Seven Hundred and Forty-Eight Behind the Smoke

At a small airport outside Rotterdam in the Netherlands, three Odin helicopters landed slowly. The whirlwind created by the rotation of the huge propeller blows the withered grass blades and some white snow around. Although the winter here is not as cold as the Eastern Front, it is definitely not warm.

An officer of the German SS jumped out of the helicopter. His black military uniform was unusually straight, and the belt buckles on his body were all high-grade silver, which looked more classy than the average SS. The officer stood by the plane until the man in the black suit jumped out, and then followed him out of the vortex created by the helicopter.

"Long live the head of state! It's a great honor to meet you." A man in a brown plaid suit and a top hat was already waiting on the edge of the airport apron. When he saw the man in the black suit, he immediately took off his shirt respectfully. Hats, say hello.

The man in the black suit was tall and thin. The suit looked hand-cut, and it fit very well and was straight. He wears a Patek Philippe watch on his wrist, which has been discontinued since it was called the Führer's special order. There is a faintly visible swastika national emblem on the dial, which is just a polished reflective surface, and no expensive materials are used. Of course, no one in Europe dares to ask the price of this watch.

The strategic decisive battle on the Eastern Front was in full swing, but Akado came to the Netherlands alone, not even his inseparable Anna was by his side, just because he promised Doenitz that he would personally attend the funeral of a submarine soldier .

Accardo, who is particular about efficiency, did not simply waste such a trip. He concealed his itinerary, leaving Anna to confuse some people with ulterior motives. One person went to the Netherlands first, and he wanted to go to the A-type occupied area, which is the future Let's go to the German territory to see how bad the final implementation of our own policies is.

So the plane of the head of state flew to Berlin first, and then Anna, Akado's substitute and the messy entourage took a day off and took the train to Rotterdam, while he himself, with his personal guards, took the helicopter first. The plane arrived at this field airfield.

"Frank, I am very glad that you can come to pick me up. I think if you come to arrange this trip, I will be very relieved." Akado smiled and stretched out his hand, and Frank in a suit Ranke Elstoner shook hands. In order not to let his subordinates deceive him, Akado arranged for a businessman like Frank Elstoner to arrange his itinerary.

The reason why he is so relieved is that the interests of businessmen like Frank Elstoner have been firmly connected with Akado. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Moreover, Akado's security level has not been lowered in the slightest, and his side is still full of fanatical believers from the 0th Division of the SS.

Frank Elstoner has really had a really good time recently. He started from an unknown,

The long-running owner of a small aircraft, which even Krupp had never heard of, became the largest supplier of German helicopters in just a few months. The Odin helicopters he produces are in short supply, and four production lines are being expanded, and he can even speak in front of the head of state—this can be said to be a typical example of flying on a branch and turning into a phoenix.

However, he is still very low-key and does not often attend those boring banquets. This aircraft manufacturer and businessman with traditional German blood in his bones is passionately in love with mechanical design, a system engineering. He has organized a large number of aircraft designers to design All kinds of weird aircraft, as a representative of advanced technology to promote product competitiveness, he is keen to design simpler and more practical helicopters.

However, if you regard such a person as a good man and a faithful woman, you are really wrong. If anyone still remembers his first plan to use prisoners of war to blackmail British aircraft designers, you will know that this person is not entirely a businessman. Still a very clever conspirator. In Poland, he owns 4 industries in concentration camps, and provides various simple parts for his aircraft day and night. At least in this point, he is no different from other German capitalists. They all rely on cruel exploitation. profit.

"I have prepared the materials you want, my head of state." Frank Elstoner said flatteringly as he walked to the car. His tone was very humble, after all, the tall and thin man standing in front of him had a detached status. In front of Akado, Frank was really good-natured, and even his voice was full of sunshine: "Since July, 24 companies have canceled workers' vacations and disbanded workers' rights protection unions. These are all In private, they rely on their backgrounds to do whatever they want in the Netherlands and Belgium, in violation of your Third Reich Workers Protection Act."

