Chapter 8: Colleagues (II)
Sitting next to Himmler was the leader of the 1.2 million youth of the Third Reich, the head of the Youth Department of the Third Reich, Badul Brown. Feng. Schirach. One of the few cadres in the upper echelons of the Nazi Party with aristocratic ancestry, of course, Reinhardt was.
He had a very Germanic square face and looked like a recent college graduate. Schirach made his fortune by patting sycophants and writing sensual poems in praise of Hitler. However, this guy is indeed very smart, and it is said that he has an IQ of one hundred and thirty, which can be said to be a genius. However, this person has always been narrow-minded and weak-willed, and his emotions are easily fluctuating.
He considered himself a very romantic poet, but Goering was very disgusted with him and thought he was very feminine. On this point, Xu Jun agrees with Goering. Especially after he read the poems written by Schirach. I heard that this guy even painted his bedroom pure white.
This self-proclaimed misleading generation of young Germans in the Nuremberg Fa* escaped the trial thanks to his brilliant acting skills and a quarter of American ancestry.
Now the German youth leader wears a khaki uniform of the German Youth Corps and a black tie. A serious person seems to be listening carefully to Hitler's speech, but in fact, Xu Jun can see in his sloppy eyes that this guy is deserting, and he doesn't know what he is thinking, anyway, it won't be a serious matter.
Xu Jun was a little puzzled at first, how could Hitler call him over. After thinking about it, I realized that Schirach could indeed play a big role in Hitler's idol project, because he controlled the minds of all German youth.
The few remaining people on the opposite side were Himmler's subordinates, and Xu Jun did not see the famous European executioner Gestapo chief Reinhardt. Heidrich, who also failed to see Himmler's other aides such as Waffen-SS Gottlow; Bergle, Theodore of the Skulls; Ike and the others seem to have been sent outside. And these Xu Jun didn't know each other, and Jack hadn't seen them before, so it seemed that they were newly promoted. They are still small characters at the level of district captains, and they are now staring at Hitler in flattery, and they know from the way they look that they are only excited now, and only God knows what they will listen to.
On the side where Xu Jun was sitting were all military leaders, it seemed that Hitler had clearly assigned him to the military group.
The officers wore crisp uniforms with their glittering medals and maintained a standard military sitting posture, motionless.
Commander-in-Chief of the Army von Murray. Marshal Brauchitsch looked helpless, and it seemed that he regretted attending this banquet. What Hitler is saying now, he may have heard it a thousand times. He came from a military family and only sat in this position on September 1 last year, but this army commander-in-chief has always been cowardly in front of Hitler, his authority in the army does not match his ability and his position, in fact his power is not as good as yodel, so he can only be regarded as a shell commander. Now, of course, it is impossible to dare to have any objection to Hitler's speech for delaying everyone's dinner.
The head of the command of the High Command, Admiral Jodel, is also now frowning, and it seems that he has been subjected to such terrorist attacks by Hitler more than once. He came from an artillery background, but his outstanding planning skills led him to the position where he is now Hitler's personal chief of staff and military adviser. Although Hitler was always reluctant to follow his advice. Now the director is trying to pass the time by wiping his monolithic eye.
Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht High Command, seemed to be able to resist Hitler's fatigue bombing for a moment, and he was now staring blankly at the plate in front of him, as if he could see a steak in it. Xu Jun found that his gray mustache seemed to be trembling slightly, and it seemed that he couldn't support it anymore.
Then he saw the commander-in-chief of Army Group A, General Rundstedt. He should have been at the front at this time in history, and Hitler should now be in his headquarters, and it seems that history has changed again because of himself.
On the surface, Rundstedt was listening intently to the speech. In fact, Xu Jun found that his gaze kept moving back and forth between Hitler and the bread on the table, and it seemed that our Commander-in-Chief of the cluster was also hungry.
Except for these four senior generals, the remaining officers were all staff officers in the high command, and the highest one who survived was only a colonel.
It seems that they were originally brought by the two chiefs of staff to attend the regular military meeting after the meal, but they did not expect to be affected by Hitler, and now they must be regretting their mistakes, why they didn't get a piece of bread to cushion the bottom before coming.
At this time, with Hitler's shout of "Long live Germany", his speech finally ended.
In an instant, everyone stood up, saluting and shouting long live.
But from Xu Jun's point of view, except for Himmler, that guy is still wiping his tears, and Goebbels, he is now looking solemn and sacred, and everyone else is shouting long live in order to be able to eat.
The delicacies were finally served one by one, and although it looked like it had been hot several times, everyone still ate it with relish.
Even Hitler, too, was trying to eliminate what was on his plate, and no one bothered to speak. As a result, the second half of the celebration feast was carried out quietly amid a strange chewing sound.
When everyone was satisfied, the orderly removed the utensils and table furnishings, and served the tea and coffee that had been brewed.
While everyone was content to enjoy the aftermath of their meal, Hitler began to speak again.
"Everyone!"
Xu Jun's heart was beating rapidly.
"No, I'm going to come again."
Xu Jun really scared Hitler's tirade out of his mind. But this time he guessed wrong.
"Ladies and gentlemen, now that dinner is over, let's go to the conference room now, there is important business to discuss today."
Then Hitler stood up and laid the napkin on the table.
Everyone immediately followed suit, and the group followed Hitler out of the table and towards the conference room. Only Himmler's men were left at the scene, who were not qualified to attend the meeting, and could only salute Hitler and their bosses to leave.
The conference room was at the other end of the aisle, where a couple of military adjutants had already set everything up. This conference room is more than 40 square meters, all painted pale green, and the ground is covered with a grass-green short-haired carpet, and there is no footsteps at all when walking on it. Two huge glass chandeliers illuminate the entire conference room. On the walls at both ends were the flag of the Nazi Party and the flag of the German Army, Navy and Air Force, with a large portrait of Hitler in the middle, and an extra-large map on the other, now covered with curtains, so that Xu Jun could only see through the cracks the dense names of places and rivers and roads. The remaining two walls are empty. Only two rows of seats are placed next to the wall. That's a seat for those who are observing. Because of the importance of this meeting, no one was allowed to attend, and the two rows of chairs were left empty.
In the middle was a huge conference table, and the adjutants had placed a document in everyone's seat, which seemed to be the topic to be discussed today.
After everyone was seated, the two orderlies served tea and coffee.
At that moment a military lieutenant pulled back the curtain that was covering the oversized map and stepped aside. The other military adjutant sat down in his seat with a notebook and began to prepare for the minutes.
Hitler glanced at the people present, and then opened the document in front of him.
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