The year 1923 was an extraordinary era.

The economic situation in Germany was just getting better, and the scientific fever on the German soil continued to burn violently, but like thunder on the ground, all Germans suddenly knew the bad news: France and Belgium had sent troops to occupy the Ruhr industrial area!

When all Germans heard the news, they were all trembling and terrified.

For Germans, the Ruhr industrial area is even more important than the capital Berlin and has a much larger population than the capital Berlin, where almost half of Germany's large companies are located.

Germany's loss of the Ruhr industrial area was tantamount to the loss of Great Britain Island, the United States lost the thirteen North American states, and the Republic of China lost all its coastal cities.

The Ruhr industrial area is not a small place, but includes several large industrial cities such as Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg, etc., with a population of 10% of the country, adjacent to France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, located at the crossroads of Europe, the water network extends in all directions, the transportation is convenient, the industrial output value accounts for 40 of the country, has a large number of coal and iron mines, accounting for 80% of the country's coal production, 70% of the country's steel production, and the rest of the power plants, chemical industry, beer industry, Most of the military industry and the automotive industry are concentrated in the Ruhr industrial area.

The Ruhr Industrial Area, the most powerful industrial area in the whole of Europe, is known as the heart of Germany and the engine of European industry.

When Hitler heard the news, it was at the opening ceremony of the Fleming Laboratory in the Nanshan Research Zone.

Fleming, Hitler saw him on the list of scientific conferences, for this person who influenced the course of mankind and will discover penicillin in the future, Hitler attached great importance to it, strongly supported, contacted many cytologists, biologists, microbiologists, and established the Fleming Research Laboratory, which has a number of famous mold scientists such as Plice, Florey, Channe, and Fuisa.

After working at the Institute of Chemical Biology in France, and then at St. Mary's Medical School at the University of London, she studied microbiology while managing a public hospital in Regensburg.

At the founding ceremony, Hitler and the others had just sat down when they saw Hyde's sister Chrissy running into the room in a panic, gasping and saying: "Mayor, my brother asked you to inform you that the Ruhr industrial area has been occupied by the French!" Let's hurry back to the government building. ”

"Occupied by the French? What's going on? Hitler swooped to his feet, his first reaction was disbelief, and he thought Chrissy was joking, but looking at her frightened expression, it seemed to be true.

"We will talk about the telegram we received from Berlin because of our government's request for an extension of the reparation deadline, coupled with the economic depression in France, and the fact that France and Belgium sent troops to capture the Ruhr industrial area." Chrissy took Hitler's hand and walked out.

Hitler's face suddenly lost blood, and his already pale face would be more like a piece of clean and white rice paper, and the people in the laboratory were also shocked, they all knew what the Ruhr industrial area meant to Germany, and the absence of the Ruhr industrial area in Germany was like an ordinary person losing his limbs.

Hitler said goodbye to everyone and hurried back to the city hall of Regensburg with Chriss.

As soon as I drove to the city hall, I saw everyone waiting for Hitler in the government building, and Hitler said to everyone: "Let's go to the conference room for a meeting first, Shiyan, what is the specific situation, and how long is the specific time for France to occupy the Ruhr industrial area?" ”

Zhao Shiyan, the executive committee member of the European Socialist Youth League, is also the second director of the government office, mainly responsible for handling emergencies and collecting internal and external information.

Many of the original officials of the Regensburg city government had reached retirement age and were extremely inefficient in handling things, so Hitler boldly appointed many young people, even Chinese, and many key members of the European Socialist Youth League served in the city government.

"We received a telegram from Berlin an hour ago, and we predicted that the French invasion of the Ruhr had happened three hours earlier, and you see, it was a telegram from Berlin."

Zhao Shiyan handed Hitler several telegrams, and Hitler saw that the first telegram was sent by the Berlin government: The Ruhr industrial area has been occupied by France, please do a good job of working as a worker and citizen to prevent it from striking and rioting.

The telegrams sent by Hindenburg, Albert and many friends in Berlin were much more detailed: the political conflict between Germany and France, on the one hand, was due to the economic decline of France, and on the other hand, Germany was temporarily unable to repay the reparations, so the French and Belgian governments decided to send troops to occupy the Ruhr.

The conference room in Regensburg was filled with city officials, some looking indignant, others disheartened, and everyone commenting on the matter.

Hitler's gaze swept over everyone, told everyone to be quiet, quietly waiting for him to speak, he said: "The occupation of the Ruhr industrial area is undoubtedly a disaster for Germany, but I want to ask you to strengthen your confidence, we are all excellent Germans, we cannot give in because of the difficulties in front of us, disasters can often make a country burst out of amazing creativity and unity, do not be afraid of disasters, no matter how difficult it is to prosper the country." As government officials, we should not talk and be angry in government buildings at this time, but should go deep into the people and make efforts to stabilize the country. Now, our priority is to calm the anger of the citizens and workers of the house for the time being, so that it does not turn into a large-scale conflict or even an uprising. While the news has not yet spread, the people do not know, we have to find a good plan, and everyone can talk about their own solutions. ”

Regensburg's deputy mayor Viseklian first said: "The Ruhr has been invaded, and the news is blocked enough, so can we downplay the news and let all the newspapers and magazines in the city dilute or even beautify it, explaining that France and Belgium sent troops only to protect the engineers, and the sovereignty and interests of our country have not been harmed, so that the people will not be so angry, and after a while, even if they know the worse news, they will not be so angry." ”

Goebbels, then deputy director of the Propaganda Department, said with a smile: "What you are talking about is the threshold effect, and you have to make inches in." ”

Zhou Enlai, deputy director of the Organization Department, rejected the deputy mayor's proposal, saying: "We can't hide the facts, and if we conceal the facts, it is tantamount to acting for the enemy, and the people may be even more angry when they know that our government is hiding the facts." The importance of the Ruhr industrial area is well known to every German, and I think our government can use the anger of the people to get organized strikes, organized demonstrations, to protest against the French and Belgian governments and to coerce them to withdraw from the Ruhr industrial area. ”

"Yes!" Ludendorff took over the conversation: "I analyzed it and found that only France and Belgium sent troops to occupy it, but what about Britain and the United States?" What do the UK and the US think about the occupation of the Ruhr? In my opinion, the occupation of the Ruhr was a unilateral act of the two governments of France and Belgium, which Britain and the United States did not know at all, and that a weak Germany, a strong France, was it what the United States and Britain wanted to see? Therefore, we can carry out demonstrations, strikes and demonstrations, as long as they are organized and do not turn into turmoil. ”

Jonas frowned and vetoed: "Strike marches? What about production? What to do with eating and drinking? Isn't this society stagnant? ”

Zhou Enlai said: "The Ruhr industrial area accounts for 40 percent of Germany's industrial output, and more than half of the more than 10 million workers in Germany are in the Ruhr. Therefore, we must try to recover the Ruhr industrial area as soon as possible so that the economy does not collapse. ”

Zhou Enlai is right, the collapse of the economy means a decline in people's welfare, currency depreciation, inflation, a worker's salary for a month, and even only a few meals of bread.

Brainstorming, Hitler gradually had ideas in his heart.