The Third Reich of Struggle
Li De and Eva had just fallen asleep when they were woken up by a phone call. The ringing was very loud in the quiet night.
"Is it ever going to end?" Eva muttered, putting on her nightgown and answering the phone. After listening for a few sentences, she was wide awake, ran over to shake him: "Get up, get up, Adolf, Bormann is here to pick you up." As soon as she finished speaking, the horn sounded outside.
Li De suddenly sat up in bed and clenched his fist: "What is this stinky farm owner doing?"
Aiva had already brought the clothes: "He doesn't know where he got the news that the Japanese are going to find this place. You'd better leave quickly, Germans during the day and Japanese at night, if you stay any longer even Italians will be attracted."
"What's going on, letting a little Japanese guy chase him around in his own country." Although he said that, the person had already run out of the door and got into the car to leave, without even saying goodbye to Aiwa. Li De thought of an idiom: "In a flurry like a fish escaping from a net, in a panic like a dog whose owner has died."
The car had just turned a corner and in the distance saw a car with a Japanese flag parked at Aiwa's small courtyard gate.
The car drove along the straight highway, heading directly to the outskirts of Berlin, and stopped in a quiet and elegant high-end villa residential area, where Goebbels was waiting by the guard post.
Bormann said to Goebbels, "What a close call that was!" A few people came into Goebbels' living room, where Magda brought in steaming hot coffee.
Magda said, "What's the point of not speaking out? Why sneak around like a thief avoiding the police?" Goebbels glared at her fiercely, glaring all the way upstairs and into the room.
"Bowman burst out laughing: 'In Germany, a Japanese madman chased me all over the place, just thinking about it makes me want to laugh.'"
G?bbels said: "It seems they are in a hurry. If we don't declare war, the Triple Treaty will probably become a scrap of paper."
"No way." Li De said loudly, looking up at the building and then lowering his voice, "The Three-Power Pact stipulates that when Japan is attacked, we can lend a hand. The problem now is that those idiots are taking risks, raising their samurai swords first. In 1940, the US steel production was six times that of Japan. If the US enters wartime production, its steel production will definitely exceed that of Germany, Italy and Japan by more than ten times, not to mention oil... Alas..."
Goebbels cracked his knuckles and paced back and forth in the room, making Li De dizzy. He told him to sit down. His buttocks had just touched the sofa when he jumped up again, looking out vigilantly: "I wonder if they'll track us down here?"
"Bowman said in a low voice: 'Just call up a battalion to guard it and be done with it.'"
Li De revealed to the two of them that he planned to go to the front line tomorrow, or rather, today, to inspect or hide. Goebbels remained silent, and when he looked at Bormann again, he had already fallen asleep.
Mainly to avoid the Japanese, Li De went to the front line for inspection.
Before leaving, he first had Bowman call the Army General Staff, and then he thought of going to explain in person, so he drove to Sosnowski's headquarters.
Lee Te walked through the long corridor and came to Halder's office, hearing discussions inside, no need to listen carefully, it was two humming army generals - Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitsch and Chief of Staff Halder.
The Commander-in-Chief said: "The leader is learning from Napoleon, abandoning the command and wanting to go to the front line as a battlefield commander."
The Chief of Staff knew more: "In order to avoid the Japanese, and besides, he has a sweetheart on the front line, can't bear the loneliness. However, you don't say that from the French campaign to now, the leader still has foresight."
Li De strode in without knocking, and the two men stood up with embarrassed faces, their faces like sunflowers: wherever the leader went, they also turned towards him; Li De rested his hands on the sand table to examine it carefully, and the two men searched the sand table as well.
Li De pointed on the sand table for a while, and handed over what should be handed over and what shouldn't be handed over. What should be handed over was military information, and what shouldn't be handed over was his warning to the two of them before leaving: "I hope you don't discuss people behind their backs, especially their private lives. That's something only gossipy women do. Of course, it's the first time in years that I've heard the Chief of Staff say I have foresight, and I'm touched. Goodbye."
Until they walked very far away, the two of them were still staring blankly, until the leader was out of sight, then came back to their senses: "See...see...you."
As a symbol of German aviation, Tempelhof Airport welcomed politicians and dignitaries from around the world.
