The Rise of Australia - Chapter 996

c976 Rebellion

The destruction of 1.5 million troops has put Russia in a very bad situation. But obviously, there is a country in a worse situation than Russia at this time, that is, Germany, whose strategic defense line has to be passively contracted.

Compared with the firmly united Germany before and during the war, the current Germany is more like a mixture of chaos and disorder.

The German Chancellor is not omnipotent, and he cannot make all Germans trust and obey him.

Whether it is the German military high-ranking officials or government officials, or those retired old guys, there are anti-German Chancellor groups.

Although the German Chancellor has also established relevant domestic intelligence organizations for this purpose, he has repeatedly reviewed those retired old guys and military and political high-ranking officials.

But things in the dark cannot be completely eliminated. They will shrink in the dark when Germany gains an advantage, and they will also stand up to condemn when Germany falls into a disadvantage.

The most famous senior official against the German Chancellor is the retired military high-ranking Ludwig Beck.

This guy, who is also famous in history, was awarded the rank of General of Artillery because of his brilliant 40-year military career. (First-class honorary military rank)

In his military service, Ludwig Beck served as the chief of the German Army General Staff until he was forcibly removed from office due to political disagreements with the German Chancellor.

But it was also because of this that General Ludwig Beck was very dissatisfied with the German Chancellor’s arrogant behavior, and he also opposed Germany’s war against Poland without being fully prepared.

But the subsequent rapid defeat of Poland was obviously beyond Ludwig Beck’s expectations. General Ludwig was not a fool. He decisively gave up his opposition to the German Chancellor on the surface and honestly became a retired old man.

However, after the failure of the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Sudalingrad, Ludwig Beck thought that the time had come.

While Germany has not lost its last strength and while Germany’s homeland has not been attacked by the Allies, now is Germany’s last chance to make peace.

However, most of the German government and military at this time are pro-war factions, and the German Chancellor is a determined and crazy warmongerer.

Under such circumstances, if the government wants to agree to surrender to the Allies, it must do everything possible to pull the German Chancellor down from his high position.

Considering the large number of confidants and crazy SS cultivated by the German Chancellor, if you want to completely bring him down, you must decisively and quickly overthrow the government and execute him.

Executing the German Chancellor, what a crazy idea.

Although many military leaders among the Junker nobles are dissatisfied with the German Chancellor, they are obviously unable to confront the core forces cultivated by the German Chancellor.

The German Chancellor has cultivated a large number of confidants through various means, including the SS, which is only loyal to the Prime Minister, the German Air Force controlled by the Prime Minister’s confidant Goering, and intelligence organizations established under various names.

Such a luxurious lineup, let alone the opposition of several military leaders, even if it can incite a part of the army to rebel directly, it is not necessarily possible to capture Berlin before the German Chancellor reacts.

If discovered, there is only one ending for such a crime of treason, that is, execution.

General Ludwig Beck obviously knew the consequences of failure, but he also knew that he and Germany had little chance.

In order to successfully rebel and control the German regime, it is necessary to have several very firm and reliable allies, and the allies must also have a sufficient number of troops.

The first target of General Ludwig Beck was Hans Speidel. Although Hans Speidel was only a major general, he had a relatively elite force in his hands.

More importantly, Major General Hans was a good friend of Admiral Ludwig Beck, and Admiral Ludwig naturally understood that Major General Hans had become somewhat dissatisfied with the Prime Minister’s rule.

In fact, long before the beginning of the war, Major General Hans was still a nationalist and agreed with the German Prime Minister’s military expansion and preparations.

But it is obvious that the German Prime Minister’s actions are far more than military expansion and preparations and the annexation of several small countries. His plan is even to annex the whole of Europe.

The behavior of offending several major European powers at once seemed a bit crazy to General Hans, especially the behavior of Germany’s single-handedly challenging the entire world in the middle and late stages of the war, which made Major General Hans more suspicious of the German Prime Minister.

Like General Ludwig Beck, Major General Hans believed that if Germany could not withdraw from the war as soon as possible, the German people would face a disaster worse than World War I.

This idea coincided with General Ludwig Beck’s idea, which was why the two could come together and become friends.

But it was impossible for a small major general and an infantry division to overthrow the German Prime Minister.

In order to ensure the success rate of the plan, General Ludwig Beck and Major General Hans unanimously decided to gather more troops by winning over more military leaders before taking action.

The good news is that since the failure of the Battle of Sudalingrad, the Junker nobles have been very dissatisfied with the German Prime Minister who insisted on launching the Battle of Sudalingrad.

It is still easy to gather a few powerful military leaders who oppose the Prime Minister.

A few days later, a huge good news completely excited Major General Hans and General Ludwig Beck.

Because Major General Hans’ lobbying played a big role. He not only persuaded some senior officers of the newly appointed Army Group B, but also persuaded the current commander-in-chief of Army Group B, Marshal Erwin Rommel, who was known as the “Eagle of the Empire”.

Erwin Rommel is a well-known name. Although his resume is not the same as in history, Erwin Rommel still demonstrated his talents in his military career and was promoted to Field Marshal.

As one of the three most outstanding generals in Germany during World War II, Erwin Rommel’s military ability is beyond doubt.

Even in this world, Erwin Rommel still served as the commander of the German Prime Minister’s headquarters and other important positions, which is enough to show the German Prime Minister’s trust in this Eagle of the Empire.

For Major General Hans and General Ludwig Beck, it was unthinkable to win over Rommel.

After all, Rommel is an active Field Marshal, in charge of Army Group B, one of the three major German Army Groups, with a force of hundreds of thousands of people.

Compared with Rommel, the infantry division led by Major General Hans was nothing.

Although Army Group B was located in France, this rebellion would have been much smoother if it had received Rommel’s support.