My Third Empire

1923 was a disaster year for Germany, a year in which Germany seemed to be in trouble right from the start.

The first was the French invasion of the Ruhr industrial zone, which almost stopped production in the entire German heavy industrial zone. The Wehrmacht's revitalization plan was severely frustrated, and it also added to Germany's already collapsed economy.

The Deutsche Mark began to depreciate sharply. The degree of depreciation was shocking. When German President Ebert reacted, a cart of Deutsche Marks was just enough to buy a loaf of bread.

Taking advantage of the financial crisis and when France sent troops to the Ruhr industrial zone, right-wing separatists in Germany jumped out. They organized strikes and even carried out armed riots, plotting to seize Bavaria, a big southern German state, and make the entire Bavaria autonomous.

The German government is devastated and has not mobilized its forces to suppress the right-wing separatists in Bavaria. The more serious situation has once again made the situation of the German government led by Ebert worse.

In September, just as the right-wing separatists became more and more violent, the left-wing elements also began to create large-scale riots, shaking the rule of Thuringia and Saxony. For a time, it seemed that Germany was about to be divided into several small countries, and France invaded Germany. The upheaval caused by the Ruhr industrial zone appears to be better than France expected.

This is a great opportunity! Sickert praised Arcado who was sitting on the sofa in his office: Your plan is perfect! The Wehrmacht will get more benefits from standing still than fighting the French invasion.

After saying this, Sickert asked Accardo to leave the office, because the Wehrmacht was to hold a meeting in the morning to discuss again how to deal with the crisis of the French invasion of the Ruhr region. The meeting, chaired by Hindenburg himself, is very important.

Of course, the senior officers attending the meeting are all generals, so a small role like Arkado does not even have the opportunity to participate. Although the work he is engaged in is very important and irreplaceable, the gap in military rank and seniority is different. The flaw kept him out of many high-level meetings, and he could only get transcripts of those meetings from Sickert.

Sickert is now satisfied with the Wehrmacht's standstill policy during the French invasion of the Ruhr, even though he once clamored for the Wehrmacht's blood to protect the German cities. But now the city has been surrendered, and Sickert has not ordered the Wehrmacht to carry out any action against France.

The benefits are obvious. Lieutenant Colonel Smith, the British military attaché in the Wehrmacht headquarters, secretly met with General Sickert, cryptically expressing the meaning of the British to allow the Germans to slightly expand the Wehrmacht, indicating that the United Kingdom is in the Ruhr Industrial Zone this time. Support Germany's basic position in the crisis.

And in the specific meeting that followed, Smith also made a commitment to Arcardo, to ensure that the British support the Wehrmacht to have more machine guns and automatic weapons to resist possible domestic terrorism and French invasion. That is to say, the British in the Allied Arms Control Commission will turn a blind eye to the expansion of the Wehrmacht, and in disguise support Germany to secretly expand its arms and prepare for war.

The U.S. ambassador to France lodged solemn representations and demanded that France immediately withdraw all troops on German soil and stop its frenzied invasion of neighboring countries. The Netherlands, which has maintained friendly relations with Germany, has also blamed France in this crisis.

Among the many voices of condemnation, one voice has caught the world's attention. In the far east of Asia, Guangzhou, China, Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the newly reorganized Chinese Nationalist Party, issued a statement condemning the French invasion of Germany and expressing support for Germany The people's anti-invasion struggle.

700 howitzers, 10,000 Maxim heavy machine guns,

With 200,000 rifles and 4 million rounds of ammunition, our Chinese friends in the Far East are finally on board. Accardo looked at the newspaper and smiled softly.

Of course, there are also about $300 million in loans they owe the United States. This loan allows the United States to more firmly control the Chinese revolutionary forces. I helped China embrace the American thighs in advance, and gave them weapons and equipment. Presumably in the upcoming Central Plains War, Chiang Kai-shek will be more confident, right? Akado took a sip of coffee and put down the newspaper.

He looked out the window. The street was full of people marching. People chanted slogans and walked past the gates of the Wehrmacht headquarters. The slogans were smeared with red paint and looked bloody. The banner read: Bastard government! No country! Get out of Berlin!

Ger! Geer! Akado leaned against the window lattice and called out to his assistant, Has the parade outside been noisy for three days?

