The spies of Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and Germany gathered in an instant, and their goal was a "Kursk Plan" against Germany, and the situation between Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and Germany was turbulent for a while.

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On September 25, 1941, Hitler presided over a conference to confer honors, and the German High Command had sent to Hitler the list of all the German winners of the Iron Cross, but Hitler was not satisfied, and this time there were still more people who received the Iron Cross or above.

For example, the Iron Cross Medal of the 2nd degree, eligibility requirements: showed an extraordinary act of bravery in battle, completed his mission.

There were so many things that could meet this requirement that Hitler had a thick book of materials in his hands, and thousands of people were awarded the Iron Cross of the Second Degree.

Then there is the list of winners of the Iron Cross of the 1st class, which is very small, only a list of lists, and the number will not exceed fifty. Finally, the winner of the Knight's Iron Cross, in order to receive this medal, he must have been awarded the Iron Cross of the 1st class, and continue to show extraordinary bravery in battle, complete his mission, and need to accumulate 20 victory points.

There are very few who can meet this condition, and only a few high-ranking commanders have received this honor, such as Guderian, Kruger and several other army group commanders, all of whom are members of the Wehrmacht.

On the back are the Silver Oak Leaf Knight's Iron Cross, the Silver Oak Leaf Knight's Iron Cross, the Diamond Double Sword Silver Oak Leaf Knight's Ten Medals, and the Diamond Gold Double Sword Gold Gold Oak Leaf Knight's Ten Medals. It was even more that no one could have received such a medal before the start of the war until now. There are very few people who have accumulated such huge military exploits.

What displeased Hitler was Li Mo, the head of Army Group South, Hitler actually did not look for Li Mo's name in the list of winners of the Iron Cross of the Knights of the Silver Oak Leaf of the Double Swords, and even Rommel's name was in the list of winners of the Iron Cross of the Silver Oak Leaf of the Two Swords. And Li Mo actually didn't have a medal, and Keitel was too much.

Li Mo's own estimate is at least the double sword silver oak leaf iron cross in hand, and now there is no Li Mo's share, which makes Hitler very dissatisfied, you must know that the rigor of the German ** team is impossible to underreport, not to mention that Li Mo is still the former enemy commander-in-chief of Army Group South, and it is impossible for others to forget Li Mo.

"Marshal Keitel. Why is there no name for Li Mo. Li Mo took Warsaw, the capital of Poland, in one day, in Baku, and then in Stalingrad, is this not a big deal. Or because you're retaliating. You are telling me a truth. ”

Keitel faced Hitler's skepticism. Not daring to slack off, he quickly stood up and wanted Hitler to report the reason:

"Report the Great Führer. That's the case, Marshal Li Mo, during the Polish campaign, had no battlefield discipline, and completely did not follow the battle plan formulated by the high command, and as a result, he was surrounded by 300,000 Polish troops under the city of Warsaw, if it were not for the full support of the air force, the troops under his command would have been wiped out, and we must not tolerate this kind of behavior, and we must deal with it seriously, so there is no name of Li Mo for this award, which is also discussed and studied by the high command collectively. ”

This really wronged Li Mo, Li Mo rushed directly to Warsaw City was directly ordered by Hitler, and the German high command knew that now they chose to forget about Hitler's order and only find trouble with Li Mo.

The situation at that time was indeed too critical, if it were not for the help of more than 200 German JU89 strategic bombing, Li Mo would not have been able to hold the ring defense circle of more than 50 kilometers he had established under any circumstances, and as long as the materials carried by Li Mo were finished, Li Mo's troops would have ended up very miserable.

If they hadn't known that this matter was actually ordered by Hitler, Li Mo would have been sent to a military tribunal by the high command.

Keitel of the High Command did this for two reasons, the first was to combat Li Mo's arrogance, those old guys in the High Command just canceled Li Mo's double sword silver oak leaf iron cross, and did not ask Hitler to make other punishments for Li Mo, for the High Command has already made a huge concession, they don't want Hitler to lose face, and Li Mo also won in the end, and also cut off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Polish troops, which is also meritorious, even if the merits and demerits are worth it.

The second reason is that the little Jiujiu of the high command is dissatisfied, and they are dissatisfied with Hitler's overstepping command, and by dealing with Li Mo, they told Hitler euphemistically, although you are the Führer, you can't overstep the command of the troops, otherwise what else do you want our high command to do, and what position can you do alone.

Who was Hitler, and how could he not know what Anne Keitel meant, Hitler thought to himself:

"You self-righteous fellows, when I can bring you honor and victory, you will treat me as the Führer, and if I Hitler brings you defeat, you will ruthlessly abandon me, don't I know? This is why I am trying to support the SS, it is not for you to force it, no matter what you think, it is necessary to vigorously support those who are absolutely loyal to me. ”

Hitler, who was silent for a moment, began to speak, and at this time there was no anger on Hitler's face, and he was replaced by a serious face:

"I said Marshal Keitel, your ideas and practices are not wrong at all, for the commanders who violate the battle plan, we cannot be tolerated, we must deal with it, and it is dealt with seriously, I agree to cancel all the accumulation of Li Mo's previous military exploits, I think, it should be from the Czech Republic to the city of Warsaw, and all the accumulation of military exploits in between is canceled, but Li Mo only used one armored corps to win the Polish capital This merit still needs to be commended, and Li Mo also needs to be rewarded for taking the Baku region of the Soviet Union, otherwise we will become meritorious and not rewarded, There has been no punishment, so I propose to give Li Mo the Knight's Iron Cross Medal with two swords and silver oak leaves. ”

As soon as Hitler finished speaking, all the senior German generals attending the meeting stopped talking, and the SS was supposed to have Himmler, the general leader of the whole country, attend the meeting, but Himmler was sent to "scrape the ground" for Li Mo, and he was also absent from this meeting.

The current command is silent, and the sound of a needle drop can be heard. It seems that these high-ranking generals of the high command want to use silence to confront Hitler, and now Hitler feels a little unable to step down, this kind of public, even if someone wants to hug the Führer's thigh, they dare not anger everyone, everyone is just staring at each other and keeping silent.

…… (To be continued.) )u