If the Allies occupy North Scandinavia, if the Baath Party's political path continues to be unsatisfactory, the combined losses will eventually lead to the destruction of the Empire's dreams of revival, and if it loses control of those secret funding accounts, everything will have to start from the beginning. Fortunately, he has a sense of foreknowledge of trends in finance, fashion, and sports, and it may not be too bad to be a successful civilian person at ease away from military politics - Lynn's mind suddenly wandered as she sat in a car along the port of Kiel.

In fact, in terms of the efficiency of the investigation and trial, the Hamburg Special Court showed a fairly "professional" standard, and although the minds of the German Baath Party were able to celebrate Christmas 1 and the following New Year in 1948 outside the prison, they regrettably missed the national general elections held in mid-December. Germany's first post-war cabinet election largely determined the future direction of the country, from dictatorship to democracy, all political factions and politicians worked hard to win votes, rally, speeches, and all kinds of leaflets and posters were overwhelming, except for the German Baath Party, which had been on the rise in the previous stage, almost lost its candidacy due to the forced review of the provisional government, and the earlier propaganda plan basically failed. In the face of these multiple crises, Stupfer and his supporters did not dare to hold out much hope for a general election when the dust settled. After returning to Oldenburg, they only tried to restore the structure and operational order of the German Baath Party, which had been attacked, and at the same time organized the regions and regions to build momentum in the states where local elections were about to be held, in an effort to make up for the losses caused by the "Kiel Incident" to the greatest extent.

The vote counting process for the national general election is still a few days away, and judging by the current state of affairs, Lynn's strategy has dealt a heavy blow to the empire's native layout. Faced with complaints and responsibilities from within the Baath Party, and the loss of the diplomat's "golden job", Lynn personally fell into an unprecedented embarrassing situation. At this point, he was under pressure to persuade Stupf and the Supreme Council to agree to once again use the power of the Baath Party to carry out a crucial operation: to recruit war volunteers for the Free Empire of Northern Scandinavia.

Despite the approval of Lynn's new plan by Ba'ath leaders, there was little hope of national general suffrage, and with the restriction that gatherings of more than 500 people could not be held for a year, there was a serious lack of confidence in the Baath Party's efforts to recruit volunteers, and many even feared that the move would provoke further blows from the interim government. In this extremely passive situation, the recruitment campaign was carried out in a step-by-step manner. In order to grasp the results of the operation at the first time, Lynn decided to personally visit recruitment points in North Germany, and Kiel was the first stop in this process.

When the car was parked on a hillside with a panoramic view of the docklands, Lynn could clearly see the bleak view of the harbor without a telescope. The number of ships anchored or active here can be counted with the fingers and toes, and there are only two small gunboats left of the multinational warships that used to shine their military might. Although the war in Northern Europe was a major factor, the wave of protests in Germany had a significant impact - it was supposed to be a victory for the German people, a victory for the German Baath Party, and a victory for himself, but at the moment there was no applause and cheers, no flowers and no smiles, and infinite loneliness filled Lynn's chest.

Is it wrong? What's wrong?

Lynn was unconvinced.

Returning to the port by car, the Baath Party's Kiel region personnel had already set up recruitment points separately. In order not to attract official interference, this recruitment is known as "Nordic Peace Volunteers", mainly engaged in humanitarian service activities. With such an arrangement, Lynn was not worried that the public would misinterpret the true intentions of the conscription operation, because since the outbreak of the war in northern Norway, the "Free Reich of Northern Scandinavia" has become a hot topic in Germany no less than universal suffrage, and many people have subconsciously regarded it as a secret continuation of the Third Reich, and rumors that the Führer is not dead and will be based on the Free Reich to save Germany is also rife. Therefore, those who know how to do it can naturally understand the intention of recruiting Nordic volunteers, and those who don't know how to do it will be in vain. …,

The ban on organizing gatherings of more than 560 people within a year has just come into effect, and it is natural that the Regions and Regions will not be able to see the pomp and circumstance of the past at this time. In Kiel, there are three recruitment points, Lynn took a car around, the small square near the former site of Keele University, the public green space next to the Nicholas Church, and the back entrance of the Keele Art Gallery, these are all remote corners of ordinary public places, each recruitment point has only a few registrars, and the established process is to sign up first and then review - Qualified volunteers will board a ship after the New Year and go to Finland to enter the mysterious empire of freedom through the Finnish border.

