Chapter 100: The World of Women and Men
After a busy day, after dinner, Lynn finally returned to her own nest.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, his newlywed wife Dinah would always offer slippers as soon as possible, and then take the initiative but shyly help Lynn hang up her coat and make him a cup of tea with boiling hot water. This kind of life completely subverted Lynn's previous singleness pattern of more than 20 years, and the degree of virtuous performance of this Danish girl has reached an impeccable level.
Sitting comfortably in the reclining chair, Lynn motioned for Dinah to sit on her lap, and the 19-year-old beauty did so with a crimson blush.
Holding his new wife's slender hand, Lynn asked, "Are you still rehearsing for the Vienna Spring today?" ”
The delicate bride was shy to look at Lynn, and most of the time her eyes were on his thick chest, and she said in an extraordinarily soft tone, "Yes! Everyone said that the Führer had a special attachment to Vienna, but fortunately the war did not destroy that beautiful city, but he could not see it in person, so he had to express his thoughts through song and dance. ”
The current mode of operation of the "shelter" is still a completely one-way supply, a closed cycle, and everyone has no worries about food and clothing, but except for children who are not yet able to work, from the Führer's wife to ordinary female workers, everyone is engaged in a job to the best of their ability. Dinah had been in the propaganda department of the empire's stronghold, that is, the strong woman Eva. Vottridge was in charge of the department, but instead of endlessly tapping on the typewriter or dealing with ink and lead all day, she was engaged in choreography and performance of dance opera. However, only ordinary dancers would perform songs and dances in front of ordinary officers and soldiers, and the "porcelain dolls" had traditionally danced only for the imperial elite on specific occasions, like the Tibetan dance performed at Goebbels' daughter's birthday dinner. Lynn had heard Dinah say that the Führer didn't seem to have woken up at that time, and there was no way to give Goebbels any gifts, so it was very likely that Goebbels took it upon himself to try to show off the Führer's importance to him. As for whether the Führer learned of this after waking up, and whether this is directly related to Goebbels's recent loss of power, although insiders speculate, no one can be sure.
Obviously, Lynn has been in the United States for more than two months, and many big and small things have happened in the "Vault" base.
"It's okay, it's almost four months before spring!" Lynn quipped.
The delicate bride should not smile.
"Then what are your new topics after tea and dinner today?" Lynn asked, "You" here refers to the sisters who have the best relationship with Dinah, but not all porcelain dolls, but also married ladies like Mrs. Bach - Laurentz. Bach's petite wife, a choreographer in the propaganda department, was unable to travel with her husband to faraway North America. Keeping the young couple apart was impersonal to Lynn, leading to speculation that the Imperial Head of State didn't really trust any of his men, and even if he was loyal, he deliberately wanted to keep his hand. One day, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape such a fate.
Dinah was so young that she was obviously not as pretentious as the women who were used to high society, and she said simply: "It's nothing special, everyone is nostalgic for the good old days in Berlin, how beautiful the clothes are in the shop windows, how sparkling the jewelry is in the jewellery store, but I still think the streets of Copenhagen are the most intimate." ”
Lynn had never been to Copenhagen, and in order to hide her true identity, she had to pretend that she was familiar with it.
"Then if you have the opportunity to go to Copenhagen, just the two of us, but we can only stay for a few days and come back, will you take advantage of my unpreparedness to escape?"
Dinah seemed unprepared for Lynn's question, but she turned her head and asked, "If I want to escape, will you arrest me back?" ”
Lynn was generalized and immediately laughed heartily. Finally, he grabbed Dinah's hand tightly: "I know you're really homesick, so if that happens, I'd rather be laughed at by my colleagues for the rest of my life." ”
"Really?" Dinah looked up at Lynn.
What a charming pair of eyes, Lynn sighed in her heart. Once young and ignorant, he also delusionally imagined how beautiful his future bride could be, with the gradual increase in his understanding of society, especially after entering the university, he found that those who can stay with beautiful women are often "rich and handsome". Now the delicate beauty is like a pie falling from the sky, if you really want to let go of it by yourself, you really feel reluctant.
"Ah, I figured it out, if that happens, I'll run away with you!" Lynn said with a smile.
"That's to give up the identity of a general and become a wandering civilian!" The 19-year-old young bride was clearly not convinced.
"If the war really ends one day, I will not be a general. I just want to find a comfortable and peaceful place to spend the rest of my life in an ordinary way. Lynn didn't tell his wife, after the bloody rain of battles, he has seen too much life and death, whenever he really quiets down, there will still be an indescribable loss and fear in his heart, and the more he gets, the deeper this loss and fear will be.
