Chapter 22: The Power of Rumors
After returning to Burma, Zhao Zhi implemented this attitude of staying out of the matter very well, and at this sensitive time, he wanted to give the Japanese army a false impression that Lei Ting was just busy building in Burma and had no time to care about other things. However, Zhao Zhi has been secretly paying attention to the situation in Germany, and the intelligence agents lurking in Germany will send back a lot of information every day, and Rowling's staff team has now become Zhao Zhi's intelligence analysis team, and they have to analyze valuable information from the massive intelligence and hand it over to Zhao Zhi.
Goering did not seem to be as unbearable as Zhao Zhi thought, the temptation of the Führer was too great, and after secretly contacting the commanders of the SS and the Gestapo, Goering organized a drinking party in his official residence as usual. It is no secret that Goering likes to organize drinking parties among the German high-level, although it is still a sensitive period, the high-ranking officials and generals who received the invitations still go, and the imaginary-for-tat did not appear in the reception, and just when the generals who did not accept Goering secretly relaxed and left Goering's official residence, a large number of SS soldiers who had been waiting for a long time appeared at the door.
Berlin was surrounded by SS troops, all telephones and telegrams were under the control of the Gestapo, and the secret police, under the command of Goering, began to arrest those who opposed it throughout the city. By the time Zhao Zhi received the news, five days had passed, and Goering had shown the world his ruthlessness, in which the Gestapo had arrested more than 6,000 opponents, and all the prisons in Berlin were overcrowded, and the SS had to vacate some barracks to house the captured Wehrmacht officers.
"Zhao, my friend, I very much look forward to you coming to the ceremony where I will take over as the head of state." When he was done, Goering sent an enthusiastic telegram to Zhao Zhi, unaware of the danger and still daydreaming, and the inauguration ceremony a week later made him forget everything. Zhao Zhi naturally declined Göring's invitation, and the excuse was easy to find, the sea and sky around Burma had been blocked by the Japanese army, and Zhao Zhi, who was thousands of miles away, could not reach Germany to attend Goering's inauguration ceremony.
The CIA agents lurking in Germany and Thunder's own agents began to get busy after receiving the order, and on the third day after Zhao Zhi received Goering's telegram, the rumors were privately circulating throughout Berlin that Air Marshal Goering was the culprit of the assassination of the former Führer Hitler. Such rumors have been around since the death of Hitler was confirmed, but this time the rumors have spread in a similar way, including the names of the survivors and the addresses of the nursing homes where the survivors are now staying.
As soon as the rumors broke, Berlin's roads were clogged with frequent congestion, and a large number of Berliners in cars rushed to the sanatorium mentioned in the rumors to find out. The influx of Berlin citizens made the person in charge of the sanatorium panic, and had to mobilize a large number of military and police to cordon off the sanatorium, but there were still some well-known people who infiltrated the sanatorium and met the survivors who were treated here under the guidance of those who were well-intentioned.
"Air Marshal Goering was the real culprit behind the assassination of the Führer, and it was Goering's proposal to inspect the front line"
"The murderer of the attack on the Führer's train was wearing an SS uniform, and the attacker had mentioned that he would report the course of the operation to the marshal"
"It was Goering's air force that first discovered that the Führer's train had been attacked, and where were the fighters that escorted it when the attack began?"
As more and more Germans visited the sanatorium, the rumors pointing at Goering did not seem to be circulating in Berlin alone, but were becoming more and more widespread with the arrests of the secret police. The speed with which the rumors spread caught Zhao Zhidu, who had planned all this, by surprise, and CIA agents reported that there were similar rumors even in the German troops on the Eastern Front, and that the rumors in the army seemed to be more intense than those in Berlin, and that there were already officers meeting in private to prepare to return to Berlin to hoe and rape.
Hitler has a very high prestige in the army, many young officers and soldiers regard Hitler as their idol and spiritual leader, Goering assassinated their leader in order to seize power, how could these young and vigorous young people be willing to let go of Goering, a despicable and lowly guy. "Why is this happening? Why? Goering, who was blue-faced, slammed a piece of porcelain in his hand on the ground, when the rumors first came out, he didn't care, he always thought it was a little trick of those oppositionists, but now even the troops on the front line are talking about it, and the situation seems to be very unfavorable to him.
