.The Third Reich under the Ten Thousand Characters  Volume 5: Battle of Britain   Chapter 30: A word “prosperity”

Why did Xu Yang hold so many informal gatherings in the Prime Minister's Office? That's because the internal political structure of the Third Reich, which had just been cleaned, was still unstable. He could only gather these military-powered generals together. In addition to avoiding rebellions, he also had another purpose, that is, to completely isolate the general and the political institutions and try his best to prevent them before they happen.

Military members held informal report meetings in Hall 3, while government officials were gathered in Hall 2 for a banquet. Tonight, anyone would record anyone who talks to and what they said, and then pass them to a special intelligence agency for deletion. If something is found, someone would naturally send the report to Xu Yang, and Xu Yang would decide whether to react.

Any careful prevention is necessary in this tense moment of regime alternation, and now, the worrying rebellion has not yet occurred, but troubles from outside have come.

Seldev kept standing outside the study door. Although he was stereotyped, he was definitely not a fool. He saw some clues in the face of Ribintrop who left, and then Heidrich and Bom were urgently summoned, which even further showed that his leader was in trouble.

After Heidrich and Bom entered, Seldev clearly heard his leader roaring and roaring. Then the banging sound of his hand hitting the table. Seldev seemed to hear his leader cursing, "Carnaris, this traitor!", and then the door was suddenly opened, and Bom stretched out his head with a blue face to summon General Grame..." Before he finished speaking, the door was closed with a slam.

Even a person as dull as Seldev understood the importance of things. He finally learned to put aside the stereotypes. He ran wildly in the corridor regardless of his demeanor and summoned Gram. After Seldev immediately reported to his superiors and asked more guards to be sent to guard the Prime Minister's Office.

After Grame was summoned, Seldev became busier and busier. He needed to run back and forth to invite generals after general for his leader.

At 12:15 pm on June 7, the SS launched a large-scale campaign to carry out a curfew. After learning that the SS dispatched a large number of troops to monitor Berlin, the citizens did not panic. They regarded the SS's move as preparing for tomorrow's inauguration. Moreover, no one in Berlin was willing to go out to stroll in late at night on June 7, just because they hoped that they would be able to attend the inauguration ceremony of the head of state tomorrow.

At twelve twenty, the National Defense Forces stationed outside Berlin were also ordered, and three infantry regiments were ordered to secretly monitor the movements of friendly troops beside the military camp. If there is any abnormal movement, they can launch armed suppression.

The so-called friendly forces are the inspection troops prepared for the inauguration ceremony. These soldiers who were airlifted from the French front, the Polish front, the Norwegian front, and the Denmark front are all soldiers who have made military achievements. They will take five hundred people as a square formation to accept the inspection of the new head of state in front of the ceremony platform tomorrow. Some special tribute soldiers will walk to the ceremony platform to receive the medals given by the new head of state. For these people, tomorrow is also the most glorious moment for them as soldiers!

Kettle was later summoned into the study. When he learned that Xu Yang was dispatching troops to monitor the soldiers who had made military achievements, his face changed drastically and he asked to withdraw the surveillance force in a tactful manner.

"They are all soldiers who fought hard on the first line of fire for Germany!"

After calming down, Xu Yang felt that doing this was a bit too much. Then he thought, if he didn't trust these troops, who should he trust in the future? Then he withdrew the surveillance force and issued an inconsistent order that Xu Yang did not want to be disappointed in the hearts of the soldiers. What's more important is that Xu Yang wanted to show an absolute trust.

Kettle comforted: "You must take this risk, so that you can win the loyalty of all the soldiers."

It is also true that Xu Yang felt more and more that he was not mature enough and could not truly be 100% calm when encountering an accident. Then, Xu Yang openly expressed his concerns to Keseling, Keitel, Heidrich, Gram, Franzhard, and Bom, and explained what happened in Portugal in person. He asked the generals present to help him provide advice.

In less than half an hour, a special action plan temporarily named beheading was introduced.

