Chapter 477: Give back to the other in the way of the other
On April 15, 1945, forced by the increasingly critical situation on the Eastern Front, Hitler and the entire base camp flew from the airfield near Salzburg to East Prussia on a number of planes.
After several years of construction, the "wolf's den" has changed a lot, and the bunker has been covered with a ten-meter-thick reinforced concrete roof, which, together with the newly built bunker, has emerged from the forest like an Egyptian pyramid. Hitler took up residence in a very camouflaged hospitality bunker. The inside of the bunker was like a labyrinth, from which two so-called gates were passed through the first "ten" passage leading to the garrison, in which SS members of Hitler's personal guard were on duty. The first "ten" passage is the bedroom of the female secretaries.
From the first ten, there is a curving corridor that leads to the second ten, where the rooms of the adjutant, Moral, Ringer, and the heralds are located. From here, zigzag passages led to Hitler's studio and bedroom. Hitler's dining room and conference room were also in bunkers, with tubes leading into his bedroom that could bring in oxygen.
A thick concrete wall protected the entrance to the bunker, with machine guns placed between the wall and the bunker to prevent the Soviets from sending paratroopers to attack, and a network of machine guns on top of the bunker to protect the entrances. At the same time, outside Hitler's hospitality bunker, machine-gun positions were also erected.
At one o'clock the next day, Hitler left the reception bunker for a military meeting.
In order to maintain air circulation, the windows of all the rooms to the left of the door were left open, and at the beginning of the meeting, in addition to Hitler, Goering, Hillem, Jodel, Kolten, Haussinger, Vallimont, Figrein, Scherf, Bodenchatz, Foss, Brandt, Schmunt, Kingshe, Putkamel, Baumann, Berg, Keitel's aide-de-camp John Brown. Feng. Fried, Jodel's staff, Wezenegger, Bisis, Assmann, and Ministers of Ribbentrop's department, Sonreitner, who was here today in place of Hewell.
The meeting began with a report on the fighting on the Eastern Front.
The current situation in the Central Theater of Operations is roughly as follows: Vitebsk, Orsha, Mogilev, Bobruisk and Minsk are already in the rear of the Soviet army at this time. The German Northern Front cluster had to abandon the Lithuanian capital Vilnius after a bitter battle. The Soviet armored vanguard was approaching Sauliai and Yergava.
In the face of the fierce offensive of the Soviet army, the Germans could not rearrange their positions, there were gaps everywhere in the defensive line, the Soviet troops had reached the border with East Prussia, and a few days before this meeting, in the eastern regions of Ukraine, the Soviet troops again launched an offensive from Voroshilovgrad, Kaminsk Shakhtinsky to Rostov-on-Don. In the lower reaches of the Don River and the North Caucasus, the Soviets forced their way across the Manech River and captured Salsk and Devnoye, threatening the security of the main lines of the Rostov and Black Sea railways from the southeast.
At the beginning of the debriefing, Haussinger first spoke of a new offensive that was unfolding on a front about 200 kilometers wide, and that the Soviets had successfully penetrated deep into the German defensive positions. The front broke through the "Prinz Eugen position" east of Levau. "Fierce fighting is taking place on the road to Levu. ”
At this time. Keitel at Buller and the General Staff von Browner. Colonel Stauffenberg escorted him to the conference room. Stauffenburg served as Chief of the General Staff at the side of the commander-in-chief of the Home Corps, Colonel-General Flåm, and lived on Berlin's Bendler Strasse, where Flåm's headquarters was located. He came to the base camp only when he had to report on the situation of the home army. Stauffenberg had previously fought on the African front with Field Marshal Rommel's army, losing his left arm, a right eye, and three fingers of his right hand in one battle.
Haussinger continued to report.
Hitler buried himself deep in the table and stood there studying the map of the Eastern Front.
When Stauffenberg came in, he placed his briefcase under the battle chart, while his adjutant, Lieutenant Heft, sat down on the sofa behind the conference table in a circle around the wall, and put the black suitcase behind him.
