Chapter 67: Warmth Under the Rain

The "Treaty of Versailles" only allowed the German army to have 100,000 people, but several million troops, not to say that they would be cut all at once, the former chief of the general staff of the Ottoman army and the chief of the general staff of the German army after the war, Seckert, was in charge of disarmament matters.

"The way to win a war in the future lies in the mobilization of mobile units with a small number of people but very high quality, which are equipped with aircraft, and the combat effectiveness will be higher."

This was Seckert's thinking, and he began an intermittent large-scale disarmament, survival of the fittest, leaving behind a large number of elite officers, and ordinary soldiers to be discharged.

The Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to open military academies, and he established a system of military education at the regimental level in units built on the troops, where every private was trained to become a sergeant, every sergeant was trained to become an officer, and every officer was trained to become a general.

All soldiers who remain in the army must begin high-intensity training to ensure that every soldier can at least become a platoon commander when the army is expanded in the future.

Therefore, during the exercise, there is often such a scene: a group of German soldiers pushing cardboard boxes and driving toy airplanes, everyone shouting "I am such and such a platoon" alone to simulate a war, a soldier is a platoon, I am afraid that any visitor, or even themselves, can not help but laugh.

It is clear that the German Army is already preparing for revenge!

Large-scale disarmament also had an impact on the Berlin Regiment, but the Berlin Regiment was a heroic unit, protected by many army bosses, and the soldiers were originally selected from the elite of the German army, and it was a piece of cake for them in strict assessments, and most of the Berlin Regiment remained in the army.

Since Hitler went to France to sign the peace treaty, the day-to-day affairs of the Berlin regiment were in charge of the deputy regiment commander Weikrich and the chief of staff Kleist, Hitler rarely managed the Berlin regiment, and at the same time, the factory enterprises were managed by Dembutch and Ginter, the security bureau was handed over to Walter to manage, and Hitler was not keen on the complex political activities in the country.

Just when Hitler was free, he received a letter from his relatives: his aunt Johanna was seriously ill and hospitalized.

Aunt Johanna was an important relative to Hitler, and his relatives so far only consisted of his sister Paula, his cousin Angela, and his aunt Johanna.

Cousin Angela, that is, the daughter of Aunt Johanna.

After the death of his parents when he was a child, he relied on his aunt Johanna and cousin Angela to take care of the Hitler siblings, who would have starved to death somewhere without Johanna's relief.

The grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring.

After hearing that his aunt was seriously ill, he ran to Munich without stopping.

"My mother got tuberculosis, mainly because of malnutrition some time ago."

Outside the isolation ward, Angela said to Hitler with red eyes crying.

"Malnutrition? Didn't I send you so much money? How can malnutrition occur? "One of the causes of tuberculosis is indeed malnutrition, but Hitler sent them money every month, how could they be malnourished?

"Mom gave all the money you sent to more than a dozen neighbors nearby, and also gave it to the homeless and beggar on the street, she said that the money is enough, and if you don't bring it to death, you might as well help everyone, she just can't bear to see others suffer." Angela said with tears in her eyes.

Auntie's heart is too good.

Tens of millions of people in Germany are unemployed and hungry, can my aunt help them all?

Her younger sister Paula also came to the hospital, and the three of them put on alcohol masks and entered the ward to visit Johanna, an ordinary middle-aged woman in her forties, and her face was full of wrinkles.

"I won't give you money in the future, just give Angela directly and let her take care of you." Hitler said with a little anger that tuberculosis at this time was a highly dangerous infectious disease with a high mortality rate, and if it befell an ordinary family, it would at least bankrupt the ordinary family.

Johanna didn't speak, only smiled. Sister Paula snorted: "It's useless, she will take something out of the house, and if there is an apple, she will give half to the neighbor." Once a robber came to the house, and my aunt bumped into it, not only did she not drive the robber, but she also took the initiative to hand over all the money in the house to the robber......"

Angela also complained: "Usually too good to people, a few underworld people heard that my mother was good, pretended to be injured, and begged my mother to give me some money to go to the hospital to see the injury, my mother really gave it, and was deceived many times......"

Johanna shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I have so much money now, and these people are so pitiful, why can't I give them alms?" ”

"Alms? If you give to others, how can you make yourself tuberculosis? "It's good to hear that the doctor said that my aunt's condition was under control, otherwise Hitler might have been even angrier.

"It's ......an accident," Johanna shook her head softly.

Paula said: "Brother, it seems that the situation in our country is really not very good, and many of my classmates have no money to go to school. ”

Paula is almost twenty-four years old, after graduating from high school, because her family is poor, she did not go to college, and works in the cafeteria of a Jewish university, but Paula's younger sister likes literature, and Hitler heard about it and got her to study literature at the University of Munich through his connections, which fulfilled his sister's wishes.

