"Of course, if you don't believe me, we can do a simple deduction.”Adolf's eyes flashed with unfathomable confidence. He pointed at the huge map of Europe on the wall of Hindeburg's office and stood up.
Hindeburg couldn't help but follow, wondering what this mustached man had to say.
" The essence of Schlieffen's plan was to concentrate the superior forces to attack the French capital through the low-lying areas of belgium. At that time, we were defeated by the Marne River because of insufficient troops.”
Adolf held the teaching stick in one hand and demonstrated it to Hindeburg on the map.
" Now, if we successfully break through Paris in 1914, then due to the emptiness of the Eastern Front, the Russian army will take advantage of the weakness to attack our East Pronia and Silicia. Our allies will not be able to resist because they have to guard against the attack from Italy in the south.”
"But even so, the Russian army was unable to withstand a single blow. Tannenburg is the best example!”
Hindeburg retorted. The Battle of Tannenburg was his famous battle, so he did not think that the Russian army could pose much of a threat to Germany.
"Mr. President, don't be anxious. How do you think you compare to Napoleon?”
Adolf didn't rush to refute him. Instead, he asked this question.
"Of course he's more powerful!"
Although they looked down on France, everyone in Europe knew about Napoleon. If someone said that they were better than Napoleon, they would only be treated as a lunatic.
"Back then, Napoleon almost conquered Europe. Apart from Britain and Russia, we all know his final choice. He sealed the continent and led his troops to Russia. In the end, 600,000 troops were defeated.”
Adolf said as he looked at Hindeburg and lowered his head.
" Although the combat effectiveness of the Russian army cannot be compared to the Empire's army, it has an extremely vast territory and strategic depth. Even if we conquer the Western Front and attack them with millions of troops, we will be delayed by the cold winter because of the slow speed. In this way, we will have to face the worst situation on the Western Front since 1916. We will fall into a protracted war on the Eastern Front, and the Empire's disadvantage in population and resources will be completely exposed.”
Adolf analyzed, and Hindeburg nodded in agreement.
" But..." Hindeburg quickly raised another question." Although the other party has greater strategic depth, a Red Revolution will soon happen in Russia. At that time, they will withdraw from the war like in 1917. At that time, the Empire will get the vast granary of Eastern Europe, and we will have a greater chance of winning the war!”
"Forgive me for being blunt, Marshal." Adolf pretended to sigh when he saw Hindeburg." It's not that simple. When we attack the east, Italy, which is also an allied country, will become the new base of the British Empire in the Mediterranean Sea, and the new battlefield will be launched in the south. The British Expeditionary Force can open up new battlefields in the Aegean Sea and the Apennine Peninsula on the southern line. According to the situation in 1917, the M Nation on the other side of the ocean will also participate in the war. At that time, we still won't be able to get rid of the predicament of fighting on multiple fronts!”
Adolf said seriously," Napoleon's failure proved how difficult it is to conquer Britain without a strong navy. The Empire's failure in the Jutlan Sea Battle also proved that we do not have the strength to break the enemy's naval blockade. The operation of the war machine requires oil and steel, and most of these resources are still in the hands of the M Nation. Therefore, it is undoubtedly wishful thinking for us to rely on the Eastern European granary to win the war!”
Adolf's words left Hindeburg with no way to refute. He took a few deep breaths and looked at the map. His eyes seemed to be filled with unwillingness to lose. He did not want to believe that the powerful empire he served could not escape the fate of failure, but he also knew how difficult it was to make enemies everywhere.
"Sigh! Yes, ever since the old Prime Minister left, there has been no one in the empire who can help us get out of trouble in politics and diplomacy!”
Hindeburg shook his head and sighed.
"Alright, Mr. Adolf, let's not talk about the past. After all, we have failed once. The thorny problem we are facing now is still within the Republic.”Hindeburg changed the subject, turned back to the sofa, and buried himself in it.
Probably because Xiao Rui's previous analysis made him feel suffocated, he looked a little dispirited now.
"What do you think of the current situation in the country?”
Adolf didn't immediately answer when he heard Hindeburg's question. Even though he had already thought of a way to deal with it on the way here, he had to keep him in suspense for the sake of effect. When he heard Hindeburg address him as " sir ", he knew that Hindeburg had already acknowledged his ability, so he continued,"
"This economic crisis has affected almost all capitalist countries, and we are no exception. So far, the number of unemployed people in our country has reached 6 million, and this number is likely to continue to increase.”Adolf pretended to be serious and said," As you know, Mr. President, we still have more than 1 billion marks to settle the war reparations. According to the current situation, we have to wait 100 years to pay off this money.”
"Yes, do you have any good ideas for this?”
As the president, behind him were the financial giants and consortiums that controlled the economic lifeline of the Republic. As the president, he had to do things for them. He had to lend the country's small amount of money to the capitalists and reduce the relief funds for industrial workers and citizens.
"We must reduce the number of unemployed people as soon as possible and find jobs for them!”
Adolf said firmly.
"But this is easier said than done!" " Of course not." Hindeburg sneered." The economic crisis has closed down our factories, and countries have implemented trade protection. Our goods can't be sold at all.”
"If the factories can't satisfy them, I think the country should do something.”Adolf said.
"But those people won't sit by and watch me take emergency measures for those civilians!”" Once I increase the relief efforts, those blood-sucking bastards will bring down the government, and even I will be useless. Adolf, do you understand?"”
Adolf nodded. He knew that Hindeburg was afraid of the financial groups behind him.
"So I think we can learn from President Franklin on the other side of the ocean and use the power of the state to build large-scale public projects, such as highway power plants, so that these unemployed people can get jobs while improving our country's infrastructure.”
"Yes." Hindeburg frowned and nodded.
Then, he pondered for a while and finally looked at Adolf.
"I'm not very good at doing this. I need a capable assistant to assist me now. What do you think? Can you solve this problem?”
Hindeburg asked.
"With pleasure." Adolf smiled and said.
"Hmm, okay. Mr. Adolf, go back and prepare. The election is coming to an end. I think I've found a suitable candidate for the new prime minister.”" Alright," Hindeburg said slowly," I have other things to do. I'm sure you have a lot of things to deal with, too. Let's call it a day!"”
After saying that, Adolf stood up to bid farewell to him and quickly left the room.
"It seems that the old man has decided on my candidate as the prime minister.”
Sitting in the car driven by Erich, Adolf thought to himself," He also thinks that my method is a good way to solve the problem, but this old fox knows that those who do this will be at the forefront of the storm and become the target of hostility of those consortia, so he thinks that I, the prime minister, can do this. If it succeeds, it will attract hatred for him. If it fails, he will push me out as a scapegoat. In short, he and Baben will not suffer.”
Adolf could sense Hindeburg's intentions. According to the original history, Hindeburg had completely believed that he could only be the postmaster general and not the prime minister. At this point in time, history had quietly changed.
He lay down in the back seat of the car and waited with satisfaction for everything that was about to happen, including Hindeburg's sudden death in 1934.
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