10

fight

On April 1, the verdict was announced.

Ludendorff was found not guilty and was immediately released.

I was sentenced to 5 years in prison. When the ruling was announced, there was an uproar as the audience stood up and loudly protested.

But when Judge Knighthardt continued, the protests turned into cheers.

"After nine months, you will be eligible for parole."

Friends like Röhm, Strasser, and Hess all received short sentences.

I was imprisoned again in Landsberg Prison along with Hess and Maurice, but the treatment was very different from before.

Instead of living in a cold cell filled with mold and cobwebs, I ended up living in a heated VIP room with a bed and table.

After spending time shivering in a solitary cell covered in dark stains, coming to a cell decorated with clean wallpaper and picture frames made me feel like I was in some kind of hotel.

In addition, I was allowed unlimited visits and meals, and I was able to move around the prison as I pleased during working hours, wearing civilian clothes rather than a prison uniform.

The guards treated me with courtesy and provided me with the same quality meals.

I can't believe I got to personally experience the imprisonment of the CEOs of large corporations that I only saw on the news. It doesn't feel bad.

I spent every hour of my working day taking Hess and Maurice for a walk. While writing at the same time.

Strictly speaking, I only did the dictation and Hess did the writing.

In this way, it was completed.

***

Mein Kampf, famous as Hitler's autobiography, was actually a book with such poor content that even Hitler himself dismissed it as dark history.

The narrative was incoherent, and the content itself was rubbish that believed in Jewish conspiracy theories, so it was not well received at the time, let alone in the 21st century.

There is even an anecdote in which Hitler said, 'If I had known I would become Führer, I would not have written such a book,' or even begged Speer, who was the Minister of Armaments and a close associate of his, not to read it because he would be embarrassed to death.

However, the title I wrote of My Struggle is the same, but the content is 180 degrees different from the original.

There were no Jewish conspiracy theories that this was all because of the Jews, or unrealizable delusions like Lebensraum.

Instead, it contained a 'forecast of the future world situation' that mobilized all my future knowledge.

how is it? Doesn't it seem like you're starting to get interested?

Naturally, Hess and Schreck had a hard time accepting my 'prophecy'.

It was worth it because it was full of things that were completely unimaginable with their current knowledge and awareness.

"Hey, party leader. Do you really believe that the world economy will collapse in five years?"

Even Hess, who immediately took action without any refutation of what I said, said it in a tone of disbelief.

I smiled lightly and answered his question.

"okay. Although it may be hard to imagine right now, I am sure of it. And the economic collapse will begin in the United States."

In 1929, the Great Depression occurred, which even those who were indifferent to history and economics would have heard about at least once.

There are so many causes of the Great Depression that even in the 21st century, it is difficult to pinpoint 'this is the cause!', and since my level of knowledge about the economy is not much different from that of the general public, it is difficult for me to explain in detail why the Great Depression occurs. However, the important thing was the prophecy itself that the Great Depression would occur.

Did Nostradamus explain that this would happen for such and such a reason?

I became famous just by saying something like this would happen in the future.

Of course, it would be inappropriate to just write that the Great Depression would occur without any explanation, so I showed a level of sincerity by mobilizing all my knowledge and including everything that came to mind.

Although it may be treated as nonsense now, in 10 years I will quickly emerge as a global prophet. Hehehe.

"The Great Depression will surely completely collapse the existing world order. At the same time, countries around the world will try to overcome the economic crisis in their own way.

Large countries with many colonies, such as Britain and France, will try to use their colonies to escape the economic crisis, while countries with few colonies will try to escape the economic crisis using other methods."

"What is that method?"

"Of course it's war. Go to war and take over another country's colony, or create a new colony to exploit the colony's resources and secure a market for your country's goods.

And I predict, that country will definitely be Japan."

"Do you mean Japanese?"

"Yes, Japan."

It is a well-known incident that, when the Great Depression hit the country hard, the military took advantage of it to seize power and invade Manchuria.

I said that Japan, which took control of Manchuria, would become even more arrogant and invade all of China, and would come into armed conflict with Western powers, such as Britain and the United States, who would try to stop it.

"Hey, party leader. "There are some parts I don't quite understand…"

"Tell me."

"You said that Japan is attacking Britain and the United States to continue the war with China, but I wonder if people think this makes sense based on common sense."

