purge the filthy government apparatus once and for all, and to bring Germany back on the right path. At this point, Wehrle's eyes were filled with expectation.
"Willle, I can't promise you anything right now, but I'll make your wish come true." After speaking, Xu Jun smiled and nodded to Weierle.
Hearing Xu Jun's answer, Weierle couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he said happily: "It turns out that you really want to do this, so that I and all the "bishops" can rest assured, and all the work we have done before has paid off. We're here to do everything we can to help you achieve this goal, even if it's a broken bone. The eradication of evil and the leading of the Germanic peoples to the light are indeed the apostles sent by God to save Germany. ”
"Alright, now is not the time to talk about that. Tell us about Heydrich. Xu Jun smiled and stopped Weierle's hymn.
"Oh, yes, my marshal. As soon as Heydrich arrived at the base camp, he was received by the Führer. The two of them talked alone for a whole morning. No one knows what they talked about. But after this conversation, Hitler was like a different person, and all of a sudden the anxiety and anxiety that he had shown before disappeared completely, as if they had come up with something good to deal with you in this conversation, and Hitler was completely restored to his original state. Then he began to woo those generals in a big way, almost to the point of doing everything. However, those generals had already tasted the pain of his trick, he had done it before he came to power, but after coming to power, he immediately trampled the generals he had once co-opted, so this time he did not get any results.
Heydrich may have given Hitler a detailed report on what you had done in Warsaw this time, and he may have told Hitler about your possession of a "bishop". While we don't know for sure how much he knows, what we do know for sure is that Heydrich's friends in the Imperial Security Service have begun covert investigations into some of the departments at our disposal. However, they still underestimated our strength, and the order was intercepted by us, and it seems that they wanted to poison the "bishops", and they had the power to execute any "bishops" without trial and trial.
Unfortunately, they never imagined that most of the investigators they sent were our "clergy", and letting a group of "clergy" arrest the "bishop" was simply the most ridiculous joke I have ever heard. However, this is the perfect opportunity for us to get rid of the die-hards that we have been unable to get rid of, and to scapegoat the "bishops" with the damned scum. But this is just our idea, and we need your approval and consent. Weierle respectfully waited for Xu Jun's reply.
"Yes, it's a really good opportunity, and I'm still wondering what I'm going to do with those guys if I succeed in bringing down Hitler this time. Now that I can get rid of his scum by Hitler's hand, how could I give up such a good opportunity. Xu Jun continued: "What other information did Heydrich provide to Hitler, and what is the reaction of his master Himmler now?" ”
"You won't believe it, Heydrich may have sold his master."
"What? You elaborate. ”
"Heydrich didn't know what to think, what bad things he might have said about Himmler in front of Hitler. He may want to take advantage of this critical period to replace Himmler. You also know that Himmler has always had a very good relationship with you, and you can say that he worships you as if you were his idol, and you are second only to Hitler in his mind. That's why Hitler became suspicious of him when you used his Gestapo and Waffen-SS at the time of this incident.
Now he was one of the most wronged victims of the affair, and Hitler did not let him participate in that meeting at all. Heydrich saw this clearly, and saw that this was his chance to go to the next level, so he went to Hitler and framed his master. We don't know what he said to Hitler, or whether Hitler believed at the time that Heinrich, his most faithful, had betrayed him. But what we do know for sure is that Hitler had indeed acted against Himmler.
According to the information we have now, he has been completely overshadowed by his close assistants. However, since this matter was still carried out only in the upper echelons, it appeared that Shimlai still retained his command of the entire SS, but his orders were no longer carried out, and now all the command of the SS was in the hands of Heydrich.
I think he may have been mad at this, but in this way Himmler has been pushed to our side by his most loyal Führer, and our "bishops" have been in contact with his immediate cronies, and although he has lost his actual power, his enormous influence in the SS is still there, and I believe he will play some role in our future actions.
As for the other high-level officials, we don't know what they really think at the moment, but some people have started to want to contact us from various sources, and it seems that the whole top management is now starting to split. However, after our analysis, we believe that when you and Hitler have not yet clearly decided the winner and loser, many people will choose to lose on both sides, and the loyalty of these people is completely negligible. ”
Hearing this, Xu Jun interrupted Weierle's words, and he asked with a frown. "What do civilians in Germany think about me?"
"My marshal, this is the most crucial question. Hitler is making amends for his mistakes, and he gives you the first shot back with propaganda about the matter. ”
"What's going on?" Xu Jun asked eagerly.
"On the third day after this incident, Hitler made a speech on the radio. He used all the words of praise he knew on the radio to praise your purge. He also desperately lashed out at and cursed those you executed. On his radio, he refers to you as his most reliable and loyal comrade-in-arms. He also listed your contribution to Germany and your outstanding exploits at the front. He was so good at this trick that now all the Germans thought you to be the most popular of all the Führer's men, and they were now fanatically worshipping you. And no one can know that you and your Führer have reached the point where they are incompatible. Wehrle said solemnly.
"It's really a powerful move, he wants me to not be able to turn my face with him publicly. He knew he wasn't in a good position right now, so he used this trick to keep me from attacking him. Well, he is a smart person, and he did not disappoint me. Now he has affirmed what I have done and expressed his gesture in front of all Germans. He thought that in this way, I would not be able to get any excuse to attack him, and he thought that I would not be able to use this matter as a fuss to launch an attack on him. He wants to stabilize me first, and then use other methods to save his current unfavorable situation little by little, and then those who see the wind and rudder will fall back to him, and then he will use thunder to solve me at once. It was a good plan, but he really thought I was too simplistic. In this situation, could I just stop? It's a joke. Don't worry, I won't give him any respite. Now I understand. Why did he promote me to the ranks, this is also a step in his plan of action. Xu Jun sneered.
"Marshal, your wisdom is indeed worthy of its reputation, these are indeed the preliminary conclusions we have reached after analysis, I did not expect you to think of these at once, it seems that Hitler's wise men are not your opponents at all. Yes, this promotion is indeed a trick for him to deal with you. "This promotion was in the beginning, as I said earlier, as I said before, as a gesture of support from the generals of the High Command. At that time, Hitler was furious in his office, and he refused to agree to promote you to field marshal. But what I didn't expect was that it was Heydrich again, and not long after he entered the Führer's office, Hitler suddenly agreed to the offer. But he may still be a little dissatisfied with this matter, so he gave the order, and this promotion will be awarded according to the rank of field commander. The generals protested many times to no avail, so they had no choice but to agree to Hitler's demands.
Since I had been your subordinate, the generals asked me to bring you the order for this promotion, but they used their power to show them their humility in this matter by promoting me to brigadier general as I was leaving, and by the way to three of your most capable assistants. And I have also received important information from the hints given to me by the generals that your promotion will be closely related to Hitler's next move. We don't know the specifics, but we do know that they have a "Jack Ford Reed" program dedicated to you. Therefore, you should still be more careful in your future actions. ”
"Jack Reed? Dragon Slayer? Haha, I'd like to see how he came out of here to slaughter my dragon. Hahahaha. Xu Jun couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this.
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