The Rise of the Third Reich

Ludwig. Feng. Captain Hersmann rode a taxi from the Army General Hospital branch in the small town of Zossen to the General Staff Headquarters at Koenigplatz in Berlin; the cold and humid weather in Berlin in February was very similar to his mood at this time. . He woke up in that damn shabby hospital more than a month ago, as a German militarist wounded on the Eastern Front in World War I... But he clearly remembered that his identity before coma was in Humboldt, Germany. Lu Xiaohua, a Chinese student studying abroad at the University’s First College of Nature!

"Damn German! Damn old man Shi! Damn brain wave experiment..." Leaning on the back of the carriage's chair, Captain Hersman cursed and spoke in standard Chinese Mandarin. As a former "German fan", classmate Lu Xiaohua is quite superstitious about things or people with "German names", otherwise he would not have come all the way to study in Germany - now it seems that this is a huge problem Mistake. If he had not come to Germany, he would not have met the Frankenstein Professor Schlieffen, nor would he have been fooled by this unreliable old German man into doing a non-dangerous brain wave control experiment. Such a pure soul would Then he wouldn't be inexplicably transported into the body of an officer from the Great German Empire a hundred years ago.

Although "time travel" was a thing, Lu Xiaohua liked it before he encountered it. But if it really falls on you, it's really not that easy to accept. This is not the story of Mr. Ye being a dragon, but waking up in a dirty and dilapidated military hospital, with gauze wrapped around his head, a feeling of falling apart all over his body, dying, and having to live with everything he loved in the past - his parents. , brothers, studies, and the girlfriend I finally found, say goodbye to each other, and then face a new life that may very well be a tragedy!

Yes, it is very likely to be a tragedy!

Because the era when Lu Xiaohua was reborn was itself a tragic era - it is now March 1917, the First World War is reaching its climax, countless lives have been devoured by the flames of war, and the entire Europe has almost been reduced to ruins. For Germany, the camp he is currently in, there is still more than a year before the final defeat.

With the historical and military knowledge that Lu Xiaohua, a German fan who no longer believed in the Germans, had, he really couldn't think of any possibility for a German army captain to save the dying Second Reich.

Even if it's Lu Xiaohua, no, it should be Ludwig. Feng. Captain Hessmann received a notice asking him to report to the General Staff Headquarters at Koenig Square... What role could a captain play even if he arrived at the General Staff Headquarters?

The most I can do is serve tea and water and run some errands. According to the memory left to Lu Xiaohua by Captain Hersman, who graduated with honors from the Grosslichfeld Military Academy. Serving tea, serving water and running errands at the General Staff Headquarters is the only way for most German elites to rise to the top.

According to the various game rules of fighting for fatherhood and academic qualifications in the German Army, Captain Hersmann (a young Junker aristocrat) with "Feng" in his name and a good academic background was considered an army officer with relatively good prospects for training. He will move back and forth between the General Staff Headquarters, embassies abroad, and the Army for many years, accumulating various experiences and gradually getting promoted. By the time you are forty or fifty years old, if you are lucky, you can be promoted to general level. Become a military commander or some kind of director in the General Staff... If you want to go further, you have to see if His Majesty the Emperor of the German Empire likes this man who can speak five languages, is not tall, and looks a bit good. He is a German Army elite who is slightly chubby, has a lot of freckles on his face, and has a very cute smile.

Of course, the above-mentioned German Army promotion path is meaningless to Hessmann now. Because he knew that the arrogant Second German State Zuo only had more than a year left.

Since Lu Xiaohua became a German captain instead of a general, no one could save the empire that was stuck in the quagmire of war and could not extricate itself. After the defeat, Germany will be castrated and bound by the Treaty of Versailles, leaving only a mere 100,000 soldiers in the Wehrmacht. Hessmann is lucky to be able to stay in this small army without being laid off and unemployed. I'm afraid he will have to wait until the head of state comes to power to get promoted and make a fortune...

By the way, where is the Führer now? Recuperate in the hospital or squat on the Western Front? Should I go to his place early and become familiar with him? When the Nazis come to power, how about we get a marshal or something? But...can that madman Hitler win the world war this time? If he is defeated again, he, a Marshal of the Third Reich, might end up on the gallows!

