"To the Princes of the Military Council: The atmosphere in Berlin has not been very bad lately. It's much calmer than when General Yunfei and I first arrived. At the end of February, after the GC International official Sostava and the Soviet Union diplomatic delegation led by the Soviet Union Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Yue Fei arrived in Berlin, the German GCD finally expressed its willingness to reconcile. The ambassadors of Great Britain, France, and the United States also actively mediated this, all of which were trying to bring about a stable situation in Germany. It seems that the Great Powers have seen Germany as the last bulwark to curb the westward expansion of GCISM and are unwilling to lose her ......

The Chinese Embassy also participated in the mediation, and I held several dinners, and the response was very good. The top echelons of the German GCD and the German Nazi Party were present, and on one occasion General Hindenburg was invited to stay in Berlin during this time, and he was very active, in close contact with the senior generals of the Wehrmacht. The German GCD seems to have given up on the means of street revolution to find out the truth about the murder of their leader, Mr. Brandler, and they have agreed to form an international investigation team to find out the truth, and our military attache at the Chinese Embassy, Major General Xu Yunfei, will also participate in this investigation team...... It seems that the previous fears of an armed workers' uprising in Germany were completely unnecessary. The German GCD, like other Germans, is rational and rigorous, and all they want to pursue is truth and truth.

But there is very intriguing news coming from Eastern Europe. First of all, the Polish government reported to Britain and France that the border between the Soviet Union and Poland had been completely unilaterally blocked by the Soviet Union since 1922, and except for a few ports where people and materials still entered and exited, the rest of the border was controlled by the armed personnel of the Soviet Red Army. There are other rumors. The Soviet Red Army has already carried out secret mobilization this year, and a large number of troops and supplies are moving towards the Soviet-Polish border! Considering the current hostile attitude of the two countries, it is quite possible that this is a harbinger of a war! At present, the Polish army has begun to prepare for war, and a plan for general mobilization is being developed. At the same time, however, there were rumors that the so-called Soviet Union was about to invade Poland was a rumor spread by the Pilsudski elements, who deliberately stirred up tensions between the Soviet Union and Poland in order to create favorable conditions for Pilsudski to come to power.

In addition, the GC International-Soviet delegation in Berlin issued a statement denying any offensive military movements of the Soviet Red Army. They also acknowledged, however, that the Red Army was conducting a military exercise aimed at strengthening the defense of the western border, and that the exercise was entirely defensive. It can also be developed to foreign diplomats in the USSR. The ambassadors of Britain, France, and the United States to Germany all welcomed this and proposed to our side that the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union would send personnel to visit the exercises of the Soviet Red Army, and it was expected that the Japanese Embassy would receive the same request. Because among the leading countries of the world, only China and Japan are now recognized by the Soviet Union......"

The above is the main content of a secret telegram sent by the Chinese ambassador to Germany, Lieutenant General Jiang Baili, to the Nanjing Military Commission in early March 1922. The situation in Germany seems to be leveling off – at least that's what diplomats from Western countries in Germany see.

However, the news that the Soviet Red Army was massing on the border on a large scale in Poland to the east of Germany once again made the hearts of the entire Western world hang again. The newspapers in Paris and London reported this unconfirmed "bad news" to their citizens in large black headlines, revealing a strong war-weariness. Right-wing newspapers in Germany published ironic cartoons of Lenin and Trotsky in military uniforms, wielding sickles and hammers, as they marched menacingly on a map of Poland and Germany. A soldier wearing a hussar helmet, a symbol of the power of virtue, was tightly bound by an iron chain called the Treaty of Versailles, and the other end of this chain was held in the hands of several trembling British and French politicians. And on the front page of American newspapers. The headline reads:

World war? The United States does not go!

And Moscow at this time, the Kremlin.

Trotsky put down the Western newspapers in his hand and stood up. He whispered to Vatsetis and Chicherin, who were standing beside him, "Have the Chinese and Japanese guests arrived?" How prepared was the exercise? Vatsettis smiled and let the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Chicherin, answer first. Lev. Comrade Davidovich, the ambassadors and military attaches of China and Japan, and the heads of the international delegations of China and G to the GC have arrived, and the Chinese and Japanese have jointly organized a delegation to observe military exercises, consisting of their military attachés in the Soviet Union, journalists, and civilian diplomats. ”

Vatsettis continued: "The exercise is also ready, and the custody will not show any feet...... And all the commanders and fighters of the Red Army did not know the true intentions of this operation. They also only know that it is a drill. So we can let Chinese and Japanese journalists cover as much as they want. ”

Trotsky nodded with satisfaction and walked out of the office: "Let's go and meet our Chinese and Japanese friends...... Maybe we'll be able to let them see the Red Army crossing the Soviet-Polish border to liberate Poland! A slight smug smile appeared on his lips. It seems that we have already seen the scene of the red flag planting all over Europe. Chicherin and Vaitzes looked at each other and, without saying a word, hurried to follow. I heard Trotsky say vaguely in front of me: "It's just a bit risky...... But I still have to do it......"