Haussinger's report was long, and Stauffenberg looked at his watch and smiled apologetically at Keitel. He said he was going to call next door and left the conference room. Two minutes later, his adjutant, Lieutenant Heft, also left the room, and the two seemed to have forgotten about the briefcase and the black suitcase.
As the minutes passed, there were two loud bangs in the conference room, followed by huge flames and thick smoke erupting from the windows of the conference room. Countless pieces of flesh and stumps and severed arms were thrown out of the window with waves of air, and chaos was everywhere.
Two hours later, martial law was imposed in Berlin, and more than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the Home Corps stationed in Berlin took control of the main traffic routes such as street crossings and bridges, Goebbels was shot dead while trying to leave the Chancellery, and Ribbentrop was arrested in the Parliament building. Fromm's staff then informed all the troops of Hitler's death, along with the "goddess" command, a code for the Home Corps to declare a nationwide state of emergency.
In addition, Fromm's staff informed the military districts. Since Hitler was dead, Germany would form a team led by Field Marshal von Hitler. The new government led by Witzleben.
Shortly after the notice from the General Staff, Heydrich, the deputy Führer in Warsaw, Poland, also announced Hitler's death, but announced in a telegram that Hitler and the members of the High Command had died as a result of Field Marshal von Hüdler. Witzleben, former Chief of the Army General Staff, General Baker, former Commander of the 4th Tank Group, Hopner, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Corps, General Fromm and Chief of Staff, General Albrecht, Colonel of the General Staff. Feng. The ruthless assassination of the Resistance group formed by Quinheim and others was carried out by Stauffenberg and his adjutant, Lieutenant Heft.
You must know that during the Nazi rule, the vast majority of Germans loved and supported their leader Hitler, and they did not understand the resistance movement, and even in 1952, after the war, only 20% of the German people agreed to resist the Nazi rule. Now all Germans knew that the Home Corps had mutinied and von . Witzleben and others were traitors, and the uproar caused by them in a country like Germany, which values jurisprudence and tradition, can be imagined.
Soon, three SS divisions stationed in Berlin began to encircle and suppress the mutinous native corps, and Manstein, who had been appointed commander of the tank corps by Hitler, announced that he would lead his troops to join the counterinsurgency.
At dusk, Major Remaier, commander of the Berlin Guard Battalion, who had received orders from Heydrich, led his soldiers to storm the headquarters of the Home Corps, and the rebels were ready to be captured. Eager to wash his name, Fromm, commander-in-chief of the home corps, ordered the arrest of Stauffenburg, Albricht, Haas, and Beck, among others.
After a brief "interrogation" of them, Fromm ordered Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and two of their junior accomplices to be shot in the courtyard below.
When he was arrested, Stauffenberg was shot in the left arm, and after his arrest he remained silent, only shouting "Long live our holy Germany!" before his execution. Baker pleaded to kill himself. But he shot twice, but he missed the point. Fromm ordered him to be killed immediately.
At 0:30 a.m. on 17 April, Heydrich announced to the nation that a week later he would give a solemn state funeral to Führer Hitler, who had no body, and then ordered that every citizen in the country should be obliged to arrest the rebels if they resisted. Lawfully kill on sight! Since almost most of the top echelons of the Nazi Party died in this explosion. Heydrich ordered Manstein to replace Flåm as commander-in-chief of the Home Corps on the same day
Berlin, Chancellery.
In the early morning of 19 April, Heydrich, accompanied by SS Chief of Staff Zhong Lei and South China Special Envoy to Germany Yin Jinan, stood on the balcony of the Chancellery, looking out at the huge square that had been empty due to martial law. Hitler used to inspect the troops and marchers here countless times, and his presence was once a unique sight here.
"It's unbelievable!"
