Chapter 178 The Future Commander Part 3

Dollon Manor is a luxurious residence built in the style of a hunting palace. It is located in Utrecht Province in the central part of the Netherlands. It takes about two hours to get here by car from Utrecht. It is surrounded by dense forests. At the intersection of the highway about 15 kilometers away from Dollon Manor, there are several lazy Dutch soldiers guarding - not letting people with bad intentions enter, and not letting William II, who lives in Dollon Manor, leave.

The Netherlands's asylum for William II is actually a kind of house arrest. The 15 kilometers around Dollon Manor is the range of activities of His Majesty the Emperor. However, this is not that Queen Wilhelmina deliberately made things difficult for William II. In November 1918, she was able to withstand the pressure of the Allies, asylum William II, and did not hand him over to the Allies for trial afterwards. This fully shows that her friendship with William II can withstand the test.

But the national strength of the Netherlands is limited after all, and it cannot be too disrespectful to Britain and France, so William II was confined within a radius of 15 kilometers. Hunting and chopping wood have become the main activities of the abdicated German emperor in the past 16 years.

Now, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the German Imperial Wehrmacht, General of Infantry Count Ludwig von Heinsberg-Hessmann, who is becoming increasingly powerful, has arrived in the Netherlands with a special mission, ready to take William II to the Baltic Republic. William II will wait there for the German people to elect him as the emperor of the Third Reich of Germany!

It is indeed the emperor of the Third Reich, not the emperor of the Second Reich. Although it is the same William, the constitution and territory of the empire will be completely different. William will be a constitutional monarch with little real power. The greatest value of his existence is to give the Junker nobles an extra trump card when fighting against Hitler-Hitler has no way to become a super leader of president + prime minister through election, nor can he become the commander-in-chief of the German armed forces. And the emperor is also the only leader who can unite the nobles and capitalists of the whole of Germany.

In addition, the Third Reich of Germany will be a unified Germany!

Not only will the Baltic Republic join Germany when William ascends the throne again, but the Republic of Austria will also join the German Empire at that time as planned. Czechoslovakia will also become part of the German Empire later in the name of the Kingdom of Bohemia!

The Third Reich of Germany not only continued the legal system of the Second Reich, but also the resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire - the Holy Roman Empire was considered the successor of the Roman Empire and the Charlemagne Empire for a long time, and this empire was not a unified country, but a union of a large number of kingdoms, duchies, and principalities.

To some extent, the Holy Roman Empire is the feudal version of the European Union.

Although the German government and the Army Policy Council have never publicly declared that they will merge Austria and Czechoslovakia, nor have they linked this merger with the restoration of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

However, once the news that Germany was going to invite William II from the Netherlands to live in the Baltic Republic came out, it still caused an uproar in Europe - everyone knows that the Baltic Republic is a semicolon of the German Empire. And although this country is named after the Republic, it is the base camp of the German royalists!

William II's trip to the Baltic can almost be seen as a signal that the Junker aristocracy is determined to promote restoration.

The restoration of Kaiser Wilhelm was seen as a symbol of the revival of German militarism - in fact, German militarism had already been revived!

So while Hessmann and others drove to Dollen Manor, Chancellor Adolf Hitler could only hold back his anger and meet with envoys from various countries who came to submit protest notes in the Chancellery at 77 Wilhelm Street.

"The international reaction to my going to the Baltic is very intense. Will this bring unnecessary trouble to the empire? Princess Juliana of the Netherlands also visited a few days ago and informed the British, French, Belgian and Italian countries of the suggestion to the Dutch government - prohibiting me from leaving Dollen."

In the Dollen Manor, which is very exquisitely decorated but not as luxurious as the official residence of the Royal City of Berlin, Charlottenburg Palace and Potsdam Palace. Hessmann met William II, who was obviously old but still majestic.

After Hessmann reported that he was going to send William to live in the Ambie Palace in Tallinn, William II talked about the reaction of the four countries of Britain, France, Italy and Belgium with some concern.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of the Netherlands will not restrict your freedom," Hessman replied, "Before coming to Doron Manor, I have met with the Queen of the Netherlands and the Prime Minister, and told them that Germany has made up its mind to welcome back His Majesty the Emperor."

This means that William II's return to the throne is a foregone conclusion! The Netherlands has been a good guy for so many years in dealing with William II. Wouldn't it be a waste of all its previous efforts to be a bad guy when the time comes?

