Empire in Progress

Chapter 269: A hastily concluded armistice

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Following Eagle & Krupp's order, the teams sent by Gustav immediately disappeared into the forest. Fifteen minutes later, the SS arrived after hearing the news. Looking at the bombed railway line, the entire train was blown off the track by the huge explosion and lay on the ground more than 20 meters away. , the twisted car body told the people here what kind of blow they had just received. Although the smoke has dissipated, the pungent smell is still clearly audible.

When the SS saw such a scene, they immediately froze on the spot. Of course they knew who was sitting in this train. I also know that if today's matter is not handled well, the fate of these people can be imagined.

"Quick... report to the headquarters!" a squad leader said tremblingly.

Lin Wei in Paris immediately picked up Hit? After hearing the news about the train explosion, he calmly ordered, "I want to know the current situation of the head of state and how the people below are doing things. He didn't even tell such an important situation!"

"Leader, I'll check right away!" Robert C. Crawford promised.

After a while, Robert C. Crawford came in with a gloomy face and said seriously, "Leader, the leader is dead!"

Lin Wei didn't know how he felt now. This matter was a letter he used the intelligence agency to send to his father. In the end, his father completed the assassination. But when the news really came, Lin Wei Always feeling uncomfortable in his heart, Lin Wei sat on his chair blankly and let out a sigh of relief, "Immediately inform Reich Marshal Göring, Propaganda Minister Goebbels, and Deputy Head of State Hess to tell them the news and ask them Come to Paris immediately!”

"Yes, leader!" Robert C. Crawford didn't see anything strange about Lin Wei. Maybe he thought his leader was just too sad.

After waiting for Robert C. Crawford to go out, Lin Wei picked up the phone and said after a while, "Father, Hitler has been confirmed dead. Arrange it as you wish!" and then said nothing. hung up the phone.

The French representative who was already preparing to negotiate with Germany was told that something had happened in Germany and it would take two days to deal with it. With the understanding of the French negotiator Huntzig, the negotiations between the two parties were postponed for two days. . After handling the affairs in France, Lin Wei stayed at the headquarters with peace of mind, waiting for news from the country.

"Pa..." Lin Wei did not wait too long. A few hours later, Goering, Hess, and Goebbels appeared in front of Lin Wei.

Maybe it was too sudden. After several people came in, they remained silent and smoked alone. After a while, Goering said, "Why did the head of state die? Wasn't his route strictly inspected? Safety There should be no problem!" Contrary to Lin Wei's expectations, Golin did not lose his temper, nor did he let Lin Wei feel angry. He just expressed his doubts. I don’t know if my temper has changed after I successfully detoxified, or for some other reason.

"The railway line where the head of state runs the train is inspected every two hours on average! If it is premeditated, only the power of the country can drive it out!" Lin Wei said, "It must have cultivated considerable strength and accumulated Only a country with many explosives talents can do this!"

"There are many such people in every country!" Goebbels said, "Which country is it? Is there any news about the SS now?" This was what Hess asked. ,

"It's scary because there is no news!" Lin Wei's expression never seemed to change, which also convinced several people that the SS had indeed made no progress, and they turned to their own thoughts.

"What do we do now?" Hess asked. Was it Hit all along? Le suppressed the Junker landlord. They obviously did not think they had this ability, so they all turned their attention to Lin Wei. Only Lin Wei had a relationship with the Junker landlord.

How many people did Lin Wei see in Hit? After being strangled to death, they all became so virtuous. I couldn't help but secretly say, "It seems there are really few talents in the National Socialist Party, Hit? Once strangled to death, the trees will fall and the hozens will scatter!"

"I can't help it!" Lin Wei spread his hands and said.

Several people were silent, and finally Goebbels said, "Lampard, I know that the Junker landowners have always looked down on us, and now that the head of state is dead. How can we continue to coexist peacefully!"

"What are you afraid of? We are the leaders of the country. What can the army do? If it doesn't work, we will deprive them of the command of the Wehrmacht!" Goering shouted again with a loud voice.

"Deprivation!" Lin Wei chuckled, "Marshal Goering, how are we going to fight against the Wehrmacht? Is it with the Hermann & Goering Air Force Armored Division that you still have on paper, or with a few paratrooper divisions that are not full? Or is it my Waffen SS? You have to know that the Wehrmacht has three million people. How many troops do we have?"

Goering remained silent. Lin Wei's words really shocked several senior officials of the National Socialist Party. Indeed, with the 200,000 armed SS and air force, they were no match for the Wehrmacht. Moreover, the entire Germany Except for the aviation industry, which was partly in the hands of Goering, the remaining industries were all controlled by Juncker landlords. Goering and others tried to use their existing forces to fight against the Wehrmacht, which was basically hitting an egg with a stone.

