Chapter 155: Greeting

The pale gray head of state plane slowly descended on the flat cement runway, the distance of the glide was slightly longer, the pilot was very experienced, in order to ensure the comfort of passengers, how to decelerate gently when landing is the most basic homework.

Powerful BMW engines drive four huge propellers, and the plane turns around at the end of the runway and onto a side taxiway. The greeting procession, led by Raeder, stood on the tarmac silently waiting for the arrival of the Reich Führer, and it seemed that there were about thirty or forty men, and a little farther away a blockade was set up by army soldiers, behind which stood officials and civilians in various dresses, civil servants and clerks of various local government and semi-governmental organizations, and their families, who were allowed to enter the tarmac to give the most enthusiastic welcome to the great Führer.

The military bands of the Navy and the Army and Air Force stood together, clearly forming three phalanxes, and the musicians quietly maintained their preparatory postures, waiting for the conductor to wave the bell pole in their hands. The plane slowly entered the tarmac along the taxiway and came to a steady stop in front of the welcoming team. The military band conductor waved the bell pole in his hand vigorously, and the military bands of the three services immediately played a cheerful music.

Eight Führer Flag Guardsmen, led by an officer, rushed forward with a mobile gangway, they went to the fuselage and fixed the gangway, and soldiers in black SS uniforms stood in a row on the side of the gangway with their hands on chrome ceremonial rifles.

An Air Force attendant opened the hatch from the cabin, and the first person to appear at the door was the adjutant of His Excellency the Führer, the young adjutant looked out, and then gave way to the door, Xu Jun lowered his head and got out of the cabin.

"Hey! Reinhart! The soldiers of the Guard Flag Team stood neatly on their legs, holding their rifles upright on their chests, and the second lieutenant officer who led the team quickly pulled out the saber at his waist and shook it off in a beautiful salute. Xu Jun nodded to the soldiers of the Guard Flag Team who were watching him, and walked quickly down the gangway of the plane with the handrail.

Raeder stood solemnly in front of the plane with the welcoming procession. When Xu Jun's leather boots stepped on the ground, all the officers stood tall and raised their hands in salute, and the civilian officials who were not wearing uniforms quickly took off their top hats and bowed to Xu Jun. Xu Jun stood in front of the plane and returned the salute to the officers and officials with a marshal's cane.

The young Führer reached out and tugged at the hem of his uniform, and then strode towards the welcoming procession, and Raeder hurriedly took two steps forward to meet him.

"Your Excellency, Marshal." Xu Jun stretched out his hand to Raeder.

"My Führer." Raeder saluted first, then shook Xu Jun's hand vigorously.

"Himmler. My old friend. Xu Jun saw the SS national leader standing in the first row of the team at a glance, and he happily greeted the other party.

"My Führer, it is a pleasure to see you again." Himmler took off his military hat and stepped forward to bow in greeting. With his status at this time, there was no need to do this, but Xu Jun knew that Himmler was actually using this special way to show his surrender and respect for himself.

"My Führer, allow me to introduce you to these men, this is the commander of the Kiel Naval Base......" Raeder glanced at Himmler with a loyal and resolute expression, and he turned to Xu Jun to introduce the identity of the welcomer.

With a kind smile on his face, Xu Jun shook hands with the important members of the welcome team one by one, he was used to dealing with this kind of scene on the French front. His Excellency the Führer has long been familiar with these charismatic tasks.

Raeder actually only knew the navy soldiers in the team, and was not very familiar with the other government officials, so Himmler took the opportunity to intervene. Introduce personnel from other units in Raeder's place.

The whole welcome ceremony didn't last long, Xu Jun came this time because of official business, and there were still many things waiting for him to deal with. After shaking hands with the last Nazi leader, Raeder and the officers stepped forward and hugged Xu Jun to the car that had been parked next to the tarmac.

"Himmler. You get in my car. Xu Jun walked up to his Mercedes convertible and turned his face to Himmler, who was following him.

"Yes, my Führer." Himmler walked briskly to the car with a happy face. He squeezed Tysenhofen next to the car door and opened the car door for Xu Jun with his own hands.

Hitler's exclusive Mercedes-Benz 770K is a luxury convertible with four-millimeter-thick armor, bulletproof glass and steel wire tires to protect against rifle bullets, powerful horsepower, and a luxurious interior.

As the exclusive car of the German Führer, the manufacture of each Mercedes-Benz product of the same type had to be approved by Hitler personally, because it was not only a car, but had become a symbol of the power of the Third Reich, and only those at the top of the pyramid had the right to ride and own it. So far, only 17 of these cars have been produced, most of which have been given as state gifts to heads of state and generals with whom Germany has good relations, such as Stalin and Mussolini, Finland's Mannerheim and Spain's Franco, and even Japan's Hirohito. Xu Jun inherited everything from Hitler, including such a symbol of the Führer.

