After Trotsky left, Zhao Shouhong turned to the two marshals: "You are very welcome to join the Hualan family, and your family members will receive the best care."

"Family? We seem to have come to Hualan alone." Blyuchel said.

Zhao Shouhong smiled slightly: "I have good news for you. There are three groups of troops in this rescue operation. The main one is to rescue you, and the other two groups are to rescue your family members. Fortunately, although they were controlled But it's not tight. Especially after the attention of the Red Army was attracted by the troops who rescued you, the other two routes have successfully completed the task. Before you arrived at the presidential palace, I have received a report from the special forces. Your The family members have safely entered the territory of the Rakshasa Empire, and it is estimated that they will be able to reunite with you in a few days."

"Great, thank you, Mr. President, for your concern. We will definitely contribute our strength to Hualan Kingdom." Blyuchel said excitedly.

Tukhachevsky asked: "I don't know what we should do when we join Hualan Kingdom?"

Zhao Shouhong looked at the two of them and said, "Your family members can stay here and enjoy all the benefits of Hualan country citizens, but the two of you have to go on a secret mission."

"What secret mission?" Tukhachevsky asked eagerly.

"Go to the Rakshasa Empire to be the marshal, and control the local army of the Rakshasa Empire for me, and fight against the Red Alliance." Zhao Shouhong said.

"What?" The two exclaimed in unison.

"Why, do you not bear to fight against your former colleagues? If you are not competent, I can give you other tasks." Zhao Shouhong seemed very tolerant.

"No, I accept this task." Tukhachevsky said: "For Sterling and Voroshilov, I have a lot of debts to settle with them, and this just fulfilled my wish. .”

Blueher originally hoped to be transferred, but seeing Tukhachevsky's eagerness to try, he wisely shut up.An army composed of Rakshasa people would at least make it easier for him to integrate into it.As for the issue of fighting the Red Coalition Army, as a soldier, he would not have any psychological burden.After the two were sent away, Zhao Shouhong drove to a mysterious place.

In the Babaoshan military cemetery outside Beihua City, two men in civilian clothes were standing in front of several new tombstones, looking sad.

"Liu Li, don't be too sad, now their families have received the best care, I think they can rest in peace underground." Qingniao comforted his old brother.

"However, our five brothers have gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and we have done so many big tasks without losing one of them. This time, three of us died at once." Liu Li's voice was a little choked up, obviously extremely excited.Looking at the tombstones belonging to the leopard, hound and black fish in front of him, he couldn't help feeling sad, tears had already wet his eyes.

"Don't be sad, they died for the country, and they deserved to die." A deep voice came from behind, and the two turned their heads in surprise, only to find that it was Zhao Qian who was holding flowers.

"Instructor, why are you here?" Jade Bird asked in surprise.

The first thousand and 210 chapters veterans do not die

Zhao Qian shook his head: "You two have already retired, so you don't need to call me instructor anymore. If you still recognize me as a friend in the future, just call me Brother Zhao." While talking, he put the three bouquets of flowers in his hands on three seats respectively. On the marble pedestal of the new tomb.

"In our hearts, you will always be our instructor." Liuli replied.

Qingniao nodded: "We are originally the dregs of society, people who should be wiped out. We should have died when we were arrested, and now we have earned money by living for so many years. What's more, we have done something for the country over the years. Some things are worth living.”

"It's a pity that we are not in the army. The Hound likes the Hualan army's uniform so much, but he never wears it." Liuli sighed.

"Even if they have never worn military uniforms, they are still the heroes of our Hualan country, and the eternal souls of the army." The voice came from far to near, making all three of them jump.They looked back and saw Zhao Shouhong who was getting closer and closer.

"President, hello." The three greeted in unison.

Zhao Shouhong walked up to them and nodded to them: "I came here today to comfort the heroic spirits. They have made outstanding contributions to the country, so the government decided to posthumously give each of them a Sapphire Medal and confer upon them the title of People's Hero. I hope you can send the medals and certificates to their families, and please convey my apologies for not letting them go home alive. Also, please inform those family members that according to the government's decision, their coffins will be settled Enshrined in the Pavilion of Heroes."

"Thank you, President. I think they can rest in peace." Qingniao took the medal and bowed respectfully to Zhao Shouhong.

Zhao Shouhong looked at the three tombstones and sighed: "Old soldiers don't die, they just wither. Although their lives are over, their heroic spirits will live on forever. He will be with us forever, watching the Hualan nation grow and grow until it returns to the top of the world " Zhao Shouhong's words made the three of them ponder for a long time, and the sad atmosphere seemed to be diluted by these words full of pride and ambition.

Although the rescue of the two marshals this time caused an aerial battle between the Rakshasa Empire and the Red Alliance, both sides rarely exercised restraint.In today's economic crisis, even countries whose domestic economies have not suffered recession have no money to wage a large-scale war, so they all suppressed the news and did not continue to provoke.But after this battle, Sterling became even more worried about the domestic army.

