The Rise of the Third Reich

"Long live the liberal socialist republic!"

Philip Scheidemann's ears rang with cheers that shook the earth! After Liebknecht raised the red flag and delivered a passionate speech to thousands of workers and soldiers from the balcony of his official residence in the Imperial City, he finally proclaimed the birth of the "Free Socialist Republic". The cheers flooded the entire street and the square in front of the Wangcheng official residence.

It’s over! It's all over! Philip Scheidemann's mood suddenly fell to the bottom. The last hope of maintaining the monarchy has been shattered! This also means that the cooperation between the Social Democrats and the Juncker military corps will never be happy, and the latter will abandon or even overthrow the Social Democrats in a coup at any time.

Without the cooperation between Juncker and the Social Democratic Party, Germany's democratic system will never be consolidated. If the Allies violate the Fourteen Points of Peace again, force Germany to cede too much land and pay too much indemnity. Then Germany will be overwhelmed by uncontrollable anger...

Scheidemann was appointed by Albert to represent the Social Democratic Party at the Imperial Residence—the Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party were now entrenched in the Reichstag, while the Spartacists occupied the Imperial Residence—to negotiate with Liebknecht. Albert hoped that the other party would support the imperial system, because this was the only way to maintain democracy and stability in Germany.

But now, there is no need to meet again! Because a liberal socialist republic was unacceptable, and the revolutionary initiative could not fall into the hands of the Spartacists.

Scheidemann turned around and ran towards the Capitol. His legs and feet were as nimble as an old man in his fifties. He covered the 800 meters distance in almost one breath. Many people and soldiers who participated in the uprising also gathered in front of the Reichstag. They all supported the Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party. The German Bolshevik Party had not yet been established, and the two social democratic parties had a huge social base. Even though they were slow to respond to the Berlin Uprising, they still have a large base. But starting from today, their basic base will begin to slowly melt away...

Hersmann, Schleicher, Schulenburg and several other school-level officers were gathered in a small conference room on the second floor of the Capitol, where Albert and Ahazi were also. Everyone was shocked by the cheers coming from outside - not a republic, but a socialist republic!

Socialist republic? Are they really cheering for a socialist republic? A sneer appeared on Hessmann's lips: They were actually cheering for the German Third Reich! Cheering for another world war! It's just that they don't know it...

At this time, Scheidemann ran in like a gust of wind, and without even saying hello to Albert, he rushed straight to the balcony. Everyone in the square below knew Scheidemann, and the originally noisy scene suddenly became quiet. Everyone craned their necks, ready to listen to Scheidemann's call.

"Long live the Free German Republic!" Scheidemann shouted.

"Long live the Free German Republic! Long live the Republic!" the crowd immediately followed and shouted.

"Oh God! What is he shouting!" Albert suddenly jumped up, ran to the balcony and dragged Scheideman in. The chairman of the German Social Democratic Party turned gray, his hands trembled, and he slammed his fist on the table and roared: "Is this true? Are you really shouting republican? You have no right to do that!"

"This is necessary! Otherwise Germany will become another Russia!" Scheidemann was justifying his actions. "We must grasp the leadership of the revolution. This is necessary! It cannot fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks..."

"But you destroyed Germany! You destroyed the German state of constitutional monarchy that our Social Democrats fought hard to establish!"

Albert shouted: "You know, this is the only way in Germany... We cannot live without an emperor!"

He pointed at the three officers in the conference room: "Them! They only listen to the emperor!"

Junker officers may not only listen to the emperor, but they will most likely support the emperor. Now that the Social Democrats and the Spartacists have killed the emperor together, they are Juncker's opponents.

The three Junkers officers looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything. Silence is admission... They are all royalists! Anyone who dares to say that he is not one should stop joining the Juncker circle.

