Chapter 31: The Prussian Crown on the Eagle's Head
.The Third Reich under the Ten Thousand Characters Volume 5: Battle of Britain Chapter 31: The Prussian Crown Weared by the Eagle
Berlin on the 7th of the month was destined to attract attention from the whole world; at five o'clock in the morning, teams of armed soldiers were wearing brand new uniforms and lined up from the suburbs into Berlin City. The sound of military boots and gravel roads colliding across the streets of Berlin.
These soldiers had just returned from the front line. The troops they were in were units that had made military achievements on the line of fire. These people were soldiers who were more active in fighting on the front line. They were recommended by the commanders of the troops and then carried the air force to return to Berlin with special transport planes. They had only one purpose in coming to Berlin, which was to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new head of state and accept the inspection of the new head.
Tonight is definitely a sleepless night for the residents of Berlin. At around twelve o'clock, the sleeping Berlin residents were awakened by the rumbling sound of the engine. The curious person got up and opened the window and saw that the street was full of armed armored vehicles running in at high speed. Then, a truck full of SS soldiers parked on the street downstairs. The soldiers jumped out of the truck, and stood every three meters under the shouts of the officers. They looked at the soldiers' faces with street lights. They could clearly see the soldiers' faces with a vigilant look, and their eyes were also scanning the buildings, as if they were defending something.
"How many soldiers have come?" People who ask themselves often can only answer themselves: "Many! Looking from the street at this end to the end of the street at the other end are full of armed soldiers!" Then another question arises, "What happened?" Purchase, Berlin, as the capital of the Third Reich of Germany, is in a strange atmosphere. In the past five days, officials have been arrested every day for embezzlement or some reason. Berlin is the capital of the Third Reich, and the number of administrative officials will definitely not be too small. The tension in the family of the arrested officials has been transmitted to the residents of Berlin, which has enveloped Berlin with a tense atmosphere at any time. No one knows whether something will happen in Berlin tomorrow. This strange atmosphere is easy to feel depressing. Even the ceremonial ceremony of the new head of state cannot dilute the strong gloom in the hearts of the residents.
Subsequently, a large amount of evidence showed that the arrested were indeed criminals who violated the law, and the arrest did not involve civilians. The panic in the hearts of Berlin residents finally faded. While scolding the criminals, they felt very relieved. With the replacement of staff in government departments, residents clearly felt that the government's administrative efficiency had become more efficient. The necessities of daily necessities that used to take in half an hour or even a few hours can now be completed in just a few minutes. And there is no need to wait for a long queue to receive them. After the application is completed, people will naturally deliver them to their doorsteps in person. This is also the first time that Berlin residents and even civilians around the world have enjoyed the efficient benefits from administrative departments. In the past, no government department has ever performed the door-to-door delivery service.
The actual benefits are always more touching than empty promises. After getting the benefits, Berlin residents also learned about the relevant consultation when they knew that the Third Reich would soon implement the policy of home delivery service in full. They suddenly realized that this was the government creating employment opportunities and allowing more people to have living security.
Immediately, most people began to believe in some rumors, such as the new government will increase the social treatment of military families, national welfare, improve the working environment of workers, restore labor and music tour groups, etc. People have reason to believe that under the leadership of the new head of state, Germany will no longer be just a military power, but will also be a happy country with guaranteed people's lives.
In the past, the citizens of the Third Reich of Germany pursued the expansion of their living space for the country and regained their lost self-confidence and sense of honor. Under this pursuit and belief, they united in fulfilling their national obligations. They sent their relatives into the army and fought bloody battles on the front line.
The war has been going on for nine months, and the country's army has also won victories on the front line, but their lives have not improved much. Some people have begun to become confused. It can be said that some people have already wavered in their hearts. At this moment, the implementation of new policies suppressed the upcoming dissatisfaction of the people, making them believe that their efforts have gradually been rewarded, and also giving them reason to believe that as long as they keep following the government, not only can the country become stronger, but their lives will also be basically guaranteed.
Of course, there is no absolute perfection in the world. The basic guarantee of the people's life is met, and it will inevitably lead to recent performance. It is really a bit iron-blooded and cruel. The people are still worried that if the leader of the world's largest violent organization will implicate some people because of a certain part of the crimes? While they are worried, they also think that in the war era, a leader who can not only make victory in the army but also pay attention to the living standards of the people is so hard to come by. Under some intentional guidance, perhaps... Xu Yang only needs to make some achievements after he comes to power to improve the lives of the people, and he firmly grasps the legitimate violent organization. It is not impossible to be dictatorial?
Tonight is not only a sleepless night for Berlin residents and soldiers who are about to be inspected. For government officials and military generals invited to the Prime Minister's Office, they also have no chance to rest. Most invited people certainly understand why they were summoned to the Prime Minister's Office, and it is definitely not the new head of state who valued them. They understand in their hearts that the reason for being invited is probably indiscriminate surveillance, reducing the possibility of subversion before victory.