In 1937, on the eve of the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the airport welcomed guests from an ancient civilized country in the East. *** Minister of Finance Kong Xiangxi visited Germany, and thereafter, a large number of military supplies and German advisers came to China one after another. The German army's steel helmets were not yet fully supplied to their own country, but were given priority to supply to China. After the outbreak of China's Anti-Japanese War, there appeared the spectacle of German military advisers commanding Chinese troops to heavily attack Japanese troops, Germany's ally. Rabe, a veteran Nazi Party member and representative of Siemens in Nanjing, was regarded by the people of Nanjing as a foreign Bodhisattva who saved them from suffering. The Nazi flag became an amulet for avoiding Japanese air raids.
The place where the visit failed was that Kong Xiangxi boasted everywhere after the event: "I sent Hitler a whole truck of gold, silver and silk fabrics, what did he give me as a gift? A photo signed by him. One truck of gold and silver for one photo, I, Kong, have never made such a bad deal."
A Mercedes 770K sped into the Tempelhof Airport in central Berlin, followed by a bucket car. The Führer and his three Wehrmacht adjutants, Bormann, and several guards jumped out of the car, while Baur came forward with the crew of the special plane.
"Where are we headed?" Bower asked after the plane took off. To keep it a secret, Li De decided to determine their destination only after takeoff.
"Just like last time, Kaluga," Li De said.
Baur piloted the Condor through the white clouds, with six Messerschmitt fighters escorting it. Liedtke sat on a sofa in his cabin, Army Adjutant Schmundt, handsome Air Force Adjutant Below, Navy Adjutant Albrecht and Bormann were sitting not far from him, several leaders of the guard were sitting at the back of the cabin.
Unlike last time, the stewardess Adelheid sat next to him, peeling a pear for him and sometimes even feeding it into his mouth.
"Don't feed me anymore, how embarrassing?" Li De dodged her fork.
"What's embarrassing about that? I'm just the Emperor's servant." Adelheid shouted to everyone, "Hey, who wants me to feed them pheasant?"
Everyone quickly shook their heads and waved their hands, she turned her face and smiled at him, raising her fork.
According to plan, the plane was supposed to head to Kaluga Airport. Half a month ago, when the leader inspected the front line, he personally drew up a plan to attack from Kaluga towards the east and bypass Tula. I don't know how the execution is going. Rania, who went to investigate, also seemed to have lost contact like a kite with a broken string. He vowed to pull her back, scold her severely, throw her onto the bed, and then...
Bello spotted an aircraft in the tail direction, light and ferocious, hiding behind a layer of clouds. When the lumbering special plane climbed out of the deadly cumulus clouds, it suddenly appeared. Bello shouted: "La-7, La-7 fighter!" He picked up the phone to inform the escort planes.
Baur had his reaction down to a reflex, the nose of the plane dropping sharply without any transition as he tried to dive back into the clouds. The agile fighter swooped in from below the tail, firing as it crossed over, its three 20mm cannons mounted in the nose concentrating their fire.
La-7 flew straight to the bomber's front, although it had one of the best fighters in Europe at that time, but the Soviet pilots were inexperienced, their planes were numerous but short-lived. Before the escort plane could show off its skills, the La-7 that launched a surprise attack suddenly stalled and entered a spin, with one side of the wooden wing falling off. The plane was like a butterfly with one wing torn off, spinning faster and faster until it disappeared from view.
The plane landed at Kaluga Airport, and two bucket cars sent by the 26th Mechanized Infantry Brigade came to pick them up. Li De saw Ranya's red hair fluttering in the wind from afar, but as soon as he saw his little Aidel sister's vigilant and jealous eyes closely following him, he suppressed his excitement.
He was about to open his mouth and complain a few words, but Rania stretched out her hand to stop him, and whispered in his ear: "Your Excellency, something's happened, I'll tell you when we get back." She turned away after finishing speaking.
After 40 minutes they arrived in Alexin, 40 kilometers east of Kaluga, where the command post of the 26th Mechanized Infantry Division was located. The chief of operations of the division greeted the head of state and his entourage.
"What about Major Bill Fiedler?" Li De asked curiously.
No one answered, and the chief of staff turned his head, when suddenly Renya began to sob lightly.
Major General Berthold Stehlin fell ill, and the attack was led by Chief of Staff Colonel Balfour before the attack. He was promoted from colonel to major general for this purpose, but unexpectedly he died after serving as a major general for only a few days.
Li De did not expect that a battle he had personally conceived, drafted and implemented would turn into a defeat, with such disastrous consequences...
