The Rise of the Third Reich

It is easy to come up with a plan to use the Katyn Forest incident to incite the Poles to go to war with the Soviet Union, but it is not easy to implement it.

Because Germany's ambitions for Poland are also well known to everyone. Although it is only a common monarch at present, the prospect of Poland becoming part of Germany and the Poles becoming Germans is very clear.

As for this inevitable future of destruction, the Poles are roughly divided into two opinions.

One is opposition, which is the mainstream opinion, or the mainstream opinion among Polish intellectuals. Their Polish national consciousness is extremely stubborn, and they want the country to get rid of German control and restore independence.

One is to cater to it, which is a non-mainstream view. Most of the people who hold this view are former Polish Bolsheviks with weak national consciousness, or they have been "educated" by the Soviets... The Poles on the east bank of the Bug River who were taken away from their homes-after suffering the pain of losing their souls, they know that losing freedom is nothing.

And in the army composed of Poles today, they are also divided into two categories according to the two opinions of "opposition" and "catering".

Polish soldiers who were against integration (with Germany) formed the Polish Royal Guard, which was loyal to the Polish king (King Wilhelm III). Most Poles who were in favor of Germany joined the Polish Volunteer Division of the SS.

The former was the army of the Kingdom of Poland, and the latter, although called the SS, was a part of the German Wehrmacht - the SS in this time and space was just a name, meaning that the original participants were all members of the German National Socialist Workers' Party.

However, by now, the boundary between the SS and the Wehrmacht has become very blurred. There are also many non-Nazi members among the SS officers and soldiers, and there are also Nazi officers and soldiers within the Wehrmacht.

By the way, the principle of non-party for soldiers in the current German Constitution only applies to professional soldiers, and does not apply to conscripted conscripts and reserve officers (that is, officers who are demobilized after fighting). Otherwise, joining a party to avoid military service is too ridiculous.

Guderian now wanted to use the Royal Polish Defense Force to attack the Soviet Red Army, of course, rather than the pro-German SS Polish volunteers, because most of them were already fighting for Germany on the front line.

And to let the Royal Polish Defense Force fight the Soviet Union, it was not enough to rely on the Katyn Forest Incident alone. The Katyn Forest Incident could be used to incite Polish civilians, but it had little effect on those bigwigs who could really influence the middle and high-level figures of the Defense Force.

On May 19, the third day after meeting with Kennedy, Hersman, who had been sitting in Berlin and Zossen these days, temporarily handed over the work to the First Quartermaster General Guderian. Accompanied by Natalie Lesinskaya, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Poland to Switzerland and Ambassador to Geneva, he arrived in Krakow, the capital of the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

Since Warsaw is currently occupied by the Soviet army and is the capital of the Polish People's Republic (just one city), the government of the Kingdom of Poland can only move to Krakow, the second largest city in Poland.

However, Hersman's purpose in going to Krakow was not to meet with the leaders of the Polish government, but to meet with Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły, the former commander-in-chief of the Polish armed forces who lived in seclusion here, and Władysław Sikorski, the former leader of the Polish government in exile who was under house arrest in Krakow after the surrender of the British mainland.

The meeting place was in a very beautiful and large manor on the outskirts of Krakow. This is Natalie Lesinskaya's villa in Krakow. It originally belonged to a duke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the period of the Polish Republic, it belonged to a confidant of Piłsudski. Now I don't know how it belongs to Natalie...

In a luxurious reception room that can serve as the king's audience hall, Hersman drank the Mandheling coffee brewed by Natalie himself (from Indonesia under Japanese occupation, one of the most expensive coffees on the European market), while looking at the two guests who had just visited - Rydz-Śmigły and Sikorski.

Rydz-Śmigły looked a little depressed and was not wearing a military uniform, but a well-made civilian suit. After the Polish army was defeated by the Soviet Union (the war of 1939), he has been in seclusion, as if he had not fought against the world. However, his influence still exists in the Polish Defense Force today.

Sikorski, who was under house arrest, was wearing a Polish army uniform (Republican Army), sitting there with a straight posture, still with the style of a senior general. Like Rydz-Śmigły, he is also very influential in the Polish Defense Force.

In fact, he is a symbol of the Polish resistance spirit!

