Kommandant Wilhelm Klink was sitting in his quarters, drinking his wine. He was quite stressed, really. He didn't know if he'd be in serious trouble with General Burkhalter, over the fact he was not going to marry Gertrude. He truly did love Lottie. He was in long need of love again. Meanwhile, Captain Ferguson at this time has just reached the sub, and at the very moment, is on the way back to England. Lottie burst into the mess hall, wanting an explanation.
"Kommandant KLINK!" Lottie was flustered, kind of angry. Colonel Klink noticed her. "My dear Lottie!" He smiled at her, but she showed no emotional response. "What is the meaning of this letter? She asked him. He frowned after she asked. "I demand to know why, you love me. I mean, I even said to Gertrude and Burkhalter that you looked like a dead fish!" Lottie said to Klink, causing him to frown quite a lot. "Oh...now I see..well...I can explain, Lottie...why I sent that..." Klink said to her.
"It was a letter to you…Lottie…expressing my love for you….you remind me a lot of my first wife…Anna Brandt…you are like a Goddess….just like how she was…that letter wasn't intended for Gertrude..as General Burkhalter had hoped. It was intended for you..my dear….You are my true love..you are my Josephine de Beauharnais." Klink said to Lottie.
Lottie was stunned. This man, the Kommandant, was in love with her; Was it destiny? Has she finally found someone she loved? Ultimately, it would turn out to be the case; Klink plopped a kiss on her lips. "Mmmmm"...Lottie felt her heart burst in joy, and began falling for Klink. "Mmmmmm…" His lips felt very warm, compared to hers."I….love you…Lottie….." Colonel Wilhelm Klink said to her, with him getting on the floor. "I know this is sudden…but…will you marry me, sweetheart?" Klink said, pulling out a ring just as Burkhalter burst into the room, his eyes widening. "KLINK!" Burkhalter was horrified. He did not want to be an in-law of Klink since Klink rejected Gertrude.
"Y-YES! I'll m-marry you, my SWEET WILHELM!" Lottie embraced Klink, kissing him. "No, LOTTIE! NO!" Burkhalter would object, yelling at her. "I love him, General. I LOVE HIM!" Burkhalter sighed in utter defeat. "Ugh…." Colonel Hogan was currently asking Schultz, who was outside the barracks at his post, what was going on. "Hey Schultz, how's the Kommandant doing?" Hogan said to Schultz, having come out to see him. "I know nothing, nothing. How am I supposed to know?" Schultz responded. "Well, goodnight, Schultz. I'm sure I'll know something in the morning."
Hogan then went inside the barracks. The next morning, after roll call, Hogan was summoned to the Kommandant's office. "Colonel Hogan's here to see you, Kommandant." Helga told Colonel Klink. Hogan looked on the door, and saw that the name plating was changed on the door. Instead of it saying "Colonel", it said, "General Wilhelm Klink; Kommandant", on the door. Hogan would enter.
"General." Hogan said to Klink, saluting him. Klink smiled. "I see you noticed a change to my door already, huh, Hogan? I've been made General, Colonel Hogan. I'm marrying Lottie! She loves me! My daughter is going to have a Step-Mother!" He smiled. "Daughter, sir?" Hogan asked. Klink then frowned. "I had one with a Mistress of mine, who was later executed…for being in the Underground. It was also a sin, anyway..I'm a Catholic, Hogan. I committed a sin then..having a child while not being married..which I went to confession for."
"I see." Hogan understood. "Major Hochstetter also went through the same situation that I went through, so he understands what I went through then, at least, despite us both having a bitter relationship." Burkhalter, having left an hour prior, drove into camp again. It was about something else, this time. "What's your daughter's name?" Hogan asked. "Anneliese Klink." Klink told him. "She's 13. Currently she lives with my brother, Wolfgang, who…is out of a job at the moment." Klink added. Fraulein Helga would come into the room. "Kommandant, General Burkhalter is here to see you."