"Among these companies, yours are not included, right?" Akado put his hands on the car door, looked at Frank Elstoner, raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth and asked. The black paint on the door of the car is extremely smooth, reflecting Accardo's body and face like a mirror: Mercedes-Benz's signature luxury car is not something that rich people can own-you have to be very rich to do it.

Frank Elstoner quickly waved his hand: "My head of state, how is it possible? I swear in the name of God, I, Frank, have never violated the laws of the empire and squeezed workers." For a businessman , As long as there is 3 times the profit, he dares to deceive God, and more than 5 times the profit, it is enough to make them stand beside the devil, so when Frank raised his hand to swear, Akado sneered and turned into the car.

Passing the information in his hand to the SS officer standing by the car window, Akado gave his order: "Find a trustworthy officer and let me verify it. Don't disturb these people, and send the verification Bring back the information and give it to me. Do you understand?"

"Yes! My head of state." The officer turned around and took two steps back. The car Akado was in started slowly. A total of 10 cars drove out of the gate of the airport and rushed into the middle of a beautiful forest. , that straight boulevard.

Just like every emperor in history, the more dictator you are, the more you have to face a fatal problem, that is, the final execution of your own orders. This question is related to whether an empire as a whole is advancing or regressing, and it is also related to whether the emperor is a great strong man or a fatuous fool.

Emperors or dictators try their best to supervise the execution of their orders, such as setting up secret agencies, establishing a perfect supervision mechanism, etc., but history has proved that no matter how sound the system is, it has limitations, and no matter how good the wishes are, It can't stand the distortion and trampling of a group of scum.

So how to make one's eyes see more clearly has become the common research goal of all high-ranking people. No one wants to be deceived by others, especially smart people or people who think they are smart. Fortunately, Acado was born in a country that paid more attention to the system, and this country also had some more rigid and conservative people. If he is reborn in a country that has been ruled by a single person for a thousand years, all he can do now is endless infighting.

But even in such a country with relatively complete regulations and people who obey the rules, Akado found that there are still people who are trying their best to poach the corners of the empire and exploit loopholes in the law. So he decided to take a look for himself, use his own eyes to see clearly those things that he could only see from reports before, to see if anyone was really obedient, to see if anyone really dared to violate his empire great head of state.

"This is my second visit to Rotterdam. The last time I came here, I came here as the winner who had just occupied this place. At that time, the gunpowder smoke had not cleared, and there was still black smoke everywhere here." Akado In the shaking car, he said to Frank Alstoner who was sitting beside him: "My army can destroy any enemy who defies my will, but it cannot kill those bastard moths inside the empire. I hope this empire will be strong It's not bad, and these moths are stabbing my empire with knives!"

"Not all people are as far-sighted as you are, my head of state." Frank Alstone followed up with a sycophant in time, and then continued: "Many people have the same IQ as theirs." Mismatched wealth, all they have in their head is whiskey, so they're not thinking about that function."

"You are a pilot new type of business supported by me. Don't be greedy for the cheap things in front of you, and let me down! Do you understand?" Akado looked out the window, and suddenly said: "Put away those practices that play around with the system, money I promise you'll just get more...but if you keep doing this, I'll find someone more worth investing in, you know what that means."

Frank Alstoner was startled, and then more humbled. He had already made a balance in his mind, and the first thing he did after returning home was to change the factory system in the Netherlands, Belgium and France to be more in line with the imperial law. Thinking of this, he continued, "My head of state, I understand what to do."

"The last time I came here, there was gunpowder smoke everywhere. At that time, I saw hatred and despair." Akado nodded, ignoring the frightened Frank Elstoner, but as if Talking to himself: "When I came this time, there was still smoke everywhere, but the flames of hatred were suppressed behind the calm. I hope that when I come next time, this place will change a little bit. "