Although the guests who knew the reason were dissatisfied, they felt it was reasonable. A powerful head of state would not arbitrarily allow the unstable members to act in private, causing any uncertain events. In the tense moments, if some inevitable measures are not taken, the person is either an arrogant man or a fool without a sense of crisis. Obviously, they do not think that the new head of state is a fool. On the contrary, they think that the new head of state is a cautious and iron-fisted person. After recognizing this fact, he put the new room and gathered together to chat calmly. As for the guards arranged to monitor, just pretend that they didn't see it.
As the protagonists of tomorrow's inauguration ceremony, Xu Yang is closely exchanging views with Keselin, Keitel, Heidrich, Gram, Hader, Yodel, and some government officials.
They talked a lot that night. Before they knew it, they stopped talking until the loud sound of marching and sprinting on the street and stood at the window and looked out.
Looking down from the third floor of the Prime Minister's Office, a group of soldiers were neatly marching on William Street. The soldiers who returned to Berlin from the front line seemed very strong. A tall and strong soldier held a flag representing the number of the troops and marched proudly forward with a phalanx of five hundred people. This phalanx followed by thirteen phalanxes of the same number. They would go to the main street of the Bodhi tree located in front of the Monument to the Unknown Warriors, where they lined up neatly, waiting for inspection.
Xu Yang glanced at the number of the first row of square formations and used an admirable tone of soldiers of the infantry division! They were the 7th Army of the 4th Army, right?" Without waiting for the generals to respond, they praised: "What a warlike army! They were the first infantry division to attack Lille for street fighting. They showed excellent combat effectiveness in street fighting, and they independently cleared the two French infantry divisions stationed in the western city of Lille. For the troops behind, they would personally award the first (second) Iron Cross Medal to the thirteen officers and four soldiers in this square formation."
Kettle smiled reservedly. He was obviously happy that Xu Yangneng remembered the achievements of a unit. Xu Yangneng always remembered how many medals to award to which phalanx, which moved Kettle inexplicably. But he said something completely different from his mood: "My head of state is today, not tomorrow."
Xu Yang's face suddenly became cold. When everyone felt that Xu Yang was about to get angry, Xu Yang laughed happily: "Yes, my general. It's today, not tomorrow, it's me who said the wrong thing." After that, Xu Yang looked out the window again, looking down from top to bottom, one square after another walking by in neat goose steps, and a smile remained on his face.
Everyone who saw this scene thought to himself: "What a unimaginable head of state." Then, they would feel relieved again, just because Xu Yang's performance has always been inconsistent with his age. More and more people will gather around Xu Yang because of multiple elements; Xu Yang's military literacy is only one of them, and more of them are probably the affinity and charm that Xu Yang will release all the time. As well as his own opinion on future development, perhaps. There is also the iron-blooded person who uses any means to make the country prosperous and strong.
In the turbulent era, people are more willing to follow a leader who has his own opinions and can suppress all opponents with iron blood. The saying is very correct. The real struggle only exists to the death and cannot be merciful, because any mistake does not bring about personal demise. Those who follow him will also be blood-cleaned with the death of the leader. No one wants to become someone else's burial objects, so choosing to follow anyone becomes something that needs to be carefully considered.
Undoubtedly, Xu Yang's performance has always won him a lot of points. As long as he persists like this, more and more followers will follow him. At that point, Xu Yang lacks only an opportunity to completely control the entire Third Reich of Germany!
Of course, Xu Yang's advantages are also his shortcomings. Although his iron fist, who can use any means to do things, can effectively eliminate the threat exposed by the enemy, it also allows those enemies to hide their intentions more cautiously. If one day Xu Yang becomes weak or makes a big mistake, then those hidden enemies will jump out and take advantage of the critical moment when Xu Yang cannot take into account both the head and tail, and defeat Xu Yang in one fell swoop...
Xu Yang once said to Heidrich very calmly: "I have many shortcomings, and I have always understood very rationally what I lack. However, because of your existence, these shortcomings will be filled."
This is Xu Yang's personal charm. He made good use of every subordinate and tried his best to let his subordinates do things that he could not do for him, give his subordinates enough trust (at least on the surface), so that his subordinates can have room to play their jobs. Heidrich is good at intelligence work and anti-subversion. Xu Yang let Heidrich be in charge of the intelligence and security department, while Rommel is good at fighting, so Xu Yang let Rommel lead his own army, the Third Armored Division, to make achievements on the front line.
Xu Yang suddenly thought of some people, and his expression became gentle. When he thought that he would meet his friends from the military academy again after dawn and award them medals, Xu Yang was not moved.
Xu Yang has been preparing for too long today. At the beginning of his participation in the war, he arranged for his partners to serve in the main divisions. Now most of his partners are the commanders of the main divisions, and several of them have even climbed to the position of the commander by relying on military merits. Xu Yang firmly believes that as long as he relies on his members, even if he cannot fully grasp the National Defense Forces, he can rely on his partners' influence to have a considerable advantage in the National Defense Forces. At least these main divisions will stand completely on his side!
