The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 687

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: 0.036s Scan: 0.158sAfter finishing speaking, Yarkov left without hesitation and went to report the situation to the SS!

In fact, he didn’t need to report. The SS had already installed a bug in the bear’s room, and everything they said was heard clearly. Moreover, Himmler deliberately continued to play the recording when Yarkov came in.

Hearing the voice of his conversation with the group of officers coming out of the recorder, Yarkov’s face suddenly changed!

He knew that the SS had been monitoring him all the time, but he didn’t expect them to do this. He had never seen or even heard of this kind of surveillance before!

He didn’t know how the other party did it, but he knew very well that if the other party knew everything he said, he would have to be extra careful in the future!

But fortunately, fortunately, he didn’t say anything nonsense just now, otherwise he would have been beheaded now!

Himmler saw Yarkov coming in, greeted him with a smile, and said to him:”Director Yarkov, you have done a good job. The Reich will remember your contribution!”

Yarkov was relieved to hear this. He knew that as long as he kept himself in line and continued to serve the Third Reich, his personal safety would not be a big problem.

However, with the means of the SS, if he wanted to bet on both sides, he would definitely not end up well!

“I don’t deserve it. It’s my honor to serve the Reich. I wonder what brings you here this time?”

Yarkov knew very well that Himmler definitely didn’t come here just to chat with him, he must have something important to explain.

And according to his speculation, this matter should have a certain relationship with the delegation of the Russian Bear!

Sure enough, Himmler did not beat around the bush and spoke directly:”Haha, Director Yarkov is smart. Since you have guessed it, I won’t hold it back. We plan to release some intelligence to the Russian Bear through this Russian Bear’s officer corps. You need to arrange this matter. Remember, do it covertly, otherwise if they become suspicious, then you will fail!”

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While Himmler was explaining things to Yarkov, Mainz also met Hans’s World War I veteran General Seeckt in his office.

The last time he saw him was in 1923, and five years had passed before he knew it.

General Seeckt was under the command of Marshal Hindenburg and was an old man in the Wehrmacht. He was also one of the Junker nobles, so Mainz did not use him.

However, because of his status as a meritorious official and his relationship with Marshal Hindenburg, Mainz did not particularly neglect him. He still gave him a high courtesy, promoted him to the rank of lieutenant general, and then arranged some relatively leisurely work for him to take charge of.

In this state, Seeckt had already begged for it. He knew that the current army was basically dominated by the young and strong faction. A veteran like him who was born in 1866 and is 62 years old this year, certainly had no place in it.

So he didn’t force anything, just did his job well, and then waited for his glorious retirement at the age of 65!

So when he received the notice from the head of Mainz, Seckt was very strange. He didn’t know why Mainz suddenly wanted to see him. He could guess that it must be because of something important. Otherwise, Mainz only needed to send someone to notify him, and there was no need to meet him in person.

So with a nervous and curious mood, Seckt came to the presidential palace after a long absence.

As soon as he arrived at the presidential palace, Seckt felt a different atmosphere.

The presidential palace was heavily guarded inside and outside. All the SS soldiers guarding here were wearing black uniforms. From the soldiers’ armbands, Seckt could tell their units – the SS Skull Division! The Skull

Division is also called the Guard Division. This most elite unit of the German army is the garrison of the head of the Third Reich. It is responsible for protecting the safety of the capital and the head of state. They occasionally go to the battlefield, but not many times. They are only used in some key battles when all the forces of the whole country need to be invested.

Seckt didn’t know when this unit was formed. It certainly didn’t exist in the Wehrmacht’s battle sequence before, and it certainly didn’t exist in Marshal Hindenburg’s special R unit, so this should be a private army that Mainz had formed a long time ago, loyal only to him!

The soldiers of the SS Division carefully checked and confirmed that Seckt was not carrying any weapons, then sent a soldier with live ammunition to take him to the office of the head of Mainz on the third floor.

Seckt noticed that even in the presidential palace, SS soldiers with live ammunition could be seen everywhere. From their solemn expressions and meticulous attitudes, he could feel a hint of war. Seckt hadn’t experienced this familiar taste for five or six years!

With such tight defense, it is almost impossible for assassins to assassinate the head of state, especially since it is said that Head of State Mainz does not seem to be afraid of bullets. When he was in Vienna, hundreds of thousands of Vienna citizens witnessed him being shot. However, he returned to Berlin unexpectedly as if nothing had happened afterwards, thus defeating the coup plot of the Junker nobles and the opposition in one fell swoop.

It was precisely because of the failure of that coup that Junker nobles and old-school military personnel like him gradually lost their positions in the military. Fortunately, he did not participate in the coup, so he was not implicated. Those who participated in the coup all disappeared, and it was unknown whether they were placed under house arrest or killed.

Seckt never dared to underestimate the methods of this young head of state!

Taking a deep breath and getting rid of all distracting thoughts in his mind, General Seckt knocked on the door of Mainz’s office.

“Boom boom boom!”

“Come in!”

Mainz’s familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from inside. Seckt adjusted his uniform slightly and walked in after making sure there was no problem.

After walking in, he found that the Chief of the Army General Staff Manstein was also here. When he and Mainz heard his footsteps, they both raised their heads and looked at him.

“Lieutenant General Seeckt, salute you!”

Seeckt saluted Mainz first, then greeted Manstein.

Mainz saluted back, then asked him to sit down.

“General, do you know why I called you here?”

Mainz glanced at Seckt. In history, this general had a serious physical illness. When he was a military adviser to the Celestial Empire, he had to leave the Celestial Empire early because of health problems and returned to Europe to recuperate. As a result, he died soon, which made Mainz a little worried about his physical condition.