Chapter 17 Promotion
When Xu Jun took Hans and the two teams of SS soldiers out of the building, the entire building and countless Jews who were secretly watching all this behind the thick curtains on several nearby buildings had a feeling of escaping from the disaster and becoming a human being.
When they saw a German general coming out of the luxury car in front of them, they almost scared their souls. Since the massacre happened a few days ago, the entire Jewish district has been in extreme panic. They don’t know which neighborhood will be in the next massacre. Everyone has lost the hope of leaving here alive. No one knows what tomorrow will be. They can only work hard to live a good life today. Even if they die, these Jews hope to die with dignity.
In the eyes of these Jews, a German captain had the power to kill all the people on the street, and if a German general wanted, it would not be difficult to razed the entire isolation area. There was no reason for the Germans to kill Jews. But to everyone's surprise, there was no sound gunshots in the building this time, no screams or shouts were heard, and no one was dragged out of the building with his hair and threw them into a truck by German soldiers. Nothing they expected happened.
The Germans rushed into the building with murderous intent but quietly retreated. They quickly climbed onto the cars and left slowly like they came. When the convoy disappeared from the corner of the street, everyone couldn't help but breathe a long sigh.
"Hans, don't you want to ask me what I burned in front of me?" Xu Jun leaned comfortably on the soft cushion in the back seat of the car and looked at Hans with a smile. The destruction of the beacon made Xu Jun feel that the last stone that had been pressing on his heart fell to the ground, and his whole body felt indescribable relaxation and ease.
"No, I think General, if you could tell me, you would have told me a long time ago. If you don't tell me, it means that these are not what I should know. I won't ask about things I shouldn't know." Hans also replied with a smile. He found that the general was like a different person after the strange thing was burned. The smile that he hadn't seen for several days appeared on his face again. The general who was still in charge of commanding with a smile in the Belgian command center returned to him. Although Hans really wanted to know what it was, seeing what the general was now, what that thing was was nothing important to Hans. He was sincerely happy that his general could recover.
"Is that so? Hans, you are indeed my most reliable adjutant, you are an excellent soldier." Xu Jun nodded with satisfaction after hearing Hans' answer.
"Thank you for your praise for me, General, are we going back to the headquarters now?" Hans asked with a smile.
"Yes, I still have a lot of documents that I haven't had time to process. Besides, the latest battle report from the Commander is also coming. I really want to know what the front line is like now."
"Don't worry, the commander has not allowed us to return to the team yet, which means that the battle should be very smooth now. It seems that our days to defeat France are not far away."
"That's how I want to know more about the situation there, haha, I want to know when I can go to the streets of Paris to have coffee." Xu Jun said with a smile.
"After you said this, I am also curious about the recent situation on the front line." Hans also said with a smile.
Xu Jun smiled on his face and turned his gaze outside the car.
"The command has not yet summoned Muller and other front-line officials to return to the team. They have not put the principle that the powerful elite troops of the "Ceprus" Legion are not used. There must be problems with this matter." Xu Jun thought secretly in his heart.
After a while, a beautiful white building appeared in Xu Jun's vision. This was a beautiful French building. It was originally a wealthy Polish nobleman from the 14th century invited architects from France to keep up with the trend. Now this beautiful house has become its new headquarters.
The original SS command was beaten like a piece of cheese during a cleaning operation a few days ago. After Xu Jun held the office for two days there, he felt that it was too unconventional. As a result, with the recommendation of several Polish municipal officials, Xu Jun changed the building as a new command.
Since it is French, the beautiful main building is surrounded by large lawns and gardens, which is very beneficial to the headquarters' security defense. No one can cross the open grass forty or fifty meters without being discovered by the guarded sentry. If a brave guy wants to continue moving forward after being discovered by the sentry, the guy will find that he will face more than ten machine gun muzzles that are spraying flames. After such a dense strafing, it would be considered lucky to be able to keep a complete body.
When the convoy drove into the beautiful gate of the headquarters, Xu Jun saw from a distance through the car window that the open space and steps in front of the beautiful French building were now full of people.
"Hans, how did that happen in a while?" Xu Jun looked at Hans in confusion.
"I don't know, general. But I saw the military band, what kind of celebration should be? Is it an anniversary today? No?"
"Why didn't anyone tell me about the celebration?"
While the two were guessing in the car, the Mercedes-Benz had slowly turned a corner and drove onto the road leading to the main entrance of the building. The two trucks and the car leading the way continued along the original road towards the back of the headquarters.
"General...Is it dazzled by me or is it true? I saw Colonel Muller wearing... Oh my God, and Haron..." When the car approached the main building, Hans saw the two colleagues standing on the steps at a glance in the crowd. It was not because he was particularly familiar with the two, but because the two were dressed too conspicuous in the crowd.
"Hans, I think you read it right. It was indeed Mueller and Haron, but now I start to doubt whether I read it wrong. They..."
The car slowly stopped in front of the steps. Two armed SS members wearing full military dresses rushed to the front of the car door and respectfully opened the door.
"Everyone is in the eye! Play music."
With a loud command, the military musicians standing beside them immediately played the passionate military music. All the soldiers present stood up straight and stood attentively, while the Nazi administrative officials stood respectfully in place and bowed their heads to pay tribute.
Xu Jun walked out of the car, and he looked at everything around him blankly, and he was completely confused. Almost all the first and two-level administrative officials in Warsaw and all the senior officers of the Army and the Wrathful SS who were stationed in Warsaw gathered in front of their commander's department, and everyone looked at themselves with a respectful look on their faces.
Xu Jun had no idea what was going on. He walked up the stairs, turned around and nodded to the crowd around him. Then he turned to his subordinates standing on the stairs and raised his hand to salute. The officers quickly returned a standard salute respectfully.
