my head

This was what Marshal Blumberg said, but Zhang Jun's words were much simpler. Maybe Zhang Jun didn't think it was necessary to flatter the Wehrmacht.

"Hi! Hitler, got it."

"General Model, you immediately mobilize the intelligence organization in Romania to collect a large amount of information about Romania. I think Britain and France will definitely not let us do what we want. They must try their best to destroy our plan, and we cannot openly communicate with Britain and France now. Tear your face, so your activities must be carried out in the dark, I authorize you to use other means to deal with people who pose a threat to our plan when necessary, understand?"

Diplomats and spies from Britain, France, the Soviet Union and Germany gathered in Romania in an instant. Their goal was a "arms for Romanian oil plan" against Germany. For a while, the situation in Romania was turbulent.

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On September 1939, 9, Hitler, the head of state of Germany, had fully recovered his health and began to preside over the work of the country. The first meeting Hitler hosted was the award meeting. The German High Command had sent the list of all German Iron Cross medal recipients It was in Hitler's hands, but Hitler was dissatisfied. There are still more people who have won the Iron Cross or above this time.

For example, the second-class Iron Cross Medal, eligibility requirements: demonstrated an extraordinary act of bravery in battle and completed his mission.

There are too many people who can meet this requirement. Hitler has a thick book of materials in his hand, and at least a few thousand people can win the second-class Iron Cross Medal.

Then there is the list of winners of the first-class Iron Cross Medal. This is very rare, and there is only one list.The number of people will not exceed 50 people.Finally, the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.To get this medal.Must have been awarded the first-class Iron Cross Medal, and continue to show extraordinary bravery in battle, complete their mission, need to accumulate 20 victory points.

There are very few who can meet this condition, and only a few senior commanders have won this honor, such as Guderian, Kruger and other group army commanders, all of whom are members of the Wehrmacht.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with silver oak leaves on the back.Knight of the Iron Cross with Two Swords and Oakleaves in Silver, Knight of the Tenth Order of Oakleaves in Silver with Two Swords in Diamond, and Knight of the Tenth Order of Oakleaves in Gold with Two Swords in Diamond and Gold.It is that no one can get such a medal, and it is impossible to accumulate such a huge military exploits since they have just started fighting.

What made Hitler dissatisfied was Zhang Jun, the commander of the First SS Panzer Army, Hitler's "little carrot head". Even the name of Rommel, the deputy commander, is in the list of first-level Iron Cross winners.

According to Zhang Jun's estimation, at least he won the first-class Iron Cross Medal, but now he doesn't have Zhang Jun's share, which makes Hitler very dissatisfied.We must know that the rigorousness of the German ** team makes it impossible for omissions to be reported.What's more, Zhang Jun is still the head of the equipment department, so it is even more impossible for others to forget Zhang Jun.

"Marshal Brenburg, why is there no name of Zhang Jun, commander of the First SS Panzer Army? Zhang Jun took down Warsaw, the capital of Poland, in one day. Isn't this credit enough, or is it because of your retaliation? Tell me a reason."

Faced with Hitler's questioning, Blumberg did not dare to slack off, stood up quickly, and reported the reason to Hitler:

"Reporting to the great head of state, this is the case. Zhang Jun, the commander of the 30st Panzer Army of the SS, has no battlefield discipline and does not follow the combat plan formulated by the Ministry of Defense. As a result, he was surrounded by [-] Polish troops under the city of Warsaw. Without the full support of the Air Force, the First Panzer Army of the SS would have been completely annihilated. We absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of behavior and must deal with it seriously. Therefore, Zhang Jun’s name is not awarded this time. Department brainstorming and researching."

This is really wronging Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun ran directly to the city of Warsaw under the direct order of Hitler. The German Ministry of Defense knew it. Now they choose to forget about Hitler's order and only trouble Zhang Jun.

The situation at that time was indeed too critical. If it weren't for the help of more than 200 German B-29 strategic bombers, Zhang Jun would not be able to defend the 50-kilometer circular defense circle he established anyway. Once the matter is over, the fate of the First SS Panzer Army will be very miserable.

The Ministry of National Defense revoked Zhang Jun's award for this matter, or it was because of Hitler's face. If they hadn't known that this matter was actually ordered by Hitler, Zhang Jun would definitely be sent to a military court by the Ministry of National Defense.

The Ministry of Defense did this for two reasons. The first is to combat Zhang Jun’s arrogance. Those old guys in the Ministry of National Defense only canceled Zhang Jun’s Iron Cross Medal, and did not ask Hitler to impose other punishments on Zhang Jun. For the Ministry of National Defense, it has already made a huge concession. They don't want to make Hitler lose face. Besides, Zhang Jun finally won the battle and cut off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Polish troops. This is also a credit, even if it is a credit It's worth it.

