On the last day of his vacation, Victor also arrived at the Berlin regiment station, dressed in military uniform.

"Have you heard of Wilson's Fourteen Points?"

Standing side by side with Hitler on a hillside, with a plain below, and a distant view of the distance, Victor's face was cold and serious, and the current situation in Germany was as unoptimistic as the expression on his face.

"I've heard of it."

Not only Hitler, most of the German people have heard of Wilson's 14-point principle, US President Wilson delivered a speech in Congress at the beginning of the year, which mentioned 14 points for the world war, the main content of these 14 principles is to plan a program to end the world war and a blueprint for the post-war world, the 14-point principle advocates "national self-determination", opposes "secret diplomacy", and advocates the establishment of a "fair and lasting peace".

Wilson's proposal that the Germans must withdraw from Belgium and restore their sovereignty, as well as the withdrawal from France, the return of Alsace and Lorraine to France, and the possession of Poland to the sea, were unacceptable conditions for Germany, but they were not unacceptable to Germany.

Victor sneered: "The fourteen-point principle proposed by Wilson is completely unrealistic, is it possible for Britain and France to accept it?" This is nothing more than a propaganda weapon to disintegrate the fighting spirit of our army. ”

"You're right." In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the possibility of implementing the 14-point principles proposed by President Wilson is almost impossible, and there are several of them:

Freedom of the seas, the removal of all economic barriers, and the establishment of trade equality.

In dealing with the colonial question fairly, the interests of the colonial people should be taken into account as well as the legitimate demands of the colonial Government.

Disarmament.

Neither Britain nor France could agree to any of these three principles, and how could they agree to the terms put forward by President Wilson that were essentially for the defeated countries.

In order to replace the British maritime supremacy, the United States naturally wants to assert freedom at sea.

In order to establish the commercial hegemony of the United States, it is necessary to abolish economic barriers and make it open door policy.

In order to meddle in the interests of the world's colonies, he planned the independence movements of the world's colonies.

Britain and France are the most strongly armed, and after the defeat of Germany, you and the United States have the biggest fist.

The United States described his war goal as "maintaining peace and justice in world life."

How could Britain and France let the Americans pick peaches, in fact, the 14-point principle put forward by the United States is for world hegemony, and it is nothing more than a beautiful fairy tale for the Germans.

"But my father believed it." Victor whipped the yellow weeds on the side of the road with the branches in his hand: "My father believed in the Americans, he no longer had the fighting spirit, as long as he could keep his throne and ensure the rule of the Hohenzollern royal family, he could accept a humiliating peace treaty, for example, he made Prince Maximilian the prime minister." ”

Prince Maximilian was in fact a moderate who housed prisoners of war in the early stages of the war, and was firmly opposed to the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in Germany in the later period, gaining the favor of the Allies.

Kaiser Wilhelm II and other military aristocrats took advantage of the prestige of the Maximilian moderates, especially because of their opposition to wireless submarine warfare, and negotiated an armistice with the Allies through US President Wilson.

But on the other hand, the Kaiser's appointment of Maximilian as Prime Minister marked the loss of imperial power, and militarily, since the establishment of the high command by Ludendorff and Hindenburg, the Kaiser has not intervened militarily, and the military war has been completely controlled by the military aristocracy. Now that the Kaiser has appointed Prince Maximilian and established a parliamentary democratic government, Kaiser Wilhelm II has completely lost power politically, and although the emperor is still an important symbol of the state, his power is only to supervise military production, award medals, and make speeches to encourage soldiers.

Hitler stood silently beside Victor, not knowing what to advise.

Victor said to himself, "When I was young, I thought about the moon so that the family could play happily together. But my father told me that the moon is in the distant sky, and people can't go there, so I said to build a super staircase, slowly ascend, and one day we will reach the moon, so that we can walk along the stairs to the moon, at that time my father touched my head and said that my idea is very good, and when I was eighteen years old, he personally built a ladder for me to climb to the moon, but when I was eighteen years old, I was sent by my father to study at the Potsdam Military Academy, and I was training all day long, preparing for the expedition to China, and my childhood dream was gradually distant, All day is the dream of dominating the world and becoming Julius Caesar. ”

Victor's expedition to China refers to the Qing court killing the German diplomat Klinder during the Eight-Nation Alliance, so angry that Wilhelm II was determined to protect China and sent 20,000 expeditionary troops to attack China, but this force had not yet arrived in China, and the war had ended.

Listening to Victor's accidental mention of the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, Hitler did not sound like a taste, because his motherland is still weak and poor, and he is still the "sick man of East Asia" in the eyes of many people in the world.

"The idea of climbing up to the moon with a ladder is really—very unusual." Hitler said with some distraction that if he really wanted to build a ladder or a road for people to climb to the moon, it would be the most ambitious project in the history of the world.

Although the probability of this project being realized is zero.

"Huh." Victor smiled: "In the past few days, I suddenly remembered my childhood dream, didn't I want to climb to the moon as a child just to live together as a family?" So, I guess it's good to lose this war. ”

"Oh? How? ”

"The Queen of the Netherlands is related to our Hohenzollern royal family, and we have a good relationship, not only a neutral country, but also very close to the geographical location, I think well, if the war is defeated, my family and I will simply flee to the Netherlands, don't think about world hegemony, don't think about the dream of the ocean, or the best family to live together in peace." Victor said lightly.

"Isn't there going to be peace talks now, how can it be defeated? I don't think I'll have to flee to the Netherlands. Hitler persuaded that Victor, who had been self-confident in the past, might now have been hit hard by the country's decline and the defeat of the war at the front.

Victor grabbed Hitler's arm: "I have always been a good friend of yours, and I hope that one day, when our Hohenzollerns are in danger, they will be able to help us with all their might." ”

"I am natural!" Hitler nodded solemnly.

In fact, Hitler had the Security Bureau in his hands, and he was very aware of the situation of the Hohenzollern family, whether it was military or political, the current Kaiser Wilhelm II was almost overthrown, except for the first division of the Crown Prince Army that was once arranged in Pozdam, the imperial family now has very few forces to control.

The war has been going on for more than four years, and it is still not over, and the end of the fighting on Christmas Eve that was promised at the beginning has not been achieved at all, so many people in Germany no longer support Kaiser Wilhelm II, strikes have occurred one after another, and there are many soldiers who demand a truce, and even Berlin Police Chief Eichenhoe is also sympathetic to the revolutionaries, in case of a revolution in Berlin, the German royal family is very likely to follow in the footsteps of the Russian royal family.

"If the Hindenburg line is breached or the capital changes, I will immediately return to Berlin with my troops." Hitler promised that if the Hindenburg line was breached, there would be no danger in Germany, and defeat would be inevitable.

"Yes, that's good."

After receiving Hitler's assurances, Hitler watched Victor get into the car and leave the Berlin regiment.

Hitler was sad that the Second German Reich was finally coming to an end.