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Chapter Thirteen The Emperor's Trembling (5)

Before the Chief of Staff of the Army Falkenheim gave out the "Overlord Plan" that was very likely to end the European war early, the Navy and Army emergency meeting held for the "Next Stage of the Emperor's Operation Strategy" had ended unhappily.

Albert William Heinrich, commander-in-chief of the Baltic Fleet, threw out the long-planned Berlin Chronicle. Heidi Sileme, who was at the peak of his career, resigned angrily. General Boer, chief of the Navy, announced on behalf of the Navy that he "don't accept this ending", while the hot-tempered Navy minister directly bombarded Prince Henry.

“It’s a pity…”

Schell had had enough of the emperor's interference in the internal affairs of the naval affairs. Since the beginning of the Helgolan Gulf voyage, the German Empire has maintained a tacit understanding with the British Empire on the other side of the North Sea: the British had to humiliately abandon their Navy Minister and the First Maritime Minister to block the accusations of the people in the country due to a series of flight failures. What is ridiculous is that the German Navy, as the victorious party, performed exactly the same. The imperial Navy and the chief of staff of the Navy resigned one after another to calm the emperor's anger, only because the navy's road to victory was always contrary to the "broad road" pointed out by the emperor.

In 1915, the emperor and the navy had no secrets, but both sides maintained a certain tacit understanding, so that the people of the empire could remain optimistic. But now, the navy marshal no longer wanted to endure humiliation. Reinhard Scher, who had refused to grant the title of nobles to the royal family, was not as scrupulous as Heidi Silem. He had a hot personality and wanted to avenge the difficult navy.

Regardless of General Xianger's fierce look, Sheer's words were unprecedentedly sharp when facing the gloomy emperor:

“As the Minister of the Navy, I find that I can no longer work with His Majesty the Prince”

The Navy Minister gave the emperor a single choice question. Either the Navy Minister resigned, or the Prince Henry, who betrayed the Navy, left.

The younger brother of the German Emperor William, Albert William Heinli, was replaced by Prince Henry, who was close to being Prince Henry, and his shallow smile quickly solidified.

The ambitious prince thought everything was under his control: helping the emperor to overthrow Heidi Silem, and then stealing the real power of the fleet with William's support. He Albert William Heinrich's ability is far inferior to that of the navy's god of war. However, Silem has consolidated the foundation of the German Navy, and the German Navy can win even if it is lying down!

The plan was beautiful, but when Prince Henry heard the ultimatum of the Navy minister's murderous aura, he realized that he was just a clown who directed and acted on a stage that did not belong to him, and he was exploited.

"Henry. You're doing a good job in Keel. Being my Naval Cabinet Secretary is a wonderful choice, isn't it?" Emperor William took a deep breath and stood up, and said coldly. Hearing the stunned brother, he picked up the sword on the table, and led the three civil servants' cabinets to leave the conference room angrily.

The Navy Minister was also ready to leave. He stuffed the Navy's plan to kill the Canadian battleship trapped in Newcastle back into his briefcase. He strided away from the conference hall, and it seemed that the person who had just confronted the emperor in public was not him.

In the conference hall of the Charlottemberg Palace, the scene of the imperial emperor and the naval ministers walking backwards did not attract the attention of the generals and important officials present.

The Junker landlord radicals who planned and picked up Prince Henry's conspiracy and a small number of army generals who hated the popular navy still couldn't see through the fog in 1915. Even if the conflict between the navy and the emperor completely broke out, they still stubbornly believed that the incident was still within a controllable range and narrowed the contradiction to the personal conflict between Heidi Silem and the emperor.

In this way, the problem is solved. The Army and Junker landlords never completely defeated Heidi Sileme. After Portsmouth's flight, he was promoted to become an admiral can explain everything. As long as Sileme can resign decently or leave the front-line troops and cut off all ties with the union, the Army and Junker will never make things difficult for the heroes of this country. As for the personal conflict between the emperor and Heidi Sileme, they don't care.

The Army left the venue happily and made an appointment to go to the Adelon Hotel where the cunning Norman was located to discuss the follow-up of the incident. When the gorgeous World War I ended, they were embarrassed and realized that they had detonated a ghost who had always wandered in the German land in advance.

"These short-sighted fools!"

Empire Prime Minister Bateman Holvey screamed in a chair and cursed softly.

From the moment Heidi Sileme resigned, Bateman realized that Hai, which was stronger than the sum of the previous two political storms, had already formed. Regardless of the navy, the anti-Silem political alliance and the emperor's tripartite game, who can win, the loser can always be Germany.

Bateman couldn't help but turn his head to look at the deep night sky between the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows, fantasizing that dawn would never come, because with the dawn of the 18th, the whole of Germany would fall into chaos.

