The Third Reich: The Return of the King

The Ruhr crisis has not lasted long, but the impact of this crisis has been profound.

Under Mainz's careful planning, at least Hans did not suffer!

A month later, the French army completely withdrew from the Ruhr area, and on the day of the French withdrawal, the German army, under the leadership of Mainz, stepped into Essen, the core city of the Ruhr industrial area!

When the German army entered Essen, it was welcomed by more than 100,000 people, and the people of Essen shouted slogans such as 'Long live the German army' and 'Long live Deyizhi', and welcomed their own troops into the city in the most enthusiastic way!

Before the outbreak of the Ruhr crisis, although the people in Hans were indignant and wanted to declare war on Gaul immediately, but after they calmed down, the people were depressed to find that they only had 100,000 troops, while the Gauls had millions of troops, and the gap between the forces of the two sides was too large, even the Gauls who attacked the Ruhr region this time also had 300,000 troops, even if they were all dispatched, they were not opponents!

What's more, the person who commanded the only army in their country was still a young man, who did not have a too glorious past, and was not a famous general, and the generals in the army were not those battle-hardened generals, they were all young people like Mainz.

It is impossible to expect such a group of young people to repel a strong enemy with a large number of outnumbered people!

The people were very frustrated at the thought of this, and most of them thought that the government did not have the courage to send troops to resist the invasion of the French army!

As a result, they never expected that this army, which they looked down on and was considered to have lost the excellent inheritance of the Prussian era, would be so bloody under the leadership of the young commander!

And what surprised them even more was that this German army was not only bloody, but also extremely good in combat effectiveness, although they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, but they were not at all inferior on the battlefield, not only the French attack was successfully stopped by the German army, but the German army frequently sent troops to threaten the flank of the French army, so that the French army was embarrassed!

Although the final retreat of the Gauls was not entirely due to the German army, the Germans would have taken most of the credit in this, and if they had not stopped it, the Ruhr industrial area at this time would have been planted with the banner of the Gauls and turned into their territory!

It was precisely because this result was not expected in advance that the people were pleasantly surprised, and then they redoubled their approval of this young army!

Among the citizens who participated in the welcome ceremony, many were veterans who had retired from the army, and these veterans burst into tears of excitement when they saw the pride and pride on the faces of these young soldiers!

Finally, after they retired, there was once again an army in the empire that could protect the country and the nation!

The joy of repelling the French army and winning the victory was not only in the Ruhr industrial area, but also in almost all cities throughout the country, and people were vying for the good news and taking pride in the army they had.

As for the group of young people who performed well in the war, they took this opportunity to become a household name in Hans!

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"Hehe, young man, I have to say, you did it and now your name has spread all over the country, maybe you are much more popular than me as president!"

When he returned to meet President Hindenburg, the old president praised Mainz.

However, in the old president's compliments, Mainz seems to hear a trace of envy?

The old president Rong Ma has made great achievements on the battlefield in his life, and he is a well-known imperial general, and he ascended the throne of the president as a marshal, which is his best military merit medal!

However, even the old marshal with a prestigious name had to bow his proud head in the face of the ruthless years, and the years were unforgiving!

Hindenburg, who is 73 years old this year and is about to turn 74, has entered the stage of heroic twilight, and his body can no longer support him on the battlefield.

So, when he saw such a young and energetic young general as Mainz, he was naturally very envious in his heart!

"Uncle, no one knows your prestige, the Habsburgs, the Gauls, these are all your defeated men, and I am far from you!"

Although the old marshal praised himself so much, but at this time Mainz still couldn't his tail too much, he was a little humble, and by the way, he patted the old marshal's ass.

"Hehe, those are in the past, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

Mainz's rainbow fart seems to have worked, hearing the praise of the most potential general star of the empire in the future for his old guy, Hindenburg is extremely satisfied, even as a marshal of the empire, he is very concerned about the recognition and praise of others, let alone a general star like Mainz!

Although Hindenburg has not been in contact with Mainz for a long time, Hindenburg is very optimistic about the ability of his nephew.

He had only heard about this nephew before the end of the war in 1918, but he had no contact with him, and the two really interacted at the end of the First World War.

Looking back now, in just two years, the major who was unwilling to accept the fate of defeat and stubbornly stuck to the last position of the German army has grown into the most potential general of the empire in the next twenty years, and his achievements are likely to surpass all his predecessors, including Hindenburg himself!

In the past two years, Mainz has brought all kinds of surprises to Hindenburg again and again, and it seems that as long as he is out, there is nothing he can't do.

Mainz had all the qualities of a good soldier that Field Marshal Hindenburg admired: firmness, tenacity, self-discipline, self-confidence, responsibility, decisiveness, optimism......

Not to mention his keen sense of smell and excellent vision of the big picture, which set him apart from the others, at least in Hindenburg's opinion, he had never seen such a good soldier so far, and the last person who almost reached this level was his mentor, General Moltke the Elder!

General Moltke Sr. was an excellent general, with excellent tactical and strategic skills, excellent overall vision and insight, and also the ability to break the rules and create a new system, and it was under his leadership that the system of the General Staff of the German army was created!

However, I don't know why, in Hindenburg's view, Mainz, which is currently not comparable to the achievements of General Moltke Sr., has advantages that even General Moltke Sr. can't compare, and he doesn't know what it is for the time being, but Hindenburg thinks in his heart that Mainz's future achievements will not be lower than that of General Moltke Sr.!

Thinking of this, Hindenburg moved his mind: he was 74 years old, maybe he would go to see God at any time, and at this time the empire was still in a period of chaos, and if he died, the country would inevitably fall into chaos!

He knew that his henchman, General Grener, was ambitious and talented, and his ability was not high, but his ambition was not small, and he was not a trustworthy person who could rely on heavy responsibilities.

And his influence in politics is not as great as that of the military, so it is difficult for Hindenburg to find a suitable successor for himself in politics, and since it is difficult to find in politics, he can only continue to look for it from the military!

And in the army, it seems that there is only one suitable candidate at present!

President Hindenburg raised his head and stared at Mainz with serious eyes.

Can this man afford to lead the Hanse people to rebuild their empire?_

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