Chapter 648: The Soviet-German War Begins

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"Don't you look at this document about your fate?" At the end of the conversation, Reinhardt took out a document and shook it in front of Stauffenberg.

"It's just the method and time of the execution," Stauffenberg smiled faintly and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I've got all the conclusions I want to know." โ€

"If there's one thing you want to do, it's one last shout before the execution...... Long live the Fรผhrer. Stauffenberg said guiltily.

Reinhardt silently handed the document through the iron door, and then said to Stauffenberg seriously: "As with the history I know, you are a respectable man. โ€

As a result, Stauffenberg even smiled at the document about his final fate: "Fรผhrer of the Reich, you are the one who deserves the most respect from all Germany." โ€

As he parted, Stauffenberg looked at Reinhardt's figure in the corridor and whispered to himself, "Damn, what am I going to miss?!" โ€

It was only at this moment, looking at Reinhardt's fading back, that Stauffenberg was covered by a deep sadness.

This is a magnificent era that is destined to go down in the history books. I was obviously in it, but I didn't have the opportunity to participate in everything that followed.

It all started with a mistake.

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After finishing his conversation with Stauffenberg, Reinhardt began his last mission - a declaration of counterattack against the USSR!

"Today, I would like to take this opportunity to address you, because we have come to a critical moment in the war."

"Half a month ago, Stalin had attacked and invaded the eastern borders of the Third Reich. They had neither a declaration of war nor an ultimatum, but Soviet bombs suddenly rained down over German cities, and Soviet troops violated the German borders in a big way. โ€

An hour later, Soviet Foreign Minister Mr. Molotov met with the German ambassador and said that the two countries were at war. But it was this Minister of Foreign Affairs who, a month ago, chattered and assured the German people, claiming that the USSR was a friend of Germany, and almost an ally! โ€

But now, I see German soldiers standing at the gates of their homeland, guarding the land they have earned with their sacrifice and bloodshed. I saw them guarding their country, their mothers and wives praying โ€” yes, sometimes everybody praying, for the safety of their loved ones, for the return of their supporters, fighters and protectors. โ€

"Now the Soviets' offensive has failed. The soldiers of the empire are systematically launching a gradual counterattack. โ€

"I am proud, because in front of me is an army with thousands of years of unyielding blood! This blood once flowed in the veins of our ancestors, and they did not give in! โ€

"We have the great ideal engraved on the German flag, and we will shed our last drop of blood for this ideal! The aggression and betrayal of the Soviets is a hostile intent that can never be forgiven! We have the determination and the reason to take revenge on it! If you want to fight, go for it! Then I will be able to see if you are 70 million slaves or 70 million unyielding Germanic people! โ€

"If one day the Soviets rush to the city of Berlin, I, Reinhardt Heydrich, will be at the forefront with my guns and with our German flag, as any soldier at the front line would do! Even if I die in battle, I will enter heaven with a smile! โ€

"If the Soviets want to conquer us, then we will fight for freedom! We are not machines, we are not cows and horses, we are people! It's the Germanic people who never gave in! โ€

"Not only for the glory of the Third Reich, but also for the sake of defending the continuation of the entire European civilization from the iron heel of the Soviet Union, and for the future of all Europe, defeating the red beast!"

"Our comrades come from every corner of the world. To the north, Field Marshal Mannerheim is leading the Finnish soldiers in a battle with us along the coast of the Arctic Ocean. โ€

"To the south, Romania's Commander Antonescu has rallied millions of people to join this sacred war for the defense of Europe."

"Farther afield, Spanish troops, French troops, Italian allies, and Norwegian and Bulgarian reinforcements are also converging with us!"

"Europe has never been so united, and we have never been so close to each other!"

"This is the responsibility that God has given to our generation, and it is also the glory of our generation!"

"Fight, let's work with our allies to regain the lost territories that have been occupied by the Soviets! Fight, let's fight for a new, fair world! Fight, let's fight for those who enslaved us get out of the land of the Germans! Fight, fight for our dignity, fight for our promises! โ€

"This is destined to be a protracted war, and we will work with our allies to carry it to the end!"

"On behalf of the German Fรผhrer, Reinhardt Heydrich, I solemnly announce this decision. I must make this statement so that the world will never doubt the policy we are going to adopt. โ€

"That is, we have only one goal, a one-of-a-kind, unchangeable goal. We are determined to eliminate the Soviet Union and purge that country of all traces left in Europe. Nothing can change that resolve. Nothing! We will never negotiate, we will never negotiate with Stalin or any of his henchmen. Until the country is completely wiped off the map! โ€

"Any person or country that fights against the Soviet army will receive our assistance, and any person or country that is in the same boat as the Soviet Union is our enemy!"

"It is worth pointing out that just three days ago, the League of Nations officially announced that it would form a United Nations army with the German army as the main force, and jointly resist the Soviet army for the continuation of European civilization."

"This is not a war between nations, this is a war in which the entire Confederate and the member states of the League of Nations, regardless of race, creed, or country, are all thrown into!"

"This is the collision of two civilizations, and this is a crucial holy war that will determine the fate of Europe in the next 100 years!"

"Soviets, be afraid of us, more than half of the European countries have begun to gradually join the camp of the crusade against the coalition forces, and the Eastern Three-Power Alliance, composed of Germany, Finland, and Romania, has already begun to counterattack from today."

"I, Reinhardt Heydrich, declare here once again. This war between the West and the East has begun! The war between Germany and the USSR has begun! โ€