Chapter 157: Trajectory
Bamberg in early December was covered by the university over and over again, and God tirelessly sprinkled ice ballast as if it were going to be buried alive.
Gaihard and Madina have been studying hard for up to 2 months, and Madina, who was still a little jumpy, has also been honed to be much more stable, while the slightly old-fashioned Gaihard has gradually begun to get used to socializing and is no longer dull. The friendship between the two was also slowly cultivated in the training camp.
Today was the start of the first holiday of the first class of students, and Oliver and Ivan, after communicating with Kluger, approved the students who had not yet been officially identified to let them return home for the holidays by assigning them homework, and by the way, to actually test their learning.
Taking off some of the gentlemen's student clothes, Martina put on a beautiful white dress for the first time in two months, and then she borrowed her roommate's "toolbox" and carefully dressed up in the mirror before running to the door of Geihard's dormitory with an excited face and shouting: "Handsome guy, are you okay?" ”
The door was opened by Gaihard's roommate, Bruno Clay Schumann, and said: "He's gone early, but if you catch up now, maybe you can catch up with him, but look at the way he looks, you know, as if he's in a hurry to avoid you, it's up to you." ”
As soon as Madina heard that Gaehard was gone, she quickly lifted her skirt and sped through the crowd in the castle, ignoring her luggage before she could take it.
Berlin is also covered in layers of snowflakes, but the snow on the streets has long been cleared by the police department's dedicated staff to the roadside, and some shopkeepers occasionally pick up special tools to pile the ice ballast in an orderly manner like building blocks at the door waiting for someone to deal with it.
From the faces of these people walking on the street, Gaehard saw not a sad face, but hope, the kind of hope for tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the future, which is a kind of fire that can infect the depths of people's hearts. Gaihard, who had traveled all the way from Bamberg to Frankfurt, did not see his brother, and was itched to learn that Rommel had returned to Berlin to meet the president. Geihard is only 4 years younger than his brother, but he is far from achieving it, so when Geihard received a letter of recommendation from a Württemberg legislator recommending him to the FBI, he agreed without thinking about it, because in the matter of joining the army, he felt that he could not surpass or catch up with this brother in his life, so he wanted to achieve the same or better achievements in other careers.
Ever since Madina was made a public conversation by Major Ivan, she had been listed as an insurmountable mountain by Gayhard, what an international joke. Madina is the president's sister-in-law, and her sister is not only the first lady but also the sole heir to the Augustus family, and to make a joke, if the king of Denmark and the king of Norway meet with their direct descendants, the first lady will have to come forward to rule the two countries, and such a background and identity can be made by the son of a teacher. Therefore, during the training camp, Gaihard, who felt inferior, kept a distance from Madina that was not even as good as his classmates, just so that his pathetic "self-esteem" would not be hit.
The Richthofen Hotel is located between the Hanseatic Palace and the Chancellery, and the street that runs through it is the most concentrated place for the police in Berlin, almost to the point of 100 meters of people, mainly because there are no citizens passing through this street except for the occasional person who comes here to play and the families of some foreign guests, journalists, and government dignitaries wander here, so the security work is relatively relaxed.
Perception that Gaichard had not had before had become clearer over the course of two months of training, and he could clearly perceive at least three directions of his gaze focused on his black leather bag and the "memorial" pistol pinned to his waist. Fortunately, his other identity has not expired, and he is still a captain in the Wehrmacht. This is the fame he earned through blood and fire in the Great War, and he carries two Iron Crosses with him all the time. Just because he was in a hurry, he didn't waste time dressing up as an officer, and for the sake of secrecy, his entry into the FBI as a Wehrmacht captain was known to his classmates, instructors, and faculty members at the same time. The two-month training gradually made it clear to him that he would be responsible for the task he would take on in the future, that is, to wedge a nail in the Wehrmacht, and the content of his responsibility was self-evident.
The lobby staff of the Richthofen Hotel repeatedly compared Geihard's identity and verified his identity with the confirmation of the guards and officers on duty before informing him that General Rommel had gone to the Hanseatic Palace early in the morning and had not returned, so he had to sit in the hall and wait.
This sitting was all morning, and he began to use the knowledge he learned to analyze the identities and backgrounds of the people in front of him, and he found an extremely familiar figure appearing without paying attention.
Gaehard saw each other, and the other party naturally saw him, but the mentality of the two sides was completely different, one was surprised, and the other was a little frightened.
Hanseatic Palace, Office of the President.
"Okay, I'll read your report again in the afternoon, I didn't expect you to be a good hand at marching and fighting, but this work report is so inadequate, and I'm blind this morning." Eric rubbed his temples with both hands, and looked helplessly at the young general in front of him.
The 501st and 502nd Armored Battalions were the serial numbers that Eric had taken at the beginning, and after the Wehrmacht system gradually built up the skeleton, this formation became a bit abrupt, so under his second consideration, the original independent armored forces, including the original Imperial 1st Armored Division, were also reshuffled and reorganized. Fortunately, these troops were all formed by Eric himself, and the insiders were basically his cronies, so there was almost no resistance. The reorganized armored unit was named the 502nd Army of the Wehrmacht, and although the serial number of 502 was continued, the establishment changed greatly, and the original battalion system was changed to a military system. Such a change is not only a change in the position of personnel, but also represents the president's high hopes for armored forces. It is good news for the Ministry of Defense such as Brauchitsch, Hoffmann, Rundstedt and others, but for Chancellors and Cabinet Ministers like Stresemann and Almar, it is as uncomfortable as having their parents dead. After all, if you don't settle accounts, you don't have an intuitive feeling of how much it will cost a unit from the beginning to the end of its formation. Even if the people in the Ministry of Defense knew how much it would cost, they would not think it was a big problem, after all, the money was not taken from the Ministry of Defense, but from the Ministry of Finance, and the cooperation of the entire cabinet and departments was required.
"Mr. President, I can't be blamed for this, the report of that guy Manstein has also been sent to me, and it was added temporarily, and it is still a little troublesome to sort it out." Erwin Rommel said that he would not carry Manstein's pot.
"One look... Let's go eat first, I'll be blind in the morning, and you'll have a treat at noon. Annata, who was paying attention to the movement outside the door, hurriedly walked in with her coat and said, "Madame is here." ”
Eric asked curiously, "Why did you come here all of a sudden?" Didn't you say it in advance? ”
"No, it seems that Madame is in a hurry." Ananta didn't know why Dinah had rushed back from out of town all at once.
"Okay, call someone to replace your post, and bring you with us today, let's go, let's eat." Eric couldn't help but say something, took the trench coat and draped it over his body and walked out.
The presidential palace, one of the most heavily guarded places in Germany, the president's trip can be small or large, depending on the itinerary of the day, but Eric wants to move his body to the Richthofen Hotel, after all, it is not far away.
Hoffmann accompanied Rommel as chief of staff, but because Brauchitsch had taken him to another room to discuss military cooperation with Hungary, he rushed over when he heard that President Eric was going out. This time, the lineup is luxurious, Rommel is actually not poor, at least the treatment in the Wehrmacht is quite good, but because he has been pursuing a beautiful woman recently, he has a lot of money, not to mention the specifications of the banquet president, the price will not be low, and there are so many people who want to join in the fun and watch jokes, how can it give him a headache.
"Miss Anata, could you please call someone for me?" Rommel took advantage of the conversation between Eric and Hoffman to quickly communicate with Annata.
"No problem, what's it called? Where do you work? As the chief of staff, Ananta can still tell which people are really "high and powerful", and the one in front of her is the president's confidant.
Rommel picked up the pen and paper and handed the message to Annata.