Chancellor Stresemann, Defense Minister Brauchitsch, and Army Commander-in-Chief Rundstedt were shocked and accused Miss Annata, chief of the presidential office, of disregarding the life of the President of the Federation, of concealing the president's work schedule, and seriously exceeding the scope of his authority, and demanding that he leave his post voluntarily.

Max, who was on a state visit to Britain, heard the shocking news, and ended his trip to Britain ahead of schedule and rushed back to Berlin from London.

At the following closed-door consultation meeting of the senior cabinet leaders, Eric frankly stated his thoughts, took all the responsibility for the incident, and exonerated Director Annata's negligence in order to obtain the cabinet's leniency and understanding of Annata.

The meeting was convened by Chancellor Strezemann himself, and after repeated deliberation, it was decided that the incident would be kept strictly confidential, and that all those in the know should not publicly release this information to the public at any time and on any occasion. In addition, the meeting gave internal recognition to Joint Investigator Madina and the Presidential Guard.

The scene of Lieutenant General Prey von Henrik, the Air Force's director of logistics and transportation, ordering all the robbers to be shot on the spot, despite the strong persuasion of the joint investigator Madina, lingered in Eric's mind. Although on the surface, the eastern tour was a failure, but it reflected the undercurrent of the current situation within the Federal Air Force.

The day after the closed-door consultation meeting of the senior cabinet leaders, Eric and Defense Minister Brauchitsch urgently met with CIA Director Colmar von Ramsden and Military Intelligence Director Earhart Cecil at the Presidential Palace, and demanded that they immediately dispatch capable forces to launch a secret investigation of Toth and others, and to bribe and use high-level pro-government figures in the Air Force at all costs, in order to solve the problem of the Air Force being seriously out of control at an early date.

In fact, before Eric's distress, Air Force Commander-in-Chief Toth had been on duty. According to the Air Force Command's duty register, Toth has been conducting combat readiness training and work research in the grassroots units, and his work report has been delivered to the president's office as usual.

For several days, the Air Force's training was still in an orderly manner, and no bad movements were detected, and there was no progress in the investigation and evidence collection carefully planned by Eric and Brauchitsch, and the CIA and the Military Intelligence Agency were unable to control the movements of the Air Force's top conservatives, nor could they catch any suspicious handles, which made Eric puzzled.

More than half a month has passed since the incident of the president's eastern tour in distress, and the German federal government has been secretive about it, and it seems that it has not taken the incident caused by a few thieves to heart. There was no bad reaction from the outside world, as if nothing had happened.

Eric rubbed his chin thoughtfully and kept pacing back and forth in the office. There is not the slightest evidence that Toth is plotting a counter-judgment, and he is somewhat hesitant to respond to the radical suggestions of the pro-politicians.

"Are we overthinking?" Eric stared at Defense Minister Brauchitsch and National Guard Commander Kluger.

"Now we can only hope for that, Mr. President." Brauchitsch thought for a moment and said: "However, even if Toth himself does not have the heart of rebellion, he and his subordinates do not listen to the restraint of the federal government and the Ministry of Defense, which is still a big problem, and if it is not solved as soon as possible, it may delay the fighter on the battlefield in the future." ”

"You're right, Your Excellency, but you haven't caught any of them now, and rash action may cause social unrest, besides, the Air Force is currently inseparable from experienced veterans like Toth, tell me, what should I do?" Eric felt a dilemma.

"I have a good idea, Mr. President." Klug suddenly slapped his thigh: "Every year in September, officials at all levels have to report to the presidential palace, and there happen to be many folk activities in September every year, as an excuse, we can report on the work of officials at all levels a month in advance, so as to observe the words and looks, and explore Thoth's hole cards......"

"That's a good idea!" Brauchitsch took it up and said: "If Toth's attitude is still arrogant or if he does not obey the unified orders of the Presidential Palace and the Ministry of Defense, he can be detained on the spot." ”

"As a unique opportunity, the Presidency and the Ministry of Defence could also send teams in advance to the Army, Navy and Air Force, including the 1st Air Corps under Command William Keitel, as has been customary in the past. In the event of a change in the situation, the conservative upper echelons can be quickly disarmed and commanded on the spot. Of course, the task force could be deployed to install a comparable number of CIA operatives...... "Kluge added.

"So...... So be it. Tomorrow, Director Ananta of the Presidential Office, in coordination with the Cabinet, will simultaneously issue notices to officials at all levels in the military and political circles, and report on their work one month in advance. Erick exhaled a long puff of smoke and turned back to Brauchitsch and said, "However, the Ministry of Defense must immediately issue a notice that the task force should intervene in the daily training of the units before the debriefing of the officers begins, with the aim of startling the snake or driving the snake out of the hole." ”

Eric, Brauchitsch, and Kluge studied secretly behind closed doors in the presidential palace all morning, and finally unified their minds and began to implement them separately.

In Germany, the weather in August has slowly become hot and humid, and unlike previous years, this year's temperature is a little high, causing people to feel unwell, strong blood, and make people feel impetuous.

The members of the task forces assigned to the various units of the Presidential Palace and the Ministry of Defence are all among the best in the Wehrmacht, including the CIA and MIA agents. Although the positions of the personnel are not very high, because they all hold in their hands special powers of attorney issued by the Presidential Office and the Ministry of Defence, their functions are basically equal to or even greater than those of the commanders of the various troops.

When the task force members were first stationed in the various units, the leaders of the various units were generally not very adaptable, and it was difficult for them to have a harmonious relationship, and they often deviated from the central authority of the federation in their work, and they were in discord with the central authority of the federation, but with the increasing proficiency and initiative of the task force members in the various tasks of the units to which they belonged, coupled with the special nature of their work, the team members gradually gained the right to speak in the grass-roots units.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Navy, they could not wait for the arrival of the task force, because it would help the Navy's armament department to omit many trivial matters in project establishment, reporting, and approval, so the Navy expressed great welcome.