Chapter 344: Civil War

The warm sun rises slowly from the east bank of the Spree River, the smoke drifts gently with the morning breeze on both banks, and the cattle and sheep disperse to the gentle hillside amid the shouts of their owners, quietly nibbling on the grass with dewdrops, like an intoxicating picture of the eastern countryside.

In such a quiet atmosphere, the First Army of the Army, which had just withdrawn from the battlefield on the Italian border, and under the personal command of Commander-in-Chief Rundstedt and Defense Minister Brauchitsch, had quietly completed the encirclement of the civilian armed forces in the eastern part of the First Bay of the Spree River and some of the ground anti-judgment forces of the Air Force.

The ground crews of the Air Force led by Prey von Henrik and the local civilian armed forces led by Rudolf von Rupcht were still in a deep sleep, but they never imagined that they would have become the wehrmacht's urn at this moment.

When Henrik was woken from his slumber by the soldiers, the first thing he saw was the flag and flag of the Federal Republic of Germany waving in the wind, and then the regular Wehrmacht troops were slowly pressing down from all sides and on both sides of the River Spree towards the riverbed where the A and B armies were gathered. The sun shone on the steel helmets of the Wehrmacht soldiers, radiating a dazzling light, and the black hole of the artillery was adjusting the Zhu Yuan according to the commander's command......

Henrik was shocked and immediately woke up Rupcht, who was still asleep.

At this moment, under the heavy pressure of the Wehrmacht, the two forces A and B were already panicked and in disarray, and many peripheral troops began to surrender to the Wehrmacht.

"Don't mess around! Don't mess around! Take up your weapons...... You fools! Henrik rolled over and got up from the ground, and kept roaring at the messy troops.

Rupcht looked helplessly at everything in front of him, sat on the ground, and refused to stand up again.

"Shoot! Get down! Shoot! If you don't want to die, resist me! As long as we hold out until 10 o'clock in the morning, there is still hope for everything...... Otherwise, everyone will die without a place to bury! Henrik ran back and forth hoarsely, trying to make a last-ditch effort to salvage the defeat.

"Don't bother, General Prey von Henrik, our resistance will be in vain." Rupcht found that the tide was turning.

"Nope! General Rudolf von Rupcht, you should take your heart and charge into battle with your troops, instead of passively slacking off! Now I can tell you clearly that our main forces are in fact all in the city of Berlin, and our leader, Field Marshal Thoth, is still waiting at the headquarters in Berlin...... Eric Adrian is stepping down soon! Henrik still had a glimmer of hope and was not willing to settle for it.

"Okay, it's all over Henrik, we're all fucking fools...... Look up and see what our leaders are doing! Pointing to a high post not far away, Rupucht said to Henrik, "Look, look, with whom our once beloved Marshal Thoth is now standing!" ”

Henrik looked in the direction of Rupcht's finger and saw General Thoth standing beside Eric with a composure and waving to the rebels on the riverbed. Henrik was stunned for a moment, like a puddle of mud, and fell on his back on the riverbed.

At the same time, Eric's policy propaganda team also pulled up wide banners with slogans from all directions and set up players to shout loudly to the rebels.

Eric's policy advocacy team played a decisive role in the German-speaking region before the establishment of the Union, and because Eric's national army mainly started from the east, it ignored the feelings of the people in the east, and this lesson is being made up at this moment.

With the shouts and appeals of the propaganda group, the civilian armed forces and some air force ground personnel came out of the riverbed one after another and took the initiative to surrender to the Wehrmacht.

The people were vulnerable in front of the preaching group, and some even defected, and Henrik had been so devastated that an armed rebellion had been orchestrated by him made him extremely frantic and furious.

"You can go too, Rupucht, let's go! Let's go, you cowards who can't do enough! Henrik howled as if he had gone mad, drew his pistol and prepared to kill himself. Rupcht rushed over, desperately grabbing the handle of his gun and tearing it apart with him.

Suddenly, the members of the working group who had been stationed in the army and the newly developed members of the CIA rushed forward and quickly disarmed Henrik and Rupcht, while the Wehrmacht from all sides shouted in unison and surrounded the center of the riverbed, crushing all the judges......

Brauchitsch breathed a long sigh of relief, and then immediately ordered that Henrik and Rupcht be brought before the State Military Tribunal; All the defectors were brought back to the outskirts of Berlin for collective reorganization.

