Chapter 113: Dignity is not priceless
"Hmph." Steve's snort interrupted Gustav's rambling without grace.
"You...... Well, worthy of Reinhardt's men, it's lawless! Gustav laughed angrily.
In his opinion, the group of so-called hot-blooded soldiers that Reinhardt is entangled with are a group of fools who are reckless. How can such a person understand his own great truths.
Ignoring Gustav's contempt, Steve said loudly without any scruples: "Is it a little dangerous to be scared and motionless?" Is the dignity and glory of Germany defended in such a posture? The most bullied are always the weak! Now the much-needed benefits for Germany are not gold and foreign exchange, but a tough posture! Otherwise, what kind of image will Germany use to respond to a possible war in the future? A war without sacrifice will never exist! The current Spanish Civil War is only a prologue, if ...... in the future"
Steve's voice was clear and loud, "Once a new round of world war breaks out, it will be a heart-wrenching battle!" That would be to survive in hell and survive in a desperate situation! Legions of soldiers will be thrown into the battlefield of a meat grinder, and a large number of cities will be reduced to ruins! At that time, do we still need to explain? Explain to whom!? ”
"Smack", Steve slammed the fine porcelain on Gustav's desk to the ground.
"See?" Steve angrily shouted at Gustav, "Under the threat of force, no beautiful thing can be preserved." If Germany can't take a tough stance, then we will be like this flashy porcelain, easily shattered! ”
Maybe it's only a while, or maybe it's been a long time. Just when Steve thought that Gustav would not respond to him, he saw Gustav slowly speak: "I will not hinder you in the last part of my term. ”
In Steve's surprised eyes, Gustav hung his head, sighed and said, "I won't run for the next president." I will designate Reinhardt as my successor. ”
After being stunned for a few seconds, Steve reacted and saluted Gustav who had changed his mind 45 degrees: "Thank you!" ”
"Don't thank me." Gustav turned around without raising his head, waved his hand and said, "Even if I don't recommend it, you will have countless means to put Reinhardt in this position." ”
"Tell him for me that it's time to stop. If he stops now, he will become the youngest and greatest president in German history. Gustav, who was slowly leaving, said to Steve leisurely at the moment he pushed the door open.
"In any case, the Führer would be the greatest president of Germany." Steve replied with unquestioning firmness.
That being said. But looking at Gustav's figure in the distance, Steve actually stood in place with some loss.
Compared to those unscrupulous businessmen who are drunk and dreaming of death, and compared to those conglomerates who are greedy for pleasure and chasing money in peace, politicians like Gustav are not bad.
The other side just doesn't want Germany to suffer more pain, and wants to be a mediocre and good president. Although his political views differed, Gustav's starting point was patriotic.
It's a pity that the kind German president can't understand a simple truth - dignity is not priceless!
If Germany wants to regain its lost pride and regain its scattered glory, Germany must have a tough leader. And Gustav, apparently, is no longer suitable for Germany at this stage.
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In an ordinary family in Munich, a retired one-armed father called his 22-year-old son to the balcony after dinner and drank with his son for two hours without saying a word.
"Are you really determined to sign up for the SS?" After half a catty of liquor was put into his stomach, the one-armed father asked seriously to his son.
"Dad, I should go." The young son gritted his teeth and insisted: "The Führer needs us to fight for a brilliant future for Germany." ”
"It's this old-fashioned propaganda ...... again" The father, who was once a soldier and had his left arm blown up by a shell in World War I, and who escaped death, looked at his young and vigorous son with distressed eyes and said: "I once fought for the Kaiser and lost an arm." But Germany did not become brilliant, but was finally bullied by a large group of mongrels on the head. ”
"Times are different from when you were now!" The young son shouted loudly with emotion.
"What's the difference?" Shaking his head, the elderly father took a long sip of wine, and then said in a deep voice: "It's just that the object of allegiance has changed to another, and the killing weapon used has become more efficient......"
The young son wanted to argue a few words, but was stopped by his father waving his hand.
Afterwards, the father and son drank several large glasses of wine in silence.
When the third bottle of wine was about to bottom, his father, who was a little tired, slowly got up: "Don't worry about family affairs." Your mother still works in that butter processing factory, and I was also assigned to the reserve as a recruit instructor, and the salary is acceptable. ”
"Dad......!" The young man looked at his father excitedly. He knew that his ideals had been acquiesced.
"Now that you've decided, let's do it and let me see if you can do what I couldn't do back then." There was no turning back, and the father just left an old back and a word.
When his father pushed the door and walked into the bedroom, the young man clearly heard his mother's hysterical cry: "Why? Why would you agree with your son to follow your old path! He's your own flesh and blood, why are you so ruthless......"
The strong father closed the bedroom door with his only remaining arm. Wrapping one arm around his wife, his lips trembling and comforting: "Don't cry, believe in our children, believe in our Weitman." He's going to be a hero, he's going to be ......"
"No ......!" The mother's cry became even more poignant: "I just want him to live well, as long as he lives ......"
All night, Wittman stood on the balcony in a daze, not daring to open his mother's bedroom door, not knowing how to face the most distressed person in the world.
In the early hours of the next morning, he quietly went out early in the morning to the SS barracks.
He didn't dare to wake up his parents, so he could only choose this cowardly way of parting.
The moment he walked out of the house, Wittman bowed deeply in the direction of his parents' bedroom, gritted his teeth, and turned to close the door.
When he reached a position about 200 meters from his home, Wittman finally couldn't hold back, and turned around again to look in the direction of home.
The moment his gaze fell on the house, an electric current stimulated his whole body!
On the balcony outside the house, my father and mother are silently looking at themselves!
There was no verbal exchange, and when the eyes of the three people met, everything was relieved.
A gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her mother waved at Wittman.
As if unloading a stone that weighed on his heart, Wittman suddenly felt much more relaxed.
Mother, in the end, understood his ambitions.
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Since Reinhardt's conscription was introduced in 1935, a large number of former soldiers who had served as military officers in World War I, or who had been forced to leave the army by the Treaty of Versailles, were classified as reserve officers and recruited into the reserve.
Many of the young people were absorbed by the SS as a military force responsible for both the German people and the Socialist Workers' Party.
Since Reinhardt himself did not care about height, the recruitment of SS soldiers in this world was not as demanding as in history, and the number of recruits was larger than in history.
Of course, this is also the reason why Wittmann, who is less than 1.7 meters tall, was able to join the SS.
In addition, the Wehrmacht, under the impetus of Reinhardt, gradually began to adopt a new system of conscription, that is, the "defense zone" was responsible for recruiting soldiers.
First of all, the military divided Germany into 15 defense zones, each of which was divided into two or three conscription zones, each of which had several sub-districts responsible for the recruitment and training tasks in the conscription sub-districts.
Once a war starts, a defensive area can be quickly transformed into a division and pulled into battle.
The "shadow force policy" implemented in the defense zone allows the defense zone to have the command of two divisions at the same time.
That is, when a defense zone draws a division into the troops. The remaining group of command groups, from division commanders to squad leaders, can quickly support the skeleton of a new division.
Germany's recent policies are on the surface, and the country is ready to pay the price for dignity and ease!