Chapter 023: Assassination of Hitler
"Father, I'm guilty." In one of the churches, Stauffenberg reverently said to the priest at great speed: "The Führer is completely insane. ”
The priest exclaimed, "Son, everyone is guilty, as long as you change your ways, Jesus will forgive you." Then he said very quickly: "Is it time to act?" ”
The priest's name is Terp, although he is only a priest and does not have a government military or political position, but because he often prays to Hitler, he is very popular with Hitler.
"Will the Lord really forgive us?" Then he whispered at a very fast speed: "Yes, we can't wait any longer, if we wait for the Americans to develop the atomic bomb, I am afraid it will be the end of Germany." ”
"Don't worry kid, I'm a servant of the Lord, and the Lord told me that as long as you change your ways, he will definitely forgive you." After that, he said to Stauffenberg in a small voice: "This is very dangerous, and the success rate is not high, and the previous plans have either died or failed." ”
"I know, but Germany can't afford to wait, we have killed and injured more than eight million people, we have killed more people, the Slavs of the Soviet Union have almost been slaughtered, and after defeating the allies, according to his will, I am afraid that they will have to fight China, Japan, and dominate the world, do we have such strength, the ambition is too great, the greed is not enough to swallow the elephant, we will be destroyed sooner or later if we continue like this, and at the moment only to kill him is the way out for Germany."
"What does that require me to do?"
Stauffenberg said: "Help us deliver the news." After that, he whispered in Father Tai'erpu's ear, the reason why he asked Father Tai'er to deliver the news was because the priest was trustworthy, and it was not that government people would not be easily noticed, and the Gestapo were not joking.
Ludwig Beck, German artillery general, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, with the rank of general, is not wrong to be such a big officer, and there are many high-ranking officers among the participants, including those with the rank of marshal,
"Valkyrie" was a military plan that assumed a workers' revolt in Berlin and the army stepped in to stabilize the situation; The conspirators, on the other hand, envisaged a further military deployment through this plan, initially planning to plant a time bomb from Stauffenberg to the Wolf's Den in Larsenburg, East Prussia, in the conference room closest to Hitler, and then immediately go to Berlin to order the troops to take command, and to form a provisional government to lead wartime Germany on the basis of the list of shadow governments approved by Hitler during his lifetime; With Admiral Beck as head of state and Gedler as chancellor, most of the participants hoped that Germany would eventually return to its pre-World War I imperial system.
Of course, although this plan was formulated a long time ago, but as the Germans moved people to the Russian area to escape the bombing, the new Berlin replaced Berlin, and everything else remained the same.
Stauffenberg spent two days informing everyone of the plan, of course, Father Terp was in charge of informing, and Stauffenberg contacted the main people.
On September 8th, Hitler originally wanted to hold a meeting in the bunker, but just in case, Wolfsburg was being rebuilt against nuclear bombs at this time, and the rebuilt Wolfsburg could be preserved under the bombardment of nuclear bombs, and it could be almost unaffected.
Stauffenberg insisted on resuming training after being injured, and his strong spirit infected Hitler, so he was promoted to colonel and transferred to work in Wolfsburg.
Although Stauffenberg carried two bombs, due to tension and lack of time preparation, he was only able to install one of them, and then placed it in his personal briefcase, evading inspection.
Since Stauffenberg had lost a hand and an eye in the war, before the meeting began, he stated his personal reasons for being able to get close to where Hitler was standing on the grounds of hearing loss, and it was difficult for others to say anything to such a hero who had been wounded in the war.
Stauffenberg walked to Hitler's right, placed the briefcase containing the bomb on the inside of the large oak table leg on Hitler's right, and then quietly left the conference room in the middle of the meeting, at 12:38.
Hitler crouched on his table and looked at the military map of the Western Front against the Allies, and listened to the officer's account of the war situation, at 12:42 p.m., the bomb exploded, the oak table was blown to pieces, the whole building collapsed, Stauffenberg witnessed the explosion, and thought that there should be no survivors, so he and his adjutant Lieutenant Hefton crossed one security blockade after another and left the wolf's den according to the plan, and then flew to Berlin to join the other accomplices waiting at the war headquarters, yes, it was Berlin, not New Berlin, New Berlin was too solid, It was only because of the war in Germany that the people here were more disgusted with the war that Stauffenberg could find more like-minded allies.
