It was a small gathering at the Heinsberg-Hersmann estate in Tsosen, a beautiful new home for Hersmann and Chloe, originally belonging to the Mendelssohns, a Jewish banking family. When the Mendelssohns were evacuated from Germany, they were bought by Hersmann at a very low price - in the case of the Jews, Hitler was the wicked and Hersmann was the good guy, so the members of the Mendelssohn family had a good relationship with Hersmann.

And Hersman and Chloe bought the manor for the convenience of work. In 1931, the Ministry of Defence, the General Staff, the Admiralty and the Naval Staff, as well as a large number of subordinate organs, were to be relocated from the city of Berlin to Tsosen, close to Berlin. It will soon become the headquarters of the Wehrmacht. As deputy chief of the general staff, Hersman will also be based in Tsosen for most of the future.

However, the guests attending today's gathering at the Hessmann estate were not the backbone of the "Hesman gang", but the Bolsheviks! There was the leader of the German Bolsheviks, Ernst. Thälmann, Val T. Ulbrich, John. Schell and Friedrich. Albert (President Albert's son) and others, as well as the representatives of the Third International in Germany, Dimitrov, Natalie. Lesinskaya, Popov and Tanev. If it weren't for Hersmann, Strasser and Rudolf. Hess's "fascist" this time, today's gathering is almost turning into a meeting of the Central Committee of the German Bolshevik Party.

"Comrades," Hirschman said at the beginning of the reception, explaining the purpose of the meeting, "that you are invited from house arrest or imprisonment to Tsosen today for the sake ......of friendship, friendship between two socialist countries and two socialist parties."

"Two socialist countries?" Dimitrov asked aloud. "What do you mean by that?"

Hersman replied, "National Socialism and Socialism in One Country," he smiled, "and the difference between us is not very great. It is not necessary or desirable to treat the other person as an enemy. ”

The Reichstag arson and the subsequent internal purges in Germany were absolutely necessary in Hersmann's view, as were the Acts of the Restriction of Jews before them. Without a purge from within, with all sorts of Jewish financial oligarchy, Bolshevik rebels and Social Democratic running rampant, the Nazi Party's national society could not be carried out at all, and the world war could not be fought. Nor is it possible for Germany to become a leading force in Europe.

But Hitler always liked to overdo things, and not in general, but very excessively. In some cases, this affects Germany's overall strategy.

So Hersmann now has to play the role of a "good man" - of course he is not always a "good man", he is a villain when it comes to arms expansion, and Hitler is ready to play the role of a harmless dove of peace.

However, this does not mean that Hersmann and Hitler are political enemies, they have differences, but more of a division of labor.

For example, on the issue of the Soviet Union. Hersmann's division of labor was to continue to act as an old friend of the Soviet people in order to maintain good relations of Soviet-German cooperation. Hitler, on the other hand, played the role of a pro-Western anti-Soviet, purging the Soviet-backed German Bolshevik Party and the Third International of their influence in Germany.

"You call fascism socialism!" Ernst. Thälman glared at Hersman as if he was about to have a seizure, and Natalie was beside him, pulling him hard to keep him from spoiling the harmony.

Hersmann took advantage of the opportunity to express his views quickly and quickly: "Monsieur Thälmann, as a Marxist. You should at least have the spirit of seeking truth from facts. Germany and Italy were completely different, and the line of the National Fascist Party was completely different from that of the National Socialist Workers' Party.

The situation in Germany is not the same as in Italy. Just like we and the USSR are completely different. The socialist line that suited the Soviet Union could not be applied to Germany, otherwise Mr. Thälmann would have been the leader of Germany and not the prisoner you are today. Moreover, no one can deny the fact that the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany is a party that is supported by the majority of the working people of Germany!

The majority of the working people in Germany voted for the National Socialist Workers' Party over the Bolshevik Party! Whose fault is this? Was it the German working people who were blind, or was the line of the German Bolshevik Party not in line with German conditions?

I think you German Bolsheviks were on your way to the USSR. It's time for some introspection. Instead of blaming others! ”

"Your policy is war! Hitler and your Juncker officer corps took the course of war! "The great leader of the GDR, Val T. Ulbricht, in history, loudly criticized Hitler and Hersmann for their line.

