Chapter 259: Purging the Republican Party

After Hitler read Andriy's plan, he nodded and said, "This plan is very good for you, and it is poisonous enough." ”

The corners of Andri's mouth curled slightly: "This is all a small section, the main thing is to cut off Italy's retreat." ”

"China is very close to us, and Japan has a very bad relationship with China. I fear that one day China will take action against Japan, and that we will have to declare war on China in order to fulfill our obligations as allies. What do you think we should do if something like this happens? Putting down the papers in his hand, Hitler said.

"China is our potential ally, and we have been friends with Germany for nearly two decades. I think that when the time comes, China will definitely not do anything to Japan for no reason. As for whether to declare war on China, we do not need to consider this at all. Not to mention one Japan, even the role of three Japans to Germany, none of them has a greater role than China. However, we must also think carefully about whether it will chill the hearts of other allies. Andriy thought for a while and said, "Now is not the time to think about these things, the Chinese have a good saying, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge." There is no need for us to worry too much, and we don't know how the situation will develop when the time comes. ”

"Hmmm! It's that I'm thinking too far. Hitler nodded, clearly agreeing with Andri's words.

"Now, we have to think about what's in front of us. That's why I'm here today. Andriy said.

"Is there any definite news?" Hearing Andriy's words about the moment, Hitler's eyes lit up. Can't wait to ask.

"No, Hindenburg is dying. Although his current presidency is somewhat unworthy of the name, we also need to be more justifiable. As long as Hindenburg goes to God and the chancellor succeeds him as president, then your Excellency will have the right name to control the entire German government. Andriy said.

Hitler nodded, and now Germany is under the control of the Labour Party, and the Weimar Republic is actually in name only. It's just that the position of president is still in the hands of Hindenburg, and Hitler was not in a hurry to take that position because the time was not ripe before, and he has been encroaching on it step by step. Now that the time was ripe, the news of Hindenburg's imminent demise was heartening to Hitler.

"But there are things we can do to get started." Hitler said lightly.

Andriy nodded and agreed: "It's ready, just wait for the Prime Minister to give instructions." ”

Although the Labor Party is in control of Germany today, some departments are still in the hands of the Republicans. And what Hitler said was to get rid of all the people, which used to be for the sake of Hindenburg's face, but now that Hindenburg is in its waning days, Hitler is not so polite.

The ambitious Hitler has always wanted Chen Shao to be on par, ** is his biggest obsession. With the help of the power he already wields, he achieves the goal of establishing the best in the world. Therefore, when he came to power and sat in the position of prime minister, he claimed that President Hindenburg announced the dissolution of parliament and that new elections would be held. Hitler believed that he would win the election so that he could exclude the other parties in the coalition government and establish a system of one-party rule. The Protection of the German People Act was also enacted in order to restrict the opposition parties in general, and the KPD in particular in the campaign campaign. The Prussian State Parliament was dissolved and Prussia was made acting Minister of the Interior. Colin was able to take over the police station, creating the conditions for the Labour Party in Prussia**. Subsequently, the so-called "auxiliary police", composed of members of the SA, SS and Steel Helmets, took over the police departments in various places and set up concentration camps in the major districts to hold thousands of ** people, SPDS and other anti-fascist fighters. On the other hand, Hillet secretly co-opted the leaders of the Wehrmacht and the big capitalists in order to gain their support and win the election.

In order to completely crack down on the forces that oppose them, the Labour Party concocted the reichstag arson case that shocked the country and the world, and blamed it on the Germans, setting off a wave of unprecedented scale in the country, resulting in the destruction of all the KPD institutions, the arrest of thousands of KPD cadres, and the forced going underground.

Hitler also enacted the Act for the Protection of the People and the State, known as the Reichstag Arson Act, after the incident, which authorized the government to take over power in the states. With the participation of the SA and the SS, he carried out a top-down campaign against the states, especially those not under the control of the Labour. Since then, the sovereignty of the states has been "integrated", Germany as a state of law has tended to disintegrate, and the foundation of the one-party rule of the Labour Party has been basically established.

Through the "Night of the Long Knives" incident planned by Himmler and carried out by Heydrich, Hitler used the pretext of a coup d'état by the SA to eliminate a large number of important personnel such as the SA leader Rohm, former Chancellor Schlecher, and former director of the Military Intelligence Agency, Brido. With this massive repression, the opposition within the party was vigorously suppressed, and the support of the Wehrmacht and President Hindenburg was strengthened, and its power was strengthened.

