Chapter 558: 558 German Town
A car with a license plate of the Berlin Security District Command was driving on the road, and the black painted car body reflected an extremely gorgeous light in the sun. This car was a special reception car for the generals of the German Wehrmacht Army. It did not belong to someone, but was responsible for receiving the generals returning to Berlin.
However, the car is not currently driving on the streets near Berlin, it is at least 100 kilometers away from Berlin. However, this morning the people in the car received an order to go to a small town near Berlin.
"Car?" A German civilian put down the tools in his hand, raised his head and looked at the car belonging to the German Wehrmacht with confusion while wiping his sweat. The civilians here could not have any good feelings for the military's cars, and the reason was related to the last large-scale military expansion.
This town has a large population and is considered a large-scale town. The last time the German Wehrmacht expanded its troops, it took away a total of 14,000 new recruits from here in one go, so the people in the town are instinctively sensitive to the military vehicles of the Wehrmacht.
"Why are you here again?" The woman next to her who was stacking the nearby bundled grass into the car also had a grudge: "When they came last time, they almost summoned all the young people in the town, and no one has been approved to come back on vacation yet."
"Fighting for the country is something that should be done, don't be mother-in-law anymore." The man who repaired the car scolded his wife in a stern tone: "Did you see the monument erected at the entrance of the town?"
His wife scolded him and closed her mouth with a resentful look on her face. Their oldest child is a veteran who has fought for half a year at the age of 21. She is now serving in North Africa. The photos sent back show that he is already a sergeant squad leader and looks much darker.
The car stopped in the square of the town. A major general waited for his assistant to open the car door before he got out of his car with decent weather. At this time, the weather was no longer necessary to wear coats issued by German generals. He was only wearing the general's uniform, and the major general star on his shoulder shone brightly.
He walked around the car and looked at the stone tablet erected in the center of the town, as if his face was full of reverence. He looked at it for a long time before he came out of his own thoughts and nodded apologetically to his assistant.
"Go in..." The major general looked at the common people around him who looked at him with uneasy eyes, feeling that it was indeed easy to cause misunderstandings when standing here. He said to his assistant: "Go to the mayor's office!"
His assistant nodded and followed the general with a briefcase in his arms. Two young German army soldiers stood at the door of the administrative hall in the center of the town. When the two saw the general walking towards him, they were obviously excited: "Standing attentively! Long live the head of state Akado Rudolph!"
"Long live the head of state!" The general gently signaled the ceremony and continued to move forward. Since the beginning of the war, some light infantry responsible for security work have been stationed in the German administrative units. These soldiers are newly trained recruits and are often replaced. Almost all soldiers who have just been recruited need to train for one month, and then be responsible for the guards and other work for one month before they are sent to the front line to participate in the battle.
Of course, this rule is not implemented well now. The front line is waiting for more soldiers to supplement the losses, so most soldiers are trained for 3 weeks, rest for one week and then sent to the front line.
"General! What is it enough to call our National Defense Forces Command? How can you work for your boss to come here in person?" The mayor sat in the office and did not stand up to greet him. After all, the two people belong to different departments, so there is no need to be too polite.
"This time I came here, I was ordered to find out the heroine of this letter." The major general smiled and asked the secretary to open the briefcase and took out a letter paper stained with blood from it. Because of the blood, the paper seemed to be wrinkled, but it could be seen that the letter was well kept along the way.
The mayor was stunned, then frowned and stared at the general's eyes: "Spy case? We don't have any important military bases here, and not many such things happen! Or is it a woman? You can't make a mistake, right?"
The general laughed: "Don't guess it, you'll know it after a look. Marshal Bolauxiche personally inquired about this matter has been filed in the Propaganda Department. After verification, it will be used as imperial propaganda materials at an appropriate time."
Confusion was written all over the mayor's eyes. He took the letter and looked carefully. The lines of blood-stained words gradually stretched out his brows, and the expression in his eyes also changed from doubt to emotion.
