August 1, 1919, 7 o'clock in the morning.

In the heart of Roermond, a small town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands, a Baroque church is already home to a group of well-dressed Germans.

There are also some "tourists" who come from nowhere, all of whom are tall and sturdy, wearing more voluminous shirts and shorts, and constantly parade around the ancient church, watching everyone who passes around with a wary eye. Their eyes are blazing, and one hand is always in the pocket of their bulging suit shorts.

The Dutch inhabitants of the small town paid little attention to these uninvited guests, and none of them thought that these Germans would pose any danger to their prosperous and peaceful lives.

Since the Napoleonic Wars, the Netherlands has maintained a policy of neutrality in Europe, and even the secession of the South Netherlands (Belgium) did not lead to war. In the world war that had just ended, the Netherlands also pursued neutrality that neither side provoked.

And after the defeat of Germany, the Netherlands also provided refuge to the German emperor who fled to the lower field. In the eyes of the clever Dutch, this was clearly conducive to their future peaceful life - and when Queen Wilhelmina learned of the contents of the Treaty of Versailles, she was even more convinced that it was in the Dutch interest to protect Wilhelm II.

Because the treaty was so harsh, the Germans, under the oppression of this treaty, either completely collapsed or struck a violent blow!

And the Dutch queen, who knew the Germans well, was convinced that Germany would inevitably jump over the wall in the future. If the Netherlands curry favor with Germany now, it may be able to avoid invasion in the future - currying favor with Germany is not only protecting the rest of the German royal family of Wilhelm II, but also becoming one of the destinations for the transfer of production from the German military industry.

A large amount of machinery and money was secretly transferred to the Netherlands before the Rhine was occupied by the French. Even the German National Bank, secretly controlled by the German Industrial Promotion Council, rushed more than 150 tons of gold into the Netherlands (some in Switzerland and Courland) in October and November 1918. It was deposited in the vault of the Dutch branch of the National Bank - to prevent the gold from being expropriated by the future German government for compensation to the Allies.

After the publication of the Treaty of Versailles, more funds were transferred to the Netherlands and Switzerland. Because everyone knows that the German mark will soon become waste paper. Germany will then be a capital-deficient country, and every gold coin will be extremely precious.

The owners of the Kinmak, who had been transferred to Holland and Switzerland - most of them were the most famous industrialists in Germany - today a considerable part of the Dutch town of Roermond sat in this old church and came to attend a wedding.

And the groom of this wedding is now staying in the evangelistic seat of the church, chatting with a group of valuable guests. This groom was none other than Ludwig. Feng. Heinsberg. Hersman. He had planned to be married in Chloe's hometown of Heinsberg, but it was located in the Rhine region, which was now occupied by the Allies. So the wedding venue had to be changed to Roermond in the Netherlands.

"Count, congratulations!"

The guests began to call Hersmann the count, a title that had already been recognized by Kaiser Wilhelm, and Crown Prince Wilhelm and his wife, Duchess Cecilia, also appeared in the chapel, and the crown prince personally informed all the guests of Wilhelm II's approval of Hersmann as Count of Heinsberg.

This was tantamount to putting a royalist backbone on Hersmann's forehead, which was very beneficial to his position in the German aristocracy in the future.

Hersman looked triumphant at the moment, and seemed satisfied with his current position.

Recognized by Wilhelm II and previously regarded by Hindenburg as a confidant, Hersmann's position in the Junkers officer corps became more prominent. After these days of observation, Hersmann had figured out the bottom of the forces of the various factions in the Weimar Republic.

If we divide it according to the most commonly used political tendencies in Europe, there are four major groups: center-right, center-left, far-right, and J-left. Among them, the Juncker officer corps is not an extreme right, but a center-right group, and politically cooperates with bourgeois and conservative parties such as the Catholic Center Party, the Liberal Party, and the Democratic Party.

