Chapter 384: Brauchitsch is fired
Federal investigators move from place to place from time to time, even the president's sister-in-law, and no one has the privilege to refuse a transfer as long as you are a state official.
Madina was pampered at the Presidential Palace, wandering leisurely all day, but unexpectedly, she was assigned to the Eric Arsenal in Dresden, Saxony, where she was specifically responsible for the security of Research Institute No. 22.
Madina didn't care where she worked, but suddenly changed her living environment, and she felt that she needed to have an adjustment period.
When she had nothing to do, she was overjoyed to hear from her colleagues that it was close to Guderian's training base, and she was thinking about visiting her old friend there when she had a day off. However, it was also rumored that Guderian's new 73rd Division did not even have tanks for recruit training when it was prepared, which surprised her.
Over the course of several days, there had been more and more rumors about this, which made her wonder if someone was deliberately spreading rumors.
She didn't believe that the thriving Eric Federal Armed Forces would be a hollow cabbage. After getting off work, the restless Madina didn't say a word and quietly drove straight to Leipzig.
Madina didn't see Guderian as she had hoped, and she barely even got into the recruit training base. Fortunately, she had a work permit from the FBI, and the camp guard did not embarrass her much.
What Madina saw was no different from what she had hearsay, except for the two recruit companies of Hans Lederer and Felix Steiner, where several tanks were rumbling, and the rest of the recruit companies had to be simulated under the leadership of instructors.
She drove away silently, feeling very unhappy, because she really didn't expect Eric to lead a giant water spinach. Madina feels cheated, and Eric should know about it, and if that's the case, it means that Eric has been playing tricks on the outside world. She was conflicted.
Madina felt uncomfortable thinking about it, so she asked the chief for a leave of absence in the name of replenishing daily necessities. She wanted to go back to the Hansha Palace to find out Eric's tone, even if it was to talk to Aynata about it, and not vomit or be unhappy.
It was late when she returned to the Hansha Palace, and she didn't alarm anyone except to greet the guards at the gate. After driving the car into the garage, Madina went straight to her bedroom and slept with her clothes upside down, even with her hungry stomach.
In fact, Eric saw the light in Madina's room that night and knew that she was back in the evening, but he didn't bother her because it was too late. It wasn't until breakfast the next day that Eric went out of his way to invite Martina to breakfast.
Eric (who took office in 1918), who entered the Hanseatic Palace and had a twelve-year presidency, valued family affection the most. Dinah and her son have always lived in Denmark, and in Berlin, he has no relatives around him except Madina.
The waiter had been gone for a long time before Eric saw Madina lazily walking into the restaurant.
Madina is overjoyed when Eric usually returns from a business trip, but now that she hasn't seen her for a whole month, Eric thought that Madina would scream with joy and pour out a stomach of bitterness on him, but he didn't expect that the two situations were very different.
Thinking that Madina had a cold, Eric reached out and probed her forehead for warmth, and found it normal. When asked if she was unwell, Madina remained silent.
In the end, she was forced to be in a hurry, and Madina suddenly shouted "President Hollow Cabbage".
"How did I become the president of Hollow Cabbage? Where does this begin? Eric laughed, then asked one after another.
Madina guessed that Eric might not have known it, and revealed everything she had seen like pouring beans.
Eric gasped, slammed all the utensils on the ground in a panic, and loudly ordered Aynata to notify the relevant personnel to immediately go to the presidential office for a meeting.
The spacious presidential office was a little crowded, not because there were too many people, but because the president's temper made everyone want to find a hole to get into. This is the first time Eric has lost his temper at his subordinates in the office, and he has smashed things.
There were no problems with the formation of the armored forces, and Guderian's recruitment in Saxony was going very smoothly according to Eric's arrangement. However, it never occurred to him that the lack of equipment seriously hindered the practical training of recruits.
The sudden conscription has stretched the orders of the Ministry of Defense, and the mercenary businessmen do not care about the meager profits of the national defense at all, and naturally they can delay it.
There is no doubt that ordinary equipment is nothing, and if the main prize is delayed this time, it will certainly greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.
Several high-ranking officials of the Cabinet, the principal staff of the Army Command, and the department-level chiefs of the Ministry of National Defense all stood in a daze, not daring to breathe, let alone sit down.
The army is being modernized, and tanks are the tigers of land warfare, and Eric has always made this a top priority. Rumors of a lack of equipment for the recruits were not a day or two, and Eric did not pay attention to them until he talked to Madina in the morning, and found out that it was not groundless, but that it was all true.
All morning, the presidential palace was crowded with people, and many people did not know what was happening.
The Army Command also moves around with the United Front Work Department, but only in working contact between superiors and subordinates. However, for the first time, Army Commander-in-Chief Rundstedt and United Front Chief of Staff Hoffmann appeared in the president's office at the same time. In general, it is mostly Hoffmann and Brauchitsch. Or Brauchitsch and Rundstedt.