The two prestigious marshals turned to the enemy country, which set a very bad example. If they are not corrected, it will definitely cause a group effect.Sterling, who was hesitant to purge the army, completely strengthened his determination, and a new purge began again.This time even Marshal Yegorov, who had always remained neutral and cautious, was not spared. He became a scapegoat for Stirling to vent his anger, and was eventually arrested and shot for treason.

According to later statistics, during this catastrophe, almost all the leaders of the Red Union National Burkina Party who played an important role during the Rakshasa Revolution and the Bunin government were wiped out.Of the six members of the Politburo during the October Revolution, only Stirling himself survived, four of the other five were executed, and Leon Trotsky was also expelled from the party.

Five of the seven elected to the Politburo between the October Revolution and Bunin's death were executed, with only Molotov and Kalinin, the two men who had been yelp to Sterling, survived.Among the 17 delegates to the No.1966 Communist Party Congress, 1108 were arrested, and almost all of them died in prison.

In the army, this kind of purge was even more serious, and the execution and removal of cadres accounted for 20% of the total number of cadres in the army.Among the five marshals, Tukhachevsky and Brucher switched to other countries, Yegorov was shot, and the army officers below were even more miserable.Among them, 17 of the 11 corps-level cadres, all [-] deputy defense people's commissars, all military region commanders, nearly half of the military region military commissars and political department directors, all army commanders, almost all division and brigade commanders, most corps, The political commissars of the divisions and brigades, nearly half of the regiment leaders, and nearly one-third of the regiment political commissars were executed, and the combat effectiveness of the Red Alliance Army was greatly damaged.

After the Great Purge, a large number of cadres who lacked military theoretical literacy and practical experience were promoted, and some even assumed leadership positions in military regions and headquarters.When statistics were collected in 1940, the proportion of highly educated cadres in the Red Alliance Army had more than halved compared to 1936.

In 1940, when the infantry director of the Red Allied Army conducted an autumn review, he found that among the 225 regiment commanders who participated in the training camp, none of them had studied in military academies, only 25 graduated from intermediate military academies, and the remaining 200 had only entered the second lieutenant training class. .This lack of combat effectiveness led to the subsequent invasion of the Teutonic State.

But this is all for later. After all, during this period of time, only the Red United Kingdom suffered huge political turmoil, but the world's economic problems remained unresolved.Of course, although the economic crisis has caused economic turmoil around the world, it also has some benefits. At least the governments of various countries have no money to fight anymore.In the three years after the end of the White Eagle Civil War, the world seemed to have entered a period of peace. Local wars have not even broken out in various places. All countries are immersed in economic development, hoping to get rid of the economic crisis as soon as possible.

The economy of the Teutonic state has improved rapidly after dozens of large enterprises relocated from the Hualan state moved in, and the country's economic power has rapidly increased.In addition, the Saar Empire and the Gaul State also favored the Teutonic State because they were afraid of the newly formed Utopian alliance.The Saar Empire even signed a treaty with the Teutonic State, abolishing the restrictions on the Teutonic army, and agreed that the size of the Teutonic Army could reach 35% of the Saar Empire.

The focus of the Teutonic state's economic construction changed, and it soon focused on the development of raw materials and common consumer goods to increase domestic consumption levels and stimulate industrial development.In order to improve the level of the heavy industry system as soon as possible, the Teutonic State started the army reconstruction plan.

According to the provisions of the Geneva Convention, the Teutonic State has only four former dreadnought ships as the main force of the navy. These are all old ships over 30 years old, and their combat effectiveness can no longer be compared with the cutting-edge warships.In order to rebuild the navy, the Teutonic state began the construction of the Scharnhorst-class cruiser and the Teutonic-class pocket battleship.The displacement of these two warships is not large, and the improvement of naval power is limited, but they are faster in construction.

After all, there are only a small number of people who have worked in Hualan Kingdom. After 20 years of dynasties, most of the Teutonic naval engineers have to learn from scratch. If they want to independently develop new warships, they must practice with real warships.These new warships have a short construction period, which can achieve this goal faster. At the same time, the faster launching of new warships can also allow the navy's training work to start faster.

Chapter 210, Army Scandal

In addition to warships, the navy's submarine force is also being reorganized, and Admiral Raeder is fully responsible for the reconstruction of the navy.

The air force was completely re-established, but the Teutonic state had been secretly training a large number of pilots in the name of the flying club, which saved the new air force commander Goering a lot of trouble.Goering, the former Teutonic ace pilot, is now the commander of the Air Force. This industry insider is very good at air force construction. After the Bavarian aircraft factory from Hualan State moved back, several types of Aircraft production soon began.

The BF108 developed by Messerschmitt has been improved and replaced with the Zhonghua 5 engine, and it has become the famous BF109 series fighter in later generations.In addition, the DO17 medium-range bomber produced by Doyle, the Junker 87 dive bomber produced by the Junker Aircraft Factory, the HE111 bomber produced by Heinkel, and the JU52 transport aircraft known as the three-headed bird have all entered the ranks of mass production. .

