Chapter 12 I'm ready, how about you?

  I'm extremely depressed to say, I got heatstroke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  My head is dizzy, still forcing an update next week. Rushed back home from Shanghai for the forced update. Not that I didn't want to speed up the updates, but after looking at machines for two days and basking in the scorching sun for two days, I ended up getting heatstroke before the forced update, super depressing!

  Next week is still unknown! Hope to adjust as soon as possible, thank you for your continued support! Dizziness also updated!!!!!

  Living is for arguing, I absolutely won't admit defeat!

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  Please go ahead and provide the text you'd like me to translate. I'll return the translation in English.

  The next day, Xu Yang's photo with Hitler was on the front page of all major newspapers, and even his party application form was published. The Supreme Command was shocked, as they had not received any news about it beforehand. According to the Supreme Command, he was becoming more and more reckless!

  Xu Yang was summoned to the General Headquarters to explain, facing dozens of generals, Xu Yang appeared very calm, he answered every question, all of which were true without a single lie. He didn't need to lie, joining the National Socialist Party was a trend at that time, and many middle and lower-ranking officers in the National Defense Army were members of the National Socialist Party, which can be said to be a kind of penetration, but it doesn't matter, who penetrates who has the same result.

  Soldiers shouldn't be involved in politics, but Xuyang is different. His father is the deputy head of the National Socialist Party, the deputy head of state and the Minister of Finance. In fact, if it were just about material goods, Xuyang wouldn't need to do that. The reason he's doing this is to find an excuse for himself to join the National Socialist Party half-heartedly. Material goods? What material goods does Xuyang need! With just one word from him, the executives of all major conglomerates will absolutely try to buy him out with massive checks, and each check won't be less than 1 million Imperial Marks!

  Playing a role, sometimes it's necessary. In this play, Xu Yang obtained the legitimate control of Munich, he can openly grasp the rising heavy industry zone of Germany, even if Hitler doesn't give it to him, Xu Yang will use all means to get the control of Munich.

  "I am walking, walking very carefully. My ambition is in a very distant place. It can't be touched, can't be seen, but I'm still pursuing it. Please don't trample on my wings, I want to fly, fly high..."

  Few officials understood the meaning of Xu Yang's words, only the marshals standing at the top of power understood: he told us bluntly that he needed power and was pursuing it.

  The good thing about Germany is that people are used to obeying, and the lower classes have always been very little inclined to ask: what does the top want?

  The difference between soldiers and civilians lies in: what does the helmsman need us to do?

  Similarly, it is a question, but soldiers need orders, and the people need confidence. Soldiers understand what they should do, and as long as they receive orders, they will do their best to get things done, even if it costs them their lives. Soldiers have the right to sacrifice, but the people do not; the people are just parts of the national machine, while soldiers are the defensive weapons that maintain national sovereignty, unity, freedom, and security. If one day the nation needs it, soldiers will bare their teeth, ready to defend and sacrifice at any moment like a fierce beast.

  Later on, the officials slowly understood what Xu Yang meant by that sentence. They might have furrowed their brows and asked themselves: What is it that I need? Perhaps they needed a lot of things, but what they urgently needed right now was the value of existence!

  As for some people who want to play certain games, it's none of their business. Sometimes being a pawn is much happier than the person playing chess, at least there are fewer worries.

  Xu Yang returned to Berlin and had a week's rest, during which he handed over his work to Rick and Joseph. As for Manstein? He was really disappointing to Xu Yang, who evaluated him as: A clever fool.

  Manshtein is a person who must make plans before doing anything, perhaps this will be very planned, but he does not understand that sometimes planning cannot keep up with changes. If a person is too good at planning what to do and what not to do, it means that the person has no sense of adventure. Under special circumstances, people who know how to plan will always go smoothly, but even if they have achievements, they are destined to work hard for others. Planning is just one of the millions of ways to act, and the fruit of victory is always taken by those who dare to fight.

  In comparison with the armed forces of other nations, the German Defence Force appears to be extremely pure. For example, in France, her national armed forces are controlled by parliament and have no autonomy to make their own decisions. A large part of the Defence Force is positioned outside the political sphere. Therefore, the Defence Force has its own power of choice, and some articles even stipulate that the Defence Force can disobey the orders of the Imperial President.

  What a contradictory country. It has two armed groups, and there are not a few contradictions between the two armed groups. Fortunately, the pressure from external forces made them live in peace, or to put it another way, it was the pressure from the international community that united Germany together, rather than Germany choosing to unite on its own.

  The armed forces of the nation should not have their own thoughts, this is a truth that everyone understands, but... they do not believe in the government, or rather, they do not believe that Hitler's government can bring anything to Germany.

  A distrust surrounds Germany's sky, although people can't see it, they can feel it.

  Alright! Communication is needed between the government and the military, although it's a bit late, but indeed should be done. Confrontation will only weaken Germany in civil war, or even lead to its demise. Just like Spain now, which is brewing for war, not against outsiders, but fratricidal strife. Hitler's government and the military both know that continued confrontation will eventually follow in Spain's footsteps.

  Such a situation should not have arisen in Germany, and that is why the Rhineland action was undertaken. Those who hold power in the state want to shift the conflict abroad. They are taking risks, they were very lucky... No! Germany succeeded, at least they had one common goal, to fight for Germany!

  Does Libra need a fulcrum? It is undoubtedly needed, and both parties are looking for a fulcrum. Alright, Xuyang has entered their line of sight, they did not make any noise but observed very tacitly; can that fulcrum satisfy the needs of both parties?

  Soon, the answer came out. The National Defense Army was satisfied with Xu Yang's military quality, and the National Socialist Party was satisfied with the support from Jung Kuo. Although both sides did not admit it, but the fact was in front of them, if Xu Yang suddenly had some idea, then... Germany would split again!

  Unconsciously, Xu Yang walked into the center of the whirlpool, he became the fulcrum that held up the balance, although he himself didn't know.

  The Kuomintang and the National Defense Army both knew that the original idea had a bit of an error, their unintentional actions made that fulcrum extremely important.

  "We can't leave him now, although he doesn't know how important he is." This was a secret between the high-level officials of both sides.

  The complex situation created him, Xu Yang, a figure who has the qualifications to stand on the stage of history, more than anyone else!

  An Oriental proverb: Ten years' grinding for one sword.

  Xu Yang has been grinding this sharp sword for 19 years. The entire Junker class is a sword grinder, the national defense army is a whetstone, and the Nazi Party... or Hitler is a bystander, he saw a good sword, a sharp double-edged sword, and tried to grab it. Hitler once thought he had grabbed it, but one thing told him: are your hands steady? Can you grasp the sword that the Junker class and the national defense army have ground together?

  Hitler also asked himself: Will the hand holding the sword be steady? Won't I hurt myself?

  After the first invitation failed, Hitler found that his hands were still shaking, and the hand holding the sword was unstable, or rather, he had never held that sword before!

  Now, the sword has its own consciousness. It tells the whetstone: I want to fly, don't try to control me.

  Then he told the onlookers: Are you ready? Maybe I can be held by you.

  Different signals convey a fact: I'm going to stand on my own stage now. Are you ready?