Thousands of thoughts were interrupted by the knock on the door. Xu Yang turned around and looked at Serdev and gently pushed open the door. He walked in and stood by the door and whispered: "Your Excellency Admiral Blaushich, Your Excellency Admiral Loeb, Your Excellency Admiral Longdestedt, Your Excellency Admiral Bock, Your Excellency Lieutenant General Guderian, and Major General Rommel, arrive!"
How could the inauguration ceremony of the new head of state lose these famous generals who are good at fighting? They handed over the command of the frontline troops to the second person in charge of each army group. They arranged the combat plan and took special planes at different times and arrived in Berlin almost at the same time. They were so rich. Before others entered the room, the voice came first: "My young man from Stark, I finally waited for today, hahahaha..."
A group of famous generals with star shining enter the room one after another. As soon as Leb came in, he walked towards Xu Yang quickly and hugged him hard, which made Xu Yang feel surprised. Leb almost yelled. "No matter what you do, Lao Le will always stand on your side, do it boldly!"
Xu Yang was moved again, but if Loeb could lighten his strength, Xu Yang would be even more moved... On the carriage where the goddess of victory was riding on the top of Brandenburg Gate, the goddess of victory held a scepter with an oak wreath in her right hand and was shining with golden light. The iron cross inside the wreath was filled with dark gold-like colorfulness, which seemed to be telling something.
The winged eagle standing on the wreath is even more majestic against the sunset, and its eyes look down on the sky. Its eagle looks arrogant and looks down on everything in the world. The eagle's claws that hold the edge of the wreath are strong and powerful. It dares to roar at anyone, "Don't resist, otherwise my claws will tear you apart!" The wings that swing open seem to bring a storm that makes the world unable to resist. The Prussian crown above the eagle's head is so noble that it dares not look directly...
The 12 Doric columns each with a height of 15 meters and a diameter of 1.75 meters at the bottom support not only buildings, but also supports Germany's past and future!
The solemnity and majesty of the Brandenburg Gate were used to tell the world about the majesty of the Prussian kingdom capital at its heyday. It once symbolized the rise of Prussia and the first unification of the German Empire. Now, with the frequent success of the Third Emperor's team, it has been added with a color, which represents the prosperity of the Third Empire!
The square expanding around with Brandenburg Gate as the center was crowded with people in costumes, with their faces filled with excitement, excitement, and impatient expressions. People stood up straight and stretched their necks to look at the Paris Square. As they looked at the direction they were paying attention, the Paris Square was also crowded with people, and looking further away at the street under the Bodhi tree, there were still dense crowds of people in costumes!
A cheer that resounded through the sky suddenly rang out on the other end of the street under the Bodhi Tree. Then, a cabriolet appeared on the main street in the center of the street under the Bodhi Tree and slowly drove towards the Brandenburg Gate. Every time the cabriolet moves forward, the buildings on the street under the Bodhi Tree echoes the 8-meter-long flag hanging on the building. The Stark and his son stood shoulder to shoulder in the back seat of the cabriolet. During their conversation, they sometimes waved their hands to the crowd, which each time triggered a huge cheer.
The cabriolet carrying two former heads of state and current heads of state were cheering in the number of etiquette cars of government officials and major generals. These officials with actual political achievements and the famous warriors who rushed back from the front line.
Next to the convoy were more than a dozen follow-up cameras, which would record the entire process of the inauguration ceremony and provide it to all citizens of the Third Reich to watch, so that citizens who could not come to the scene could understand the process of the inauguration ceremony through the documentary, and would also watch the grand military parade held during the period from it.
The reason why this convoy came from the east of the street under the Bodhi Tree was because they had just inspected the infantry phalanx, armored vehicles, tank phalanx, rocket launcher phalanx, and of course, the cavalry phalanx that was indispensable for holding a grand ceremony must also be among the inspected troops.
Amid the cheers, the convoy came to the Brandenburg Gate. For some reason, for a brief stop. Under everyone's gaze, the convoy moved again. With everyone's heavy breathing, the convoy did not bypass the main entrance, but drove straight towards the passage dedicated to the royal family at a very slow speed...
When the convoy passed through the Royal Pass for Brandenburg Gate, the scene was terrifyingly quiet. Until the convoy's figure appeared in everyone's sight again, people saw Xu Yang, who was standing in the back seat of the first cabriolet, slowly turned around, focused on the Prussian crown worn by the eagle, and then raised his right hand very seriously to pay tribute!
"Long live!"
The first "Long Live" sounded, and the people in shock saw Xu Yang paying tribute to the Prussian crown, and relaxed, and the "Long Live" sounded one after another.
Xu Yang heard a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth when he heard the "Long Live" behind him, and then signaled the driver to speed up and drive towards Hindenburg Square.
The inauguration ceremony will be held in Hindenburg Square...
The world-renowned Third Reich's first official military parade will also kick off the drama there... Tired...
Chapter completed!