1923 was a year of disaster for Germany, a year in which Germany seemed to have had a bad start at all times.

The first was the French invasion of the Ruhr industrial zone, which led to the almost cessation of production in the entire German heavy industrial zone, and the severe setback of the Wehrmacht's revitalization plan, which also made Germany's already collapsed economy even worse.

The Deutsche Mark began to depreciate sharply, and the depreciation was shocking, and by the time German President Ebert reacted, the Deutsche Mark in a cart was just enough to buy a loaf of bread.

Taking advantage of the financial crisis and the French invasion of the Ruhr industrial area, German right-wing separatists jumped out, organized strikes, and even carried out armed insurrections, plotting to seize Bavaria, a large state in southern Germany, and make the whole of Bavaria autonomous.

The German government has not yet mobilized forces to suppress the right-wing separatists in Bavaria, and the situation has once again made the situation worse for the German government led by Ebert.

In September, just as the right-wing separatists were becoming more and more violent, the left-wingers also began to create large-scale riots to shake the rule of Thuringia and Saxony, and for a time it seemed that Germany was about to be divided into several small states, and the turmoil caused by the French invasion of the Ruhr industrial region in Germany seemed to be better than France expected.

"This is a good opportunity!" said Sickert in his office to Accardo, who was sitting on the sofa, "Your plan is perfect! ”

With that, Sickert asked Accardo to leave his office, because in the morning the Wehrmacht would hold a meeting to discuss again how to deal with the French invasion of the Ruhr region. The meeting was chaired by Hindenburg himself, which was very important.

Of course, the big people who attended the meeting were all at the rank of generals, so a small role like Accardo did not even have the opportunity to participate, although the work he engaged in was very important and irreplaceable, but the gap in rank and the lack of qualifications made him miss many high-level meetings, and he could only get copies of the minutes of these meetings from Sickert.

Sickert was now pleased with the Wehrmacht's policy of standing still during the French invasion of the Ruhr area, even though he had once clamored for the Wehrmacht to defend the German city with its blood. But now the city had been ceded, and Sickert had not ordered the Wehrmacht to take any action against France.

The advantages were obvious, and Lieutenant Colonel Smith, the British military attache stationed in the Wehrmacht General Headquarters, secretly met with General Sickert, and implicitly expressed the British intention to allow the Germans to expand the Wehrmacht slightly, and expressed Britain's basic position of supporting Germany in the Ruhr industrial crisis.

And in the specific meeting that followed, Smith also made a commitment to Accardo, guaranteeing that Britain would support the Wehrmacht with more machine guns and automatic weapons to resist a possible domestic **** and French invasion. In other words, the British in the Allied Arms Control Committee would turn a blind eye to the expansion of the Wehrmacht, and support Germany in disguised arms expansion and warfare.

The U.S. ambassador to France made solemn representations, demanding that France immediately withdraw all its troops from German territory and stop its frenzied invasion of its neighbors. The Netherlands, which has always maintained friendly relations with Germany, has also condemned France in this crisis.

Among the many voices of condemnation, the emergence of one voice that attracted the attention of the whole world: in Guangzhou, China, in the far East of Asia, Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the newly reorganized Chinese Kuomintang, issued a statement condemning the French invasion of Germany and expressing support for the German people's anti-invasion struggle.

"With 700 howitzers, 10,000 Maxim heavy machine guns, 200,000 rifles, and 4 million rounds of ammunition, our Chinese friends in the Far East are finally on board. Accardo looked at the newspaper and chuckled.

And, of course, the about $300 million in loans they owe to the United States. This loan has made the United States more firmly control the Chinese revolutionary forces, I helped China hug the thighs of the Americans in advance, and gave them weapons and equipment, presumably the upcoming Central Plains War, Chiang Kai-shek will be more confident, right?" Accardo took a sip of coffee and put down the newspaper.

He looked out the window, and the streets were crowded with marching crowds, people chanting slogans and walking past the gates of the Wehrmacht General Headquarters, slogans painted in red paint and looking bloody. The banner reads: "Bastard government! Get out of Berlin!"

"Gel, Gel!" Accardo leaned against the lattice and called out to his assistant, "It's been three days since the march was going on outside, right?"

