Chapter 50: To the Armaments Bureau
Therefore, they resolutely oppose the expansion of the powers of the Supreme High Command of the armed forces, and strive to expand the operational and organizational structure of the General Staff of the Army in the light of the development of the Army, and do their utmost to prevent the emergence of certain army command structures belonging to the Supreme High Command system in the Army.
Much of the Army's General Staff was designed to prevent power from falling into the hands of military advisers as loyal to Hitler, such as Keitel, who might exhibit dangerous, unprincipled approval of Hitler's war plans.
Historically, Hitler, in the early stage of the war, his campaign planning and command were carried out by the General Army Command, and Hitler did not intervene very much, at most he actively participated in the formulation of preparatory measures. By the beginning of the French campaign, Hitler had begun to intervene in the command of the front, and the result was a dangerous double command between the Supreme Command and the Army General Staff, and even the complete deprivation of the Army General Command of the command of the land campaign. This confusion in the establishment of the supreme command structure, this endless disagreement, even spreads to the lower levels.
In short, Keitel's man paved the way for Hitler to establish his "commander-in-chief" in the German army and made it unimpeded. If Field Marshal Keitel could be well guided, then Germany would have a different situation, at least there would be no overlapping and confusion of command in wartime, and when Hitler made a mistake in strategic decision-making, Hitler's most trusted military adviser would help persuade him, so that Germany's mistakes would have been greatly reduced. Trying his best to win Marshal Keitel's approval and trust was another difficult problem in front of Li Mo.
After Li Mo came to Marshal Keitel's office, he first gave Keitel a Nazi salute, which was completely used in the German High Command, while the German Army Headquarters, it was not necessarily, it could be a military salute or a Nazi salute.
"Marshal, do you have anything important to ask me for?"
"Ondete, it's been almost a month since you arrived at the headquarters, are you familiar with the situation in each department?"
"Thank you Marshal for your concern, I am already fully familiar with the various functions and work processes of the High Command."
"Well, that's good, it's time to assign your work, I was going to let you stay in the General Staff, but for your family reasons, your father asked me to put you in the Armaments Bureau of the High Command, what do you think?"
Since his father has intervened, what else can Li Mo say, he can only passively accept it. In fact, the department that Li Mo wanted to stay in the most was the General Staff of the High Command, so that he could get closer to Field Marshal Keitel and Hitler, and his own plans could be implemented more quickly, and now he didn't know when he would be able to implement his plans.
"My marshal, I am more than happy with my latest position."
"Then I will write you a letter of appointment now, and you will be stationed in the Krupp company as the plenipotentiary representative of the Armaments Directorate of the German High Command, supervising and presiding over the production of various weapons, and inspecting the performance of various weapons."
After Marshal Keitel finished speaking, he took out a blank letter of appointment from the drawer and wrote on it, Keitel secretly wondered as he wrote, is the old guy Krupp funny, his son was originally a great Führer, and he wants to be cultivated by his side, this is an opportunity that many people dream of! But he asked his son back and put him by his side, didn't he know that this would undoubtedly keep his son away from the center of power and the opportunity for promotion? Keitel couldn't figure out what Krupp was thinking anyway, and even Li Mo couldn't figure it out. Maybe Li Mo's injury last time stimulated Krupp a lot, saying that Selena is not pregnant yet, and the Krupp family has no successor!
Li Mo's ass in the Supreme Command was not hot yet, so he put away the cover roll and got out, this was still not taken away, but his father applied for it, after leaving the office of the Supreme Command, Li Mo looked back at the closed door, and secretly swore in his heart, "I, Hu Hansan, will come back." ”
Li Mo went to the Krupp company, in fact, he went home, where he needed any entourage, but directly drove his own scooter to work, a relatively luxurious BMW car went straight to Krupp's factory in Berlin, the Krupp company is very large, the company in Berlin is the main factory, and the rest are branch factories.
The Krupp family has always been the pillar of German militarism and is favored by the highest authorities of the country. Observing time, following discipline, and carrying out orders are the family's traditions. Although Krupp is the general manager, like other workers, he came to work early, but in fact, Krupp's villa is less than 100 meters outside the company's gate.
Li Mo drove to the headquarters of Krupp in Berlin, Li Mo came to Krupp so quickly, of course, not only to Krupp to supervise production, he wanted to talk to his cheap man, why did he want to return to Krupp! What's wrong with staying in the Supreme Command, which is not a battlefield.
After Li Mo got out of the car, he went straight to Krupp's office, Li Mo still understands the most basic politeness, although Krupp is his cheap father, but he is also a father, the tradition of the Krupp family, and Li Mo is not allowed to question his father angrily.
"Father, I'm back to report, and you're satisfied."
Li Mo, who entered Krupp's room, said something obviously with a trace of dissatisfaction, Krupp was looking at the document, and saw his displeased son coming in, so he quickly put down the document in his hand and stood up, and asked:
"Your appointment is to come to our company as the plenipotentiary representative of the Supreme Command!"
Li Mo was not polite to his own Lao Tzu, and sulked on the sofa for guests, and then held back a sentence:
"Isn't that what you've always wanted? But it wasn't what I wanted. ”
Li Mo pinned his head to the side, ignoring his father, and Krupp was not angry, he walked down to Li Mo's side gently, and then began to say:
"Kid, I'm helping you too!! Don't you see that now the contradictions between the High Command and the Army General Headquarters and the Army General Staff are becoming more and more intense? It's true that you're in the High Command, at the Führer's side, in the center of German power, but have you ever thought about it, in this case, you have to choose sides, how will you choose? You must know that we Krupp were originally a member of the traditional German forces, and although we have always supported the great Führer, those noble generals of the German Army are our true fellow travelers.
If you choose to stand on the side of the Führer, you will inevitably offend the traditional forces, which is the foundation of our foothold, and this is undoubtedly an act of digging your own grave. If you choose the German Army General Headquarters and the Army General Staff, then you will inevitably be suspicious of the great Führer, and the Führer will even doubt the loyalty of our Krupp family to him, which will make our Krupp family face a catastrophe.
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