Chapter 67: Tricks
Hindenburg watched Lyon swagger out of the presidential palace, and felt powerless in his heart, and he was probably in the same mood as Albert at the beginning.
Helpless and afraid.
But in addition to the fear, there was a hint of happiness, glad that this terrifying young man was from the German side.
Perhaps, he is really not suitable for this era, Hindenburg thought to himself.
In the darkness outside the presidential palace, a soldier in a black military uniform with the symbol "SS" on his arm was nervously holding a gun, looking at the brightly lit presidential palace not far away, they were waiting for a result.
Either their leader will come out unharmed, or they will rush in and kill everyone.
As the minutes ticked by, many people's nervous hands clutching their guns turned white.
"Sir, there hasn't been any movement for so long, or let's rush in!" An officer lowered his voice and said anxiously to his superior.
"Wait!" The chief looked at his luminous watch, "Wait another 10 minutes, if the chairman hasn't come out yet, we'll rush in!" ”
"Sir! The chairman has been in for an hour! I'm afraid ......"
"There's nothing to be afraid of, I don't believe the chairman will die here!" The chief who spoke was none other than Ludwig, and his expression was a little hideous at the moment.
Of course, if the chairman really dies here, then I will kill everyone in the presidential palace and bury you with it! Ludwig thought frantically.
Two hours earlier, the presidential secretary had come to the War Department to convey Hindenburg's invitation, and he, like everyone else, had dismissed it as a feast and advised Lyon not to attend it.
However, Lyon still went to the presidential palace to meet Hindenburg, and only asked himself to wait for him at the gate of the presidential palace with more than 100 SS soldiers.
He regrets it very much now, regretting why he didn't just knock Leon unconscious, there Ang wouldn't be as dangerous as he is now, even if he was shot because of it.
"Sir! Sir! The chairman is out! A soldier excitedly pointed to the gate of the presidential palace and whispered happily.
Ludwig hurriedly raised his head and saw Leon walking out of the gate of the presidential palace without hurrying.
He breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran towards Leon with the people around him.
The two guards at the entrance of the presidential palace were so frightened that they almost threw away their guns when they saw more than 100 "unknown armed elements" armed with rifles running out of the corner.
"The guy in front stops! This is the presidential palace of the Weimar Republic, and we will shoot any further! The guards came back to their senses, not forgetting their accusations, and shouted with their guns raised.
Of course, it would be better if their hands with guns could stop shaking.
The SS soldiers next to Ludwig saw that the guards had raised their guns against them, so they also raised their rifles and pointed them at the poor guard.
Ludwig hurriedly lowered the muzzle of their guns, then ignored the guards who were still holding their guns, and saluted Lyon with a standard German salute.
All the SS troops immediately formed a formation, holding the muzzle of their rifle in their left hand, slammed the butt on the ground with a "bang", then raised their right hand and leaned forward 45°, shouting: "Hey! Andres! ”
This whole set of movements is smooth, and everyone is in unison, as precise as a group of robots.
The two guards were stunned, they put down their rifles in a daze, and secretly sighed that this group of people is so handsome!
Leon also returned a German salute, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to finish.
"Thank you for waiting for me here so late, I talked to President Hindenburg for a while and kept everyone waiting."
"Thank you, Chairman, you came out safe and sound, otherwise I would have given the order to attack in another 10 minutes." Ludwig said with a serious face.
Hey, did I hear me right? He just said that he was going to attack the presidential palace, right? The two guards were a little messy in the wind.
"Ludwig, you're still so grumpy, you have to change your temper, don't always fight and kill." Leon frowned and said, "You don't always want to use the presidential guard to practice, you will have the opportunity to kill people when you go to the battlefield in the future." ”
"Yes, Chair." Ludwig said with his head bowed.
"You two don't have to worry, the Presidential Guard is not our enemy, and we won't do anything to you." Leon walked up to the two guards and said "comfortingly" with a "pleasant face".
"Will ...... Generals. The guard's body trembled like a sieve, and he stammered, "No, it's okay, you guys go quickly, it's so cold, it's freezing, it's not good." ”
"Thank you for your concern." Leon patted the guard on the shoulder, and then said to Ludwig, "Alright, we can go back, you go and call the other 3,000 brothers and let them return to the station." ”
Ludwig was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself where did the more than 3,000 people come from, isn't it just me here with more than 100?
However, after all, he had been following Leon all along, and quickly reacted and said, "Understood, Chairman! I'll arrange it. Then he winked at a soldier next to him.
The soldier was also very clever, and when he saw Ludwig's hint, he immediately saluted and ran back into the darkness.
Leon nodded in satisfaction and left the entrance to the presidential palace with Ludwig and the rest of the SS.
The two guards gasped as if they had been granted amnesty.
"Hey, you two, President Hindenburg is looking for you, hurry up." A man's voice came from behind, conveying the president's order.
The two looked at each other, but ran to the president's office anyway.
"Did you see the SS of the People's Will at the door just now?" Hindenburg asked as soon as he saw the two of them.
Both of them nodded busily.
"How many of them are there? What was said? Hindenburg continued.
"It's terrifying, President. There were more than 3,000 of them, and they threatened to attack the presidential palace if General Lyon went out 10 minutes late! The two of them remembered again and said in fear.
"It seems that Lyon really has the ability to assemble a large number of troops in Berlin in a short time." Hindenburg sighed.
Wait a minute! More than 3,000 people crowded at the door should be loud, why didn't I hear it? Hindenburg suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
"Do you really see more than 3,000 people?" Hindenburg frowned and asked, "See it with your own eyes?" ”
The two soldiers were stunned for a moment, and said weakly: "I didn't see it with my own eyes, they said they had more than 3,000 people." ”
"This damn Leon!" Hindenburg, realizing that he had been deceived, shouted angrily, but had to sigh at Leon's wit.
Lyon, of course, could not amass 3,000 SS troops in Berlin in a short period of time, and there were fewer than 1,500 SS troops in Berlin.
The 50,000 SS troops were distributed throughout the country, and Berlin, as the capital, had no pressure or threat of national defense, so the SS naturally had to be smaller.
"Leon, you have to be careful." Hindenburg looked out the window at the moonlight, "You can play with me, but you can't play with the Social Democrats, they don't watch you take everything that belongs to them!" ”