"Ah, General Burkhalter, what a nice surprise!" He'd say to the General, saluting him. "I'm not here to see you this time, Wilhelm. This time, I'm here to see Colonel Hogan." This shocked Hogan. "What is it about, General Burkhalter?" He asked, trying to figure what it is about that Burkhalter came to see him about. "An American plane was shot down last night. No one survived the crash, but what we found in the wreckage was this." Burkhalter said to Hogan, handing him the hinged box, with an envelope inside. It was marked, "Robert Hogan". Hogan felt confused, and then it rang in his head.
Opening the envelope, after opening the box, he saw a letter inside. "Holy smokes!" Hogan was quite surprised. "I figured it would interest you." Burkhalter said to him. "Colonel Robert Edward Hogan, you are hereby promoted to the rank of General." Hogan finished reading. It had the signatures of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Aloysius Barton and Raymond Barton, both unrelated, General George Patton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a couple of others. "Looks like I'm a General now." Hogan said to the two, with him looking at his stars. "Congratulations." The two said to him. "Dismissed, General Hogan." General Klink said to the now-General Robert Hogan, who left the room for the barracks.
"Now, Kommandant Klink. What would be the best time for the wedding?" Burkhalter asked. "How about in June, sir?" Klink asked, responding. "That's perfect. Also, more good news; Otto Linkmyer has returned. According to him, he had to pull off a daring escape from Soviet captivity and maneuver his way back to German front-lines. The unfortunate thing is though, he suffered injuries through his journey which will not allow him to be in combat again. He attempted this when he heard of my attempt to marry my sister to you through a few other captured German soldiers."
"I see, Herr General." Klink said. "Good day, Klink. How coincidental is it that your senior POW becomes a General as well, around the time you do?" Burkhalter asked him, leaving to get in his staff car, to leave camp to go back to Berlin. Meanwhile, Hogan entered the barracks, with his box containing his promotional orders and stars. Schultz was in there, playing poker with the prisoners. Everyone looked at Hogan, wondering what he had in his hand. "Hey Colonel. What's that in your hand?" Newkirk asked. "Kinchloe knows." Hogan said to Kinch, who nodded. "Getting out his envelope from the box, he'd take out his letter inside of it, and repeat what he said to Generals Albert Burkhalter and Wilhelm Klink.
"Congratulations, General. It must make you feel proud to be among your top Generals, George Washington, Eisenhower, Patton, and Barton." Schultz told Hogan. "Yeah, but remember Schultz; George Washington has long since passed from this Earth, and he was from a different era." Hogan replied. "Now, everyone hear me out: Just because I'm General, doesn't mean I'm going to be promoting anyone a lot. But Technical Sergeant Carter: You're promoted to Colonel. Same goes for you, Kinch. Those promotion orders will be…*Hogan would cover Schultz' ears*, passed on to London for acknowledgement. *He'd uncover them* I'd do the same for you, LeBeau and Newkirk, but you both are in different armies; of the Free French and of England. Hogan told his fellow prisoners.
"Thanks Colonel- I mean..General." Newkirk said, correcting himself. "Hopefully our Generals will promote us." LeBeau nodded at Newkirk. "Yeah, same, Corporal." He told him. General Hogan then would go into his office, and was looking over some photos in his office. One of which was his father, General Edward Hogan. "I hope you're proud of me father…" Hogan said, softly letting a few tears come out of his eyes. His father had died a few years ago. Only his mom was still alive. Looking through some more of his stuff, he saw his old toy airplane. It was broken. It had the logo of a German company, of which the name was torn off.
"General Hogan? General Hogan? Roll call." Schultz said to him. He could see that Hogan was looking down at an old broken airplane of his. Hogan then came to attention. "I'm coming, Schultz." Hogan said, getting up and walking out of his office, for roll call. Schultz would come in and take a look at his airplane. Schultz saw a logo which he recognized on the back of it. "du meine Güte…" He said in shock. Then he placed it in his pocket and hurried outside. "Report!" Kommandant Klink bellowed as he walked towards Schultz and the prisoners.