"What do you think we should do?" Hess, who had always been a man of few words, asked.

"Actually, you can also become Junker landowners!" Lin Wei said, "You should know that my family is not a Junker landowner. It is my grandfather Alfred & Krupp who founded the Juncker landowners." After joining the Lupp military industry, I was accepted by the Junker landlords and became one of them. There is no word "Feng" in my last name!"

"The leader, General Ludwig of the Wehrmacht has gone to the Netherlands!" Robert C. Crawford came in and said. From Hit? After Le was assassinated, Lin Wei ordered Robert C. Crawford to monitor the country, especially the actions of the National Defense Forces. After all, to complete the play, Lin Wei had to remove himself and Hit? All relations between death.

"Holland?" Lin Wei asked, then stood up and walked back and forth twice, and said in shock, "Ludwig went to find William II, the news has been leaked!"

"What?" Goebbels was shocked, "Why did Ludwig go to find Wilhelm II? Does he want to welcome Wilhelm II back to his throne?"

"Yes, it should be right. Those pedantic old guys have indeed not forgotten William II!" Lin Wei's words were half true and half false. On the one hand, Lin Wei really didn't understand why they wanted to win back William II. On the other hand, His father was also one of them, so Lin Wei couldn't say anything.

"We're done!" Hess concluded. Hess understood that if the Junkers were determined to restore the monarchy, they would be unable to stop them. Even if the Junkers were usually polite to them, if both sides broke out. Hit? It was okay when Le was here, but now Hit? Strangled to death, it would be impossible for just a few of them to confront the Junker landowners.

"It doesn't matter!" Lin Wei comforted, "We are a government elected by the people. Even if William II returns to Germany, he will not be able to abolish our party! Because we have the support of the people!" Goering and others heard Lin Wei Wei's words seemed to restore a glimmer of hope, and Goebbels asked, "Then what should we do now?"

"We need allies!" Lin Wei said, "The comparison of strength between us and the National Defense Force is simply disproportionate. Now we need widespread support. This support is not only the support of the people, but also the support of other countries!"

"Italy?" Hess said, "Italy's military strength is not enough to threaten the Wehrmacht! The Wehrmacht will not respect us because the Italians support us!"

Lin Wei said slowly, "The French army's combat effectiveness is not weak. If the French government supports us, the National Defense Forces will not dare to disobey us!"

"But France has been defeated now!" Goering said.

"There are many people in the French army who believe like us that National Socialism can save the world!" Lin Wei said, "Many French generals are very envious of Germany's current situation. You know, we have personally pushed Germany to glory! Of course the French don’t know that the Junker landowners have already begun preparing for war!”

"You mean, we can use the French army? But what are the conditions? The French will definitely put forward conditions!" Goebbels did not believe that the French would support them unconditionally.

"What if we relax the armistice conditions against France?" Lin Wei said. Now Lin Wei is ready to use Hit? Le was assassinated to achieve his stated goal, which was to find Germany a more reliable ally than Italy.

Goebbels and Hess looked at each other and said, "This can be considered! But time is too tight now, and we cannot come up with a comprehensive plan!"

"It doesn't matter, we can negotiate with the French now, and wait until William II returns to China! We will just perform a show with the French then!" Lin Wei affirmed. Later, Lin Wei told Goebbels about his plan. After consideration, Goebbels and others thought Lin Wei's plan was very risky, but for the sake of their own safety, they gritted their teeth and agreed to Lin Wei's idea. Goebbels immediately prepared to make a deal with Huntziger, the French negotiator, at the very moment of negotiation. Huntziger immediately revealed the situation to Petain. Although Petain didn't know about Hit? There was news that Le had died, but Pétain keenly felt that this was an opportunity for France, so he immediately asked Huntsiger to seize this opportunity. During the negotiation process with Goebbels, Huntziger felt that the matter was beyond his ability to handle, so he asked Goebbels and Pétain to interview him in person.

By this time, General Ludwig had arrived in the Netherlands and met Wilhelm II without any difficulty.

After seeing Wilhelm II, Ludwig immediately said, "Your Majesty, please follow me back to Germany!"

"Hitler would want me to go back?" William II asked, but at this time, a young figure suddenly appeared in William II's mind: "Your Majesty, within three months, you will return to Germany. !" Thinking of this, William II suddenly said, "Hit? What's wrong?"

"Hit? Le is dead!" Although Ludwig was a little surprised, he still answered William II's question.

"No wonder, he did it!" William II was mumbling something unknown. But immediately, Wilhelm II said, "How is Gustav now?"