Hessman went on to say: "Moreover, the strength of my German Empire has been restored, and its industry and armaments are sufficient to resist the threats from Britain, France and Belgium. Italy is currently busy preparing to invade Ethiopia and will never interfere in the internal affairs of the empire. As for Poland, due to Piłsudski's serious illness, the various factions are busy fighting internally and have no time to care about other things. Therefore, the protests from Britain and France are not a real threat. Your Majesty can set off for the Baltic tomorrow."

"How sure are you about the restoration?" William II then asked the question that he was most concerned about.

"The German people do not have much objection to Your Majesty's restoration." What he meant was: most people have no opinion - neither support nor oppose.

"The key now is the leader of the National Socialist Workers' Party, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler." Hersmann said. "As long as we get his support, the Reichstag can re-enact the Imperial Constitution and His Majesty can return to the throne." He paused, lowered his voice and said, "And Chancellor Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Workers Party , grew with the support of the Stasi, he would support you as long as you and Chancellor Hitler agreed in the Baltic Republic on the provisions of the Reich Constitution that limited the powers of the monarch."

Things are not that simple. Of course, Hitler was not willing to be tied down in domestic affairs - in fact, that was what the Nazi Party was good at. The Nazi Party had a way to firmly control the parliament and turn the "Weimar democracy" that could not accomplish anything into He can become a "constitutional dictatorship" that can do anything - but leading Germany to become a European hegemon is his dream.

Hersmann, on the other hand, wanted to tell Hitler through a military exercise that war as he understood it was completely outdated.

After hearing these words, William II suddenly showed a grateful smile, nodded towards Hessmann, and said: "Count, the Hohenzollern dynasty will never forget your loyalty and contribution!"

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"It's really small, very small, but I believe it can defeat the most powerful battlecruiser in the world!"

This was the emotion expressed by Wilhelm II when he boarded the armored ship "Deutschland" in the Port of Amsterdam.

"Deutschland" is currently Germany's most powerful warship. Construction started in February 1929 and was not commissioned until April 1933. Excluding the time for sea trials, it took nearly four years to build this armored ship with a standard displacement of 11,700 tons.

This is certainly because the Treaty of Versailles imposed restrictions on the tonnage of new warships built by the German Navy, which caused a headache for the shipyards responsible for the construction. But it also shows that Germany, which has not started building military ships for more than ten years, has become rusty in warship manufacturing.

And on the day Kaiser Wilhelm left the Netherlands on the "Deutschland", there was also a huge steel giant in the Port of Amsterdam - the battlecruiser "Hood" which had just completed some modernization and had a standard displacement of nearly 42,000 tons. .

"It's really big!"

When the "Deutschland" sailed past the parked "HMS Hood", Emperor William stood on the bridge of the "Deutschland" in full military uniform. Looking at the huge ship passing by, the emperor sighed softly: " It would be nice if the Mackensen was still around.”

"Your Majesty, in fact, the Mackensen cannot defeat the Hood. The British Hood has a larger caliber main gun and a higher speed." Hersman's face was calm when he spoke. None of them were annoyed by the British's move, which was almost a demonstration. Instead, they praised the "Hood".

"As far as the technical level of 1920 is concerned, the 'Hood' is indeed a miracle." He changed the subject and added, "But for the technology of 1935 or 1940, the 'Hood' was also a passing thing. Something new.”

"Is it obsolete?" Emperor William held on to the railing and looked up at the "Hood" which looked like a mountain on the sea.

"Outdated!" Hessman said, "Your Majesty, in the more than ten years since the end of the war, technology has advanced rapidly. We live in an era of scientific and technological revolution. Any experience in the last war can be used to guide the next war. All countries will encounter huge setbacks, and this kind of technological progress is most beneficial to Germany.”

Emperor William narrowed his eyes and looked at Hessmann and said: "What is the basis for you to say that?"

“Because Germany leads the world in education and science and technology, we have the largest number of engineers and technical workers in Europe,” Hirschmann said confidently, “so we can utilize new technologies faster and better than other countries. Moreover, we And we have the most heroic and fearless soldiers!”

Anyone who knows the history of World War II will definitely be infected by the fearless courage of the Nazi German soldiers, their spirit of marching forward bravely and shedding the last drop of blood for the country. However, what really made the German army invincible for a period of time was not only fearlessness and bravery, but also the qualities that the German nation possesses that are most suitable for the industrial era - rigorous, conscientious, rule-oriented, disciplined, smart, and well-educated. Still very high.

Therefore, they can master very complex mechanized warfare modes in the shortest time, so they can use relatively backward equipment to achieve miraculous victories again and again.