"At this time, when the country is in crisis, the domestic economic situation is not very good." Hitler got up and said, "I'm going to buy some fruit for my aunt to nourish me." ”

When Hitler left the hospital, it was raining, he held an umbrella, walked down the street, the streets of Munich were crowded, the faces of the vast majority of people were full of confusion and numbness, the recruitment information wall was crowded with people who stretched out their heads to look up, and they didn't care about the rain hitting their faces. Beggars can be seen everywhere, some homeless people sleep directly on the street with their belongings, and police officers wield batons and chase after young criminals.

These people on the street affected Hitler's mood, and since he returned from going to France to sign the Treaty of Versailles, he has not been in a good mood and has been staying at home.

The Entente finally decided to hand over the rights and interests of Shandong to Japan, and the efforts of the German delegation were completely useless, and Hitler felt sorry for Gu Weijun, a friend.

They sang outside Paris, and although they were out of the limelight, they were criticized by Hindenburg for being "reckless and unstable" after returning home, and almost relieved themselves of the post of commander of the Berlin regiment, and finally were ordered by Hindenburg to reflect at home, and Hindenburg is now the commander-in-chief of the army, with great prestige, and the number one person in the army. Hitler had to listen to Hindenburg's orders, and he had no choice but to stay out of the affairs of the Berlin regiment and the affairs of the country's politics.

The operation of Hillemes and the Hanseatic tobacco factory was also reduced by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which led to a decrease in export profits, and at the same time, commercial activities such as international financing cooperation were also in a passive position.

At this time, his aunt fell ill, and Hitler's mood fell to the bottom for a while.

There was a lot of confusion in his mind, braving the rain to walk around the streets, and when he came to his senses, he found himself walking to a tram station, and he sat down on a chair at the station and continued to think about things.

In the station, a man snatched a middle-aged woman's wallet and began to run away, and the middle-aged woman immediately chased and shouted, but none of the people waiting for the train nearby had any intention of going up to help.

Hitler was instantly awakened and wanted to go up to chase the thief, but the thief ran too fast, but was familiar with the terrain, and as soon as he got up, the thief ran to the corner of the street and disappeared into the sea of people.

The wallet was robbed, the middle-aged woman couldn't catch it back, so she had to squat on the ground and cry, and the passengers who were waiting for the train nearby stayed away from the woman, and continued to wait for the tram as if they didn't see it.

"Is this the end of human indifference?"

Hitler's heart felt like a blow to the heart, and he sat down on a stool and began to immerse himself in his thoughts. My aunt is so good to people, but someone still lied and got tuberculosis.

And the gangsters occupy high positions in this society, plundering a lot of wealth.

Germany, is there any hope?

The light rain began to fall heavily, and his mood was as gloomy and low as the weather, and he let the trams pass by on the street.

"Sir, you don't have pentafennig?"

He was disturbed by a beggar sitting opposite Hitler, who was wearing a military uniform, a military cap on his head, and a leg missing, and appeared to be a disabled retired soldier. He sat on the cold ground, and in front of him lay a basin with only a few banknotes, the largest of which was no more than ten pfennigs.

Pentaphne?

Ask for someone to ask for? And also a military beggar, in the eyes of the people, it is a shameful thing for a soldier to beg.

"Nope!" Hitler said angrily.

The retired soldier smiled and took out five pfennig from his begging basin: "Look at the car you have been waiting for a long time, you forgot to bring money, the rain can't stop for a while, hurry up and go home." ”

The warmth suddenly spread, and Hitler smiled and put the pentafonil back into the begging basin: "I'm just waiting for someone, I'm not waiting." ”

After saying that, he got up and left, went around the street, bought a hat, returned to the station and threw fifty marks into the basin of the begging serviceman.

"Fifty marks!" The retired soldier was stunned, then smiled, glanced at Hitler, stood up with his crutches, and shook Hitler's hand: "Thank you." ”

"I'm also a soldier, and soldiers should help each other." Hitler patted him on the shoulder, and his heart was more happy than he had ever been - not so happy when he burst into Paris and received the Blue Max Medal!

"Oh? You are also a soldier, my name is Hyde, a native of Munich, and it turned out to be from the Second Army. ”

"Coincidentally, I used to be a soldier in the 23rd Regiment of the Second Army." Hitler laughed.

"I'm the 72nd Regiment, by the way, it's going to be dinner soon, you go to my house for dinner, I used to be a cook in the 72nd Regiment for a while, and the dishes I cook are first-class, and I can make any dish." Hyde put away the begging basin, pulled up Hitler and left.

Hitler laughed and said, "Chinese food can also be cooked? I want to eat Chinese food. ”

"How not? The Chinese food I cook is no worse than Hamburg's Chinatown. ”