Chapter 496: The Rise of the Mustache
PS: 5000 words big chapter, I have a cold today, only one chapter......
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1 November 2772 (1931), Berlin, Germany.
At this time, the capital of the Second German Empire was in a state of frenzy, with cheering crowds in the streets and squares, and flags and swastika flags fluttering side by side in the wind.
A group of National Socialist Workers' Party cars slowly moved forward through the crowd, their noses decorated with eagle emblems, slogans plastered around the carriages, and people in the cars holding aloft the national and swastika flags. A mustache wearing a swastika armband, dressed in an army non-commissioned officer uniform without rank, was standing proudly on the convertible car at the front of the platoon.
He frequently raised his right arm, saluted the crowd around him, and shouted.
"Hey!
The crowd of onlookers waved the flag desperately and cheered for the mustache in the convertible.
"Germany! Hitler!"
"Hitler!
Others also learned to raise their hands with a mustache, raised their right arm to salute him in return, and shouted.
"Hi! Hitler!"
"Hi! Hitler!"
Of course, not all Germans are so fanatical, and many are watching from the sidelines.
The Germanic Tower, located on Alexanderplatz in the heart of Berlin, is the tallest building in Berlin and can be seen anywhere in the city. Construction of the Germanic Tower began in August 1924 and was completed in October 1929. At 368 meters high, the tower is second to none in the country and 45 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. From a distance, the TV tower looks like an upside-down giant horn, thick at the bottom and thin at the top, and there is a spherical building at an altitude of more than 200 meters.
Hey, that's right, the "Berlin TV Tower" in the original time and space came out 40 years ahead of schedule. Not only is it similar in appearance to its "previous life", but it also has the same function, it is a TV tower and a radio tower. It is the property of the Germania Radio and Television Company, which is the largest broadcaster and television company in Germany and basically accounts for 80% of the entire German market. The company's largest shareholders are the German Reich Government and the German Sharp Foundation, each holding 30% of the shares, the German royal family holding 20% of the shares, and the remaining 20% being divided among the various stakeholders.
During the First World War, Germany emptied Paris, and even the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of France, was demolished. Although Wilhelm II's move was mainly aimed at disgusting the French, it is impossible to say that he had no interest in the tower at all. With Wilhelm II's kind of middle two character who is very happy, he also wants to make a German Eiffel Tower such a stylish thing, but later after the war, there were too many things, and he encountered the German Communist Revolution, and this matter was yellow.
It was not until his son Wilhelm III came to power that preparations for the Eiffel Tower in Germany began. At this time, the Fengrui consortium that got the news came to the door, said the plan of the radio and television tower, and took out the model of the TV tower designed by himself as a display, Wei Erwei and the three masters both felt that this kind of radio and television tower that can be both musical and practical value is very good, so the two sides hit it off, and pulled some stakeholders to organize the Germania Radio and Television Company, which is a landmark building in Berlin "Germania Tower" started construction.
Immediately after its completion, the tower became the tallest building in Europe and a landmark of Berlin, greatly satisfying the vanity of the Germans. The observation deck on the tower is 203 meters high, and it can be reached in 40 seconds by elevator. Two high-speed elevators are installed in the rotunda on the ground floor of the tower, which can take visitors to the mid-air observation hall in less than a minute. Visitors have a bird's-eye view of the city, and the sight of the city can be as far as 40 kilometers in the cloudless clear sky. Above the tourist hall is a restaurant and café that rotates on its own. With a diameter of 29 meters, it can accommodate 200 people at the same time, and it takes about half an hour for the restaurant to rotate around in one week. Visitors can enjoy a meal and a coffee while enjoying the sights of Berlin.
At this time, in the "Germania Tower", the highest café in Europe, there are many well-dressed people drinking coffee and eating snacks indifferently, looking at the lively crowd below, and commenting from time to time. After all, coffee and other things here are more than ten times more expensive than the restaurants below, and the average low-level people are reluctant to spend this unjust money, just take a look at the sightseeing hall on the next floor.
