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The newly formed elite regiment was named the 38th Regiment "Berlin Regiment", which was subordinate to the Crown Prince Army Group, obeyed the command and orders of the General Staff of the Army Group, and was generally under the command of Crown Prince Victor.

Victor asked Hitler to do it boldly, and Hitler had no scruples, and took a list of outstanding soldiers in some of the country's armies, including the Crown Prince's Army, the Brandenburg-Berlin Garrison Army, the Romanian Ninth Army, the Eighth Army, which had just finished fighting with the Russians, had already taken a train to Cologne to rest, the seven divisions that were in a stalemate with the Italians, and finally the coastal troops and border guards from all over the country.

To put it simply, in addition to the main forces that were stalemate on the Western Front, the entire German army was on this list of outstanding soldiers at the bottom, most of these excellent soldiers were aces of killing the enemy, as well as excellent commanders, and almost all of the people on the list had received at least the Iron Cross of the second degree.

After obtaining the list, Hitler asked Victor to give orders to the rear armies in the name of the High Command to gather these soldiers to Berlin to form an infantry regiment, and the order mentioned that an infantry regiment should be formed with the best weapons and the most advanced tactics, so as to attract a large number of advancing soldiers.

Of course, these soldiers on the list are excellent soldiers, and they are treasures in the eyes of the commander, not something you can summon if you want to, and the retention of the commander, coupled with the soldiers' nostalgia for the old place, makes it impossible for all the soldiers on the list to come to Berlin.

Even though there are orders from the high command, there are policies and countermeasures, and the local commanders will not directly disobey the orders of the high command, but the commanders can say that the soldiers are wounded on the front line and need to recuperate, or that the soldiers are on special tasks and cannot be contacted, with such an excuse, in the end, there are a total of 3,000 people on the list, and only 1,000 people have come to Berlin.

Originally, Victor said that 1,000 men was too little, and that he could not even form a regiment of 2,500 men, and wanted to mobilize 1,500 men from his Crown Prince's Army Group to the Berlin regiment, but Hitler rejected Victor's kindness with a smile, saying that 1,000 soldiers were enough, and if it was not enough at that time, he was talking.

Hitler naturally had his thoughts when he said this, and most of the army establishments at this time were four-four systems, that is, one platoon had four squads, one company had four platoons, one battalion had four companies, and one regiment had four battalions, so that a regiment had more than 2,500 people, and there were too many people, but it seemed bloated and difficult to command, so in Hitler's conception, he wanted to form a Berlin regiment with a three-three system, with only more than 1,000 people, and the overall strength of more than 1,000 people was much lower than that of an ordinary regiment. But if the training is well coordinated, the combat effectiveness will not necessarily be much inferior.

More than 1,000 good soldiers arrived in Berlin within half a month and were stationed in the Heiligensey area on the northern outskirts of Berlin, just north of the Spandau district, which was also convenient for Hitler's administration.

In the early days, the Berlin regiment was chaotic, and this confusion was mainly reflected in the management, because it was not certain how many people came to join the Berlin regiment beforehand, so each battalion and company did not appoint a commander in advance, which also caused the 1,000 people to come to the Berlin camp and could not train, and could only rest in the room or go to the training ground to train alone.

Fortunately, there was no chaos due to the management of the armed team of the Security Bureau.

This situation was resolved with the arrival of Bock and the accession of Hitler's old brothers.

On the Western Front, Weikrich, Manniu, Chubby, Gaskill, Wharton, and Wallenstein all came to Berlin and joined the most elite Berlin regiment in the empire.

The Berlin regiment was quickly formed, and Hitler boldly adopted the three-three system, with a squad of 10 people, a platoon of 30 people, a company as the basic tactical unit, a company with three platoons, and a cooking squad of 10 people, a machine gun squad of 10 people, an artillery squad of 10 people, plus about 20 people in the company's management and logistics organization, a company has about 140 people.

There were 460 men in three companies of one battalion, plus 10 men in the battalion headquarters, for a total of 470 men.

The Berlin Regiment had 1,410 men from three battalions, 50 men from the gendarmerie pickets, 20 from the regimental headquarters staff office, 10 from the health department, 10 men from the communications squad, 30 men from the guard platoon, and 20 men from the logistics and transportation department, so that the Berlin regiment had 1,534 men.

Of the more than 1,500 people, only more than 1,000 elite members of the Berlin Regiment were summoned from all over the country, and the lack of more than 500 people was finally made up by the Crown Prince Army Group.

Hitler, the commander of the Berlin regiment, the chief of staff, Weiklich, the captain of the gendarmerie, Wallenstein, and the commander of the guard platoon were brutes, while Chubby, Gaskill, and Wharton were transferred to the company and became the company commander.

In fact, before coming to Berlin, their military rank was not high, the highest was Weiklich, a lieutenant, the rank of lieutenant can be the commander or deputy commander of a company, it is impossible to be the regimental chief of staff, how can the regimental chief of staff have to be a captain or a major to serve, this problem is difficult for Hitler, but for the crown prince Victor is not a problem at all, who is he, he is the future German emperor, the German army is originally their family, with a big wave of the hand, all wrapped up in him, so that's it, Officer Weikrich was promoted to the rank of captain.

Of course, it is impossible to let Weikrich and them be promoted like this out of thin air, it is extremely difficult for the German army system to be promoted, even if Victor is the crown prince, it is not easy to promote them openly, Victor must have operated in the high command, falsified their merits, and tampered with information to promote them.

Perhaps the first person who has been promoted the fastest in the German army in recent years is Hitler, and the second is Weiklich, who was only a squad leader two years ago, and became the regimental chief of staff so quickly.

However, Weiklich's military ability cannot be denied, he came out of the top military academy with a unique vision, very good at using the terrain to fight, Weikrich may only lack some experience.

As for the battalion commanders of the Berlin regiment, they were Brauchitsch and Franz Halder recommended by Victor, both of whom were friends of Bock, and Brauchitsch had been sent to the palace as a royal chamberlain and personal guard when he was a student at the military academy, so Victor also trusted Brauchitsch very much.

However, Victor didn't know that when Brauchitsch was working as a guard in the palace as a teenager, during a palace football match, Brauchitsch, who was a defender, raised his foot to clear the siege, and as a result, he kicked Wilhelm II in the stomach, so he received two big slaps!

This incident made Brauchitsch hold a grudge for the rest of his life, so in his heart, he was not loyal and loved the royal family.

As for Halder, the Chief of the General Staff of the Third Reich, although he was a cool-headed and energetic and excellent Chief of the General Staff, he secretly opposed Hitler and participated in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Halder's opposition to Hitler has something to do with the personalities of the two, the historical Hitler has a violent personality, shouting and drinking like a slave to his subordinate officers, and rejecting the officers who dare to put forward their opinions, the officers have no dignity at all, Halder is working with such a leader, Halder is a military man with a sharp personality and regards honor as his life, so Halder naturally can't stand it and begins to secretly oppose Hitler.

At this time, Halder had just graduated from the Bavarian Military Academy and was appointed to the General Staff, and was only a talented officer.

Because Halder had little experience, had been serving in the General Staff since graduating from the Bavarian Military Academy four years earlier, had no practical experience in the army, and had a low rank, Hitler arranged for Halder to serve as a deputy company commander in Wharton's company.

And Brauchitsch had experience and enough rank, so he became the battalion commander of the 1st battalion of the Berlin regiment.

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