While Hersman was sipping coffee, Natalie was talking in German with two Polish generals (Rydz-Śmigły and Sikorski were both from Austria-Hungary and spoke fluent German). The three people's conversation was not about the Polish Defense Force's going abroad to fight, but about the future of the Kingdom of Poland.

Rydz-Śmigły and Sikorski had no objection to Poland joining the European Community - otherwise, what else could they do? Like Serbia, an orphan in Europe? And both of them were willing to recognize the system of the German emperor serving as the king of Poland.

But they were opposed to going further on the basis of the monarchy alliance!

And Natalie tried her best to persuade the two, but it didn't work until Hessman finished a cup of coffee.

Hessman gently put the coffee cup in his hand on the coffee table in front of him, and then interrupted the conversation of the three people.

"Natalie, the coffee is good. Go get me another cup."

"Okay." Natalie immediately stopped the conversation, picked up Hessman's coffee cup, then nodded apologetically to the two Polish generals, and trotted away.

"It's hard for this woman to become a qualified politician," Hessman looked at Natalie's slim back and said with a smile, "She should find a man to marry and then have a bunch of children...Children are what makes a country and The future of the nation.”

"Marshal Imperial, what do you mean..." Rez Himigwe knew that there was a profound meaning in Hessman's words, but he couldn't understand it.

"I mean..." Hersman looked at Rez-Khimigwi seriously. "It doesn't matter whether the Kingdom of Poland becomes an integral part of the German Empire. What matters is the children of Poland! If all Polish women Like Natalie, then even if Poland is completely independent now, it will have no future.

On the other hand, if every Polish woman was like my wife Chloe, then Poles would enjoy a large share of the German Empire in the future. "

"You have to be able to afford it," Rez Himigwi laughed. "How can an ordinary Polish woman compare with the Marquise Heinsberg?"

"It's hard to say," Hessman shook his head. "Farmer families have many more children than mine." He smiled, "From a macro perspective, the population of a nation actually depends on survival. Spatial... The so-called living space, of course, refers to the land suitable for human survival and reproduction. The more land, the greater the population. And if a nation loses part of its living space, then in the long run, their population will be reduced. The number is bound to decrease.”

In fact, this theory may not be accurate, but both Polish generals agree - it is definitely easier to feed people with more land than with less land. Only when you can feed more people can you feed more people, and with more people... there is more power!

Hersman smiled and continued: "The future of Poland depends on the size of the Polish population, and the population of the Polish nation depends on the living space of the Polish nation. And how much living space the Polish nation can obtain in the German Empire depends on Whether you are willing to cooperate or not depends on whether the Poles are willing to avenge the tragic deaths of their compatriots in the Katyn Forest.”

Rez Himigvi and Sikorski looked at each other. How could they not understand what Hersman meant?

Hessmann immediately grasped the key to the Polish problem - land!

Poland's independence from the German Empire seems to be a pipe dream at present. How could Poland be independent now when the German Empire was at its peak?

Therefore, it is useless for the Poles to fight for independence. The only way out is to cooperate with the Germans to share more land. Only with land can we feed our children. Only with enough children can Poland have a future!

Even Sikorski knew this, otherwise he wouldn't be in Krakow now... When the British mainland fell, it was still possible for him to escape.

After a moment of silence, Sikorski asked: "How much land can Poland get in the future?"

"This depends on the performance of the Polish army on the battlefield," Hessman said lightly. "Since the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Saint-Germain have been abrogated, the current Kingdom of Poland inherits the legal system of the Kingdom of Poland! "

The Congress Kingdom of Poland was Russian Poland. This country was established through the Congress of Vienna in 1815, with an area of ​​only 128,500 square kilometers. If this is the only land left in the Kingdom of Poland, how big will the population of the Polish nation be in the future? If there are no more people left, will Poland have a future?

Hersman looked at Sikorski, "General Sikorski, go and serve the emperor, and then I will recommend you to be the commander of the Polish Army. I think you are the most suitable for this position. And Katyn The forest incident can also be an opportunity for us to fully reconcile and unite... because the Soviet Union wants to fundamentally eliminate the Polish nation. "

This is a condition that Sikorsky cannot solve! Because he knew that he was indeed the most suitable candidate - a military strategist and political leader who fought wholeheartedly for the Polish nation. Now he stands up to lead the Polish Defense Forces to fight for the survival of the Polish nation. What an inspiring story this is. !