In one of the most luxurious boxes, the titular supreme leader of the current empire, the "German Emperor", Kaiser Wilhelm III, was looking through a telescope at the scene below. At this time, there were only two people accompanying William III in the box, one was his chief attendant, Baron Neville, and the other was the head of the Sharp Consortium, Stette von Reinhardt, who was also the planner, contractor and operator of the Germanic Tower, and Reinhardt had come to accompany the emperor as the landlord here.
Reinhardt was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with blond hair and blue eyes, deep contours, and a tall and straight figure, a typical Germanic handsome guy.
Reinhardt was also a big celebrity in Germany, who returned from German East Africa in 1907 to start a business and started a company focusing on electronic and mechanical products. During the war, it relied on providing the military with high-performance new weapons and communications equipment, and made great progress, except for the lack of foundation, its strength has been similar to that of many old consortia. The current Fengrui consortium has developed into a large chaebol in Germany's first order, and its influence and economic strength have faintly surpassed that of established conglomerates such as Krupp.
Looking at the high-spirited mustache and the crowd cheering feverishly under the support of everyone, Wei San couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. He took a deep breath, suppressed a little jealousy in his heart, and said to the person sitting next to him: "Secretary Reinhardt, do you think this prime minister can bring good news to the empire?"
"My Caesar, this is the choice of the people of the Empire......" Reinhardt said very tactfully.
Wei San rolled his eyes and continued to ask: "Reinhardt, aren't you very familiar with Hitler? Don't you even know his abilities?"
Reinhardt shrugged: "My Caesar, Hitler was indeed a very good politician. But how to govern an empire well is not only a matter of ability, but also depends on a little luck. Just like former Chancellor Herbert, his ability is actually not so bad, but his luck is really bad. Seeing Wei San's dissatisfied expression, he said again: "I think, at least it won't be worse than the previous situation......
"You're right......" William III sighed and gritted his teeth, "the situation was really bad before, and it was all to blame on the damned British Labour Party and the Jews who couldn't raise them! If it weren't for this damn economic crisis, we would have had the opportunity to interfere in Ukraine......"
Reinhardt smiled and said, "My Caesar, this is something that no one can do. Without this economic crisis, the upheavals in Eastern Europe might not have happened. It's a pity that it's cheaper Stalin, that's the whole of Western Ukraine......"
"Well, the poor King of Messirian was killed by a mob, and Uncle Ferdinand was so angry that he was bedridden. And my dear Polish brother is also in big trouble, Belarus has been making trouble......" Speaking of this, Wilhelm III actually had a gloating expression on his face.
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It is not only the powerful people of Weisan who are paying attention to the mustache, and on a building facing the street, several Chinese are also pointing at this scene.
This is a Chinese feed company, specializing in all kinds of feed, and the business is usually very hot. German farmers are very fond of this kind of feed. However, now that I am affected by the economic crisis, my business is much worse now.
"No, this Hitler is so beloved? I don't think this mustache is just a mouthful. A young man with glasses shook his head and said disappreciably: "I must admit that Mr. Mustache's eloquence is indeed first-class, and his speech is indeed very burning." But it's useless, things are made by doing, not blowing......"
A middle-aged man next to him said with a smile: "This is also something that can't be helped, who made the whole West in an economic crisis now." Moreover, the Allied bloc had another leak in the overnight rain, and there was another big leak in Eastern Europe, and now the Germans could only pin their hopes on this Mr. Hitler. ”
Germany's economic crisis has suffered a lot of damage, not only leading to the closure of a large number of companies, factories and enterprises, but also causing more than two million people to lose their jobs. What is more serious is that it has led to more acute social contradictions. In 1920, they had a PKD-led communitarian revolution, which failed, but the effects persisted. Once the revolution has begun, there will be a second time.
With the deepening of the economic crisis, the whole German society seems to be full of anger, and all kinds of violent crimes, brawls, skirmishes and other law and order incidents are emerging one after another. In this case, the soft-handed Herbert cabinet was simply helpless. You must know that their Social Democratic Party was originally promoted only after the defeat of the communitarian revolution in order to alleviate social contradictions. Their main task is to reconcile class contradictions with the mud.