The three of them walked along the lavishly decorated corridors of the Kremlin to the Catherine Hall. The Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Shao Lizi, and the military attaché, Lieutenant General Yang Jie, the international representative of the Chinese and the G to the GC, Zhong Zhijie, the Japanese ambassador Katayama Qian, the military attache Sadao Araki, and several retinues and translators had gathered in this hall, which was full of white marble, red curtains, and shiny intarsia floors. On one side of the hall are portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky hanging side by side. Several Orientals stood in front of the portraits and talked in low voices.

"This is the palace of Empress Catherine." Sadao Araki looked around at the roof and walls. Pointing to the portraits, he said. "I visited here before the revolution, where there were portraits of Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Alexander the Great and Nicholas II."

"A world war ruined the Romanov dynasty," Mr. Shao said. "The new owner here wants to start another one. The Russians are really belligerent! ”

"I think," Katayama replied, "there will be no war, otherwise why would they allow our men to go to the Soviet-Polish border to observe military exercises?" ”

Sadao Araki touched his French beard and said with a sneer: "Maybe it's watching more than a million Soviet Red Army cross the border to liberate Poland?" ”

Yang Jie also agreed with the Japanese military attaché. "If there is an attack, it should be ready as soon as it happens, and even if we find something wrong on the border line, the West will not have time to react...... In fact, the Western countries are still waiting for us to report to them that they are safe. From this point of view. The purpose of the Soviet Union's invitation to visit may have been achieved. ”

Katayama still shook his head. "No, no, the USSR wouldn't do that. Now the whole world doesn't want war, does it? ”

Zhong Zhijie didn't say a word, he couldn't speak Japanese, but the translator around him translated the conversation to him sentence by sentence. He was also inclined to Araki's opinion, having spent many years in the Soviet Union (Soviet Russia) and had a better understanding of the ways in which the Bolsheviks behaved, which were determined to do whatever it took to achieve their ends. Once the decision is made, it will be carried out unwaveringly! And they are very clever at deception...... The incessant waving of olive branches to the West and the invitation of Chinese and Japanese diplomats to visit the so-called military exercises must be part of a deceptive plan! As long as the Polish government is a little hesitant. Without a timely general mobilization, their country would have been trampled by millions of armed Bolshevik fighters! Anyway, it's really a chilling thing to be neighbors with these idealistic madmen......

While they were talking, they heard loud footsteps pass through, and the door to Catherine's hall was pushed open. The Chinese and Japanese diplomats quickly stopped their discussion and looked in the direction of the door. It was Trotsky and Checherin who entered, as well as a large bald head in a military uniform. Zhong Zhijie recognized that the person was Vatsetis, commander-in-chief of the Soviet Armed Forces, and he had come to arrange for Chinese and Japanese diplomats to visit some military exercises, right? It seems that the Russians are going to carry out the deception plan until the last minute!

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"Hurry up, bring in! Comrade, these are rifles and bullets. In total, there were 50 Mauser 98 rifles and 500 rounds of 7.92mm ammunition...... Arrange for 50 of the most reliable comrades to use them! Now gather all the backbones immediately, and the specific time of the action will be notified to you at any time! ”

Inside several areas of Berlin where workers gathered. Conversations like this took place in secret almost simultaneously in different locations. Boxes of rifles and ammunition were taken from secret storage locations and transported to their various bases in Berlin by various means of transport. For the GCDs in Germany, it is now an existential stake.

At the same time that the Soviet Union was vigorously spreading its will for peace to the West. The German GCD has received the order of Ms. Sostava, the representative of GC International in Germany, to "start an uprising as much as possible"! While conveying the order, Sostava also informed Radek and Thälmann: the Soviet Red Army was ready to help the German revolution! As soon as the red flag fluttered in Berlin, the Red Army soldiers came to the aid of the white Polish corpses!

So the German GCDs immediately took action. The plan for the uprising was drawn up. Rifles, machine guns, bullets, and bombs that had been stored in the chaotic post-war period were distributed. The GCD backbone in charge of liaison travels through the city of Berlin, which has almost restored its calm. Everyone was carrying a pistol or poison. You can dedicate yourself to the ideals of GCISM at any time! At the same time, negotiations between the German GCD and the German government to investigate the truth about Brandler's murder are also underway. Radek and Ernst. From time to time, Thälmann also gave public speeches about the election and attacks on the Nazi Party. And, of course, the denial of all sorts of rumors that the GCD is going to launch an uprising...... After all, the most rigorous rebellion plans will have omissions of one kind or another, the purest GCD will also have traitors, and the Wehrmacht is also a highly efficient secret service, how can it not find a single clue?

