Chapter 16: Reflection

Last night's experience was like a dream for Xu Jun, he actually overthrew Air Marshal Goering, the second-in-command of the Third Reich, and not only successfully got what he wanted, but also obtained the command of the entire Luftwaffe by the way.

Now that I think about it, I still think it's impossible, and I'm really lucky.

Goering made two fatal mistakes, one of which was that he did not bring any of his assistants to the base camp. He had no idea that such a thing would happen to him, and Goering was too confident that as long as he was present, Hitler would continue to support his opinions, so those people were the same and did not make a difference. It is more likely that Goering had always thought that this was just an ordinary meeting, that he would be able to go back soon, that he did not take his men up the mountain, that he never wanted to spend the night in that fortress. For, according to the information received in the morning, Goering did bring his team, but he left them all on his own special train, the "Asia". Even more coincidental was Goering's permanent representative at the base camp, Karl. General Baudenzhaz was taken to the hospital that morning with acute diarrhoea, so he did not attend the meeting.

Goering's arrogant self-confidence put him in an unfavorable situation, he did not expect that someone would attack him at the meeting, Göring was very eloquent, and what was worse was that the rest of the participants except for the neutral were his enemies, and Goering could not find anyone to speak for him at this meeting, and as a result, he was completely knocked to the ground by himself in the midst of the embattled songs. If his men had been present at the time, Göring would never have ended up like this. It was because he saw this that he hurriedly seized this golden opportunity to deal a complete fatal blow to Goering.

Another and most unforgivable mistake Goering made in this incident was that he would have done something to Hitler, which was digging his own grave. He didn't see through Hitler's mind at all, in fact, if he had bowed his head and begged bitterly, although Hitler would have upheld the original sentence at that time, he would have found an opportunity to reinstate him afterwards. After all, they have been partners for decades, and Hitler was forced to make this decision at that time, and it was really stupid to not even see through this. As a result, the Nazi No. 2 was driven to a dead end by his own temper, but it was also possible that he thought of the tragic fate of Rom, another old partner of Hitler's former team, and that deep fear made him lose his mind. But these were all speculations after the fact, and it now seemed impossible to ask Goering for confirmation.

If Goering had not done anything to Hitler at that time, he would never have been truly defeated, and he could only be said to have won only half a victory, and he had set up a troublesome enemy, and it was likely that he would have been plotted against him in the future struggle for power. At that time, he was just relying on the impulse of the moment, naively thinking that he could completely bring down Goering with these small plots, and did not take these problems into account at all. This makes me feel scared when I think about it now, it seems that my vision is still too short, and I am still too tender in terms of political strategy. If you still attack rashly like this in the future without thinking about the consequences, then it is likely that it will be your turn to be destroyed next time, and you can't be so lucky forever, and you must be more careful in the future.

But now I'm lucky. Goering had miraculously collapsed completely, and now his men had no chance to fight back. Because early this morning, Hitler gave the High Command and the Reich Security Service an order for a thorough investigation of Goering's henchmen in the Air Force and government. It seems that he also thought that he had to purge the Air Force and the government of Rigolin as soon as possible, otherwise he might cause some trouble. So the Air Force adjutants on the Goering train and his henchmen at the Air Force Command may be crying in Himmler's interrogation room right now.

Thinking of Goering's fate, Xu Jun didn't feel pity for him at all, this was the punishment he deserved. If we look at history, we know that if Goering had remained in that position, Germany would have been defeated, and tens of millions of innocent lives would have been deprived because of him. Goering deserved it, and although he had not yet had time to commit some crimes, he knew all the history, and how could he allow them to happen again. Thinking of this, Xu Jun felt very relieved that he was able to save the lives of tens of millions of people.

In the second half of last night's meeting, Xu Jun finally showed everyone his huge plan for yin risk, and explained it in detail. At that time, Hitler and the marshals and generals all shouted wonderfully, especially Field Marshal Streicher, who praised Xu Jun as if Clausewitz was reincarnated and Schlieffen was resurrected. As a result, everyone just casually asked for certain details and unanimously approved the plan. The entire Wehrmacht High Command immediately started at full speed, and the generals and marshals and staff officers discussed the main points of action with Xu Jun and began to mobilize troops while constantly issuing orders, and even Hitler accompanied them with great interest for a whole night.