Although you are Minister of Defense, in the final analysis, Brauchitsch is only the right hand of the Chancellor, and the executor of the President's policies and orders. Krundstedt is a real commander-in-chief of the army, and at any time, Eric can't directly bypass Rundstedt to give orders to the army's subordinate units, unless this force is built from scratch by Eric himself. Clear-sighted people have found that this formation may not be able to be cracked today, and Brauchitsch may be in big trouble.
Internal and external troubles are imminent, and the tanks for the training of new recruits have not been put in place until now, which is a major dereliction of duty in every respect. Although Rundstedt took the initiative to admit the dereliction of duty, the fool knows that the responsibility lies with Brauchitsch. In other words, if this happened during the war years, it would be a great sin to lose one's head.
Eric was very disappointed, and the matter would have been replaced by someone else, and it would have been a hundred times since he was cut and redone, but Brauchitsch has always been his favorite general, and he did not expect to drop the chain at such a critical juncture. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he suddenly picked up the report on the table and smashed it in Brauchitsch's face.
Brauchitsch knew that he had made a serious mistake, and when the report flew into the air, he did not dodge, but actually took it. However, Eric still seems to be angry, and immediately exercised his presidential powers, giving Prime Minister Hans Luther two ways, either accept the reorganization and lead the people out; Either immediately expel Brauchitsch. In addition, when the second article is applied, the deadline is to get the tank production line up and running within a week, otherwise the first one, that is, the cabinet reshuffle, will still be implemented unconditionally.
What does restructuring stand for? It was to throw away the black hat of the prime minister and watch others form a new cabinet after ascending to the throne. Hans Luther managed to get to the position of prime minister, and he could never sit still and give up his position to others.
After receiving a severe reprimand, Hans Luther immediately made a low-key personnel adjustment.
Removed from the post of Minister of Defense of Brauchitsch and transferred to the Army, let Rundstedt pick up this hot potato. And the latter didn't know whether he was prepared or did it casually, so he was put in the logistics department and served as the logistics director. This was Eric's position at the beginning, and the position was not low, but it was also a light allocation.
Rundstedt did not dare to slack off and quickly gave Brauchitsch a place, after all, there were always people in this position.
Everything seemed to be arranged in advance, and the personnel adjustments went surprisingly smoothly.
In the eyes of outsiders, the position of Minister of Defense is unattainable. The fact that Germany has replaced a country's defense minister so easily is a danger signal no matter how you look at it.
Before everyone could react, the former director of army logistics, Friedrich von Zeckert, was elected as the new Minister of Defense. The soup and medicine are all there, which is equivalent to adjusting them all.
The day after the letter of appointment was issued, the newly appointed Minister of Defense Zeckert rushed from Berlin to Munich without stopping, and went straight to Ferdinand, the president of the Eric Group, who was discussing business here, and briefly explained his intentions.
In the evening of the same day, an emergency press conference was held at the Munich City Hall, and Ferdinand, president of the Eric Group, announced on the spot that the Eric Group was willing to accept the injection of funds from the Ministry of Defense and cede 10% of the group's military shares.
This news shocked the industry, as a result, Eric Group has been based on technology output, almost zero output of the business style has undergone earth-shaking changes, and began to formally invest in the construction of factories, and as long as it is a domestic order from the three armed forces, the one who comes will not refuse.
Many business tycoons finally reacted that Brauchitsch's dismissal and transfer was a stern warning to those arms dealers who only wanted to make a profit and disregarded the interests of the country. In fact, everyone understands that the competence of the Eric Group and the helm of the Federal Republic of Germany are not something that can be challenged casually.
This incident also tells people that Eric also has the rudeness of a civilized person, although he will not do something that directly harms the interests of businessmen, but those arms dealers who ignore national defense and security and blindly seek profit will be the target of severe suppression sooner or later.
Next, the Eric Group was looking for places to build factories in Munich and Vienna, and at the same time officially introduced a new corporate policy. At the same time as adjusting the link between the company's R&D and production, Ferdinand suddenly announced an important decision at a global press conference: the group company will withdraw or cancel some technology transfer contracts in the near future, and the specific list is not yet available.
This news is like a bombshell, which has exploded in the industry. There are quite a lot of domestic enterprises rely on the technical support of Eric Group, once this "lifeline" is pinched, it is simply a fool's dream to quickly find alternative technologies to continue the life of the enterprise.
Now, many entrepreneurs have begun to wake up from their sleep, not only to have production capacity and a lot of wealth, but also to have their own core technology, otherwise, their lives will be pinched in the hands of others at any time.
Eric Group has always focused on research and development, and has its own strong team, which is equivalent to opening a precedent in the field of technology in the world.
For many days, Eric was in a very bad mood, and although the Brauchitsch incident was dealt with in time, it happened to his beloved general, and he couldn't let go of it for a while.