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Part One Twenty Years Chapter Thirteen Mutiny (6)

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    (Ludendorff copied a hundred or ten words in that paragraph. He thought what Baidu Encyclopedia wrote was quite interesting, so he used it as a doctrine. Hehe.)

    The cheers of Berlin citizens and the lonely gunshots were heard from the Paris Square in front of the Adlon Hotel. The German political giant who was sitting in a side hall on the second floor of the hotel didn't know what was going on. He just slightly raised his frown and suddenly  Calmness returned.  They raised their goblets of white wine high and tried to keep the less than enthusiastic reception going.

    "The parliamentary election is finally over" Tirpitz, the former Imperial Navy Minister, was in a suit and leather shoes, and he was able to move easily among imperial politicians, diplomats, and some frustrated veterans of the navy and army.  Accompanied by the hustle and bustle of the Paris Square and the sudden sound of gunfire, Tirpitz raised his glass and joked to Hindenburg, the current Minister of War, across two or three heads: "Grenel, who was supported by Ludendorff,  You should have been sworn in as Prime Minister of the Empire in the Great Summer Congress, Marshal, the Empire is now dominated by young people, and it¡¯s time for us old guys who are dying to call it a day."

    "Really? Compared with the Marshal, your words are insincere, please forgive me for my frankness" The bloated Marshal Hindenburg did not understand Tirpitz's meaningful words of lamentation, and gave up the congressional election instead.  Hindenburg, who had facilitated the alliance of almost all the forces in the empire that opposed Ludendorff, was in high spirits at the moment. His old face flashed with a shrewdness that was beyond his age, and he half-joked to Tirpitz: "I think this is just for young people.  It is a farce that does not serve the national interests of Germany, just as you chose to attend this cocktail party that symbolizes peace and eternity. Marshal, cheers and wish us happy cooperation with the Navy!"

    Marshal Hindenburg gently shook the red wine in the goblet, clinking glasses with Tirpitz from a distance, and then raised his head slightly to taste the strong white wine from the Rhineland Palatinate.

    "Thenplease cooperate happily." Tirpitz looked at Hindenburg, who was neither age nor political acumen suitable for being a first-rate politician.  Delicately recalling his previous incoherent speech, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in the cold at the top.

    Hindenburg apparently misunderstood Tirpitz¡¯s true intention of attending the peace reception hosted by Hindenburg, Heidlin and Prince Max.

    Just as Kapp, another political leader of the right-wing Fatherland Party, is currently in the Berlin Reichstag where Ludendorff and supporters of the Social Democratic Party are gathered, the right-wing Fatherland Party has never announced a boycott of this congressional election. It only relies on the strength of the right-wing Fatherland Party to  On the political map of the empire, it seeks parliamentary seats that can serve the interests of the navy. It has never explicitly announced its support for this parliamentary election, but relies on the not-so-huge political legacy left by the old Prime Minister Bethmann Horwig.  , maintaining a certain degree of contact with the conservatives who join forces horizontally and vertically.

    Repeatedly defeated the Royal Navy, opened up the imperial sea transportation lines, cut off the United States from participating in the war to support the European process, and threatened the United States homeland.  In the Imperial War of 1917, the Navy no longer needed to go into battle naked like the previous three naval political storms in the face of cruel political struggles. The Navy and the right-wing Fatherland Party founded by Tirpitz and Kapp only needed to secretly merge with the two factions before engaging in a life-and-death struggle.  Those who kicked the Navy out should remain vigilant and wait patiently for the party that barely won the power struggle and whose position was unstable to extend an olive branch to the Navy.

    In Tirpitz¡¯s calculation, the navy that is firmly entrenched in the Diaoyutai can easily replace the losers in the power struggle, and may even have a chance to gain supreme power in the empire after both conservatives and radicals lose in the fight.  Even if the navy is not naturally suitable for holding political power.

    Furthermore, the right-wing Fatherland Party is not entirely equivalent to the Navy.  To be precise.  The right-wing Fatherland Party is just a political party that embodies Tirpitz¡¯s selfish motives and fully supports Sealem at the party political level. Just like the left-wing Fatherland Party founded by Grenell and Ludendorff was born out of the Army, but is actually just a reckless party.  Dendorff took a roundabout way to seize the tool of imperial political dictatorship.

    "Marshal, the situation is not good"

    While Tirpitz was tasting white wine with a glass of wine, Hindenburg's assistant hurried in, leaned close to the Minister of War and whispered.

    Tirpitz, who was three or two heads away, could vaguely hear the chilling-sounding keywords of "Left-wing Motherland Party," "Failure," "Albert" and "Social Democratic Party."

    The assistant hasn¡¯t finished speaking yet.  Field Marshal Hindenburg turned pale.  The old guy found Hedlin, who had been automatically dismissed from his post as prime minister of the caretaker government, and Prince Max, whose position as regent was in jeopardy, and hurriedly walked deeper into the side hall.

