Chapter 32 32 Visit
"Why not give this plan to President Ebert, if he could get the details of it, maybe he would not have made the foolish act of betraying Germany and betraying the Wehrmacht. Gustav Stresmann whispered to Accardo as he walked down the steps.
Accardo didn't look back at Gustav Streisman as he put on his leather gloves as he descended the steps, but said directly and loudly: "If possible, I plan to come up with this plan in two years' time, because this method is reserved for me to deal with a more difficult character, but unfortunately because of the idiot Albert! β
"Difficult character, do you want to deal with General Sickert?" said Gustav Streisman with a frown, "although he and you have many political disagreements, he is still an upright man, and I don't think there is anything difficult about him." β
"Of course. Accardo nodded and said, "I will use this plan to resist the expansion of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in the coming world financial crisis." β
"The Nazi Party, do you mean the party that has gained a lot of momentum in Bavaria lately? I understand your foresight to take precautions, but is it a bit too cautious to be so wary of a new power?" asked Gustav Streismmann, somewhat puzzled, "And are you a little too pessimistic about the state of the world economy? Just a few years after the end of the war, the economy is slowly improving, isn't it?"
"Time will tell, Gustav, trust me. Accardo smiled, got into the car that had been parked at the foot of the steps, and said to Gehr inside, "Drive." β
As Accardo's car went away, Gustav Streisman stood on the last step of the stairs, staring at Accardo's car in a daze.
"President Ebert shouldn't have died at the hands of such an arrogant and despicable man, right?" Behind him, the pockmarked beard snorted and said, "You don't intend to avenge President Ebert, who has always been loyal, and you plan to support this vicious opponent?" Or are you stupid by his pistol?"
"Shut up!" Gustav Streisman glanced back at his men arrogantly: "I'll pack up my things in the afternoon and get out! You've been dismissed! I've got the final say in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs! Always!"
After speaking, ignoring the iron-faced beard behind him, he quickly walked down the steps and walked to his car not far away.
Accardo did not return to the General Headquarters of the Wehrmacht, after all, there was a General Sickert there who did not like him very much, and the two men now hardly spoke a word, and the relationship was extremely bad.
For example, after Accardo officially took over the reorganization of the Wehrmacht's 22nd Division, Sickert used his authority to appoint a new Wehrmacht Director-General, Colonel Nazmer.
As soon as Colonel Nazmer took office, he denied the theory of the offensive of the armored troops of Major Brauchitsch and Major Guderian and others, and after reading the number and report provided to him by Guderian, he pouted and threw the report aside, then looked at the young man standing in front of him and said contemptuously: "To hell with it! What bullshit combat troops, the armored troops you said are only worthy of carrying flour to my army!"
And this predecessor of Colonel Nazmail, who fully supported Sickert's decision, the former director of the Department of Transport Forces, General Chasiwitz, who was also a supporter of General Sickert, was transferred by Sickert to the 2nd Division of the Wehrmacht as a division commander. Sickert hoped that the appointment would strengthen his own control over the Wehrmacht.
Compared with Sickert's aggressiveness, Accardo was much more restrained, he just silently took over the reorganization of the 22nd Division, and then went to visit Field Marshal Hindenburg's old subordinates.
Accardo had Ger drive to the train station, because he had another important job to do today, in addition to attending President Hindenburg's emergency meeting.
Outside the train station, a young major, no more than 30 years old, stood there, with a look of anticipation on his face, and when the young major saw Accardo's approaching car, the anxiety and eagerness on his face were swept away, replaced by excitement and joy.
"Colonel Accardo, your loyal supporter Heinz Wilhelm Guderian salutes you!" Seeing the car stop in front of him, Major Guderian saluted loudly as soon as Accardo got out of the car.
Accardo stepped forward and shook Guderian's hand: "Thank you for the numbers you have given me, you have worked hard in Munich! I already know about Colonel Nazmer! At all times, reformers have to face the difficulties of those diehards. β
"Colonel Accardo, be assured! I will not be defeated by that old stubborn! I have met a major in Munich who must be of interest to you, and his name is Brauchitsch, Walter von Brauchitsch. He is also very supportive of your theory of armored forces, and he asked me to bring you a greeting and be at your disposal. Guderian excitedly introduces the new friends he has made in Munich.
