"I hear you're drafting an important plan, can I read it first?" Eric asked suddenly, pointedly.

"Oh, there's such a thing, but the plan is not on me, and such a thing can't get out of the United Front Work Department building." Hoffman replied awkwardly.

"Well, my chief of staff, then give me a concise account of the plan" Eric knew that Hoffmann was a military talent, and was eager to see how the genius strategist saw the global situation and the direction of the German offensive in the future.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. President, without the collective study and approval of the United Front Work Department, it is impossible for this plan to leave the United Front Work Department, and the content of it is also divided and kept, even if I only know some superficial content." Hoffman gave Eric another awkward answer.

"What's going on, didn't you draft the draft yourself? How could it be that even you didn't know? Who believes this? "Eric doesn't know much about the operation mechanism of the United Front Work Department, and after the power is lowered, Eric rarely interferes in the work of the United Front Work Department, except for national strategic matters, he can only be regarded as a military command idiot, and he is not even as good as a colonel-level officer. If Eric were to command the army in battle, there would only be a strong logistics force, and any combat operation would be chaotic and disorganized. Of course, he himself is self-aware.

"There are so many plans that I don't know which part Mr. President wants to know. In fact, according to the authority, you have the right to watch the entire content, but the regulations of the United Front Work Department are very rigid, and you need to register with each confidential unit after the United Front Work Department meeting is approved, and then you can read it. Hoffman made a helpless move.

It has become a good habit for Germans to be rigorous and deeply rooted in everyone's bones. It's not impossible to rely on relationships to get things done, but it's important to score. Hoffman has never been steered by the wind on top-secret content related to the country's security, nor will he unprincipled open it just because Eric is the president of the country.

"Oh God! You have to give me a brief introduction to the main contents of the plan, otherwise wouldn't I be the president in vain? Eric quipped with a laugh.

"Okay, according to your original instructions, we did draft a lot of military plans, but most of them are still on paper and have not passed the actual military exercises, so it is estimated that you can omit this part and not listen to it." Hoffman went on to warn: "What has not been rehearsed is generally likely to be re-enriched and revised, but it will be very different from the final plan." ”

Eric thought for a moment, then tapped his finger lightly on one of the corners of his desk and said, "Does Germany have an offensive plan on the Eastern Front?" No, no, no! I mean there is no consideration in the military deployment of the Eastern Front, which is important. ”

Russia, to be precise, Red Russia under the Soviet regime, has always been Germany's biggest hidden danger, if this behemoth is not solved, Eric really does not dare to easily move to the West, not to mention that there is still a part of Polish territory under the jurisdiction of the other side, if this road is completely opened, the Russian army can drive straight in, although it is not yet time to tear the skin, but this battle seems to have to be fought.

"Of course there is, and it is the most detailed of all the plans, in March of this year, we had a large military exercise, in fact, the hypothetical enemy is the Russian army." Hoffmann remembered the exercises of the German army in the east, which were carried out according to plan, and even focused the exercises on the capital of the imaginary enemy.

"What is the exercise named? Why didn't you let me know about such a big action? Eric asked curiously, military exercises are no stranger to Erik, although he is a layman who marches and fights, but the layman can also see the excitement.

"Actually, this is the No. 1 operation plan, and the exercise is named after the same name as the plan." Hoffman said awkwardly, because he hadn't given the project a nice and proper name.

"The name is simple enough, and it sounds very reminiscent of a live military operation, and if you don't get it right, it will bring truth to the neighboring countries." Eric smiled and said, "It's not a bad thing to have a simple name, but we have to get around sensitive topics." In this case, let someone send me the plan, and as for the formalities, you can start now, and I will give direct instructions to the United Front Work Department. ”

After Eric finished speaking, he simply got up and returned to his desk, picked up the blank piece of paper and drafted the order on the spot, and then asked Annata to pass it on with the written instructions.

"Dear Mr. President, I haven't had lunch yet, and now I am suffering from famine in my stomach. Can I bother with your house? Hoffmann laughed and laughed, and after returning to Berlin from Dresden, he rushed straight to the presidential palace.

"Look at my pig brain, oops! You must have not had lunch when you came back from such a long distance, and I was careless. I'm so sorry for my Excellency the Chief of Staff. Eric laughed and quickly told the kitchen to prepare lunch for Hoffman.

After completing all the formalities in accordance with the confidentiality requirements, Ananta hurried back to the presidential palace under the heavy protection of the United Front Work Department, and at this time, Hoffman's lunch had just been eaten. Eric returned to the sofa and sat down, pointed to the large stack of "plans" on the desk and said to Hoffmann: "You are a general of the German Confederation with both civil and military skills, and there are a lot of high-achieving students in the United Front Work Department, how come this 'plan' doesn't even have a decent name." Well, why don't I give this 'project' a name! ”

Hoffmann thought it would be more appropriate for the Federal President to name the "plan" and happily made a gesture of please.

"It's called Barbarossa, how about it?" Eric is indeed a bit of a spoof, and he is reminded of the "Barbarossa Project" in history.

Hoffman didn't speak, but acquiesced.

Eric pondered for a moment and said: "The plan is just a direction of action, it does not mean that it is a fixed pattern, however, the implementation of this planned exercise must be postponed, because such a big action is easy to cause misunderstanding, but it is by no means canceled, we can reconsider it from the scale, do you see that it is okay my chief of staff." ”

Hoffman certainly understood Eric's intentions, but the scale could be reduced, so why should it be postponed in terms of time. He wanted to ask Eric directly, but he didn't, he wanted to think about it and ask again.

"Mr. President's decision, the United Front Work Department will not be discounted, but at the same time, we also want to get the support of the Presidential Office and the Cabinet, especially such a huge military exercise, which will definitely require a lot of military support from the Ministry of National Defense." Dumpman is very clever and takes the opportunity to ask for money. Didn't Eric always regard Soviet Tsarist Russia as the biggest potential enemy, and as long as the exercises were carried out as planned, military spending should not be a problem.

"The overrun military spending in last year's annual plan has been fully entered into the Ministry of National Defense, and if you write an application for funding to the Ministry of Defense, I can also tell Brauchitsch about it, as for how much to give, one is to look at the scale of your military exercise, and the other is to see the actual significance of the military exercise." Eric said

"Then on behalf of the United Front Work Department, I would like to thank Mr. President in advance!" Hoffman stood up and gave Eric another military salute.

"Ho! Speaking of money, you came to the spirit, when I first wanted to see your plan, how did you come about? Eric deliberately angrily said, "Okay, sit down." ”

Hoffman sat obediently on Eric's side like a child.

"Your Excellency, my Chief of Staff, listen well, I need to wait until Britain and France have stabilized before I can really implement this plan. If you think about it, there are a lot of troops invested in the boundless ice field, and if it can't stabilize the two strong enemies of Britain and France first, Germany will not be able to provoke trouble in the east at all. "Eric didn't even think about solving the big thing of Tsarist Russia in a short time.

Hoffman nodded silently, this is indeed an important obstacle for their United Front Work Department to improve the plan, the depth of Russia's combat readiness is too great, as far as the east.