Chapter 36 The Way Back
After dawn, tens of thousands of troops from allies arrived in Nuremberg, and the whole city was martial law.
When more than tens of kilometers of railway bridges and rail sections were blasted and damaged, the US and British troops stationed in Bamberg, Bayreut, Würzburg, Ingolstadt and other places gathered in just a few hours based on the highway. First-class mobilization efficiency is not only a reflection of the degree of mechanization of the army. Without careful plans, more than 20 troops and thousands of military vehicles may block several major traffic roads around Nuremberg. [..com]
Those who refuse to accept inspections, those who possess weapons or even deliberately disrupt order will be killed. Unprecedented severe measures are played to the residents of Nuremberg through the loudspeakers on the telephone poles and the mobile loudspeakers on the top of Allied vehicles. The gunshots that sound from time to time are also sending unquestionable warnings to these restless Germans.
The wind and snow in the sky were still not weakening. Allied tanks and armored vehicles firmly controlled the traffic arteries around Nuremberg and the tactical control points of the city. The vicious infantry searched one by one street under the cover of machine guns, and even the small cellars storing potatoes were not spared. Countless suspicious boxes, cabinets and partitions were forcibly pried open, and the Allied officers and soldiers had the momentum to turn the entire city to the sky.
Outside the Nuremberg Railway Station, German residents watching from afar watched as Allied soldiers carried out their companions' bodies. It was rumored that dozens of American soldiers stationed here last night were not spared, and the attackers were portrayed as gods of killing from hell. Allied personnel are still trying to find the truth, and many German residents have had contact with the truth directly or indirectly - they may not be clear about the main inside story, and may not be loyal to the Third Reich revival. However, no one exposed it in advance, no one obstructed it halfway, and no one reported it later. Through this situation, the special mentality of the German people can be seen.
A large number of American and British troops were still busy around Nuremberg. The slowest task force that evacuated the prison before midnight was twenty kilometers away from the city of Nuremberg. The simple walking seemed hidden, but the speed was not enough to beat the fast-responsive Allied forces. In fact, each task force used transportation according to local conditions, even if it was just a car or sled to complete a limited distance, it was also helpful to the evacuation speed. At around 0:00 a.m., the second team commanded by Wiesenfeld had arrived at the small town of Ashstet in the northwest of Munich, which meant that they had trekked 60 kilometers in the past less than 11 hours, and most of the distance was deep snow, and the efficiency of pulling sleds in the mountains and wilderness horses that were easy to mi Road was obviously fully utilized.
On a hillside that just looked down at the whole view of the small town, Wiesenfeld ordered a rest, and the three sleds towed by two horses stopped immediately. The strong night war elite jumped off the sled lightly, and the task force in white disguised clothes quickly dispersed the alert. The mountains and forests were filled with howling winds, and the white mist exhaled from the heat exhaled by people and horses quickly dissipated. The horses gasped heavily, and from time to time it made noises on the sled. The special passengers on the sled were huddled together to keep warm.
The coldness of Varia is far less than that of the heart of Russia, but it is still difficult to spend the night in the wild in the middle of winter. Fortunately, these military and political officials who are used to being pampered have already tasted the taste of a cold life in the Allied prisons and have a certain resistance to such a harsh environment. Realizing that the sled has stopped, Yodel, who was a soldier, looked up and observed the environment for a moment. Keitel also barely opened his eyes. Realizing that there was no danger around him, he closed his eyes and rested. The rest of them were sleeping in a fat and plump Imperial Marshal Hermann.
Goering was still proficient in snoring.
There was a wooded wooden house hundreds of meters ahead of the sled. Wiesenfeld waved his left arm, and the three task force members left the team and moved cautiously and lightly like snow leopards foraging. In just ten minutes, they quietly passed through the woodland behind the snow and arrived at the outside of the wooden house. One took out a handkerchief and went to the main entrance. One held a gun and leaned against the tree to provide close fire support at any time, and the other went around the back of the house to prepare for the response.
