Chapter 6 Resign! Up! (1)
(Don't blame the transition section...)
On May 29, 1917, the whole world's attention was focused on Kiel.
From the early morning, Hedy Silem, who was also the commander-in-chief of the Kill Rebellion Command as the deputy commander of the Ocean Fleet, was surrounded by rebels in Kiel. News of life and death had spread throughout the streets and alleys of Berlin. After the efforts of intelligence personnel from various countries lurking in Berlin, various rumors were fed back to their intelligence departments indiscriminately, and the entire Europe was inflicted on the storm, and the United States, which was actively preparing for war across the ocean, experienced a deep tremor.
There is no doubt that if General Sileme, who has a wide influence in Germany, was defeated and killed in Kiel, not only will the strength of the counter-insurgency forces be weakened, but the morale of the rebels will be encouraged, and the Kiel riot will become uncontrollable. The well-trained ocean fleet in Germany will also break with the German army due to the inaction of the army. On the contrary, if Heidel's adventure was successful, the Kiel riot, which lasted only three days, would not have much impact on Germany. Although Kiel's destruction after the war is foreseeable, this cannot destroy Germany's war potential.
Everyone knows that May 29ri will be a day that will affect the direction of war in Germany and even Europe. Although it is a bit late, the intelligence agencies of the Allied Powers, who later realized, still launched rescue operations, trying to disrupt Germany's pace of quelling the rebellion.
It was also from the early morning that the Berlin Supreme Command, which had previously been ambiguous about the Kiel riot, suddenly changed its appearance and made a positive reaction: a large number of troops drove out of Berlin, and the troops deployed on the periphery of Kiel were also ordered to break into Kiel.
Charlottemberg Palace, the emperor's study.
The "Chapter" on the wall has been taken off, and the busts of Frederick the Great and William I are hanging opposite the desk on the other side, staring at them. The emperor William, who has become the nominal ruler of Germany, was walking back and forth in the spacious study in a marshal's uniform without a marshal's arms, looked uneasy.
Suddenly, the study door was pushed open roughly, and the emperor's assistant and his gold-rimmed glasses broke in. The gold-rimmed glasses fell on the carpet, and its owner was half lying on the ground, panting: "Your Majesty, he is dead!"
"Really?!" The emperor's hand holding the sword tightened unconsciously, and the anger on his face quickly turned into a arrogant joy.
"It's not Heidi Silem!" The assistant slowly climbed up, covering his violently undulating chest. It took him a long time to sort out his chaotic thoughts, and explained with red eyes: "It's our chief guard. General Jodman was killed!"
"Jodman... is dead..." The emperor's passionate expression frozen instantly, and his mood was hung in the air. He wanted to vent but couldn't say anything. Finally, he sat down on the sofa depressedly, holding his head in both hands and making a roar of half regret and half nervousness: "How is this possible, how is this possible!"
Berlin, the supreme headquarters.
In May, in order to prevent Russia from withdrawing from the war completely, the British and French forces launched a fierce attack on the Western Front and made a decisive battle. The Western Front was suddenly full of war and artillery fire.
The combat command room and telegraph room confidential officers came in and out to report the latest progress of the Western Front War. The well-trained combat staff made models on the huge sand table based on the data sent back to deduce the next trend of the British and French coalition forces on the Western Front.
""The Chief of Staff of the Army, Hindenburg, was sitting in the inconspicuous corner of the combat command room, and seemed to be sitting upright. But everyone knew that he was just pretending, but in fact he was almost asleep. Ludendolf was also in the combat command room. Although the director of the power of God was only the second-person in the Army, everyone knew that the powerful and ruthless general was the protagonist of the Supreme Command.
The staff of the Supreme Command reported to Rudendolf as always. However, today, their military chief was in a very bad mood, and many conscientious staff members had been defeated by Rudendolf.
The staff members in the command room gathered together carefully, randomly guessing whether the anger of the military chief was related to the war in Kiel. The appearance of General William Grenell confirmed their views.
"General, the plan failed..." William Grenell walked over and lowered his voice to the ear canal.
"Oh?" Marshal Hindenburg, who seemed to be asleep, opened a thin slit slightly, and then closed his eyes again. The military chief looked at the boss's small movements, turned his head to look at Grenell, who was doing this, snorted coldly, and was invincible without anger.
"The Chief Guard blocked several bullets for Silem. The former was killed, while the latter was only shot in the leg and injured." General William Grenell, who messed up a big show planned by Jingxin, subconsciously avoided Rudendolf's cold gaze and said embarrassedly: "General, the war between Keel is over. I think we should not have... a chance!"
Berlin, Navy Headquarters.
The war in Kiel was over. The emperor's guard, Jodman, was killed, General Silem was injured, and the Marines suffered heavy losses, but the results were also "Full" great power. Chapter 6: Abdicate! Go to power! (1) Most of the "thick" Kiel workers' armed forces were eliminated, and the second leader Blunt was shot dead. His leader Albert could only lead a small number of remnants to retreat in a hurry to the north of Shileswig. It was a death place surrounded by the sea on both sides and backed by the Kiel Canal!