Juncker's circle was very large, and Hessmann, Schulenburg, and Schleicher were all members of the circle, and they were the kind who got along relatively well. If their luck is not too bad, based on their current status, they will be able to become the chief of general staff and the first director of munitions in the future. So the butt cannot be crooked, otherwise you will be kicked out of the Juncker circle and there will be no future.

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Albert and Scheidemann argued for a long time, but nothing could be changed. On November 10, after asking the attitude of 28 generals (only one said it could be suppressed), German Emperor Wilhelm II sadly left Belgium and fled to the Netherlands to seek asylum. The glorious Second German Empire was officially declared destroyed.

On the same day, the "Berlin Workers' and Soldiers' Soviet Congress" was held at the Busch Circus in Berlin. Because of the Trojan horse planted in advance, the majority of the representatives were soldiers and workers who supported the Social Democratic Party. Although Liebknecht was aware of it, he still delivered a speech at the meeting, pointing out that counter-revolutionaries had infiltrated the congress and calling on everyone to be vigilant. But his speech had the opposite effect - Lenin would not say the same thing, because it was attacking the Soviet and putting himself in opposition to the Soviet representatives - in the later vote. The Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party achieved an overwhelming advantage.

In the 24-member "Berlin Soviet Executive Committee", the Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party each had 6 members, and there were 12 soldiers' Soviet representatives (all Trojan horses) under their control. The Spartacists were completely wiped out and did not get a single executive member. In fact, they were excluded from the Soviet. The six members of the People's Committee were all members of the Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party, namely Ebert (as Prime Minister), Scheidemann, Landsburg, Achaz, Dittmann and Barth. There was no Spartacist either.

In this way, the Spartacists who led the November Revolution became a complete opposition. Faced with this unexpected situation, Liebknecht followed Lenin's example in April 1917 and put forward three demands: (1) Germany must become a socialist republic; (2) All power must be transferred to the Soviets; (3) The bourgeois members in the government must be cleared out.

"Humph!" Schleicher threw a newly published "Red Flag" on the desk and said with gritted teeth, "These Bolsheviks want to kill us all! These German traitors. Don't you think so, Ludwig?"

In an office of the General Staff, all eyes were on Hersmann.

This was the office of the Security Department, but the officers gathered here came from various departments of the General Staff. Most of them were lieutenant colonels and majors. There was a colonel, Colonel Val T. Nicola of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and a general named von Redl.

Hersmann understood that he had to be clear-cut. "Yes! That's what Liebknecht planned."

"This is also Lenin's idea, right?" Major General Redel complained, "This ungrateful villain, if it weren't for us, he would never have come to power!"

"This is our own problem!" Hersman said firmly, "We ourselves released Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg from prison, not Lenin! We can shoot them! Franz Mehring, Clara Zetkin and others should also be shot, this is completely possible, we did it in the Baltic!"

"Is it okay now?" Major General Redel asked.

"It's never too late to do this kind of thing!" Hersman said, "Don't consider the relationship with the Soviet Union... Cooperation is cooperation, suppression is suppression, these are two different things. Lenin doesn't care about Liebknecht's life!"

"That's it," Schleicher, although only a lieutenant colonel, has become the leader of the crowd. "The Spartacus League (which has just been reorganized and is now an alliance) must be suppressed. But we must first seize the army. We will organize a free corps in Berlin... The military academy, the guards, and the troops stationed in Zossen and Potsdam must be controlled." Then, he said to Hersman in a commanding tone: "Ludwig, you can't go back to Riga yet. Colonel Nicholas will go to the Spa headquarters... You are responsible for the intelligence work and report directly to me." At this moment, someone suddenly rushed in. It was a spy under Hersman's command. He was wearing an old field gray military uniform and gasping for breath. It was obvious that he had run all the way. He shouted in German with a Russian accent: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, the Tsar, the Tsar's family is dead!" —— The third update, do you have any recommendations? Are there any big guys who haven't collected it? In addition, Luo Luo also wants to ask for a Sanjiang ticket.