Hundreds of meters away, Wiesenfeld narrowed his eyes and stared at the direction of the wooden house. Outsiders only thought that the action was smooth sailing, but they did not know that since the task force, which had been carrying a secret mission, had taken extremely cautious steps since they returned across the sea and arrived in the land, so that they could hide the troops and spies from allies in Germany, and arrived in Nuremberg. Now, every step of the rescue of the big man is even more cautious, walking on thin ice.
Following the agreed response signal, the people in the wooden house opened the door and walked out of the house. After quickly checking the situation inside the house, the task force also made a gesture of "everything is normal". Wiesenfeld finally breathed a sigh of relief and directed the task force members to protect the three horses and pull sleds to the wooden house.
Hermann was sitting on the first sled as soon as he stopped and moved.
Goring finally woke up and wiped the corner of his mouth, and stood up as if nothing had happened. The velvet blanket shook. The cold air made the fat man shivered. He quickly tucked the blanket tightly and asked the leader Weisenfeld: "Hey, Lieutenant, where is this? What riddles you had before can be solved now, right?"
Wiesenfeld pretended not to hear it, but the always arrogant Marshal of the Empire saw that these were not like underground resistance organizations but were orthodox soldiers. He repeated it without fear, not worrying that his loud voice would be heard by the dissidents in the town at the foot of the mountain.
No matter how bad Goren's current situation is, he was once the second person of the Third Reich. Wiesenfeld had to stop and turn to the sled and said, "Sir, the speech here is not very safe. The wooden house in front is a temporary resting place we arranged in advance. Please go there for a rest first! We will confirm the situation outside and try to protect everyone to a truly safe place with the most reliable route."
Although it was perfunctory, Goren looked up and saw the wooden house in front. His eyes suddenly became bright. He stopped asking questions and happily patted his face: "Oh! Finally, I went to the place to keep warm and drink water and have a meal!"
If no one else had done this, Ernst would be the one who was unlucky.
Kartenbrunner, the Austrian Nazi leader suddenly woke up from his sleep, thinking that he had been arrested by the Allied forces, so he almost rolled off the sled. His movement, along with Fritz, who was crowded together to keep warm.
Saukel was also awakened by the torture. The labor leader of the Third Reich muttered something dissatisfiedly. Before the faraway people could hear it clearly, Gorin laughed loudly and stretched out his other fleshy hand to pat Saukel's tun department. This funny behavior finally attracted laughter. Before he could reach the door of the wooden house... the team of three sleds became lively. The big men didn't seem to be imprisoned in the same prison for half a year. They seemed to have not seen any old colleagues who had been there for many days. They greeted each other enthusiastically, greeted each other politely, and joked... They felt like they had returned from the hell of suffering overnight to the free world. They were forced to do so.
Waiting to enjoy every second of life, Wisenfeld and his soldiers were on guard against each other, and when the big mouths were yelling, "Okay, those who fell asleep within a few kilometers would be awakened. Screaming?" Wisenfeld had no courage, so he had to pray and urge everyone to speed up. Finally, he drove the empire officials wrapped in blankets into the wooden house. The night war soldiers lieutenant still did not dare to take it lightly. He sent a large number of twelve soldiers to deploy warnings on a large scale. These soldiers who participated in the offensive operation were also bumpy all night, and at this time they had to drag their tired bodies to stand guard for the big bosses who were not good enough to succeed.
Looking at the small German city covered by wind and snow from afar, there is no sign of vehicle activity in such bad weather. Currently, Germany is under the occupation and control of the Western Allied forces. Although the state governments of various states retain the old structure, they mainly cooperate with the Allied forces to maintain local order, control the German people and arrest escapees. They occupy the German army.