Hearing Lynn talk about the comfortable and quiet life, Dinah probably remembered her hometown again, with a tearful and pitiful expression, Lynn leaned up and kissed her lightly on the cheek, although the delicate skin has not yet reached the level of a shelled egg, but it is still much smoother and smoother than ordinary European women.
It has been almost two years since she left her homeland, first in Berlin, and now in the "shelter", Dinah has experienced a lot alone, and a lot of strength and reading content have been added to her surname. She stopped the tears that seemed to flow from her eyes at any time, turned her head and kissed Lynn's forehead lightly, and whispered: "Tomorrow we have our first rehearsal, and the Führer's wife and the minister's wife will come to watch, if you have time, come too!" ”
"Good!" Lynn agreed, and after a few marriages, he hadn't gone to the place where his wife worked to make a scene, and he also wanted to see how beautiful the other "porcelain dolls" could be.
The next morning, as soon as Lynn arrived at the office, he set an alarm clock for himself, and then before he had time to drink a cup of coffee, he saw the Führer's adjutant appear at the door of his office.
"General, the meeting will start in 5 minutes."
"It......'s a meeting again," Lynn muttered to herself, although this kind of meeting was not like the previous congressional or high command meetings, where a large number of people gathered to express their opinions, but even if there were only a few people, they always had different opinions on the same matter. In the absence of a model, it is not easy to convince these people in high positions and strong subjective minds.
Four minutes later, Lynn arrived at the Führer's office with his folder in his hand, and Goebbels was already seated at the end of the conference table, staring blankly ahead. He almost always attends such meetings, but since Lynn became the chief strategic staff officer of the Imperial Headquarters, he has never seen him put forward his reading opinions at meetings, and he often faces the Führer's inquiring gaze and says a faint "agree".
Some people are frustrated, and some people are proud, and Marshal Rommel has recently been in the "Refuge" base, which can be described as infinitely beautiful, not only the only newspaper on the base has serialized his glorious achievements in France and North Africa in the form of novels for many consecutive issues, but also the cinema where the officers and men of the Imperial Guard often have leisure and pastime are also showing documentaries edited and produced for him one after another, and the Führer seems to be intent on telling everyone here through these propaganda means: We not only have high-tech weapons, but also have a unique military god in the world. We will certainly be able to overcome the temporary difficulties and low tides and return to the track of revival and rise.
In the workplace, General Bernbeck, the chief of staff of the base, always followed Rommel on the buttocks, and since Lynn's return to the base, he has been often referred to in private as the "father of the Imperial Guard", and there is a tendency to compare him with General Zeckert during the 100,000-strong Wehrmacht. Under his auspices and organization, the Imperial Academy was divided into two and expanded into the Higher Military Academy, the Military Academy, and the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, so as to carry out professional military training for all officers and men of the Guards, so that "when they return to Germany, every soldier here will become a solid skeleton of the German army."
"Today's topic is...... Special Brigadier General Gargo proposed a proposal to use the Imperial Secret Reserve worth £41,500,000 as the initial capital for the establishment of three trading enterprises and three industrial enterprises. ”
Bernbeck said this long story with the emphasis of "£41.5 million", Britain's economic status is not as good as it used to be, but the pound is still a well-circulated currency in the world, which is a huge amount of money in any way, but it is only a cornerstone of Lynn's vast strategic plan.
Rommel had always taken the lead in speaking at the few meetings in the past, but this time the area involved was not his specialty, and he sat silently while Bernbeck quietly addressed the Empire's chief economic and financial staff officer, Colonel Deep. Courtlander peeked over there. Despite such a prestigious title, the 39-year-old Courtland is not a real economic and financial expert, he is definitely a small role in front of a legendary financial genius like Schacht, and the biggest reason why he is valued by the Führer is that he has been in charge of the logistics and finance of the base camp for a long time, half quartermaster and half accountant, and so on.
After thinking about it for a long time, Courtland finally spoke: "The 41.5 million pounds are distributed to each project, and there are nearly 7 million for each project, and ensuring the safety of funds is the top priority, followed by the efficiency of the operation of funds. ”
From any point of view, he is absolutely right. Not to mention 7 million, even if there are 700,000 or even 70,000 pounds, the clerks may abscond with the money, after all, it is too difficult for the remnants of the empire who have fallen to the edge of the country to revive their careers. With the current power of the Third Reich, a global arrest is simply not possible, and even if you are hunted down, you can take the asylum of assumption for granted if you take the secret of refuge to the United States, the Soviet Union, or the United Kingdom.
(To be continued)