Chapter Five: Left or Right
The cadets of the Young Pioneer Military School undergo a comprehensive training that lasts from eight to twelve weeks, which includes: weapons and shooting training, tactical training, sentry training, combat training under chemical weapon conditions, drill training, physical fitness training.
Later, after the General Headquarters had a new combat plan, they gradually increased professional training for various branches of service, such as infantry tactical training, artillery gunner training, and even simulated tank tactics training with model tanks.
There are three distinct training methods, and infantry professional training includes the following: light machine gun shooting training, and later rifle volley training. Infantry squad tactics training in various battlefield conditions. Reconnaissance training, outpost training, and marching vanguard training. Fortification and camouflage construction excavation training, and individual infantry trench is one of the most stringent requirements in training.
It must be said here; after Germany's defeat in World War I, the Wehrmacht was restricted from owning tanks, and all training was carried out with wooden mock-ups (soldiers treated it as a tank). Although research and production had already begun domestically, due to the high demands of the Germans, tanks were not allowed to be equipped with troops until they passed the test.
Drills are held as the situation permits, and the start time is not fixed, but usually a drill is held every weekend to review the students' learning situation for the week. Assistant instructors who perform well will be awarded bonus points, and when graduating, the headquarters will award corresponding military ranks based on scores and usual performance.
Corresponding training bases were established everywhere, and soldiers in service flocked to the base to learn updated combat methods. Every soldier who entered the base would receive a soldier's manual that day, which contained the Ten Commandments of German soldiers. In front of the city hall of each city, recruitment stations were set up to recruit new recruits, and some retired soldiers were re-recruited to establish new national defense divisions.
This recruitment has only 200,000 places, people from all over the country are flocking to participate, those who have driven planes will be given priority admission, they will serve as the first batch of air force armed forces.
On this day, the governments of various countries sent diplomatic notes expressing their puzzlement at Germany's actions and hoping for a satisfactory explanation. A week after workmen began to arrive at German shipyards to build warships, the British Foreign Office issued a statement:
I have the honour to inform your Government that His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom agree to the view of the German Government as regards the future naval armament of Germany, namely: that the naval armament of Germany should be limited to a proportion of 35 per cent. of the aggregate naval armament of the Members of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
2. Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom have at the same time explained and declared their principles and views as follows:
(1) The ratio of the naval tonnage of Germany and England is to be 35:100 permanently. The total tonnage of German warships shall not exceed thirty-five per cent of the aggregate tonnage of the British Commonwealth of Nations as established for the British Commonwealth by the Washington Treaty on the Limitation of Naval Armament and the London Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments. After these treaties expire, the total tonnage of German warships shall not exceed thirty-five per cent of the total tonnage of the naval forces of the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations then in existence.
(2) If in the future a new agreement is reached between the principal naval powers concerning the limitation of armaments, and if the ratio of tonnage of ships which has been agreed upon between England and Germany cannot be accepted, the German Government shall no longer be bound by the limitations of tonnage provided for in the preceding paragraph, on condition that Germany adheres to the new treaty providing for the limitation of naval armaments.
(3) The ratio of the German naval tonnage is fixed at 35:100, unaffected by the number of warships built by other nations. If in the future any nation should suddenly increase its naval armament to an extent which would disturb the balance of naval forces existing between Germany and Great Britain, Germany reserves the right to consult with Great Britain as to what countermeasures shall be taken to re-establish the equilibrium.
(4) The German Government will be entitled to the following exceptions in respect of naval armaments: - In each category of vessels, the tonnage and armament of each class of vessel shall not exceed the maximum figure laid down for that class. It is accordingly understood, subject to the provisions of paragraph (5), that the German Government are prepared immediately to construct their naval armaments up to 35 per cent of those of the British Empire as defined in this Part; the types of vessels will be limited in number in each category, and Germany can make adjustments within the total number of vessels of all categories so long as the total tonnage does not exceed the limit. If at any time it should become necessary to adjust the numbers of vessels of any category, such adjustment shall be made by reducing the number of vessels in other categories.