To be honest, the Social Democratic Cabinet headed by Herbert is still very good, not only doing a good job in the work of harmony with the mud, but also doing other things in a decent manner. At least in the ten years of their rule, Germany has been stable internally, its economic development has been normal, there is nothing to blame in the handling of international affairs, and it has also established a model project of a black state in Africa, the "East African Republic".
But to paraphrase the Chinese, Herbert's cabinet was a conservative government with a softer style that was not much of a problem in peacetime. But once we encounter this unprecedented scale of economic crisis, we can only grasp the blind, and we don't know what to do at all. Or maybe they also thought of some methods, but they didn't have the courage to do it.
Of course, after all, the Herbert cabinet has been in power for ten years, and its foundation in the civil society is still very deep, and the people's evaluation of them is still okay. If they hadn't been too unlucky and had encountered upheavals in Eastern Europe, they wouldn't have fallen so quickly.
The "upheaval in Eastern Europe" that began in April this year was also triggered by the economic crisis. First of all, the unfortunate Kingdom of Ukraine, which was founded only during the First World War, was not stable in its own right, King Mysimilian I and many powerful people had been parachuted in from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and there was little power base in the region, and the locals did not have much affection for the Austrians, Hungarians, and Czechs who had been parachuted in.
The economic crisis caused the bankruptcy of a large number of factories and farms in Ukraine, and at this time, the airborne aristocracy intensified the looting of Ukrainians in order to keep their standard of living from falling. This is the contradiction of the class and the contradiction of the nation, and when these two things are added one by one, it is not as simple as one plus one, and there is a sudden change in geometric progression.
As a result, the Ukrainian people, who could not bear it, rose up. On April 26, a group of farmers in Kherson killed local officials and formed the "Kherson Autonomous Government". The funniest thing is that the Ukrainian government sent an infantry brigade to suppress it, and this brigade turned back as soon as it reached the city of Kherson. Ukrainian soldiers, led by lower-ranking officers, mutinied, killed Czech brigade commanders and chiefs of staff, and then the entire brigade joined the "Kherson Autonomous Government".
By May, the uprising had swept across Ukraine, with similar uprisings taking place everywhere. The Ukrainians killed or expelled airborne foreign leaders and formed hundreds of "XX Autonomous Government", "XX Autonomous Union" and other organizations. You know, the Kingdom of Ukraine is a typical regime where a minority rules a majority, and most of their upper echelons are Austrians, Hungarians and Czechs, who make up the lion's share of the government and army, especially in the middle and upper echelons, and the Ukrainians are less than 30%. This kind of teasing structure is extremely fragile, and once the bottom is reversed, the government will collapse.
If it is in peacetime, such a thing is not impossible to handle, the Ukrainian government will not be able to control the scene, and naturally there will be bigwigs of the allies such as Germany and Austria who will come forward. But now is an economic crisis, and all countries are too busy to take care of themselves, so how can they take care of foreign affairs. Ferdinand V of Austria had the intention of pulling his son, but after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria and Ukraine did not border. Even if he had the heart to send an army over, he also had to discuss with others about borrowing the way.
And then the USSR intervened. As mentioned earlier, the Soviet Union was the country that had lost the least in this economic crisis, and at a time when the rest of Europe was in a bleak situation, they were working on a five-year plan in full swing. The territory of Ukraine was originally ceded by the Allies from Tsarist Russia, and Stalin and other high-level leaders of the CPSU and all the Russians have always been obsessed with this "Brest Treaty".
Now, after the construction of a five-year plan, the national strength of the Soviet Union has risen by a large margin, and if it has encountered such a good opportunity, if it has not started, it will not be Stalin. So, Comrade Stalin made a decisive move. On June 3, in the name of "saving the Ukrainian people", the Soviet Red Army crossed the Dnieper......
