Chapter 207: The Future Commander III

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Doron Manor is a luxury house built in the style of a hunting palace, located in the province of Utrecht in the middle of the Netherlands, about two hours by car from the city of Utrecht, surrounded by dense forests. At the junction of the road, about 15 kilometers from the Doron Manor, there were several lazy Dutch soldiers guarding the road - not letting bad intentions enter, and not letting Wilhelm II, who lived in the Doron Manor, leave.

The Dutch asylum of Wilhelm II was also a kind of house arrest, and the 15 kilometers around the Duolun estate was the range of His Majesty's activities. However, this is not Queen Wilhelmina's intention to get along with Wilhelm II. In November 1918, she was able to withstand the pressure of the Allies, shelter Wilhelm II, and not hand him over to the Allies for trial afterwards, which fully demonstrated that her friendship with Wilhelm II could withstand the test.

However, the national strength of the Netherlands was limited after all, and it could not give too much face to Britain and France, so Wilhelm II was confined within a radius of 15 kilometers. Hunting and chopping wood have become the main daily activities of the abdicated German emperor for the past 16 years.

And now, the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Reichswehr, Infantry General Ludwig, who is becoming more and more powerful. Feng. Count Heinsberg-Hersmann, arrived in the Netherlands with a special mission to bring Wilhelm II to the Baltic Republic. Wilhelm II will wait there for the German people to elect him Emperor of the Third German Reich!

It is true that the Emperor of the Third Reich, not the Emperor of the Second Reich. Although it is the same William, the constitution and territory of the empire will be completely different. Wilhelm would be a constitutional monarch with little real power, and the greatest value of his existence would only be to give the Junker aristocracy an extra trump card against Hitler - Hitler could not be elected as a super-leader of the president + chancellor, nor could he become the commander-in-chief of the German armed forces. Moreover, the Kaiser was the only leading figure who could unite the aristocracy and capitalists of the whole of Germany.

In addition, the Third German Reich will be a united Germany!

Not only the Baltic Republic will join Germany when Wilhelm ascends to the throne again. It was planned that the Republic of Austria would also join the German Empire at that time. And Czechoslovakia will later become part of the German Empire under the name of the Kingdom of Bohemia!

The Third German Reich was not only the continuation of the legal system of the Second Reich, but also the resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire, which for a long time was considered the successor of the Roman Empire and Charlemagne's Empire, and which was not a unified state, but a union of kingdoms, principalities, and princes.

In a way. The Holy Roman Empire was the feudal version of the European Union.

Although the German government and army policy never openly declared the union of Austria and Czechoslovakia, let alone linked such a union to the restoration of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

But the news that Germany was going to send Wilhelm II from Holland to the Baltic Republic caused an uproar in Europe, which everyone knows, was the semicolon of the German Reich. And this country, although it bears the sign of the republic, is the stronghold of the German royalists!

Wilhelm II's visit to the Polo could almost be seen as a signal of the Junker aristocracy's determination to advance the restoration.

And the restoration of Kaiser Wilhelm was seen as a symbol of the resurrection of German militarism - in fact, German militarism had already been resurrected!

So while Hersman and the others were driving to the Doron Manor, Adolf. Chancellor Hitler could only hold back the fire in his belly. At the Prime Minister's Office at 77 William Street, he met with the envoys of various countries who had come to deliver their notes of protest.

"There has been a fierce international reaction to my upcoming trip to the Baltics, will this cause unnecessary trouble for the Empire? Princess Juliana of the Netherlands also visited a few days ago and informed the Dutch government of the proposal made to the Dutch government by Britain, France, Belgium and Italy that I should not leave Doren. ”

It is very well decorated, but the level of luxury does not compare with the official residence of the Royal City of Berlin, the Charlottenburg Palace and the Potsdam Palace. Hersmann met the visibly old, but still imposing Wilhelm II.

After Hersmann reported that he was going to send Wilhelm to live in the palace in Ambea, Tallinn, Wilhelm II spoke with some concern about the reaction of Britain, France, Italy and Belgium.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of the Netherlands will not restrict your freedom," Hersmann replied. "Before coming to the Doron estate, I had already met with the Queen and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Inform them that Germany has made up its mind to welcome back His Majesty the Kaiser. ”

What this means is that Wilhelm II's return to the throne is a foregone conclusion! And the Netherlands has been a good man for so many years in dealing with Wilhelm II, and when the time comes, will it not be a waste of all the achievements to be a villain?

