The Third Reich: The Return of the King

"Mainz, what do you think of the current state of the world?"

Hindenburg did not speak his inner thoughts on the spur of the moment, he feared that he would make a mistake in his vision, a mistake in judgment and lead the whole country astray.

Mainz may be a good soldier, but he may not be a suitable ruler, and leading a country and running an army are two completely different things!

You can lead good soldiers and fight a good war, but you may not be able to lead a country well!

Therefore, President Hindenburg decided to investigate and see if Mainz is in politics or not, and if he really shows his potential and talent in this area, then he doesn't mind going crazy and cultivating Mainz as a head of state!

Mainz had long noticed Marshal Hindenburg's suddenly serious gaze, although he didn't know why the old marshal suddenly looked at him so seriously, but seeing the old marshal frowning and thinking, Mainz also had some vigilance in his heart.

And this vigilance disappeared the moment President Hindenburg spoke.

"Speak your mind?"

Mainz asked cautiously.

The meeting between the two men can be a private meeting between an uncle and nephew, or an official meeting between the president and the defense minister, and the different identities naturally mean that Mainz needs to respond with different attitudes.

In a private meeting, he doesn't need to be so businesslike, which will seem unfamiliar.

As for official meetings, he should not have the idea that the other party is my uncle-in-law, and should completely stand on his identity as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces of the republic, and do official business without mentioning any private affairs.

"You are free, don't be too restrained!"

President Hindenburg shrugged his shoulders indifferently, he didn't really care what kind of attitude the other party used, anyway, with his knowledge of Mainz, no matter what, this guy would find a suitable way to express his own opinion!

In the era that Mainz traveled through, there was a problem that had plagued male compatriots for a long time, and that was when the girlfriend said the word 'whatever'!

That's a lot of people!

Although she said casually, if you are really casual, then she is not casual!

After all, President Hindenburg is the head of a country, a person who stands at the pinnacle of power, and he asked Mainz to be casual, and Mainz must pay attention to the balance no matter how casual it is, and this proportion is the most difficult to control!

After stabilizing his mind a little and secretly observing Marshal Hindenburg's expression, Mainz began to say: "I think there are two contradictions in the current world pattern!"

President Hindenburg smiled and nodded, encouraging: "Tell me, which two contradictions?"

"First, the contradiction between the old and new powers!"

"Second, the contradiction between the rise of nationalism and order!"

Hindenburg continued to nod but did not speak, which was evident in Intz's attitude as he continued.

So Mainz continued: "The contradiction between the new is well understood, and the old powers are those like the sun never sets and Gaul, which have eaten a lot of money in the colonial era and are still lying on the colonies to grab benefits!"

"And the new big countries are those countries that have been established for a relatively short time, but have grown up rapidly with the help of the two industrial revolutions, especially the second industrial revolution, typical representatives are our country and Eagle sauce, and the Far East's foot basin is also one!"

"The resources of this world are limited, the market is also limited, but the productivity is unlimited, so the rapid development of the new rising powers in industrial output, the need for a huge market to digest these production capacity, if it can't be digested, then there will be an economic crisis, the economic crisis will hit the economy hard, and even shake the rule of the government, so once the country has an economic crisis, the first solution that can be thought of is war!"

Speaking of this, Mainz took a look and found that the smile on President Hindenburg's face was gone, replaced by a dignified face!

Seeing that he stopped, Hindenburg said in a cold tone: "Go on!"

"Yes, President!"

Mainz knows why Hindenburg is so serious, because Mainz's analysis has already touched on the very root of the First World War.

Although two years have passed since the world war, until now not many people in Europe or even the whole world have begun to reflect on this world war, and those victorious countries are busy dividing up the spoils left by the defeated countries.

The defeated country is silently suffering the serious consequences after the defeat, no one has the time and energy to analyze the reasons for the outbreak of the war, of course, there are exceptions, maybe the Eagle Sauce people in North America have this leisure, but North America is too far away from Europe, making it difficult for the academic discussion in North America to be known by the European side, so Hindenburg This is the first time I have heard someone analyze this war!

The First World War was very strange, because of an accidental assassination, all countries were drawn into this war, and before this war broke out, everyone was not ready for war!

This is a completely different concept from the Second World War, when many countries were ready to fight, because the enemy's intentions were very obvious!

"The contradiction between the emerging powers and the old established powers led to the outbreak of the First World War, and we participated in this world war as a challenger, unfortunately, we failed, so not only our demands were not met, but also divided up all our original colonies, and the area of the mainland has also shrunk significantly, losing nearly 90,000 square kilometers of land and millions of people!"

The defeat in World War I was a bitter experience for the entire empire, and no one wanted to talk about it if it wasn't necessary, because they didn't want to expose their scars and make themselves uncomfortable.

President Hindenburg took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then continued: "Keep talking, don't stop!"

"Although we lost the First World War, but the contradictions were not resolved but deepened, the Tower City Peace Conference was more like a child's play, drawing up an agreement that not only did not bring peace, but was destined to bring war - the Treaty of Versailles, I think, it is precisely because of the existence of this treaty that the war was not ended, but only temporarily postponed, and the Second World War will break out sooner or later, 20 years at the latest, 10 years at the earliest!

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"And our country is bound to participate in this world war!"

President Hindenburg's face did not show any expression of surprise, and when the old president heard Mainz's assertion, he only clenched his fists slightly and gritted his teeth.

"Since you said that the emerging powers are bound to challenge the order of the old powers, then why did Eagle Chan not stand on our side in this war, but instead joined the Entente?"

President Hindenburg said a question that many people may ask: since Hans and Eagle Sauce are both emerging powers, both of them are challengers to challenge the two established powers of Sun Never Sets and Gaul, then the relationship between the two countries should be very good, but why did Eagle Sauce stand on the side of the Entente but not on Hans's side when the war was at its most critical?

"Because of interests, national interests, in Eagle Sauce's view, standing on the side that is more likely to win the war is the most cost-effective deal, so that they can win at the least cost!"

"You mean that the Entente are stronger than our allies?"

Hindenburg asked, somewhat unconvinced.

Mainz nodded: "That's right, at least we can't match them in the navy, and besides, our allies are much worse than them, and this war has been very bad for us from the beginning!"

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