Goll walked into Akado's office, nodded and said, Yes, it's been about three days. And there are more and more people! It seems that the government is under a lot of pressure.

Do you know why these people don't come to the Defense Forces headquarters to parade here? Akado asked with a smile, without looking back.

Geer was stunned for a while, and then said helplessly: We are too weak to resist the invasion of the enemy country! So no one blames us.

Weak? No way to resist? No! Gore, we have 200 artillery pieces hidden in our secret base in the Alps. All the troops are almost twice overstretched. There is only one division of the invading French troops, and we have the power to destroy it.

Well, then why don't we fight back? Why don't we drive those damn French out? Geer was a little shocked. Although he did a lot of things with Akado, he had no way of knowing how armed Germany was.

Because once the Wehrmacht joins the war, our combat effectiveness will be discovered, the world will be on France's side, the arms control over Germany will never be lifted, and Germany's yoke, the Treaty of Versailles, will always exist. Arcardo explained road.

He wanted to find a reason to convince himself, so he had to tell Geer some of the military secrets. He was under too much pressure and needed someone to share.

He worked hard to manage the National Defense Forces, but he could not fire a shot when the enemy invaded. In order to grow and develop in the future, he must take the lead in giving up his oath when he enlisted in the army and violated the sentence Defend your country with your own blood. The National Defense Forces did not resist, no Bleeding, not even sweating.

Adults always have their reasons, but we only want to be loyal to the country once. Geer said with red eyes: Last time we lost for no reason! This time we have the ability to fight back, why do we see With those bastards harming our homeland?

We are enough to win this war, but we are destined to not be able to win the next war! Take Germany's century-old national fortune once and let you all do your duty? Arkado looked at Lieutenant Geer angrily: I worked so hard. Isn't it just so that we can prevent the enemy from riding on our head and shitting?

I'm sorry! Lieutenant Colonel Accardo! I know your efforts! So please tell me, when will we be able to defend our own country? Geer saluted.

Give me 5 years, and in 5 years you will see the answer. Lieutenant Garr! If you can't see hope in 5 years, then please shoot me in the head, because I also swore to defend us The country is willing to sacrifice his life, but at least today, I did not do it. Akado said bitterly.

Lieutenant Colonel! I believe in you! In the past five years, you will be my loyal master of Geer! I will give everything to you! Geer said solemnly: I hope you can make Germany stronger again!

The next morning, Sickert asked Lieutenant Grace to call Arcador to his office, and said to Arcador while drinking coffee: Just now, Ebert was fighting on behalf of his government. Call and invite me to a special meeting.

You just go, they must make a compromise too. Akado narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth. He finally waited, until the moment when the Wehrmacht really rose.

Recently, there is a very interesting saying that the German Wehrmacht has two courages. The military courage depends on Sickert, and the literary courage depends on Akado. Sickert looked at Akado with a low brow and a smile on his face. With an expression on his face, he was in a good mood: You've already been mentioned as a level with me, so I'm really embarrassed to leave you here alone.

Sickert picked up the document on the table and said with a smile: Let's go! Let you, the Wehrmacht soldier, give me an idea and see what the fools in the government are going to talk to us about!

When Accardo walked into the meeting room of the government building with Sickert, Ebert was surrounded by several politicians and said something. The current political situation is a mess, and no one has hope for the current government. However, as officials at all levels of this government, I still hope to turn the tide and preserve their status and power.

President Ebert was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief. He never expected that the situation would deteriorate to this level. When he saw Sickert and Akado walking in, he immediately pushed aside the crowd surrounding him and walked to the west. in front of Kurt.

The Deutsche mark began to depreciate significantly, and the situation was very bad. The right-wing separatists conspired to seize the dominion of Bavaria, a large southern German state; the left-wing elements also began to create large-scale riots to shake the rule of Thuringia and Saxony. Ebert Briefly introduced the situation, and seemed a little desperate.

Sickert stood there without speaking, and Akado had to step forward to play Sickert's dog-legged image: These Wehrmacht already know! Your Excellency, the situation is really bad. So, what do you want us to do?

I just want to know, where is the Wehrmacht standing now? Will it stand with us? Your Excellency? Ebert asked Sickert in a pleading tone.

Your Excellency, the Wehrmacht is on General Sickert's side. Before Sickert could speak, Accardo said with a smile.