Chapter 779 780 Victory Parade
The cars moved through the crowd little by little, and there was only a line of SS soldiers between the fanatical Ukrainian people and Accardo, but although these Ukrainians shouted and cheered frantically to the Führer, no one crossed the cordon. They were afraid to mess with the Führer, as if they were afraid that their dirty shoes would ruin their master's floor.
The German army purchased Ukrainian grain at market prices, which improved the progress of Ukraine's industrialization, and the railways and roads of the whole Ukraine have long been in line with the standards of Romania and Poland. In just three months, Germany's Imperial Golden Mark replaced the ruble as the currency of the entire Ukrainian region, and Ukraine's attitude towards accepting the German occupation can be seen.
Because the Soviet Union carried out bloody purges and repressions against the local people of Ukraine during the famine years and the Great Purge, hostility to the Soviet Union has a long history. The Germans entered the land as liberators, and they entered the role very naturally, under the constraints of Accardo, and everywhere was a scene of harmony.
Squeezing some of the cheap goods that Poland obtains, such as iron and household goods, cost almost nothing, but these things happen to be the means of subsistence that Ukraine desperately needs. Germany traded these things for a lot of hidden local grain reserves, and also ordered more agricultural products to be harvested in the spring.
The free trade and fair trade advocated by the capital market gave the local economy of Ukraine, which is mainly agricultural, a taste of complementary economic circulation, and the locals soon obtained 3,000 agricultural production machinery such as cars and tractors, and even 20 biplanes spraying pesticides. The locals, with loans from the German government, survived the most difficult period of war, and the grain in the fields was bought up by large German companies at high prices before they were produced. This was something that was hard to imagine in Soviet times.
Amid the military music and the cheers of the crowd, Accardo smiled and raised his right hand, a German salute that was now the most terrible gesture in the eyes of the King of England and the President of the United States. At the time of the National Congress of the Greater German Party, the raised right arm of the whole Deutsches Platz was as magnificent as a forest, a forest of steel united in solidarity, and feared all those who were against it.
As Accardo raised his arm, the SS soldiers on both sides of the road followed suit, and they looked with fanatical eyes at their Führer, a man who led them to invincibility, a man who was worshipped even in a foreign occupation zone. This man is their head, the god in their minds.
They raised their arms and shouted, and immediately received a response from all Ukrainians in the streets and alleys of Kyiv. They all raised their arms, and the phrase "Long live Führer Accardo, Rudolf!" that became a household name in Germany and became a habit of greetings, resounded in the sky over Kiev.
No one dared to do anything to such a beloved leader in such a spectacular spectacle. As long as anyone dares to raise his hand and raise his gun, it is estimated that he will be pushed to the ground by the angry masses, and this is a victory of public opinion and the most real test of people's hearts.
Accardo's car was slow, but it eventually reached the viewing platform safely, and he slowly stepped out of the car, smiling and nodding to the dignitaries and officers on either side. Then he walked step by step to the position in the center, everything was taken for granted, and that position belonged only to him.
Marshal Vlasov, a "Ukrainian friend" wearing a pair of large glasses, stood on the viewing platform and saluted Accardor from a long distance. Over the past few months, he has contributed greatly to the formation of the "Ukrainian Wehrmacht of the Holy Third German Reich". Because of his existence, the number of Ukrainian servant troops at one time reached and exceeded 300,000 people, and if it were not for the concern of the Army General Staff about the shortage of weapons, there might have been 400,000 Ukrainians by now, who were fighting for the Third Reich.
This Vlasov was a man of genius, who, while building the long-named Ukrainian armed forces, developed a basic theory against Stalin's autocracy in the Soviet Union, using which he succeeded in recruiting 50,000 ethnic Russian volunteers in Soviet prisoner-of-war camps, who had already begun to act as "overseers" in Poland to watch over other stubborn and uncooperative Soviet prisoners of war.
Therefore, this Vlasov was promoted to marshal, but what kind of marshal of which country he was, only God and Accardo can know. But Vlasov's current military rank is indeed a marshal, but this marshal is not as low as a German lieutenant general in the face of the real generals of the German Wehrmacht.
