Two Hundred and Forty-Nine Nameplates

The plane flew over the blue sky, over the white clouds, over the border between the Netherlands and Germany, and finally landed at a field airport next to the German Western Front Headquarters. [For more exciting novels, please visit] This place is different from the bustling Valhaven Airport, it looks desolate and deserted.

The guards standing guard on both sides of the airport are all black uniforms of the Waffen SS Domestic Guard. They all carry MP-44 assault rifles, and the eye-catching SS lightning logo is painted on their helmets.

"Long live Führer Akado? Rudolf!" Following the salute, the leading SS officer stood at attention and saluted General Student who had just got off the plane. As soon as his voice fell, all the SS soldiers stood at attention and raised their chests, and the sound of their heels bumping together was loud and orderly. Their temperament was so different from the paratroopers who had been in the field, which made Student feel very uncomfortable.

"Long live the Führer." Student straightened his military cap, stepped down the hanging ladder of the plane, and stood at attention in return. Then he pointed to the front and ordered, "I'm going to the Imperial High Command in Stone Fort, and lead the way."

The SS officer nodded immediately: "The car is ready for you! General! This way please."

After he finished speaking, he saw a Student's adjutant walking behind Student carrying a sack of things, frowned and asked: "Sir? What is this? According to security regulations, any unknown object None should come near the Supreme Command."

"You can check it, if you don't find it disgusting." Student waved his hand to signal the officers of the SS to look at it casually: "It's the nameplate of the soldiers who died on the front line. I was entrusted by someone to show it to the Führer."

"My God..." The SS officer opened his pocket and took a look, and was stunned by the sight in front of him. Inside are the nameplates of the soldiers, most of which are covered with blood, and some have been glued together because of the dried blood.

"No problem? If not, get in the car! Lead the way." Student said as he got into the car. His adjutant closed his pockets and followed into the car. The officer of the SS Army seemed to want to say something, but in the end he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, but still didn't dare to speak. He got into the car in front of him resentfully, and led the convoy to the stone castle where the Supreme Command of the Empire was located.

Because the distance was not far away, the convoy soon arrived at the gate of the stone fort. After a detailed inspection, the guard opened the roadblock and let Student's car enter the stone fort.

"You are very welcome, my paratrooper commander." Akado has not closed his eyes for two days, and a huge map hangs in front of him, which depicts the attack direction of Group B in the Netherlands. At this moment, Rotterdam has become the possession of the German army, and the b group army commanded by Keitel has already bumped into the elite British expeditionary force and the main force of France in the southwest of the Netherlands.

"Long live the Führer!" Student walked into the door,

Immediately stretched out his right hand to stand at attention and saluted, and made the most standard German salute: "Lieutenant General Student, who will always be loyal to you, salutes you."

Akado waved his arm weakly while welcoming Student's arrival. It seemed that Akado's mental state was very bad. He looked like a mental patient who desperately needed to rest. Akado walked to the wine cabinet, forced a smile and asked, "Want a drink? My general."

"I'm very sorry to bother you, but this time the paratroopers fought very hard on the front line. I have to meet with you to confirm the future use of the paratroopers." Student said softly: "In addition, I have received orders from my subordinates. Please, I hope you can take a look at our great paratroopers."

"Student. There must be sacrifices in combat. This is an eternal truth." Akado sighed and said: "But the world war has broken out, and the British and French have formed an alliance to force us to submit. And the Americans are on the sidelines...I need the soldiers of the Empire to fight to the end and win for the Empire."

"My head of state, once we expand the war, the paratroopers will be sent to the battlefield again. We have already paid heavy casualties. If we fight again, the paratroopers will cease to exist." Student tried hard to persuade Dao: "I suggest reducing the use of paratroopers and establishing a rotation mechanism. Form four paratrooper divisions in the country, and use one of them to fight each time..."

"Student! Your thinking is outdated." Akado sat on the sofa, waved his hands and said: "My opinion is that Germany will deploy 15 paratrooper divisions, and try to achieve a transport plane that can airborne 5 divisions at a time." scale."

"My head of state..." Student was stunned for a moment, and then he organized his words before persuading him: "The scale of 15 divisions is too large, and the current paratroopers seem to be a problem as the backbone of officers."