With his impassioned speech at the Kiel march and the subsequent trial in custody, "Hugo. Horst's popularity as the deputy leader of the Ba'ath Party skyrocketed, which challenged Lynn and his little low-key. At this time, if he went to the recruitment point, it was difficult to say whether he was a volunteer who wanted to sign up or a curious crowd of onlookers, so he asked the driver to find a café near the art museum where he could see the recruitment point, and then found a window spot to observe.

The setting of the recruitment points is not much different from that of small companies, and the Baath Party Kiel Region has only been announced in advance through evening advertisements on local radio stations and posting notices on public bulletin boards, but before the announced working time has arrived, more than a dozen men, including hairy guys and vicissitudes of life, are tall and short, fat and thin, and judging from their gait and standing posture, most of them should have served in the army.

Out of the need to fight against the Soviet Union, Wehrmacht personnel who had been detained by the Allies were pardoned and transferred to the current German Wehrmacht. In fact, none of this matters, the key is whether they have the courage to return to the battlefield in the ice and snow again, and fight to the death for the sake of that seemingly empty faith.

At the time of two cups of coffee, Lynn saw that the men who arrived first basically wrote in the registration book, which meant that they at least had a preliminary intention to go to Northern Europe, and there were obviously many onlookers who came to the recruitment point later to see the situation or simply play soy sauce, there were many people talking and few people registering, but after half a day, there were also thirty or forty people who met the basic conditions and would be subject to further review.

Judging from this single recruitment point, the expected number of 50,000 should not be difficult to achieve. It was nearly noon, and Lynn finally got up to leave, but when he paid the bill, he found that several waiters were looking at him with curious eyes, he wondered but didn't intend to figure it out, just as he was about to walk out of the café, one of the waitresses, who was at most sixteen or seventeen years old, asked shyly, "Excuse me...... Could you please sign it? ”

In the cold of winter, although Lynn did not wear strange sunglasses, but the wide-brimmed gentleman's hat and Gordon's collar could cover at least half of his face, he asked strangely, "Who do you think I am?" ”

The young girl's face turned red, and she said with a shudder, "Are you not Mr. Horst of the Baath Party, the brave and fearless fighter?" ”

The false name in the newspapers did not calm the loss in Lynn's heart, and he let out an "oh" and took the pen and the delicate little notebook from the young girl's hand.

"What's your name?"

The other party was stunned for a moment, then turned his surprise into joy and said, "Alice, Alice. Skwartz. ”

"Alice?" This name, which left a deep memory when they met, inadvertently tugged at Lynn's heartstrings.

"Yes, Alice." The young girl carefully pronounced every syllable of her name, and it seemed that she was close to spelling out every letter.

Lynn put away her reverie and quickly wrote in her notebook: "To Lady Alice, who met in Kiel: Thank you for your coffee, and I wish you a happy life!" Hugo. Horst "...,

The young lady was overjoyed to see that there was a long list of characters left on the notebook, and Lynn gave her back the notebook and pen and quickly left, completely not giving the other eager waitresses a chance.

Over the next few days, the recruitment of volunteers went well, and before the German Provisional Government found out about the situation and ordered a halt, the Baath Party had recruited more than 60,000 volunteers in various places, and finally 37,000 men with basic combat skills and more than 1,200 women with medical expertise passed the vetting that could form a crack infantry corps with the right weapons and adequate training.

Just after the New Year, the results of the first post-war general election were announced, and it was not surprising that no party was able to get more than % of the vote. The coalition of parties led by Bapen and Schacht gathered multiple party forces and received only 165% of the national vote, while the German Baath Party, which was once in the vortex of public opinion, became the most dazzling dark horse, and the share of votes that exceeded bribery made it a powerful force enough to influence the political landscape......

The surprise victory was so ecstatic that Stupford and his party members had no time to celebrate, as they had to decide on the 35 congressional seats their party had won. It is ironic that two-thirds of them, who were recently imprisoned in Hamburg prisons, have become prominent members of parliament in the blink of an eye!・・・・・・

Compared to the most optimistic forecast of 20% of the vote before the "Kiel incident", the figure of 8% is still a little short, but it is a figure that most people find unattainable, and a vote rate between 3 is more realistic. After experiencing all these ups and downs, and increasing the party's influence with volunteer incidents, Lynn's status in the hearts of a group of party members rushed out of the ice valley and soared into the sky. Clear