Chapter 55: Army! Army! Army!
In Schwerin, in the office of the Fokker aircraft assembly plant, Anthony Fokker was holding a telegram sent by an employee in his hand, a very brief content, but Anthony Fokker looked at it for a long time, his expression was serious, and the people around him were very curious about what was written on it.
He hesitated for a long time, and after a few cigarettes had passed, he made up his mind to say to the person who sent the telegram: "Call them back, and tell them plainly that I, Anthony Falk, would like to join the Federalists!" ”
In Berlin, a half-hundred-year-old man said the same thing: "Call back, Karl Benz has applied to join the Federalist Party." ”
Not only these two places, but almost all parts of the country bloomed at the same time, and the clear code telegraph shuttled through the German sky. Adrian was dressed up in the middle of his bodyguards on the train to Berlin.
The Federalist invitation telegram, Albert also received, at first wondered who was adding fuel to the fire, but when it turned out to be Eric Adrian, his heart was half cold. Paul von Hindenburg was also shocked, and Hindenburg, far from the turmoil in the country, was also concerned about the situation at home, and asked the delegation to negotiate with the Entente, but this did not mean that he could let his guard down. He himself had no desire to join the nascent organization, but he began to pay close attention to the people around him. Sure enough, on the same day, Max Hoffmann and Carl von Rundstedt. Erwin von Witzleben, Wilhelm von Loeb, Walter von Brauchitsch and other generals responded to Adrian's call and called back on the spot to announce their application to join the Federal Party. It was only after all the officers and men of the 1st Panzer Division, the only German tank force that could compete with the Allied tank forces, announced that they had joined the Federalist Party, that Paul von Hindenburg realized the seriousness of the matter.
Aware of the seriousness of Albert, the Social Democratic Party was already divided, and the separatists were still engaged in armed struggle with him, and with the emergence of the Federalists, many people on the left led by Albert also announced their withdrawal from the Federalist Party, and many people in Lower Saxony with the support of August III also announced their membership.
In just one day, the Feralist organization had a response of more than 100,000 people, and Adrian's influence was evident. But how could it be so easy to form a political party, Adrian, who had secretly rushed back to Berlin, did not dare to delay, and then quietly returned to Hanover.
It wasn't until the train left Berlin that Adrian relaxed, and he was tired from the continuous tense secret tossing.
Sitting next to him was the leader of the Ghost Group, codenamed Yuan, and Adrian's codename was Giant. Since the formation of the Ghost Group, the two have rarely seen each other in public. Adrian called Source this time to merge the Ghost Group and the Scorpion Formation. Although he initiated the scorpion organization, its operation was not controlled by Adrian at all, and the several collaborations between the ghost group and the scorpion were not pleasant, or even disagreeable. Because the number of poisonous scorpion organizations has expanded too much at once, the quality is uneven, and there is a lack of standardization when acting. The Ghost Group is the opposite, Adrian formed the Ghost Group after forming the Eric Group, and it is very well trained. At that time, it was to inquire about intelligence, and when he became the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, the ghost group had a small expansion, including many elite soldiers to train them to become spies and spy intelligence. This merger was inevitable for him, and if the scorpion still didn't obey his commands, he wouldn't mind cutting off the scorpion's financial backbone. Now is the least difficult time to control the scorpion, and when Wilhelm II fled to the Netherlands, considering that the cost of the scorpion was too large, he was already planning to give up. Adrian had no choice but to start paying for these people himself. The two talked privately in a private room about breaking up when the train was about to arrive.
Back in Hanover, Adrian rushed directly to the administrative office, because the entire trip was highly secretive, and Albert did not receive any news even when passing through Berlin.
When Adrian returned to Hanover, he did not make the news public, but waited for the situation to be resolved. He did not openly oppose Albert's Provisional Government, but for those who had declared their Federalist membership in areas still under the control of Albert's Provisional Government. Albert's situation was very bad, and if Adrian's sphere of influence was not counted, the whole Brandenburg region would be isolated, and his decree would hardly reach the southern part of Germany, and it would be isolated. Adrian was waiting for Albert's next move, and he had secretly sent someone to secretly bring back to Hanover the Federalist as he passed through Berlin.
The whole of Germany was divided because of the rebel army and the insurrection, at the same time that Adrian announced the establishment of the Federal Party, Bavaria and other places in southern Germany declared independence and seceded from Germany. Hindenburg's move was tantamount to a complete ruin with the Provisional Government, but one could not guess what the man of the General Staff, who was in charge of the entire army, was thinking. Is it a mutiny?
The others didn't know what Hindenburg was thinking, but Adrian did, because Hindenburg was right in front of his eyes at this moment.
Hindenburg was not wearing a military uniform at this time, but was sitting in front of Adrian in a suit. What is the most valuable thing in times of war? That is, of course, the army, and Adrian naturally did not forget the more than a million German troops on the Western Front, which was immediately adjacent to Lower Saxony, and similarly, Hindenburg did not dare to underestimate Lower Saxony, which Adrian controlled. Almost the vast majority of the supplies of the German army on the entire Western Front were transshipped through Lower Saxony. Once Adrian declared the uprising, the supply of German soldiers on the entire Western Front became a big problem, and he had to figure out what Adrian wanted to do.
Hindenburg leaned on his cane and asked, "Do you want to launch an armed seizure of power next?" ”
Adrian spread his hands and said, "I don't want to, but Albert's ability is limited and he can't control the situation, so he can only change someone who can control the situation." ”
Hindenburg snorted coldly and continued: "Who do you think can control the current situation? It's up to you? Are there more than 10,000 in Lower Saxony and less than 10,000 in Dresden? ”
Adrian stood up and said, "No, it's not just me, it's you, let's put down this rebellion together and put Germany on the right track." ”
It was not surprising to hear Adrian reply to himself, and he had guessed Adrian's idea when he received the invitation. It's just that there are only two ways in the current situation, either the army will pull out and fight all the way back to Berlin, which has to be said to be the next policy. Many of the people in the army were members of Adrian's Federalists, and those people wouldn't have said yes in the first place. The only way left was to stand behind Adrian and follow him. Hindenburg tapped his cane and exhaled, "How sure are you?" How long will it take? ”
Adrian smiled and stood up again, walked up to Hindenburg, and politely stretched out his right hand and said, "If you are willing to join, I am absolutely sure that it will be settled in three months." ”
Hindenburg stood up, stretched out his right hand, and held Adrian's right hand tightly, and said, "Then hurry up." ”