Fast forward to the spring of 1919, when Lyon was promoted to lieutenant and served as the commander of the 27th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, stationed with the troops in Hamburg, and Hitler began to appear frequently in the public eye in the same year. He trumpeted that the defeat of the country was due to the dark sword of the Jews, and many Germanic capitalists began to notice Hitler and offer him aid, Hitler gradually began to develop his own power, and a party called the "German National Socialist Workers' Party" began to mature.

In June, the Entente presented Germany with an ultimatum – either agree to the Treaty of Versailles by noon on June 21, or continue the war. At this time, the German government could no longer choose to escape, and the proud Germans decided to give in, but it took two days to prepare, but the British media reported in the newspapers that "the negotiations are on the verge of bankruptcy and the war against Germany is resumed".

June 21, Scapa Bay, England, in the tower of the commander of the cruiser Emden, the flagship of the German High Seas Fleet.

Admiral Schell, commander of the German High Seas Fleet, pointed to a newspaper he had bought from the British, and said to all the commanders present: "We may soon have to go back to war with the British, but we have been confiscated of all our ammunition, and we have not even been left with enough fuel to leave the waters around the Orkney Islands, and I will never allow the fleet we have worked so hard to build fall into the hands of the British!"

"Yes, we'd rather let them sleep in the icy waters than let the damned Britons get them!" The officers echoed angrily.

"So I plan to take advantage of the current British to go out for training and send these comrades-in-arms on their last journey, and the operation code has been notified in advance." Scheer said with a wry smile.

"General, we support your decision, the great Germany will remember what we have done today, and we will accompany them on their last journey together!" The officers looked at Scheer with determined eyes.

"Okay, order the sailors to hang the fleet flag, battle flag, and Z signal flag, and the action code - rainbow!"

The High Seas Fleet, from battleships to destroyers, flew the fleet flag, battle flag, and Z signal flag, and then the sailors sang the German naval anthem "We are going to England" to open the battleship's sea valve.

Tragic singing floats across the sea.

"Let's sing and drink that cold wine today" At 12:16, the huge battleship Frederick the Great first slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

"I'm about to leave, just let that glass make a soft crunch" At 12:56, the battleship King Albert sank with the Frederick the Great.

"Let me hold your hand again, hold your white hand" at 1:10 was the battlecruiser Moltke.

"Goodbye, my sweetheart. Goodbye, cherish a lot" at 1:15, Crown Prince William......

It was not until 17 o'clock that the battlecruiser Hindenburg sank, and the British fleet rushed back to remedy it, but it was too late.

The self-sinking operation lasted about six hours, and 52 of the 74 German warships detained sank to the bottom of the sea, including 10 of the 11 battleships and all 5 battlecruisers. The tonnage of the sunken warships amounted to 95% of the total tonnage of the seized fleet.

All the surviving German naval officers and sailors were disarmed by the British, though they were unarmed and tied to a British battleship.

A British colonel angrily yelled at a German officer, "Are you crazy? You are prisoners of war, you know? ”

The German officer laughed and sang aloud to the British officer: "We're going to go, we're going to go, we're going to England!" England! The battle flag has fluttered on the mast, and it symbolizes our invincible strength! We will start the game and will not let the British be arrogant! ”

The British colonel gritted his teeth and looked at the remaining German ships barely floating on the sea, then shook his head and sighed: "It's all a bunch of crazy people!" But I have to be in awe of this group of "crazy people".

When the news reached Germany, there was an uproar in the whole society, with almost everyone referring to the navy officers and sailors as "heroes", and the government front was crowded with angry people demanding that the government refuse to sign the Treaty of Versailles, that the government protest to Britain and that the surviving naval officers and sailors be brought home.

The German people never considered themselves defeated, because Germany still had a huge war potential in the end, and this result was simply unreasonable and humiliating for the people.

However, the newly formed Weimar government was not as fearless as the officers and men of the navy, and they were bent on making peace to protect the interests of the capitalists. The angry people apparently did not agree to the government's inaction, and at first they only demonstrated, and then they began to storm government buildings.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, President Albert could only agree to the people and cautiously ask the British government to release the German naval officers. Obviously, the British government can't stand this group of German madmen who don't do anything all day long, turn on the sea-valve sunken ship at every turn, take it out, and sing "to England" while sinking. So the two sides hit it off, and the next day, naval officers and sailors were sent on the ship back to China.

Although the matter was eventually resolved by the government, the seeds of discontent were clearly planted in the hearts of the German people, and the cunning Hitler took the opportunity to bring the German National Socialist Workers' Party to the public and to stand with the people in the incident. As a result of this event, the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (NDP) managed to win the attention of the world, surpassing even the largest party in the country, the Social Democratic Party, in its home of Munich. And this party had a familiar or feared name in later generations - the Nazi Party.

Turning his gaze to the barracks, Lyon's unit was one of the few units in the current chaotic German military circles that had been reorganized and had combat effectiveness very early, so yesterday he received an order from the military headquarters to go to the German Krupp munitions factory near the Rhine River to assist the French in dismantling the equipment that the factory could transport and destroy the equipment that could not be transported.

As soon as this order was received, all the soldiers were so angry that they immediately took up their guns and fought the French again, but all of them refused to carry out this humiliating order.

Just when the regimental commander smiled bitterly and couldn't do anything, Leon stood up and gave a passionate speech to everyone: "Sometimes retreat is to move forward better, and it is more powerful to swing out after the fist is tightened, what we need to do now is forbearance, and now we have to let the French British return every bit of breath." Think about those navy brothers who sank with their ships, can we let them die in vain? ”

The soldiers gradually calmed down. The regimental officers saw that the situation was controlled by Leon alone, and they couldn't help but be impressed by Leon.

On this day in July, Lyon's name finally appeared for the first time in the top echelons of the German military and political circles, along with a report from the regimental headquarters.