After confiscating the weapons of the Italians, Model did not detain these prisoners of war, because the other party had a hundred thousand people. If they stayed, there would be one hundred thousand prisoners waiting to eat. mouth, he does not have so much food in his hands for the Italians to eat.
Therefore, after the German army collected the weapons, they immediately disbanded the Italian army and let them go home on their own.
The Italians were greatly disappointed. They thought they could eat and drink, but they didn't expect that the German army had no intention of entertaining them. They were originally very dissatisfied, but when they saw the German army waiting for them, and the German soldiers holding the Under the dark muzzle, the Italians wisely chose to leave!
They were no match when they were fully armed before, but now they have surrendered and have no weapons. Now, fighting the opponent with bare hands, isn't that looking for death?
After watching the Italians walk away, Model breathed a sigh of relief.
While setting up a defensive line to prevent a surprise attack by the Italians, he gathered the previously captured weapons and began to move closer to Vienna.
Colonel Mainz doesn't know what the situation is like. The situation he faces is much more serious than his own!
While Model was thinking about his boss, Colonel Mainz, Colonel Mainz received a telegram of commendation from Berlin.
"Mainz von Levinsky, the colonel commander of the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment, performed well in Odili and was specially promoted to major general and awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Diamonds, Oak Leaves and Swords!"
The telegram did not come from Hamburg, but directly from Berlin!
This situation made Mainz frown slightly. Berlin's telegram should have been issued by the government of the Weimar Republic, but shouldn't it be Hinton who promoted officers and awarded medals? Marshal Hindenburg's power? Could it be that his performance in Odili has attracted the attention of the top leaders of the Weimar Republic, so he wants to steal people away from Marshal Hindenburg
? If this is the case, this is not a good thing for Mainz!
The reason why the Weimar Republic tried its best to win over itself at this time, even at the expense of high-ranking officials and generous salaries, was because they valued their strength and wanted to To use itself to check and balance the power of the army, to put it bluntly, the Weimar Republic wanted to put its hands into the army, so it regarded Mainz as a pawn to explore the way!
Of course, Mainz was not willing to act as this pawn. The political struggle was It is very cruel. The other party uses me as a pawn. No matter whether I succeed or fail, I will not end well. And my status as a Junker noble gives me a natural foundation in the military. The old Marshal General Hindenburg also treats me very much. He even started to train himself as his successor!
In this case, Mainz was in a hurry. He just needed to slowly take care of his own power and expand his strength bit by bit! Therefore, Mainz subconsciously planned to ignore the telegram, but suddenly he felt that he should send a telegram to Marshal Hindenburg to see what his attitude was!
Seeing this telegram on General Burg's desk in Munich, Marshal Hindenburg smiled and said to General Seeckt next to him:"How about it, I told you, this guy will definitely send me a telegram to ask. situation, so you should be relieved now, right?"
General Seeckt nodded, and used the government of the Weimar Republic to send a commendation telegram to Colonel Mainz, who had been in the limelight recently, to see how Colonel Mainz would react. This was General Seeckt's gift. The old marshal's suggestion.
The main reason for doing this is that the old marshal feels that he is getting older and his energy is not as good as before, so he must arrange a successor for himself as soon as possible!
In the original history, Marshal Hindenburg was replaced by Marshal Hindenburg. The person chosen as the successor was Mustache, the initiator of World War II. When General Hindenburg appointed the other party as the Prime Minister as the president, he had already determined the identity of the other party's successor, although Hindenburg The marshal knew that this was a very radical and dangerous person, but he still chose the mustache because there was no other better candidate at the time!
And now, with the emergence of Mainz, Marshal Hindenburg has emerged! A suitable successor was found.
General Seeckt did not know much about Colonel Mainz, but he felt that it was not a child's play to hand over the future of the army to a young man. If this person has bad conduct, The glorious tradition of the German-Italian army might be completely ruined in his hands, so he proposed this method to test Mainz's reaction.
It turned out that Colonel Mainz was indeed like Hindenburg. As expected, the Marshal was not attracted by the high-ranking officials of the Weimar Republic and his generous salary. He still put the army first, which made Marshal Hindenburg very happy, and General Seeckt was also relieved.
"Tell Colonel Mainz that he can accept this award!"
Marshal Hindenburg said with a smile, since it is a test, then after the other party passes the test, he must come up with some rewards!
The rank of major general and a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Diamonds, Oak Leaves and Swords. This reward, It's not too much!
If he hadn't been worried that Colonel Mainz's promotion would be too fast and would cause dissatisfaction among his colleagues in the army, Marshal Hindenburg would even want to make an exception and promote him to lieutenant general in just one month!
Within a short period of time, the armies of five countries were defeated, more than 200,000 enemies were eliminated, and the entire Odili, with a population of 120,000 square kilometers and a population of 12 million, was included in the empire's territory. There is even a surplus among the losses, and Odili's rich natural resources have greatly alleviated the empire's shortage of resources!
For this reason alone, it is not an exaggeration to promote the opponent to
Lieutenant General Hindenburg! The telegram was quickly sent to Wiener, and the contents of the telegram surprised and delighted Mainz.
He originally thought that the old marshal would prevent him from accepting Berlin's award, so he was even ready to return all these things. , but unexpectedly, the old marshal not only did not do this, but also allowed himself to accept the award, which made Mainz feel a little puzzled. After thinking about it, Mainz roughly guessed the old marshal's intention of allowing himself to accept the government!
The award is to allow him to establish a better relationship with the government. After the government learns that he has accepted the award, I am afraid that he will have a good impression of him and think that he is someone the government can reuse. In this way, he can get more from him. The opportunity from the government has accumulated contacts for his future career in politics!
On the other hand, allowing himself to accept awards from the government also reflects the generosity of the old marshal and expresses his absolute trust in himself. He is not worried that he will betray the army or betrayal. The old marshal!
I have to say that the old marshal's skills are indeed very beautiful!