V4CH22: Appointment

　"Hans, this, this... when was it delivered?" Xu Jun frowned tightly looking at a document on his desk, last night he may have drunk too much wine, his head still hurts a little, he held the document in one hand and rubbed his temples with the other.

　　"What? Oh, this was received last night. But you were drunk last night, so I didn't give this to you. You'd better have a cup of coffee first, I just asked the orderly to make it, it might make you feel better." Hans handed over double strong coffee.

　　"Oh, thanks." Xu Jun hurriedly took the cup of coffee and took a sharp sip.

　　"careful! It's freshly brewed... Did you burn yourself? are you okay?"

　　Hans looked at Xu Jun eagerly, now this marshal's lips had been squeezed together by the scalding, and tears were coming out of the corners of his eyes.

　　"It's my fault for not warning you, are you okay? should I call the medic for you." Hans saw Xu Jun now look a little scared, the guy is now teary-eyed looking at him.

　　Hearing Hans wanting to call the medic, Xu Jun hurriedly shook his hand to stop. He rushed to the corner of the room from the water bottle poured a glass of cold water and then drank it all, then covered his mouth and walked back to the desk.

　　"Hans, you want to murder me...." The marshal now spoke with an obvious bit of a loud tongue and with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.

　　"I'm so sorry, I'm so very sorry, I didn't expect you to take such a fast sip...." Hans hurriedly kept bowing and apologizing.

　　"You.... You.... Not only give me such.... hot coffee, and also no sugar." Xu Jun, who was slightly better now, said while wiping his tears with his handkerchief.

　　"Is that so?"

　　Hans picked up the remaining half cup of coffee on the table, took a sip, and then said with an apologetic face, "It seems like there is no sugar. I'll go scold the orderly."

　　Then he realized that it was not the right time to talk about this he asked eagerly, "How is your mouth now? I think it's better to call a doctor."

　　"No, just ask someone to get me some ice water. God, how could I be so unlucky? Oh! But finally, my head no longer hurts." Xu Jun said with a big tongue.

　　"Then I'll go get you some ice water. I'll be right back." Hans hurriedly ran out of the office.

　　"Oh my God, I almost got scalded."

　　Xu Jun endured the pain in his mouth and then studied the document in his hand. This was a standard official document of the Commander-in-Chief, a letter of appointment. The date of issue of this document was yesterday morning, and it was issued by Hitler himself.

　　It first complimented itself in the most mealy-mouthed compliments and then tried to show itself how important it was to Germany. After reading half a page before getting to the point, Hitler appointed himself governor of Poland, while the officers under his command were left to command the troops stationed in Poland.

　　Hitler also specifically reminded himself that the former governor of Poland was the same Hans who had fled back to Germany. Frank has been ordered by him to be shot, he will not tolerate such a pest of the Reich endangering the Reich and so on. Seeing this Xu Jun could not help but shake his head with a bitter smile. Hans Frank, Hitler's best friend, the most dim-witted and greedy, and brutal governor of Poland in history died in the hands of his friends. Hitler was really good at it.

　　This move is indeed very subtle and brilliant if placed on others.

But unfortunately, Hitler met him. Hitler now also wants to make a final test on him. He wants to know what he really wants. If he didn't actually want to challenge him, then the purpose of his own purge was to bring down Frank. Hitler might not feel that it was worth it to completely turn against Xu Jun because of this, in the end, a small Polish governor could do far less for him than he could as a capable Vice Führer.

　　If it was only Frank he wanted to deal with, it would have been a good deal to use the head of this insignificant man in exchange for the loyalty of his right hand. But if it was his authority he wanted to challenge, he could also use the appointment letter to imprison himself and tie himself to Poland.

　　At that time, he is far from the center of power in Germany, and he can not interfere with his own tactics in Germany. Then he can feel free to slowly cut off his own party, and slowly destroy the underground network that Jack had painstakingly operated. When these threats to his power are completely removed, at that time, to rub themselves round and flat is his word. Moreover, he can also use this method to slowly hollow himself out and slowly consume his own power.

