The Third Reich in Desperation

"No, we can't stop." Zhang Chengtian quickly refused.

"General, don't worry, if we turn around and retreat now, we can return to the camp before 7 o'clock. As long as we suppress the public opinion and propaganda, there won't be much movement." Model put forward his opinion intimately.In his opinion, it is still too late to stop, everything is still within the range that can be resolved.

"But we will let Ludendorff go!" Zhang Chengtian tilted his head, stared out of the window blankly, and said as if talking to himself: "Even if someone is using us, we must not let this go and get rid of Ludendorff!" Dendorf's chance."

Turning his head to look at the shocked Model, Zhang Chengtian smiled and said: "No one can use me unless I do it voluntarily. For example, get rid of Ludendorff who is getting out of control."

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At eight o'clock in the morning, members of the board of directors of the Childe Foundation, who rarely get up early on weekdays, gathered in the chamber for an unprecedented time, and had a meeting with great interest.

"I heard that the SS troops dispatched troops early this morning to go to the manor that Ludendorff placed in the suburbs. Maybe we will lose an ally because of this. This is really sad." An obese middle-aged man He was frothing all over the place, but his tone didn't look sad at all, but rather gloating.

A tall and thin man raised his eyes with his hand and said: "No way, everyone here can play cards. When playing cards, we can't have every card bigger than our opponent. If we want to win, sometimes we have to lose." Play some small cards and deliberately eat them for your opponent."

As the chairman, Childe was very interested in this metaphor, and continued with great interest: "Yes, Ludendorff is a small card that we played out. When we catch a big fish, we will continue to There is a king to play."

Hearing this, an old man sitting on Childe's right said slowly: "Mr. Childe, I don't want to be played around like a card."

"Hahaha, Marshal Hindenburg, in the eyes of us businessmen, everyone can be a card, including ourselves." Childe naturally explained his businessman's logic to Hindenburg.

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"What do you want to do? This is the manor of Admiral Ludendorff." The four guards at the gate shouted sternly when facing thousands of SS soldiers.

"Okay, put down your guns, don't hold on, it hurts." Zhang Chengtian inquired and quickly stepped out of the back seat of the car.

Seeing that the opponent was a young hero popular all over the country, the four guards quickly saluted: "Admiral Reinhardt, hello."

"Okay, my whole family is fine. Hurry up and hand over your guns, and stay behind." Zhang Chengtian responded absent-mindedly.

After all, in the eyes of the guards, everyone is their own person, and no one wants to be the unlucky guy who was shot to death by their own people.So the guards simply obeyed the hero Zhang Chengtian's instructions, and were disarmed obediently.

When Zhang Chengtian and his team broke into Ludendorff's room, the imperial veteran was still wearing a pure white bathrobe and had just come out of the bathroom: "What do you want to do? Who ordered you to come? Do you know the consequences of doing this?" ?”

Ludendorff's three consecutive questions were not answered by the soldiers in black uniforms.However, this silence did not last long.

After confirming that Ludendorff was not holding a weapon, Zhang Chengtian, who was waiting outside the door, walked in swaggeringly: "Hey, General, we meet again."

Staring angrily at the arrogant Zhang Chengtian, Ludendorff threatened viciously: "Major General, I hope you understand what your actions will cause to your group. If you can't give me a reasonable explanation today, I will Guaranteed that tomorrow you will suffer consequences that you cannot afford."

"Really? Then I won't wait for tomorrow." Without waiting for Ludendorff to react, Zhang Chengtian immediately raised his right arm and waved: "It is now found that the former imperial general Ludendorff has treasoned, and he will be executed immediately on the spot."

"You..." Ludendorff rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to say something.But he couldn't say the words he wanted to say in the end, the gunshot rang out first, and the blood gushed out from the hole in his chest, staining the white bathrobe red.

Ludendorff was Zhang Chengtian's first heavyweight opponent after crossing.But this is just the beginning, there will be a second, third, fourth...  

Zhang Chengtian's journey has just started on the right track...

Text Chapter 48 The Next President

"Extra, extra. President Albert was killed last night, and the murderer, Ludendorff, was arrested and killed in the early morning." A newsboy, holding a newspaper that had been printed and distributed by the social worker newspaper, was selling it in the streets and alleys.

While people were surprised by the sudden death of President Albert, they were even more puzzled by the rapid arrest of the SS. "The president was killed that night, and the murderer was found in the early morning of the next day. How could it be such a coincidence?"

What's more, Zhang Chengtian's shooting and killing of Ludendorff cast a shadow over the arrest.

Different from the theme reported by the Social Worker Newspaper, the largest newspaper in Germany run by Jews, the Voice of Liberty, focused its reports on the analysis of the German political situation.

According to the analysis of the Voice of Freedom newspaper, in the case of Albert and Ludendorff being killed one after another, the only person who is qualified to serve as the next president in the country can only have the "Sphinx" (Sphinx). Nicknamed Army Commander-in-Chief Sickert, and Field Marshal Hindenburg known as the "God of Protecting the Nation".