Early this morning, Hitler personally put himself in a car and hurried to the front to carry out this plan. Because Xu Jun's anticipation of the enemy's actions made Hitler deeply feel that the time left for Germany was indeed running out, every minute was precious now, and any delay would make this plan go to waste.

Xu Jun took his new command to Cologne in Goering's "Asia" car, and then jumped on the special plane that had been prepared for him and flew to the French front line. When he came with only Hans, Randolph and Dogen, he was followed by a large group.

Since Xu Jun could not command such a large battle with the few people at hand, Marshal Keitel lent him almost half of the Army Operations Command Bureau, and these experienced staff officers and secretaries could indeed give him a lot of help. However, the number was a little more, more than 40 people, plus a senior communications company, plus a large pile of luggage, the two planes were stuffed to the brim, plus two transporting command and communication equipment and headquarters supplies, and the whole five JU52s were organized into a transport formation. When they reached the border, a squadron of ME109 escorting them joined in, and a mighty group of forty-seven planes formed a group and flew in the direction of Arras.

The plane finally flew back to Agnitz, circled the airstrip a few times before slowly landing.

When the plane was circling, Xu Jun had already seen that at the small airstrip, the soldiers and tanks of the Seventh Armored Division had lined up in a large and neat welcome queue to welcome his return, and those familiar officers were standing at the forefront of the queue. As soon as the plane came to a stop, the group of officers ran towards the plane.

Xu Jun stood up and walked out of the cabin with his lieutenants. When he first appeared at the hatch, with a loud "salute", all the German soldiers saluted in unison.

Xu Jun hurriedly waved his hand and stepped off the plane. Muller hurried up to greet him, he first greeted Xu Jun upright, and then looked at Xu Jun with eyes full of gratitude and admiration, he was already so excited that he couldn't speak.

"What's the matter, Colonel Muller, how does it feel to be the commander of the 7th Panzer Division?"

Xu Jun saluted Muller with a smile on his face. Mueller hurriedly returned the salute.

"Report to the general, thank you very much for the general's appreciation of me, when I received the order from the command last night, I couldn't believe that it was true, you actually handed over the 7th Panzer Division to my command. Checkmate! I swear to you that I will not fail to live up to your expectations of me. I will do my best to lead the 7th Panzer Division to fight for the Third Reich and for your honor. ”

Although he was already trying to calm his excitement, his voice still sounded a little shaky. Mueller continued.

"Also, allow me to congratulate you on your ascension, and now you have set a record again, you are now the youngest lieutenant general in the German Army."

"Hahahaha......" Xu Jun patted his epaulettes.

"It's just two more stars, there's nothing to congratulate, how much more work do I have to do for these two stars, think about it, it's still easier to be a brigadier general who doesn't care about anything in the staff at that time. Don't talk about me, they haven't all gone up. Xu Jun pointed to the adjutants standing behind him.

"Hans has also jumped two levels in a row, and is now a colonel like you, Randolph is now an SS captain, and Dogen has become a lieutenant colonel. Those of your men have also been promoted by one level. Speaking of which, you weren't the fastest among us, you jumped three levels in a row, and you were just a captain two days ago. If we continue to congratulate you like this, I'm afraid it won't be over until the evening. ”

Mueller hurriedly said excitedly, "General, if it weren't for your recommendation to me, the Army Command would never agree to such an exceptional promotion, and my honor is all given to me by you." ”

"That's not right! Colonel Müller, your honour has been earned by thy own, by thy bravery and aptitude, and though it is true that I have recommended thee as the High Command, I will never make such a recommendation if you do not have the ability to make me look up to it. Now I only hope that you can use your strength to prove to you that my recommendation is correct and that you can indeed afford this responsibility. ”

"General! I swear to you! I'll prove it to everyone......"

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