After the parliamentary election, the Labour Party received 43.8 per cent of the vote, the National People's Party (NPP) 8 per cent, and the two ruling parties 51. 8% of the votes, but did not get a 2/3 majority, so that they could not guarantee the passage of some legislation that would be extremely important to them. So on March 23, Hitler finally obtained the enabling law he requested. With it, Hitler had legislative power during his four-year term, and he could set aside the Reichstag and its members of parliament. The Enabling Law was the last step in Hitler's so-called "legality" on the road to power, and it was also the basis for the establishment of his "Führer's State". He further "integrated" the various spheres by abolishing the cantonal districts, outlawing political organizations other than the Labour Party, dissolving the trade unions throughout the country, destroying the opposition within the Nazi movement, and controlling the economy and culture. In this way, Hitler basically ended the ** activity from top to bottom in the time after coming to power, and established the fascist totalitarian rule of the one-party dictatorship of the Labor Party.

It was at this time that the elderly Hindenburg fell ill and died. This gave Hitler an excellent opportunity to finally concentrate power in his own hands. Hitler immediately promulgated a law combining the offices of president and chancellor, and called on the army, as well as judges and officials, to swear allegiance to him personally. As head of state and prime minister, he is now the sole ruler of state power, integrating all political and social institutions outside the army and the church.

This series of actions overwhelmed many people, and when the matter came to an end, many people found that the Weimar government, which had existed in name only, had disappeared from the eyes of the Germans. In its place was a ** Nazi government.

Afterwards, Hitler was in charge of the German government in the real sense, and no one could oppose him. The title of Führer also spread, and at the same time Hitler was appointed the supreme military commander of Germany. Hitler, who had already co-opted a large number of officers, did not have the slightest resistance in the army when he enacted these laws, but the soldiers strongly approved of them.

Later, Hitler publicly announced that Germany would expand its army by another 300,000 troops, so that Germany would have 700,000 regular troops. Having torn up the Versailles Treaty, Hitler began to let go of his hands and want to do a big job.

This time, it was not only France that came out to protest, but also the countries surrounding Germany, who made the current Germany have the strength to threaten the whole of Europe. However, Britain's attitude was still very unclear, and it also called for peace and prosperity in Europe on the surface, without the slightest practical action, and secretly still consistently adopted a policy of appeasement towards Germany.

Originally, Hitler recruited 300,000 troops again, just to test the reaction of various countries. The results were much more than Hitler expected, especially the actions of the British, which made Hitler happy. This time the gamble was right, and Hitler had planned to immediately bolt the order to recruit troops again as soon as the situation was bad. Save the real outbreak of war.

Now we see that Britain, France and other countries only protested with their mouths and did not take actual action, which made Hitler's ambitions even more inflated, and at the same time fueled Germany's arrogance.

Chen Shao, who was in Hanjing, had already heard the news on the streets when Hitler really took control of the military and political power in Germany.

Chen Shao knows very well that Sino-German cooperation will benefit both sides, and division will cause two harms, which is doomed. There are many reasons why Chen Shao has been very supportive of Germany in the past 20 years. During the First World War, Chen Shao also had no way to establish his trade routes with Britain and France. Mainly because there is also an American in the back, and it is very generous, and the weapons and equipment are all bookkeed. At that time, Chen Shao was not able to compete with the United States. Only sell the Germans.

Another reason is to make money. There is no higher bargain in the world than the profit from the sale of arms. China is in ruins, and it is officially in need of a large amount of money. In the arms trade, money comes the fastest, and it is paid in gold. It can be said that a large part of China's rapid development is due to the profits from the arms business.

The last reason is that China needs Germany to stand up and attract the attention of the whole world, telling them not to keep staring at China, but also to pay attention to Germany.

Although China and Germany are very close, it is still the same sentence, everything is interests. Country to country, for the sake of profit, you can sell anything, just to see if it's worth it. Italy in World War II is a good example.

So for Germany, while Chen Shao supported them, he also left a lot of backhands. He was well aware of the principle of raising tigers, and while he was wary of Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union, he did not relax his vigilance against Germany. Many secret chess pieces were buried in Germany, and they would play their role whenever it came to a critical moment.

Chen Shao gave Hitler a lot of pointers, but many things were up to the point. The skill of the tiger on the tree, absolutely not let the Germans know.

(To be continued)