Chapter 57 This Is Cheering for 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 palace 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 army 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 German democracy and stability.

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 Alhaz 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 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, Schulenberg, and Schleicher were all members of the circle, and they were relatively well off. If their luck is not too bad, based on their current status, they will be able to become chief of general staff and 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 Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Soviets" was held at the Busch Circus Theater in Berlin. As a result of a Trojan horse being planted in advance, soldiers and workers who supported the Social Democrats accounted for the majority of the delegates. Although Liebknecht was aware of it, he also delivered a speech at the meeting, pointing out that counterrevolutionaries had sneaked into the Congress and calling on everyone to be more vigilant. But his speech had the opposite effect - Lenin would not have said the same thing, because it was attacking the Soviets and setting himself up against the Soviet deputies - 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 accounted for 6 people each, and there were 12 representatives of the Soldiers' Soviet (all Trojans) under their control. The entire Spartacist army was wiped out, and not a single executive member was captured. was effectively excluded from the Soviets. The six members of the People's Committee are all members of the Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party, namely Albert (as Prime Minister), Scheidemann, Landsburg, Ahaz, Dittmann and Bart. There was also no Spartacist.

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

"Humph!" Schleicher threw a copy of the just-published Red Flag on his desk and said through gritted teeth, "These Bolsheviks want to kill us all! These traitors to Germany. Don't you think so, Lu?" Derwig?"

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

This is the office of the Public Security Department, but the officers gathered here come from various departments of the General Staff. Most of them were lieutenant colonels and majors. There was a colonel, Colonel Val T. Nicholas of the Military Intelligence Agency, and there was a general named von Liedel.

Hirschman knew he had to take a clear stand. "Yes! That's what Liebknecht planned."

"Is this also Lenin's idea?" Major General Lieder said grumblingly, "This ungrateful villain, without us, he would never have come to power!"

"This is our own problem!" Hessmann said firmly. "We ourselves released Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg from prison, not Lenin! We can shoot them! Franz . Merlin, Clara Zetkin and others should also be shot. This is absolutely possible. This is what we did in Baltica! "

"Is it still okay now?" Major General Lieder asked.

"It's never too late to do this kind of thing!" Hessmann said, "There is no need to consider the relationship with Soviet Russia... Cooperation is cooperation, and suppression is suppression. These are two different things. Lenin didn't care about Liebknecht. 's life!"

"That's it," Schleicher said. Although he was only a lieutenant colonel, he seemed to be the leader of the group. "The Spartacist League (which has just been reorganized and is now an alliance) must be suppressed. But now we must capture the army. We must organize the Freikorps in Berlin...an officer school, the Guards, and The troops stationed in Zossen and Potsdam must be controlled."

Then, he said to Hessmann in a commanding tone: "Ludwig, you can't go back to Riga yet. Colonel Nikolai is going to the Spa headquarters... You are in charge of the intelligence work and report directly to me." report."

At this moment, someone suddenly rushed in like flying. It was an agent of Hessman's men. He was wearing an old military uniform of field gray. He was breathing heavily and had obviously come all the way. Just listen to him shouting loudly in German with a Russian accent: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, the Tsar, the Tsar's family is dead!"

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The third update, do you have any recommendations? Are there any that you haven’t collected yet? In addition, Luo Luo also wanted to ask for a Sanjiang ticket.