But it wasn't that simple, in fact, shortly before the explosion, a colonel approached the table to see the picture clearly, but accidentally tripped over Stauffenberg's briefcase, so he pushed it to the outside of the table's legs; The thick legs shielded Hitler from part of the impact of the explosion,
In addition, the structure of the wooden building is not as thick as the bulletproof building, so after the bomb is detonated, the power is dispersed, so it is not as originally planned, after the molecules in the wolf's den hit the solid wall, and then rebound and impact the human body, which also weakens the power of the explosion, however, four people have died on the spot, and most of the people present were injured, however, Hitler saved his life, but he was also seriously injured,
The Wolf's Lair gave the order to shoot down Stauffenberg's plane, but it was intercepted by the Air Force coup participants, but Field Marshal Witzleben was arrested when he arrived at the General Headquarters of the Army in Berlin to prepare to command the troops, and due to the discrepancy of information at the time, General Olblitt delayed the launch of the "Valkyrie" and was delayed for four hours until Stauffenberg arrived in Berlin.
The coup d'état did not capture the radio so that the news of Hitler's survival could spread, and at first, the Berlin reserve army did carry out Stauffenberg's orders, but the commander was prevented from doing so by the Minister of Propaganda and Himmler, and Hitler himself was in a coma,
For a time, there was a turmoil in Germany, and Hitler's life and death became the focus, and now the forces in Germany are divided into two factions, one is the Berlin faction led by Beck, and the other is the Bao Hitler faction led by New Berlin.
Germany, which was attacking on the Western Front, also stopped its offensive, and Berlin sent personnel to negotiate with the Allies, hoping that they would not attack.
Hitler's life and death were unknown, and the Americans got the news from the Germans, and soon Truman and Marshall also knew the news,
Truman said, "Oh my God, our chance has come, the Germans are finally making trouble." ”
Marshall said: "Yes, the Germans may not have time to take care of us now, and we can deal with the Chinese with all our might." ”
Truman said: "Marshall, do you think we should let the opposition in Germany get out of the way and let us enter Germany." ”
Marshall said: "You can try, but don't oppress them, I estimate that it is their internal consensus to preserve Germany's current interests, we should not oppose it for the time being, now only by pulling the Germans to our side, at least not to let them attack, but at least to ensure neutrality, only then can we not be afraid of the Chinese." ”
Truman nodded and said, "Yes, we only need a few months now, as long as there are a few more months, we will have the atomic bomb, and we will take whoever we want when the time comes." ”
"Don't be too careless on the German side, what we have to do is to support the opposition, and the other is to find out the situation of Hitler, if he is not dead, we must kill him, as long as he dies, then Germany will be in chaos."
"Marshall, don't say if we can release Hauss, it's useless to lock him up now, and if we put it back in Germany, it might have an unexpected effect."
Marshall thought for a while and said: "Hauss has been locked up for so many years and has long been away from the center of power, but even so, he was the second man of the Nazis before, so I don't know what the consequences will be if he goes back, maybe he will be more dictatorial and brutal than Hitler, maybe he will lead Germany to democracy,
And in China, Wang Hanzhang didn't expect such a thing to happen to Hitler, of course, he didn't care about this, he was worried about the civil strife in Germany, it was obvious that the current situation in Germany was not optimistic, and if Germany was in chaos, then the Americans would really deal with China, and then the Japanese might turn around and attack China, which would not be good.
In Germany, Hitler was still in a coma, while Goering and Himmler were vying for power, and they still did not unite to deal with the Berlin government led by Beck at this time.
Goebbels and others prayed that Hitler would wake up soon, and if Hitler didn't wake up again, the Third Reich he founded would collapse.
Now basically no one listened to his words, and asked Berlin to arrest Stauffenberg, but instead of arresting him, this traitor also held a very important position.
Goebbels couldn't understand why Stauffenberg was like that, as far as he knew, Hitler had always taken good care of this guy, and now it's really unancient, there are too many guys who will take revenge,
"Don't think about it, hurry up and rest, the Führer is in a coma, those high-ranking officials of the Third Reich are fighting for power, but we can't do this, and now the Third Reich can only rely on us to save it." It was Goebbels' wife, a fanatical follower of Hitler, who spoke,
Goebbels nodded, but he still didn't go to rest, he couldn't sleep at all, many times you actually understand that worrying is useless, even if you can't change anything, you can't see it,