The situation is similar in Lan, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. Allied troops do not station troops in every German town... They control the major cities, transportation hubs and industrial facilities in various regions of Germany with limited forces. Generally, the towns often only dispatch supervisors to assist in the affairs of the affairs. Most of these supervisors are Allied personnel with military ranks and military positions. Some of them are squads and platoon-scale troops to strengthen public security... Some serve on a single horse, monitor the actions of local residents and regularly call them up by phone.
Level report. In a small town like Echstet with a population of thousands, the Allied forces are vulnerable. At this time, they are probably having a headache about the interrupted communication lines. One of the protective measures of Operation Nuremberg was to mobilize the German people to destroy the Allied telephone lines. Unlike the underground resisters in the German-occupied areas during World War II, they did not kill the Allied line maintenance personnel, but instead carried out damage again and again during this specific period, using their home court to disrupt the Allied's attention.
Seeing that the town was peaceful and sound, Wiesenfeld breathed heavily, and his heart was finally relaxed a little. But... At first, he received the order to escort up to 6 imperial politicians, especially super heavyweights like Gorene. He was so proud and excited. Thinking about it now was a great irony. At this time, the wood was already done, so he had to bite the bullet and push the door into the wooden house.
The personnel responsible for the reception had already been upgraded to the fireplace. Gorene, Keitel, Yodel, Kartenbrunner, Schoker, and Frank, the six "gods" wrapped in blankets and sat around the fireplace with hot coffee... The fattest Marshal of the Empire took the best position, and the other five could only sit around without complaints at this moment.
"Sir!" Weisenfeld said with a different mood, "There was a tight time all the way, and the care was quite poor. I hope you can understand it. For formal introduction, I am Lieutenant Weisenfeld of the Night Battle Battalion of the Imperial Guards. This time I served as the commando leader of the 2nd Team of the Nuremberg Operations Task Force. Now I am fully responsible for your personal safety until you are completely escaped."
"Oh, Imperial Guards, what is that?"
When the sound of the fireplace sounded, Wesenfeld could guess the identity of the speaker with his toes, and this arrogant and contemptuous voice was disgusting.
"The new force formed by the merger of the National Defense Force and the SS who evacuated from the local area to the secret base before the end of the war basically inherited the organizational structure and military regulations of the National Defense Force and the SS, and was set as land soldiers, naval soldiers, air soldiers..."
Before Wiesenfeld finished speaking, the voice interrupted him without hesitation: "Who is the supreme commander of your Imperial Guards? How many are there now?"
"The question you asked was originally of the highest military secret, so I was not allowed to go through it when I was in prison. Now......" Weisenfeld looked at the several contingents present, and they understood and temporarily led the intelligence response personnel out.
The slight pause made the six "gods" look at the lieutenant of the Night War Soldier.
"The supreme commander is the great head of empire Hitler, and the total force should be around 40,000." Wiesenfeld replied quickly.
"What? Head of War..." Gorein looked incredible, and the expressions of the other five people were exactly the same. It is no wonder that the "Aryan Ark Plan" was arranged by the head of state. Marshal Rommel, who "dead" was responsible for the overall construction of the base, and the headquarters of the "Vampire" Night Battle Commando was responsible for the secret transportation of personnel and materials for retreat. It can be implemented smoothly and concealed by the whole world... Strict confidentiality measures have been made great contributions. If Gorein, Himmler, Kettle and others stayed with the head of the head of state at the most dangerous moment in Berlin, they would probably have a ticket. However, at the critical moment of life and death, only Goebbels and his family showed absolute loyalty.
In order to avoid these former officials who have been away from the core of the empire for nearly a year and a half, we continued to ask some questions that made them embarrassed... Wiesenfeld simply said to them first and said, "At my level, there are only so many people who can express their gratitude to you, so please understand!"