The Berlin Chronicle does not cover a wide range of coverage. However, any news involving Heidi Sileme is the dish of the hungry Germans. The Imperial Navy God of War has an affair with the trade unions and the social-democratic party. This shocking news will inevitably cause chaos among the people once it spreads.

The Empire was extremely hated by trade unions and social-democratic party members. They might not accuse Heidi Sileme of his personality, but the voices demanding his resignation would never be weak.

The disputes in the conference hall of the Charlottemberg Palace are definitely not hidden from the intentional people, and there are considerable loopholes in the evidence presented by the anti-Heindi-Silem political alliance. In addition, the resignation letter from Shanghai Ti-Silem believes that there will be no less people who are framed by some people with ulterior motives or who simply sympathize with the Navy God of War.

This is not the whole of the disaster. In early August 1914, under the invasion of the patriotism that swept across Germany, the Social Democratic Party, the largest party in Congress, chose to "suspend Congress and end all party struggles." However, with the bankruptcy of the quick decision and the continued war, a party with a wide influence among workers and lower-class citizens was splitting. The left-winger Esbadak-sect regarded himself as a clamoring to regain the rights belonging to Congress and stop this "damn war."

The social-Democratic Party’s abnormal movement has long aroused the dissatisfaction of the Junkers and the pan-Germanyists. The government has secretly arrested the left-wing leaders of the social-Democratic Party to weaken the workers’ party. Silame’s resignation will undoubtedly trigger ideological confrontation in advance and put the situation into chaos.

Before dawn, only the Imperial Violent Propaganda Agency could stop all this, but as the head of the government, the right to close the door of destruction was not in his hands.

"Your Majesty, you may be the most successful disruptor of this century. You first launched a European war to leverage the foundation of the Sun-Down Empire, and then turned your guns and worked tirelessly to deal with your own people!"

Thinking of this, the Imperial Prime Minister could no longer sit still. Bateman stood up and called out to Franz von Xianger who was about to leave.

"General Xianger, from this moment on, you may be the last commander of the Navy with sufficient prestige and clear mind." Bateman Holvesia patted Xianger's shoulder on the head of the Ocean Fleet Commander-in-Chief and said to the direction of Emperor William's study: "We have to do something for Germany!"

(--Gorgeous dividing line--)

In an instant, the conference hall of the Charlottemberg Palace became empty, but that night, the hazy Berlin was destined to be sleepless.

The navy rushed back to the Navy headquarters, stopped Heidi Sileme, who was preparing to resign, and found measures to deal with the provocation of the anti-Heidi Sileme political alliance; Prince Henry, who was exploited and cowardly, was as if he had lost his parents, and no one had noticed this poor man except his brother.

In the Emperor's study, William stared at Albert William Heinrich, who might be the member of the Hohenzollern family who knew the best of the Navy, and said seriously:

"Henry, please tell me truthfully, will the Ocean Fleet without Heidi Silame continue to win?"

The frustrated Prince Henry looked at his brother, nodded first, and then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Before 1917, even without Heidi Sileme, the Ocean Fleet with a numerical advantage can firmly suppress the Germans as long as it does not make mistakes." Before William asked, Prince Henry began to explain his contradictory expression in detail: "But around 1917, Britain will usher in the peak of its main battleship service. By then, we will add two to four Bavarian-class battleships, one Deflinger-class and three Markensen-class battleships, and the British will add more than five R-class battleships, one Canadian-class battleship, three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, three R-class battleships modified from R-class, two King Kong-class battleships loaned from Japan, and there may be a dreadnought loaned from South America, so the British will definitely regain the advantage!"

"A year and a half are enough for the Empire to win!" The conceited emperor nodded, leaned on the hollowed-out chair, and said lightly on the phone: "Be careful about Albert, make sure he speaks for us. Also, even if you find Blunt!"

On the other side, as a breeding ground for the empire to breed conspiracies and rumors, the Adelon Hotel suite was filled with army officials who ended the high-level military meeting of the Charlottemberg Palace and the radical Junkers who arrived from the manor in the countryside of East Prussia.

"Although there was no signature from Heidi Sileme on that application, it is an indisputable fact that he was very close to the trade union organization and the Social Democratic Party." Max von Fabeck, then commander-in-chief of the First Army of the Western Front, complained hard: "That old guy Boer actually said he would never accept this ending. Haha, shouldn't professional soldiers stay away from politics?"

"I'm afraid our Admiral Boer has been knocked out by the continuous victory of the Navy." Friedrich Norman sat on the soft sofa with his legs crossed, gently shaking the Hawker in his cup, and said contemptuously: "He has forgotten his origin."

"Wait, Norman, I have something to say before criticizing Boer!" The silent chief of staff of the Army finally spoke. He stopped Friedrich Norman's long speech and said worriedly: "Norman, I think the whole thing is a conspiracy!"
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