On June 5, the defenders of Kiev mutinied, Mysimilian I and other magnates fled in disarray, and the Soviet Red Army entered Kiev to the cheers of the local people. In the following month, a torrent of Soviet cavalry and steel swept across the Ukrainian plains, and everywhere they went, the Ukrainian army defected, and in many places the city was opened without blood. By July, the Kingdom of Ukraine, a thirteen-year-old state, ceased to exist.
King Mysimilian I had a very tragic end and died a tragic death. He was about to run through Poland, but was caught near the border by a group of peasant self-defense troops. Mysimian, who was hiding in the haystack, was forked to death by a group of Ukrainian peasants with a dung fork......
Moreover, the events in Ukraine are only the beginning, and now there is a stir on the Polish side. Needless to say, this is also Starshu's shot. Of course, the situation in Poland is much better than in Ukraine. What is more clever is that they did not let too many Germans control Poland, but used a large number of original Polish nobles, and their ruling base was much stronger than that of Ukraine. Moreover, Poland's economy is not as weak as Ukraine's because of the direct support of the German boss (who made them not border Austria).
The main force of the uproar this time was not the Poles, but the Belarusians of the former Belarusian region, which was also seized from Tsarist Russia during the First World War through the Treaty of Brest. When Wei Er "put the satellite", he allocated this land to the newly formed Kingdom of Poland. Poles identify with the Kingdom of Poland, but Belarusians don't identify with this broken country. Now that we have the support of the USSR, it's no wonder if you don't make trouble!
Germany's Herbert cabinet was caught off guard by this series of upheavals and did not know how to respond. A series of mishandling of the outside world not only made the mood at the bottom more dissatisfied, but also made the German upper class dissatisfied. As a result, the Social Democratic Party, which had been in power for ten years, had to step down.
As a result, the mustache, a more powerful person, became the unanimous choice of all strata in Germany. The people at the bottom want him to solve the current problem of unemployment and deteriorating law and order, and the upper class wants him to revive the economy and readjust his foreign policy.
"Manager, I have also heard the speech of this mustache, and he is putting all the blame on the Jews and the property. After he came to power, he was afraid that the life of the German Jews would not be easy. A round-faced young man said.
"Hehe, now the whole of Europe is anti-Semitic, what's so strange about this? Not only Europe is anti-Semitic, but the United States is also anti-Semitic, after all, this economic crisis is caused by their withdrawal from various countries, and this kind of thing that overturns people's jobs is the most hateful ......" The manager said disapprovingly: "However, the Jews now have a way out, they now have two countries, I'm afraid of Mao." ”
"This is also, if you can't keep running here, it's ......" The round-faced young man thought for a while and said, "I just don't know, what impact does this mustache have on us in China?" Now that we have the support of the USSR, it's no wonder if you don't make trouble!
Germany's Herbert cabinet was caught off guard by this series of upheavals and did not know how to respond. A series of mishandling of the outside world not only made the mood at the bottom more dissatisfied, but also made the German upper class dissatisfied. As a result, the Social Democratic Party, which had been in power for ten years, had to step down.
As a result, the mustache, a more powerful person, became the unanimous choice of all strata in Germany. The people at the bottom want him to solve the current problem of unemployment and deteriorating law and order, and the upper class wants him to revive the economy and readjust his foreign policy.
"Manager, I have also heard the speech of this mustache, and he is putting all the blame on the Jews and the property. After he came to power, he was afraid that the life of the German Jews would not be easy. A round-faced young man said.
"Hehe, now the whole of Europe is anti-Semitic, what's so strange about this? Not only Europe is anti-Semitic, but the United States is also anti-Semitic, after all, this economic crisis is caused by their withdrawal from various countries, and this kind of thing that overturns people's jobs is the most hateful ......" The manager said disapprovingly: "However, the Jews now have a way out, they now have two countries, I'm afraid of Mao." ”
"This is also, if you can't stay here and run away, it's ......" The round-faced young man thought for a while and said, "I just don't know, what impact does this mustache have on us in China?"