In the Führer's office, Accardo was throwing a tantrum in front of Augustus and Krupp. The Army's daring to disobey his orders was the most intolerable for Accardo. Because the history of another world has taught him a lesson, that is, the contradictions and grievances between Hitler's Supreme Command and the Army General Headquarters directly caused the collapse of the German front line.

When the generals of the army built a retreat from Hitler, it was his persistence and stubbornness that led the army to assassinate Hitler during the invasion of France, sowing the seeds of mutual distrust. It was also later led to the destruction of the elite 6th Army under Stalingrad.

In short, such signs must be stifled in the cradle, and if they are allowed to develop, they will become the cause of defeat, although they cannot be seen at the time of victory, but if they are defeated, they will completely collapse the huge German war machine.

"Is Brauchitsch in the water? Bock's old idiot is following suit! Is the Army General Command trying to take my power away from me, and then take my life to be more satisfied?" said Accardo with a frown, annoyed.

"Führer, be careful with your words and deeds. Augustus squinted his eyes and sipped a cup of strong tea, since his Chinese friends gave him a batch of fine tea leaves from the Führer's Mansion, Augustus had to drink a cup of strong tea every time he came, and he liked this evocative taste very much. However, just like the Chinese literati and writers, the German chancellor could not know the name of the vintage with a sigh of lips.

"They have turned a deaf ear to my orders! They have already begun to disobey me! Arbitrarily revise my plan and change the battle plan at will...... This is the battle of the nation! Because this group of people dragged their feet and lost the war, and in the end I was asked to bear the responsibility alone!" Accardo knocked on the conference table, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became.

Augustus smiled, glanced at Krupp next to him, who seemed to be a clay statue of a bodhisattva without saying a word, and then spoke again: "My Führer, your words and deeds represent the people of Greater Germany, and you are the unique head of the whole country, so please exercise restraint - the matter is far from being out of control, and according to my thoughts, there is actually no complicated thing behind this qiē incident." ”

Accardo let out a cloudy breath, leaned back in his chair, glanced at Augustus, and said, "Tell me about it." ”

"First of all, the Army General Command did not mean to betray you. You can see this in the light of their commands. Augustus pointed to the order issued by the General Headquarters: "The above is just a pretext that there is no fuel, so that the various units can delay the pace of the attack." This is because they want the armored forces to advance steadily, but they don't dare to disobey your orders, so they give the order like this. ”

"In addition, the French counterattacks on the flanks have indeed become more frequent and fierce. Augustus pointed to the map and said: "I am mainly responsible for politics and the economy, and I don't invest much energy in the military, but I can also see lightly on the map that our Army Group A is lone and deep, and the possibility of being flanked by the front and rear is very high." ”

He smiled, and then continued: "If I were Marshal Brauchitsch, I would also be more cautious, because the four Panzer Corps in the hands of General Rundstedt are the only capital we have now, and if something happens, we won't even have a chance to play the table again." ”

"This plan has been repeatedly demonstrated, and if it weren't for the fact that the front-line troops respected my orders and had a more active fighting spirit, we would have faced the most difficult situation by now!" Acardo tapped on the map and said, "According to Brauchitsch's meaning, Guderian's armored troops should still be waiting for supplies near Stone!"

"You see, my Führer, since you agree that this is not a provocation to your personal authority, but only a matter of improvisation by the people below who are worried about some tactical problems and have made some improvisations, the problem is very easy to solve. Augustus stood up, bypassed the negotiating table, walked over to Accardo, and placed a report in front of Accardo.

Then he pointed to the report and said very seriously: "The Reichstag has officially approved a plan for the reform of the Wehrmacht, and the Greater German Party and the reorganized parties have unanimously agreed to make the Reich High Command the supreme command of the three German armed forces at present. The original General Headquarters of the Navy, Army, and Air Force were all downgraded to operational staff. ”

This is the difference between a seasoned politician and a doer like Accardo, or rather, the difference between the two in terms of political skills. Augustus used the long-overdue Congress to pass a bill to veto the legitimacy of the Supreme Command, so that these unwieldy commanders would not have the power to directly change the Führer's orders. Even these generals have a hard time even doing something like this one, after all, they are no longer commanders but only chiefs of staff.