    At this time, Reich Foreign Minister K¨¹rmann, an ally of the right-wing Fatherland Party, came over and touched Tirpitz lightly with the hand holding the wine glass.  He pursed his lips towards Hindenburg and the others as they hurriedly left, and asked in a low voice: "They look like they are in big trouble"

    "It is indeed a big trouble" Tirpitz nodded, gently shook the goblet in his hand, and after a long timeAdded: "K¨¹rmann, you have to adapt to the days when the navy and army share the highest power of the empire. Maybe this is not in line with the empire's tradition, but we have no choice."

    K¨¹hlmann was startled for a moment and then realized what he was doing.  Since the resignation of Prime Minister Bateman, the Foreign Secretary, who has been suppressed by the two previous Prime Ministers of the Empire, beamed with joy at a cocktail party hosted by his enemy, and laughed without any scruples: "I got it!"

    ****

    "No, this is impossible!"

    The water glass placed on the table was knocked off and shattered on the floor.  Anger, doubt, loss and despair all rushed into Ludendorff's mind, causing a general in his prime to collapse.  The Director of Imperial Demands held on to the back of the chair and took a few steps back unconsciously. He sat down on the sofa dejectedly, covered his head and let out a painful, low roar: "Unless Hindenburg and the others abandon them without any bottom line."  I lost my faith and colluded with reactionaries like Albert, determined to knock me to the ground!"

    The usually energetic Commissariat Director had never been more agitated than now, and Ludendorff called his men to his office, blaming no one but himself for the Social Democrats' "blatant" theft of power.  Ludendorff continued to make long and heated remarks, while his subordinates sat in embarrassment. In the end, Ludendorff collapsed on the floor due to excitement.

    "General, what should we do next?" The generals in the room were silent. Only Major General William Grenell dared to interrupt Ludendorff's thoughts at this time, shrinking his head and pragmatically asking for a solution to the situation.

    "What to do?!" Ludendorff screamed strangely, got up from the floor, and made a beheading gesture on the generals with his arms crossed.  "Find a reason such as fraud by the Social Democratic Party to declare the parliamentary election invalid, ban the Social Democratic Party, and the Western Front Army marches north in batches to suppress the Albert Rebellion. Berlin and surrounding areas will enter a state of military control, and the Supreme Command will re-select at a later date.  Grenel, you can just list some crimes and cooperate with the Berlin garrison, military police and military police to take the opportunity to purge some hateful old guys. Also, give the navy the greatest rights and invite them to co-govern. The army now needs the support of the navy!  "

    ****

    With an order from the Imperial Commander-in-Chief, the Berlin garrison controlled by Ludendorff began to further escalate its campaign against conservatives.

    At the moment the election ended, only some peripheral organizations of conservative forces supporting Hindenburg, Heidlin and Prince Max were suppressed by the Army, which thought it had all the power of the empire. Gunfire was sparse in Berlin.  After Ludendorff issued the purge order, the scope was quickly expanded to include the Social Democrats celebrating their electoral victory in the streets of Berlin.  The Supreme Command's announcement of "invalid elections and martial law in Berlin" angered the Social Democratic Party, so there were heated scenes in Paris Square and Unter den Linden, in which people marched against Maxim machine guns, and the Social Democratic Party secretly armed themselves against the Berlin garrison.

    The fierce resistance of the Social Democrats and Juncker landlords touched the nerves of the Army. The Army's purge movement aimed at eliminating political opponents was intertwined with the Berlin citizen uprising, and the situation in the German capital became no longer under control.

    Feeling betrayed and fooled, the officers and soldiers of the Berlin garrison aimed their guns at any poor guy who dared to slander, slander or even just complain about the army. In the end, even some respected political celebrities were not spared in this riot.  Norman, the conservative leader of the Junker landowners in the Empire who played an important role in the three naval political storms, was shot to death by the army in one of his private villas.

    There was loud gunfire outside the Adlon Hotel, and the host and participants of the peace reception were in chaos.  Tirpitz looked at Marshal Hindenburg, who was still complacent a few hours ago but has now become helpless, and couldn't help but shake his head in disdain.

    Although Ludendorff was the most powerful figure in the Army and the supreme commander of the Berlin garrison, Hindenburg was ultimately the nominal supreme leader of the Army. No matter how domineering Ludendorff was, he could not block his connection with the Army.

    The gunshots heard on the streets of Berlin immediately after the parliamentary election proved that Ludendorff had already planned against the conservatives. However, Hindenburg, who became the chief of the army general staff, knew nothing about it. The conservatives were serious about not losing power.  There is no justice.

    "Mr. K¨¹hlmann, it's time to say goodbye." Tirpitz ignored Prince Max's efforts to persuade him to stay, turned around and joked to K¨¹hlmann: "General Ludendorff is busy dealing with conservatives and Social Democrats, so he must not have time.  Pay attention to us little fishes and shrimps in the sea!"

    With a faint professional smile on his face, K¨¹hlmann bowed and opened the main door of the reception hall, making an invitation to Tirpitz.

    As soon as K¨¹hlmann opened the glitzy white front door, the crisp sound of gunfire came over.  K¨¹hlmann watched in stunned silence as Tirpitz clutched his bleeding chest and fell weakly to the floor. A group of army soldiers followed closely.He abruptly broke into the side hall of the reception. The leader, an army lieutenant wearing an armed belt, blew the smoke from the muzzle of his pistol and said with a stern expression: "Gentlemen, you are under arrest!"
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