The second reason is that the Xiaojiujiu of the Ministry of National Defense, they were dissatisfied with Hitler's leapfrog command, and they told Hitler tactfully by dealing with Zhang Junlai that although you are the head of state, you can't leapfrog the command of the troops, otherwise what do you want our Ministry of Defense to do? You can do the job alone.

Who is Hitler, how can he not understand what Blumberg said, Hitler thought to himself:

"You guys who are self-righteous, when I can bring you honor and victory, you will treat me as the head of state. If I, Hitler, once bring you failure, you will ruthlessly abandon me. Don't I know Is it? This is also the reason why I try to support the SS, and I am not forced out by you. No matter what you think, it is necessary to vigorously support the SS who is absolutely loyal to me."

Hitler, who was silent for a moment, began to speak. At this time, there was no anger on Hitler's face, and he put on a serious face:

"I said Marshal Blumberg, your ideas and actions are absolutely correct. We cannot tolerate commanders who violate the combat plan. They must be dealt with, and they must be dealt with seriously. I agree to cancel all Zhang Jun's previous military exploits. I think it should be from the Czech Republic to the city of Warsaw, and all the accumulation of military exploits between them will be cancelled, but Zhang Jun still needs to be rewarded for taking the capital of Poland with only one armored army, otherwise we will be meritorious and not rewarded. There will be no penalty, so I propose to give Zhang Jun the Silver Oak Leaf Knight Cross of the Iron Cross."

As soon as Hitler finished speaking, all the senior German generals who participated in the meeting fell silent. The SS was supposed to have Himmler, the national leader, to attend the meeting. As a result, Himmler was raped by Varner and was recovering from his injuries. He was also absent from the meeting As a military commander, Zhang Jun is not qualified to attend such a meeting. If Zhang Jun's government position is counted, the German Minister of Armaments can also attend such a meeting, but the Ministry of Defense and the High Command did not notify Zhang Jun to come to the meeting.

The current high command is silent, and the sound of a needle can be heard.It seems that these senior generals of the Wehrmacht want to use silence to fight against Hitler. Now Hitler feels that he can't step down. In this kind of public, even if someone wants to hug the head of the Führer's thigh, they don't dare to offend everyone. Everyone is like this Eyes wide open, silent.

Or Air Force Commander-in-Chief Kesselring to be more flexible. Germany now needs Hitler to unite everyone and lead everyone from victory to victory. We can’t let the Wehrmacht and the Führer become incompatible for a small medal. Germany is a tragedy.

Kesselring quickly stood up and spoke:

"Great head of state, in my opinion, let General Zhang win the second-class Iron Cross medal. My colleagues, you think this is good."

"Ah."

"it is good."

"I want it."

In this way, Zhang Jun’s medal was decided, the Iron Cross Medal of the Second Class, the lower level of the Iron Cross Medal, tens of thousands of people won this honor during the Polish campaign, the thick list on Hitler’s desk that is.

Several people from the SS Army won the first-class Iron Cross Medal in this Polish campaign, such as the "Rookie Battalion" battalion commander Piper, the "Storm Commando" captain Otto, the squad leader Benson, and the SS No. Rommel, deputy commander of the First Panzer Army, and Italian Major General Vincent all won the first-class Iron Cross Medal. In terms of the ratio of troops participating in the war, the SS is the highest. You must know that the Wehrmacht has more than 100 million troops participating In the Polish campaign, they won a total of more than 40 first-class Iron Cross medals.

September 9th is a very important day for Germany. Since the Czech War to the Polish campaign, Germany finally started a public award ceremony. Cross medal, the number of people is about 26 or so.

The awarding of the Second-Class Iron Cross Medal was organized by the army commander himself. Zhang Jun only had a second-class Iron Cross Medal, and he was not qualified to be awarded by the head of state himself. Therefore, Zhang Jun did not go to beat the crowd, but secretly flew to Warsaw to check Production and living conditions in Poland under SS control.

Although Zhang Jun did not get the ideal medal, Hitler's compensation order for Zhang Jun came down soon. Zhang Jun was promoted to the rank of general of the SS, and the Waffen SS was expanded into an armored group army.

When Zhang Jun returned to Warsaw, he changed into a suit and started to wander around Warsaw city as an ordinary person. Of course, this time Zhang Jun returned to Warsaw with the Shadow Guards.Zhang Jun still attaches great importance to this safety work. At this time, Rommel also went to Berlin to receive an honor. It is estimated that Rommel will rush back after the award. Zhang Jun understands Rommel's attitude towards work.

Zhang Jun and the cold beauty Bai Qingyue strolled on the streets of Warsaw together. There are no traces of war in Warsaw now. The streets are very clean and tidy. accounted for the majority.Although there are already a lot of people on the street, it seems that Warsaw is recovering well. (To be continued..)