Nanjing, November 1937.

General Steck looked in the mirror, and he always felt that he was not as powerful as he was in a military uniform.

He sat down and lit a cigarette. In fact, he used to be a non-smoker, but since the disappearance of General Ernst, Steck has learned to smoke.

Thinking of General Ernst, Steck's heart tightened.

It has long been said in Germany that if he had not disappeared back then, Germany would not have lost the war.

The reason why General Ernst disappeared was entirely because he was an upright and loving general, and he did not want the members of the Skeleton Commando to die in Montfaucon, so he gave up the idea of breaking out alone and gave all the team members a way to live. At the same time, he was disgusted with the uprising of those sailors, who completely broke his heart.

Of course, many people know that this is just a beautiful idea, and that Germany at that time had exhausted its resources and could not continue the war at all.

But as the years passed, such a statement became more and more widespread. Especially after the re-emergence of Germany, countless people began to believe in the veracity of this claim.

A large proportion of them are young people.

There is also a saying that if Ernst. General Brem is still here, and he will become the youngest marshal in the history of Germany and even the whole world!

Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Marshal Bream!

In Adolf. Under Hitler's leadership, Germany is rising again with an unstoppable momentum, perhaps deliberately by the government, or spontaneously by the German people. Miss Ernst. The general Bramm-skull baron craze is back in Germany.

Following in Berlin's footsteps, cities in Germany erected Ernst. Statue of General Bream.

The Alecsen estate, on the outskirts of Berlin, has also become a mecca for young Germans. They came from all over the world. Standing outside the manor with the greatest reverence, he watched silently. It seems that General Ernst was also watching them from the manor.

The steward Videlio faithfully guarded the manor for the baron, and no one could believe it, but two were convinced that General Ernst would return:

One is Adolf. Hitler, and the other is Videlio.

I remember that when the baron left that year, he left behind a sum of money, enough to maintain the manor for many years, and used this money. Videlio did his job dutifully, directing the servants to meticulously clean every nook and cranny and polish every set of silver cutlery.

Wait for the day when the baron returns. It has to be neat and tidy

This is true not only in Germany, but also in many countries in Europe and the United States.

The British still remember the gentleman Ernst on the battlefield. Bream, the most widely praised is that he would rather go to court-martialed than release the wounded prisoners of war.

All of Germany you can despise. But you can't disrespect the Skull Baron. It took hundreds of years for an upright gentleman to come out.

In the United States. In 1933, Beasley, the ace reporter of the New York Times, wrote his first novel, Baron Rose, which became the best-selling novel in the United States that year.

Americans rushed to buy the novel. In the book, Beasley even has the protagonist directly use the name of the Skeleton Baron:

Ernst. Brahm!

In 1934, at the height of Hollywood, MGM Pictures announced the purchase of the film adaptation rights of "Baron Rose" and began filming that year.

Baron Rose Ernst. Bramm's actor chose Clark, who became the most popular star in the United States with a "Red Dust". Gable starring, while the heroine Heinrich. Elena is another star from MGM. Greta who became a Hollywood A-list star with "The Resurgence of Flowers". Starring Garbo.

The director is ace director Strauchen.

In 1935, the movie "Baron Rose" was officially staged, capturing the hearts of countless Americans. Especially when Beasley adapts that passage himself. The scene where the hero and heroine are separated from each other before the end of the war has been praised as one of the top ten scenes that are most likely to make people cry since the movie came out.

With this film, "Skeleton Baron" became the first film in Hollywood history to win five Oscars.

Clarke. Gable and Grethai. Garbo was named one of the most popular male and female stars in the United States.

Movie Emperor and Movie Queen.

The American baron fever that swept the United States ensued.

American street roses have been swept away, and many people like to stick a rose in their jacket pocket and say the most popular phrase from "Baron Rose" at the ball:

"Miss XX, I'm learning pretty good dance steps now, can I ask you to dance?"

This is what Ernst was back then. Bream on the Champ de Mars in Paris against Heinrich. Elena said.