Next, the Voice of Liberty newspaper changed the subject and announced that Admiral Sickert's qualifications seemed strong, but he was far inferior to Marshal Hindenburg.

One is a general and the other is a marshal. Whoever has more seniority can be seen through at a glance.

What is really meaningful is that the Voice of Liberty newspaper concluded at the end that if Sickert is finally elected president, the causes of death of Albert and Ludendorff may not be as clear as they appear...

"Scratch!" After reading the speeches of the Voice of Freedom newspaper in the office, Sickert angrily threw the newspaper against the wall: "This is nonsense, according to what they say, I have become a conspirator .”

After killing Ludendorff, Zhang Chengtian, who immediately came to Sickert's office, also nodded and said: "That's right, the Voice of Freedom newspaper is obviously trying to mislead public opinion. Once you also participate in the next presidential election, teacher, then Negative reports will definitely appear one after another. Once conspiracy theories appear, they will continue to ferment.”

Sickert interrupted Zhang Chengtian's kind reminder, and said firmly: "I never had the idea of ​​running for president from the beginning to the end. This is purely fabricated."

"This is even more problematic," Zhang Chengtian analyzed with a serious face: "If you choose to give in because of this report, teacher, it will only allow those malicious manipulators to achieve their goals."

Sickert reacted and said: "You mean, Marshal Hindenburg has something to do with this group of people."

Zhang Chengtian shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about the relationship between Marshal Hindenburg and these people. But one thing I can be sure of is that the beneficiary of this report must be Marshal Hindenburg."

Seeing that Sickert was silent after listening, Zhang Chengtian continued: "The problem now is, regardless of whether you run for the election, Teacher, the Voice of Liberty has sold a big favor to Hindenburg."

Zhang Chengtian didn't say some words.However, he and Sickert are very clear that if you think about the word favor in a different way, it may mean a transaction, some kind of shady exchange of interests.

After a long time, Sickert said slowly: "If Your Excellency the Marshal really owes a 'favor' for this, then he should not give up his seat. For a politician, a debt of favor is fatal, but for the president This is especially true!"

As a soldier, Sickert is full of admiration for Marshal Hindenburg who has a brilliant record.He didn't want to believe that the Marshal, who was admired by thousands of German soldiers, including himself, would have anything to do with this kind of underground transaction.

Sighing, Sickert gave up on continuing to dwell on the issue.The position of the president is too important. No matter what, this position cannot be handed over to a suspicious person.

This brief unrestricted situation is the result of the sacrifice of the reputation and life of the former President Abbott.Sickert will never allow this hard-won fruit to be taken away before his eyes.Not even His Excellency the Marshal whom he once respected so much!

"Let's talk about it. You have the most ghost ideas for this kind of thing." After Sickert made up his mind, he asked Zhang Chengtian, who had shown strong political judgment in the past, to give his opinion.

For this change beyond the original historical scope, Zhang Chengtian couldn't predict the next result like before.

If it was Zhang Chengtian who had just traveled through that meeting, he might have retreated.However, after experiencing the lesson that President Albert taught himself at the cost of his life and reputation, the current Zhang Chengtian has changed a lot.

Since it is impossible to play the cards according to the original rules, then imitate the rules of history and find another trustworthy person with proven ability to replace Hindenburg, the original president.

The candidate Zhang Chengtian had in mind was Gustav Stresemann, who had successfully served as Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic of Germany in history.

For this German hundred-day chancellor who won the Nobel Peace Prize, he is a diplomatic genius.There are good reasons why Zhang Chengtian agrees with him as president.

Gustav in history is recorded in the annals of history as a great diplomat.Without the protection of national force, he used the three treaties of Rapallo, Locarno and Berlin to successfully dismantle the anti-German alliance and lay the foundation for the revival of Germany.

Gustav inherited Bismarck's diplomatic career, and it can even be said to have surpassed Bismarck!

Since Weimar Germany lacked the strength of Bismarck Germany, all of Streisemann's strength could only come from his personal diplomatic means.

Gustav was able to adjust himself to accept the fact that Germany was defeated, restrain his own nationalist will, and create a reasonable foreign policy.Moreover, Gustav is full of confidence in the revival of Germany.

Such a mature politician is more suitable for the presidency than Hindenburg, who was born in the military and is proficient in tactics but not good at politics.

After Zhang Chengtian finished his suggestion, Sickert nodded and said, "I've heard of Gustav. He is the most promising candidate to be the next prime minister."

Seeing that Sickert had a good influence on Gustav, Zhang Chengtian also said: "Yes, Gustav has a very high reputation as a politician. It is obviously more in line with the German government to let a mature politician be the president. Interests."

"However, how can you be sure that this politician who originally planned to run for prime minister will change to participate in the presidential election that is not sure of success?" Sickert put forward his own opinion.