The Rise of the Third Reich

August 1, 1919, 7 o'clock in the morning.

Located in the center of Roermond, a small town in the Limburg province of the Netherlands, a group of well-dressed Germans have already gathered in a Baroque-style church.

There are also some "tourists" who don't know where they come from. They are all tall and strong, wearing suits and shorts with wider shirts. They are cruising around this ancient church, looking at the people passing by with vigilant eyes. everyone. They have bright eyes and always have one hand in the pocket of their bulging suit shorts.

The Dutch residents in the small town paid little attention to these uninvited guests. No one thought that these Germans would bring any danger to their wealthy and peaceful lives.

Since the Napoleonic Wars, the Netherlands has been implementing a policy of neutrality in Europe, and even the separation of the Southern Netherlands (Belgium) did not trigger a war. In the world war that just ended, the Netherlands also pursued neutrality that did not provoke either side.

After Germany's defeat, the Netherlands also provided asylum to the German emperor who fled to the wild. In the eyes of the smart Dutch, this was obviously conducive to their future peaceful life - after Queen Wilhelmina learned the contents of the Treaty of Versailles, she was even more convinced that protecting William II was in the Netherlands' interests.

Because the treaty is so harsh, the Germans will either completely collapse or launch a violent attack under the pressure of this treaty!

The Queen of the Netherlands, who knows the Germans well, is convinced that Germany will inevitably jump over the wall in the future. If the Netherlands pleases Germany now, it may be able to avoid being invaded in the future - the behavior of pleasing Germany is not only to protect the other German royal nobles of William II, the Netherlands has also become one of the destinations for the German military industry to transfer production.

A large amount of machinery, equipment and funds were secretly transferred to the Netherlands before the Rhineland was occupied by France. Even the German National Bank, secretly controlled by the German Industrial Promotion Council, rushed more than 150 tons of gold into the Netherlands in October and November 1918 (some of it was also stored in Switzerland and Courland). It was stored in the vault of the Dutch branch of the National Bank - this was to prevent the gold from being expropriated by the future German government to compensate the Allied Powers.

After the contents of the Treaty of Versailles were announced, more funds were transferred to the Netherlands and Switzerland. Because everyone knows that the German mark will soon become waste paper. By then Germany will be a country lacking capital, and every gold coin will be extremely precious.

The owners of the gold marks that were transferred to the Netherlands and Switzerland - most of them were Germany's most famous industrialists - today a considerable number of Roermond, a Dutch town, sit in this ancient church. They came to attend a wedding.

The groom of this wedding is currently staying in the preaching seat of the church, chatting with a group of expensive guests. The groom is none other than Ludwig von Heinsberg Hersmann. He originally planned to hold the wedding in Chloe's hometown of Heinsberg, but it was located in the Rhineland and was now occupied by the Allied Powers. So the wedding venue could only be changed to Roermond in the Netherlands.

"Congratulations, Count!"

The guests began to call Hessmann a Count. This title had been recognized by Kaiser Wilhelm. Crown Prince William and his wife, Duchess Cecilia, also appeared in this chapel. The Crown Prince personally gave William II's consent to Hess. The news that Mann became Count Heinsberg was announced to all the guests.

This is equivalent to putting a label of royalist backbone on Hessmann's forehead, which will be very beneficial to his future status in the German aristocratic group.

Hessmann seemed very proud at the moment and seemed content with his current status.

Recognized by Wilhelm II and previously regarded as a confidant by Hindenburg, Hersmann's status in the Junkers officer corps became more prominent. After these days of observation, Hessmann has figured out the power of various factions in the Weimar Republic.

If divided according to the most commonly used political tendencies in Europe, there are four major groups: center-right, center-left, extreme right, and J-left. Among them, the Juncker Corps is not a far-right group, but a center-right group, and its political partners are bourgeois and conservative parties such as the Catholic Center Party, the Liberal Party, and the Democratic Party.