Gehr walked into Accardo's office, nodded, and said, "Yes, it's been almost three days. And there are more and more people! It seems that there is a lot of pressure on the government side. ”

"Do you know why these people didn't march here at the Wehrmacht headquarters?" Accardo asked with a smile, not looking back.

Gell was stunned, and then said helplessly: "We are too weak to resist the invasion of the enemy country! ”

"Weak, there is no way to resist? No, Geer, we have hidden 200 cannons in a secret base in the Alps, all the armies are almost twice overnumbered, and the invading French army has only one division, and we have every strength to destroy it. ”

"Well, why don't we fight back, why don't we get those damn Frenchmen out?" Gehr was a little shocked, although he had done a lot with Accardo, but he had no way of knowing what kind of German armament had been.

"Because once the Wehrmacht enters the war, our fighting power will be discovered, the world will be on the side of France, the arms control over Germany will never be lifted, and the German yoke will always exist. Accardo explained.

He wanted to find a reason to convince himself, so he had to tell Geer some of the military secrets, he was under too much pressure and needed someone to share them.

He worked hard to run the Wehrmacht, but he could not fire a shot when the enemy invaded, and in order to grow in the future, he had to take the lead in abandoning the oath he had taken when he joined the army, breaking the phrase "defend your country with your own blood." "The Wehrmacht did not resist, did not shed blood, did not even sweat.

"Adults always have their senses, but we only want to be loyal to the country once. Gehr said with red eyes: "Last time we were defeated in vain! This time we have the ability to fight back, why do we watch those bastards scourge our homeland?"

"We are enough to win this war, but we are also destined to not win the next war! Bet once with Germany's 100-year national fortune to make you do your duty?" Accardo looked at Ensign Gehr with some anger: "I'm working so hard! Isn't it just so that we don't let the enemy ride on our heads and in the future?"

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel Accardo, I know of your efforts, so please tell me, when can we defend our country?"

"Give me five years, and you'll see the answer in five years. If you don't see hope in five years, then please shoot me in the head, because I swore to give my life to defend our country, but at least today, I didn't. Accardo said bitterly.

"Lieutenant Colonel! I believe in you! In the past five years, you will be the loyal master of my Geer! I will pay a service for you!" Gehr said solemnly: "I hope you can make Germany strong again!"

The next morning, Sickett asked Second Lieutenant Grace to call Accardo to his office, and while drinking coffee, he said to Accardo: "Just now, Ebert called on behalf of his government and invited me to a special meeting. ”

"Just go, it's time for them to make a compromise. Accardo said with his eyes narrowed and the corners of his mouth raised. He had finally waited, for the time when the Wehrmacht would really rise.

"Recently, there is a very interesting saying that the Wehrmacht has two courageous men, the courage to look at Sickert, and the courage to count Accardo. Sickert looked at the low-browled Accardo's face with a smile on his face, and was in a good mood: "You have been raised to the same level as me, so I am really embarrassed to leave you here alone." ”

Sickert picked up the text on the table, smiled and said, "Let's go! Let you, the Wehrmacht, help me come up with an idea, and see what those fools in the government want to talk to us!"

When Accardo followed Sickert into the conference room of the government building, Ebert was surrounded by several politicians talking about something, the current political situation was a mess, and no one had hope for the current government. However, as officials at all levels of this government, they still hope to turn the tide and maintain their position and power.

President Ebert was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, and he never expected that the situation would deteriorate to this point, when he saw Sict and Accardo walking in, he immediately pushed aside the crowd around him and walked in front of Sickert.

"The Deutsche Mark began to depreciate sharply, and the situation was very bad. Right-wing separatists plotted to seize control of Bavaria, a large southern German state, and left-wingers began mass riots to shake Thuringia and Saxony. Ebert briefly introduced the situation, looking a little desperate.

Sickert stood there without speaking, and Accardo stepped forward to play the role of Sickert's dog-legged person: "These Wehrmacht already know! So, what do you want us to do?"

"I just want to know, on which side the Wehrmacht is on now, and will they stand with us, Your Excellency General?" asked Ebert in a pleading tone to Sickert.

"Your Excellency, the Wehrmacht is on the side of General Sicket. Without waiting for Sickert to speak, Accardo smiled.