Heydrich shook his head: "I, a person who was once swept away by the navy, can one day enter the Chancellery and become the master of Germany!" ”
Yin Jinan kindly reminded: "Mr. Reinhardt. I don't want you to be blinded by the power in front of you. The defeat of Germany was already an irretrievable reality. I think you should think about it for the post-war! ”
Heydrich turned his head and said, "Dear Yin, can I really only be the head of Germany for half a month?" Now that the SS was firmly in control of the situation in Germany, Speer and Keitel, Ribbentrop offered their full cooperation with me, and the Wehrmacht and the Navy and Air Force announced that they would follow my orders until the end of the war. Germany could have gone on with the war! ”
Yin Jinan shook his head: "As far as the interests of our country are concerned, the longer this war lasts, the more beneficial it will naturally be for us, but Germany, as my second hometown, can no longer withstand the toss." Now the Allied bombardment of Germany is getting worse and worse, and the German people are not shedding blood and dying all the time. Once the Allies and Soviets invade the German mainland, it will be a miserable end! When the break continues to suffer from the chaos, it is time to cut through the chaos quickly! ”
Heydrich smiled bitterly: "But I always feel that it is not time for peace talks!" Surrender now. I'm afraid the military will tear me to shreds! Even within the SS, there would certainly be a large number of people who dissented to this! ”
"Not necessarily!"
Yin Jinan raised his eyebrows: "If it was two or three years ago, your worries would undoubtedly be correct, but now it is 1945. The German people, who have experienced successive defeats, no longer have the confidence and courage to win, and at this time you put forward a peace proposal, although there are many opponents, but there are certainly more people who support it. ”
"Moreover, in the current war, victory or defeat can no longer be decided solely on the basis of the quality of officers and men and the quality of equipment, but there are other additional things. For example, if one of the atomic bombs developed by our country falls, there will be no life for people or animals within a radius of several tens of kilometers. As far as I know, now the United States and Great Britain are also working on the atomic bomb, while Germany is far from working on this area, once ......"
"Say no more!"
Heydrich raised his right hand: "On May 8, I will announce here that I will officially end this terrible war, and I hope that you can abide by the agreement and send peacekeeping troops into the border areas between Germany and neighboring countries before the war to carry out peacekeeping operations and protect the innocent German people!" ”
Yin Jinan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, as long as you can agree to transfer experts and scholars in artillery, armor materials, engines, submarines, missiles, jet aircraft, optical instruments, unmanned and remote control, night vision, guided weapons, etc. to our country, and hand over the relevant materials to us, we can guarantee the personal and property safety of the German people!" ”
"In any case, we in South China are the only country in this Shijie that has nuclear weapons and long-range delivery means, and no one can afford not to save face. Although Germany lost its vast colonies, the wealth of all Europe gained over the years was enough to satisfy the people. I am confident that under our protection, Mr. Reinhard will be able to run for the post of chancellor of Germany after the war. ”
Heydrich was very happy: "I hope that day will come soon!" ”
Chunxiang City, the base camp of Longtan.
An Yi received the telegram sent back by Yin Jinan from Berlin, and said to Du Yi who came to report with satisfaction: "You have made good use of this opportunity, no one would have imagined that Stauffenberg and his adjutant Heft brought in our special bombs, even if Stauffenburg's high-explosive bombs could not kill Hitler, the cloud burst bombs in the suitcase were enough to raze the conference room of the 'Wolf's Lair'. ”
"yes!"
Du Yi grinned: "Our intelligence officers approached Stauffenberg on their own initiative in the name of American agents. He personally showed him the power of the two bombs, which made him abandon the bomb he had prepared and use the bomb we provided instead, which achieved such a good effect! ”
A faint pathos flashed in An Yi's eyes: "Seriously, I actually admire Hitler, who turned a defeated country with a disheartened people, a declining economy, and industrial stagnation." It became the largest economy in Europe. And then in a few years, with a limited military force, he conquered almost all of Europe, and if it weren't for his stubbornness and disobedience, I would have loved him! ”
"It's a pity that there will be a great man in a hundred years, who did not die on the battlefield, but died in the conspiracy and assassination of his own people, I have to say, this is the sadness of this era. At the same time, what happened to Hitler is also worthy of warning from our intelligence services! ”
Du Yi looked indifferent: "Westerners are different from us Easterners, if we were to change to us, it would be absolutely impossible for people to carry such dangerous things close to the chairman." By the way, the Germans surrendered to us, I wonder if this will anger the United States, Great Britain and the USSR? ”
"This shijie speaks with strength after all!"
