Chapter 393: Adrian (2-in-1)
Adrian von Bismarck had many special identities, one of which was associated with his noble surname, and the word "von" represented far less noble than Bismarck's surname in German.
Adrian had a great ancestor named Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, who was the first chancellor of the Second German Empire, the famous iron-blooded chancellor, iron for weapons, and blood for war. This diplomat, military strategist, and politician, who is known all over the world as the "German architect" and "German navigator," not only has an innate political skill, but also has extraordinary military thinking, and not only wins the political struggle beautifully, but also fights beautifully on the battlefield.
It was he who successively planned the Prussian-Danish, Austro-Prussian, and Franco-Prussian Wars, and assisted Kaiser Wilhelm I to ascend to the top of the Palace of Versailles, complete the unification of Germany, and establish the Second Reich (in the eyes of the people of the Great German Empire, there are only three real empires in the world, the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages is the First Reich, the German Empire established by Otto and Wilhelm I is the Second Reich, and the Great German Reich established by the Great Führer across the Eurasian continent is the Third Reich).
It was also he who promulgated the "Anti-Socialist Extraordinary Law", brutally suppressed the workers' movement at home, and established the hegemony of the Second Reich in Europe through the diplomacy of the alliance with both hard and soft externally.
Of course, he took the lead in establishing state pensions and social security benefits not to meet the needs of individuals, nor to ensure the happiness of the people's life, but to meet the interests of the state, ensure the loyalty of the people, and discourage the enthusiasm of the workers' revolution.
During Otto's tenure, the German Empire was always on the right path, but after his death, the Bismarck faction, which had lost royal support, came to a dismal end under the siege of Otto's political enemies, and since then, the German Empire, a giant beast that has lost its "navigator", has crashed headlong into the militaristic path that Otto had tried to avoid during his lifetime, and eventually led to the outbreak of World War I.
After the defeat of Germany, which was subject to many constraints, it was about to decline, but fortunately, at this time, another great man stood up to the sky and the earth, and proved to the world that the reason why militarism became the wrong path was because the leader was not strong enough, and the correct and powerful militarism could make a defeated country in World War I that was limited everywhere become the greatest empire in history in half a century, and with the vastness of its territory, it became the third empire in the history of the world after the Spanish Empire and the British Empire!
It is said that the sun never sets in Germany, because the territories, colonies, occupations, and vassal states of the Greater German Reich spread all over the world, spanning seven continents and four oceans, covering more than one-third of the earth's land and population.
When referring to Adolf Hitler, the great head (the term Führer can refer to an emperor or king of a monarchy, so after the establishment of the Third Reich, the term "Great Führer" was still used instead of the Great Emperor), the poet often uses the Old Testament verse describing the Messianic king to illustrate the supreme power of the lord of the empire: "He shall reign from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth." ”
In the eyes of such a majestic emperor, there are only two people in the history of Germany who deserve his respect in the past 100 years, that is, Otto von Bimais, and Hans von Seckt, the former swept away obstacles, unified the territory, and created a powerful Germany, and the latter retained the hope of re-emerging Germany after the First World War. Without Otto, there would be no Germany, no Hans, no General Staff system, no military strength, no diplomatic and allied capabilities, and the great Führer would not be able to shake off the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles through diplomatic mediation.
Because of such glorious achievements of their ancestors, the Bimais family and the Seckert family ushered in glory again, and the great Führer who insisted on taking the road of militarism did not shy away from Otto's ideas during his lifetime, and he publicly stated more than once that the decision of the iron-blooded chancellor was not wrong, but the times were changing, the world was changing, so the road to German revival must also change.
With the appreciation of such a wise monarch, the descendants of the Bimais family immediately put aside their misunderstandings and prejudices about the great Führer, and one by one they became angry and entered, re-entering the military and political arenas, and regaining their power.
Adrian von Bimes began to receive militarized education management since he was sensible, and under the strict requirements of his father, Adrian's entire childhood and adolescence were full of competition and catch-up, even ten minutes of leisure time was a luxury only in dreams, and even, even dreaming was a rare luxury, because excessive exhaustion often caused Adrian to fall into a deep sleep.
In Adrian's opinion, this kind of grinding is not suffering, and Adrian scoffs at those who pretend to be pitiful for him, they are just poor worms who have no chance to struggle, and he Adrian will be the lucky ones who will work together with the Great Führer.
Some people who hide their rebellious minds will say that Adrian is brainwashed, and Adrian will stay away from these people who think they are sober, and getting too close to these idiots who think they are smart will have a bad influence on themselves.
Yes, those rats who only dare to mumble in the dark are just pretending to be smart. If anyone has a clear enough understanding of the Great Führer, it must be Adrian's grandfather, the eldest grandson of the Iron Will.
Grandpa had a different opinion of the Great Führer, and Adrian would never have known that in another part of the history of another earth, his grandfather had been involved in the assassination of the Great Führer and was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after his defeat. But Adrian learned from his grandfather that the Führer was not as great, selfless, and bright as others had claimed.
Despite this, Adrian was willing to serve the Führer, because Adrian loved war, and the Führer was the initiator and master of countless wars, and being able to follow in his footsteps was the happiness that every war maniac dreamed of.
As an adult, due to various accidents, Adrian did not enter the Air Force as his father and himself expected, becoming a pilot who conquered the blue sky and licked fireworks, but entered the SS Personnel Headquarters, responsible for the recruitment and appointment of team members. It was a position that countless people could not hope for, and after a few years at the grassroots level, they would be able to sit in the rear and enjoy the treasures, delicacies, and women that were constantly being transported back from all over the world, and at the same time they would have the power to transfer personnel and, if they performed well, might later be transferred to the personal staff of the SS national leader, and become a staff officer to Lord Heinrich Himmler.
