Chapter 293: Four Medals
Massena's question of military spending was a perfect defeat, and not only that, but Ernst also deliberately created three major military merit medals for the stabilization of the army, the Bronze Cross, the Silver Cross, and the Golden Cross. Of course, in order to avoid people saying that one is favoritism, Ernst also created a knighthood for non-military personnel.
The only one of the four prime ministers to receive the Knight Medal was Massena, and no one disputed this, because a lot of credit for the Quadruple Alliance today belongs to Masséna, and people are shocked by the recipients of the three major military decorations.
The bronze cross medal of the teachers of the Royal Army, this is not to say that the bronze cross is not valuable, in fact, it is very valuable to those teachers, you must know that whether it is the bronze cross or the knight's medal, these four medals are awarded by Ernst himself, and the gold content is quite high.
Kurt and Andrei actually won the same silver cross as Hu Xuanting and Yu Zhanshan, which is unimaginable to anyone, and the only one who won the Golden Cross is Schellner, which is unexpected by everyone but also in their expectations, after all, without Andrey, without Kurt Ernst can still take Poland and Lithuania, but if there is no Schellna, then there is no current Russian Empire, and he won the Golden Cross is also expected.
Perhaps because a large number of German soldiers and citizens came to the Quadruple Alliance, after the end of World War I can almost be regarded as Ernst's military peak, because he saw many familiar names in the list of generals who were trained at the grassroots level, such as Rommel, Guderian, and Rundstedt. To be honest, sometimes Ernst felt sorry for Hitler, and it was really appropriate to dig up his generals like this?
In fact, the most depressing thing is that the Quadruple Alliance now has the intention of replacing Germany, and Britain and France maintain a laissez-faire attitude towards the Quadruple Alliance. The aim was to contain the Soviet Union and avoid war. Sit back and watch the Quadruple Alliance swallow Poland and then grow to the point it is now. Isn't this another "Third Reich" in some sense? However, there is one thing that Britain and France can almost rest assured that is that the Four-Nation Alliance will never take the initiative to start a war in the near future.
At the end of World War II, it was not only Britain, France, and the United States who hated war, but also the citizens of the Quad Alliance, and if Ernst had called for war at this time, it was estimated that few would have responded. That might not have had much impact on Ernst's throne, but Ernst was not willing to do something that would not outweigh the losses.
He was tempted to have Germany in front of the Quadruple Alliance, but as time went on, Ernst felt that such a possibility was very small. And while Ernst was thinking about Hitler, Hitler was plotting his "Berlin Affair". Hitler had always been a very ambitious guy. He himself is very honest about admitting this, but sometimes he does seem a little impatient.
Munich, the capital of Bavaria, night!
This is the place where Hitler originated, and it is also the place where he will realize his dreams in the future, returning to Munich with a large amount of "political donations", Hitler at this time should have been in high spirits, but in fact it is not, he feels as if he is in a difficult situation at this time.
In Munich at this time, there were many right-wing parties outside the Nazis, who also considered the Treaty of Versailles to be a crime. The people behind it were the Jews. They resist, they loathe, they want to resist, but there is nothing that can be done by the small parties alone. And it was at this time that Hitler returned to Munich with a great deal of wealth.
In less than 20 speeches, these right-wing parties were subordinated to Hitler's Nazi Party, but as his strength grew, Hitler felt more and more powerless, and he lacked someone who could really help him, and this was the reason why Hitler was really depressed.
This melancholy lasted for more than three weeks, until a man named Herman. When Goering's men arrived, Hitler's eyes lit up and he regained his faith, and at this moment Hitler seemed to be alive again.
Herman. Göring was a man of great ability, and while he was a little bewildered by his welcome to Hitler, he never thought his party could attract such talent anywhere. So confused Hitler also asked Hermann in this way. Göring, Hermann. Goering did not hide his thoughts either.
"I joined the Nazi Party not out of any convictions, but because I felt that the Nazi Party was revolutionary." - This is Herman. Goering's exact words!
A large number of German areas were occupied by France and huge reparations led to the collapse of the German economy, which is also a helpless thing, if France does not occupy most of the German areas, they can not feel at ease, after all, Germany's combat effectiveness is too strong, and taking this opportunity to set aside a buffer zone is the best way.