　　Germany in Poland only plunders not builds, here, in any case, he can not enrich their own strength. All of his own supplies and weapons need to be shipped from Germany, and his lifeline is actually in his hands. If he stops sending the supplies that he has to Poland, Poland's current economic and industrial situation alone will not be able to meet the consumption of these troops. At that time, he would have to bend the knee and surrender.

　　And now that he has taken up this position, it is more reflective of his trust and cultivation of himself. If he does it now, it will give the German people the impression that you are an ungrateful rebel, so that the army will not only not be able to help you, but also show their position and they may come to suppress you.

　　Another powerful point of this order is that he used the most legitimate reason to deprive himself of control of the "Cypriot" corps. It was unquestionable that his officers were assigned to work with him. Now Hitler could have reassigned his own inner circle to "Cypriot" and take complete control of it. He could only watch as his heart and soul being snatched away by others.

　　The thought of this made Xu Jun could not help but sneer. Unfortunately, unlike his previous opponents, he was neither too stupid nor too upright, which is why he might have been beaten by his despicable poisonous scheme. This time his opponent was as powerful as he had ever met, more cunning than him, more despicable than him, more vicious than him, and he was simply dreaming when he thought he could trap himself with such methods.

　　"My marshal, I got you the ice water you asked for." Just as Xu Jun was laughing sinisterly by himself, Hans' voice rang outside the door.

　　"Come in." Xu Jun said loudly, he felt that his tongue was still hot and painful and could not help but frown again.

　　The door of the office opened and Hans walked in with two orderlies, who were also carrying a huge water dispenser.

　　"My marshal, I am very sorry, I can only get this much, do you think it is enough. If it's not enough, I can go to the city again to find it." Hans said with an apologetic face.

　　"It's enough." Xu Jun hurriedly said: "This is enough. You guys have worked hard, go down and rest." He waved his hand at the orderlies, and the two orderlies hurriedly put down the water dispenser and retreated.

　　"Marshal, I'm very sorry, this is really my negligence, you being scalded is entirely my responsibility, I ask for your punishment." Hans still kept expressing his apologies one after another.

　　Xu Jun did not answer him, he walked to the water dispenser, picked up a cup and poured himself a glass of ice water, drank it, and then let out a long, comfortable sigh. Xu Jun turned to Hans and said: "Hans, you don't have to blame yourself. In fact, this is my own carelessness, you have nothing to do with it. It's mainly because I drank too much yesterday, so I was still a bit unconscious in the morning, and if I hadn't been given a scalding, I might not have woken up now."

　　"You saying that makes me feel more ashamed."

　　"Hans, you are still a general, how can you still look at yourself as if you were a colonel. A general has to behave like a general. Haha, if you are always like this, how can I be confident to leave the troops to you to command. Don't you always want to be the commander of a unit to use your own abilities?" Xu Jun smiled and comforted his loyal lieutenant.

　　"Marshal, are you saying that you want to give me command of a unit?" Hans looked at Xu Jun in surprise.

　　"Haha, not now, but I promise you that I will let you show your talent on the battlefield. But right now, you need to start developing your temperament of a senior commander."

　　"As ordered, my marshal." Hans puffed out his chest, his eyes filled with gratitude.

　　"But, Marshal, don't you really need to see a doctor?"

　　"No, I know the level of the doctors here when I think about it, what else can those few army doctors do besides opening a knife and changing a medicine, falling into their hands, then I might as well just burn myself to death." Xu Jun quickly waved his hand and smiled and said.

　　"Unfortunately, this is not Berlin now, otherwise I know a lot of good doctors." Hans really believed the words of this guy who suffered from needle phobia, he sighed and said.

　　"Oh? Doctors?" A light suddenly flashed in Xu Jun's head.

　　"What's wrong? Marshal, what's the problem?" Hans heard Xu Jun say this sentence and , he could not help but curiously asked.

　　"No, nothing is wrong, I just thought of an idea. Wait, let me think about it again." Xu Jun waved his hand to interrupt Hans' words, then walked towards his desk with his hands behind his back. He walked to the desk and sat down on his comfortable leather office chair, his two eyes staring at the document, and fell into deep thought.