I don’t know if you will think of me, maybe you won’t miss me. But I really don’t miss you all the time. Imagine what kind of person you will marry and how to spend your wonderful youth... As long as you live well, I will be happy when I go to heaven...
At that time, I will propose to you and hold a wedding that everyone envies. We will have many children and live happily together until we are 100 years old, who will love you forever.
The mayor closed the letter, stood up with a smile, took out a bottle of French red wine from the cabinet next to him, and handed an empty cup to the general: "You know, we only sent more than 14,000 fathers and sons to the battlefield half a year ago. This time you came here, I thought you came here for the source of troops."
Obviously, the mayor had no intention of entertaining military personnel with good wine. No matter what these generals did, it seemed that they were bad news: if they lost the war, they needed to continue recruiting troops; if they came to catch spies or collude with the enemy, the local government did not like these German Wehrmacht generals. They represented a lot of bad things and endless bad news. But it was obvious that this time was not the case, so he took out the wine.
"In fact, we have no larger mobilization plan in the short term. The head of state hopes to end the war, but obviously the Soviets and Americans hope that we will continue to fight. This is not something we can do just by ourselves." The general took the wine glass and politely asked the mayor to fill his wine glass.
The mayor nodded: "But I will fully assist in what the military requires this time. I will arrange for people to find this girl. She should receive this love from afar."
"Thank you!" The general took a sip of the wine, then smiled and pointed to the stone tablet outside and said, "Do you still believe what is written on that monument?"
"Of course!" Without thinking, the mayor immediately replied: "We firmly believe in the above words, which is our belief and our oath!"
The general solemnly agreed: "Because of you, we all firmly believe that the German Empire will become the world's leading power."
The mayor glanced at the general, then turned around and called his secretary, and arranged people to find a family in the town. The German wartime household registration statistics were very strict and orderly, so the assistant soon found the current address of the Coria family.
"Go together?" After the general got the result he wanted, he immediately put down his wine glass and stood up, suggesting to the mayor.
"Together!" The mayor nodded, and the two walked out of the house together.
Soon, they drove to Coria's house, where they found a girl named Coria who was working for her mother. They asked to confirm their identity and mentioned the boy named Bode. Obviously, the girl knew Bode and talked about the somewhat stupid neighbor classmate in a chatty way.
"Miss, I think he will never come back. Here is a letter he left to you. I hope you can accept it." The general saluted the girl with regret, and then handed the letter to the girl who was stunned.
Soon, cries came from the room. In the quiet town, it was like branches swaying in the wind, making people heart-wrenching and heart-breaking. As a life goes away, this love may never leave any result, but it still exists, engraved in this era, leaving an eternal mark.
"Why? Why don't you tell me in person? Why?" Coria sat on the ground crying with the blood-stained letter. She must have liked Bode too. Who would know that the letter for the first confession became a farewell for two people.
The mayor patted the girl on the shoulder and comforted her: "He is a warrior who sacrificed for Germany, and everyone in the town will be proud of him."
The general finally stood silently under the stone tablet in the town for a long time before getting into the car and leaving. When he left, he was singing majestic songs in the town. Everyone shouted the slogan of dedication to Germany, and excitedly shouted the name of the soldier Bode, his voice rising from the waves.
During World War I, the town selected 10,000 soldiers and sent them to the front line. Soon, these 10,000 soldiers were almost killed in a battle. The people in the town were not afraid of death, and they immediately summoned another 10,000 people to continue fighting for their motherland.
In the end, 30,000 people in the entire town walked onto the battlefield and fought against the enemies of Britain and France on the cruel Western Front. In 1919, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers returning to their hometown in the town. They erected a stone tablet in the center of the town to commemorate the dead relatives. The stone tablet was engraved with a line of words: Even if we all died in battle, Germany will last forever.
Chapter completed!