"God, this reminds me of Russia, Russia in April 1917!"

At the end of September 1918, when Chloe. Feng. As Ms. Heinsberg followed Hersmann out of the Fred Restlerstrass train station, she was once again stunned by what she saw, just as she had been when she had returned to Berlin from Russia last year.

The railway station square was crowded with people who had come to the rally, divided into at least ten groups, and among each group there was an enthusiastic speech or debate - those advocating war, those against war, those calling for democracy, those who supported Bolshevism, or whatever else could now be openly appealed to supporters.

Such a scene may be a good thing in peacetime, such as in Germany before the outbreak of World War I. At that time, Germany was very successful economically, the social welfare of the people was ahead of other capitalist countries, and the domestic politics were quite free, and it could be transformed into a democracy very smoothly.

But to start the process of democratization now, it is obviously very harmful! Germany is facing an unprecedented catastrophe - she is losing a vital war, and it is only a question of how much to lose, and it depends on whether the German people can unite in the most difficult moments.

Democratization, which began abruptly in August or September 1918, tore apart the German people, who had been fairly united.

Because the great question of whether to surrender to the enemy, whether to deprive a part of the people of their wealth, status, and even their lives, and whether to cede to the enemy the land that the Germans had built with their blood and sweat is not at all possible solved by democratic voting in Germany!

Just as the United States was unable to use a democratic vote to resolve the conflict between the North and the South (Civil War), the British are not willing to use a democratic vote to resolve the problems of Ireland and India.

"Immediately achieve peace without land cession and without reparations!"

"Stupid, there will be no such peace!"

"Immediate truce!"

"There can be no truce! Resist to the end! ”

"Down with the Emperor! Long live German democracy! ”

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Motherland! ”

"Long live the Soviets! Follow the path of the Russians! ”

"Traitor! You are traitors to the state! ”

"Stooge! You lackeys of the capitalists! ”

"Jews, you are all Jews!"

"You're the Jews!"

And in Berlin's railway station square, every debate about the future and fate of the country ends up turning into name-calling, quarrels, and even fights. On all major issues, people with different views are simply unable to reconcile, neither of them can tolerate the other's views, and no one of them treats those with different views as enemies of the state, and there is no possibility of accepting or accommodating them - just as Hitler and Merkel were to agree on the issue of Syrian migration.

Of course, Ms. Merkel might have refused to debate Mr. Hitler by saying that he was a disgusting devil or something. But in Germany at the end of September 1918, like Adolf. There were millions or more of people like Mr. Hitler.

They fought bloodily for their country for almost five years - on the front line in the most difficult conditions, braving the constant rain of enemy shells, which could kill them at any time. They won the war almost and now every front was on enemy soil and far from the borders of Germany. In their opinion, Germany was still the victor at the moment, and in any case it was not the time to consider surrender.

Moreover, Ms. Merkel's democratic and liberal predecessors had to deal with more than just a myriad of people and Adolf in 1918. Mr. Hitler was the one who held the same view. And Carl. Liebknecht and Rosa. Luxembourg was so Spartacist (German Bolsheviks) ......

Hitler's right-wing nationalists (in 1918, they were mainstream), Merkel's democratic liberal predecessors, and Liebknecht and Rosa. The pioneers of Bolshevism in Luxembourg are now pouring into the streets, tearing apart the Second German Reich, which was in the midst of a great war to the death, in the most radical and brutal way.

Alfred. Sergeant Rosenberg (who had just been promoted) drove a Mercedes-Benz belonging to the Berlin office of the Russian-German Economic Promotion Company to the train station to meet Hersmann. Along the way, he was gushing to Hersman and Chloe about all sorts of depressing gossip he'd heard inside the Great General Staff.

“…… The chaos in the rear spread to the front, the Hindenburg line collapsed, the front-line troops were demoralized, the people were panicked, and the number of prisoners was unprecedented. ”

"His Excellency Admiral Ludendorff has broken down, he has babbled nonsense at the regular meeting of September 28, scolded everyone except him, and finally fainted on the floor."

"His Excellency the Admiral also made a proposal to His Majesty the Emperor that a 'democratic government' acceptable to the Entente should be formed to be responsible for peace. He advocated the establishment of a new government in Berlin that reflected the will of the majority of the Reichstag in accordance with the principles of democratic parliamentarism...... Alas, I think he is crazy, how can he form a democratic government like the Russian Provisional Government at this time? ”

"His Majesty the Emperor has accepted his suggestion, and tomorrow he will proclaim a parliamentary system of government. It is said that Maximilian. Feng. Prince Baden will become the Reich's Prime Minister at the beginning of next month. But he reminds me of the Russian Duke Lvov......"

To make matters worse, rumors of an imminent abdication of the emperor arose among the people and in the military, and many believed that Germany would receive better terms if it appeared before the Entente as a republic...... Many people think that the United States will do justice to the German Republic. I really didn't expect that the Germans living in China would be so naïve and believe that there is justice in the world! ”

"Oh God! How can this be? How can they do this! Hearing this, Chloe exclaimed, as a countess, she was a royalist of course, and she pulled Hersmann's arm tightly, "Ludwig, we can stop this disaster, can we?" We can't let His Majesty the Emperor lose his throne......"

Hersman's face tensed, and he wanted to look shocked and angry. In fact, he had known the tragic end of the Second Reich for a long time, but he did not know how the catastrophe had occurred - the Second Reich did not fall after the enemy occupied the palace in the royal city of Berlin, but collapsed when the enemy was still far from the German border and Germany had the most powerful army in the world. It's incredible, but Hersman now knows exactly why and how it happened.

The catastrophe of the Second Reich was the same as that of the Russian Provisional Government - all because of the belief in the United States! Trust Woodrow. Johnson, the big liar! thought that by ousting the emperor from power and turning the country into a democratic republic, he would get a treaty without cession of land and no indemnity, and at most he would lose Lorraine and Alsace...... According to Woodrow. Johnson's "Fourteen Points of Peace," that's how it should be.

However, the huge political changes put Germany in total chaos and deprived Germany of the strength to continue fighting. How could Germany, which had completely lost its strength, be treated leniently by others?

"We can only do our best...... Hersman said word for word, gritting his teeth. We must preserve Germany's vitality as much as possible, but also learn the lessons of our failures and prepare for future revenge! The country that deceived the empire and plunged us into chaos, suffered humiliation, and lost power must be made to pay the greatest price in the future! ”

"Who is that country?" Chloe asked.

"United States of America!" "If you don't defeat it, Germany has no future, and Europe has no future!" ”

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