An Yi said confidently: "We have the atomic bomb. Seeing the fate of the Japanese, Britain and the United States will not disobey us! As for the USSR and France, they still need our support, and they will not talk about this! ”
"But—"
Du Yi was still a little puzzled: "Weishenme wants to risk fighting with other countries to keep Germany?" Wouldn't it be better for us to participate in the carve-up and get a piece of the pie? ”
An Yi patiently explained: "Don't look at the fact that Britain, France, the Soviet Union and other countries have shown enough goodwill towards us now, this is completely based on our strong force, once they develop nuclear weapons in the future." I'm afraid that with our entanglement with the colonies, we will definitely have to turn the other cheek when the time comes! ”
"We in South China need to find an ally in Europe to stop the expansion of the Soviets, and at the same time to provoke Britain and France not to devote all their energies to economic development. To achieve the purpose of pulling the hind legs. In this way, we only need to be wary of the Americans...... Maybe in less than 20 years, we in South China can replace the United States and become the largest economy in Shijie! ”
Du Yi suddenly said: "I see! In this way, Germany really can't be weakened too hard, otherwise the wolves will be surrounded by them, and they may be difficult to parry! ”
An Yi nodded: "You'd better go to Berlin in person these days and discuss with Jinan how to deal with the aftermath." Ji Nan has been in Germany for many years, he knows the Germans better than I do, and Germany will probably be our most important ally! ”
"Yes!"
At 9 a.m. on April 24, Germany held a state funeral and buried Führer Hitler next to his palace on the Obersalz Mountain near Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, where he enjoyed the beauty of the Alps and guarded the German people for whom he had served all his life.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Heydrich, who had just been approved by the National Assembly as the new head of state, announced to the people that from now on, the Upper Salz Mountain Scenic Area would be listed as a national museum, and the German government would allocate special funds to commemorate the monument to Hitler on the top of the mountain. Heydrich's move quickly gained recognition among the German people and grew in popularity in Germany.
In the early morning of 8 May, after consulting and reaching an agreement with the top leaders of the Nazi Party, important members of the German government, and Wehrmacht generals, Heydrich announced Germany's defeat and surrender in the name of the new German Führer and welcomed the South Chinese army to be stationed in Germany to maintain peace. German troops outside Germany will be withdrawn to Germany in the next three months.
An hour after the German government made this decision, the South China government held a press conference in Chang'an, at which Premier Xu Ziliang personally attended the meeting and expressed his welcome to the German government's decision, saying that the German government took the initiative to end the war, which was in line with the current trend and the interests of the majority of all countries.
On behalf of the military, Defense Minister Hu Jialin announced that three group armies would be urgently dispatched to Germany to maintain peace, and the first group army would arrive in Berlin within 24 hours by air. In his speech, Hu Jialin asked the Soviet troops to suspend the offensive and wait for the German troops to withdraw before entering, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties.
Surprisingly, no country objected to the South China government's statement.
Britain had its own considerations, most of France was still under German control, and the Soviet Union had reached the border area of East Prussia, only a step away from Berlin, and even if it was a speed, the Soviet Union would occupy Germany faster than the Allies. Rather than cheapen the Soviets, it would be better to let Germany continue to exist, acting as a curtain wall against the Red Soviet Union as it did before the start of World War II.
Not to mention the French, now that even the capital Paris is still in the hands of the German army, and there is nothing more good for France to be able to regain the lost benefits without a fight. As for Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and other countries, their homes have been lost, and now there is hope for their recovery, how can they not be overjoyed?
As for the USSR, it also had its own considerations.
Now the Soviet army seems to be strong, but in fact it is weak, tens of millions of troops are full of a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled and women, especially food, ammunition and other materials still need to be borrowed from South China to buy, it can be said that every battle costs a lot of money, if you can peacefully recover Ukraine and the lower reaches of the Don River, save troops, for the next step to attack the Balkan Peninsula and take the Black Sea mouth is beneficial.
In this way, the German surrender was carried out so calmly, and Nanhua unexpectedly became the biggest winner, which made people smash their glasses.
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