The Third Reich: The Return of the King

"Your difficulties have been understood by the military, and we will try our best to find a way to report this problem to the government!"

The Colonel looked a little tired, a problem he had encountered countless times during this trip, so he had already developed a formulaic habit of coping.

The young and old general, who was in his sixties, heard the perfunctory words of Mainz, and he seemed a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "It can't be delayed any longer, it really can't be delayed any longer, if it drags on any longer, it will be very difficult to gather them again when the school staff are forced to leave for their livelihood!"

This is true, once the school organization is dispersed, the teachers and staff who were once attached to the school system will have to run for their own livelihood, they will move to all parts of the country, and some people will even go abroad to work in other places, in this case, even if the financial problem is alleviated in the future, it will be extremely difficult to recall them!

Every loss of these people is a huge loss to the country, and if it loses them at this time, it is not known how much it will cost to fill the void lost in the future!

"Your Excellency Colonel, is it possible for the military to directly allocate funds to support, after all, our units are actually military units, and the military can't ignore them!"

The meaning of the major general is very clear, it is to ask for money, since the government does not give allocation, then reach out to the army to ask for money, in short, as long as someone gives money!

Faced with the request of the major general, Colonel Mainz was silent.

Money money, money, in the final analysis, is still a matter of money, but at present, there is no unit in the whole country that is not short of money, and even the army they are looking forward to is seriously short of money at this time!

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"So what are you going to do?".

At the end of May, Colonel Mainz returned to the German headquarters in Hamburg, where he went directly to Field Marshal Hindenburg and reported to him what he had seen and heard along the way.

Field Marshal Hindenburg, hearing the question of the colonel, did not express his opinion, but looked at Mainz and asked about his attitude.

"Marshal, can the army come forward to solve these problems?".

Although he knew that there was little hope, Colonel Mainz still asked with a hint of expectation.

Field Marshal Hindenburg shook his head: "The government has not allocated funds for several months, and the army is currently in arrears, not to mention that I have no money in my hands, even if I have money in my hands, I will first use it to solve the army's own problems, and I have no time to take care of it for the time being!"

The old marshal did not hide any situation, but told the most cruel and realistic situation at the moment.

Seeing Colonel Mainz's disappointed expression, Field Marshal Hindenburg sighed and said: "The whole country is currently in great difficulty, this situation, even an old man like me, has never experienced it, Mainz, you don't have to feel guilty and blame yourself, it's not your problem alone!".

I don't know if it was the old marshal's relief that had an effect, or the colonel thought of other ways, but I saw the colonel suddenly raise his head, the decadent aura on his body was swept away, his eyes shot with essence, and he said categorically: "It's time to disarm!"

"It must be disarmed!".

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Many German soldiers did not know that the sentence that decided their fate actually came from the mouth of a colonel.

Perhaps because of the financial pressure, or perhaps because of the continued pressure from the Entente, in short, under the influence of many pressures, Field Marshal Hindenburg finally decided to disarm.

Beginning in June 1919, the Germans began a large-scale disarmament, starting with the German Army on the Western Front in the Rhine region.

In a very short period of time, the German army was reduced by 1 million troops, and the remaining German troops on the Western Front were only about 200,000, of course, according to the regulations of the Entente, the German army could only retain less than 100,000 troops as a national defense force at most after the war, and all the surplus troops had to be eliminated, so this 200,000 was not the final number, and the number of German troops was still declining.

However, compared with the previous work, this stage of the work is naturally much heavier.

Most of the troops that were dismantled in the early period were logistics, civilian and non-combat, mainly soldiers.

At this stage, the dismissal will involve a large number of officers, including many Junker nobles.

Such a move was tantamount to direct damage to the interests of the Junker aristocracy, so the Junker nobility began to be dissatisfied, and new pressure began to appear on Field Marshal Hindenburg.

"Mainz, there are many people in the military who know that you made the proposal for disarmament, so there are many people in the military who are very dissatisfied with you now!".

Colonel Mainz, who is currently a member of the Disarmament Council, is in charge of reviewing the list of disarmament personnel within the German army.

This job is very important, because it is directly related to the future of these officers.

Colonel Mainz was reluctant to leave some mediocre people in the army, so he was very strict about the audit pass, and in his heart, since the Entente only gave the German army a quota of 100,000 people, then it was necessary to keep the best performers, the most capable, and the most helpful for the reconstruction of the German army in the future!

For those who are not qualified, the colonel can only say sorry.

However, this approach violated the interests of many people, so they began to attack Mainz, which he had expected, and the colonel also knew that Field Marshal Hindenburg had been silently protecting him behind his back, and if it were not for the protection of the old marshal, with his status as a mere colonel, I am afraid that he would have been swallowed up by those people long ago!

The old marshal had never mentioned this matter before, and this was the first time he had spoken, and since the old marshal had chosen to speak, he should have made a decision.

Colonel Mainz didn't think too much, he opened his mouth and asked, "So, how will the military arrange for me to stay next?"

Field Marshal Hindenburg was not surprised by Mainz's reaction, and the more he came into contact with him, the more he got to know the young man.

This is a smart, determined, faithful man, and this is a good soldier of the Empire

"Do you have any plans?".

Field Marshal Hindenburg asked slowly.

"I'm afraid that I will no longer be able to continue the work of the Disarmament Council, and it will be too difficult to find solutions to domestic problems, so I plan to go abroad to investigate abroad!"

Colonel Mainz said very calmly, it was clear that he had expected what was happening at this time.

"Okay, I agree to your request, so is there anything else you need me to do before leaving?"

Without opening his own mouth, the other party took the initiative to go abroad, which made the old marshal breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to give up Mainz, but the pressure was too great at the moment, and he had to get the young colonel out of the whirlpool and away from the controversy, which was to protect him, but the old marshal was worried that the colonel himself could not understand, but now seeing the performance of the other party, Field Marshal Hindenburg knew that he was too worried.

"This is a list, no matter whose relatives those people want to keep, these people must stay, they are the future of the empire!"

Colonel Mainz, before leaving, left a long list.

Looking at the list of young generals of the army, navy and air force, such as Guderian, Manstein, Dönitz and Kesselring, Field Marshal Hindenburg fell into deep thought.

PS: It seems that Chapter 27 has entered the unspeakable ...... of the unknown