The Third Reich: The Return of the King

The situation on the Western Front looked bad, at least that's how the Germans retreated from the front saw it.

As the last unit to retreat from the front-line positions, by the time Major Mainz arrived in Daladden with his own unit, about a regiment of troops had already been gathered here.

This is the 4th Infantry Regiment of Luxember that retreated from Luxember, at this time Luxemberg has been occupied by the Allied forces, and it is very likely to be independent from Hans in the future, so the fate of the 4th Infantry Regiment of Luxemberg is likely to be disbanded directly.

However, it is certainly not only their troops that will be disbanded, and Mainz knows very well in his heart that the future Treaty of Versailles will be extremely restrictive for Hans, especially for Hans's military restrictions, according to that standard, I am afraid that 98% of the troops will be disbanded.

Compared with the Fourth Infantry Regiment, which was full of wounded soldiers, demoralized, and looked embarrassed, although the unit under Major Mainz had only one battalion and was much smaller in number than the other side, their appearance looked much more rigorous, and the decadence of defeat could not be seen from the soldiers, but there was an indescribable sharpness, although the first battalion also had many wounded soldiers, but these wounded soldiers were properly cared for, and they were all brought out.

The broken military flag carried by the flag guards was even more majestic at this moment, and the huge iron cross and the majestic black eagle banner made the soldiers of the Fourth Infantry Regiment feel a lot of pressure, and they couldn't help but stand up one by one and salute this unit.

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Dalaiden is a small town with just over 3,000 inhabitants, but most of the people have fled because of the war, and the houses have been destroyed by artillery fire.

After the 4th Infantry Regiment entered the town, it almost filled the entire town, leaving not much space for them to station, and the decadent and depressed atmosphere of the 4th Regiment made Major Mainz frown, he was reluctant to let his men stay with such a unit.

"Go camp out of the city!".

Major Mainz quickly gave the order and led his troops around the city, setting up camp on the east side of the town.

"Hello Mr. Major, I am the liaison officer of the Legion, are you Major Mainz of the 1st Guards Corps?"

Mainz had just settled down outside Dalleden with his troops when someone approached him.

"Well, I just, what's the matter?".

Glancing at each other with a puzzled look, Major Mainz replied cleanly.

"Great, I've finally found you, that's it, this is an order from the Legion Commander, please sign for it!".

The liaison officer took out a document and handed it to Mainz, who took it and looked at it, an order to transfer him and his troops to the western city of Bonn.

After checking and making sure there were no problems, Major Mainz signed his name on the paper.

However, the liaison officer in front of him did not leave immediately, and seeing the other party's hesitation, Mainz took the initiative to speak: "Is there anything else?" "

The lieutenant liaison officer blushed and whispered with some embarrassment, "Your Excellency, Major, could you please sign for me?

As he spoke, he quickly took out a note notebook and sent it to Mainz.

"Signature?".

The other party's request made Mainz feel a little stunned, he was just a major, not a senior general, there were not 10,000 but 8,000 majors like him in the army, how could anyone want to ask him for an autograph?

"Yes, yes, you are a hero of the Empire, although the Empire no longer exists......".

The lieutenant liaison officer lowered his head, his eyes slightly reddened, and it was clear that the news of the Second Empire's cessation had made him a little difficult to accept.

Mainz is not as sad as he is, and instead of dwelling on the grief of the past, it is better to muster up the courage to move forward.

Writing his name carefully one by one, Major Mainz patted the lieutenant on the shoulder and said to him: "The empire will come back, it will definitely come back!".

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After a day of repairs in Daleden, Major Mainz set off by train with his troops and arrived in the western city of Bonn in the afternoon of the same day.

Bonn was once the capital of the Duchy of Cologne, and with a history of 2,000 years, it is one of the oldest cities in Hanse.

Because of the war, Bonn was in a state of depression, and the workers' uprising in the capital, Bolin, quickly spread from the east to the west, while the Ruhr industrial region north of Bonn, which had the largest number of workers in the country, would be even worse for the already stormy Hans country.

Two days earlier, the Chief of the General Staff, Hindenburg, had reached an agreement with Friedrich Ebert, Chancellor of the newly formed government of the republic, to support the nascent republic on behalf of the army, and in return, Chancellor Ebert continued to appoint Field Marshal Hindenburg as Chief of the General Staff and to suppress the workers' uprising and the army rebellion in the country.

After General Grener returned from Bolin, Field Marshal Hindenburg began to mobilize troops to suppress the Bolshevik revolution at home.

Major Mainz was not in the process of being transferred at first, but before Hindenburg started, he thought of this young general who had repelled the enemy twice and still held his position when the whole army was defeated, so the ghost messenger, the dignified Imperial Marshal, actually personally ordered and issued an order to transfer a major.

Field Marshal Hindenburg did not know that his order directly changed the fate of the entire Hans country and also changed the history of the whole world.