The Third Reich Under the Banner of a Thousand Words The Third Empire Volume 3: Song of Iron and Fire Chapter 27: The Courage to Live On

  The wind and rain are coming, the strong wind blows over the treetops, making a sound like ghosts crying and wolves howling. 'Crack!' A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, the clouds seemed to be split open, and the thunder rumbled.

  Harold sat at his desk, clutching his head in agony. His eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion. No one knew what kind of painful struggle this middle-aged man, known as the People's Finance Minister, was going through at that moment.

  On the desk, there was only one document waiting for Hal to make a decision and judgment. The blood-red title in bold font was still daunting under the dim light. The "Black Plan" document appeared where it shouldn't have been. Its contents were detailed down to the execution, with the action personnel assigned to tasks being granted what they should say during the operation.

  The content is very simple, but it's incredibly precise.

  When Halder's old adjutant, Colonel von Bockelberg, brought this intelligence personally, the Minister of Defense, Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg, had already been dismissed because his wife had once been a prostitute. Because his wife had once been a prostitute, Germany's Minister of Defense was dismissed, what a ridiculous reason! But it really happened in the Third Reich of Germany, and for such a ridiculous reason, a soldier who fought for Germany for half his life lost his honor and stepped down with shame.

  The second chapter reads: The Army Commander's Execution Plan.

  The Gestapo found a file in the archives of a cavalry captain named Frisch, who had been involved in homosexuality in Munich. The Gestapo used the coincidence that both names sounded similar (in German, Fritsch is "fritsch" and Friseh is "friseh") to fabricate a scandalous case that would ruin anyone's reputation!

  Haar didn't know who this Frisch was, he only knew that if this execution plan succeeded, the National Defense Army would lose a second important person and suffer heavy losses. The important position left vacant would be taken over by Hitler's people, and at that time, the National Defense Army and even the entire Junker class would face an unimaginable situation.

  Chapter 3: The Execution Plan of the Commander-in-Chief of the Second Army Group.

  Hitler had been looking for an opportunity to get revenge on Lebrun and now he was going to take action.

  Chapter 4: Execution Plan of the Third Military Region Commander

  Ludendorff, who had told Hitler that he would not accept any government orders after the putsch, was also on the list for elimination.

  Chapter Five...

  The sixth...

  Seventh...

  Isn't that enough? Enough! It doesn't need to be completely successful, as long as half of it is successful, the national defense army will never be able to turn over, after all the important positions are cleared out, Hitler's men will immediately be installed, at that time the national defense army will become Hitler's national defense army, just like what the Junkers and the High Command did to Hitler's armed party guards!

  Hale picked up another document, the application of the three military-industrial groups, Volkswagen, Thyssen and Siemens, members of the German Military-Industrial Alliance Committee, to withdraw from the committee. They tactfully stated that pressure from the Imperial Security Bureau forced them to make this choice.

  Hal's eyes closed painfully, in his expectation, Hitler would not take action to purge the Wehrmacht so quickly, and should have waited until after the annexation of Czechoslovakia to carry out a thorough purge of the Wehrmacht system. Now Hitler still needs an intact Wehrmacht to shield him from international pressure.

  But the fact is that it was so cruel, just when G?ring and the High Command were planning to use the remaining Heinz to influence Hitler's political career, Hitler took the lead, Hitler made a perfect first move, completely disrupting the actions of G?ring and the Ministry of National Defense.

  The originally perfectly planned 'purge' action miscarried, the first person in charge, Blomberg, is now hiding at home every day with a bottle of wine, living a drunkard's life. The second person in charge, Fritsch, disappointed Hal even more, this impulsive Army Commander-in-Chief actually ran to Munich and threatened Hitler that 'his troops would not allow Hitler's plot to succeed'.

  Hale felt overwhelmed, and the decades of hard work had only yielded one unfavorable report after another. The snake had been disturbed, and it was no longer possible to complete the transfer of power quietly. And that chess piece used as a smokescreen had now escaped control and disappeared without a trace. Hale had exhausted the entire Conger system and national defense military intelligence agency, yet he couldn't find any information on Hains' whereabouts.

  Far away in Munich, the national inspector of the Nazi Party, Strasser, sent a message through Wolf-Martin-Heinrich that almost drove Hal mad: his only son had dared to contradict Hitler at the Palazzo Barolo. At this tense moment, his originally clever son suddenly became foolish and received Hitler's order, running to the center of the whirlpool - Munich - without any preparation!

  Harrer now regrets, he should not have concealed everything from his son. He had confidently believed that with the efforts of the entire Junker class and the military, his son could stand on the power stage of Germany in a few years, and those dirty conspiracies would be done by himself, not allowing the future ruler of Germany to be tainted by these dirty conspiracies.

  "I should have informed Kahn beforehand!" Hal grasped his already sparse hair, stood up abruptly and walked to the safe, crouched down. After opening the safe, he took out a black file folder from inside, and sat back down at his desk.

  Hale flipped through the folder without looking at the contents and went straight to the last page, signing his name in the signature position: Hale-von-Stader.

  Haar's eyes widened in amazement as he realized what would happen to all of Germany once this document was sent out.

  "Do you want Deutchland?" The Sacred Land Treaty is held in Hal's hands.

  "...to you..." The sacred treaty of Wesi that once bound Hitler was ignited.

  A drawer of the desk was opened and a hand reached in to pull out a handgun.

  Unity, sovereignty and freedom for the German fatherland! Let us strive together for this goal, united like brothers, offering our hands and hearts. Unity, sovereignty and freedom are our eternal oath.

  He returned to the bedroom, saw his wife sleeping soundly. He walked to the bedside, bent down and kissed his wife's forehead, seeing that she was still smiling in her dreams, as if having a beautiful dream.

  At all times, for protection and defense...

  Ha'er got up and walked out of the room door. At that moment, he turned back to look at his sleeping wife, with a reluctant gaze in his eyes.

  For the honor of fulfilling this mission...

  Harold came to the window of the study and looked out at the stormy weather.

  Eternal Vow for a Thousand Autumns...

  The pistol was cocked.

  Hal put the muzzle of the gun against his temple, his hand shaking. He told himself: it will only hurt for a moment, press down - Stark!

  "No! Liliana would be scared to death if she saw the corpse with brains and blood all over...". He shifted the muzzle to his heart.

  For the eternal prosperity of our German Fatherland!

  "Ancestors, I've come......" Haru closed his eyes and was about to pull the trigger...

  ……

  "Darling, what are you doing?" Liliana stood at the door of the study in her nightgown, stretching and yawning.

  ……

  Haru froze in place, his head turning laboriously towards the door, and for an instant he could clearly hear the sound of his neck bones creaking as it moved.

  Liliana saw the gun in Hal's hand aimed at the Heart Squad, she was shocked and covered her mouth with her hand, then quickly walked over.

  "Darling, don't leave me and Cain." Liliana opened her arms from behind to hug Hal.

  Hale painfully closed his eyes, his grip on the gun no longer as strong. "I'm a coward!"

  "Natalia didn't know what had happened, only that her husband had just attempted to take his own life! She held him even tighter as he trembled in her arms. "My husband is not a coward, he's so brave in the face of any difficulty, never giving up."

  A loud clap of thunder boomed.

  Haru's face turned pale as he stared at the handgun that had fallen to the ground...