Chapter 631: Military Rank
Reinhardt needs to be wronged for a while.
The reason is actually very simple, that is, when Reinhardt executed those traitors, he was a little too shocked, so many people were directly roasted to death.
Roasting to death, it is not the same as burning, burning, it is the fire that directly covers the whole body, although it is very painful, but it does not last too long, at most ten minutes, the person is gone.
Roasting to death is different, the fire below is not strong, and it is smoked by the heat, and it is said that a few fat guys, before people die, have been roasted to dripping oil.
It took them three or four hours to lose consciousness and hear that the smell of barbecue was permeating the sky over the city of Berlin.
This is too cruel, how can the forgiving and generous Führer Ciric endure it?
When Führer Ciric returned, he severely criticized Reinhardt, although those were rebels, they also wanted to talk about human rights, just give a bullet and forget it, why should they be executed like that?
He severely criticized Reinhardt, and at the same time, the merits and demerits were offset by neither praise nor derogation.
Reinhardt knew quite well in his heart that Ciric did this, of course, to create a great image of the Führer, so to speak, when Reinhardt took over this task, he knew that he was used to do dirty work, and he would be pushed out as a shield.
However, Reinhardt didn't care.
When the Führer Ciric said this, he meant that he was more serious about himself, and only with his cronies was such an attitude, the more he scolded him, the more he used it, and he smiled on the surface, then it was troublesome.
Reinhardt was able to be sure that Führer Shirek was quite satisfied with his actions, after all, the roast man was invented by the Führer, but it was in a small circle at that time, and he let the whole country and the whole world know how he treated traitors.
This will greatly deter those people, and let them know that against Germany, they will die, and they will die a terrible death, and they may not be afraid of death, but they are definitely afraid of such a death.
At that time, Reinhardt was ready to be pushed out by Ciric as a shield, even if he was dismissed, he was not afraid, because it would not be long before he would rise again.
"I'm sorry, Führer Ciric, but I was a little inconsiderate." Reinhardt said.
"Well, if you know your mistakes, just change them." Ciric said: "I originally planned to upgrade your rank this time, but now, you should still be in the same rank for the time being, as a punishment for you, and you should be thoughtful in doing things in the future." ”
"Yes." Reinhardt didn't have any resentment in his heart.
"According to the record, first of all, for the promotion of field marshal, there are currently two." "Karl Rudolf Gerd Rundstedt, Wilhelm Baldwin Johan Gustav Keitel. ”
For any German soldier to be crowned a field marshal would be the supreme honor, and now, Ciric will promote these two.
Among them, Rundstedt was still on the front line, and although he was not as good as Guderian and Rommel in the war of invasion of France, he was the commander of the army group.
And, most importantly, he is also a veteran of the Juncker officer corps.
Purge those conspirators, and at the same time promote old seniors like them, and use both grace and power.
And the other, Keitel, is also an old senior, and, at this time, he is by Ciric's side.
Keitel was impressed by Hitler's charm, and since then he has been loyal, Hitler's most trusted military adviser, and at the same time, after Hitler's death, he has become a diehard loyalist of Hitler, and he has absolute convincing and obedience to Killer's commanding ability.
Cirek wanted such a man, as old as Rundstedt, and loyal.
Historically, Keitel was the one who accompanied Hitler to the end, and even was sentenced to hanging, and when he went to the gallows, he did not hesitate or hesitate, did not fear, and his belief in his brain was extremely firm.
He did not participate in any rebellion in the army, and even this time, he took the initiative to cooperate, and together he directed a deception scene, and deceived those rebels.
For such a loyal person, Ciric is of course not stingy in promoting.
Hearing Ciric's words, sure enough, Keitel's eyes flashed brightly, he didn't go to the front line, he was just in the joint command of the three services as the commander-in-chief, he really didn't expect that he himself would be promoted to marshal like this!
The veteran, a veteran of the First World War, a veteran of the Army, his lips moved, his beard swayed, and he stood up and said, "Thank you for the promotion." ”
"This is what you should, in the future, you must continue to serve the empire and make more plans to defeat the enemy." "You are already a veteran in our army, and you have to take the lead," said Ciric. ”
"Yes." Keitel replied loudly.
"Next, it's about the promotion of the general." Ciric continued.
Marshal is an honor, although the military exploits of some of his subordinates are already up to the standard of marshals, but the qualifications of these people are still too shallow and they can't be promoted too much, so now Ciric only plans to be promoted to general.
(In fact, this level of military rank in Germany should be called a first-class general is more appropriate, but there are also domestic ones that are directly translated as generals, so for the sake of brevity, East China Zhixiong will say it according to the general.) )
"Among them were Guderian, Rommel, Schellner, Manstein..."
After the army side finished speaking, Ciric went on to say that the navy and the air force have their own promotions.
With that said, Ciric continued: "When the French campaign is over, in Berlin we will have a grand ceremony to motivate our soldiers to fight, and at the same time, I will announce that we will establish a higher rank of Imperial Marshal. ”
According to the German military rank standard, it is almost a major general - lieutenant general - general - general (first class general) - marshal, in fact, this marshal corresponds to only refers to the marshal of the arms, such as field marshal, armored corps marshal, naval marshal and so on.
So, above them, there should also be a rank, and Ciric personally designed a new military rank, called Imperial Marshal.
This Imperial Marshal should correspond to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union, a six-star general of the United States, this level of Marshal is higher than the Marshal of the Army, which is the highest glory of the Imperial soldiers, and at the same time, Ciric also specially designed a large Iron Cross as a symbol.