Chapter 34: Rebellion

Returning to Germany, Lyon was in high spirits. At work, the Soviet-German cooperation went smoothly, and emotionally broke the layer of paper with Sophia, which was simply the pinnacle of life.

Time came to November 1923 with Lyon's giggle.

Far away in Munich, Hitler became increasingly dissatisfied with his "like-minded" friend Leon.

He wrote several times to Lyon, asking him to vigorously develop Nazi members in the Wehrmacht and assume the responsibility of being the deputy leader of the Nazi party, but Lyon did not write back to him, let alone develop Nazi members.

After touching the wall many times, Hitler realized that he might have been used by Lyon, and the two of them had been thrown out of the sky by Lyon.

Having learned the hard way, Hitler decided to go it alone. He planned to establish a provisional government in Munich, following the example of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union, and take the opportunity to eliminate the Weimar regime, so as to achieve his own goal of controlling Germany.

This decision may seem crazy, but in fact it is very feasible.

First of all, Britain and France, the most nosy outsiders, were now trapped in a financial crisis and had no time to care about regime change in Germany, not to mention that they were already wary of Hindenburg and Lyon.

Second, the military commander in Munich, the commander of an infantry battalion of the Wehrmacht, had joined the Nazi Party, so the local army would not prevent the birth of a new regime.

In the end, the operation of the railways near Munich was in the hands of a pro-Hitler capitalist who could afford to temporarily block the railway network connecting Munich and other cities, so that the Wehrmacht in other cities would not be able to arrive at a short time, even if they wanted to stop him.

But the plan is by no means flawless. Hitler faced two problems in this plan: first, he was not qualified enough to convince the people, so he needed to find a person of high prestige to be the puppet leader of the regime. The second is the 1st Tank Regiment of the Wehrmacht deployed here in Lyon, the existence of which is known only to a few people, including the military commander of Munich, so Hitler also knew about it.

Like the previous generation, Hitler founded the Nazi Stormtroopers in 1921, and the Nazi Stormtroopers were even larger than the previous one, numbering more than 5,000 people.

In Hitler's plan, with his own stormtroopers and a few hundred infantry in Munich, it was enough to deal with this "tank regiment" with only 20 tanks, and less than 200 people including the logistics troops.

After careful consideration, Hitler gave orders to his subordinate Goering, detailing the goals and course of action of the Nazi Party.

Goering was very excited when he heard this, if the revolution succeeded, then he would be the founding father of the country! Therefore, he actively prepared, as long as Hitler gave the order, he did not hesitate to lead the SA to overthrow the Weimar government in Munich and even the entire state of Bavaria.

By the end of November, Hitler had seen that all sides were almost ready, and he gave the order to begin the operation, and more than 5,000 stormtroopers armed with Mauser rifles and hundreds of Wehrmacht soldiers quickly occupied all the police stations and government offices in Munich.

The city government of Munich, under the cover of a small number of policemen, desperately sent a telegram to the presidential palace: Hitler led the Nazi Party to launch a rebellion in the infantry battalion of the Wehrmacht in Munich!

Hindenburg was taken aback by the telegram and hurriedly asked Leon to come over and discuss countermeasures.

Lyon, who received the notice from Hindenburg, broke out in a cold sweat, and Lyon originally thought that Hitler would launch the "beer hall riot" on November 8 like the previous generation, so he deployed the 1st Panzer Regiment in Munich to deal with it. But after the 8th, I didn't see any action from Hitler, Leon once thought that Hitler gave up the idea of using a coup d'Γ©tat to take power, but he never expected Hitler to directly launch a military coup!

As soon as he entered the door of the presidential palace, Hindenburg anxiously asked Lyon, who was still panting: "Lyon, what should I do?" Just now, someone from the Ministry of Railways told me that all the railways in the vicinity of Munich were out of service for no reason, and the railway operator there said that there was a large-scale breakdown of the railways. ”

Leon breathed a sigh of relief and gritted his teeth and said: "Don't guess, that railway company is definitely behind Hitler!" Lyon was so sure because he had seen the boss of the railroad company who had given him the first money when he had promised to join the Nazis.

"The railroad is out of service, and most of us are infantry, so we won't be able to catch up for a while. When he Hitler bewitched the people of Munich and the whole of Bavaria, it will be difficult for us to clean it up. "Hindenburg is in a hurry, and the most important thing right now is time.

The most anxious thing here is actually Lyon, because if Hitler reveals that he is the deputy leader of the Nazi party, it will be over, and this trouble must be solved as quickly as possible! He forced himself to calm down, thought for a while, and said: "There is still one of our armored regiments in Munich, I will order them to counterattack, and Hitler's plot must not be allowed to succeed!" ”

"The 1st Panzer Regiment? But they only have 20 tanks. And those tanks, are you sure you want to be exposed to the public just like that? The Arms Administration has been giving us trouble lately. Hindenburg said.

"I'm not going to take the initiative and only defend with tanks." Leon said, waving his hand.

"Less than 200 men defending more than 5,000 rebels?" Hindenburg's face was full of you teasing me, and he thought Leon was too whimsical.

"So I'm trying to figure out how to send them a reinforcement as soon as possible." Leon frowned.

"What's the solution? The railway lines are cut off, and even if we can recruit enough cars, we will not be able to rush to the aid before Manstein is completely wiped out. Hindenburg shook his head.

"What's fast...... It's fast. Leon thought silently, and suddenly, he thought of a special class of troops - the Airborne Forces!

"There is a way, we let the infantry carry a parachute on their backs and take a plane directly to Munich!" Leon excitedly said Hindenburg.

"Infantry? They weren't trained to use parachutes. Hindenburg pointed out the shortcomings of this approach.

"There's no way, we don't have time, I will immediately notify the first division that has just been reorganized to organize a death squad, and then let all the flying clubs in Berlin take out all their parachutes and send someone to fly to Munich with the synchronized soldiers, and explain to them how to use parachutes on the way." Leon quickly said that this is indeed the best solution at the time when time is most scarce.

"Well, that's all there is to it." Hindenburg agreed to Leon's plan, and then began to inform Strauss that he should organize death squads.

At the same time, Lyon is informing Lufthansa to suspend all civil air routes and transfer all aircraft back to Berlin. At the same time, all the Wehrmacht forces that had not joined the Nazi Party in the vicinity of Munich began to move towards Munich (the garrisons of some Bavarian cities had declared their recognition of Hitler's Provisional regime, and this part of the army, led mainly by the remnants of the old aristocratic officers, intended to fight to the death against Lyons, who represented the plebeian youth).

The German Civil War is on the verge of breaking out!