"In this way, they are only responsible for drawing up plans and giving their own opinion on the Führer's operational intentions. The fact that they have no right to interfere with the operations of the front-line generals also guarantees the implementation and execution of the Führer's orders. Augustus looked at Accardo and said, "However, I have set up an operational evaluation body in the Supreme Command to comprehensively discuss the feasibility of the battle plan proposed by the Führer, so as to avoid unnecessary losses due to ill-consideration." ”

"I understand that. Of course, I will refer to the opinions of the generals, and I will not go my own way. Accardo nodded, clearly pleased with Augustus' approach.

Augustus looked at the others, then returned to his seat, changed his tone and continued: "Then there is another problem, the army has done well in the attack on Poland, so General Brauchitsch, as the first man of the army, has been promoted to field marshal. There is nothing wrong with this, but the problem is that Marshal Brauchitsch was a Junker nobleman, and although he had always been loyal to the Führer, some ambitious people were still using his status to make a fuss......"

He glanced at everyone present and coughed twice before he spoke again: "Everyone naively thought that he would be the so-called number two person who could succeed the Führer in power. This could not be more wrong – because everyone present understands that if the Führer leaves here, Germany will immediately go to ruin. It is not a state of peace of mind, but the demise and glory of the whole of Germany are just a thought away. ”

"So I propose that we each go to the military and talk to them, and then the military will select a reasonable list and promote a general from a clean background to the rank of marshal, breaking the monolithic nature of Marshal Brauchitsch and letting those people know that Brauchitsch is not the only Führer substitute. Augustus said this, a smug smile on his face.

Accardo had to applaud Augustus's real killer move, which was a draw from the Army Command, which was somewhat out of the Führer's influence. Once there is a second marshal, Brauchitsch's marshal status will not be so unique, and those Junker widows and young who want to use Brauchitsch's Junker aristocracy to make a fuss will no longer be able to make any waves.

Accardo can guess the next thing, the army will select a list of some generals, and after some operation, General Bock will inevitably be on the list, and then he will be defeated, which is also a disguised reminder and warning to General Bock, so that he should consider whether he should unswervingly stand on the Führer's side when he stands in line next time.

This trick hit Brauchitsch and taught Bock a lesson, and directly made the two most prominent generals of the army look gloomy, if they were more sensible, then there would be a comeback in the future, and if they continued to question the Führer, what awaited them was the end of taking a back seat - two staff officers, who could be replaced at any time.

However, this was only the second in a set of combos from Augustus, a mature politician, and while ingenious, it was far from the end. Waiting for the applause to end, Augustus sat down before continuing to speak slowly: "Of course, in order to stabilize the morale of the army and strengthen the Führer's control over the front-line troops, I propose to reserve some obedient generals for the future, for example, this time, we can promote General Guderian and General Rommel to lieutenant generals by rewarding their military exploits, and order them to form and command a new group army based on their armored corps after the war." ”

This was the final kill of Augustus's tailor-made plan for the reorganization of the military in Accardo. First, the disobedient departments were eliminated, then the generals were promoted to check and balance each other, and finally the front-line military power was kept stable. Interlocking, uncluttered, and perfect.

Accardo nodded, not speaking. He just opened the report and looked at it, then raised his head and glanced at everyone in the meeting, he was no longer angry because of Augustus's method, but chuckled and asked, "What do you think of this plan?"

"I'm in favor of this plan. Krupp spoke for the first time after entering the conference room, and his tone was firm and unquestionable.

Merkel nodded: "I also agree with this plan." ”

"Agreed!" everyone nodded.

Augustus nodded with satisfaction, he knew that in Berlin, in the military, as the head of Germany, Accardo still had the deterrent power to say, which is why he dared to come up with an integration plan. What he needed was a powerful empire in the heart of the world, and he wanted the aura of reviving Germany—no one could stand in his way in order to become a great chancellor like his grandfather Bismarck.