The convertible with the flag of the Reich Chancellor slowly drove in front of the welcoming crowd on the periphery, and Xu Jun stood in the carriage holding the windshield frame and waved to the crowd, as Hitler often did in the past, at this moment many people felt that the shadow of the previous leader seemed to overlap on the handsome Führer in front of him. The crowd cheered loudly, and many of them burst into tears of excitement and raised their right arms high.

"Hey! Reinhart! The crowd cheered loudly, declaring their reverence and loyalty to the new Führer. The soldiers of the army saluted in the face of the passing Führer's car, rifles in their hands erect on their chests, bayonets gleaming in the sun.

Guided by two three-wheeled motorcycles, the convoy slowly drove out of the airport gate. At this time, both sides of the gate were crowded with passers-by, who were stopped on both sides of the road by heavily armed SS soldiers, still speculating to each other about which big man had come to Kiel and would make such a big scene.

Immediately some people were pleasantly surprised to recognize that the legendary Mercedes-Benz was driving out of the airport, and the apostle of God was sitting in the front seat of the convertible, and it was possible to witness this great leader of Germany and the god of the imperial army from God, and the citizens could not help but be overjoyed, and some people in the crowd kept shouting the name of the young Führer, and when the car passed in front of them, everyone raised their hands in a neat salute.

Xu Jun waved to passers-by on both sides, and then the convoy drove into the main road of the city, and the convoy began to speed up, and more than a dozen luxury cars in front and behind lined up in a long line along the long-planned route towards Xu Jun's temporary station.

The new Führer Flag Corps was formed by Himmler on the orders of Xu Jun, who felt it necessary to place an SS unit by his side to assert his absolute control over the Nazi Party. The original Hitler Guards had been completely erased from the world, and these people saw too much in that incident that they shouldn't have seen.

The first Führer Guard was once exiled by Hitler in disguise, and because they were on the right side in the battle between Xu Jun and Hitler, Xu Jun incorporated them into the Cypriot Legion, as a mechanized infantry battalion of the Führer's immediate Guard, and was now marching towards London with the Cypriot Legion.

The new flag team in front of them are all the most loyal soldiers who have been carefully selected, and the Eye of Odin has strictly screened and screened them, all of whom are extremely fanatical admirers of Xu Jun, and they swear personal allegiance to Xu Jun, and they can sacrifice everything for Xu Jun without hesitation, even if it is their respective lives.

"My Führer, this is the detailed report you wanted, Marshal Blumberg's journey is going well, he has joined the lead group. The Mission's guard battalion had departed, and a company of troops would arrive at its destination in three days' time, an expedition of no precedented, and we expected to be able to get the entire battalion to the marshal's side in a week's time. Himmler handed Xu Jun a document.

"We'll talk about it in detail when we get to the hotel, I still have a lot of questions to hear from you, and there are also some things that you need to do. Himmler, there are some things I have always wanted to say to you, you should know that only a very small number of people have the complete trust of me, and you are one of them, and a very important one. I believe in you, as much as you believe in me, and I only hope that you will be clear about this, that you are my closest comrade-in-arms, my right-hand man, so don't let me down on this trust I have in you, and don't let me down. Xu Jun handed the document to Tysenhofen, who put it in his bag.

"It is a great honour to receive such a high opinion from you, you need not worry about these matters at all, you should know that my loyalty to you will never change, as unbreakable as my oath, my Führer." Himmler bowed his head respectfully and declared his allegiance to Xu Jun.

"I have never doubted your oath, Himmler. By the way, why didn't Hans come to pick me up. Xu Jun was quite satisfied with Himmler's performance, he didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, occasional tapping is necessary, but to master the strength, too deep is often self-defeating.

"My Führer, I just wanted to report to you about this, Hans's plane will arrive in the afternoon, he is in trouble in Berlin, Mussolini's son-in-law has pestered him, maybe this time I will come to see you at random."

"Ziano? What tricks did Mussolini want to play? The last time I ended up refusing to meet him in Paris, didn't that guy go into a rage and swear to make me regret it? Xu Jun touched his chin and recalled the farce half a month ago.

When the arrogant leader learned that the pigeon had been released, he flew back to Italy on the same day, and it was said that he also wanted to recall the Italian ambassador to Germany, and he was ready to tear his face with Germany, but he was finally stopped by his son-in-law, which made Xu Jun regret it for a while. (To be continued......)