That night, twenty-five large Junkers transport aircraft were launched in an emergency at the main airport of Berlin, and the escort was accompanied by a Henkelhe-fighter brigade with two sub-fuel tanks. The twenty-five large Junkers transport aircraft were equipped with 350 elite soldiers called special forces and special operations expert Lieutenant General Bom. They will replenish oil on the French front to ensure that there is no accident. The Air Force affiliated to the B Army Group of the French front sent a Messer-Chmid escort squadron, which also had two sub-fuel tanks, and then immediately flew to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal to carry out special missions.

At the same time, an emergency order issued from Berlin arrived at Cherbourg Airport on the French front on the evening of June 7. Hugospeller, stationed at Cherbourg Airport, immediately ordered the Third Air Force to be dispatched in ladders and intercepted planes from the British mainland to Portugal at any cost. The German Voluntary Air Force stationed in Ponfedara, Spain, was also received.

It was already sixteen in the middle of the night after deploying and issuing the order. After everything he should have done, the study room fell into silence. Needless to say, what Xu Yang was thinking about was the thought of, but the other generals were in silence, and they were desperately trying to suck the clouds and fog.

Heidrich stood up in silence, walked to Xu Yang, and stood up calmly, "Hisser Leader, I am willing to take my due responsibility for this negligence!"

Xu Yang looked at Heidrich and didn't see any expression on Heidrich's face. Heidrich was always that dead face. Xu Yang knew that the reason why Heidrich stood up and took responsibility was that he said gratefully, "No! This is the responsibility I should bear, it has nothing to do with you..."

Before the words were finished, Keseling, Kettle, Gram and other generals present stood up one after another, and said, "Your Excellency the Leader..."

Xu Yang raised his hand to stop their speech, walked slowly towards the falling window. He stood still and turned around, "I never regard myself as God. God will not make mistakes, but people will. What I can do now is not to hold anyone accountable, but to try my best to make up for my own mistakes. If a small negligence ruined the advantages created by millions of soldiers in the empire with their blood and sacrifice, I will be a sinner of Germany..."

What the generals wanted to persuade. In the end, only Keselin took a step forward, but he opened his mouth and the first syllable had not been sent out. Xu Yang said again: "If I really go to that step, no one needs to pursue it. All I can do is fight on the front line until the last moment and end my life with the last bullet!"

Everyone was silent. They knew that Germany had innate shortcomings and could not confront the whole world at all, so they adopted the strategy of being in line with each other and tried their best to find allies for Germany. In order to make up for its innate shortcomings, they were even willing to accept Italy, known as the European bitch, as their ally. The main reason was to obtain Italian resources and funds. As for whether the Italian army was a coward club, the German generals no longer cared about it, because these were secondary, and the most important thing was to add strength to Germany, even this way.

Is it useful to hold the responsibility at this time? Obviously, it is useless at all. They care about their own leaders, and whether the head of the empire will not believe in their own judgment or become depressed because of this.

Xu Yang saw the generals' worries, pretended to be cheerful, and laughed loudly, "My generals, things are far from bad as we imagined! Bom is an excellent specialist in special warfare, and we should trust him. He will work with the soldiers to eliminate this hidden danger of Portugal for the empire. Yes, I firmly believe they can do it!"

No one really cares about it now. They don't know that they have created another first in military history

The beheading operation carried out special airborne operations, controlling the Portuguese royal family at the lowest cost. The above and below can achieve their own political goals.

But, what do you care about this? They only hope that the combat plan will be successful.

The gloom on the generals' faces gradually dissipated. Whether pretending or being naturally optimistic, their smiles returned to their faces. At this time, they suddenly realized that it was past twelve o'clock. Although Xu Yang has not officially taken office yet, they have regarded Xu Yang as the current head of the Third Reich. Kesselin first made the move to tidy up his military uniform, and then the generals tidy up their military uniforms. They looked at each other and arranged them neatly...

Keseling was ranked first in the queue, followed by Ketel, then Heidrich, and then Gram, standing in the queue, Lieutenant General Med. They stood straight, their faces were tightly tense, and they saluted at the same time: "My Head!"

Xu Yang looked at his general with bright eyes, feeling very moved. The only decadence in his heart was thrown away, he walked up quickly, returned gifts to each general, shook hands one by one, and sincerely expressed his gratitude and reliance on them.

