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Chapter 8 8 Karp's Contribution

Under the dark night, a crisp gunshot echoed in the night sky, disturbing the tranquility of this moment.

The sirens then rang out, and the clanging sound of leather boots stomping towards the ground came from all directions. The coup had been planned for a long time and broke out in March 1920.

"Which unit are you from? Report the number! This is the fifth block, and we will shoot one step forward!" The officer hiding behind the sandbag shouted loudly.

"Let down the weapons in your hands immediately! The army will take over here!" The people on the opposite side were not vague, and took out their pistols and waved them. Behind him, a group of vicious German old army holding rifles rushed up in a swing.

"Bang!" A bullet hit the sandbag, and the officers and soldiers inside immediately threw out their weapons: "God! Don't shoot! Let's surrender!" The defenders inside obviously lacked the courage to fight. They thought very simply: Let loyalty and other things go to hell. If they die under the guns of their own people, they will be the surrender. Whoever doesn't surrender is raised by their grandson!

At the entrance of the Capitol, soldiers lined up in two rows of soldiers standing attentively with long rifles to greet their commander: General Walter von Lutwitz.

"God!" After a sigh, Hulk, the commander of the 103rd Infantry Regiment, helped to throw the telegram on his desk and looked at his subordinates helplessly. In his office were deputy commander Bretz, three battalion commanders: First Battalion Commander Vico, Second Battalion Commander Hans, Third Battalion Commander Brude, and Henke of the Guard Company.

Of course, the last platoon had a few lieutenants, who were temporarily under the 103rd Regiment. He had just heard of the news from Berlin. The old army finally parted ways with the German government. The soldiers now took a very delicate position - General Walter von Lutwitz led a part of the garrison troops of Berlin to capture Berlin, and sent telegrams to the entire German army, demanding support from all German troops.

Vico's wide chin smelled of a Prussian soldier. He frowned and thought for a while before speaking, "I think we should remain silent. This is a bit weird. Although they occupied Berlin, we'd better see the limelight first."

"Is there any other way? Now..." Hulk thought about it and nodded in agreement, but he was interrupted halfway through his words.

"I'm sorry!" Akado raised his hand and said, "We should send a telegram immediately, and we should tell everyone that we are unwilling to join the old army!"

"Second Lieutenant! Those are also our German soldiers! Even if we don't help, it's fine, but if we stabbed the knife in the back, we will be looked down upon by other troops!" Brude, the commander of the Third Battalion, looked back at Akado and said.

Akado glanced at Hulk, then took a step forward, and said loudly: "See you? What's the reason?

"So, why not agree, but object? Can you say it?" Hulk asked curiously.

"Did everyone read this content of the power? They had no follow-up preparations at all, and they didn't even handle the things they should have done. I don't want to accompany such people to bury them with me. I wonder if you have any hobbies to seek death?" Akado smiled and shrugged and answered Hulk's question.

"What does it mean? Let's take a look at it in detail." There were two nobles in the officers in the room, four of whom had attended college, so everyone was very rational. Deputy Commander Bretz was also very interested in this statement and asked as he looked at Akado.

"They had no long-term plan at all, neither wanted to set up a government organization controlled by the army, nor did they build a puppet to power. The whole of Berlin was messed up. If they could all succeed in this way, that would be a strange thing." Akado analyzed the entire incident and said in one sentence that the action was full of flaws.

"This is because there is no follow-up preparation, but why do you say that they should handle things now but have not handled them?" Hans, the battalion commander of the second battalion, couldn't wait to ask.

Akado glanced at Hans and raised his eyebrows: "If it were the action I planned, then at least President Ebert should be arrested and an accident should be killed. Even if the whole world knows that I did it, there is no evidence, so he can only admit it. In this way, no matter who supports the new president, he will thank this action. In the end, those who carry out the action will not be punished too much, right?"

"High!" Hulk smiled and gave Akado a thumbs up: "Just you said, if it was your planned action, then we wouldn't be so undecided. Just follow you and wait for news of victory."

He stood up, walked to Akado, and patted Akado on the shoulder: "But from the perspective of a soldier, your handling is a little too ruthless. I still hope that you will be less hostile in the future."

After saying that, he walked to the deputy regiment commander Bretz: "Go to the regiment chief adviser, convey my orders, and send a telegram to indicate that our 103rd Regiment does not support General Walter von Lutwitz, and we stand firmly on the side of the German people."

The next day, General Walter von Lutwitz followed the strange advice of any staff member, and finally found an unknown and inconspicuous civilian official from the resigned German Ministry of Agriculture, and on the same day he appointed the man named Wolfgang Cap as the German Chancellor.

Although there were constant condemnations across the country, the temporary central government actually started working. On the third day, Hamburg received a ridiculous promotion appointment for a second lieutenant.

Yes, before leaving, Cruze, the leader of the 105th Regiment, submitted his report of praising Acardo to the Berlin government chaired by Ebert. However, due to the distance between the two places, until Ebert hides to the suburbs of Berlin, the report was still on his way to the German Army Command in Berlin.

However, someone still received this report, that is General Walter von Lutwitz. He was already overwhelmed by the new army that turned against him, but he still decided to approve the reports accumulated over the past few days to show kindness to the powerful generals and their subordinates across the country.

You should know that not everyone has a brilliant mind - General Walter von Lutwitz is such a not-so-inspiring general. It is obvious that everyone is not optimistic about his political gamble, but he is determined to prove his outstanding "ability" to influence everyone... Well, without saying more, you will know how miserable his days will be.

However, Akado is one of the few beneficiaries of this chaotic coup. His praise report was reviewed and on the third day of the coup, Akado received his promotion order.

He was promoted to two levels by exception and became an army captain. If General Walter von Lutwitz knew that the boy he promoted was the first to oppose him, he would probably be angry to death.

Just as Acardo was promoted, a workers' strike that swept across the country began, because the newly established Karp government was not recognized by the general public and was not generally trusted by the military. Just five days after the Karp coup, General Walter von Lutwitz and Wolfgang Karp were driven out of the Presidential Palace and became prisoners of the New Defense Forces that arrived later.

President Ebert regained power, German order was restored, and the strike naturally stopped after victory.

History finally failed the German people's desire for strength. After making a joke about everyone with Karp, an experienced and energetic general was appointed commander-in-chief of the German Army.

Three months later, Major General Hans von Sickett, 54, was ordered to take over the German Army and become the new commander-in-chief of the German Army. Due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, the German Navy was only 15,000 people, so it can be said that Major General Sickett is basically the supreme leader of the entire German armed forces.

General Walter von Lutwitz sat in the office chair of the commander-in-chief for only 5 days and welcomed this typical Prussian soldier named Sickett with a thin and tall figure and single-eye glasses on his cheekbones. Major General Sickett is not an unknown little character. He made his mark in World War I. As an officer of the General Staff, he organized the German army to break through the Russian defense line in Glis on the Eastern Front, with outstanding military achievements. He was therefore awarded the Prussian Medal, the highest military medal in Germany, in World War I.

He was once lent to the Turkish Empire as Minister of Defense. He was one of the representatives of the German army when the Peace of Versailles was signed. He was extremely patient and had diplomatic talents. He was also well-read, experienced, able to speak the three languages ​​of Britain, France and Germany, and was as familiar with music and art as military tactics. He was the legendary three good students, academic masters, or the jealous favorite of God.

The reason why he was so heavy was to pay tribute to the distant history. General Sickett took the first step to the resurgence of German affairs, but he was far from the famous German generals who started World War II.

Don't say much nonsense, get back to the point.
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