The SS and the Gestapo remained silent about Goering's outrage, and in recent times more and more Junkers have come to their doors, and like the American conglomerates, the Junkers have a high status in Germany, and some of their sons and daughters have a place in the government and the military. The Junkers controlled the lifeblood of Germany, and when Hitler was in power, he was also at odds with them, and there was no reason for the SS and the Gestapo to clash with the Junkers.
The Junkers would never allow a greedy guy like Goering to take the position of Führer, Guderian, who was fighting the Soviets on the front line, was on his way back to Berlin, and there were many generals with him, even if Goering secretly captured many senior Wehrmacht officials, but as long as the SS and the Gestapo quietly opened an opening on the outskirts of Berlin to let Guderian and them into the city, the Junkers had a way to prevent Goering's succession ceremony.
Hitler came to the Führer because he was able to unite the forces of Germany to the benefit of those who worked for him, especially the Junkers. But Goering is different, this man is not only greedy, but also does not have the demeanor of a high-ranking officer when facing his subordinates and colleagues, and Goering's command ability is not recognized by everyone. Regardless of the truth of that rumor, the Junkers will splash this basin of dirty water on Goering, because this is the best way they can stop Goering.
Göring panicked as he lost control of the situation, the SS and the Gestapo began to defy his orders, many of the Wehrmacht generals in prison were allowed to meet with their families and visitors, and plans for Goering were put together, and a large net had been woven to cover Goering, who was not even aware of it. The current situation in Germany was something that the Soviet Union and the United States were happy to see, and Stalin, who was in a good mood, finally signed the name of the Lend-Lease agreement in Siberia, and at the same time, the American Navy, which had long been ready to go, left the port and headed for battle.
The weather was not good on the day of Göring's personal inauguration, the sky was gray over Berlin, the north wind was blowing, and Göring, who had stepped out of the car, walked towards the gate of the Chancellery with his neck brunched, and beside him were carefully selected guards, all of whom had been selected from his air force lineage, and only by using his own men could Göring be assured of his own safety.
Goering's motorcade could have entered the gate of the Chancellery, but Goering changed his plan and decided to get out of the car early and walk into the gate of the Chancellery. "Attention all!" A mighty long shout rang out, "Smack! "All the soldiers of the guard of honor lined up outside the Prime Minister's Palace skillfully straightened their bodies as tight as springs, and the heels of their military boots struck with a consistent sound. The young guards of honor held their heads high, their eyes all fixed on the crosshairs of their guns, and put on a cool look, and Goering, who was walking slowly, seemed to be infected by the posture of the honor guards, and his fat waist was quite straight.
"Salute!" The long shout sounded again, "Bang! All the honor guards stretched out their arms in unison at the same time to wait for Goering's review, and Goering, who was in a good mood, looked at the neat honor guard and nodded slightly at them, and then walked slowly past the front of the line with his head held high like an ancient Roman general, and the honor guard soldiers saluted him in return. Goering did not seem to have any objection to the fact that the guards of honor continued to use the salute, and all that remained in his eyes was the red carpet at his feet, because at the end of the red carpet was the steps to the highest peak of power.
"Göring was behind the murder of the Führer, and Germany must not be in the hands of such a man," and with a shout, an egg flying out of the crowd struck the back of Goering's brand-new military uniform. The yellow egg wash stood out on Goering's black military uniform, causing a burst of laughter from the crowd of onlookers, and the successful hit of the first egg seemed to arouse enthusiasm, and more and more eggs flew through the crowd, mixed with raw potatoes of no small size.
"Göring is the murderer, we do not recognize his qualifications to succeed the Führer, demand that the truth be found out and that Goering be tried publicly" The shouts in the crowd grew louder, and the military and police who maintained the continuity were no longer able to stop the mania of the people, and the slightest mistake could turn into a riot. Goering, who was tightly guarded by the guards, looked like earth, and he could not imagine that his popularity among the German people was so bad that he had reached the point of throwing rotten eggs at each other.
"Look, the door to the Chancellery is closed, and it seems that the government will not agree to Göring, the murderer, to succeed the Führer." There were cheers from the crowd, and Goering subconsciously looked up to see that the openwork carved door at the end of the red carpet was slowly closing. It was only a few meters away from stepping into the door that represented the pinnacle of power, but it was now closed, shutting itself out, and Goering, who was surging with fire, screamed and fainted on the ground.
Zhao Zhi, who learned all this, couldn't help but sigh, the power of the rumors was too powerful, and he actually forced Goering, a big fat man, into a stroke, but I don't know if this is Goering's misfortune or great luck.