Of course, compared to the situation in another time and space, when Vlasov had no real power, could only make some speeches, messed around in concentration camps, and was released to bite people until he was about to lose the war, Vlasov in this time and space can be regarded as being in heaven.
Accardo walked to Vlasov's side, smiled and shook hands with the Soviet surrendered general, this picture of the Soviet-German people as a family made the scene even more boiling, white doves flew from the square, and the Ukrainian people were thanking Accardor for bringing them peace with their warmest applause.
"My Führer! The 1st Ukrainian Army is ready to contribute to your strategy on the Eastern Front! As long as we are given enough ammunition and enough artillery, we can capture Minsk and advance to Smolensk. Vlasov stood beside Accardo, waiting for the Yuan to take his seat first. He made this suggestion at this time, to gain the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the frighteningly large number of Ukrainian armed forces in his hands.
"Marshal Vlasov, don't be in a hurry. The Wehrmacht, for its part, has planned to arm the Ukrainian 1st Army under your command, and they are already very well equipped. Accardo watched his military henchmen sit down one by one, and replied to Vlasov: "They will be thrown into battle, for example, recently the High Command is planning to have your troops take the lead in the battle to encircle Kharkiv." ”
"Thank you, my Führer! I will do my best to fight this battle, so that you can see the majesty of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Vlasov hurriedly got up and promised. This was the breakthrough point at which he made a name for himself in the Wehrmacht, and he had to muster up 120,000 spirit to seize such an important opportunity.
Accardo nodded, motioned for the rebel to come closer, and then spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I trust you, because you only have one chance, take advantage of it, and don't let me down...... Go ahead. With that, he waved his hand and asked Vlasov to retreat to his place.
Vlasov bowed his head and retreated, he himself knew very well that even if anyone surrendered, he had no room for surrender, and in the concentration camps he personally and indirectly executed a large number of Soviet middle and senior commanders, and did everything possible to capture and mutilate thousands of partisans, because he suggested that tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners were brutally killed. He was now the most hated target of the Soviets in the entire German camp, even more than Accardo himself.
The military music continued, and Manstein, the commander of the front who had won a great victory in the Crimea, took to the viewing platform, and because it was a parade to celebrate his victory, he was naturally placed next to Führer Accardo. He walked up to his place, then raised his arm and saluted: "Long live Führer Accardo, Rudolph!"
"No need to be formal, my general, you have behaved very well in the Crimea, because of your victory, and now the situation is very favorable for us. Accardo smiled and motioned for Manstein to sit down, then continued, "Most of the fortresses in the entire Crimean region surrendered without a fight, which I really didn't expect. ”
Manstein hurriedly replied: "This is because the armies in the second stage of the Polish campaign fought so well that they not only annihilated the living forces of the Soviet army, but also fought an isolated Crimea, which saved me a lot of things." ”
"It's a good thing not to be greedy. Your credit, naturally, I will not forget, I will hand over the Caucasus to you, I hope you will not disappoint me. While watching the parade troops walk through the streets, Accardo said to Manstein: "Rest the troops, and then take out Donetsk with Guderian's troops, and then, according to the plan, march into the Caucasus." ”
"Yes, my Führer!" Manstein said to rise and salute.
His move was stopped by Accardo: "Okay, let's watch the parade together, I designed the link for a while, Fanny said very good, you can also take a look, I am showing off, hehehe." ”
"Führer, you are an all-rounder, this has been proven, there is no doubt that you are the soul of the Third Reich, and I am willing to follow in your footsteps with my life. Manstein's praise was no less than his commanding ability, and his rhetoric made Accardo secretly amused - it was not a good feeling to be praised by Germany's premier strategist.
The show finally began, in the majestic military music, the German honor guard wore neat long military uniforms, walked neatly with goose steps, and walked to the viewing platform with momentum. Each of them held in his hands a unit flag of the Soviet Red Army, and several of the leaders held even a flag of the front army. The flags were dragged upside down on the ground, and the German soldiers took them upside down and walked to the middle of the road, where the flames were blazing.