Chapter 487: Fleeing in Disarray

The war was over.

For every German, this was undoubtedly good news. The war on the Eastern Front was going smoothly—that was a matter of punishing the shameless Russian invaders of their fatherland, a lesson the fool Stalin deserved. But the complete end of the war on the Western Front was something absolutely worth celebrating for every German.

North Africa was so far away that it had little impact on the lives of the German people. On the Eastern Front, once they had driven away the detestable Soviets, the spring of Germany would arrive. Everyone was overjoyed. The parades celebrating the victory over Britain made the anti-war protesters, who had been opposing the continuation of the war, instantly vanish without a trace.

“Read all about it! Read all about it! The entire southern region of Britain has surrendered! The main culprit who destroyed the peace between our two countries, Winston Churchill, has committed suicide!” a newsboy shouted on the edge of the parade crowd. His business was particularly good today, because in addition to the news of the British surrender, the newspaper also contained the Führer’s latest order.

The Führer had ordered that 200,000 soldiers would return to their hometowns for a holiday of up to 15 days. Because of the end of the war against Britain, this rotation system would continue.

The leader of Northern Britain, Mr. Chamberlain, had flown to Berlin yesterday. Führer Akado had warmly received this old acquaintance at his residence. Northern Britain had accepted all of Germany’s conditions, had issued an order for the British forces in North Africa to cease fire, and had fully restored peace between the two countries. They had even established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level on the same day.

Although the British Royal Family in Iceland had declared Chamberlain a traitor and did not recognize this puppet British regime, it seemed that this British Icelandic government did not recognize a great many regimes. It did not recognize the Vichy regime in France, it did not recognize Franco’s Spain, it did not recognize Irish independence, and it did not recognize the Northern British government. Of course, the number of countries they recognized but had broken off diplomatic relations with was even greater: Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania… So at this moment, in everyone’s eyes, it was the British Icelandic regime that was the self-defeating puppet regime.

Therefore, the German people still believed that the war in the West was indeed over. The flags of both Britain and Germany were hanging at the entrance of the Grand Hotel Berlin, and many British and German dignitaries were gathering there, seemingly even more intimate than before the war.

“Long live the Führer, Akado Rudolph!” a man in work clothes shouted, waving his arms at the foot of the statue of Frederick the Great in the center of the square. “He is a gift from God to the German people!”

“Support the Führer, Akado Rudolph!” another man shouted, raising his arm. The parade instantly became excited. Everyone waved their fists, and the cheers of Akado’s name grew louder and louder, as if they were about to tear the roofs off the surrounding houses.

Just the day before the southern British forces had surrendered, Führer Akado had convened a conference on the operation of Greater German industrial capital. At the meeting, the German Deputy Chancellor, Krupp, and the Deputy Minister of Industry, Bosch, had unanimously agreed that the basic wages of German workers should be raised by another 30% as wartime labor compensation.

This agreement was passed almost unanimously by all the capitalists attending the meeting. Anyone could see that this was the result of the efforts of Führer Akado and his new Minister of Industry, Speer. Because of this meeting to raise the wage standard, the Workers’ Movement Leadership Office, composed of representatives of the Greater Germany Party, had completely replaced the original trade union organization and had become the direct leader of the German working class.

To stabilize the domestic situation, Akado had forcibly taken a portion of the war profits and distributed them to the domestic civilian class, allowing these people to also benefit from the war, to ease the domestic anti-war sentiment. He distributed a large amount of grain plundered from Poland and other regions to the German people in exchange for their support for the now-endless foreign wars.

In fact, the people’s demands were very simple. They only needed to see that their lives were improving, bit by bit, and heading in a better direction. Then they would become incredibly easy to talk to, even more compliant than the most obedient subjects. These citizens received their bread, their margarine, and their government-subsidized banknotes, and they immediately forgot the pain that the war had once brought them.

In truth, the war had not brought much real trauma to the German people. There were only two important parts: first, the problem of separation caused by conscription and military expansion; second, the problem of the factories in the rear ceasing to have breaks and holidays.

These two problems were also very easy to solve. For example, Akado had ordered Speer to draw up a wartime mobilization plan that used a rotation system to meet the workers’ need for rest. In this plan, the mobilized German factories would have at least one holiday every month, which would alleviate the people’s resistance to overtime work.

On the other hand, Akado had recalled his navy and had begun to implement a policy of rotating troops for leave, allowing soldiers who had been away from home for a long time to return for a visit. This had reduced the impact of the military expansion and campaigns to a tolerable range. As for the fallen, they were compensated by increasing the pension benefits. The budget was temporarily able to stabilize the domestic anti-war sentiment.