But Adrian hated the fact that there was no smoke and fire in this environment full of struggle, and when Adrian entered the SS, Heinrich Himmler, the notorious executioner who could stop children's night cries, was nearly eighty years old and was about to abdicate, Adrian had a premonition that a storm was coming within the SS, and that it was best for him to leave as soon as possible if he did not want to become cannon fodder.
So Adrian begged his father to use his connections to transfer him to the Seventh Panzer Division, which is also known as the Devil's Division, the Imperial Eagle Elwin Rommel's King's Division. There, Adrian learned the aesthetics of violence and the way to attack with a storm, and won again and again in his later political struggles.
Adrian spent two years in the 7th Panzer Division, and then returned to his alma mater, the Imperial Royal Military Academy, two years later, Adrian's opportunity finally came after more than 20 years, he graduated with the first honor in the school, and was transferred to the army armored unit to be promoted to regimental commander, leaving the German mainland, and going to various occupations and colonies to participate in wars, he traveled to three continents, suppressed 76 uprisings, large and small, and had more than 100,000 souls in his hands.
Ironically, while war was with Adrian and a part of his life, Adrian found himself beginning to hate war, and the joy of conquest quickly diminished after the brief period of initial euphoria. He began to get tired of hearing soldiers chanting the names of their loved ones back home as they bled on the battlefield, and when he saw unarmed enemies rushing towards the armored fleet like idiots, even trying to bite open the mechs with their teeth.
Adrian wanted to end the war, but countless rebels sprang up like weeds, and it seemed that the only way to eliminate the rebels was to exterminate not only that country, but also all the people of that land - of course, this must be a mistake, Adrian was sure because someone had already tried more than thirty years ago, and at the acquiescence of the Führer, Lord Heinrich Himmler carried out indiscriminate massacres in a country with frequent uprisings, and there was no grass on the scorched earth. However, this proved to be ineffective, and the rebels did not give up out of fear, and the rebels continued to appear like a stubborn body moss in and around the empire's territory.
Later, Adrian realized that this was actually the result of the Führer's connivance, and that without the rebels, the Great German Empire would have no excuse to develop its military power openly, and there would be no excuse to carry out genocide and cleanse inferior races, and the remnants of the Central Powers hiding across the ocean certainly knew that peace could not be sustained, but they also knew that with the current balance of strength, once a war broke out, it would mean the end of their good days, and therefore, they did not want to see war break out early - especially those in power who enjoyed all their glory and wealth, Presumably, in their minds, war had better not break out in their lifetime—but the fools who were holding each other in check needed a valid reason to ignore the armaments of the Great German Empire, and the dry bones that could be found everywhere beneath the scorched earth.
The rebels that have appeared everywhere are the best reason.
Adrian's attention drifts elsewhere, and he meets and falls in love with a female journalist who is on the front lines for war interviews. It is said that love makes people stupid, which is really good, Adrian finally made a big mistake because of the touch of love. He let go of a group of rebels, just a group of children who didn't know anything, because they were overly hungry and bewitched by the rebels, and put their lives in the hands of the rebels who did everything they could in exchange for just two pieces of black bread. Because these children could not have done any harm to the Iron Army of the Great German Empire, and because Adrian's woman was pregnant with his child, Adrian spared these poor little things.
This would not have been a big problem, but the death of Heinrich Himmler was a shock within the SS, and the gendarmerie took Adrian away in front of the guards, and if it weren't for his father's pleading and the Führer's memory of his meritorious service, Adrian might have had to leave the black prison under the shroud.
After returning to Berlin, Adrian had several ups and downs, or fate had tricked people, and by chance he returned to the SS Personnel Headquarters, this time returning to the SS, he had sharpened his edges and corners, hidden his blood, and became a trendsetter with both tough methods and a slick mind.
Thirty-year-old Adrian, the starting point of the SS was very low, but he climbed up quickly, and he swore at the beginning that when he sat in Heinrich's position, he would transform the SS, the giant that the Führer had to treat carefully, into a different shape, no longer being a man-eating beast, but using his own power for the benefit of the people.
Yes, Adrian wanted to regain the glory of his ancestors and become the second iron-blooded chancellor of the Greater German Empire. For the sake of this belief, Adrian could do whatever it takes, just like the rebels, to achieve their goals, but unlike the rebels, Adrian had a truly formidable force, using the connections and knowledge he had accumulated over the past ten years in the army, coupled with his formidable attack methods, Adrian easily swept away those drunken rivals.
However, when Adrian became the second man in the SS, he found that fate was playing a joke on him again. At this time, as the supreme leader of the state secret police, Adrian saw the whole picture of the SS terror machine, and he finally understood that this behemoth composed of complex interests and racial persecution propositions could not be changed by mere individuals, at least it would not accept change in this era, and anyone who dared to speak out would be swallowed into their stomachs, not even bones and dregs.
"That's all I have to do with my life."
Forty-year-old Adrian told himself that he had killed countless people before, and that it didn't matter if he added to that number in the future, that he had abandoned his conscience as a human being, and that he was becoming indifferent to the continuation of life.
But Adrian's boring life takes a turn in the most unexpected way, when an abrupt change and an asteroid change everything. Then, in the last years of his life, Adrian witnessed the complete destruction of humanity and human civilization.