The Third Reich: The Return of the King

"Thank you, Major General, and I hope to continue dancing with you next time!"

After a dance, the girl thanked Mainz and hurried away, not wanting to stay here.

The ball was almost over, and Mainz decided to leave.

Walking out of the place where the ball was held, it occurred to Mainz that he didn't seem to ask for the other party's name.

"Himmler!"

The girl seemed familiar to Mainz, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it.

"General, do you want to investigate the background of that girl just now?"

Himmler didn't wait for Mainz to speak, but he guessed Mainz's thoughts.

Mainz took a deep look at Himmler, no wonder the mustache was so important to Himmler, this guy seems to be really capable, not to mention anything else, this ability to observe words and colors and pat sycophants is not something that ordinary people can do.

"Well, do you have any clue?"

Hearing Himmler's words, Mainz was a little curious, since this guy had already guessed his thoughts, would he have done any investigation in advance?

"I inquired at the ball just now, this girl seems to be from the Krupp family, it should be the young daughter of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, named Elisabeth Krupp, 16 years old this year, studying at the Bolin Noble Academy, is a student!"

Himmler didn't disappoint Mainz, and this guy really ran to inquire about this girl.

"It turned out to be from the Krupp family!"

Mainz nodded, the Krupp family is a very special family in Hans, they control the huge Krupp Group, which is the most important arms producer in Hans, and it means a lot to the whole country.

According to Mainz's original plan, he was going to inspect the military factories in various parts of the empire in the next period of time, and Krupp was in third place.

......

A week later, at the Krupp headquarters in northern Hans, Mainz met the same girl from the ball again.

"Hee-hee, isn't it a surprise, I didn't expect to see me here!"

The girl saw the confusion in the major general's eyes, according to the intelligence, she should be in Bailin's school at this time, why did she come to Essen?

"Ah, don't you know? There was an unprecedented military protest march in the capital!"

"When?"

Mainz did not know much about this, he had just come from the shipyards of the north, and after inspecting the seven main shipyards, Mainz had arrived in Essen, and he had not seen any other news of this, perhaps, but it had not been delivered to him.

"Just yesterday, there were a large number of soldiers who lost their jobs after the disarmament, the currency in the society depreciated, prices soared, and these soldiers did not have pensions, so they lived, and they could only go to Bailin to make a wish!"

The girl may not be aware of how serious this matter is, so here, her tone of voice describing this matter is not serious at all.

But Mainz saw the horror of this!

Military petitions, this kind of thing has happened in history.

Also a veteran whose livelihood could not be guaranteed after the disarmament, Eagle Sauce In 1929, during the economic crisis that swept the world, the veterans of World War I petitioned the White House in order to get their pensions, but they were suppressed by the military force, which caused a great sensation and a very bad impact within Eagle Sauce at that time.

During World War I, the size of the U.S. military was much smaller than that of the German army, and the area of Eagle Sauce was not comparable to that of Hans, so the veterans of Eagle Sauce organized a petition that was definitely not as large as the scale of the German army.

What's more serious is that it is only a little more than a year before the end of the war at this time, and if these veterans have any conflict with the government at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable, and I am afraid that a civil war will break out within the entire country in an instant!

Seeing that Mainz seemed to be worried about this, Elizabeth immediately comforted:

"But you don't have to worry too much, the president personally came forward to appease these people, saying that he would take care of their lives and pay out the pension as soon as possible, these people are estimated to be disbanded in a few days, but because of the fear of turmoil, the school will be closed!"

Elizabeth's school was an aristocratic girls' school, and if some people took advantage of the chaos to storm the school, the hundreds of girls in the school would be in danger.

Therefore, the school immediately ordered the suspension of school, allowing the students to go home to escape the unrest, and then let them return to school when the situation calmed down.

Elisabeth's home was not in Messin, so she left Bellin and returned to Essen, which is why Mainz was able to meet her here.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The other party's intentional comfort Mainz naturally noticed it, so he also expressed his gratitude.

"You're welcome, I didn't do anything, and I couldn't help anything!"

The girl did not get carried away, but worried about the country and the people with Mainz.

"What about your sister and brother-in-law? Are they at home?"

Mainz remembered the purpose of his visit this time, he had something to discuss with the helm of the Krupp Group.

Elisabeth was the youngest daughter of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the second head of the Krupp family, and her older sister, Bertha Krupp, known as Queen Krupp, was the eldest daughter of Friedrich Alfred Krupp.

When the Krupp Group was passed on to the second generation, there were only these two daughters, and there were no men, so after Berta took over the entire Krupp Group, Hans was uneasy about it, especially the top brass of the military, there was no precedent for women to control such a large group before, and Krupp is not an ordinary enterprise, this is an arms company, which is very important to the army and the country.

So Wilhelm II personally brokered Gustav and Berta, married them in 197, and gave Gustav the surname 'Krupp', and since then, the power of Krupp has been in the hands of Gustav and Berta.

Gustav and Berta had long known that the Minister of Defense of Mainz was coming, but they did not come out immediately, because they stumbled upon the fact that Mainz seemed to have a good relationship with their little sister Elizabeth, which surprised them very much.

At this time, the whole Hans, but anyone with a little background, knew that President Hindenburg valued and cared for Mainz, and people were talking behind his back, thinking that President Hindenburg was cultivating Mainz as his successor.

The reform of Mainz within the army touched the interests of a large number of nobles, but the opposition of these nobles was suppressed by Field Marshal Hindenburg, and their voices did not affect Major Mainz's reform.

This kind of protection, as long as you are not blind, I believe you can see it.

A young man has already become the Minister of Defense at a young age, and it is very likely that he will go further to the throne of the president or even the head of state in the future, and the most important thing is that this young man is not married, so almost everyone in high society wants to sell his daughter and climb this big tree, so that he can ascend to heaven with the promotion of Major General Mainz!

However, Major General Mainz did not say anything about the temptation of the nobles, never openly pursued anyone's daughter, and never had an affair with any of the opposite sex!

It is precisely because of this that after discovering that Mainz has a good relationship with their little sister Elisabeth, the Gustavs are overjoyed!

They seem to feel the hope that the Gustav Group will get out of the predicament and even move towards a more brilliant tomorrow!_

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