With a "pop", Hoffman turned off the radio at the Eagle's Nest base camp and no longer listened to the chatter arranged by Goebbels - it was a long list that took forever to read. These lists were only announced after his approval. Instead of hiding them from the public, it would be better to inform them openly to avoid random guessing, and at least have a deterrent effect.
Facts have proved that Himmler's methods and ruthlessness were outstanding. He not only used this incident to brand Göring as a traitor, but also logically created a scene of suicide in fear of crime. Hoffman did not need to see it. Investigate and you will find out what the truth is. Göring had nothing to do with this incident. The bad thing was that he was usually too domineering. Not only did no one come forward to intercede for him during the handling, but no one questioned it after the case was announced - even though no one questioned it. Know what's going on under the hood.
But for Goering, Hoffmann had not slept well for several days. To be honest, he originally only wanted to deprive Goering of his rights, but did not want to kill him completely. He even still gave him the title of Marshal of the Reich. He kept it, but the consequences were so ruthless. It was just a subconscious hint at first, but Himmler finished the matter the next day. Although he became the head of state through time travel and inherited the memory of the head of state's ruthlessness, after all, he was just a time-traveling soul of an intellectual and could not be said to be a qualified politician at all. I have never even experienced a parliamentary struggle in normal times, but now I have eliminated an imperial marshal and the number two figure in the party while talking and laughing. The feeling of being in power is very good and very frightening. How can I sleep? The problem is that others don't know Hoffmann's original intentions. Whether they are party elders or military leaders, they are all shocked by the Führer's thunderous means of cleaning up Goering's forces. If it is said that it took a lot of time to clean up the SA and Röhm With great effort, the liquidation of Göring this time was considered effortless. Everyone was impressed by the authority of the head of state. Even Ribbentrop, who had always been careless, now spoke with 120,000 careful words.
Originally, he had some sympathy for Goering's fate, but after Himmler presented Goering's list of confiscated properties, his mood gradually returned to calm. The list shows that the total value of real estate, securities, diamonds, gold, and cash in Goering's name is 50 million Reichsmarks, while the value of Goering's collection of antiques, cultural relics, and oil paintings exceeds 400 million Reichsmarks—these are all He used clever means to collect it from various places, and the price he paid was extremely negligible. In addition, Goering also owns the Hermann Goering Imperial Mining and Ironmaking Co., Ltd. This steel company was only established in 1936. Under the protection of the powerful, it has developed in just a few years. It has become one of the top five steel giants in Germany, and the value of this shareholding is no less than 100 million marks.
The cost of a Panzer IV tank was only 100,000 Reichsmarks, but Göring's worth was actually worth 5,000 tanks. Hoffman was deeply shocked by this, and his last remaining sympathy disappeared.
"My head of state, Göring, may not have committed treason, but his crime is no different from that of a traitor." Seeing Hoffmann's restless mood, Martin Bowman said angrily, "Look at his extravagant and lustful life. Even the Hohenzollern family doesn't have such a big pomp, and his end is not worthy of sympathy."
"I know, but just thinking about our friendship for so many years still makes me unable to face it as if nothing happened." Hoffman no longer continued to pester Goering. Instead, the conversation changed and he said to Bowman, "After the Goering incident, your The task is also very arduous. It is necessary to strengthen the national socialist education for comrades within the party, to guide them to transfer their enthusiasm for making a fortune to contributing all their strength to the imperial cause, and to pay attention to the evaluation and assessment of cadres at all levels. Similar harm to us I can't bear it anymore, and I can't bear it anymore. Now, Himmler, Goebbels, you and Speer are my most important assistants. Himmler is in charge of the SS, Goebbels is in charge of government affairs, and Speer is in charge of government affairs. Pell wants to focus on the economy and armaments, but the core of our cause is the party and national socialism, and no one is allowed to trample or override this principle, so you must fulfill your duties and be modest and prudent."
Bowman nodded, indicating that he understood Hoffman's subtext. After Goering fell, Himmler's power became too great and he had to find a way to restrict it. Although the head of state took the opportunity of the integration of intelligence agencies to weaken the party, Although the SS had some power, Himmler's overall status has still risen. To curb this momentum, it is necessary to borrow party pawns like Bowman. After personally experiencing the test of the Göring incident, Hoffmann I have matured a lot politically, and I have become a lot more tactful in my approach to problem-solving. Bormann and Goebbels were his pawns to restrain Himmler, and they must be used well.
