Battle of the Third Reich

"This and this is indeed" Weierle took off the monocle on his eye sockets and handed the telegram to the curious Dougan.

"Unbelievable, I have the same feeling as you, it is simply ridiculous." The empire's head was holding a cigar, bending down and sitting on a Greek-style woven chair woven by trees and vines, and the Italian waiter on the side just delivered it. Darjeeling black tea.

"How are you going to reply to Colonel Davidson?" Weiler asked cautiously.

"Send another investigation team? In the past two months, the investigation team we sent to Asia has almost gotten together." Xu Jun put the cigar on the ashtray and waved the Italian waiters on both sides to retreat.

"I'm not going to send someone over, just choose from the people left behind in the French Indochina. Captain Stofenberg, I remember he is now waiting in Hanoi to return to Berlin, and now he has to let him postpone his original itinerary. Xu Jun picked up the black tea cup and looked up at Disenhofen.

The adjutant nodded respectfully, indicating that it had been strictly inspected, and then the head of state lowered his head and took a sip.

"That Earl? My head, I have read the report he sent back, and I can see that his administrative ability is very good." Weyler sat down on the other side of the round table and took it from the tea set tray. I have a new tea cup.

"He is indeed an excellent officer, and I plan to wait until he returns to promote him to major." Xu Jun put the tea cup back on the table and picked up the half-smoked cigar again.

"You can grant him full authority and order him to select personnel to form a capable team to investigate the incident." Weiller suggested. "As I thought, Weierle, it is up to you to draft this telegram. At the same time, sending the promotion order over is like a small compensation for delaying his return to the country." The emperor's head smiled a little.

"Obey, my head of state. So how should Colonel Davidson respond?"

"Let the Special Envoy send a detailed report first. I won't make a hasty decision until the incident is clear. Remember to let them take a few more photos of downtown Shanghai. If conditions permit, it is best to use aerial photography. "A moment." The head of state is very eager to see the scene of the hometown in this time and space.

"So what do you mean, let the special envoy stand by and stay in the Shanghai concession before you make a decision?" Weierle asked tentatively.

"When I responded, I said that considering the health of Marshal Blumberg, before the marshal's injury improved, the special envoy would stay in Shanghai temporarily and transfer a capable medical team from Berlin. The choice of the personnel was given to the eye of Odin. To arrange."

"Understood, my head of state, in this way, the Japanese side will be eager to explain to you"

"Of course they will do it. Oshima is now in Rome, but I don't know if he already knows that this happened." Xu Jun took a cigar.

"It's hard to say, my head of state. This is really an unlucky fellow, and his domestic colleagues must think so." Weierle said with a smile.

"I will not see him for the time being, let Ribbentrop go to meet him, and let him tell the Japanese that the envoy will not go anywhere until the truth of the assassination is unclear. At the same time, let Ribbentrop convene The media reporter in Rome was a very serious diplomatic incident. The Third Reich should express its attitude to the world. We are extremely dissatisfied and indignant about this despicable assassination that occurred on the German envoy." Xu Jun picked up a small cookie from the dessert plate.

"Wait a minute, my head." Weiler made notes in the small book.

"My head, who do you think killed Assassin Blumberg?" Dogen asked aside, and he placed the telegram at Xu Jun's hand.

"Obviously, it was planned by the Japanese." Xu Jun tapped the telegram with his finger.

"Chongqing's Jiang Zhongzheng had previously guaranteed the marshal's safety. Although this person had a poor credit history in the past, I believe his vision in this matter. He has no reason and no need to use this crude Means, issued a provocation to Germany. Did you see the scene described in the telegram? The assassin shouted the anti-Japanese slogan at that time, and there was a phrase in Chinese called "Yu Gai Mi Zhang". The last idiom was spoken in standard Mandarin.

"The meaning of this phrase is that you want to cover up the truth of a thing, but it makes the truth more prominent." Looking at the bewildered subordinate, the head of state explained with a smile.

"I understand that this assassin was a witness who misled the scene and wanted to make people think he was sent from Chongqing." Dougan hammered his palm.

"This can explain that the assassin's goal is the reason for the marshal. They want to destroy the relationship between Germany and Chongqing. It seems that our cooperation with Chongqing has made some people very dissatisfied." Weiler carried black tea. Speaking of,

"In fact, there is another object of great suspicion, that is Wang Zhaoming's Nanjing government. It is said that they are very dissatisfied with Germany's unwillingness to recognize the legitimacy of this regime. They have a special agent in Shanghai and are fully capable of dispatching Assassins, creating this assassination incident, and stolen Chongqing, this is also their usual method.

