Chapter 244: Otto's Plan
The sky in Vienna was drizzling, and in the presidential palace, everyone's face was extremely gloomy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Austria, is it really coming to an end?
"Well, I agree with Chancellor Schuschnigg's resignation." "But I can't tolerate Seth as chancellor, because if he becomes chancellor of Austria, then all of Austria will be sold to Hitler," said President Miklas. ”
Needless to say, Seiss is the representative of Germany in Austria! If he had been made chancellor, Austria would have merged with Germany tomorrow!
"One of us here has to be one of us to step up and become prime minister." Miklas said.
His gaze first turned to the chief of the Vienna Police Headquarters, whose face was very ugly, and he said that he was not up to the task.
Then, the commander of the Austrian Wehrmacht and the former chancellor shook his head vigorously without even saying a word.
In this situation, do you need to talk about it? Whoever dares to go up and become prime minister will be killed! And, even if they become prime ministers, what can they do? The present situation is insoluble, whoever goes up will have to agree to the demands of the Germans, and whoever will be the sinner of Austria.
Miklas looked sad: "I understand that everyone has abandoned me. ”
Needless to say? No one dared to support him anymore. Miklas was sad.
So, Schuschnigg had no choice but to comfort her: "Mr. President, although I have abdicated now, I will continue to work until you appoint a new head of government." ”
(As explained, Austrian politics is a parliamentary republic, in which the president has no real power.) The president is only a symbol of the country, while the prime minister is the head of government and has executive power. It can be said that the president is a façade, receiving foreign guests or something. )
After several hours of consultations, the top level of the Austrian government only came up with such a result, and when this result reached the eagle's nest, the rulers of the empire, of course, were very dissatisfied!
"President Miklas, you haven't figured out the situation yet." Hearing this, Hitler was obviously dissatisfied: "Immediately tell Seth this fool that by half past seven tonight at the latest, if President Miklas still does not agree to let Seth be president, then Seth has only two choices." ”
"Either Seth will seize power by himself, or the German army will help Seth seize power!" Hitler has already stepped on the floor in a rage, extremely depressed, this Seth, a disciple of Hitler, has absolutely no problem in loyalty, but his ability to come to power is poor!
At this time, what face is Seth still taking care of? As a qualified politician, sometimes you have to keep your face dark!
"The Führer, our army, is ready to carry out the Otto plan at any moment." Ciric said.
Otto's plan was a plan to invade Austria, and this plan was not very elaborate, specifically, the German 3rd Army would drive straight into Austria, and try to be friendly along the way to avoid war.
This 3rd Army, which is not very famous in history, will be reorganized into the 8th Army in two years, participated in many battles, and now, the commander of the 3rd Army, is also the famous Marshal Fedor von Bock in later history!
This marshal was respectable, he was outspoken and upright, he was one of the very few high-ranking officers who dared to confront Hitler, and he was also the only German field marshal to die from Allied bullets.
And now, the 1st Panzer Division of Shirek has withdrawn, so the 1st Panzer Division is also involved in this operation, and, due to the fairly high level of mechanization of the 1st Panzer Division, they will definitely be the first troops to enter Vienna!
Hearing Ciric's words, some of the people present suddenly couldn't sit still.
Not everyone was in favor of this plan.
The Minister of Defense, Field Marshal Blomburg, had to retire because he married a bitch and became a disgrace to the entire officer corps, after which Hitler became Minister of Defense at the same time.
However, there are still many high-ranking officials in the army.
Like, General Keitel.
William Baldwin Johann Gustav Keitel also climbed up step by step after the First World War, and his career has to start with his wife, who was a diehard avotel of the fanatical Hitler.
He fought in the First World War, spent time in the terrible Verdun meat grinder, and after the First World War, he served as colonel, then as colonel, then as commander of the division, and in 35 years Keitel was appointed directly from division commander to head of the War Department.
Historically, he was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht in February '38, making him Hitler's closest military adviser. But now, history has advanced itself, and he was already a military adviser on Hitler's side.
In fact, at the beginning, Keitel did not trust Hitler's judgment, and he made a lot of advice, attacking Poland, attacking the Czechs, etc., but, without exception, these almost gambling wars were won.
Therefore, Keitel also became a die-hard Hitler loyalist, and by the time of the Soviet war, Keitel had already obeyed his orders.
Keitel has always been loyal, and even when he ends up on the gallows, he is still very calm.
Now, as Hitler's military adviser, Keitel was with him, and in his heart, he actually did not approve of the use of force against Austria, but he did not speak.
Because, now there is another god-like rising figure. Over the past few years, every action of Ciric has been a complete success! In particular, when Keitel became Hitler's military adviser and learned about Spain's 600 tons of gold, he was completely convinced.
Who else but Ciric can do it?
It's amazing!
In addition to Keitel, there were also some people present, and at this time, they were already on pins and needles.
The commander of the army, General Brauchitsch, for example, was nervous about this matter.
Just a few days ago, Blomburg married a bitch, which caused Blomburg to have to quit the army, and then, the commander-in-chief of the army, General Fritsch, also had to retire due to a sex scandal.
After that, Hitler appointed Brauchitsch as commander-in-chief of the army.
Brauchitsch's full name was Walter von Brauchitsch, and there was a Feng character in his name, which was the symbol of nobility, and it was his father, who was once a cavalry general, and Brauchitsch also dedicated almost his life to Germany.
He participated in World War I, gradually rose through the ranks, and was more prestigious in the army, and it was precisely because of this that he was promoted by Hitler.
Now, Brauchitsch was not sure about this action, he was skeptical, he struggled fiercely within, and in the end, he did not stand up for anything.