The Rise of the Third Reich

Mikhail Markovich Borodin is one of the many celebrities who have met untimely deaths in history since Hessman was reborn in this time and space. He would be arrested in 1949 for the Anna Louise Strong espionage case and died in a labor camp in May 1951 - Ms. Strong herself was arrested at the same time. But she was lucky enough to survive until Khrushchev came to power and was released in 1955. She came to China in 1958 and settled in Beijing, becoming an American progressive writer and a friend of the Chinese people. She died in 1970 and was buried in the famous Babaoshan Martyrs Cemetery.

In a beautiful English-style villa on the outskirts of Riga (originally owned by a British businessman), Hersman met Borodin. This man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a huge nose, and a mustache seemed a little angry. He protested and threatened Hersman as soon as he saw him.

"If you do not abandon your policy of hostility to the Russian Soviet Republic," he said. "The Red Army will take drastic measures."

"What drastic measures should be taken?" Hersman asked.

"Offensive, the Red Army will attack. Estonia and Courland were originally Russian lands. Now that the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk has been abrogated, we can take back Estonia and Courland at any time. Unless you give up your policy of hostility to us and release All politics are F, let go of freedom of speech, and expel the Belarusian reactionary forces." Borodin, who would also become a reactionary in the future, said in a rather stern tone, "This is the last warning from the Russian Soviet Republic to you, if you do not accept it. , then the war will break out immediately?”

Hersmann grinned and turned to look at Halder, who had a bitter face. He joined the Stasi and was responsible for studying military intelligence. He was also the deputy chief of staff of the Courland Defense Forces.

"Major, the war between us and the Russian Bolsheviks has not broken out yet?"

"There have been no reports of this," Halder said.

"Then you have to break out quickly!" Hersman laughed out loud. "Comrade Borodin, please send a telegram to Comrade Lenin and ask the Red Army to come over quickly and have some conflicts with us on the border of Pskov Oblast. Fire a few shots if there is nothing wrong. It is best to issue a statement. : Indicates that Courland and Estonia are an integral part of Russia.”

"Mr. Hersman, what do you mean?"

Borodin stopped making threats now - the White Russian army under Yudenich is not a problem yet, but the 100,000 German troops in Courland are no joke. Their training and equipment are first-rate, and their officers are active German military officers. They really wanted to fight for the Tsar, and the Red Army in Petrograd couldn't handle it.

Although the Red Army now claims to have hundreds of thousands, their combat effectiveness is really not that good, otherwise they would not have defeated less than one-third of their number until now, and they are also internally divided and the White Guards have nothing to do.

This is a critical moment in the civil war. The main force of the Red Army is fighting Kolchak (he is now the commander of the Ural and Siberian White Army, with 150,000 troops) and Denikin, and is also preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine. It is impossible to mobilize too many troops to attack the United Baltic Principality.

And on the Western Front, the enemies of the Red Army were not limited to the Baltic family. Piłsudski of Poland also showed hostility to Soviet Russia. He had openly stated that he wanted to seize land in Ukraine, and he also bloodyly suppressed the Bolshevik organization in Lithuania.

"It means that we want to fight with you!" Hersman said, "We are fighting with you on the orders of Her Majesty the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, so this is a civil war for us Russians! Comrade Borodin, Do you understand what I mean?"

Borodin seemed to understand. "We don't recognize the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, and you don't recognize this treaty, right?"

"Yes," Hersman nodded. "The government of the Grand Duchess does not recognize the legitimacy of this treaty, and neither will the Allied Powers."

"This means that Courland and Estonia are still part of Russia."

"Yes, that's the case legally." Hessman smiled and nodded. This was a legal basis that allowed the Baltic Principalities to circumvent the Treaty of Versailles. Of course, the Allies did not recognize the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and neither did the Russian Bolsheviks and the governments of the United Baltic Principalities. In this way, the United Baltic Principalities are part of Russia from the perspective of international law - just like Taiwan after 1949! No matter how much the Americans want to, they cannot treat it as part of Japan and send troops to occupy it.

Moreover, the hope of restoring the Russian Empire still existed. On the way Hessmann came to meet with Borodin, Chloe told him: Denikin, Wrangel, Kolchak and Semyonov all sent messages to the Grand Duchess for her appointment as monarch of the United Baltic Principality. He sent a congratulatory message and expressed his loyalty to His Majesty the Tsar and His Majesty the Grand Duchess.

Considering that the outcome of the Russian Civil War is still undecided, the Grand Duchess is very likely to become the real Empress of Russia! Humiliating the future Empress of Russia as the monarch of a defeated country, and even forcing her to hand over her principality, will seriously damage the future relations between Britain, the United States, France and Russia.

From this perspective, it is quite advantageous to keep the United Baltic Principalities and the Russian Soviet government in a "state of civil war."

"So we are compatriots now?" Borodin felt dumbfounded.

"Yes, dear compatriot!" Hersman replied in Russian. "I think... the battlefield of the civil war between us should be chosen at the junction of Livonia and Pskov."

"Pretending to fight a civil war?" Borodin asked.

"Yes." Hessman smiled and shrugged, "But we can't control Tallin now... Yudenich's army will probably fight, so you have to be careful."

"But what good will this do to us?" Borodin asked with a frown.

"The benefits...well, this is obvious." Hessman said with his fingers, "First of all, we will not really fight you. One hundred thousand regular troops and one hundred thousand People's Stormtroopers will remain neutral in the Russian Civil War. "

Borodin rolled his eyes, this is not nonsense! What do you Germans have to do with the Russian Civil War? What's the benefit of winning? Do you really want to be a Russian?

"Secondly, we will continue to support the struggle of the Hungarian Bolsheviks. By the way...have they established a party?"

"not yet."

"We need to hurry up," Hersman said. "I hope they can come to power and establish a Soviet state as soon as possible."

"What help can you give them?" Borodin looked at Hessman with bright eyes. This is what really matters! As long as the red flag of Hungary does not fall, the Allies will not be able to send a large number of intervention troops to Russia.

"Weapons and ammunition, military advisors, and access to and from Hungary," Hersman said. “And, of course, the victory of the Hungarian revolution!”

"Victory of the Hungarian revolution? How do you give it?"

Hersman frowned slightly: "Comrade Borodin, have you ever heard of a major general named Paul von Retoven Vorbeck?"

"who is he?"

Hessmann said slowly: "He is the commander of the German East African garrison! For more than four years, he has led an army mainly composed of black people, using old Mauser 1871 rifles and 67 He had several machine guns and 31 light field guns. With no support, he moved to German East Africa, British East Africa and Portuguese Mozambique. The tens of thousands of British troops had nothing to do with him. Went to Hungary...I guarantee that the war there will continue as long as the Hungarians want!"

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