In World War I, in order to strengthen the military strength of the Western Front, the German army was forced to negotiate peace with Tsarist Russia and withdraw its troops on the Eastern Front, and since then, Germany has not had an established national defense force on the German-Polish border.

As a coup d'Γ©tat comes to an end, Eric looks meaningfully at an embarrassed Toth and pulls him and Max into his car.

This coup farce, which was planned and carried out by Air Force Transport Director Prey von Henrik, involved a wide range of aspects, and the military and political circles of the German Confederation, including some upper-level core political figures, were implicated and impregnated.

The realities he didn't want to see came to light with the capture of Prey von Henrik and Rudolf von Ruppcht. At the same time that the Wehrmacht's First Army was completely victorious without firing a single shot, the National Guard led by Kluge quickly launched a secret arrest operation in Berlin against the hidden ghosts in the military and political circles in Berlin.

A few days after the disappearance of the director of the Joint Intelligence Agency, Colmar suddenly appeared in the presidential office of the Federal Presidency only two nights before the crackdown, and it was heralded that a shocking black curtain was about to be torn apart.

For the first time, the three intelligence agencies worked together to complete the work of dismantling and dividing the conservative wing of the Air Force without Eric's permission, and in one fell swoop to get rid of the major problems that had been buried in Eric's heart since the founding of the country, which was highly appreciated by Eric.

On the bus back to Berlin, Eric deliberately broke the embarrassment and took the initiative to chat with Toth casually, and also told him about his long-term commitment to the strength of the country.

"I'm a guilty man, Mr. President." Toth said guiltily.

"Nope! As far as I know, General Thoth, you have only been kidnapped by the likes of Prey von Henrik and Rudolf von Rupcht, who, under your banner, are doing things for their own personal gain, and in fact, you have not participated in any counter-judgments, and you are an upright and very politically minded soldier. Eric comforted Thoth.

"But I know that they are undermining the unity and unity of the country, but I did not stop it immediately, and I did not report it to the country and Mr. President, I am still guilty, and you should let me be punished by the government together with Prey von Henrik and Rudolf von Rupcht." Toth said very sincerely.

"Don't blame yourself General Thoth, you're a fair and honest man, it's good that you're just being fooled by them, and you're good to recognize your mistakes. The country needs you, the Air Force needs you, and I need you, so you should immediately cheer up, abandon the mental baggage that binds you, work hard, and build a strong air force for Germany. Eric looked at Toth with affirmative eyes and said, "The German Confederation can no longer withstand internal friction, we are sandwiched between Britain, France, the United States in the west and the red regime in the east, the space has become narrower and narrower, and only by continuously enhancing the comprehensive strength of the country can it be possible to break through their encirclement." ”

"Mr. President, do you still believe me as a guilty man?" Toth asked rhetorically.

"Whether you are guilty or not can only be decided by federal law, as president, I have great trust in you, I hope that you will continue to provoke the development of the national air force, the burden of strength, and realize Germany's dream of becoming a strong country, understand? I'm sure you can do it. Eric was overjoyed to see a radical change in Toth's thinking.

"Thank you, Mr. President, for your trust and care, and Toth is willing to work hard for Mr. President and the German Confederation! But before I take on the Air Force's burden, I want to do something that might not please Mr. President. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and it is entirely up to you, Mr. President, to do it or not. "Toth seems to be encouraged.

"Say it and I'll listen." Eric didn't hesitate.

"I would like to intercede for Prey von Henrik and Rudolf von Ruppcht." Toth looked at Eric with affirmative eyes.

"Why?" Eric looked at Toth in great surprise.

"Because these two people, including the eastern militias, they are not bad people. Mr. President, before the founding of the country, all the way to the west, until the establishment of the federal state, in the process of employing a lot of new people, it seems that the east is not in the eye, they are indifferent to you, especially in the society about the more and more rumors that Berlin is going to confiscate the air force, so they have such radical ideas and reckless behavior. Toth simply pulled out all the words in his heart.

"It also represents your thoughts." Eric said.

"Yes, but we know wrong." Toth made no secret of it.

Eric was silent, since the Federalist uprising, except for Dresden, he did not pay much attention to the east, in fact, this is not to deliberately snub the east, but at the beginning of the founding of the country, the national economy and defense and military made him busy every day, especially the Balkan Peninsula and the surrounding international environment is extremely complex and cruel, he can not take into account all aspects.