"I just said that you were not allowed to protect your shortness, but you immediately forgot about it. I'm sorry Marshal Rundstedt, but I can't grant your plea. After Eric finished speaking, he stretched his neck and reminded Yamal Shacht, who was sitting in the corner of the venue, that "the Ministry of Finance must prepare enough marks, and the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of soldiers must be properly resolved, and our soldiers must not be allowed to accept poverty and grievances after leaving the army." There is also the Ministry of the Interior, you should also do a good job of reasonable resettlement of veterans, and if not, expand the tertiary industry, and the state will give policy support. ”

"Dear Mr. President, is the Army really going to be cut that much? If it's disarmament, why just target the Army? "Rundstedt was like a wronged man, and his heart was like a stone.

Eric interrupted him and said: "Honorable Field Marshal Rundstedt, disarmament is not just for one unit of the Army, nor does it mean that the Army will always maintain the status quo, in peacetime it is called raising soldiers, in war years it is called using soldiers, and our main task now is economic construction, think about it, how much wealth will hundreds of thousands of troops create for our country to make money?" Well, don't dwell on it, sit down, honorable Marshal Rundstedt. ”

After Eric finished speaking, he simply stood up and spoke loudly: "Germany should learn to learn a lesson, the experience of the last war, should also take the dross and take the essence, we should learn to war in the war, the war between Germany and Italy is too hasty, this is certain, whether in terms of size or weapons, we have an absolute advantage, but our advantages have not been brought into play, this is called the defeat of the arrogant army, which reflects our shortcomings from the side, so that we cannot cope with the rapid changes on the battlefield." The lesson is profound, but we must not be pessimistic, still less can we personally attack and discriminate against those soldiers who participated in the war. If everyone can understand my mood at this time, then this meeting is at the right time and does not go against my original intention of serving the country and the people. ”

Next, Eric and Hoffman made a face-to-face: "Our chief of staff should have learned a lot about how the mottled and redundant numbers of the three armed forces and the starry number of independent troops can help in the war effort. I think you can talk to him more when you have time. Of course, the reorganization that follows will be complicated, and this is where Minister Brauchitsch and Vice President Paul von Hindenburg come into play. ”

"Dear Mr. President, what is the specific date for the streamlining and reorganization?" Brauchitsch had always been loyal to Eric's decision-making, "Were the commanders dealt with handed over to court-martials or demoted?" ”

"Dear Mr. President, let's demote them first and give them a chance, after all, they fought bloodily and won this war in the end." Rundstedt seems to want to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

"No! To put it mildly, they are actually just some wine bags and rice bags, and thank God that they don't backfire, and we should be glad that this time the opponent is Italy, not the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. Eric did not mention the Soviet Union, and those present, although strange, did not ask much.

Rundstedt had no choice but to stop pleading, but Hoffmann was extremely impatient: "Your Excellency the Marshal is really uninteresting, the president has already given you enough face, just settle it when you see it, don't spare no effort to speak for those people!" Have you thought about it, if Mr. President agrees not to deal with these people, then anyone who governs the army can open up in the future, and the rectification of military discipline is not just an empty word? ”

"The Chief of the General Staff is right, you must be strict in managing the army, and don't wait until the disaster is in front of you to learn to passively accept it. In the war two years ago, the British taught us a vivid lesson, and this time in the German-Italian war, General Pershing of the United States taught us another lesson, and it is time for us to stop and think. Eric spoke earnestly.

"Tomorrow afternoon there will be two colloquiums at the Berlin Academy, where I and the Vice President will speak separately, and I hope you will be on time. No matter what the two of us say, let's just listen to it with the mentality of taking the best and removing the dross, and it's okay to cheer on the field," Eric said and laughed, and then sat down calmly.

As soon as the president's voice fell, the audience burst into laughter, and Hindenburg also laughed with a white beard. The tea on the table had already been cold, and the waiters saw the tense atmosphere of today's scene, and no one dared to come in to change the water. Rundstedt was so stunned by Eric that he couldn't speak, so he had to take one sip after another to clean the herbal tea on the table.

As a matter of fact, today's field marshals are too serious, and anyone will accept the streamlining and reorganization of the field, and in peacetime, it is not easy to manage the field if it is enlarged. No way, in the end, Rundstedt's ultimate goal is just to keep his old comrades-in-arms who have stirred the horse spoon in a pot.

While everyone was still gossiping and imagining, Eric naturally took a sip of the cold tea.

"Anata, please have the tea change to hot, no! Switch to coffee, or everyone will fall asleep. Eric said to Anata, who was beside him.

The attendees, including Eric, had not slept all night, but fortunately, Eric's storm throughout the day today drove everyone's drowsiness away. Usually, Eric likes to drink tea, and the generals of the government and the army also prefer to drink tea, but now he is happy, so he wants to change his taste.

In just five minutes, dozens of waitresses entered the venue like a flock of butterflies, carrying hot coffee.

When everyone was serving their steaming coffee, Eric took a small sip and then chuckled, not so loudly but not in most people's eyes. Unlike the army commanders, who saw the president's action as a mockery of them, they felt that it was a sign of the president's mood after ordering disarmament.

At this time, there was a small commotion outside the council hall, and Eric immediately asked Annata what was wrong. Everyone looked up and saw that it was the president's health care doctor, because Eric's situation in the morning made everyone helpless for a while, so they had to urgently find him, as a result, the president was fine, and no one reminded him to leave, so he stayed here and waited, at this time he was screaming at the waiter: "I...... I'm going to make a complaint to Mr. President, against you little girls, everyone drank coffee, but I didn't, it's obviously unfair. ”

When everyone heard this, they almost laughed out loud.