At this time, German inflation and the collapse of the monetary system became the mainstream currency of Germany at this time, which was Hitler's opportunity, he wanted to use Bavaria as a springboard to directly take Berlin and gain national power, just like the one in Italy, but obviously Hitler's character and luck were worse.
In October, the third month of Hitler's return to Bavaria and the second month of Goering's entry into the Nazi Party, Hitler, who had grown in strength, could no longer resist taking action against Berlin.
This month Bavaria's relationship with the German government was very contradictory, Germany was inclined to peace and Bavaria wanted to rebel, wanted to refuse the huge reparations, and Hitler tried to convince the head of the Bavarian federal government. He saw this as a very good opportunity to succeed in seizing Berlin and gaining national power, as the Kingdom of Italy did......
But what is unthinkable is that the head of the Bavarian federal government was too indecisive, he rejected Hitler's suggestion and chose to wait and see. Such an attitude undoubtedly angered Hitler, who did not want to wait any longer, he wanted to create a dictatorship that would act exactly as he wanted! In order to realize his wishes, Hitler staged a coup d'état, but he underestimated the strength of the federal government and overestimated his own personal charisma, which ultimately led to the failure of this coup.
To be honest, Hitler's coup d'état also really frightened the head of the Federal Federation, in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, he directly detained Hitler, and secretly prepared to take good care of Hitler, and didn't think much else, just to ensure that he would not be able to make a similar thing when he was released from prison in the future.
The German intelligence officers immediately passed the relevant information to Ernst, for which Ernst had only one order, to save Hitler's life at all costs, but unless necessary, his identity must not be revealed, and Ernst did not want to have too much of himself and the Four-Power Alliance in Hitler's affairs.
The current identity makes Hitler a chess piece in the eyes of Ernst, a chess piece in front of him to fight with Britain, France and the United States, and only when Germany rises can Ernst rest assured that he can rectify Eastern Europe, and can he directly take out the Soviet government, a somewhat hated country, and completely connect his own territory.
The 20th century was a period of colonial independence, and the only thing Ernst could guarantee his position was to keep the sea power in his own hands and try to ensure that the Quad had nuclear weapons. A hegemon does not have to be a global colonizer like the United Kingdom, in fact, it is very good to use the dollar and the economy to control the world like the United States.
At the end of 1923, Hitler was imprisoned, and at the same time, another big boss who would affect Europe in the future was busy cleaning up his own country, and the Reichstag was completely in his hands, and what he continued to do was to clean up all those who disobeyed him, and the method of cleaning up was decided according to the attitude of the other party.
Compared to Hitler's life, Mussolini was naturally at ease, after all, he had succeeded by this time, was already the prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, and firmly controlled the power of the country. In fact, Mussolini and Ernst are very similar, that is, they attach equal importance to the army and education, which is clear from Mussolini's governance.
At this time, Mussolini was already the commander-in-chief of the army, land and air force of the Kingdom of Italy, and the military power of the entire Kingdom of Italy was controlled by him.
As 1923 drew to a close, Christmas was approaching, and the East was still busy with the civil war, and the new president had spent a lot of money to get to that position, but it was clear that he was already having a hard time earning it back.
The first leader of the Soviet government was already struggling to survive Christmas, and a new leader was about to be born, but there was no doubt that the first leader had left him with nothing good, and a ruined and at any time could only give the crude-looking middle-aged second leader a headache.
Ernst did not care about the imminent transfer of power to the Soviet government, several army groups firmly locked the Soviet government, and the intelligence officers of the Quadruple Alliance developed very smoothly there, after all, when the status reached a certain status, it could be seen that the Soviet government could hold out for a short time.
Another thing worth mentioning may be the British Labour Party, which has lost a lot of public opinion because of the Irish independence affair, and the Labour Party has taken the opportunity to gain a considerable number of votes, and Ernst's personal aides speculate that this time the Labour Party is likely to be elected.
Although Ernst has been paying attention to the Churchill Prime Minister, he also did not underestimate the Mr. MacDonald who was strongly elected by the Labour Party, after all, the British Prime Minister and Cabinet have been governed by the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party for hundreds of years, and now the Labour Party can fight a bloody road, and this Mr. MacDonald is indispensable. However, there was one point that this gentleman slightly displeased Ernst with, and that was that his political philosophy was inclined to strongly support the Soviet government. (To be continued.) )