Chapter 26: Two Kingdoms
In London, car after car shuttles through the city. If you want to evaluate the cities with the most cars in Europe in the early 20th century. No matter how patriotic people are, they can only bow their heads and admit that London, England does have the highest number of cars.
Of course, there is one country with exceptions, who can talk about it with their heads held high and talk eloquently. That's right, they are citizens of Great Britain, citizens of the empire on which the sun never sets!
A couple sits on an open-air rosewood bench by a tulip bed in London's Hyde Park. A young woman with beautiful blonde hair snuggles up in the arms of a well-groomed British officer, wearing a plain white shirt and a long light blue dress.
Her straight blonde hair, apparently freshly groomed, was lightly scented. And this innocent dress was just ironed with an iron this morning. She snuggled quietly in the arms of her military boyfriend, forming a new landscape in Hyde Park.
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At the same time, far away on an unnamed plateau on the European continent. An SS soldier with handsome curly hair, dressed in his black SS uniform, which had been neat and new three days earlier, lay in his hundred-man arms, as well as in the arms of his own brother.
His usually handsome curly hair has been greasy and greasy due to several days of high-intensity combat. And the enviable and imposing and beautiful SS uniform had long been made by scattered dust and leaching sweat. He just lay quietly in the arms of his boss's brother, becoming part of the countless oppressive images on the Ruhr front.
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"Honey, it's Monday. Instead of going back to the army, you will waste time with me in Hyde Park. Aren't you afraid of being punished by your boss? The young woman put her arms around the British officer's waist and whispered.
Although there was no war, the country was peaceful. However, British military personnel were still explicitly required to stay in the army on weekdays. It is theoretically a violation of discipline to accompany his girlfriend to the park on weekdays like the young officer in front of him.
Looking at the girlfriend in his arms, how can he have the slightest meaning of letting himself go? The young officer played with his girlfriend's blonde hair and said in a thoughtful and soft voice, "Don't worry, baby." Even our generals, who are not necessarily in the office at this time, how can anyone punish me? Besides, every minute and second of your company is precious to me, so how can it be wasted? ”
Looking at his girlfriend's slightly bulging belly, the young officer laughed, laughing loudly.
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"Brother, we're at war right now. You don't go back to the trenches for which you are responsible. On the contrary, if you waste time next to me, the wounded brother, aren't you afraid of being punished by a thousand people? The young SS soldier looked up at his brother with great difficulty, and said weakly.
Although the French offensive had just been repulsed, it was almost impossible to attack again for the time being. However, the strict discipline of the SS required that no SS personnel leave their posts without permission at any time. It is theoretically a violation of discipline for an elder brother like this elder brother, who is a hundred people, to stay with a wounded man for a long time and not return to his post.
Looking at the younger brother in his arms, where is the sunshine and vitality of the past? The hundred-year-old, who was only twenty-five years old, tapped his brother's forehead with his index finger as he did when he was a child. Said gently: "Don't worry, brother." Our thousand-man man has been carried away on a stretcher by this moment. Who can have the energy to care about me, a little hundred-man leader? Besides, I went to college and was separated from you for 4 years. Now that I make up a little bit and spend more time with my brother, how can it be a waste of time? ”
Looking at the wound on his younger brother's right abdomen that was deeply pierced by a grenade, the younger brother cried, crying very loudly.
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"Lieutenant, I've finally found you. Our company has all arrived, and everyone has been waiting for you to go back to do training guidance. A soldier in a khaki uniform, a slanted gas mask bag and a helmet interrupted the intimate encounter between the couple in Hyde Park. As can be seen from the inscription on his shoulder, this is a private who has been in the army for some years.
It was obviously annoying to be disrupted about the appointment, and the young officer waved his hand impatiently. "You can do this kind of thing by yourself, just drill according to the training standards of the military department. Anyway, no country has the ability to threaten us, and following the rules is our best performance. ”
In today's British army, the attitude of young officers is not an isolated phenomenon.
For hundreds of years, British warships have spread almost all over the entire human world. Intervene in every region, prop up pro-British regimes, occupy regional resources, and influence the situation in the region.
It is conceivable that when the military of this country is accustomed to seeing the Royal Navy, the place where the British sphere of influence appears; Accustomed to seeing countless desperate armies, how proud and arrogant they would be when they were smashed to pieces in front of the British army.
The sun never sets on the empire is not a slogan, but a fact that has lasted for hundreds of years!
