harleyscars Chapter 369
Chapter 369
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After Nimitz and Spruance arrived in Hamburg by train, they met someone waiting for them outside the station.
“Are you Lieutenant Colonel Nimitz and Colonel Spruance?”
A German second lieutenant checked the photos and confirmed that he had not recognized the wrong person, so he walked up.
“Who are you?”
The other person was wearing a black uniform of a German naval lieutenant, and it was clear at a glance that he was a soldier.
So the two of them did not ask about each other’s identity, but about their purpose.
“Hello, I am Lieutenant Rodman from the First Fleet of the Navy. I have been ordered to come and greet you two. Please come this way!”
Lieutenant Rodman politely motioned for the two to follow him. Nimitz and Spruance looked at each other. They were unfamiliar with the place and if they did not follow each other, they would have difficulty finding a place to stay.
So since the other party had made arrangements, they decided to follow them.
Under the guidance of Lieutenant Rodman, the two quickly got into a dark green convertible jeep.
The car made a strong buzzing sound, set off a whirlwind, and left the train station at lightning speed!
The two often took a car sitting in the Eagle Sauce, but they had never been in a jeep with such a powerful power, so they were caught off guard and subconsciously leaned back, almost losing their weight. Heart.
After finally sitting firmly, both of them felt a little surprised.
Why is Hans’ car so powerful? It feels completely different from the cars on the Eagle Sauce side!
Nimitz glanced at the speedometer and found that the speed of this jeep had exceeded 70 kilometers per hour!
This speed shocked him again!
No wonder I felt the wind whistling in my ears, it turned out that their speed was so fast!
At this speed, the buildings on both sides of the road were like a reversed movie film, quickly retreating.
The car took them through the suburbs, into the city, and into the slightly crowded streets. The speed of the jeep slowed down.
“You two, we’re here!”
Lieutenant Rodman got out of the car first, helped the two open the door, and motioned to them.
The two were taken to a not very tall building, with three flags flying outside the building, one was Hans’ tricolor flag, one was the black eagle flag representing Hans’ army, and the other was the iron cross flag representing the navy.
Seeing these three flags, they understood that they had arrived at the German headquarters in Hamburg!
Sure enough, after the two entered the building, they saw a large number of German officers coming in and out, busying about. Most of these officers were army officers, a small number were naval officers, and some were so dressed that neither Nimitz nor Spruance could tell each other’s identity.
However, the German Air Force headquarters was located in Munihe, Bavaria, not in Hamburg, so this unit should be the SS stormtroopers.
“Please wait a moment, I’ll go in and make a report!”
Outside a quiet office on the third floor, the two were placed on the sofa outside the reception room and waited, while Lieutenant Rodman walked into the office opposite, knocked on the door and walked in.
The moment the other party opened the door, the two saw a man wearing a navy black major general uniform sitting inside.
“The man inside should be Dönitz, right?”
There is only one active major general in Hans’ navy, that is Dönitz.
Both of them are from the navy, so it is not surprising that they were sent by the military commander. After all, if they really joined Hans’ navy, then Dönitz would be their top boss!
“It should be, but I heard that President Mainz also worked here. I just don’t know if he is still here today!”
Spruance looked around curiously, as if he wanted to try his luck and see if he could meet Admiral Mainz.
Nimitz smiled:”What are you thinking about? President Mainz should be in Berlin now. As the president, he is very busy and naturally has no time to come to Hamburg!”
“Who is responsible for the German army?”
“I’m not sure about this. To be honest, I don’t know much about Hans’ army, but I have done some research on their navy!”
“Haha, the research you are talking about is not the information you read when you were cramming on the airship, right?”
Spruance followed Nimitz all the way here, so he naturally knew what this guy was talking about, so he exposed him on the spot without giving him any face!
Nimitz was also thick-skinned enough, he chuckled and said,”It’s better to cram than not to cram. To be honest, before 192, Hans’ navy had nothing worth studying. It was not until last year that they had their own main battleships. Before that, they were just a coastal defense force with strict restrictions on tonnage and firepower!”
Hans’ navy is still not as good as the navies of mainstream naval powers even now, not to mention a few years ago.
So there are not many things they need to know. The main thing is to understand the warships built and launched by Hans in recent years.
Moreover, Hans has not announced the detailed parameters of these warships, so they can only get a general idea based on the known information. If they really want to have a comprehensive understanding of these warships, they need to wait until they board these warships and serve on them!
While the two were talking, Lieutenant Rodman had already come out of Dönitz’s office.
“The general is waiting for you, both of you!”
Nimitz and Spruance tidied their clothes and prepared to go into Dönitz’s office.
“You two, this way!”
Lieutenant Rodman looked at them strangely. He was clearly walking to the left, but the two of them went straight to General Dönitz’s office on the right, which made him feel a little puzzled.
“”Ah? Aren’t we going to General Dönitz’s office?”
Nimitz and Spruance were confused. They just saw Lieutenant Rodman enter Dönitz’s office to report on the situation. They thought he was reporting for them, but from what Lieutenant Rodman said, the person they were going to see was not Dönitz.
“No, I just reported the news of your arrival to General Dönitz. The person waiting to see you is not General Dönitz, but someone else!”
After hearing what Lieutenant Rodman said, the two finally understood.
“Then can you tell us who is the person who wants to see us?”
Both of them began to get curious. If it wasn’t Dönitz who wanted to see them, then who could it be?
The person who could work on the same floor with Dönitz should have a position no lower than Dönitz, but was there anyone of the same rank as Dönitz in Hans’ navy?
“Well, of course, but since you two are already here, why not just go in and take a look yourself!”
Lieutenant Rodman said with a smile, then reached out and knocked on the door.
“The door is not locked, please come in!”
With great curiosity, the two walked in, and then were surprised to find that the person waiting for them was none other than Hans’s president and commander-in-chief of the three armed forces – General Mainz!
“”What’s wrong with your expressions? Are you surprised to see me here?”
Mainz looked up and saw the stunned expressions of the two men, so he smiled and said.
One of them nodded and the other shook his head, which made Mainz feel very interesting.
“I came all the way from Berlin specifically for the purpose of coming here, firstly to meet you two. You may not know that you are the ones I specifically asked for!”
In addition to meeting these two people, Mainz also had another purpose in leaving Berlin, which was to participate in Hans’ annual large-scale military exercise. In
October 1925, the German army held a joint exercise code-named Green Sabre in the Rhine region.
This exercise mobilized a total of three armies, including Guderian’s First Army, Manstein’s Third Army and Kesselring’s Fourth Army.
Model’s Second Army, which was originally stationed in Saxony, could not come because it had exchanged positions with Kesselring’s Fourth Army.
Mainz then brought Brandenburg’s Fifth Army over, and he himself would personally participate in this military exercise.
The imaginary enemy of this military exercise is the Gallic Army, and the combat subject of the exercise is how to quickly penetrate the enemy’s solid defense line.