Hersmann went on to say: "Moreover, the strength of our German Empire has been restored, and it is strong enough in industry and armament to defend itself against the threat of Anglo-French-Belgian menaces. Italy, on the other hand, was currently busy preparing for an invasion of Ethiopia and would never interfere in the internal affairs of the empire. As for Poland. Due to Pilsudski's serious illness, the factions were too busy with infighting to take care of anything else. Therefore, there was no real threat to the protests of Britain and France. Your Majesty will depart for Polo tomorrow. ”

"How sure is it about the restoration?" Wilhelm II then asked about his top concerns.

"German folk. There is not much opinion on His Majesty's restoration. What he meant by this was that most people had no opinion—neither for it, nor against it.

"The key at the moment lies with the leader of the National Socialist Workers' Party, the Reich Chancellor Adolf. Hitler. Hersman said. With his support, the Reichstag will be able to reformulate the Imperial Constitution and His Majesty will be able to return to the throne. He paused, lowered his voice, and said, "And Adolf. Chancellor Hitler and his National Socialist Workers' Party grew with the support of Stasi. As long as you and Chancellor Hitler agreed in the Baltic Republic on the provisions of the Reich Constitution limiting the power of the monarch, he would support you. ”

It was not that simple, and Hitler certainly did not want to be tied down to domestic affairs - in fact, that was what the Nazi Party was good at, and the Nazi Party had the means to firmly control the parliament, turning the "Weimar democracy" that could do nothing into a "constitutional dictatorship" that could do anything - but it was his dream to lead Germany to become the hegemon of Europe.

Hersmann, on the other hand, was to tell Hitler through a military exercise that the war he knew was completely outdated.

Hearing this, Wilhelm II immediately showed a grateful smile, nodded at Hersmann, and said: "Count, the Hohenzollern dynasty will not forget your loyalty and contributions!" ”

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"It's really small, it's small, but I'm sure it can beat the most powerful battlecruiser in the world!"

This was the sentiment of Wilhelm II when he boarded the armored ship "Deutschland" in the port of Amsterdam.

The Deutsche was currently the most powerful German warship, which began construction in February 1929 and was not commissioned until April 1933. Excluding the time for sea trials, it took almost 4 years to build this armored ship with a standard displacement of 11,700 tons.

This was of course because the Treaty of Versailles limited the tonnage of new warships for the German Navy, which was a headache for the shipyards responsible for the construction. But at the same time, it also shows that Germany, which has not started the construction of military ships for more than ten years, has become rusty in its ability to manufacture warships.

On the same day that Kaiser Wilhelm left the Netherlands on the "Deutschland", there was also a huge steel giant ship in the port of Amsterdam -- the battlecruiser "Hood", which had just completed partial modernization and had a standard displacement of nearly 42,000 tons.

"It's really big!"

When the "Deutschland" sailed past the moored "Hood", Kaiser Wilhelm stood on the bridge of the "Deutschland" in full armor, looking at the huge ship passing by, and the emperor sighed softly: "It would be nice if the 'Mackensen' was still there." ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, the 'Mackenson' can't beat the 'Hood', and the British's 'Hood' has a larger caliber gun and a higher speed." Hersman spoke with a calm face, not at all annoyed by the almost demonstrative act of the British, but praised the "Hood".

"In terms of the state of technology in 1920, the Hood was a miracle." "But for the technology of 1935 or 1940, the Hood is an obsolete thing." ”

"It's outdated?" Kaiser Wilhelm leaned on the railing and looked up at the "Hood" as if it were a mountain on the sea.

"Outdated!" "Your Majesty, in the decade or so since the end of the Great War, technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and we are living in an era of scientific and technological revolution, and any country that uses the experience of the previous war to guide the next war will suffer a huge setback," Hersman said. And this technological progress is most beneficial for Germany. ”

Kaiser Wilhelm squinted at Hersmann and said, "On what basis do you say that?" ”

"Because Germany leads the world in education and science and technology, we have the largest number of engineers and skilled workers in Europe," says Hersmann with confidence, "so we can use new technologies faster and better than other countries." Moreover, we also have the most brave and fearless soldiers! ”

Anyone who knows the history of World War II will be infected by the fearless courage of the soldiers of Nazi Germany, who marched forward bravely and shed every last drop of blood for the country. However, what really made the German army invincible for a period of time was not only fearlessness and bravery, but also the qualities of the German nation that were most suitable for the industrial era -- rigour, conscientiousness, attention to rules, discipline, intelligence, and a high level of education.

Therefore, they can master a very complex mechanized war mode in the shortest possible time, so they can use relatively backward equipment to fight miraculous victories again and again.

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