"I think the same thing."

It was understandable that Hess and Schreck expressed their doubts. Common sense tells us that we are at war, but the choice to suddenly attack another country to continue the war is improbable.

But Japan did something crazy.

At the time, Japan needed more oil to continue the war with China.

However, when the United States, which accounted for most of the country's imports, imposed a ban on oil exports, Japan decided to secure oil through war.

I don't understand. It's normal not to understand.

Japan was not normal, so they did exactly the opposite.

In the case of Britain and France, he also wrote that although they are now the world's most powerful countries, the colonies that made them powerful countries will later hold them back.

It is also said that to solve this problem, the colonies must be liberated and their own contradictions must be eliminated.

In the case of Britain, it was rather meekly to give up its colonies and retreat, but France showed its ugly side to the end, befitting its nickname of Europe's bully.

Representative examples include Vietnam and Algeria, both of which ended up being lost despite pouring a lot of war effort and manpower into them.

"And it is so strange to say that China will become a superpower that dominates the world economy. "Don't you know very well what kind of country China is?"

China in the 1920s was an underdeveloped country, not much different from how people in the 21st century view Afghanistan.

Think about it. Would people believe me if I suddenly said that an underdeveloped country like Afghanistan or Somalia, which is not even in the middle class, would suddenly become a power on the level of the United States or Russia in 70 years? They'll tell you not to talk nonsense.

"okay. I know. "That's why I said that."

"yes?"

"Today's China is an underdeveloped country where warlords run rampant, the majority of the people are illiterate and it is difficult to find even proper factories. The military, at best, is only at the level of the European military 30 years ago.

However, China has the largest territory in Asia and is the most populous country in the world. In other words, there is infinite growth power.

"If a country with a large workforce, large territory, and resources were to experience true peace and begin to grow... would you be able to predict the results?"

In My Struggle, I confidently wrote that Germany's current enemies are neighboring countries such as Britain, France, and Poland, but that in the future the United States and China will be bigger opponents than them.

Like Hess and Schreck, people may not understand it right now, but over time, people's perceptions will change.

However, there were quite a few things that were too far into the future, such as the Internet, smartphones, AI, or drones.

For predictions, there must be a plausible explanation and some degree of reality in order for people to be convinced.

But suddenly, try adding sci-fi elements such as robots or Mars exploration.

Will people read it properly? Let's just ignore this guy and say he's a pure psychopath.

Instead, it wrote in quite detail about the factors that people at this time could think about, the future of tanks and airplanes.

It is said that these two weapons will be important elements that will dominate the battlefield of the future.

At the same time, talk about battleships could not be left out. Battleships of this period were such important weapons that they were treated on the same level as nuclear weapons of the 21st century.

Why?

If it were a weapon that could navigate all the seas of the world, protected by strong armor, and had the firepower to destroy an opposing country's warship with a single blow, what would be other than a battleship?

It is not for nothing that the Allies stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles that Germany could not possess battleships forever.

However, after World War II, battleships lost their luster.

Britain used an aircraft carrier to raid the Italian port of Taranto, turning the Italian Navy into a half-baby, and Japan was also inspired by this and actively used aircraft carriers to successfully attack Pearl Harbor.

After losing most of its battleships in the Pearl Harbor attack, the United States had no choice but to use aircraft carriers instead of battleships to confront the Japanese military.

In this process, the United States learned that aircraft carriers were surprisingly useful, and later placed more importance on aircraft carriers than battleships, defeating the Japanese army, which had been buried in outdated big-ship-gun doctrine, and forcing its surrender.

Knowing the knowledge of the future, I emphasized that the era of battleships was over and that the trend was aircraft carriers.

Although it does not have tremendous firepower like a battleship, it can launch aircraft to attack at a distance that the battleship's main guns do not close, so it will be much more useful than a battleship in future naval battles.

Lastly, he did not forget to include the reality Germany faces today, the direction Germany will take in the future, things to watch out for, and criticism of incompetent politicians.

My struggle, which was completed one way or another, brought about great controversy, just as I intended.

***

It is said that when Mein Kampf first came out, sales were modest.

Sales of Mein Kampf began to surge in the 1930s, when support for Hitler and the Nazi Party began to rise. Until then, there were overwhelmingly more people who did not even know that such a book existed than those who knew about Mein Kampf.