The bowstring of the German war effort had been stretched too tight and was in danger of snapping at any moment. Now, Akado hoped that Germany could take a breath. Forced to fight on several fronts, he was now forcibly ending the state of war at home to ease the tense national mood.

Germany had secretly entered a quasi-war state as early as 1936. That was why, after the start of the German-Polish War, Germany’s weapon production could be so rapid, and why it could produce so many weapons in 1937 to arm the geometrically expanding German army.

A nation at war is like a martial arts master. No matter how powerful his techniques are (weapons and equipment), no matter how skilled he is (strategy and tactics), he still needs time to catch his breath (rest and recuperation).

Therefore, the Soviet Union was a master of internal arts. Germany, with its shallower foundation, could only follow the path of external martial arts. The truly formidable ones who had mastered both were the United States and Britain. However, Britain, this master, had been stunned by Germany’s fierce set of punches and had lost in a complete daze.

In fact, even though Germany had beaten the old master, Britain, to a pulp, it had not completely broken this behemoth. Britain before World War II was simply too powerful, so powerful that even though Germany had shattered its homeland, it still could not make this empire fall apart.

In fact, a careful analysis would reveal that although Germany was currently victorious all along the line, it only looked good on the surface. In reality, from the moment Akado launched the war, the path Germany could choose was already fixed.

At the very beginning, to avoid a two-front war, Germany had to blitz Poland, partitioning it with the Soviet Union under the pretext of an eastward march against the Soviets. Then, it had to crush the Anglo-French alliance before Britain and France saw through the deception. Otherwise, the moment France mobilized, Germany would once again be in the embarrassing situation of World War I.

So Akado had struck France first, using a modified version of the Scythe Cut to finish off Germany’s old enemy. At this point, Germany still could not rest. It had to bite the bullet and attack Britain, because if Germany did not deal with Britain, then the Soviet Union and the United States would intervene in the war, and Germany would still lose everything.

So from the very beginning, Germany could only fight the war around the core concept of “speed.” As long as the tempo slowed, what awaited Germany was destruction. For the sake of this speed, Germany had cut corners on many details, and these small details were now forcing Akado to delay the domestic war mobilization, like a martial arts master being forced to catch his breath.

In fact, Akado knew very well that Britain was still strong in North Africa. It had been painstakingly managed by the British for many years and was by no means as weak as it seemed. And the puppet regimes that had been set up to end the war more quickly were, for the most part, “allies” who could only share wealth but not hardship. These allies were not reliable even when Germany was winning, let alone the so-called help they could provide if Germany were to fall into a difficult situation. Not kicking them while they were down would already be considered a courtesy.

“Fanny,” Akado said. When he discussed business with this strong woman from the German propaganda ministry who had long admired him, she could always show her capable and decisive side. “We must strengthen our propaganda about being invaded by the Soviets. We cannot let a single detail slip. Right now, the Eastern Front is the only major battlefield that cannot be ended on our own initiative. We must make the people accept the fact that we are being passively beaten.”

“The reporters have already been sent out. They will personally interview the battlefields of the Soviet offensive and shoot a documentary there before returning to Berlin. The first three parts are already playing in rotation in all the major cinemas. The people are very indignant about the shamelessness of the Soviets. The effect is not bad,” Fanny replied, taking a sip of her coffee. “We are indeed the victims. This is much easier to publicize than the Polish incident.”

“We cannot be careless! We absolutely cannot let British spies use the German-Soviet war as an excuse to stir up an anti-war wave among the people!” Akado said, staring at Fanny. “Use all the resources at your disposal to make the people support the war against the Soviet Union. If necessary, you can come to me or go directly to Reinhard Heydrich and have him help you solve any problems you can’t handle.”

“Yes, my Führer!” Fanny said with a smile, standing up and sitting on Akado’s desk. “Now that the business is done, let’s talk about personal matters. Anna was just telling me outside that her wounds have almost healed. Shouldn’t you be thinking about what she really cares about?”

“You’re meddling in this too?” Akado was stunned.

“How can I not… She said, after you two take care of business, it’s my turn!” Fanny said fiercely.

Akado looked at Fanny in her sexy uniform, felt a wave of heat, and instantly fled in disarray.

Published: 2025-08-29T02:40:19.000+00:00
Last Edited: 2025-11-27T13:43:54.000+00:00
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