"Your Excellency has not served in the military? That should have received some form of military training! ”

After leaving the Lochff barracks, von Weix rarely took the initiative to speak to Lynn.

Lynn knew why the Secretary of Defense next to him was so questioning, and he replied smoothly and without pretense: "Well, the paramilitary training of the Youth Corps lasted for several months. ”

Believe it or not, von Weix didn't ask any more questions, and Lynn has made a lot of public appearances since he became a cabinet minister, so he deliberately changed his hairstyle, thickened his lip beard, trimmed his eyebrows, and almost went for a small plastic surgery. Judging from the past photos, Lynn felt that it was not easy for people who were not familiar with him to recognize him, so he calmed down when communicating with people.

"Sir, take the liberty of asking, the matter has been settled?"

Although the rank of field marshal of the Third Reich was not recognized in Allied prisoner-of-war camps and trial seats, and official documents of the German government followed this standard, they were still known colloquially as the highest military rank in the past.

"Oh." Von Weix Dasong felt that the matter could only be revealed to outsiders after being reported to the supreme leader, so he only replied extremely vaguely, but after a while, he probably felt that Lynn, who was also a cabinet minister, could not be regarded as an outsider, so he said in a deep and slow voice: "The difficult and bad life in the prisoner of war camp, the differentiated Eastern European front, and the national consciousness, etc., because of these, our army has a deep resentment against the allies, and it is good to vent it occasionally, However, we are now unable to unilaterally bear the pressure of our allies, so we have no choice but to adopt a compromise approach, expelling officers and soldiers involved in fighting from the army, and paying them subsidies according to normal retirement, and their superiors will also be subject to certain punishments. ”

This result was not unexpected, and it made it clearer for Lynn to understand the military strategy tendencies of his cabinet colleagues.

"I hope the British will stop there." The end of the Feng. Wilks voiced his concerns.

"Even if you can stop this time, what about next time, next time? As long as the problem is not solved at all, the contradiction will not be eliminated naturally. Lynn's words are well known to cabinet ministers, but even if they control the power of the country, these do not mean that change can be changed. The weakness of the country, the difficulty of the international landscape, and the fragility of the coalition cabinet have made them walk on thin ice in major decisions.

Sure enough, Von Weix just sighed, unwilling to say anything more on the subject.

Whether or not you can change a person's mind, language is often secondary, the key is to properly follow the path. Lynn was in no hurry to launch a vocal offensive, and the convoy then headed for the Rostock airport, and civil aviation is a reserve of the country's strategic forces, and it was only natural for the Minister of Defense to stop by to inspect it, Lynn explained, and von Weix accepted the invitation with ease.

Lufthansa, the backbone of the Third Reich's air transport industry, was devastated in the late stages of the war and then forcibly disbanded by the Allies, and the fate of other German airlines was not much better. At this time, in addition to those experienced operation management and technical personnel in the field of aviation accumulated in the field of quality and scale advantages have disappeared, domestic air transport was interrupted for a time, until the establishment of the Feng and Papen Provisional Government by the government to organize the resumption of a small part of the air operations. By the time Lynn took over, the German Ministry of Aviation had nothing but a real mess: aging equipment, a sparsely demoralized airport staff, and an unbreakable accident rate. The limited government investment is currently only able to maintain 16 short- and medium-haul routes in China, and long-haul and international routes are monopolized by foreign airlines. At Rostock Airport, Lynn showed the Department of Defense generals and officers the real state of the country's aviation and invited them to board a dilapidated Gott biplane to see for themselves the conditions worse than in the Weimar era. The Luftwaffe had at least some BF-109s and FW-190s repaired with damaged airframes, which were more than enough to abuse third-rate countries, but the Ministry of Aviation did not even have a few intact Ju-52s and Do-17s, let alone advanced aircraft manufactured after the outbreak of World War II. …,

Under Lynn's strong encouragement, Von Weix made an impromptu speech in front of all the airport staff.

The Minister of Defense said frankly that in this era, the strength of aviation power directly determines the level of a country's hard power. On the battlefield in Eastern Europe, although the Soviet army, which was inferior in the air force, repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Allied armies, there were huge sacrifices behind each of their victories, and their industrial base had been fundamentally destroyed by the Allied air forces. In the past decade, Germany's aviation industry has left a great chapter in the history books and endless regrets, and today Germany is rebuilding its homeland from the ashes, and the revival of aviation industry is not for another bloody and brutal war, but for the hope of the country tomorrow. As long as people can overcome the difficulties in front of them with great courage, Germany's aviation industry will surely return to the world's leading ranks and once again become the pride of the country and the nation.