As the head of the Economic Planning Commission for four years, Göring naturally had a preference for his own air force. With the support of a large amount of funds, the Teutonic Air Force began to build into a powerful force. After a few years, this force will let him His enemies were terrified.

Compared with the full development of the Air Force and Navy, the Army appears to be much more silent.Although the troops quickly expanded from the 10 people stipulated in the Geneva Convention to a large force of nearly 22 people in 35 divisions, there was not much development in weapons and equipment.

The lag in the development of the army is partly due to the need to lower the vigilance of the Gaul state, try to let the opponent relax its vigilance, and not hinder the development process of the Teutonic state.On the other hand, it is because the army's officer corps has never been controlled by Hissler.While the Navy and Air Force had fully pledged their allegiance to Hissler, the Army remained apolitical, with its own officer corps not expressing allegiance.

From the perspective of traditional Teutonic soldiers, the role of soldiers is to defend the integrity of the country and territory.The army must maintain its own purity in order to maintain its own combat effectiveness. As for political issues, only politicians have to worry about it. Therefore, the army has never paid much for Hissler.

The traditional army officer corps has always been united around Minister of Defense Fritsch and Army Commander-in-Chief Blomberg, rejecting the entry of the Social Workers Party, which is a headache for Hissler.But soon his most loyal subordinate, Supreme Leader Himmler of the SS, helped him solve this problem.

The first unlucky Blomberg fell into the hands of his new wife. The original wife of the Teutonic Marshal died in 1932. At that time, she had to take care of her children and increasingly heavy work, so she had to temporarily put aside her personal affairs. , handing over the child to the nanny, he devoted himself to work.

In 1936, the children left him one after another as adults, and Blomberg, who felt a little lonely, began to think about his own private affairs.At this time, Himmler, through various relationships, arranged for him a young and beautiful typist and secretary, Miss Eva Gruen.After getting along day and night, the relationship between Blomberg and Eva continued to heat up, and they became husband and wife soon.

Blomberg is an aristocrat, while Eva is a commoner. Such a combination is outrageous in the conservative Teutonic state, and will inevitably be criticized by those conservative military officers.In desperation, Blomberg could only bite the bullet and beg Hissler and Goering, hoping that they would marry him.

Blomberg didn't have any hope at first, but he didn't expect that he would get strong support from Hissler and Goering just by mentioning the beginning.As a result, Hissler and Goering attended the wedding in person and witnessed the marriage for the two of them. Finally, they blocked the mouths of the conservative military officers, which greatly increased Blomberg's favor for the head of state.

Marshal Blomburg and Miss Gruen held a low-key civilian wedding. Apart from the two officiates, Heisler and Göring, there were only a few guests and relatives and friends.After the wedding, Blomberg happily went to Tikrit for their honeymoon with his new wife.

What Blomberg did not expect was that half a year after the two got married, the news suddenly appeared in the newspapers. Marshal Blomberg's new wife, Miss Eva Gruen, had actually been the world's most beautiful woman when she was young. ancient profession.Not only that, the reporters tracked down and found out that she grew up in the "massage parlor" opened by her mother in Berlin, and in many places in the Teutonic country, "massage parlors" are often listed as " "legal" kilns, and the situation in Berlin is even worse.

Marshal's wife is sister kiln, such news is the most popular news among entertainment reporters.Under the continuous excavation of the reporters, this matter continued to ferment, and Blomberg and his wife became celebrities, and even their pornographic photos taken many years ago were dug up and hyped.Every day, there are a large number of reporters squatting near his residence. What time did the Marshal and his wife wake up and eat breakfast?

When this news lasted for a week and occupied the front pages of the major newspapers in the Teutonic Kingdom, the army officer corps could no longer sit still.

The Chief of Staff of the Army Staff Headquarters publicly stated in the officer corps: "The Army cannot tolerate a guy who marries a bitch." The Army's attitude is very obvious. Disgraceful early discharge from the Army.

This time Blomberg's attitude was surprisingly firm, he would never divorce his wife.Blomberg broke with the army officer corps, and Hissler took the opportunity to relieve Blomberg of all his duties and share his full strength with Keitel and Jodl.

These two people seem to be from the army, but in fact Keitel is a mediocre person with no opinion, and Jodl has secretly pledged his allegiance to Hissler.Hissler used this method to firmly hold the top of the army in his own hands.

After this incident, Hissler has a certain right to speak in the army, but if he wants to completely control the army, there is still an insurmountable obstacle, the Minister of Defense, Baron Fritsch.Originally, the Weimar Republic required that soldiers not interfere in politics, and active-duty soldiers could not serve as the Minister of Defense.However, the relationship between Hindenburg and Fritsch at that time was irreversible, and Hindenburg made an exception, allowing Fritsch to continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army when he was the Minister of Defense.

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