The thought of hanging made Hersman feel his neck tightening and his breathing become labored. He stretched out his hand to push open the window, and the cold and damp air blew into the car, driving away the feeling of chest tightness and shortness of breath from Hessmann. He turned his eyes to the street outside the car window. The carriage had entered the city of Berlin and was traveling on the Kurfürstendamm. The road was very deserted. Although it was already noon, there were not many pedestrians in sight - most of them could hold hands. Men with rifles were drafted into the army, and everywhere became depressed. Big cities like Berlin were better off, but in the countryside, it was even worse. Large tracts of land were abandoned because there was no labor force to cultivate it.

The shops and restaurants on the streets were deserted, and half of them were simply closed - and they actually didn't have enough goods to sell. There were only long lines in front of stores supplying ration supplies... For Germany, this world war was too long and too large. The pre-war reserves of supplies had long been exhausted, and too many laborers had become soldiers carrying guns, which also caused heavy damage to German production. Moreover, due to the British naval blockade, Germany was unable to purchase urgently needed supplies from overseas.

The combination of various factors has made Germany's supply more and more difficult. Not only is it difficult for ordinary people to get enough food to satisfy their hunger, but even the meals for patients in the army hospital where Hersman lived have become a bit worse... ...It seems that this defeat is inevitable.

What about the next world war? That is related to whether or not you will go to the gallows, so you must think carefully about it!

Captain Hersman's brows gradually knitted together, and what came to mind were the memories of World War II brought by later generations, as well as various in-depth analyzes of Germany in World War II on later military forums.

Regardless of the lofty banners of democracy, freedom, and anti-fascism, World War II, like World War I, was a late-comer power challenging the established empires that had long since carved up the world— - Mainly the British and American families. If you look at the maps before World War I and World War II, you will know that more than half of the undeveloped and underdeveloped territories in the world are colonies or spheres of influence of the United Kingdom and the United States. .

Among them, Britain has the largest territory. It is said that the sun never sets and it has colonies all over the world! It also owns India and South Africa (which produce gold), two extremely rich lands. Moreover, the British Empire also has the most powerful navy in the world and is the master of the ocean!

The United States, the beacon of democracy in later generations, did not have many colonies, but its sphere of influence was not small - they claim that America is American. Except for Canada and a few small colonies controlled by Europeans, the entire America can be considered America’s sphere of influence!

In addition, the United States also has two important colonies in the Pacific, Hawaii and the Philippines, and their homelands are rich and vast. If it is enough to support the world's largest economy, its future will be boundless.

In addition, the United States is quite close to the British Empire in terms of culture, ideas, systems, and capital!

According to some non-mainstream economists in later generations, the British Empire and the American Empire were both countries controlled by big capital and conglomerates. There is no boundary between capital and the United States, so the shift of world dominance from the United Kingdom to the United States is no different to these consortiums hiding behind the scenes - they can easily transfer capital from the United Kingdom to the United States and use The shell of America continues to rule the world!

But if the dominance of the world is transferred to the hands of the nationalist German Empire, it will undoubtedly be the end of the world for the British and American conglomerates. Although Germany also has many famous large financial groups, Germany is always ruled by the nationalist army. , rather than chaebol.

If in Britain and the United States the consortium owns the country, then in Germany the army owns the country. The Consortium must serve the military and the country, not the other way around.

It is precisely based on this that the big conglomerates that rule the United States are unwilling to see Britain completely defeated by countries other than the United States in a world war! Even less willing to see the emergence of a European continent ruled by German nationalists...

According to this theory, the essence of the two world wars was the struggle between international capitalism and the nationalism of late-developing powers.

The result of the two struggles was the complete defeat of nationalism in the late-developing countries! In the eyes of some keyboard politicians of later generations, this is inevitable - because the international capitalist side was united in the world war. Although there are conflicts in national interests between Britain and the United States, which are dominated by big capital and big conglomerates, , but the conflict did not turn into confrontation after all. On the contrary, Europe's rising powers, dominated by nationalism, are engaged in a desperate struggle.

The late-developing powers that were also suppressed by international capitalism, such as Germany and Russia (including the Soviet Union that pursued one-country socialism), not only failed to unite during the world war, but instead fought with each other and shed their blood, becoming the international capitalist country of the United States. The stepping stone for the "Chosen Kingdom" to ascend to the throne of hegemony.

"What a tragedy!" Hersman lamented painfully, as if he had seen the noose put around his neck.

"No! We can't let the evil U.S. imperialism hang me... We must find a way!"

While he was mumbling in Chinese, the carriage suddenly stopped, and then the elderly coachman shouted: "Mr. Captain, Koenigplatz has arrived."