The Third Reich: The Return of the King

After collecting the weapons of the Italians, Moder did not detain the prisoners, because there were 100,000 men on the other side, and if they stayed, it would be 100,000 mouths waiting to eat, and he did not have so much food in his hands for the Italians to eat.

So as soon as the Germans collected their weapons, they disbanded the Italian army and let them go home on their own.

Yi Du Li people were disappointed, I thought that they could eat and drink, but they didn't expect that the German army had no intention of entertaining them at all, they were very dissatisfied in their hearts, but seeing the German army waiting for the battle, coupled with the black hole in the muzzle of the German soldiers, the Yi Du Li people chose to leave very wisely!

Before, when they were fully armed, they were not opponents, but at this time they had surrendered, and there were no weapons or anything, and at this time they were fighting with each other with their bare hands, wasn't that looking for death?

After seeing the foolish man walk away, Moder breathed a sigh of relief.

As he set up his defensive line to prevent a surprise attack by the Italis, he gathered up his previously captured weapons and began to move closer in the direction of Virena.

Colonel Mainz doesn't know what the situation is, the situation on his side is much more severe than his own!

While Moder was thinking about his superior, Colonel Mainz, Colonel Mainz received a telegram of commendation from Berlin.

"Colonel of the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment, Mainz von Lewinsky, distinguished himself in Odili, was promoted to major general, awarded a knight's Iron Cross with a diamond oak leaf with a sword!"

The telegram did not come from the Hamburg side, but directly from Berlin!

This situation made Mainz frown slightly, Berlin's telegram should have been issued by the government of the Weimar Republic, but shouldn't the promotion of officers and the awarding of medals be the power of Field Marshal Hindenburg?

What's going on?

Could it be that his performance in Odili has attracted the attention of the top brass of the Weimar Republic, so he wants to compete with the old marshal and poach himself from the hands of the Marshal Hindenburg?

If that's the case, it's not a good thing for Mainz!

At this time, the reason why the Weimar Republic tried its best to win over itself, and even did not hesitate to make promises to high-ranking officials, was because they took a fancy to their own strength and wanted to use themselves to balance the power of the army.

Of course, Mainz is unwilling to act as this chess piece, the political struggle is very cruel, the other party uses himself as a chess piece, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, he will not end well, and his identity as a Junker nobleman gives him a natural foundation in the military, and the old marshal General Hindenburg also attaches great importance to himself, and even begins to train himself as a successor!

In this case, Mainz is in a hurry, he just needs to slowly take care of his own power and expand his strength little by little!

Therefore, Mainz subconsciously planned to ignore this telegram and did not want to

However, there was a sudden movement in his heart, and he felt that he should send a telegram to Field Marshal Hindenburg to see what his attitude was!

Mainz's telegram was soon General Hindenburg was on Mu Nihei's desk, seeing this telegram, Field Marshal Hindenburg smiled and said to General Seckert next to him: "How about it, I said it, this kid will definitely send a telegram to me to ask about the situation, so you should rest assured now, right?"

General Seckert nodded, and used the hand of the government of the Weimar Republic to send a telegram of commendation to Colonel Mainz, who had recently been in the limelight, to see how Colonel Mainz would react, which was General Seckert's advice to the old marshal.

The main reason why he did this was that the old marshal felt that he was old and not as energetic as before, so he had to arrange a successor for himself as soon as possible!

In the original history, the person who was chosen by Field Marshal Hindenburg as his successor was the initiator of World War II, Mustache, when General Hindenburg appointed the other party as prime minister in his capacity as president, he had already determined the identity of the successor of the other party, although Field Marshal Hindenburg knew that this was a very radical and dangerous person, but he still chose Mustache, because there was no other better candidate at that time!

And now, with the advent of Mainz, Field Marshal Hindenburg has found a suitable successor.

General Seckert didn't know much about Colonel Mainz, but he felt that it was no child's play to leave the future of the army in the hands of a young man, and if this person's misconduct was not good, the glorious traditions of the German army might be completely buried in his hands, so he proposed this method to test Mainz's reaction.

As it turned out, Colonel Mainz, as Field Marshal Hindenburg had expected, was not attracted by the high-ranking officials of the Weimar Republic, and he still put the army first, much to the delight of Field Marshal Hindenburg, and General Seckert was relieved.

"Tell Colonel Mainz that he can accept this award!"

Marshal Hindenburg said with a smile, since it is a test, then after the other party passes the test, he is bound to come up with some rewards!

The rank of Major General and a knight's Iron Cross with a diamond oak leaf sword are not too much!

If it weren't for the fear that Colonel Mainz's promotion would be too fast and cause dissatisfaction among his colleagues in the army, Field Marshal Hindenburg even wanted to promote the other party to lieutenant general!

After all, it took only one month for Mainz to defeat the armies of five countries, eliminate more than 200,000 enemies, and bring the entire Odily, 120,000 square kilometers, and 12 million people into the empire!

After this battle, the empire not only completely recovered its losses in the First World War, but even had a surplus, and the abundant natural resources of Odili greatly alleviated the dilemma of insufficient resources in the empire!

For this alone, it is not an exaggeration to promote the other party to lieutenant general!

Field Marshal Hindenburg's telegram was soon delivered to Virena, and the contents of the telegram surprised and delighted Mainz.

He thought that the old marshal would prevent him from accepting the award from Berlin, so he was even ready to return all these things, but he did not expect that the old marshal not only did not do so, but allowed himself to accept the award, which made Mainz feel a little puzzled.

After thinking about it for a while, Mainz roughly guessed the old marshal's intentions!

After the government learns that he has accepted the award, he may have a good impression of himself and think that he is a person who can be reused by the government, so that he can get more opportunities from the government and accumulate contacts for the future in politics!

On the other hand, allowing himself to accept the government's commendation also reflects the generosity of the old marshal, expressing his absolute trust in himself, and he is not worried that he will betray the army and betray the old marshal!

I have to say that the old marshal's hand is indeed very beautiful!_

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