One secret GCD stronghold after another where weapons were stored was discovered. Several GCIST fighters were arrested by the agents (before they succeeded in killing themselves), and after torture, plans for the uprising had gradually surfaced. But the Wehrmacht's response was surprisingly slow. The order to move troops from the field into Berlin was delayed. The imposition of martial law in the city of Berlin was likewise imposed by von. Zeckert was detained. After a surprise interrogation, the GCDs arrested by the Wehrmacht were transferred to a prison under the jurisdiction of the Berlin Police Chief, regardless of what they had confessed. And those Berlin policemen are all law-abiding and procedural, and they may be able to make do with ordinary criminals, but in the event of an armed workers' uprising or something, I am afraid that they will be the first victims! And the only consequence of the investigative activities of the Berlin police was probably to prompt the GCD people to stage an uprising in advance, right?

"It's time to do it!"

In a very ordinary building in Berlin's industrial district, the black press was crowded with GCD leaders from all over Germany. The gradual leakage of the uprising plan made them feel the danger, so they proposed to act immediately.

Ernst. Thälmann stood in the midst of them. Imitating the tone of Lenin and Trotsky, he delivered an impassioned speech: "Comrades, I have great tidings for you! Comrade Lenin, the great mentor of the proletarians of the world, and Comrade Trotsky, the prophet of the revolution, have sent a joint telegram to the Central Committee of Germany, saying that they will do their utmost to help the German working class seize power! Now 2,000,000 heavily armed Red Army soldiers have marched to the Soviet-Polish border, and when we take Berlin, we will enter the land of White Poland and reach Berlin in the shortest possible time! Together with the great Soviet Red Army, the revolutionary German working class will ignite the raging flames of the world revolution! And we will fire the first shot of the world revolution and become the vanguard of the world revolution! ”

The provocative speech was met with loud applause, and everyone present was convinced that the uprising would be successful. Although the followers of the German GCD have decreased significantly in the last two months. But now what remains around the German G are the backbone elements with real combat effectiveness! These people are the real capital of German GCD!

By the time the applause had subsided a little, Thälmann had changed his solemn expression. "Comrades. As a result of the betrayal of the traitors, now the enemy has partially mastered our plans for an uprising! Therefore we must start an uprising in advance, the sooner the better! He glanced around with a blazing gaze, no one showed a look of fear, and he nodded in satisfaction and raised his voice. I build yì tomorrow, March 17, 1922, will be the beginning of the German revolution and the world revolution! ”

"Agreed!" "I agree!" "I agree!"

In the midst of a statement of agreement, the emergency central meeting of the German GCD passed a resolution to launch an immediate uprising. It also opened the curtain of the March Revolution in Germany! However, the members of the Central Committee of the German G, who were present, could never have imagined that their act of risking to ignite the flames of the German revolution would eventually become Adolf. Hitler was a stepping stone to the center of power in Germany......

Just when the German GCD and their staunchest supporters gathered in Berlin to prepare for a rebellion. The three heads of the Chinese embassy, Ambassador Jiang Baili, Counselor Huang Ying, and Military Attache Xu Haoyu were on a train to Munich. They went to meet Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany. The German railway workers don't go on strike much anymore, so the train leaves the station on time and travels through the German land in early spring to the capital of Bavaria. Out of Berlin. The three Chinese clearly felt the difference, and in the other German cities they attacked along the way, they did not feel a strong political atmosphere. As the train passed through the downtown areas of these cities, they did not see anyone marching in protest. There was also no GCD flag or Nazi Party flag. Again, there was no one on the train talking about politics. In the crowded food truck, they struck up a conversation with a Jewish businessman from Poland and got some news about Poland. The chaos there was not much better than in Germany, where Piłsudski-backed Polish President Narutovich had recently been assassinated by Polish nationalists, and power had fallen to a coalition of moderate Piats from the Polish People's Party and the right-wing coalition of populists and Christian Democrats. Pilsudski, on the other hand, was an attempt to regain power with the support of the Polish Army, for which they spread the news of an imminent Soviet invasion. Pilsudski's supporters in the Polish army constantly demanded a general mobilization, and the Polish government feared that Pilsudski would use it to stage a coup d'état to take power, so it desperately tried to prevent it...... The Jewish businessman was not clear as to whether the Soviets would invade or not, but he was inclined to believe that the Soviets would not. Because this will lead to a world war, and there is no one in the world who will like this kind of war!

But what greeted the three Chinese diplomats and their entourage at the Munich train station was a guy who longed for a world war in his bones -- Adolf. Hitler! It was he who invited the Chinese to Munich through Guò Ludendorff, and in fact there was nothing serious, and the future German Führer knew that China now had a GCD that implemented a policy of National Socialism, so he was very interested and wanted to know how the Chinese mixed two doctrines that seemed to him diametrically opposed. In addition, he wanted to establish a Sino-German alliance to encircle the Soviet Union after he became the leader of Germany (Hitler seemed convinced of this) in the future......