He was hung up, and Gorene and others immediately fell into great pain because of their curiosity that they could not be satisfied. They stared at them, frowned and discussed in a low voice. Wiesenfeld took advantage of the opportunity to walk to the door, opened the door and let the contingents and the intelligence personnel arranged by the task force and intelligence departments return to the house... and pulled the stubborn and about forty-something who were about to forty years to ask the west about the surrounding environment and retreat routes. According to Lynn's plan, he retreated the way.
Retired personnel can rest for a few hours at the safe relay point outside the city of Echstet and choose bad weather operations. The physical energy consumption of people and horses is greater than usual, and the weather will inevitably affect the Allied forces' alert and search operations on the periphery. After a short rest, they continued to move towards Munich by horse pulling sleds, but did not eventually enter Munich, but went to the location of the headquarters of the Wittsbach family's resort manor on the east bank of Lake Steinberg, the location of the headquarters of Operation Nuremberg, the Vitesbach family's resort manor on the east bank of Lake Steinberg.
At the same time... another team also temporarily stopped to replenish their energy. Compared with Gorene and others sitting in front of the fireplace, two "little gods" protected by this group of task forces - Albert.
Speer and Bardu.
Feng.
Shirach could only replenish the heat with warm chocolate. The rugged mountain road they walked eventually led to the complex terrain
oSimian Mountains, located on the east side of the Czech territory... on the west side of the country is not as famous as the Alps, but also has magnificent landscapes and towering mountains.
With the help of his companions, he expanded the map to confirm the location and corrected the location. Handmark walked to these two people who were not the most dazzling in the old structure of the Third Reich. Their expertise, experience, reputation, and style are not the same type. They are only close to their age and are in the stage of being in a strong and healthy state of energy. Therefore, after this period of more than ten kilometers of driving and more than ten kilometers of mountain roads, their physical condition is still acceptable.
"Can you continue walking after a break?" With Lynn's advice, Handmark took special care of them.
Speer and Von.
Shirah looked at each other and replied from the former: "No problem... Lieutenant Colonel. Can you tell us what kind of situation we are in at the moment when we are resting? You see, we have been in prisons of the Allies for a long time, and we hear and see information that the Allies allow us to contact, and we have no comprehensive understanding of the real situation of the outside world."
Handmark replied: "This operation is intended to rescue important people in detained from the Allies. The operation order is signed by the Head of State himself... General Lynn Galgo is the commander-in-chief. The specific operation process is as you can see. We break through the prison and rescue you, and then evacuate according to the plan. The final destination is a secret base outside Germany. As for the others, everything will be announced when you arrive there safely."
"The head of state you mentioned......" Feng.
Sherach was already very shocked, and when Handmark nodded and confirmed his speculation, the guy was even more stunned. In comparison, Spel's reaction was much calmer. With his close friendship with Hitler, it was not like a normal person who heard that his old friend was still in the world. The reason was not complicated. Either this person changed his "heart", or he had known it beforehand.
The soldiers had the physique of soldiers, but they were not iron-clad. They walked on the mountain road with weapons and equipment for several hours in a row. Handmark's task force also seized the time to rest. The lieutenant colonel, who had broadened his horizons in North America, sat down next to Sperer calmly, took out the chocolate bars warmed by their body temperature from their inner pocket and chewed them.
"Can you tell me how we arranged our next journey?" Since the topic of "First of the People's Republic of China", Speer's tone has changed slightly - slightly subtle - when he spoke again.
Some topics need to be avoided, while others do not. Handmark said: "This should be a relatively difficult journey!
oSimian Mountains, Erz Mountains, arrived at the Elbe River and finally boarded the submarine in Hamburg."
Speer seemed to have no objection to such an answer, and he immediately asked: "What is the overall situation outside?"
Handmark also knew all about these: "Western allies and the Soviet Union have been in war for several months, and the war situation is unprecedented. The Allies have dominated the air and sea. The Soviet army has repeatedly launched strong counterattacks and annihilation wars on land. It is reported that both sides have released a large number of German prisoners of war to serve as auxiliary or secondary military operations."
Chapter completed!