The Third Reich in Desperation

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"Chief of Staff, are we really going to encircle the area where the Army General Headquarters is located?" A stormtrooper leader anxiously asked Rohm, the actual leader of the stormtrooper.

"Surround the area where the Army General Headquarters is located?" Rom snorted coldly: "Hitler is crazy, but I am not crazy. What is the difference between such an order and asking us to die?"

Hearing that Rohm called Hitler by his name without any honorifics, the SA leader also understood what the leader meant.

Thinking of this, the little boss asked with some doubts: "Chief of Staff, since this is an order to send us to death, why do we have to carry it out?"

"Execute? Who said I was going to execute?" Rom said triumphantly: "I did not gather the troops to surround the Army General Headquarters. Our goal is to capture the reactionary Hitler and hand him over to the socialists. The head of the Workers' Party, at the disposal of General Reinhardt."

In history, after the expansion of power, Rohm publicly criticized Hitler for not implementing the National Socialist Revolution in order to elevate his status too much.Later, in order to allow the Wehrmacht and the SA to merge, Rohm even devalued the uncooperative Hitler as worthless.

Such a person who couldn't maintain his loyalty in a good situation naturally immediately thought of defecting when he encountered the current predicament.

It's a pity that Zhang Chengtian, his nominal second superior, didn't feel Roma's "good intentions" at the moment.

Sickert dispatched an order to send an infantry regiment of the Wehrmacht to suppress the stormtroopers.And Zhang Chengtian also asked Ross to send two SS regiments to cooperate with the suppression of the stormtroopers.

Under the suppression of the Wehrmacht-SS joint force with twice the number of the stormtroopers and several times the elite level of the stormtroopers, Rohm's stormtroopers had almost zero chance of winning.

It's a pity that today's Rohm is still urging his more than 3000 SA members to go to Hindenburg's manor at full speed to capture Hitler.

At the same time, an army of 150 men secretly assembled at Hindenburg's estate.

"The 211st Battalion and 1st Company of the 1th Regiment of the 2st Division of the National Defense Forces have assembled." A second lieutenant wearing a [-]nd-class Iron Cross was saluting and reporting to Lieutenant Hamet, who stood directly in front of the queue and had the rank of Captain Pei.

After Hamet returned a military salute, he said indifferently: "Return, the whole company is waiting here."

Glancing at the quartz watch on his wrist, Hamet said silently in his heart that in another 5 hours, the action should start.Now his task is to protect the safety of Marshal Hindenburg.

I hope that the so-called stormtrooper can play a role, Hamet prayed in his heart.

Text Chapter 61 Empty City Plan

Hindenburg's huge manor is now surrounded by 3400 members of the stormtroopers.However, none of the stormtroopers rushed to the gate of the manor.

Not a huge defensive force, blocking the footsteps of the stormtroopers.On the contrary, not even a cleaner could be seen at the gate of the entire manor.The avenue leading to the inner buildings of the manor was straight and quiet in front of the stormtroopers.

Rom was a little worried, he was afraid that there would be fraud in it.It is impossible for the manor of an old marshal of the empire to not even have a guard.Then, the abnormal emptiness in front of him is obviously intentional.

Looking back at the main force of the stormtroopers he brought, Rom's mind settled down again.Originally, the total number of stormtrooper members in Rohm's hands had reached tens of thousands.But most of them are just unemployed people and mobs who have no combat effectiveness and only know how to smash.Only the 3400 party members in front of us are the ones who really have a certain fighting capacity.

而这3400名冲锋队党徒又分为了11个300人的大队，与1个100人的罗姆直属卫队。300人的冲锋队大队，装备的是早就淘汰的，固定双排弹仓和旋转后拉式枪机的毛瑟88式步枪。而罗姆直属卫队则装备了较好的Gew.98式，带瞄具的旧国防军标准配置版步枪。

With such a force, the manor in front of him is not as dangerous as it looks, Rom secretly encouraged himself.

"Captain, the layout of the manor in front of you is too weird. Could it be that all the people in it have run away?" Heins, who graduated from the Munich Military Academy at the same time as Roma, took two steps forward.Heins and Rohm were not only graduates of the same period, but also colleagues of the Seventh Military District of the Munich Army.Therefore, Hines has long been stamped with Roma's cronies.Now, as a confidant, Hynes will naturally stand up to share Roma's worries.

"Impossible." Rom shook his head and said, "From here we can clearly see that Hitler's black Mercedes is still parked next to the main building of the manor. I know Hitler, even if he wants to leave, he won't do it." Hindenburg's car leaves."

Hearing this, Heins said in a low tone: "Then let me lead two brigades to rush in to find out what the hell Hindenburg and Hitler are doing."

Rom was very pleased with Hines' loyal servant, and what he needed was a cronies like Hines who was willing to take risks for him.Leading a team into the manor now must be a very dangerous task.Everyone knows this.

Glancing at the expressionless stormtrooper cadres beside him, Rom sighed.The stormtroopers, after all, are not his Rohm's word, and many people here are in a wait-and-see attitude.The remaining few members are those who have already stood in line.Frey before, chose to stand on Hitler's team.And now Hines is on his Rohm team.

From the bottom of his heart, Rom was unwilling to let Hines take this risk.However, the only one he can use with confidence now is this top student in the military academy who graduated at the same time as himself.

The hard-hearted Roma patted Haines on the shoulder and said, "My loyal minister, Haines, you are my best subordinate, and I will leave this task to you. I will give you 3 brigades, use Come and play Hindenburg's hole card. Remember, don't rush in, pay attention to safety."