"You are all pillars of the country!" Apart from this sentence, Xu Yang really didn't know how to express his touch.

Except for Heidrich, Kesering, Kettle and others, their expressions were stunned, and their hearts were trembling without competing, and their expressions became complicated.

Of course, Xu Yang saw the expressions of every general. After he said that, he knew that he had used the wrong word. He should replace the pillars of the country with the generals of the country.

The word "Pillar of the Country" is used in this era. One is the praise used by the emperor (king) under the monarchy system to encourage his subordinates; the other is the words of the people to praise a certain in power. Obviously, if Xu Yang praised him so much behind the generals, it would be nothing. It was mainly because he said it in front of the generals, which was a metaphor that was biased towards the emperor.

Grame was the first to react or the most indifferent person. He laughed happily and said, "My Head, are you going to Hall 1 now? You are half an hour late, and the generals and government officials must be waiting in a hurry." Hall 1 may be the largest banquet hall used for meetings in the world. There are no seats in it, and there is no high platform for speeches. However, its decoration can also be said to be the most gorgeous in the world, just because it is filled with various historical and cultural heritages.

The so-called historical and cultural heritage is the great wealth left by the top cultural figures of various eras to the people of the world. These wealth can be some oil paintings with rich meanings. Of course, there will be no lack of genuine writings that have become historical epics, or even tools or other tools that great men have used.

Of course, the most special thing is not these above. The Third Empire calls itself the inheritor of the Holy Roman Empire, and this is not just a matter of saying that. In this hall No. 1, there are some armor and swords of the ancient Roman emperors. The most important thing is that the inheritance of Conrad I of the Holy Roman Empire is in the treasures, and the legendary Crown of Caesar is also included!

Of course, these historical and cultural heritages are definitely not exposed to the air, they are contained in them by a sealed glassware. However, Xu Yang rarely cares about those things, such as the so-called Caesar Crown, and he disdains it. He feels that power cannot be given by anything at all. Compared with other scholars or intentional people, Xu Yang only regards them as objects, rather than holy instruments with important meanings.

It may be a bit unreal. But in real history, Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia was not entirely the territory of Czechoslovakia, but a scepter collected in the National Museum of Prague. Hitler firmly believed that with that scepter, he could become the overlord of Europe and even the whole world. (Judge it yourself, honor is also heard from the truth...)

The entrance door of Hall No. 1 was pushed open, and first what came into Xu Yang's ears was a buzzing sound. It was obviously because the guests had been waiting for a long time, so they simply raised it into a small circle and chatted. Then there was the "Attention!" shouted by Serdev with all his strength on the side.

Serdev originally wanted to shout "The Head of the Army has arrived", but it changed to "All attention". After he finished shouting, the buzzing sound in the hall did not calm down immediately, because the hall was too big, and the architectural pattern determined the direction of the sound. Only the sound emitted in the front can reach the entire hall, and the middle and rear sections did not have this function. He turned his head depressedly and looked at Xu.

Xu Yang looked up at the top, and hundreds of curtain crystal lamps were hung in the air, which made the hall full of light without losing its solemnity.

Xu Yang found that the crowd was not calming down, so he turned around and smiled at Keseling and others and said, "Let's go ahead?" After that, he walked and Keseling and others followed closely behind. On the way, the people who had arrived at Xu Yang automatically quieted down and retreated to both sides.

There were so crowded people that there would definitely not be too many people who could find that Xu Yang had arrived. The sound of Xu Yang did not stop until Xu Yang came to the front, and there was no high platform here. If everyone was to be quiet, there would be only a reminder again. Xu Yang did not want others to lift it up high and then attract the attention of others, so he could only let Serdev inform him again.

Seldev received a gesture, took a deep breath, finished brewing, no longer cared about anything else, opened his mouth wide, and yelled wildly: "The head of state is here!"

As I said before, the structure of the building will affect the spread of voice lines. When I heard this rumor roaring in front of me, the buzzing finally gradually calmed down.

Well... Xu Yang found that Seldev had a very loud voice and had the potential to be a ceremonial official.