In order to prevent familiar people from seeing the flaw, Hoffman also racked his brains to slowly get rid of the people around him. Chief Adjutant Schment was promoted by him and appointed as lieutenant general to take over the position of Director of Munitions on the Eastern Front. Zeitzler Naturally, he welcomed the arrival of this old friend with both hands; Dr. Morel, who was familiar with the body of the Führer, also took the opportunity to arrange for him to work as the deputy director of the Military Medical Department of the Eastern Front Logistics Department - this uneducated and incompetent person spent all day trying to figure out what to do. The charlatan who injected narcotics and other drugs into the Führer was finally kicked out by him. He is also determined to replace other heads of state service personnel at the appropriate time in the future in order to minimize the risk of identity exposure. There is perhaps only one person in Germany that he cannot replace, and that is Eva - Eva Braun. In addition to Goering's matter, he has been having a headache these two days. How can he face this? But she is only a few kilometers away. The woman who lived in the Berghof villa and had the closest relationship with the Führer.
He could postpone facing the issue of Eva for a few more days, but he couldn't afford to delay the issue of the Air Force for a moment. After Goering's fall, the Air Force also set off a wave of purges of Goering's remnants. Keitel, who adhered to Hoffmann's will, tried his best to control the situation so that it would not get too serious. However, the wave of purges inevitably spread to the number two figure in the Air Force, Air Force Director Marshal Milch. He was questioned as early as 1935 because his father was Jewish, and the Gestapo also intervened in the investigation. In order to protect Milch, Goering claimed that Milch's father was not the Jewish pharmacist Anton Milch, but his uncle Karl Brauer, and had a certificate signed by Milch's mother to guarantee it. This led to Goering's famous saying. : "In the Luftwaffe, I decide who is a Jew!" But now that Goering has collapsed, the promises and guarantees he made are also invalid - Himmler can easily find out Milch The German ancestry certificate obtained later was false, and Milch was an out-and-out Jewish descendant.
Faced with such a difficult problem, Keitel did not dare to be independent and could only come back to ask for instructions. As a conscientious scholar, Hoffmann deeply abhorred racism and anti-Semitism and wanted to change this established national policy. However, he also knew that anti-Semitism was a deep-rooted consensus throughout the Third Reich. Even as the head of state, he could not Risking the disapproval of the whole party, I thought about it for a long time and finally decided to do it slowly.
"Obviously, Marshal Milch has to move his position, otherwise the Air Force will not be able to explain it." In Hoffman's memory, Milch's abilities are outstanding, and his shortcomings are also obvious - he takes too much power, which is deeply criticized within the Air Force. . Due to his uncooperation, the chief of staff of the Air Force was changed one after another. It was not until Mirch's former deputy, Jehunnik, who was only 40 years old at the time, that he took office and secured this position. This shows Milch's popularity difference. What's more, Milch is good at administrative management and personnel organization, weak at strategic command, and is biased against the development of new aircraft. He even postponed the service of the ME-262 because of his bad relationship with Dr. Messerschmitt. This is very difficult for an air force. It's fatal for the director.
"Didn't you hand over the matter of the prisoner-of-war camp to the Air Force? Let Marshal Milch be transferred to the director of the Administrative Affairs Bureau of the Supreme Command to deal with prisoner matters full-time." Hoffman warned, "As for the Jewish descendants, don't mention it again. Although Goering has been dealt with, it does not mean that everything Goering did and said was wrong. We must continue to persist. We cannot continue to deal with other people. Expand, otherwise only our enemies will be happy. The Supreme Command must stand firm, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com The Wehrmacht is not a subordinate agency of the SS."
Bowman, who was on the sidelines, also nodded repeatedly. The Führer's words were vaguely reproachful to the SS. It seemed that he did not want to let Himmler do whatever he wanted.
Keitel asked: "How to arrange the follow-up personnel and organizational issues of the Air Force? At present, the most popular successor to the Air Force Commander is Marshal Kesselring. In addition, Marshal Hugo Speller and Wolfram, Commander of the Western Front Air Force - General von Richthofen has certain supporters."
"The southern front is the strategic direction in the future. Kesselring's position as commander-in-chief of the southern front must not be shaken. As for the other two..." Hoffman hesitated slightly and walked slowly. These two people were really overqualified. Shallow, I'm afraid it won't be able to suppress the proud and powerful generals of the Air Force. He kept walking around in circles for three times, but he still couldn't make up his mind.
"Führer, why don't you personally serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force?" Seeing that Hoffman didn't speak, Bowman interjected, "As the Supreme Commander of the Empire, you have now concurrently served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and you can also concurrently serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force. ——This will help stabilize the situation faster."
Keitel was originally mocking Bowman as a flatterer, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not unacceptable. Once the head of state concurrently serves as the commander of the Air Force, it means that the status of the "independent kingdom" of the Air Force will be completely broken, which will be of great help to the Supreme Command to control the overall situation. of. Therefore, he also echoed with a smile on his face, waiting for Führer Mann to accept it happily.
Who knew that Hoffman gave a different answer: "Let me think about it first. We will return to Berlin tomorrow. I want to exchange my thoughts on Air Force tactics and aviation manufacturing with the Air Force generals, which are crucial to our strategy." ."
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