"Humph." Steve snorted, interrupting Gustav's spiel without grace.
"You...well, you are worthy of being Reinhard's subordinate, you are simply lawless!" Gustav laughed angrily.
In his opinion, the so-called passionate soldiers whom Reinhard was struggling with were all reckless fools. How could such people understand his great principles?
Ignoring Gustav's contempt, Steve spoke up without any scruples: "Isn't it dangerous to be so frightened that you can't move? Is Germany's dignity and glory defended in this way? The one who is bullied the most,
Always a weak one! The benefits Germany urgently needs now are not gold and foreign exchange, but a tough stance! Otherwise, what image will Germany use to deal with wars that may break out in the future? A war without sacrifices will never be possible.
It doesn’t exist! The current Spanish Civil War is just a prelude. If in the future..."
Steve's voice was clear and resonant, "Once a new round of world war breaks out, it will be a heart-wrenching battle! It will be like surviving in hell and seeking survival in a desperate situation! A large number of soldiers will be thrown into the battle.
In the battlefield of the meat grinder, a large number of cities will be turned into ruins! At that time, do we still need to explain? To whom should we explain!? "
"Bang", Steve dropped the exquisite porcelain on Gustav's table to the ground.
"See?" Steve shouted angrily to Gustav: "Under the threat of force, no matter how beautiful things are, they cannot be preserved. If Germany cannot take a tough stance, then we will be like
Just like this flashy porcelain, it can be easily broken by someone!"
Maybe it was only a while, or maybe it was a long time. Just when Steve thought that Gustav would not respond to him, he saw Gustav slowly speak: "I will not be in the final period of my term."
I will hinder you."
In Steve's surprised eyes, Gustav lowered his head, sighed and said: "I will not run for the next president. I will designate Reinhardt as my successor."
After being stunned for several seconds, Steve finally reacted and gave a 45-degree hand-raised salute to Gustav who changed his mind: "Thank you!"
"No need to thank me." Gustav turned around without raising his head and waved his hands: "Even if I don't recommend it, you will have countless means to push Reinhardt into this position."
"Tell him for me that it's time to stop. If he stops now, he will become the youngest and best president in German history." Gustav slowly left, and at the moment he opened the door, he said leisurely
Said to Steve.
"No matter what, the Führer will be the greatest president of Germany." Steve responded firmly without any doubt.
Having said that, looking at Gustav's retreating figure, Steve actually stood there feeling a little lost.
Compared with those unscrupulous businessmen who are intoxicated with life and death, and compared with those financial groups who pursue pleasure and money in peace, politicians like Gustav are actually not bad.
The other party just didn't want Germany to suffer more pain, and wanted to be a mediocre and excellent president. Although he had different political opinions, Gustav's starting point was patriotic.
It is a pity that this kind-hearted German president cannot understand a simple truth-dignity is not free!
If Germany wants to pick up its lost self-esteem and regain its scattered glory, Germany must have a strong leader. And Gustav is obviously not suitable for Germany at this stage.
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In an ordinary family in Munich, a retired one-armed father called his 22-year-old son to the balcony after dinner and drank wine with him for two hours without saying a word.
"Are you really determined to sign up for the SS?" After downing half a kilogram of liquor, the one-armed father asked his son seriously.
"Dad, I should go." The young son insisted through gritted teeth: "The head of state needs us to fight for a glorious future for Germany."
"It's this old-fashioned propaganda again..." The father, who once served as a soldier and had his left arm blown off by a cannonball in World War I, narrowly escaped death, said as he looked at his young and energetic son with distressed eyes.
: "I once fought for the Kaiser and lost an arm. But Germany did not become glorious. In the end, it was bullied by a large group of bastards."
"The times now are different from those of your time!" The young son shouted emotionally.
"What's the difference?" Shaking his head, the elderly father took a sip of wine, and then said solemnly: "It's just that the object of allegiance has changed to another one, and the killing weapons used have become more efficient..."
The young son wanted to argue a few words, but his father waved his hand to stop him.
Afterwards, the father and son drank several more glasses of wine in silence.
When the third bottle of wine was about to be drained, the tired father slowly stood up and said, "Don't worry about family matters. Your mother is still working in the butter processing factory, and I have also been assigned to the reserve force as a recruit instructor.
, the treatment is pretty decent.”
"Dad...!" The young man looked at his father excitedly. He knew that his ideal had been tacitly approved.
"Now that you've decided, work hard and let me see if you can do what I couldn't do back then." Without looking back, my father just left an old figure and a sentence.
After his father opened the door and walked into the bedroom, the young man clearly heard his mother's hysterical cry: "Why? Why did you allow your son to follow your old path! He is your own flesh and blood, why are you so cruel...
"
The strong father closed the bedroom door with his only remaining arm. He hugged his wife with one arm and comforted his wife with trembling lips: "Don't cry, believe in our child, believe in our Wittmann. He will become a hero.
He will..."
"No...!" The mother cried even more sadly: "I just want him to live well, as long as he lives..."
The whole night, Wittmann stood blankly on the balcony, not daring to open his mother's bedroom door. He didn't know how to face the person who loved him the most in the world.
Early the next morning, he quietly went out to the SS barracks early in the morning.
He didn't dare to wake his parents, so he could only choose this cowardly way of saying goodbye.
The moment he walked out of the house, Wittmann bowed deeply toward his parents' bedroom, gritted his teeth, and turned around to close the door.
When he reached about 200 meters away from his home, Wittmann finally couldn't hold it back and turned around again to look in the direction of his home.
The moment his eyes fell on his home, a surge of electricity stimulated his whole body!
On the balcony outside the home, my father and mother were looking at me silently!
There was no verbal communication. When the eyes of the three people met, everything was relieved.
With a gentle smile on her lips, her mother waved to Wittmann.
As if a stone weighing on his heart had been lifted, Wittmann suddenly felt much more relaxed.
Mother finally understood his ambition.
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Since Reinhardt introduced the conscription system in 1935, a large number of people who served as army officers in World War I or old soldiers who were forced to retire due to the Treaty of Versailles have been classified as reserve officers and recruited into the reserve force.
Many young people were absorbed into the SS as a military force responsible for both the German People and the Socialist Workers Party.
Since Reinhard himself did not care about height, the recruitment of the SS in this generation was not as demanding as in history, and the number of recruits was larger than in history.
Of course, this is also the reason why Wittmann, who is less than 1.7 meters tall, was able to join the SS.
In addition, driven by Reinhardt, the German Wehrmacht gradually began to adopt a new conscription system, in which "defense zones" were used as units to recruit soldiers.
First, the military divided Germany into 15 defense areas. Each defense area was divided into two or three recruitment areas. Each recruitment area had several divisions responsible for recruiting and training tasks within the recruitment area.
Once a war begins, a defensive zone can be quickly transformed into a division and taken to the battlefield.
The "shadow force policy" implemented in the defense zone allows the defense zone to have command teams of two divisions at the same time.
In other words, when a division is transferred from a defense area to the army, the remaining command team, from division commander to squad leader, can quickly support the skeleton of a new division.
The various policies recently released by Germany are all on the surface. This country is ready to pay the price for dignity and glory!