"It's true, Prime Minister Stresemann brought people in, and he didn't let them go back when the matter was over, so it stands to reason that our prime minister's cup of coffee should be given to my health care doctor." Eric laughed too.

At this moment, Stresemann realized that he had been negligent, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't mention it, coffee is a small matter, I haven't even eaten lunch, and now my stomach is rumbling with hunger, what I can't imagine is that government officials don't have the habit of eating lunch, which is a new thing." The health care doctor was a little embarrassed to let everyone say this.

After he said this, Eric also found himself hungry, and it turned out that everyone had forgotten to eat lunch.

"Well, gentlemen, this is my mistake, but the matter has come to this, and the only remedy is to eat more in the evening, so that tonight I will make the east, so that everyone can eat a full meal in my house." Eric immediately extended an invitation to everyone: "Of course, this time I can't forget my health care doctor, he is also one." ”

"That's not good, dear Mr. President, let us have a coarse meal if you have a treat, don't say we don't do it, even this health doctor won't agree, we have to have a big meal at the presidential palace, right?" Brauchitsch was the first to speak out.

"Minister Brauchitsch is so right, we support it!" Everyone cheered together.

"Okay! Okay, okay! Then have a big meal" Eric saw that everyone was enthusiastic and readily agreed to everyone's request. In fact, he has now become a pauper, and others may not know it, but Ananta and Professor Haber in Dresden should know it well. Because of the continuous improvement of rocket engines and the endless consumption of propellants, he used almost all of Eric's cash reserves, and it was not until the 4th Institute of Physics that it became impossible to continue to operate, and he thought of financing the Wehrmacht. These things were hidden from Dinah, and Eric even feared that one day he would be furious if he found out to his wife, because such things had not happened before, and a few years earlier, when he gave most of the company's geological and mineral resources to the German Empire, Dinah almost played with him, but fortunately he cleverly escaped that fate. This time it was different, the money was spent, and the development of the rocket was far from over, and the fuel was still a bottomless pit. Fortunately, Dinah went to Denmark with her son, otherwise he would have to find a way to escape Dinah's questioning.

"Your Excellency, how would you like to entertain your men? The back kitchen has been yelling for the rice to go to the pot a few days ago...... You're not going to let those cooks go out on credit," Ananta whispered into Eric's ear.

"Oh, I forgot about that, Annata, what do you think?" Eric suddenly realized, "There must be a few dishes, and they can't just be allowed to eat pilaf." ”

"Alas! The back kitchen of a minister's house is fragrant and spicy, you are good, the dignified president of the federal country, the back kitchen is actually to make a drink without rice, I am really not afraid of others laughing off the big teeth. Ananta deliberately angrily said, "Okay, okay, you can leave dinner alone, just take your men to the presidential palace restaurant for dinner when the time comes." ”

"Then there's Director Lauannata. Oh, it's best to imitate the dishes of the Orientals, with all the color, aroma and taste, I should let these people know that the president is the president, and they can't drop the price at any time, do you know what I mean, Annata? Eric wiped the cloth in his pocket, but he didn't want to lose face in front of the ministers.

"Okay, remember, I've helped you through this level today, but you'll have to double my favor in the future," Ananta joked.

Eric smiled and didn't say anything, just made a "go" gesture to Annata.

"Okay, everyone, it's ready, dinner is already being prepared, but our meeting has to go on. Dear Marshal Rundstedt, where did we just go? Eric deliberately set the mood up.

"I've talked about disarmament and the handling of battlefield commanders, but I don't know what Mr. President wants to talk about now? Oh! That's right, cold tea for hot coffee, yes, that's it. "Rundstedt is also starting to become active.

"Excellent! We're going to talk about politics over coffee now. Eric looked at everyone's emotions and saw that no one was dozing off, and there was nothing wrong with it, but it was very high, so he said, "Maybe everyone is too hungry, but it just so happens that we have saved a meal for the country, which is also a great contribution." Now Director Ananta has prepared dinner for us, and it is for our Oriental chef to take charge of the dishes himself, so that everyone can feast on it later. In this way, there will be no clerks, and there will be no one to record the meeting, so I think that it is okay for everyone to have a free discussion, and then you can speak freely without any scruples, and take out all the things that you want to say in your stomach, and then, tomorrow morning, we will continue to meet here, and we will have more important things to convey to you. As for tomorrow afternoon, the symposium at the Berlin Academy, I suggest that you listen to it if you have time, because it may have some inspiration for your future work. ”

"Dear Mr. President, can I tell you the truth?" Admiral Franz von Hippel stood up and said.

"Of course, the respected Field Marshal Franz von Hipper, now he can be neither big nor small, high or low, without scruples, and can speak freely, and even talk nonsense." Eric seldom heard the old marshal speak, and was eager to hear his unique opinion: "Speak, we are all willing to listen." ”

"Then I'm really going to say it?" Hipper grimaced and smiled and said to everyone, "I'm so hungry, can you let us go to the Oriental dinner now?" ”

Eric thought that this old guy would talk loudly, but he didn't expect it to be such a vulgar sentence, which caused everyone to laugh again.

Next, the other cabinet members began to vie with each other to say witty things, and even Hindenburg came alive.

"Okay, let's enter the restaurant early, but how about we not be too noisy so as not to interfere with the freedom of the kitchen?"

Everyone shouted "yes" in unison, and then, as if they had been savior, they rushed to the reception restaurant of the presidential palace.