Although Kuster and his men were well on the battlefield, crushing the enemy attack and driving them all the way out of the suburbs, the German encirclement was no longer apparent.

But in the distance from Berlin came something that didn't look good, but it was good.

Kuster received a letter that read:

"I, Ludendorff, and Field Marshal Hindenburg will carry out a coup d'état against the current Chief of Staff, Falkingham, on Monday, when we will take over the troops. I hope you can help me in the friendship of fighting together. ”

Although Kuster did not have a good impression of these two men, it was the German's own business, so what did he do?

He personally answered the telephone from Austria, informed the Viennese side of the letter, and greeted the emperor with a few words of health.

After making sure his home country knew about it, he went on to do other things.

In order not to let the soldiers know about the impact on morale, various channels were closed, and even the positions were not allowed out.

Some of the officers who knew about it or were involved were severely restricted, and their every move would be under Kuster's nose.

On the front line, he strengthened his defenses, because he felt that the turmoil brought about by the coup d'état had a great impact on the war on the front, especially the transfer of commanders, during which the army was almost incapable of active combat and could not carry out any strategic activities.

But Kuster is still optimistic, after all, they have the advantage, don't they?

Soon after, he received a thunderbolt from the blue:

Turkey was attacked by the combined forces of the Entente forces in North Africa, suffered a crushing defeat and was forced to abandon the vast territory of North Africa and retreat to Suez. Even though the German colonial army attracted a lot of hatred, it was the Turkish army that mastered the Suez Canal that was the focus of their attention.

Turkey's defeat is also not very humiliating, and it has a reason.

Who is he beating? It's the Allied forces full of American-style equipment, can his broken slippers be blocked with a rifle? Unstoppable.

It's not that Kuster hasn't seen their rudiments, and it's understandable that they can fail. And recently, the equipment of the French army has been getting better and better, which is undoubtedly a good godfather maintenance.

The two bad things merge together, so that the two camps of the alliance are swapped in terms of initiative.

However, the only place to change was North Africa, where the power of the Central Powers in Europe was deeply entrenched, and the discontent of the people was successfully suppressed by the continuous supply of supplies from the defeated Russia.

It is worth mentioning that in order to gather the transportation of materials for the defeat, the Russians robbed their troops of food in peacetime, killed their compatriots with their own hands, and then handed over hundreds of lives and a few catties of grain to the Germans.

This led to a constant famine and rebellion in Russia, but the German troops stationed there took the initiative to help suppress it, and some of the two devils who surrendered also participated in it, and exploited the Russian peasants together.

Many cases of devastation forced the people of this country to flee from Russia, even to Siberia than to stay in the towns of the country.

I am afraid that the arrival of the revolution is not far off, but only if we can defeat the German troops stationed there, without this precondition, we should not delusion about the possibility of the establishment of any anti-imperialist regime.

None of this had anything to do with Couste, and he didn't want to get involved in it, so he just had to concentrate on fighting his own battle and getting out of the siege of Le Mans's army.

However, there was one promise that really attracted him, and he was inclined to the Hindenburg duo, who were already neutral.

If anyone is willing to put their lives on the line for profit, there should be no one else in this era except Kuster.

Hindenburg told him that if the coup was successful, the two of them would stand firmly on his side in Austrian politics, no matter who they were against. As long as Kuster intended to act, even Kaiser Wilhelm was dissatisfied with them and would dissuade them.

Moreover, they stated their plans after coming to power: to strengthen the power of the royalists, and by the way, to weaken the autocratic power of the emperor; They will propose de-parliamentarism, de-independence, de-electry; Consolidate the status of the military and reaffirm the tradition that "the military owns the country".

"The military will control the country, the generals will go into politics, and politics will go into the army." These are their exact words. It is clear that their army is going to be politicized.

A politicized army would severely reduce combat effectiveness, and it would be like installing a political commissar in the way, which Kuster, as a professional soldier, would not like.

But again, Kuster is no longer a simple professional soldier, and half of his feet have stepped into politics; That set of reforms can only be carried out in Germany, and the politicization of the army is also a matter for Germany, so what does the difficulties of the Germans have to do with him?

What's more, the weakening of Germany is not entirely a bad thing?

He looked at the sunset approaching the horizon, and Sunset could still sweep away the darkness, but his life was short. I am afraid that his life will be like the sunset, romantically burning himself to shine on the earth, and then completely falling into darkness.

He ordered the army to cease all operations, except for the relief of Le Mans, until martial law was lifted.

How far from the beautiful Aquitaine, no one knows; Couster had stopped all his army from attacking south, and retreated all along the Loire River, leaving only a few bridgeheads as important points for another breakthrough in the future.

Everything is ready. After sending off a group of men to rescue his four divisions, he threw himself into the political campaign in support of the Hindenburg duo.

Promoted them to the General Staff, and suggested that the Kaiser dismiss him on the grounds that Falkingham was "unwell", even if it was a paid leave, after all, he also had the title of minister, and it would be a bit hateful to have another chief of the General Staff, not to mention that during his tenure, the Western Front made little progress, only five kilometers away from Paris, and the Eastern Front duo defeated Russia.

Five kilometers, this is the distance between the German and French armies, and the permanent distance between Falkingham and the post of Chief of the General Staff.

Many in the German cabinet used this as an excuse to advocate the impeachment of Frankin and kept writing letters advising the Kaiser.

Although the Kaiser had a very good relationship with Falkingham on weekdays, at the critical moment, he really did not know which faction to support, and he jumped left and right with his own cleverness, compromising on both sides in exchange for the possibility of peace.

However, he did not know that compromising on both sides at the same time was tantamount to waging war on both sides at the same time.

It is inevitable that in such a matter that affects both sides, only the demands of one can be satisfied and the other is infringed.

Germany also does not support Falkingham, because Hindenburg's reputation is so great that it can be said to be the German Kuster, some people may say that they are in name only, but they have to be denied, they are popular.

Neither the cabinet nor the masses had the upper hand, and this palace infighting seemed to have ended in his defeat from the beginning.

The Kaiser, at the behest of the people, was forced to present himself as a ruler close to the people, and had to announce that he would be on a "vacation" to wait for the turmoil to pass.

Falkingham, of course, was not satisfied, but his personal opinion was nothing; What was even more fatal was that the rest of the cabinet members were also very dissatisfied with the Kaiser's plan, and there were many voices of opposition in the court.

It is clear that Wilhelm II again got nothing, but instead angered both sides. I can only hope that there will be fewer such major events in the future.

Under pressure, the Kaiser finally announced that on 18 September 1916, just after today, Fakingham would be removed from the post of Chief of the General Staff and that Hindenburg would take command of the new operation.

What will Hindenburg, a loyal royalist, do with the Kaiser?