(5) If the principal naval powers of the future should conclude a new naval treaty, combining cruisers and destroyers into one class, the German Government would conform to such a regulation, although Germany inclines to separate classification of these two types.
(6) In the matter of submarines, Germany will be allowed to possess a number of submarines which shall not exceed 45% of the total tonnage possessed by the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The German Government guarantees that this proportion will not be exceeded except in the following cases: (a) where it is necessary for the defense of German trade; or (b) where there is a sudden and unforeseen change in the submarine strength of other Powers which would menace the safety of Germany. In either case, before taking any action, Germany shall confer with His Majesty's Government in a friendly spirit and endeavor to come to an understanding as to the necessary measures to be taken.
(7) As it is impossible to make an exact and detailed apportionment of the 35% in the various categories of vessels, Germany will fix her total tonnage at 35% of that of the British Empire, and will then allocate this tonnage among the different categories of vessels in such a way as to bring the largest possible number within the 35% limit. The German Government and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will come to an agreement on what classes of vessels are to be adjusted, provided that such adjustment does not prejudice the principle of the 35:100 ratio.
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency's Government that His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will reserve their position on the recognition of the validity of this clause, should the stipulation regarding the ratio of naval forces between the two countries at 35:100 not be fulfilled.
I hope that your government will be able to confirm and verify that the views and requests previously expressed by the German Government have been accurately and clearly described and explained in the above-mentioned articles.
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On the German side, the government has been largely paralyzed and simply replied:
The German Government has the honour to inform His Majesty's Government that it has received the note which was handed over by Lord Grey in the course of this morning, setting out the following attitude and views of His Majesty's Government:
It is a great honour to inform the Government of His Britannic Majesty that in the above-mentioned opinion submitted by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, the suggestions made by the German Government have been accurately interpreted and explained. It is with great pleasure that we receive the above-mentioned opinion from the Government of His Britannic Majesty.
The German Government also believes that the permanent agreement reached today between our country and His Majesty's Government will greatly promote and push forward similar, more universal agreements with countries around the world.
Finally, add one more sentence: Red is already spreading.
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Germany, not Weimar Republic. Democracy has died in the soil of Germany, and new powers will lead Germany to glory or... destruction!
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A week after Hitler's arrival in Cottbus, he finally received government approval to bring the armed SS into the city.
Goebbels, the Propaganda Minister of the Nazi Party. Hanfstaengl, the Press Chief of the Nazi Party. And other corresponding Nazi officials, they prepared a grand entry ceremony for Hitler!
The German capital Berlin is an ancient and beautiful city. As early as the 13th century, it had become a trading town, and in the 17th century, it developed into a local political, economic and cultural center. It is located on the main transportation route between Eastern and Western Europe, with a geographically important location.
The city is surrounded by forests, lakes and rivers, earning the nickname "Forest and Lake City". The city has a 3-kilometer-long Kurfürstendamm commercial street, the famous tree-lined avenue Unter den Linden, the Brandenburg Gate, the 800-year-old St. Mary's Church, the Town Hall, the Museum Island's ancient building complex, the Crystal Palace, the Republic Palace, and Humboldt University. The old Charlottenburg Palace is surrounded by important cultural buildings such as the Egyptian Museum, Antique Museum, Prehistory and Early History Museum and Applied Art Museum.
The National Socialist Party members who can be summoned in Berlin, as well as the voluntary citizens of Berlin, will welcome Hitler's entry into the city on Charlottenburger Chaussee and watch the armed SA march-past! The SA will march past Brandenburger Tor with arms, then briefly halt in front of Pariser Platz.
Hitler will speak from a high platform that is being built there and his speech will last for two hours, during which he will repeat those hackneyed phrases.
The speech ended, the armed SS had to leave Berlin. They would go along Unter den Linden to the outskirts of Berlin and occupy the barracks vacated by the Reichswehr.
The world is waiting for tomorrow, and it's just tomorrow! Countries will know which way Germany has chosen, to the left or to the right!