"You are doing well, Major Guderian. Accardo was also glad that he had added new members to his team, but he patted Major Guderian on the shoulder and smiled at him, "Let's hurry to the platform, the train will leave in a while, and we won't have time to send them off." β
So the two of them came to the platform, where there were two young men dressed as civilians in trench coats, carrying large boxes and not knowing who was waiting for them.
Accardo and Guderian walked over and gave them a warm hug.
"Major Abbot Kesselring. You won't blame me if I arranged for you and Captain Dick to go to Moscow to study air combat command, will you? If you go to Moscow, we won't be able to drink and talk together for a short time. Accardo smiled and hugged one of the young men.
Kesselring, who was embraced, said with a smile: "This is a very rare opportunity! I will definitely reserve the fire for the future Luftwaffe, and when the time is right, I will use this fire to breed a fire that will burn all over the European continent." β
"Then I'll give you the German skies, Major Kesselring, and you, Captain Dick!" said Accardo and Kesselring, when he had finished speaking, and turned to Captain Dick, an old acquaintance beside him.
Dick nodded: "I know why you found me, and I also know that I stayed in the Special Aviation Division because of your recommendation, you gave me the opportunity to have the dream of flying again, and from that moment on, my life was yours!"
"Go there, bury the seeds of our vengeance in the soil, and come back from there! bring back our hope and the dawn!" Accardo stood solemnly and saluted the two men: "Great Germany bless you!"
The two of them didn't return the salute, but just picked up their suitcases and stepped onto the train that was about to go away.
"We are about to become the hope of Germany! for Greater Germany!" said Kesselring, looking out the window at Accardo.
Dick glanced at Kesselring, then at Accardo outside, and said in a deep voice, "For Accardo?
Kesselring laughed when he heard this, then nodded and said, "There is a saying in Eastern civilization that a woman shows her beauty for the man she likes, and a warrior fights to the death for the sake of appreciating her friendsβthen we should indeed dedicate our own qi to Colonel Accardo." β
The train moved slowly, and he looked at Accardo and Guderian, who had moved backwards out of the window, and said softly, "For Accardo? β
This month, 70 pilots and air force commanders were sent to Moscow through Accardo's arrangement, while more than 500 soldiers and officers went to Moscow for tank training, all anonymously, without any official records, and even at their own expense. Just a few days ago, the bodies of the three German pilots who died were transported back to Germany in large wooden boxes marked "spare parts" after an accident at the German air force training base in the Ripatsko region, 220 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
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When Accardo and Gel arrived at the hotel, it was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and they felt that the day was too busy, and they had to go to the president's office for a meeting in the morning, to see off Kessellin and Dick before noon, and in the afternoon to meet a very important person in the hotel.
This very important person was Gustav Krupp. Although he shares the same name as Foreign Minister Gustav Streesmann, they are indeed two different heavyweights.
If Accardo wants to revitalize the Wehrmacht, he can't do it without weapons, but he can't produce weapons and equipment without Krupp. If Sickert was the leader of the Wehrmacht, then Krupp was the leader of German industry.
The two met in the hotel room, and Krupp spoke before Arcardor spoke: "Frankly, we have cooperated before, although we have not met, but you have provided me with an emergency plan to deal with the Ruhr industrial area, and I have also received some benefits from this plan, so I still trust your ability." β
Accardo smiled, "Thank you." β
"General Sickert has too little appetite for new weapons, machine guns, rifles, cannons, armored vehicles, these equipment, he seems to prefer bicycles and horses, which is very distressing to us German enterprises. Krupp said straight to the point.
He glanced at Accardo: "I admire you because you are trying to add real new equipment to the Wehrmacht, you replace horses with trucks, you replace bicycles with motorcycles, you also take risks to purchase armored vehicles for the troops, and even secretly funded my Krupp factory to design new tanks......"