What does it feel like to be stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes? It’s hard to say, it’s really hard to say, it’s a feeling of tension that every move is being paid attention to. In this case, it seems that someone is speculating and guessing about everything he is thinking.

Of course, it is also a sense of vanity that attracts attention, especially those who look at you with respect and worship. At this time, if the person who is being paid attention is not calm enough, he will increasingly regard himself as a human being, but as a god! Well... When this mentality expands to a certain level, it is really a god, a lunatic...

Xu Yang was not nervous. If there hadn't been any of the incident of Portugal's back alliance, he might have felt a sense of vanity. The current staring at thousands of eyes only made Xu Yang understand that the burden on him was very heavy. Each gaze seemed to have become a substance, overlapping one by one, but it was a weighty thing, pressing heavily on him...

Under everyone's gaze, Xu Yang rubbed his eyes, then straightened his waist and said, "Sorry, I've slept late, so I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Almost everyone was stunned, and then they showed the expression that was like this. Xu Yang, who was standing in the front, apologized to everyone. Then everyone in the hall followed him and laughed, and everyone laughed. The originally serious atmosphere was diluted by the laughter, and replaced with a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere.

After waiting for the laughter to stop, Xu Yang said, "To express my apology, let me present a story to all the distinguished guests."

"In 9 AD, in this year, Aminius, the leader of the Germanic Sherroux tribe, defeated three Roman legions in the Forest of Toyto, and at this point, the first hero of our Germanic nation appeared."

Xu Yang smiled reservedly and said: "The word German appeared in the 8th century AD, but it was not until the Middle Ages that a German Empire was officially born in 911 AD. Who was the first emperor of the German Empire?"

Some people said, "Conrad I, the king of the Holy Roman Empire."

Xu Yang shook his head and said loudly: "It's Conrad I, but the name is not the Holy Roman Empire, it should be the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation!"

The emergence of the German nation was a process that lasted for many centuries; the word German began around the 8th century AD and initially represented only a language used in the eastern part of the Fran Empire. This empire that reached its peak under the rule of Karl the Great included many tribes, whose languages ​​were either Germanic or Roman. After the death of Karl the Great (the empire fell apart soon after it was distributing the heritage. In the process of distributing heritage, the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire appeared, and the political boundaries between the two were roughly equivalent to the language boundaries between German and French. The residents of the Eastern Empire gradually developed a sense of being closely related. The name German changed from a language to a language speaker, and finally used it to call their living areas, that is, the German-speaking countries at that time.

The western border of Germany was determined and always remained stable early, while the eastern border was the opposite, which had been changing for many centuries. Around 900 AD, it was generally bounded by the Elbe River and the Saal River. In the following hundreds of years, the German residential reclaimed areas expanded to the east until it stopped in the middle of the 14th century. The national border between the German and Slavic peoples formed at that time remained until the current World War II.

Of course, in modern times, the so-called German country was the Second German Empire formed by the Bismarck Empire after the unification of Germany, and the South German countries and the North German Federation. William I was the first emperor of the German Empire.

Xu Yang asked with a smile again: "What is my first paragraph? Who will give me a hint?"

Hedrich obviously understood that Xu Yang's words and couldn't help but be excited, and took a step forward and shouted loudly: "You said the first hero of the Germanic nation!"

Xu Yang nodded, straightened his waist even more, and said as he walked: "Our nation has countless heroes, and our people are not lacking in the sentiment of respecting heroes!" He paused suddenly, and the military boots stepped on his face made a loud noise, "We have a glorious beginning, and we will continue to demonstrate the sense of honor of the German people. I... and you, together with you, hold the pulse of an era, and this era will be permanently passed on because of our existence!"

Thousands of people shouted in unison: "Glory belongs to Germany!"

These people seem to think that such slogans cannot fully express their excitement at the moment. First, one person shouted "Germany will always prosper", and then followed them all. The "prosperity" can express what most people today are pursuing.

Xu Yang showed a look of relief from his responsibilities. He still grasped the people's desire for national prosperity and achieved his goal. He knew that even if there were particularly ambitious people present, they would hide their ambitions under this general trend and dare not make any changes.

And it seems that Xu Yang only needs to wait for the inauguration ceremony now...
Chapter completed!