"Your Majesty, it was Gustav who asked me to come. It was his son Lampard who told him the news!" Ludwig said.

Wilhelm II already has his own understanding of the matter, must it be Hit? Le was assassinated by Lampard, but for William II, the child of this old friend did realize his father's wish because his old friend had always missed him. So for Lin Wei, William II now knew how to deal with this matter, so he immediately said, "Let's go to Essen first. I want to see Gustav, and then we will talk about other things!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Ludwig responded.

William II looked at the place where he had lived for twenty years with nostalgia, and stepped out of the villa resolutely. He knew that his real hometown was Berlin, not this small villa.

At this time in France, Goebbels followed Huntsiger to Pétain's residence. As a minister of the victorious country, Goebbels should have been full of arrogance, but now, Goebbels, who was afraid that his status was in danger, obviously did not care. After all this, I came here to talk to Pétain in person. The meeting was completed in just a few dozen minutes, because the conditions proposed by Goebbels were very generous. Jean Pétain could not refuse. In the following negotiations, Pétain only needs to work together with Germany to perform a good show.

After William II entered Germany with Ludwig, he took a car directly to Essen. William II, who was already over eighty years old, speeded up his journey regardless of the fatigue of the journey. Wilhelm II, who had been away from Germany for twenty years, was eager to see his old friends.

Hit? The news of Le's assassination has spread to the top levels of the German government, but various German ministers who knew the seriousness of the situation tightly blocked the news. So now the ordinary people in Germany still don't know about Hit? Le was dead and they were preparing for a celebration because they already knew that the French had surrendered.

But this kind of thing cannot be hidden from the powerful Junker landowners. Most Junker landowners are against Hit? Le has no feelings at all, and is not even used to this Austrian corporal, just Hit? Le has indeed brought them sufficient profits, and has been supporting Hit? Le.

In June, Lin Wei entered Paris with the armed SS. In this magnificent capital, June is always the loveliest month, but now there is panic. On June 19, Lin Wei got the expected answer and learned that Hit? Where will Le propose the terms of an armistice? The armistice had been requested by Pétain two days before. This place is where the German Empire surrendered to France and its allies on November 11, 1918; a small clearing in the Compiègne forest.

Hit? Le will take his revenge here, for the place itself will add to the sweet taste of his revenge. He came up with the idea on May 20, just 10 days after launching the general offensive on the Western Front, and the day German tanks reached Abbeville. Jodl wrote in his diary that day: "The Führer is drafting a peace treaty... Preliminary negotiations will be held in the Compigen Forest."

On the evening of June 19, the day Goebbels and Pétain negotiated, Lin Wei drove to Compiègne and saw German engineers demolishing the walls of the museum where Marshal Foch’s old sleeping car and the 1918 Armistice Treaty were still preserved. It was signed in that carriage. When Lin Wei left, the German engineers had used pickaxes to knock down the wall and push the car onto the track in the middle of the open space. They said this was the exact place where the car was parked when the German envoys signed the armistice agreement on Foch's orders at 5 a.m. in November 1918.

On the afternoon of June 21st, this was the day of negotiations. William II had regained the allegiance of the Wehrmacht. Lin Wei stood on the edge of the Compigen Forest and watched what used to be Hitt? Le presided over the scene of the latest and greatest triumph. Lin Wei has seen this kind of scene many times in the past few tumultuous years due to his work relationship.

The June sun shone warmly on the majestic trees—elms, oaks, cypresses, and pines—casting a refreshing shadow on the avenue leading to the little circular clearing. At 3:15 in the afternoon, the Willem II Mercedes car arrived. Accompanying him were Göring, Brauchitsch, Keitel, Raeder, Linwei, Ribbentrop and Hess, all wearing various uniforms. The unique Reichsmarschall Göring still holds his Field Marshal's Scepter in his hand. They got out of the car in front of the statue of Alsace-Lorraine, about 200 yards from the clearing. The statue was covered with a German military flag so that Wilhelm II would not see the great sword, which was the great sword of the victorious Allies in 1918, embedded in a feeble eagle, which represented the Hohenzollern. dynasty of the German Empire. William II glanced at the monument and continued to stride forward.

After he walked to this small forest clearing, the flag of Germany's current Supreme Commander was raised in the center of the clearing. His attention was drawn to a large block of granite about three feet above the ground. Hitler was followed by some people, walked forward slowly, and read the large characters carved on the stone.

Inscription: 

On November 11, 1918, the German Empire surrendered here - defeated by the free people it sought to enslave. 

Wilhelm II read it, and so did Göring. They stood in the June sunshine and read it in silence. Everyone around was paying attention to the expression on William II's face. His face burned with contempt, anger, hatred, revenge and victory.