"No, you're not right!" Hersman retorted in an equally loud voice, "That's not war, it's revolution!" A revolution that liberated all of Europe and all of humanity...... Socialism will overthrow capitalism in this world revolution! The purpose of the first five-year plan currently being implemented in the Soviet Union and the second five-year plan to be implemented in the future is also to lay the material foundation for the world revolution. ”

Hersmann did not continue to talk nonsense with the German Bolsheviks, who were bound to suffer and even lose their lives in the Soviet Union. Instead, he raised his glass high: "Today's reception is for the German Bolshevik party members who are about to leave for the Soviet Union." Although we National Socialists and Bolsheviks disagreed on the criteria of socialism. However, we believe that this difference is not an irreconcilable contradiction between friend and foe, but an argument between comrades. Therefore, if the German people have made their choice, we will send you to the Soviet Union and forbid you to return until the world revolution has triumphed.

I wish you a happy journey and continued contributions to the cause of socialism in the Soviet Union. Long live Soviet-German friendship! Long live the cause of socialism! ”

Can it be like this? All the German Bolsheviks present were a little stunned. Natalie. Lesinskaya, however, suddenly raised his glass and shouted: "Long live Soviet-German friendship!" Long live the cause of socialism! ”

Dimitrov looked back at the woman, and he knew that Natalie and the Hessman couple had a good relationship. Then I thought that Stalin had begun to rebuild his armament in Germany, and when Hersmann became the number three in the German army, he sent the exiled Natalie to Germany, and then there was the Reichstag arson.

His mind spun quickly, he had already thought of something, and he also raised his glass: "Long live the Soviet-German friendship!" Long live the cause of socialism! ”

Dimitrov, secretary of the Western European Bureau of the Third International, followed Hersmann in shouting slogans to show that Hersmann's ideas were approved by the Third International - because Dimitrov had not been guilty of any crime after the Reichstag arson, but was placed under house arrest in the best Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin, and treated with foreign leaders visiting Germany! Now they are going to be sent back to the Soviet Union, so there is no possibility of defection to the enemy. So a bunch of German Bolsheviks had no choice but to shout slogans, and then the drinking party began.

"Maybe we should go out and enjoy the night and drink," Hersman found Natalie and Dimitrov after the reception began, "It's warm tonight, let's go to the balcony." ”

The three of them reached a large large stone balcony, from which they looked out over a formal garden, an elegant fountain, and beyond the forest and pastures. After the three of them were seated, the servant brought a drink, and then closed the door to the dining room.

"Comrade Dimitrov, can we see the Reichstag arson as a ******** of German socialism?" Hersman said as he leaned comfortably back in his easy chair, his face hidden in black shadows and unable to make out his expression. "The National Socialist line has triumphed, although it is not exactly the same as the line practiced in the Soviet Union, but it is still socialism after all."

Dimitrov barely said in a pleasant tone: "You mean to say that we have to recognize Germany as a socialist country?" ”

"Germany is, of course, a socialist country," Hersmann replied in a more pleasant tone, "unless you want to treat us as class enemies, and I think you would better admit it, or at least make the Soviet Union appear less lonely internationally." It is also advantageous in domestic propaganda. ”

"What? Are you trying to point fingers at public opinion in the USSR? Dimitrov said warily.

"Yes," Hirschman nodded, "I must give advice to Comrade Stalin about this...... For the past decade or so, we have been the 'most friendly capitalist country to the Soviet Union'. This was the basis for the smooth development of Soviet-German cooperation. Now that the National Socialist Workers' Party has come to power and is going to pursue a real policy of socialisation in Germany - although socialization in Germany is not the same as in the Soviet Union, it is certain that there will be a marked increase in the elements of the planned and state-owned economy, and that the social welfare of the working class will increase - but there is no friendship between the National Socialist Workers' Party and the Bolshevik Party. Just as there was no friendship between the Trotskyites and the Stalinists...... What would Soviet-German relations look like if it were not the National Socialist Workers' Party that is in power in Germany today, but Trotsky? ”

"There may be a fight!" Natalie. Leshinskaya said gloomily.

"That's the catastrophe of socialism!" "The international capitalists will open champagne to celebrate, while the two socialist countries, Germany and the Soviet Union, will be destroyed by capitalism or will be destroyed by capitalism!" ”

"That's for sure!" Natalie echoed Hersman again.

Hersman smiled at the confidante, and then looked at Dimitrov, "Comrade Dimitrov, in order to prevent international capitalism from succeeding, the Soviet Union should recognize Germany as a socialist country!" Even if there was a dispute between the National Socialist Workers' Party and the Bolshevik Party over the question of socialist standards. (To be continued.) )