"What happened this? Are there any important activities? Mueller, and what happened to you?" After the ceremony, Xu Jun asked in confusion at Mueller who was coming to him.
Muller walked down the steps with a smile on his face. He is now wearing a brand new general uniform with a brigade general's epaulette woven gold wire hanging on his shoulders. Haron is also walking behind Muller in a brand new army uniform with great energy.
Muller came to Xu Jun, and after he stood still, he closed his smile and changed into a serious expression. Muller said loudly to Xu Jun: "Welcome to come back, my marshal."
Mueller's words surprised Xu Jun.
"Marson? What Marshal..." Xu Jun exclaimed.
"It is you, Marshal Reinhardt von Steed. In order to commend your outstanding contributions to our great Third Reich and to match your honor and merits, you were promoted to Marshal of the Army yesterday afternoon by the Head of State. This is your new uniform and the order of the Head of State and the Commander. It was just delivered when you went out at noon. The Commander State also sent a special person and a special plane for this. In order to give you a surprise, the Commander State did not notify you. We have prepared for this ceremony for an afternoon."
Xu Jun saw an orderly soldier standing beside him holding a pallet, which contained a brand new marshal's uniform and a golden marshal's scepter.
Xu Jun was stunned by what happened suddenly. He never thought that such a thing would happen. Is this Hitler's first card? It was indeed beyond his expectations. Xu Jun thought that his brain hurt and did not think about why. However, he knew that in this situation, his every move would affect his image, so he immediately said to Mueller with a smile on his face: "So that's the case, I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that this was like a dream. Haha, Mueller, you arranged it well, thank you for your hard work. It seems that you and Haron have also achieved improvement. Congratulations."
"All this is the result of your cultivation of Marshal. If it weren't for you, we would have been just a small lieutenant colonel and a lieutenant. Under your command, we could have achieved the kind of achievements we have today. Unexpectedly, with you, we became generals in a month. This is something we dared not think of before. We can't express our gratitude to you in any language." Mueller said excitedly.
"Don't do this. Everything you have now is obtained by your own efforts and sweat. I have not done anything for you. Haha, you are also a general, and you must show off some general in the future." Xu Jun said with a smile while patting Muller's shoulder affectionately.
Then he turned around and shouted to the group of officials and officers under the steps: "Today I am really happy. This will be a day that I will never forget. I am very grateful to everyone for coming here to congratulate me on my promotion. I am not mentally prepared for this matter, and I really didn't expect that I could receive such a great honor. Now I really can't express my gratitude and admiration for the Head of State. I now announce that I will hold the greatest banquet in Warsaw here tonight, and everyone present will come to attend, and you can bring your family members. We will have a good party tonight. But now I still have some important things to deal with, so I can't entertain everyone now. When the banquet is in the evening, I will express my sincere thanks to all the guests who came to attend the ceremony."
Xu Jun's words disappointed the officials who were about to rush up and take a photo of the newly released young marshal and German deputy head of state flattery. However, after they thought that the evening banquet should be more suitable for them than the current occasion, they nodded and smiled and agreed.
"So, let's go back first, all the officers stay." Xu Jun smiled and waved to the crowd, then turned around and walked towards the gate.
When he looked at Mueller again, his face suddenly became as cold as ice. He whispered to Mueller: "You gather everyone in the conference room, I'll go there later. You want to give me a detailed report. I want to know what happened from beginning to end."
Xu Jun's sudden change of expression shocked Muller and several officers who were close to each other. They didn't know why the marshal was angry. Did he encounter something unpleasant when he went out in the afternoon? But seeing how he looked when he got off the car just now, he didn't seem to be unhappy. However, Xu Jun's words were an absolute order for them, so Muller quickly agreed, and then immediately ran aside and whispered to his colleagues.
At this time, Hans was slowly walking into the building with a look of confusion. He was holding Xu Jun's marshal's marshal's garment and the order. Seeing Hans, Muller quickly cast an inquiring gaze, then glanced at Xu Jun's back with his eyes. He meant "What happened? How could that person be so unhappy." Seeing Muller's eyes, Hans shrugged his shoulders, smiled bitterly, and shook his head, saying that he didn't understand what happened in a while. Then Hans accelerated his pace and chased Xu Jun.
Muller took off his military cap and scratched his head. He was puzzled by Xu Jun's abnormal reaction. Suddenly Muller remembered something. He hurriedly explained to the officers next to him and ran towards Xu Jun's office.
Xu Jun walked quickly to his office while thinking about his strange promotion in his mind. This was too unexpected and illogical. Now Xu Jun felt that his mind had been stirred up by this sudden incident, and a very bad premonition lingered in his heart, making him feel a burst of stuffy chest and a very irritable feeling.
He pushed open the door of his office, then walked to his desk angrily and sat down. He found that he actually had the desire to destroy something. How could he feel like this? Why was he so irritable? Xu Jun calmed down and asked himself secretly. Something must have happened but he didn't know. His current feeling may be an instinctive reaction to the uncertain danger he was about to face, an instinctive reaction to self-defense before the danger came.
What happened? What exactly Hitler wanted to do and what tricks he was playing. Promoting himself to a marshal is not in line with Hitler's usual style. Someone must be helping him, and there must be some huge conspiracy. What is it?
Xu Jun stood up and turned around in his office. Suddenly he found that he was not the only one in his office, and there was another person sitting quietly on the sofa on the side of the office looking at him. It seemed that this person had been in this office before Xu Jun came in. After Xu Jun came in, he was only considering what happened before, so he didn't notice him.
Xu Jun was shocked when he found someone sitting on the sofa, but when he saw the person's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but scream.
"It's you, why are you here..."
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Chapter completed!