Chapter Ninety-Two: The March to the Ruhr

March to the Ruhr!

The current situation, both for Hitler personally and for Germany as a whole, required the recovery of the Ruhr as soon as possible, and Hitler decided to take action to recover the Ruhr himself.

If you delay for a day, you will lose money for a day.

The country's economic situation deteriorated, and Hitler was given nearly half a million unemployed.

Hitler's resources were gradually exhausted, the grain he had borrowed from neighboring countries was almost exhausted, and American companies saw that Regensburg might not be able to repay the loans in the future, and they used various reasons to shirk the deal.

There are many other reasons, such as the current international political situation in favor of Germany, and France, because of authoritarianism, which has been isolated by all countries, including Britain.

So, now, it may only take a single blow to reclaim the Ruhr.

Hitler saw clearly, and Regensburg quickly began to mobilize.

The enlarged meeting of the Regensburg government was convened, and the National Socialist Party Committee had already unified its thinking, and all that remained was to unify the thinking and work of the Regensburg city government.

Hitler presided: "Since the French sent troops to the Ruhr in the name of protecting French engineers, we can also enter the Ruhr in the name of protecting workers and their families." After we left, the affairs of Regensburg were mainly presided over by Viseklian, assisted by Zhao Shiyan, and the rest of the government workers who were not members of the National Socialist Party, Zhou Enlai, Cai Hesen, Xiang Jingyu, Li Fuchun, Deng Xixian, Nie Rongzhen, and Xiang Jingyu all joined the Ruhr reconquest plan, and your specific work will be arranged in the Ruhr operation meeting later. ”

At this time, Cai Hesen raised his hand and stood up and said: "Mayor, I'm a straightforward person, I don't know whether to mention it or not, but since you let me be one of the leaders of the union, then I have to talk about it." ”

"Please."

Hitler smiled, he knew that Cai Hesen's character was like fire, and he was outspoken when he spoke.

Cai Hesen said: "Your previous analysis of the Ruhr operation is very good, I very much agree, but your operation is not approved by the German government, if it fails, what should you do?" You can't avoid jail time, your political party may be banned or restricted, have you thought about the consequences? Even if you succeed in the end and the Ruhr recovers, you will not be able to escape the government's punishment. ”

Hitler looked at everyone and found that Zhou Enlai seemed to know everything in his heart, and he looked calm, and he also wanted to know what the father of the 1.3 billion people thought, and asked: "Mr. Zhou Enlai, what do you think about this operation?" ”

Zhou Enlai took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly: "Excluding the factors of feelings and ideals, behaving and doing things, one is for fame, and the other is for profit, in addition to the loss of the United Iron and Steel Company in the economic aspect you mentioned before and the deterioration of the country's economy, I think you may have to enter the Ruhr this time to earn fame." ”

Hitler smiled heartily, this week Enlai, the analysis of the problem is indeed very powerful, yes, Hitler decided to march into the Ruhr this time, one is for the interests of himself and the country, and the other is for the sake of reputation, a party, only by making substantive actions, so that the people can trust and support, can it develop and grow.

Although the National Socialist Party has several thousand members and its influence has spread throughout the country, and more than a dozen members of the National Assembly are members of the National Socialist Party, in the eyes of the people, the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party are trustworthy, regardless of history or reputation.

Moreover, under the banner of socialism, there are many large and small organizations, and some of them have even developed into cult organizations in the end, which has led to a mixture of fish and dragons, and some people no longer trust socialism.

Hitler's aim was to make the whole country aware of him and the ideology of the National Socialist Party, so that he could become a political force on a par with the SPD and the Communist Party.

The march into the Ruhr was the starting point.

Deng Xixian said in his unique Sichuan accent: "It's Xi, what are you afraid of, the current German government is very weak, for example, the German Communist Party, one will revolt here, one will revolt somewhere, just occupied Saxony last month, and a few days ago in Hamburg City and the Wehrmacht fought again, what about the German government?" The weak ones are very weak, and after the suppression is over, a few leaders have been arrested, and there has never been a large-scale ban on the activities of the German Communist Party, as long as there is no uprising, so we should not be afraid, and do it boldly, we will be imprisoned for a few years at most. ”

Hitler also laughed and said: "Yes, Deng Xixian is right, Germany has not even been banned by the Communist Party, how can it be possible to ban us?" At most, it's just a punishment, okay, do you have any ideas? If so, I will mention it later at the preparatory meeting for the march into the Ruhr. ”

As for the Regensburg government, this was arranged, and after the meeting, Hitler took Zhou Enlai and others to another conference room, where more than 60 people were seated, and a preparatory meeting for the National Socialist Party's march into the Ruhr was being held.

The action was organized under the auspices of the National Socialist Party, but other prominent personalities who were not part of the National Socialist Party were notified, the most important of which was the Bavarian State Police Chief Sessel.

With the support of the Bavarian Police Department Sessel, at least this campaign can be said to have an extra layer of protection.

Sessel was a separatist, that is, to separate a part of the territory from the existing sovereign state to establish his own independent state, and his goal was to separate Bavaria and establish his own dictatorship, which can be said to be contrary to the will of Hitler's National Socialist Party.

However, Saiser was corrupt, and Hitler happened to have his evidence in his hands, once it was exposed, Saisser's person was finished, and under some coercion and temptation, Saiser had no choice but to cooperate with the National Socialist Party.

At the preparatory meeting for the march on the Ruhr, much had already been arranged, and Hitler added: "In this attack on the Ruhr, all the people are on foot, from the southeast to the southwest of the Reich, and the members of the National Socialist Party must form a network to spread propaganda to all towns and villages, to expand their influence, and to get people to support us." The SS was divided into several groups to protect everyone's safety, and to manage the discipline of the population, not to let this march into the Ruhr become a nomadic outcast, which would affect the reputation of our Party, and not to shoot as a last resort. Jonas and Zhou Enlai, you are mainly responsible for logistics and food, come to me for something, Hyde, you immediately set off for Berlin, as my representative to negotiate with the Berlin side. ”

Hitler stood up and said: "Remember, don't mess around, divide the workers into groups and manage them, our aim is to march on the Ruhr, to storm the blockaded Ruhr, and to force the Franco-Belgian troops to withdraw from the Ruhr industrial area." ”

Deng Xixian asked: "I heard that there are 100,000 troops in the Ruhr, how can we break through the blockade of the army and enter the Ruhr?" And what happens when you enter the Ruhr? ”

Hitler said: "The enemy is strong, with rifles, heavy weapons, everything, we cannot ignore the fact that we are weak, although there are many people, but we can't defeat 100,000 troops, so we can't use force, we can only use our flesh and blood and full of enthusiasm to impact the enemy, and use justice to oppress the enemy." Once we arrive in the Ruhr, we will march with the workers in the Ruhr to show the French our strength. ”

"Actually, the purpose of the march into the Ruhr is to involve the whole country in a massive and sweeping march to denounce the aggression of France and Belgium, and we don't even have to enter the Ruhr, millions of people will march in several cities near the Ruhr industrial area, which will be the largest march in history," Goebbels said. ”

He was right, Regensburg expects at least a few hundred thousand people to attend. And people are herd, and there will be people from other cities involved, so in the end more than a million people will go to the Ruhr.

Hitler said: "After these two days of preparation, the day after tomorrow we began to send men to the cities of the south to mobilize the masses and spread to the north. ”