Of course, the film is not without its negative effects, and many young roses who are fascinated by Baron Skeleton begin to worship Ernst like crazy. General Bream, who also wore the Skull Insignia at the collar, and founded the secret "Skull Society". They met in a more special way, with their right hand held aloft, and then said in a loud voice:

"All for the sake of the Baron, the will of the skeleton lives on."

During this period of 1935, the influence of the "Skull Society" was still small, and it can even be said that it was minimal.

But by 1936, as more and more young people joined the Skull Society, some politicians with ulterior motives began to take a fancy to this open organization.

No one knows what kind of impact it will have on the future

Thinking of it, Steck's heart tightened, and he felt like he wanted to cry.

I quickly lit a cigarette, and then I barely calmed down.

General Ernst should not be just respected and remembered, but grateful.

After the end of the war, many of the families of the dead and disabled members of the skeleton commandos received a mysterious remittance every year, no one knows where it came from, but this remittance, which arrived on time every year, allowed them to survive the most difficult and depressed period of post-war Germany.

Only a few high-ranking members of the Skeleton Commando did not know who had arranged it this way.

Perhaps it was Manstein, who was immersed in grief after the disappearance of General Ernst and began to become silent, or perhaps Richthofen, who was born with a big mouth. In short, the news still leaked out quietly.

More and more people know that a long time ago, Ernst. General Bream made such an arrangement:

Properly arrange the life of each team member after the war

Every year on November 1st, the day of General Ernst's disappearance, almost all the former members of the Skull Commando come to the statue of Baron Skull to silently commemorate the greatest general in German history:

Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Brahm!

Some of them have become the backbone of the Wehrmacht, such as Rommel, Manstein, Guderian, Richthofen, some have become generals, such as Steck, Boncree, and Sean, while others have quit the army because of their disabilities.

But all of them came here with a common dream, although that dream seemed unlikely:

Waited, waited, waited

- Wait until Ernst. Until the day the Skeleton Baron returns!

"My brothers, the war is almost over, Germany is defeated, but we are not defeated. One day, Germany will rise again. At that time, every single one of you was needed. So, you must live. This is the order, Ernst. I promise that sooner or later we will be able to meet again, and this is also the guarantee of the Skull Baron! ”

It was the day before the separation, Ernst. General Bream's promise to his men!

General Ernst has never failed to keep his promises! He said he would definitely come back when he came back.

And every member of the Skeleton Commando had made the most solemn oath to General Ernst before leaving:

"Ernst. General Bream, we will sincerely thank you for saving your life, and we will sincerely thank you for all that you have done for us. We assure you that no matter how tough it is, the skeleton commandos live on forever! The Skull Baron lives on! We assure you that no matter how the years pass, one day the Skeleton Commandos will once again shock the world in the name of St. Ernst! We assure you that we are the staunchest defenders of Germany, victorious or defeated! Hooray, St. Ernst! ”

Now that Germany has re-emerged, what about the skeleton commandos? Isn't it time for a resurgence?

Rommel they had many times in the Reich Führer Adolf. Hitler brought it up in front of him, but oddly enough, Hitler, the staunchest follower of General Ernst and his most ardent admirer, shook his head each time and refused the request to re-establish the Skull Commandos. However, the Reich Führer smiled and told the former Skeleton Commando Commanders:

"The skeleton commando belongs to General Ernst alone, and if General Ernst doesn't come back for a day, the commando team won't be formed in a day, but I promise that the commando will be re-established in another way"

Another way? How? No one could have guessed what was going on in the heart of the head of the empire

General Steck extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and at this time Lieutenant Colonel Pmand walked in: "General, Kloel. Nikolai and Hannah. Sean is back from Shanghai. ”

Hearing that it was an old friend's child returning, General Steck nodded: "Let them in." ”

"General!"

Kloer. Nikolai and Hannah. Sean walked in, in high spirits and straight.

Steck lamented that these children had grown up now, and although they still had childishness on their faces, sooner or later they would become pillars of Germany.

"Sit down and talk about the situation in Shanghai, kids." (To be continued.) )