One Thousand Seventy-Three Suspicious

? This time, the number of German promoted marshals has increased qualitatively. With the secret support of the Wehrmacht and the Supreme Command, the two sides hit it off like a bearded man meets a red-haired girl. ﹎ _8 ··--Akado wants to use this to appease his hardcore subordinates, while the National Defense Force wants to expand its influence and make up for the internal balance as much as possible, so nearly ten promotion lists have all been passed, divided into three Carry out large-scale "marshal distribution" in batches.

Although doing so would affect the gold content of the title of Marshal of the Third Reich to a certain extent, during this period of war, senior military officers really needed appeasement to recognize their contribution to the Empire on behalf of the country. So the first batch of promotion orders were immediately delegated, and the promoted generals included Air Force General Catherine, Army veterans Keitel and Model.

Among them, as the only branch of the German armed forces without a marshal, there has been a long-standing call within the Air Force for the promotion of Catherine and Dick to the two generals. At this time, giving the Air Force a place can definitely be regarded as a matter of course. On the other hand, the German Air Force's performance in the war has become more and more eye-catching, which is also one of the reasons why Catherine was the first general promoted this time.

The other two people were selected by the National Defense Forces to check and balance the influence of the power imbalance brought about by Manstein's promotion to Marshal. Keitel managed the Atlantic defense line in the rear of Germany, and consolidated the entire Atlantic barrier with iron walls, so he deserved his promotion. As for Model, how well his D Group Army performed on the Eastern Front is obvious to all.

The immovable Group D Army can definitely be regarded as the most stable group army of the German Army on the Eastern Front. Model has never made any mistakes in connecting the central and southern theaters. The affirmation of everyone in the military.

Of course, the promotion of these three people is just the beginning. The second batch of German marshals includes Admiral Lütjens, General Kluge of the Army, General Holt who quelled the Italian Rebellion, and General of the Army in the rear. Weikes, Liszt, commander of Army Group E on the Eastern Front—including the three marshals who were promoted this time, there were a total of eight more marshals in the National Defense Forces. Right `-=-

Ever since, all the three armies are happy, and everyone is rejoicing that there are so many more positions. The idea of ​​persuading Akado to proclaim himself emperor, which had been silent for a long time, was once again clamoring. Almost everyone believed that Akado's reward was so generous to create public opinion for himself.

Compared with the lively Berlin, Germany, Moscow at this time is even worse - the western part of the city is still being attacked by German artillery in turn, and heavy artillery attacks the city center from time to time. If you use lively to describe this time In Moscow at the moment, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.

A strange face knocked on the door of Stalin's office. The young entourage respectfully pushed open the door of Stalin's room after getting permission, stood at attention at the door, saluted and then reported: "The great Comrade Stalin, leader of the USSR! The car is ready,

You can come out anytime. "

Today is the day when Zhukov, as the commander-in-chief of the southern group, rushed back to Moscow. Moscow has been preparing for this day for a long time, in order to be able to give Stalin and Zhukov a decent welcome ceremony. Many elementary school students were asked to hold flowers and wait on both sides of the road, and saluted the great leader Stalin and the great commander Zhukov with the warmest cheers.

Stalin looked at this young face he was not familiar with, frowned, and asked in a puzzled tone: "Where did Ivanov go? Why didn't he come? What happened to Ivanov? Well, call him here."

Stalin is now suspicious, and temporarily changing his entourage during this kind of travel makes him feel very dangerous. > ﹏8 =-= · So he must confirm what he cares about, whether everything is still under his control, or whether someone is already using conspiracy against him.

"The great leader, Comrade Stalin, Ivanov... I am afraid that Ivanov can no longer serve you. I was sent by General Vatutin this morning to take care of your daily life and work..." Then A young follower hurriedly introduced his background, his tone seemed a little nervous.

"Asshole! The people around me can be replaced if Vatutin says they should be replaced?" Stalin immediately became furious when he heard this statement. Don't talk about Vatutin, a soldier who can't stand on the stage, who in the whole country would dare to replace it casually?