The center-left consists of the Social Democratic Party, the middle class and part of the working class with better economic conditions. They were originally the mainstream of German society - Germany was originally an olive-shaped society, small at the two ends and large in the middle. But such a structure would be completely changed after the defeat, which meant that the main basis of the Social Democratic Party was melting. Due to the repressive stance during the January Revolution, a huge rift developed between the Social Democratic Party and the proletariat, making the Social Democratic Party the biggest victim of changes in Germany's social structure.

As for the extreme right and left, they are the forces represented by the Nazi Party and the Bolshevik Party. They are almost the same group of people, all of whom are middle- and lower-class people who are extremely dissatisfied with the status quo.

If Hersmann wants to become a influential figure in Germany and even the world in the future, he must become the leader of one of these four factions. And at the same time, he wanted to prepare for the future World War II, so he could only stay in the Junkers officer group - if he went to join the Nazis, he would be in the opposition for at least ten years, and he would not be able to make any preparations. La.

"Come on, come on... Ludwig, Chloe is here!" Anthony Falk, wearing a straight tuxedo and a smile on his face, strode into the church and waved vigorously at Hessmann. Because of his growing relationship with Margaret, he became Herschman's best man.

After stagnating for a period of time, the "Dark Sword Project" aimed at preserving the vitality of the German military industry has finally begun to advance. During these three months, Mr. Anthony Fokker spent most of his time in Riga, busy with the opening of the aircraft factory.

The factory opened in Riga is now called the FK-BF Consortium, a joint venture between BMW, Fokker and the Economic Promotion Corporation. It is planned to open an aircraft engine factory, an aircraft assembly factory, and an aircraft experimental center. However, only the aircraft assembly plant is currently under construction. It uses parts shipped from Germany before the armistice to assemble aircraft. It has also developed an F-2 civilian transport aircraft and has already received many orders.

Although the business is not big yet, it is still a good start - as a military fan and German fan of later generations, Hessmann knows very well where the biggest weakness of Germany's air power is. With this FK-BF alliance, there are endless possibilities in the future...

"Ludwig, Ludwig, why are you in such a daze!" The voice of his father Otto Sr. came to Hessmann's ears again. Otto Sr. rushed back from Budapest to attend his son's wedding. Although the Weimar government and the German General Staff issued serious orders prohibiting German citizens from going to Hungary to help the Bolsheviks, such orders had little effect.

It was just that the military advisers originally assigned to the grassroots teams were gathered at the "Special Technical School" in Budapest to serve as instructors... They would pass on their knowledge of guerrilla warfare to the Hungarians before the spring of 1920. Then they will gradually evacuate, and in the end only a small observation group will remain in Hungary to study guerrilla warfare.

But that's all in the future, and the most important thing right now is getting married to Chloe.

Hessman suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked quickly towards the church door.

At this moment, Chloe, who was wearing a white wedding dress, walked in step by step, accompanied by Margaret and Countess Heinsberg, who were serving as bridesmaids.

Chloe is so beautiful!

Hessman stopped and looked at Chloe walking towards him, feeling sincere admiration in his heart.

Chloe is always a very outstanding beauty, and she dressed up carefully today, looking particularly charming and charming. Coupled with a graceful and seductive figure, she is simply like the goddess of beauty, Venus, who has descended into the world.

This is the wife I will spend my whole life with!

God, it's unbelievable that I could have such a wife, and a rich countess at that.

Hessman stared at Chloe blankly, and for a moment he was so excited that he couldn't speak...

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Explain the reason why the protagonist does not join the Nazi Party. This is a reasonable arrangement. If you want to find political gold, the protagonist can of course use the army and the party. But the Weimar Constitution did not allow this. After all, Germany was not the Republic of China. And even if this article is changed, it will not be beneficial to the protagonist. Because there were many generals in the Congress of the Weimar Republic, such as Ludendorff and Tirpitz, who were members of Congress, and von Papen, who later became the chairman of the Catholic Center Party, was also a member of the Honorary Officer Corps. If the Constitution is changed and the generals and generals in the Congress come to the army to kill people, there will be chaos.