Von Wicks's speeches were as plain and earthy as his tone, and although not as provocative as the first-rate orators, much less comparable to Hitler or Goebbels, his language had a convincing sense of hey. In contrast, Lynn, who is the Minister of Aviation, is just praising airport staff on the spot, and while the current conditions are difficult, the biggest names in aviation such as Heinkel, Junkers, and Dornier are resuming production, and aviation operations, like all industries in the country, are trying to get out of the trough of stagnation.

With these preludes in mind, on the way back to Berlin from Rostock, Lynn opened up the conversation. He talked about von Weicks, who was nearly three times his age, about the changing trend of world pattern and technological development, and opened the eyes of the other party with his foresight beyond time and space, which invisibly increased the persuasiveness of his own views. Standing on a strategic level to talk about the country's military, von Weix's attitude has always been modest and cautious, but under Lynn's mobilization, he still confided some thoughts in his heart.

The traditional general did not want Germany to lose its centuries-old military superiority in the pursuit of a peaceful environment, since the security of a country cannot be guaranteed by the treaty provisions of foreign governments, and the geographical position at the crossroads of Europe will not change over time.

"The revival of the country is not only material, but also needs to arouse the confidence of the whole people. A peaceful environment is only the basic condition, and if we cannot obtain a truly independent national character, everything is still illusory! Lynn summed up the content of the two men's consistent arguments, and in the next conversation, he hinted side-by-side that the problem with the new cabinet was that it was too cautious, especially in the decision to "leave the EU and withdraw from the war", and wanted to get rid of the Allied control but was worried about the consequences. Hundreds of thousands of Allied troops stationed in Germany and more than one million German troops deployed on the front line in Eastern Europe are arteries and blood vessels that implicate each other, and arbitrary cutting will inevitably cause fatal consequences, but this does not mean that "Brexit and withdrawal" is not realistically feasible. Taking advantage of the popular movement as an opportunity to gradually reduce the presence of the Allied forces in Germany with diplomatic and political skills, and to withdraw German troops from the front line one by one, as long as the coordination is properly made and the timing of changes in the war situation is accurately grasped, it is by no means empty talk to control the initiative.

After listening to Lynn's argument, von Weix fell into a long period of thought, and he did not express his position until the end, but it can be seen that the traditional beliefs and sense of honor of German soldiers have made him subtly change in his thinking.

After returning to Berlin, Lynn took advantage of the inauguration ceremony of the new commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht to make contact and communicate with other senior military generals. Thanks to the outstanding performance of the Soviet army in this war, the Allies were passive in the war situation and lacked major generals, which made the generals of the old Third Reich reappointed, some like Manstein and Guderian were forcibly retained by the Allies as military advisers, and more were transferred to the German Defense Forces to continue to serve. Feng. After Weix became defense minister in the new cabinet, the position of commander-in-chief of the army was ceded to another veteran general, von Quchelel. The two former Third Reich field marshals of the same age look like they both have the vicissitudes of heroic aging, and von Quchelel's life story is strikingly similar to von Wielks. At the beginning of World War I, von Qucheller served as an artillery company commander, was awarded an Iron Cross of the First Class and promoted to captain for his combat service, while Von Wielx was a cavalry officer with the rank of captain throughout World War I; At the beginning of World War II, the German armored forces shone brightly, and the two traditional generals who specialized in artillery and cavalry also had stable and excellent performances; During the German-Soviet War, the troops under their command remained the backbone of the front, one reaching Leningrad and the other under Moscow, where they were unfortunately defeated by a much better opponent. Von and Weix were recognized as devout believers, maintaining a clear conscience and a clear vision of reality in a world without justice, while von Qu Hillel had a humble and realistic attitude and a broad mind, was familiar with the situation, had close relations with the divisions and regiments, and with a wise command strategy, the troops were able to hold the long front with fewer troops, and were more able to win in the later defensive battles. Later in World War II, von Wieces and von Quchlerer suffered the same fate as many veteran and experienced army generals: they were dismissed from their posts for a military disagreement with the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and when they were defeated, they calmly accepted the fate of being captured