The last dignity

Fast forward to the spring of 1919, Lyon was promoted to lieutenant, served as the commander of the 27th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, garrisoned Hamburg with the troops, and Hitler began to appear frequently in the public eye in the same year. He trumpeted the country's defeat because of the dark sword from the Jews in his back, many Germanic capitalists began to notice Hitler and provide him with assistance, Hitler gradually began to develop his own power, and a party called the "National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany" began to mature.

　　In June, the Allies presented Germany with an ultimatum to either agree to the Treaty of Versailles by noon on June 21 or to continue the war. At this time, the German government could no longer choose to escape, and the proud Germans decided to give in, but it took two days to prepare, but the British media reported in the newspapers that "negotiations are on the verge of bankruptcy and the resumption of the war against Germany."

　　June 21, Scapa Flow, England, in the commander's tower of the cruiser Emden, flagship of the German High Seas Fleet.

Admiral Schell, commander of the German High Seas Fleet, pointed to a newspaper he had bought from England and said to all the commanders present: "We may soon be at war with Britain again, but we have confiscated all our ammunition, leaving us with enough fuel to leave the waters around the Orkney Islands, and I will absolutely not allow the fleet we have painstakingly built to fall into the hands of the British!"

　　"Yes, we'd rather let them sleep in icy waters than let the damned British get it!" The officers echoed indignantly.

　　"So I plan to take advantage of the fact that the British are now out training and send these comrades on a final ride, and the operation code has been notified in advance." Scheer said with a wry smile.

　　"General, we support your decision, the great German will remember what we did today, and we will accompany them on their last journey!" The officers looked at Scheer with determined eyes.

　　"Okay, order the sailors to hang the fleet flag, battle flag and Z signal flag, and the action code - rainbow!"

　　The High Seas Fleet, from battleships to destroyers, hung the fleet flag, battle flag and Z signal flag, and then the sailors sang the German naval anthem "We are going to England" to open the battleship's sea valve

The tragic song floats on the sea.

　　"We sing loudly today, drink that cold wine" At 12:16, the huge battleship Frederick the Great first slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

　　"I'm about to leave, so I'll make that glass crunch with a soft sound" At 12:56, the battleship King Albert sank with Frederick the Great.

　　"Let me hold your hand again, your white hand" at 1:10 it was the battlecruiser Moltke.

　　"Goodbye, sweetheart. Goodbye, Cherish "At 1:15, Crown Prince William...

　　It was not until 17 o'clock sharp, when the battlecruiser Hindenburg sank, that the British fleet rushed back to remedy it, but it was too late.

　　The self-sinking operation lasted about 6 hours, and 52 of the 74 detained German warships sank to the bottom of the sea, including 10 of the 11 battleships and all 5 battle cruisers. The tonnage of sunken warships reached 95% of the total tonnage of the seized fleet.

All the surviving German naval officers and sailors were disarmed by the British - although they had no weapons - and were tied to a British battleship by the British.

　　A British colonel angrily yelled at a German officer: "Are you crazy? You are prisoners of war know? "

　　The German ** official laughed and sang loudly at the British ** officer with the others: "We are going to go on a campaign, we are going to go on a march, we are going to go to England!" England! The battle flag has flown on the mast, which symbolizes our invincible strength! We will open the road to victory and will not let the British arrogant! "

　　The British colonel gritted his teeth and looked at the remaining German ships barely floating on the sea, then shook his head and sighed: "It's all a bunch of crazy people!" But they had to be in awe of this group of "madmen".

　　When the news reached Germany, there was an uproar in the whole society, almost everyone called the officers and men of the navy "heroes", and the government was crowded with angry people who demanded that the government refuse to sign the Treaty of Versailles, that the government protest to Britain and take the surviving officers and men home.

The German people never considered themselves defeated, because Germany had enormous war potential in the end, and this result was simply unjustified and humiliating for the people.

　　However, the newly formed Weimar government was not as fearless as the naval officers and men, and they were bent on peace to ensure the interests of the capitalists. The angry people, apparently not acceding to the government's inaction, began with demonstrations and then began storming government buildings.

　　President Albert, seeing that the situation was out of control, could only agree to the people and cautiously ask the British government to release the German naval officers and men. The British government obviously can't stand this group of German madmen who do nothing all day and open the sea valve outside the shipwreck and sing "go to England" while sinking. So the two sides hit it off, and the next day officers and men were sent home one after another.

　　Although the matter was eventually resolved by the government, the seeds of discontent were clearly planted in the hearts of the German people, and the cunning Hitler took the opportunity to bring the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany to the public and to join the people in the incident. As a result of this, the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany has successfully won the world's attention, surpassing even the country's largest party, the Social Democratic Party, in its nest Munich. And this party has a familiar or fearsome name in later generations - the Nazi Party.

Turning his eyes to the barracks, Lyon's unit is one of the few units that has been integrated early and has combat effectiveness in the now chaotic German world, so yesterday he received an order from the military department to go to the German Krupp arms factory near the Rhine River to assist the French in dismantling the equipment that the factory could transport and the equipment that could not be removed.

　　Upon receiving this order, all the soldiers were angry and eager to immediately take up their guns and fight the French again, and all refused to carry out this humiliating order.

　　Just when the regiment commander smiled bitterly and couldn't do anything, Leon stood up and gave a passionate speech to everyone: "Sometimes the retreat is to move forward better, the fist is tightened and swung out to have more strength, what we need to do now is to endure, now every cent we collect, we have to let the French British come back." Think about those naval brothers who sank with the ship, can we let them die in vain? "

The soldiers gradually calmed down. The regimental officer saw that the situation was controlled by Leon alone, and couldn't help but be impressed with Leon.

　　On this day in July, Lyon's name finally appeared for the first time in the top political circles of Germany with a report from the regimental headquarters.