"Yes, Captain!" After Hines replied loudly, he called out the two captains and asked them to lead people into the manor with his team.

The two captains whose names were called out reluctantly pulled the team to the front.After all, no one likes to do this kind of work.

However, Hines didn't seem to see the expressions of the two captains.He just pulled his Ruger P08 from his belt, loaded it with 19mm rounds, and loaded it.

After meeting Rom, Hines said in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

With an order, Hines' direct brigade rushed into the gate of Hindenburg's manor.Since Hines was a top student at the Munich Military Academy, the members of the stormtroopers under his command received a certain degree of military training. The 300-person brigade scattered and lay down on both sides of the gate immediately after rushing into the manor.Afterwards, the stormtroopers of the other two brigades walked straight into the gate of the manor slowly.

"Scatter, scatter!" Hines reminded with an extremely fast voice.

It's a pity that these two stormtrooper brigades who came in later did not have any military literacy at all.Their queues were chaotic and their command was uncoordinated, so Hynes' reminder didn't have the slightest effect.

On the contrary, since there was no hit.The party members of the two backward brigades laughed at Hines' timidity.

The two stormtrooper captains even said contemptuously and sarcastically: "Just now, I took the order with dignity and awe, but I didn't expect to lose my momentum so quickly."

"Others call it cautious. Be careful to sail for thousands of years, hahaha..."

Under the leadership of the two captains, all kinds of ridicule continued one after another.

"A group of idiots!" Hines said angrily, "How dare they relax so much before they are out of danger. From this point of view, they are not far from the real danger!"

At the same time, in the two 3-story concrete auxiliary buildings located on both sides of the main building, rows of Wehrmacht soldiers wearing black helmets have quietly loaded their rifles and slowly raised their guns to aim at the vanguard of the stormtroopers.

Compared with the 88-style rifles of the stormtroopers, the Wehrmacht in the auxiliary building is equipped with all G98-style rifles.In addition, each floor is equipped with an MG15 machine gun.There are a total of 6 machine guns in the two buildings.Against stormtroopers with only light weapons, such weapons and equipment can only be described as luxurious.

In the main building of the manor, 100 Hindenburg's private manor guards also gathered by the windows on the first and second floors.Although these escort members are only equipped with some improved shotguns, they can also form a firepower network.Furthermore, the frontal guards are not the main force.What Hindenburg really relied on was the officers and soldiers of the 1st company of the Wehrmacht deployed on both sides of the main building.

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Behind the secret door of the study in the Hindenburg Manor, Hitler and Goering were sitting awkwardly on the sofa opposite Hindenburg.

"Röhm, a villain who eats inside and out, I regard him as a comrade, but he betrayed me at the most critical moment!" Hitler said to Hindenburg sitting behind his desk like a speech: "Once we get rid of Rom This villain, the rest of the stormtroopers will be back in our hands. Then we can regain the initiative. …”

"Enough!" Hindenburg interrupted Hitler's rhetoric, and roared angrily: "You know that tonight is the time for us to launch a coup, but you didn't manage your subordinates well, which led to the current chaos, so that we broke up. Messed up my overall deployment."

Hindenburg's rage was justified.Originally, he was scheduled to mobilize troops loyal to himself to seize power in Berlin today.However, Hitler's SA clashed with the SS, which led to the movement of large numbers of SS troops around Berlin.The extra SS troops are obviously not good for the armed coup.

Once the Wehrmacht loyal to his Hindenburg meets the SS loyal to Zhang Chengtian, it will be an unpredictable showdown.And all of this is obviously what Hindenburg tried to avoid before.Moreover, after the coup d'état fell into a stalemate, Sickert could mobilize the National Defense Forces loyal to the government to suppress it, and in that case the coup d'état would fail completely.

And the stormtroopers, who originally belonged to their own camp, suddenly turned their backs, bringing an imminent crisis.Now the safety of Hindenburg has to be guarded by Hamet's 1st company and a mere 100-man manor guard.How does this make Hindenburg not angry?

Goering, who was sitting next to Hitler, was already in a cold sweat.If it weren't for him to prevent the rise of Rohm's status, he suggested that Hitler should not disclose the news of the coup to the noisy SA.Knowing that there will be a coup d'etat soon, Roma may not turn against him.If Goering was given another chance, he would even be willing to personally inform Rohm that they would cooperate with Hindenburg to carry out a coup.

Text Chapter 62 Massacre

Hines suddenly felt a dangerous atmosphere, which is a soldier's instinct.

The main building in front of me and the auxiliary buildings on both sides form a concave distribution.In the eyes of others, this may be an aesthetic design.But in the eyes of Heins, a top student who graduated from the Munich Military Academy, this is a dangerous design.

At this moment, Hines suddenly remembered the analysis of the Battle of the Somme that he had learned.In that battle, the German army wiped out 2 British advance troops in one day through the crossfire of the two wings.Heins suddenly discovered that if machine gun positions were also deployed in the auxiliary buildings on both sides at this moment, the consequences would be disastrous!

Just when Hines was about to stop the advancing stormtroopers, a crisp gunshot came from the annex building on the right.Accompanied by the extremely ear-piercing gunshots that Heins heard, rows of Wehrmacht soldiers, wearing black helmets, came out of the window of the annex building and raised their guns to shoot.In the direction of the main building, I also remembered the loud noise of shotgun shooting.The scene was momentarily shocking.

These members of the stormtroopers who had been screened were still incomparably confused when faced with a sudden blow.The brigade directly under Hines was fine, basically able to shoot back.The stormtrooper partisans of the other two brigades dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away.This chaotic rout even broke up the formation of Haines' brigade and disrupted the rhythm of the counterattack.