The center-left is dominated by the Social Democrats and the middle class and part of the economically well-off working class, who were originally the mainstream of German society – an olive-shaped society with small ends and large in the middle. But such a structure would be radically changed after the defeat, which meant that the main base of the Social Democratic Party was dissolving. As a result of the repressive stance of the January Revolution, a great rift arose between the SPD and the proletariat, which made the SPD the biggest victim of the changes in the social structure of Germany.

As for the extreme right and the J-left, it is the forces represented by the Nazi Party and the Bolshevik Party, almost a group of people, all of whom are extremely dissatisfied with the status quo and the middle and lower classes.

If Hersmann wants to be the leader of the future in Germany and the world, he must become the leader of one of these four factions. At the same time, he wanted to prepare for the Second World War in the future, so he could only stay in the Juncker officer corps - if he went to join the Nazis, at least ten years in the opposition, then he would not be able to do anything.

"It's coming, it's coming...... Ludwig, Chloe has arrived! Anthony in a crisp tuxedo with a smile on his face. Falk strode into the church and waved vigorously at Hersman. As his relationship with Margaret grew closer, he became Hersman's best man.

After a period of stagnation, Project Darkaber, which aimed to preserve the vitality of the German military industry, finally began to move forward. In these three months, this Anthony. Mr. Fokker spent most of his time in Riga busy with the start of the aircraft factory.

The plant that opened in Riga, now known as the FK-BF consortium, is a joint venture between BMW, Fokker and Economic Promotion. It is planned to open an aircraft engine factory, an aircraft assembly plant, and an aircraft test center. However, only an aircraft assembly plant has been operating to assemble aircraft from parts shipped from Germany before the armistice, and an F-2 civilian transport aircraft has been developed, and many orders have already been received.

Although the business was not yet large, it was a good start - as a military fan and German fan of later generations, Hersmann knew very well where the greatest weakness of German air power was. With this FK-BF consortium, the possibilities for the future are endless......

"Ludwig, Ludwig, what are you doing in a daze!" Hesman's voice rang again from his father, Otto Sr. Otto Sr. had returned from Budapest to attend his son's wedding. Although the Weimar government and the German General Staff issued a pretentious order forbidding German citizens to go to Hungary to help the Bolsheviks, such orders were of little effect.

It was just that the military advisers who were originally assigned to the grassroots team were concentrated in the "special technical school" in Budapest as instructors...... By the spring of 1920, they would pass on their knowledge of guerrilla warfare to the Hungarians. Then it will gradually be withdrawn, and in the end only a small observation group will remain, which will remain in Hungary to study guerrilla warfare.

But that's all in the future, and the most important thing for now is to marry Chloe.

Hersman suppressed his excitement and walked briskly towards the church door.

At this moment, Chloe, dressed in a white wedding dress, accompanied by Margaret and Countess Heinsberg, who acted as bridesmaids, walked in step by step.

Chloe is so beautiful!

Hersman stopped, looked at Chloe walking towards him, and let out a heartfelt admiration in his heart.

Chloe was originally a very outstanding beauty, but today she has dressed up carefully, looking particularly delicate and charming, coupled with a graceful and seductive figure, it is simply the beauty god Venus has come to the world.

This is the wife who will be with me for the rest of my life!

God, it's unbelievable that I could marry such a wife, and be a rich countess.

Hersman stared at Chloe blankly, and for a moment she was so excited that she couldn't speak......

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Explain the reason why the protagonist does not go to the Nazi Party, which is a reasonable arrangement. If you want to open the political golden thigh, the protagonist can of course be one hand and the other party. But the Weimar Constitution did not allow this, and Germany was not a republic after all. And even if this article is changed, it will not be good for the protagonist. Because there were a lot of generals and colonels in the parliament of the Weimar Republic, such as Ludendorff and Tirpitz, who were all members of the parliament, and later became the chairman of the Catholic Central Party. Papen is also a member of the Honorary Officer Corps. If the constitution is changed, all the generals and colonels in the Congress will come to the army to pull the heads, and this will be a mess.