Humiliation, deep humiliation. Stalin felt that he was out of control of the whole situation, and he also felt that there were pairs of malicious eyes staring at him where he could not see. The power gained by repression and cold blood will be easily lost after the power is weakened. It's not that Stalin didn't know this, on the contrary, he knew it better than anyone else.

Although he reprimanded this entourage named Ivanov two days ago, he did not allow his family to leave Moscow. Moreover, his tone and attitude at the time were very scary, but this was not a big problem for Stalin. He can reprimand and be angry with his own subordinates, but when it comes to replacing his confidants and accompanying him, Stalin dare not be sloppy. It is impossible to compromise on this kind of issue, absolutely impossible to compromise!

He remembered how long ago, there was a seemingly very terrifying opponent. It was a man named Kirov, who was considered by many to be the replacement for Stalin. This person died in an office building with very tight security because of a problem with his personal entourage, and it happened that he was Stalin who planned all this.

So at this time, he was so angry that he almost grabbed the phone and asked his confidants to arrest that nasty guy Vatutin and shoot him. But when he reached for the phone, the young attendant at the door continued to explain: "Ivanov committed suicide last night, so I was assigned to your side to take over his job."

Since, committed suicide? Stalin withdrew his palm, and then pondered countless thoughts in his mind for a moment: Did he really commit suicide, or was he assassinated? Are these people around me reliable now? But these thoughts only stayed in his mind for a moment, and when the next second came, he had already calmed down his mood.

So his beard trembled, and he asked with a pipe in his mouth: "Ivanov is dead? Why did he commit suicide? Also, have you notified the Kremlin's security department? Have they been to the scene?"

In Stalin's eyes, those wolf knight troops trained by special methods are still very reliable. Since the reason why Ivanov was unable to come was because of his death rather than any trouble, the guards in the Kremlin and around him For these people, loyalty should still be reliable.

So he calmed down a little, and swept his sharp eyes over his new follower at the door. Because the atmosphere had eased, the other party was no longer so nervous, so he answered his question fluently without stuttering: "Major Zaitsev, the captain of your personal guard, has already visited the scene in person, and there are seven people in the family. They all died of poisoning, 5 people died on the bed, and 2 people died on the sofa in the living room... There is no other trace. Major Zaitsev judged it as suicide, and the police registered it in the same way."

Being able to be sent by Vatutin to Stalin's side at such a time, this young man is obviously also a very good person. His previous nervousness was because he was not used to the sudden pressure from Stalin. After a period of adaptation, he now Already able to answer Stalin's questions fluently.

Major Zaitsev is Stalin's confidant, so after receiving the news, Stalin has let go of more than half of his heart. He knew exactly why Ivanov committed suicide in his own home, and why he cruelly poisoned his entire family to death——Stalin would not let them go, everyone knew this. Once he learned that Ivanov had committed suicide, the first thing Stalin had to do was to silence everyone in this family, so as to ensure that the secrets of the Soviet leader would not be spread out.

"Go, call Major Zaitsev! I want to temporarily change some guard procedures." Stalin waved to the young entourage, motioning for him to call Zaitsev who was on duty. The other party obviously did not hesitate, and directly exited Stalin's office.

In a short while, Major Zaitsev walked into Stalin's office. He stood at attention, took two steps towards the middle of the room and was closer to Stalin than the entourage who had just entered: "What are you doing?" What order?"

Seeing his cronies walk into his office, Stalin finally determined that the replacement of his entourage was not a conspiracy against him, so he was completely relieved. He looked at the sunlight outside the window, and said, "I want to ask you again, what do you think of the security work of the military parade?"

"The great leader, Comrade Stalin! The security work there is very thorough, so I personally think that it should be very safe." Zaitsev answered Stalin's question with his hands behind his back: "I will always be with you on the way. Together, I believe there will be no problem."

Hearing what his cronies said, Stalin was relieved. He stood up, walked to the door, and said with a smile as he walked: "Then, let us meet our hero, Comrade Marshal Zhukov!"

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