With the successful capture of the last city in the Belgian province of Aino, Tour, two days earlier, a part of German Army Group A, only the two small cities of Vrgon and Poperinge remained under Allied control in all of Belgium, and it was only a matter of time before Belgium was lost in the face of the threat of the German 1st Panzer Group commanded by Guderian and cutting upwards at high speed through the Ardennes, and the Wehrmacht Army Group C, which was chasing the main Allied forces like maggots on tarsal bones.

Exactly 14 days have passed since Germany took its first steps into Belgium.

In addition to the advanced equipment of the German army, the main reason for defeating a million Allied troops and destroying a country with a land area of 30,528 square kilometers was that the German army was able to defeat a million Allied troops and destroy a country with a land area of 30,528 square kilometers.

And the Wehrmacht officers and men, who had paid countless bloods, were also rewarded as they deserved - those who were alive were given 15 days of leave to take turns to return to the country (including food, lodging and travel expenses on the road), 1.5 times the military salary, and a pound of luxury goods looted from all over Belgium.

When the ashes were turned to ashes, the local officials draped the urns in flags and sent them home, along with a pension of 1.5 times the standard for immediate family members and a letter of condolence written by Lyon himself, personally supervised and printed, and signed by the local chief executive.

And what can't even be found is the same as the treatment of ordinary sacrifices, the only difference is that the officials send back not an urn, but a brand new military uniform.

The families of the martyrs wept bitterly when they first received the bad news, but in addition to the overflowing sadness, they all carried a sense of pride, even for those single-child families.

Because in the face of Belgium and the Allies, swept by their homeland, each of them felt a real pleasure, a pleasure that had been longed for by all Germans since 1918.

And how can they not be proud that this thrilling, miraculous battle called "revenge" was created by their son's own hands?

Well, in fact, the high pension also accounts for part of the reason.

For these reasons, after the Belgian campaign was nearing its end and tens of thousands of wounded soldiers and more than 8,000 urns were repatriated by rail, the German young and middle-aged people, instead of being frightened by the bloody war and having a low tide of joining the army that Lyon feared, set off another wave of enlistment in the country, with countless young people taking to the streets and leaving their names on the recruiters everywhere, and in just two days, the Wehrmacht and the SS received more than 130,000 applications for enlistment. The large number of recruits even forced Lyon to unseal a large number of old weapons for the training of recruits and extend the training time of recruits, waiting for the military industrial enterprises to produce matching new weapons.

What they are waiting for is only light weapons such as rifles and machine guns, and heavy weapons such as tanks and infantry vehicles, even the front-line troops have not yet been fully equipped according to the plan, not to mention the new recruits who belong to the new army group.

The smooth progress of the war situation, in addition to giving the soldiers a chance to take a vacation, Lyon also stole leisure in a rare hurry, and ran back to the Führer's estate to accompany his family after leaving the matter to a group of generals in the German high command.

But God didn't like that, and Leon seemed destined not to spend a full vacation.

As soon as Leon returned to the manor and sat on the lawn with Angelica in his arms, Speer came to the door.

"Long live the Empire!" Speer took off his hat and held it on his left hand, and immediately saluted with his right hand in a standard German salute.

"Speer?" Leon rubbed Angelica's face with his hand, causing Angelica to frown, and looked at Speer with a smile, "Don't dislike my lawn, just sit down." ”

He didn't rush to ask Speer what he was looking for, because he knew Speer very well, as the Minister of Industry of the Empire, he was usually so busy that he couldn't even go home, and he would definitely not find him if he had nothing to do.

Speer scratched his head when he heard this, and hurriedly sat on the ground, he knew that he would definitely be annoying to come to him when the Führer had a rare time to spend with his family, but his own affairs were related to the development of the empire for a period of time in the future, and he really had to come and ask the Führer's opinion in person.

"Mr. Speer, I'm going to scold you a few words." Leon said with a pretended seriousness.

"I know, Führer." Speer said embarrassedly, "I shouldn't have come to you at this time, but ......"

"No, no, no, I'm not scolding you for this." Leon laughed, "but because of your wife." ”

"My wife?" Speer's face was full of confusion.

"Yes." Leon nodded, "She has come to me several times to find Sophia to sue you, saying that you haven't been back for months, and last time she didn't worry about you, and she went to the Ministry of Industry to find you and was scolded by you, saying that it affected your work, right?" ”

"Like, as if it were......" Speer looked like he was in front of Lyon's subordinates.

"That's right! So I'm going to say a few words to you. Leon teased Angelica in his arms with his hand and said, "Work is important, and the empire also needs you to take on the heavy lifting of industrial production, but you should also spend more time with your family when you are free." ”

"Thank you, Führer." Speer could hear the concern in Leon's words, he was a little moved, nodded and smiled, "I'll go home and take a look after I'm done with my business today." ”

"Then tell me, what is the reason why Mr. Busy Man suddenly came to me today?" Leon asked with a smile.

"Oh, it's about the Belgian side."

"Belgium?"

"Yes." Speer nodded, "I completed the planned reorganization of all the steel production bases in Belgium four days ago, and now most of the steel production enterprises have started to re-produce. ”

"That's a good thing." Leon laughed.

"But the production has not been able to go up." Speer shook his head and said, "Before the war, Belgium's annual steel output was about 7 million tons, only more than 1 million tons less than France, and if it entered the wartime system, it should be more than 50%, that is, about 11 million tons, but after my rectification and reorganization, the estimated output is only about 3 million tons, only 700,000 tons more than Italy, this shouldn't be......"

"There's a problem here." Leon thought for a moment and smiled, "It's not your problem, though. ”

"Not my problem?" Speer thought for a moment, then said, "You mean the machine?" But there is no problem with the machine, I sent someone to investigate, although the Allies destroyed some of the machines when they retreated, but because of the haste of the withdrawal, the damage was not much and not serious, and after repairs, the machine can at least be restored to the pre-war level of 95%. ”

"No, no." Leon smiled and shook his head, "It's not the machine's problem, it's the people's problem." ”

"People?"

"Well, I'll ask Ludwig to send you 2,000 heavily armed SS soldiers later, and then you let them follow your men to the factories in Belgium, one at a few meters apart, and I'll guarantee you'll get the output you want."