More than ten days passed, and not a single word of news from Berlin reached the Eastern Front. Just when Adrian feared that the plan would not pass, an old acquaintance appeared at the door of the heavily guarded camp. It was so tight indeed, so tight that Falkensen did his best to place a battalion of troops around the camp on the way back without alarming others. Don't think Falkenson is too precious, he is not enough, but in order to arouse unnecessary suspicion, he gave up and continued to strengthen.

This old acquaintance was none other than Hindenburg, who was supposed to endorse in Berlin, but at this time he covered his face and was escorted to the camp by several soldiers. For this reason, the sentries in the camp became nervous, but the other side was small in number, and they were in the open, and they were wearing khaki German uniforms. Adrian, as the supreme commander here, received the news as soon as he received the news, and hurriedly welcomed Hindenburg to his tent.

"I haven't seen you for a month, and the commotion has already made the whole of Berlin run for you, and the rest of the life is terrifying." Hindenburg sat on the throne and drank happily a glass of steaming boiled water. After a pause, Hindenburg continued: "Very bold, really bold, do you know how big the level and scope of personnel are involved this time? Hindenburg asked with interest, but Adrian could tell it was a mocking tone, and spread his hands and did not answer.

Adrian then ordered the orderlies to set up a huge tent, very large, large enough for two hundred people to work on things at once.

All the personnel in Eric's war room were hurried to the tent, and Hindenburg had already taken off his mask and appeared in front of everyone. Everyone was excited and nervous at the same time. The excitement is that the plan has passed, and the nervous thing is that this time the plan is too big, it can be called the grandest since the founding of the empire, and the scope of involvement and impact is so large that they originally had no hope, but they just hoped that it would be good to rise their faces, but they didn't expect it to be passed. The reason why this plan was able to pass this time was indeed due to too many coincidences, the crisis on the Eastern Front and the crisis on the Western Front, as well as the conspiracy that is now shrouded in Berlin, and the disheartened General Staff. Of course, there is also the recognition of Adrian at the top and the support of Adrian by many people in power, which are things that Adrian needs to operate behind the scenes.

While everyone was still secretly celebrating, a national proclamation from Wilhelm II finally began.

On October 5, 1916, former Imperial Major General Eric Adrian was promoted to field marshal and took over all the duties of Commander-in-Chief Falkenson, who had fallen ill at his post. Immediately afterwards, countries around the world began to speculate about the sacred time of Eric Adrian, who had been promoted to field marshal by a whole rank and took over the post of commander-in-chief of the German Eastern Front. On December 1, 1916, Moltke Jr., the former General Staff of the Second German Reich, was dismissed for failing to supervise the battlefields on the Western Front, and was replaced by Field Marshal Eric Adrian, who had been promoted to commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front for less than two months. This news has finally detonated the world!

On the train where Eric Adrian was ordered to return to Berlin, Adrian finally met the emperor whom he had not heard of, Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert von Hohenzollern, better known as Kaiser Wilhelm II. The carriage of the entire steam locomotive was extremely heavily guarded, and Moltke Jr., Falkingham, and even the current Prime Minister Theobarden von Batemann Holwig and a group of people who held the ultimate power of the empire were in charge. Everyone's curiosity focused on this magical young man, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the magic was really true, and they thought he was whimsical. Adrian's proposal, brought back to Berlin by Falkensen, caused a huge wave of reaction among a limited number of people at the top, followed by a very unanimous opposition, too risky, and quite a feeling of being at the end of the road and finally trying to set things right. Adrian, of course, knew that this would happen, and he was not unprepared for it, and in a few days he took dozens of telegrams, either high-ranking people with his interests, or powerful people who were like-minded with him or even supported him. Needless to say, Hindenburg and Ludendorff have a lot of roles in this plan, and if they succeed, their reputations will only be worse than before, and of course they will spare no effort to make this happen. Until the end, Wilhelm II did not express his position, and when these key figures who had already left the class or were in class stood in front of the Kaiser together, he knew that the matter had been considered more than half successful, and the already emaciated Wilhelm II finally nodded his head and approved the plan.

After that, a series of unbelievable appointments were telegraphed across the country.

At this time, Adrian was already in a high position, and it stands to reason that he is not one level higher than these big people, or at least he can be on an equal footing, but he is very humble and low-key. Because as the author of this plan, of course, he knows what his current status is like. The secret meeting was made possible by the cooperation of former Chief of the General Staff Moltke Jr. and current Prime Minister Holwig, who, although they agreed to cooperate for various reasons, still wanted to know what the attitude of the first promoter of the plan was.

Adrian was actually quite nervous in the face of these major figures who seemed to be in the same boat, because these people were all driven by interests and ideas. As far as Prime Minister Holwig was concerned, Adrian was courted on the condition that peace talks would be held after expanding the results and posture of the war. Holwig was a peacemaker, and he could trade any peace talks that could be negotiated. Moltke Jr., on the other hand, hoped to remove France and Britain from their hegemony, so that the German Empire would never be invincible in Europe. Adrian co-opted him on the condition of the fall of Tsarist Russia on the Eastern Front and the partition of the French and British colonies. The people in the entire carriage, Adrian was drawn together as close to the center of everyone's interests as possible. Adrian, a rising businessman, is well versed in the art of negotiation, suppression, co-optation, negotiation and conditions make him a fish in water among these big men, acting as a conciliator. Two years of military service on the Eastern Front gave him an advantage in this respect.

As the steam locomotive got closer to Berlin, there were fewer and fewer people in the carriages, all in order not to attract attention.

Eventually, Eric Adrian and the Emperor were left in the carriage, sitting opposite each other.

Wilhelm II: "Tell me, how sure are you?" ”

Seeing Wilhelm II ask himself seriously, Adrian did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"How much support can you give me?"

Wilhelm II was stunned for a moment and then continued.

"What do you mean?"

Adrian affirmed: "If you can give me some support, I can be a little sure." ”

Adrian was right, and if a person with the highest authority had given his full support to the plan after it had been implemented, the plan would have been a perfect success.

"Your plan only mentions a complete solution to the crisis on the Eastern Front and the impasse on the Western Front, and does not mention the plan after that." Wilhelm II pointed out the final fatal point of the plan, which is why all did not object at first, without a clear purpose.

"There are different voices within the empire, and no matter how good the war situation is, it will not be able to satisfy everyone's appetite with limited fruits." Adrian ruthlessly struck a blow at the cabinet organized by Wilhelm II.

Adrian had no choice but to continue in order to appease Wilhelm II: "But if the current crisis is not resolved, it will only continue to worsen. ”

Wilhelm II agreed with Adrian, so he agreed to the plan, after all, no one could come up with a workable plan at the moment.

Adrian's plan submitted by Falkenson was not implemented word for word, but was revised again by the General Staff to refine other issues outside the Eastern Front, otherwise this plan, which affected the whole country, would still seem a little immature. But no one denies the tremendous effect of this brick-throwing.