"Herr Kommandant, all prisoners present and accounted for!" Schultz, having counted them all and, with them all being there, he announced proudly. "That's what I'm glad to hear. Dismissed! And Schultz, your 12 hour pass has been granted." "Danke, Herr Kommandant!" He'd take the pass from Klink and would get in a staff car, and leave for his wife's house. He knows what he must do, after all, since he is fixing Hogan's airplane for him, who he thinks of as a great friend. "I can't wait until this war is over…" Schultz said to himself, as he pulled up to the gate, showing the guards his papers and pass.
Meanwhile, all quiet was in the barracks, when suddenly….
"WHO WENT THROUGH MY STUFF!" General Hogan yelled in pure anger. "One of my items~ IT'S MISSING!" Everyone shook their heads. "I don't know. It wasn't me though, General." Newkirk said to Hogan. "Not me either." LeBeau also said. Carter also told Hogan it wasn't his fault, either, and that he didn't as well. Hogan sighed and went into his office, slamming the door. "Only bother me if it is necessary." He'd say to his fellow prisoners. 2 hours later, Sergeant Schultz arrived in Heidelberg, at his and his wife's home., pulling into the driveway. Getting out, he'd turn his car off, and then shut the door. He'd knock on the door of the house.
"Hans!" At the door was his wife Gretchen. "Gretchen! Oh how are you, my sweet darling!" The two would hug and kiss. "Where's everyone?" He asked. "Oh, they are out on a vacation, but they'll be back soon." "Ah..I see. Also, I'm on a 12 hour leave, so..I've got about 10 hours left." Schultz pulled out a broken airplane. "I saw the senior POW looking at it, and I figured when I went on leave, I'd go fix it in the basement." Schultz would tell her.
"You're doing it for a prisoner, hmm?" Schultz smirked. "It just surprised me, because this happens to be one of the toy airplanes produced by my Schatze Toy Company." Schultz said, showing her the logo. "It turns out me and Colonel…I mean, General Hogan have something in common." "Wow…that's amazing. Quite rare, I might add." Gretchen replied back to her husband. "Ah well, let's have some dinner, shall we? And then you can get to work on it." She added. "Jawohl." Schultz said to her, the couple laughing. They would begin reminiscing about memories they all had.
Meanwhile…back at Stalag 13, General Hogan was in his room, when Kinch entered.
"Colonel Crittendon's here, sir." Hogan groaned. "Ugh…what does he want?" Hogan left the room and saw Crittendon. "Hello, my dear chap. I figured I'd stop by." Colonel Rodney Crittendon told Hogan, making him groan even more.
"Crittendon…why are you actually here?" Hogan inquired. "I was actually going to Stalag 2 to rescue a couple of men, but patrols are out there and so I had to get in through the tree tunnel, old chap." Hogan became even more frustrated. "Well, if you want news, Crittendon: Kommandant Klink is getting married." "That's jolly news to him. Who's the girl?" Hogan groaned. "Okay, Crittendon…" Hogan would enter his room and grab his box with his promotional orders, and then come back out. "Read this." Hogan said, slipping him the letter. Crittendon would begin looking at it.
"Colonel Robert Edward Hogan, you are hereby promoted…" Crittendon stopped when he saw the signature, and the stars. "Well..chap. Looks like you've got me on rank now." Crittendon said to Hogan. "That's right. Just wait down in the tunnel for a while until the heat is off, though.." "Yes, General." Crittendon then went back down in the tunnel. Hogan sat back down at the table, sighing. He was wondering where his toy airplane was. He thought it was Schultz that had it, but then he thought…no…maybe not. Regardless, he was bored, waiting for their next orders from London.
As for what was happening between Klink and Lottie, wedding preparations began.