"On September 1, 1939, I intend to start World War II!"

In a small office, Hersman lowered his voice and spoke in an extremely serious tone to Kurt. Feng. Colonel Schleicher said.

"What? What the? First, World War II!? Schleicher jumped to his feet, his eyes wide open, and raised his right hand to point at Hersmann. You, you, are you serious? ”

Hersman nodded earnestly, "Colonel, of course I'm serious. We lost World War I, and now it's time to take revenge and prepare for a new one! And I personally think that the more suitable time to start a war is 1939! ”

In another time, the German military began planning to wage war only after Hitler came to power, between 1944 and 1945. That is, Germany went into the war completely unprepared.

"But why 1939?"

"Colonel, I was born in 1892, and you were born in 1882. By 1939, I was 48 years old, and you were 58 years old, which is not too old. When the time comes, I can command a few army groups to sweep Poland and France, and you can be the chief of the general staff in the middle. If we delay any longer, we will be old, and we will not have enough physical and mental strength to lead the German army to win the war. Since we are preparing for war, it is our duty to lead the German army to victory! ”

Is that the reason? Schleicher, of course, thought about fighting the Second World War – he was the one who led Germany quietly preparing for war in the 20s and early 30s, in the absence of Hersmann! He was also the one who pushed for cooperation between Germany and the USSR!

But for the most part, he did not think about starting World War II in his lifetime.

"It's November '20 now, and it's less than 19 years to ......"

"Colonel, it's not up to us!" Hersmann frowned, "It depends on the will of the German people!" When the German people need a humiliation of the war, we as soldiers cannot back down! ”

"The people need war?" Schleicher shook his head suspiciously. His thinking was still the Second Reich, although the German people were cheering for him when Wilhelm II declared war. However, the First World War was mainly fought by the Emperor and the Junker aristocracy, and the support of the people at the bottom for the war could not be compared with that of the Germans in World War II.

In the Second World War, on the other hand, the middle and lower classes supported the war far more than the upper classes - there was no need to defend the working people of Germany, who had brought the Nazi Party to power with their votes. However, there were many members of the Honorary Officer Corps who were opposed to the Nazis, such as Folbeck and Count Luknall, who were awarded the Blue Max Medal in World War I (the one who broke the battle with the sailing ship Seahawk) and Ludwig, who served as Chief of the General Staff before the war. Admiral Baker and others.

"When the people have had enough of the defeat, they will need war!"

Hersmann put it in a succinct way: "The cession of land and the huge reparations brought not only humiliation to the German people, but also a miserable and desperate life in the future. Historically, any socio-economic crisis has been borne mainly by the middle and lower classes. The pain of Germany's defeat in the war would have tormented the middle and lower classes.

It will be our generation of Germans and our children's generation that will be particularly painful...... We once lived in a glorious empire, and we once had an incomparably better life. But the defeat and the Treaty of Versailles ruined everything! Some of our children's generation will remember the beauty of their childhood, while others will know from their parents what kind of country Germany used to be. In the face of a bleak life, it is impossible for most people to be calm. They will hate the enemies who have brought them misery, they will dream of going back to the past, they will dream of a war that will bring Germany back on its feet, and their dreams will finally turn into the political line of Germany!

Moreover, only a policy of war could save Germany and the lives of two generations of Germans. In the face of the Treaty of Versailles at least I do not see any prospects for peace, so Germany is moving step by step towards the Second World War, which is irreversible. And the duty of us soldiers is to win the new world war for Germany. ”

Historically, Hitler's way of saving the German economy was to prepare for war: tearing up the Treaty of Versailles, settling the debts of the Weimar Republic, imposing foreign exchange and trade controls, and issuing more currency for arms expansion and demand generation.

Although Hitler's policy of stimulating demand and Roosevelt's New Deal were similar, the reason for such a policy in Germany was to be prepared for war (and indeed to fight) - without being prepared for war you could not tear up the Treaty of Versailles and not be able to go into debt. Without destroying the treaty, it is not bad to pay the bill, and the mark brushed out by the German government is waste paper, which cannot be used to stimulate demand at all.

"Colonel!" Hersmann looked at Schleicher, he knew Schleicher's abilities, and he also knew the tragic end of this military politician. "According to reliable intelligence, the final reparations will be as high as more than 200 billion gold marks, which is impossible to achieve. And if we can't afford to lose, they will come and occupy the Ruhr area! The future for Germany is bleak, and we and our children will face a long period of poverty and humiliation. War will be the only way out, this is the trend of history, we can only comply with it and cannot resist it! ”

Schleicher touched his big bald head and looked at the lieutenant colonel in front of him, who was supposed to be his younger brother. But the image of Hindenburg and Ludendorff comes to mind - in the future, will he be another Hindenburg, and will Hersmann be another Ludendorff? But who was Wilhelm II?

"Who will lead Germany in the war?" Schleicher asked suddenly. "Will there be another emperor?"

"Perhaps," said Hersman, "but the dynasty will not be restored until we win World War II, because the lower middle classes will not trust us until we win the war." ”

As a Junker elite, the position of the royalists cannot be shaken!

"Won't trust us?" Schleicher asked, "So who will lead?" ”

"Of course it's a workers' party that opposes Marxism." With a wry smile, Hersman said, "Doesn't it mean that you and I had to put on soldiers' clothes to occupy the royal palace and the Capitol during the November Revolution?" The middle and lower classes of people do not trust us, they have their own will, and it is not something we can control. ”

"Are we going to be slaves to those elected politicians?"

"Of course not," Hirschman said, "we should nurture them, spy on them, cooperate with them, and stand up to them." ”

"Ludwig, you've got a candidate?"

"There is already one," Hersmann said, "who is Stasi's co-operative informant, codenamed 'Corporal,' and who is currently the propaganda minister of the National Socialist German Workers' Party." ”

"Code name corporal? Who is he? ”

"An Austrian who served in the German army during the war, with the highest rank of corporal, and was awarded the Iron Cross of the 1st degree and the Iron Cross of the 2nd degree."

"A corporal, or an Austrian! Lieutenant Colonel Hersman, what are you kidding? ”

Am I kidding? Hersman let out a sigh. "Colonel, he is a genius for demagoguery, even better than Lenin! If you have time, let's go to Munich and meet him together. ”

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