　　"Well, I think this will work. Hans, bring in Chief of Staff Wehrle immediately now and tell him I have an important matter to discuss with him."

　　"As ordered, my Field Marshal. Will he be the only one called?"

　　"No, call all the officers of the Cypriot Corps who are with me at the rank of colonel and above, I need to hear their opinions as well."

　　"Yes, my marshal." Hans bowed slightly and pushed the door and walked out.

　　Xu Jun sat there and continued to stare at the document. It seems that this is the only way to turn the current situation around. Hitler, it is you who forced me to do this. It seems that now you have to speed up the process of your own plan, to completely block his card path when he plays the next card, and disrupt his plan. Only then can one recapture the initiative in this struggle.

　　"Marshal, everyone is here." Not long after, Hans' voice once again sounded from outside the door.

　　"Come in." Xu Jun stood up to greet the arrival of his loyal men.

　　The officers entered Xu Jun's office and lined up neatly in two rows according to their respective ranks. After saluting, Xu Jun enthusiastically let them find their own seats and sit down, but he took the document and stood in front of the desk.

　　Looking at an office full of officers Xu Jun said loudly: "Gentlemen, I believe you all know our current situation. I just want to bring Germany to a brighter path, I want to remove all the dirty and ugly wastes, and return Germany to a clean leadership body. But to my surprise, what I got in return were conspiracies and poisonous arrows against me."

　　Xu Jun was full of indignation as he raised the document in his hand.

　　"Look, this is the repayment I received from the Führer for whom I have been serving faithfully. I hadn't wanted to start any power struggle with him, but now it seems impossible. I am now going to do it for self-defense, for the safety of all my followers, including all of you here, for the sake of our great Germany not to be led into the abyss of darkness by such a man, and for the sake of the revival of the Germanic nation, I have decided to make a final end with him. When the time comes, one of us will have to fall between him and me. But I believe that it will definitely not be me. Because light will never be crushed by the darkness. The justice of Germany will be done by me."

　　Xu Jun's words were like a heavy bomb exploding in the hearts of those officers, although they already had this premonition, now from Xu Jun's mouth personally said this intention still brought a shock to their psyche, and those officers were stunned for a time. The reaction of a few of the inner circle, such as Wehrle, Hans, Müller, and Dorgan, was very calm, and only the excitement and fervor that appeared in their eyes revealed the excitement in their hearts at this moment.

　　"You first look at this document, General Wehrle, I am sure you can see the sinister intentions in this appointment. You will be the one to explain what kind of conspiracy this all contains. It is simply despicable and shameless." Xu Jun's face full of anger turned around and went to his office chair and then sat down fiercely.

　　"What a sinister and poisonous plan, what a great conspiracy, I really can't imagine that our German Führer can do such a vicious thing to his close comrades. He is trying to bring the marshal to death with all of us...."

　　Wehrle's exaggerated voice sounded from behind, Xu Jun secretly thumbs up to this chief of staff, thinking 'he really is an extraordinary person.'

　　In the end, all the officers were indignant at Hitler's use of such methods to treat Germany's meritorious servants and were indignant that they would end up in such a situation after fighting so hard for the Führer. They now once again expressed their loyalty to Xu Jun, and they were willing to do everything in their power to help their Field Marshal win this struggle.

　　Xu Jun felt very satisfied with getting such a result, and he cast an approving glance at Wehrle, while his chief of staff nodded slyly to Xu Jun.

　　"Gentlemen. All we have to do now is figure out a way to get back to Germany, where there are countless of our comrades, and where we will have enough room to wage a final showdown with this hypocritical tyrant. Otherwise, we will really be trapped here and subsequently be slaughtered like fish frozen in the ice. Now I have a plan, I need to get everyone's opinion, if you think it is feasible, we will act according to this plan. No matter what the final result is I will thank all of you for your support."

　　Xu Jun looked at his followers and said, "This is the only chance we have to salvage the situation now."