"Marshal, marshal! Urgent order! ”

Before von Bock, who had just finished reporting the victory in Minsk, had time to rest, an urgent telegram was delivered to him, and the content of the telegram was also related to the battle of Minsk.

The content of the order is very brief, but it requires that Timoshenko's body must be protected and must not be buried or destroyed.

But......

How did von Bock and the generals of Army Group Center carry out such an order?

Although Timoshenko is an enemy and a loser, he is indeed worthy of respect, which is why von Bock issued an order for a thick burial, and they have even discussed and approved the burial of Marshal Timoshenko in the central square of Minsk, but now, they have received an order from the wolf's den, not only asking not to be buried, but even saying that the body must be protected.

This is the battlefield, although it is June, the weather is not particularly hot, but if you want to protect a corpse on the battlefield, how easy is it?

"Forget it, let people carry out the order."

After thinking about it for a long time, von Bock finally carried out the order with some weakness.

Minsk is over, but in the wolf's den, there is a big quarrel over the matter of Timoshenko.

As the core stratum of the Reich, the wolf ** not only has the top of the German military, but even the Minister of Propaganda Goebbels has already arrived overnight by plane.

Goebbels' purpose in appearing here was simple, to make a distinction between Heydrich and who was right and who was wrong, and he wanted to obtain the right to dispose of Timoshenko's body.

Well, in fact, about this matter, it is not just a dispute between Heydrich and Goebbels, the wolf ** seems to have been divided into three factions!

The group of people who supported Heydrich's views believed that Timoshenko was a loser and an enemy, and that he should hype up the successful killing of Timoshenko on the battlefield, and that it was better to make Timoshenko as miserable as possible, so as to give the enemy the greatest deterrent, and if necessary, to take some extreme measures to let the Soviets know that the German army was invincible!

The other faction is dominated by the opinions of the military generals, agreeing with von Bock's handling opinions, and burying Timoshenko and burying him in Minsk, which is a respect for an opponent, and I have to admit that the Minsk offensive was fought very hard, and if it were not for Germany's absolute air supremacy and cutting off the rear of Minsk, I am afraid that Minsk would have to pay a heavy price.

In the end, Dr. Goebbels was left with the opinion of Dr. Goebbels, which was basically not supported by anyone, but Dr. Goebbels, as the Minister of Propaganda of the Reich, was a very respected person, and his opinion could not be easily refuted.

Goebbels not only demanded that Timoshenko not be buried, but even demanded that Timoshenko's body be sorted out to the best possible extent, and then sent to the territory of the Soviets, and even directly to the Soviet front-line base camp in Smolensk!

"Timoshenko's death, I will never allow it to be silent, this person, as a marshal of the Soviet Union, was killed by us on the battlefield, how can such a thing be silent? We must make a big deal out of it, let the whole world know that our army is invincible, make all those who have snooping on us terror, and make our enemies tremble. Shake! ”

"Doctor, I don't have any problem with what you say, but we have many ways to do it, and there's no need for our soldiers to risk their lives to get the enemy's corpses back, right? It's not worth it at all! Moreover, the means of making the enemy frightened should be absolutely cruel! Any softness towards the enemy is an act of cowardice! ”

Heydrich respected Goebbels and recognized Goebbels' abilities, but this did not mean that he would give in to Goebbels, which is why Goebbels hurried over.

"Führer, this is politics, this is a means! We don't just want other countries to be afraid of us, but we also want other countries to respect us! You have repeatedly ordered that the troops must not massacre or torture civilians, and that is not the result? ”

"He is a soldier, and he is also a high-ranking general of the Soviet army! He's not a civilian! At the same time, he is already dead! ”

"But that's politics! As a high-ranking general of the other party, he must not dispose of it rashly, or even abuse the corpse! This will not only not make the enemy frightened, but will arouse the enemy's fighting spirit, make the enemy hate us to the core, and thus burst out stronger combat effectiveness, make the war more difficult, and at the same time will cause a large wave of adverse effects on us in the international arena! We are so strong, too many countries have felt the crisis, and at the same time, too many countries are wary of us, too many countries are waiting for us to make mistakes, and we must not make any mistakes at this time, not even the smallest mistakes! ”

"Go to the politics of the specialty, the chariot of the will is invincible, and whoever dares to stop us from advancing, then we will run over his corpse with tracks!"

"It's just going to fight and kill! If this is still the case in the fight against the Soviet Union, will our army really be invincible in this world? The world is so big, how many troops do we have? The situation on the British side and the situation in France should be clear to all of you! Even though there are only a small number of guerrillas, and although we have occupied it, we must devote a large number of troops and police to maintain security and exterminate the almost impossible guerrillas!

This is still the case with the weak countries of Britain and France, but what about the huge Soviet Union? Can you guarantee that there will be no guerrillas after the fight? If there were guerrillas in large numbers after the war, how many troops would we deploy there to maintain order? Excluding the troops deployed there, how many troops do we have left to continue fighting? ”

The partisans were a sore spot, but they were also a topic that could not be avoided, and Goebbels brought it up at this time, apparently in a way that the generals present could not refute at all.

"But then we should all the more intimidate the enemy! Let them not dare to oppose us! ”

"Shock? Then I would like to ask you, if deterrence works, why are there still guerrillas in Britain and France! In other words, if you are Russian, your marshal died, and then we made you very miserable, are you afraid? Do you feel the shock? If you are bloody, then it will only make you hate us more, more unscrupulous, and more difficult to deal with! ”

Soldiers were born to fight, Heydrich Gestapo was accustomed to using terror, only Goebbels, the man who was respectfully called a doctor, was a veteran of playing politics, and only he knew what was the right choice at this time!

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