However, in this world where history was changed because of me, my struggle immediately emerged as a hot potato.

There were many similar books that criticized the German leadership and presented a vision, so I managed to get through them.

What caught people's attention was my prediction of the world situation.

"The world economy is collapsing all at once for various reasons? And in the US too? "That sounds funny."

Most people were reluctant to believe in the global Great Depression that I predicted.

Excluding Germany, the global economy is in a tailwind, but suddenly there is an economic crisis. It was natural for people to treat it as nonsense.

In particular, when it came to China's growth, people were busy ridiculing them for not having any other science fiction novels.

"china? China? Those uncivilized barbarians are controlling the world economy. "Isn't this Hitler crazy?"

"Maybe your ancestors are Chinese?"

However, several scholars who noticed China's potential early on published papers and actively defended my argument.

Although it was only a minority, people's reactions gradually diverged as some scholars agreed with my argument.

In particular, the reactions to Japan's ambition to invade Asia were different from the previous two predictions.

Above all, Germany lost its Asia-Pacific colonies, including Tsingtao, to Japan due to its defeat in World War I.

Although the perception of Japan was not very bad due to Japan's gentlemanly treatment of prisoners, it could not be said to be good, so my argument surprisingly received a positive response.

Above all, the biggest event that made this book widely known was when my struggle became known in China through Chinese students studying abroad in Germany.

"Have you read Mein Kampf?"

"My Struggle? what is that?"

"It's a book written by a German named Adolf Hitler, and it contains tremendous content. Please read it."

"But I don't know German?"

"I knew that would be the case and did my translation."

At this time, the Chinese people were resentful of their country being treated as a third-rate country by Western powers, but it was also true, so they just groaned inside.

However, a certain revolutionary appeared in Germany and wrote in his autobiography that China, even if it is treated shabbily for now, has great potential and will grow into a global power in the future, so it is natural that people will like him.

Gukbbong content works even in the 21st century, but what if it's the 20th century? And what if a foreigner who has nothing to do with China flies to China?

When the illegal translation of Mein Kampf was introduced in China, the response was explosive.

Although it was mainly read by intellectuals rather than the largely illiterate Chinese people, Mein Kampf gained worldwide fame as they began to spread the word about the existence of this book to the public and even to foreigners in China.

"My Struggle is a ray of hope for the Chinese people. "I sincerely hope that this book will be widely read not only by the Chinese people but also by all people in Asia and the world."

Lastly, Mein Kampf's popularity reached its peak when Sun Yat-sen, the father of China, mentioned this book.

"It's a success, a huge success! "It's a huge success!"

This was what Max Amann, who I met after being released from Landsberg Prison, said.

Max Amann was a friend who was involved in the publication of Mein Kampf as the representative of a publishing company called 'Franz Eher'.

In actual history, it was Aman who gave Hitler's autobiography the name Mein Kampf.

What was the original name of Mein Kampf? It was 'four years of lies, cowardice, and foolishness.' It's like looking at a modern light novel title.

Anyway, My Struggle became extremely popular in China, and as it spread to Japan, and through Japan, its name began to become known around the world, My Struggle was selling like crazy.

It was a time when awareness of copyright was still rare, so many of the translations of My Struggle on the market, especially in Asia, were illegally translated. However, even taking this into account, the sales volume of My Struggle was beyond imagination.

Thanks to this, the Nazi Party's finances were so strong that they did not have to worry about money for several years. Naturally, my position in the party became even stronger.

Drexler, who served as party leader while I was imprisoned, eventually had no choice but to acknowledge me and step down as honorary chairman.

But my friend, I don't know about you, but this is a much happier ending.

In the original history, you rebelled against Hitler, but were sued for defamation and retired. And that was before the beer hall riots.

However, in this regression, I clearly treated Drexler as the party leader, even if it was only superficial, and he did not conflict with me, perhaps because he was satisfied with his treatment.

Isn't this what it means to be good to your sister and good to your brother-in-law?

As Mein Kampf gained sensational popularity, the party's once-waning popularity also rose again.

Naturally, the number of people who wanted to join the party increased again, and among these were

"nice to see you. "My name is Paul Josef Goebbels."

There was also Goebbels, a master of propaganda and agitation unprecedented in human history.