They probably want to use this to destroy the good relations between Germany and Chongqing. Because if we are in trouble with Chongqing, they can take advantage of it and start contact with us, eventually enticing us to recognize their regime and completely fall to their side. "Xu Jun pinched the cigar head in the ashtray."

"Since there is such a big suspicion in Nanjing, why did you think it was planned by the Japanese before?" Dogen was puzzled.

"Is there a difference between the two? In this matter, Japan and Nanjing should have the same purpose. It may even be that the two teamed up to plan the incident. I believe that the Japanese are behind the scenes, then It is because without the consent of Japan, Nanjing has no courage to do such a thing.

You should know that the next stop of the Special Envoy is to visit Japan. The report sent by the Tokyo Embassy has made it very clear that Japan attaches great importance to this visit, and Tokyo has made a comprehensive and meticulous reception preparation. They even engaged in rehearsals for more than a dozen welcome events in advance. It can be said that the entire country of Japan is looking forward to the arrival of Marshal Blumberg.

Therefore, no matter who undermines this major diplomatic activity, the Japanese side will never take the planner of this incident lightly. Nanjing will not know this, so they have absolutely no guts to do it alone. "Xu Jun took a bite of the cookie after he finished speaking."

"You mean, the Japanese attach great importance to the visit of the Marshal and will not allow anyone to sabotage, so how could they plan this assassination? This is completely logically unreasonable, my head of state." Completely confused.

"You are right, Dougan, people usually think of it this way, but the problem is that Japan is not a country that can be viewed with normal thinking." Xu Jun placed the bitten cookie on the cup tray .

"To understand the behavior of Japanese people, you must understand their history and culture. If you understand these, you will find that this is a very magical country.

In the past thousands of years, this country has never been truly unified. For most of the time, they kept their balance in the form of a tribal alliance. They never really experienced the feudal era of unity. Until the nineteenth century, they still retained the shadow of slavery. The dependents are equal to the private property of the lord. As long as the lord is willing, he can deprive any of the belongings. Even this person's life.

Even during the rule of the Shogunate, the various lords still retained a large amount of autonomous power, and they could even wage war against foreign countries without the approval of the Shogunate.

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan jumped directly from a semi-feudal and semi-slavery society to a constitutional monarchy society, but the traditions, thoughts, laws, and moral systems that maintained the old system were still preserved intact.

The Japanese are just as loyal to the lords in the past, only loyal to the group where the individual is, and only concerned about the interests of their group. As long as they are considered to be beneficial to their organization, they will go all out to do it and will not consider it at all. The ideas of other groups will not consider the possibility of serious damage to the country. "Xu Jun tapped gently on the table.

"I remember the Japanese all loyal to their emperor, my head of state." Disenhofen rarely chimed in, he made a new cup of tea for Xu Jun.

"This is not a contradiction, thank you, Disenhofen. Because when they make these decisions, they all declare that they are doing it for the emperor. They will say that it is all for the country. The decisions they make will be correct. Japan is more favorable, and it cannot be denied that many Japanese do believe this, but in fact most of the time, it is their groups and some individuals who ultimately benefit." Xu Jun said with a sneer.

"God, do they really believe this? Who will judge these ideas is correct? This is really ridiculous." Dogen exclaimed.

"No one, the players and the referees are their own. What happened in Shanghai this time is most likely planned by a small number of Japanese soldiers. The reason is of course "this is more beneficial to Japan and the emperor." And put down the teacup in his hand.

"Is it necessary to inform the investigation team and the special envoy of your judgment." Weierle asked.

"No, don't affect the judgment of front-line personnel first, maybe there will be more interesting discoveries." Xu Jun said with a smile.

"My head, the relatives of His Excellency Mussolini have arrived." At this time Disenhofen reported that Xu Jun looked up and found an Italian army colonel not far away.

"This is Colonel Santini escorting his family." the adjutant introduced.

"The weather is good and the air in the garden is better. Let him bring his family here." Xu Jun said to Disenhofen.

"Obey, my head."

"A few more chairs."

"Obey, my head."

"Don't forget there are tea and snacks."

"Obey, my head."

"Bring more of these small cookies."

"Obey, my head."

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