Chapter 248: A Brief Return to the Family Estate
While the first stop on his brief visit to the Fatherland was the shipyards in Hamburg, Bruno made sure to make his way home after business had been concluded.
The introduction of his new landing craft could ensure minimal casualties were spent gaining control over Gallipoli, a campaign that in his past life had been utterly disastrous for the allied forces that landed in the peninsula.
And while his people worked behind the scenes to get the vehicles adopted by the Kaiserliche Marine, Bruno had very little to do with his time, and thus returned to Berlin for a brief visit to his wife and children.
Heidi having contacts in Military intelligence was all too aware that her husband was coming home, and thus made sure herself, and the children were presentable outside the doors of their home as they waited in the courtyard for the arrival of the head of their house.
She was wearing a rather lavish dress, with both of her chivalric orders pinned on her dress. The Order of Lousie was pinned just below her right breast, while the Bavarian Order of Saint Elizabeth was pinned on the shoulder hem of her lavish gown.
Alya was standing next to her fiancé, which was Bruno's eldest son Erwin. While his older and younger sisters stood by their sides. In addition to this, the younger children were properly groomed and dressed for the rare occasion of their father returning from the frontlines for a brief period of rest and respite.
When the motorcade pulled into the grounds of Bruno's rather exceptional estate, a group of armed soldiers opened the doors for the German General who stepped out of the back of the car he was sitting in. Bruno himself was wearing his full-dress uniform, with his rank, medals, and other distinguished badges and cords on full display.
When he saw his wife and kids waiting for him, the man broke out into a smile as he stepped forward and hugged his wife, kissing her on the lips in a romantic gesture before commenting on her beauty, and more specifically, her newest award.
"My, my, has my little angel been awarded for her charitable acts? You look absolutely ravishing, darling..."
Naturally, being surrounded by nothing but men for months at a time on the battlefield made Bruno more than aroused the moment he saw his wife and her all perfection on display for him. Heidi was quick to remind Bruno that their children were present and that any further attempts to be intimate with her so openly would be nothing short of inappropriate.