"This issue is something you need to consider! Give me an expansion plan within a month! Comprehensive analysis and arrangement." After finishing this sentence, Akado shouted loudly at the door: "Anna! Help me wash off the cold." "towel."

"The paratroopers are the pioneers of rapid advance, and they are one of our trump cards. Huge losses are inevitable, but I believe that my soldiers can complete their tasks for the motherland." Akado glanced at Student and said.

"We came here from a long distance, struggling in the sea of ​​fire, surviving under the bullets, not for revenge, not to expand the territory, and not for some head of state." Student sighed and said: "He Tell me that they were just ordered to come here, and then desperately survive."

Akado was stunned for a moment, he knew who said this sentence, he could hear the tone, and he could also think of the way that person spoke, that person is now charging into battle, killing non-stop in order to survive.

"What he said is very good! I need such a person to live! You have to live too! Everyone should live as much as possible." Akado smiled, then stood up and took the hand from Anna who walked into the door. The towel that came over wiped his face.

"What about the thing your subordinate asked you to bring to me? It's not a bomb, is it?" Akado felt refreshed after applying a cold compress. Instead of continuing Student's question about the future formation of paratroopers, he asked with a smile.

Student walked to the door, carried the sack there into Akado's office, and said while putting it down: "My head of state, my subordinates told me that they fought to the last moment for the head of state, but But there are many people who have not been able to take a look at the head of state whom they have sworn allegiance to..."

"I see..." Akado interrupted Student, bent down and opened the pocket with his own hands.

"My God!..." Just like her reaction when she saw the contents in the pocket for the first time, Anna behind Akado covered her mouth and screamed in shock.

Akado didn't seem so surprised, he just opened the bag, looked at the contents silently, and there was no sadness or joy on his thin face. Yes, there is no joy or sorrow. He just watched silently, his eyes motionless.

After a while, Akado stretched out his hand and grabbed a blood-stained soldier nameplate. Picking it up and wiping it with the wet towel in his hand, the movement was a bit clumsy, but it seemed extremely pious.

"My head...you..." Student was stunned by Akado's action, and bent down as if to stop Akado from wiping the blood with his own towel.

Akado stretched out his hand and interrupted Student: "My general, these are all my soldiers...at least, let me do something for them."

Anna covered her mouth and walked out of the office with tears in her eyes, and soon ran back crying, holding a soaked towel in her hand, squatting beside Akado to help Akado wipe stand up.

The room was extremely quiet, and Anna could be heard sobbing softly from time to time. Student stood there with an indescribable feeling in his heart. He suddenly felt that it was a very good thing to be able to fight for such a person, and it was also a comfort to be able to die for such a country.

Just wipe it like this, a white towel with a yellow edge was covered with blood, and Akado's palm was already stained red with blood, but he didn't intend to stop, just wiped it silently, one after another One, wipe ten, one hundred, five hundred...

At dinner time, Akado finally wiped off the last soldier's identification plate in the sack. He put the towel by his feet, and wiped his bloody hands on his chest until his palms were a little clean, then held the nameplates in both hands, and put them back into the sack.

"Maybe you're right." Akado stood up, swayed a bit, and was supported by Anna's hand. He regained his balance, motioned for Anna to let go, and then looked at Student: "Maybe you are right, these soldiers lost their lives because of my order."

Akado sighed as he spoke: "But this is a war, it has kicked off, and it will not stop. What can I do? Wait to be defeated by Britain and France? Or stand up and fight, go To win?"

"Only victory! Can the dead be meaningful! Only victory! Can the living continue to live!" Akado walked to the map, pointed to Holland and said, "If we fail, then they are It's really a waste of death, isn't it? Those Germans who died in order to take back the Danzig corridor died in vain, and those Germans who died in order to regain Alsace and Lorraine died in vain-so, are you willing? "

Student shook his head: "I understand, my head of state. We must do everything possible to win! Use the victory to commemorate those loyal soldiers!"

"Show these nameplates to all the generals and staff of the Supreme Command of the Empire." Akado patted Student on the shoulder: "Let them see the loyalty of the frontline soldiers! Let them think about it, think about it. Only then can these loyal soldiers be sacrificed less! Go!"

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