After the war in Kiel, it became natural for the rebel fleet at Holtenau to surrender. The Admiralty promised to remove the Baltic Fleet and the senior officers of the Kiel Naval Base, to pardon most of the sailors and to guarantee their treatment. The rebel fleet would return to Kiel's dock and wait for other orders from the Admiralty, but before that, both the shamed empire and the rebellious sailors would need a step down.
"It should be time to resign!" Reinhardscher stood in front of the windowsill of the Navy Minister's Office at the Navy Headquarters headquarters, looking at the gray sky in Berlin, his thoughts unconsciously became chaotic.
Many years ago, Imperial Navy Ministers Tirpitz and Ingnoll also made the decision to resign in this office. Schell could not speculate on the feelings of his predecessors at that time, but he knew that he did not have much regret at the moment.
Having commanded the magnificent Battle of Ridland, defeated the arrogant Royal Navy to the dust, participated in the Battle of Portsmouth, and played the British in applause, Schell felt that his naval career had been completed.
After his resignation, Hippel will undoubtedly take over his position. In fact, the rational General Hippel is more suitable for this overall position than the irritable one. He must have taken over the position of commander of the Ocean Fleet. Perhaps since the Battle of Helgolan Bay, Sippel has become the commander of the Ocean Fleet. The only thing worth discussing is the time to advance.
In 1917, there were two baptisms of the "Sea Souls of the Great Power" battles between the Ridland and the Battle of Ustica. Scher believed that Silem was fully capable of this position.
"Navy, good luck!" Schell picked up the resignation telegram that was resting on his desk, thought for a while, and then picked up his pen and added a sentence at the end of the telegram.
"He will turn the empire upside down!" Blunt's escort echoed in the ruined villa hall.
The army soldier carrying the body of the head guard covered in the uniform of the Imperial Admiral stopped unconsciously. The Berlin reinforcements who controlled the bell tower less than fifty meters outside the villa turned their heads in surprise, and Colonel Heint Telmann, who was squatting above the spiral ladder and smoking slightly shaking his body.
The villa with a strong bloody smell became silent again. The imperial officers and soldiers present looked at Blunt in a daze, shouting out the prophecy that was enough to make people sweat, and then fell straight on the villa ladder, staring at the dome of the villa with a scattered look.
"Ha!" Catherine in her arms fell asleep. Wang Heidi reached out to stroke Catherine's pale cheeks due to excessive blood loss. Then she grabbed the handrail of the spiral ladder and stood up slowly, raised her head slightly and looked down at the villa hall with blood flowing into the river.
Dick and Verani are dead. Business tycoon Dick and his mean wife are always at the forefront of the times. In Kiel's twists and turns, no one expected that the industrial tycoon would leave the stage in an extremely humble way.
The emperor's chief guard Jodman died. He was a foolish and loyal guy. He did not forget to hide the golden pistol with the Hohenzollern family before he was temporarily. It is said that Emperor William never left his body to hide it. It seems that if he could not do so, Wang Heidi could not see some clues. At the same time, he was also an absolute tragic hero, whether to be loyal to Emperor William or to be loyal to him." Germany hesitated until he finally chose a way that seemed to be the best of both worlds but was extremely cruel to himself.
Blunt was also dead. This was a controversial figure who launched the battle that almost destroyed Keel, almost triggering a riot in the empire, but the guy's motive for the uprising was noble and idealistic.
Wang Heidi's eyes stayed in front of Blunt for a moment, sighed lightly, and then jumped to Colonel Lauren who rushed into the villa.
"General, the assassin is Captain Zorg Thomas!" Colonel Lauren, who rushed over from the interim headquarters, was obviously out of anger and crawled in through the gap in the villa on the side of the clock tower. "I didn't expect that the Navy would have such a scum!"
After listening to Colonel Lauren's roar patiently, Wang Heidi looked calm.
"Send Catherine to the hospital..." Wang Heidi called Lauren over and told him to take care of Catherine, and find him a car that can be driven.
Catherine was taken to a nearby hospital by soldiers, and Wang Heidi also walked out of the villa that made him feel suffocated and limped on the streets of Kiel.
Kiel seemed to have really calmed down. There was no gunshot or fire. The smoke that covered the sky was blown away by the slightly drunk sea breeze. The sun shone again on the streets at the end of May, with a fresh smell and an unusually soft and soft.
"General, congratulations, you were appointed commander-in-chief of the Ocean Fleet!" Wang Heidi also wandered on the streets of Kiel, enjoying the rare sunshine, trying to dispel the darkness accumulated in his heart. At this time, Colonel Heint-Telmann and Colonel Lauren of the Hannover Grenadier Regiment not only sent Wang Heidi a black car with dust, but also the latest appointment letter from the Admiralty. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!