After defeating Spain's Armada in 1588, England stepped into the ranks of maritime hegemons and continued to expand its overseas colonies. Later, Britain defeated the Netherlands and France in the Anglo-Dutch War and the Seven Years' War, seized numerous colonies in both countries, and established maritime supremacy. In the end, Britain's victory in the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 further cemented its position as world power. The Industrial Revolution made Britain the undisputed economic power.
Although in the First World War, the Entente bloc, to which Britain belonged, suffered heavy losses. However, it was France, Tsarist Russia, Belgium and the Netherlands that really suffered the worst. Not the UK!
What is the balance of power on the continent that Britain is pursuing? The balance of power on the continent is to make the flames of war on the European continent, once ignited, not easily extinguished. It is better to let all the countries on the continent be crippled and destroyed, and all the allied and enemy armies will fight to the death, and Britain will only need to make the final decision.
British soldiers have always had this self-confidence.
They believe that with the economy, military, and population of the British Commonwealth, as long as it is fully mobilized, even France, which now claims to be the number one army in Europe, will be far from being an opponent.
What's more, France is still fighting with Germany. Whoever wins or loses, the final winner must be the United Kingdom, which is waiting for its work.
This is not a sign of ignorance or childishness. It's a collection of inertia and delusion!
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"Captain of 100, I can be regarded as finding you. The remaining 23 soldiers of our 100-man squad have all gathered in the A5 trenches, how should we allocate the combat positions next? An SS soldier dressed in a black uniform with a white leather belt and shoulder straps interrupted the exchange between the centurion and his dying brother. The SS soldier's horns and the edges of his collar badge had been stripped of the aluminium metallic braid, leaving only a silvery-white thread.
The ferocity of the battle is often vividly reflected in these details.
Looking at his younger brother, who was no longer breathing in his arms, the hundred-man leader slowly moved him aside and leaned against a gray-black rock. The SS, accustomed to life and death, could not bury their deceased partners one by one. They can only wait until after the war to have a chance to mourn.
Leaving the peaceful younger brother in place, the hundred-man chief wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his cuffs. Due to the mud that his sleeves had long been covered with in battle, the area around the eye sockets of the hundred-man man was smeared. Looking at the hundred-man captain with a dark yellow face mixed with black dirt, the SS soldiers on the side did not comment at all. Even if he knows that his hundred-person leader is a person with a habit of cleanliness!
The 100-year-old who washed his face with soap three times a day, got a little dust on his clothes, and immediately washed it, disappeared. In his place, he was a soldier who was dedicated to fighting, the most qualified and standard soldier.
In the SS at the moment, the transformation of the centennial is not unique.
For nearly forty years, Germans have appeared in almost every major region of the European continent. Defeat every hostile enemy, win over pro-German forces, suck in all kinds of continental resources, and adjudicate major European events.
It can be predicted that when the soldiers of this country, accustomed to seeing the Prussian Army passing through, were the German sphere of influence; Accustomed to seeing countless invincible adversaries, how proud and relieved they would be when they succumbed to Prussia's iron-blooded policy.
The iron-blooded policy is not a piece of history, but a belief that Germany has adhered to for forty years!
After the defeat of Denmark's Quadruple League in 1864, Germany was on the right track of iron-blooded unification, with Prussia successively merging the German principalities.
Later, Prussia defeated Austria in the south in the Austro-Prussian War, dissolved the German Confederation, and established a German state in the north.
The eventual victory of Prussia in the war with Napoleon III in 1870 further strengthened the stability of the German Confederation after the union of the principalities. Kaiser Wilhelm I was crowned in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, France.
Although in the First World War, the Allied Powers, to which Germany was located, were completely defeated. However, it was Austria-Hungary, the Turkish Empire, Bulgaria and Italy that were the countries that were completely defeated on the battlefield. Not Germany!
Why did Germany dare to implement a new time policy and demand the redivision of the colonies before World War I? The confidence of the Germans stems from the glorious history of war with an iron-blooded history, and from the fact that Germany surpassed the productive forces of the British Empire after the Industrial Revolution.
Germans have always had this pride.
They believe that with Germany's iron-blooded historical tradition and the largest population on the European continent, even France, which now claims to be the number one army in Europe, is far from being an opponent as long as those shameless politicians are not holding back.
All the more so, the Wehrmacht, under the leadership of Colonel Reinhardt and General Sickert, had begun a new armament. Once the rear is armed, the final winner must be Germany, which strikes backwards.
This is not the propaganda of the Wehrmacht. But the firm faith of the SS!