Chapter 47 There Are No Permanent Friends
Ludwig von Hirschmann put on the brand new colonel uniform of the United Baltic Principality, which was yellow-green and looked similar to the uniform of Tsarist Russia. The uniform also had a ribbon and the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
As the defeat was already very clear, the United Baltic Principality became more and more "Russified". In the eyes of Goltz and Pierburg, the United Baltic Principality could only temporarily serve as a vassal of the Russian Empire after the war. This would avoid the attack of the Allies... at least there would be no problem from a legal point of view.
As for the possible attack from the Soviet Union, it could only be temporarily ignored. In Goltz's view, as long as there were 20,000 Free Corps (hired by Olga) and 80,000 Baltic Defense Forces, plus 100,000 Baltic People's Stormtroopers, the United Baltic Principality could protect itself.
In order to allow the United Baltic Duchy to possess such a powerful military force, it can only temporarily ally with Tsarist Russia...even if it allows the United Baltic Duchy to serve as a bridgehead for the White Russian counterattack for a while.
Therefore, all the officers of the Baltic Defense Force who attended the coronation ceremony of the Grand Duchess at Charlottenburg Palace, including General Goltz, the commander-in-chief of the Baltic Defense Force, Colonel Fletcher, the chief of staff, and Major Falkenhorst, the commander of the Riga garrison, wore Russian military uniforms.
Although Hersman was not an officer of the Baltic Defense Force - the Stasi was not affiliated with the Defense Force, it was directly under the jurisdiction of the Baltic government, and Hersman's identity as the director of the Stasi was confidential - but Grand Duchess Olga still awarded him the rank of colonel of the Baltic Defense Force and let him appear at her coronation ceremony in the name of the military adjutant of the Baltic Grand Duchess.
Becoming a colonel (although not a German colonel) and being favored by a young and beautiful Grand Duchess seemed to be a good thing. But Hersman was still in a heavy mood. Because the bad news of the sailors' uprising just came from Kiel Port!
Hessmann thought that this would not necessarily happen - because under his promotion, Germany had already begun to prepare for surrender. Moreover, the German Navy also participated in the formulation of the "Gray Plan". They drafted a "Rainbow Plan". It has the same name as the "Rainbow Operation" in history. However, Hessmann did not know the specific content of the plan. Even though he was the nominal adjutant of Marshal Hindenburg, he still had no right to view this top-secret plan of the Navy.
And Hessmann thought that the "Rainbow Plan" was mostly to sink the fleet, but he never expected that the bigwigs of the German Navy would order the German fleet anchored in Kiel Port to fight desperately, just like in history - later he learned that the "Rainbow Operation" to sink the fleet was codenamed "Rainbow II", and the codename for going out to sea was "Rainbow I". The meaning of the rainbow is to leave an unforgettable light like a rainbow...
Unfortunately, the German sailors are not Japanese sailors, and they don't want to fight this kind of battle that is in vain. As a result, on October 25, the day the order was issued, 80,000 sailors of the German High Seas Fleet refused to weigh anchor and turned off the warships. Although the sailors' resistance forced the German naval authorities to withdraw the order, the sailors who led the riot were persecuted and hundreds of them were arrested. The result triggered a greater disaster!
On November 3, the day before yesterday, the sailors took to the streets of Kiel to protest against the naval authorities and demanded the release of those arrested. The demonstration then developed into an armed uprising. The sailors disarmed the officers, quickly occupied strategic locations, and controlled the entire city. And established the terrible Soviet of Workers' Representatives.
When the news reached Berlin, everyone knew that something was wrong - the Kiel Port sailors' uprising was a terrible signal, meaning that the revolution would break out in Germany!
"Ludwig, let's go... The coronation ceremony will begin soon." Chloe von Heinsberg, dressed in a formal dress, walked into the room used as a dressing room where Hessmann was - this was in the Glienicke Palace near Potsdam on the outskirts of Berlin. As the defeat of Germany became increasingly clear, the treatment of Tsar Nicholas II also increased significantly. He moved from the villa in Zossen to the Glienicko Palace, and restored the former pomp of the emperor. The coronation of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna will also be held in the Glienicko Palace.
Moreover, Admiral Yudenich, who was previously expelled to Finland by the United Baltic Principality, was also invited to Berlin as a distinguished guest.
The admiral had already met with the Tsar on November 3, and suggested to the Tsar to use Estonia as a base to counterattack Petrograd. The Tsar verbally appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army Group, asking him to defend Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna and to gather the White Russians to form an army in Estonia!
At the same time, today, November 5, 1918, the German government also severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union on the pretext that the Soviet government supported the riots in Germany.
Obviously, William II had reached some kind of agreement with Nicholas II - on the condition that Germany supported his restoration, he was asked to mediate and strive for the best peace conditions for Germany and the German emperor himself. For example, an immediate unconditional armistice (without requiring the German army to surrender) and the preservation of the German emperor's status. The handing over of the United Baltic Principalities to Olga and the severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union were all done for the Allies to see.
However, Hessmann did not participate in all this... After all, he, a lieutenant colonel in the German army, was a small figure to William II. He only heard some "rumors" from Grand Duchess Olga that the Tsar's cousin and brother-in-law, Grand Alexander Mikhailovich, who fled to England after the February Revolution, was active between London and Paris to intercede for the German emperor William.
As for how to intercede, Hersman can figure it out even with his heels! It must be using German troops to support the Russian White Guards in the civil war. Send out hundreds of thousands to one million people to directly protect Nicholas II for restoration.
Chloe heard the news too. She is now the lady-in-waiting to the Grand Duchess, and she has been following Olga around for the past few days. So she was in a good mood, and a long-lost smile appeared on her face.
But Hessmann knew very clearly: The French would never spare Germany lightly, let alone allow the German army to support the restoration of the Tsar - even if this was the only reliable method. Because Germany's support for the restoration of the Tsar meant the full restoration of German-Russian relations, at least in the next few decades, Germany and Russia would become allies.
The French would rather see a red Soviet Union than the prospect of Germany and Russia joining forces!
Moreover, the Second German Reich had reached a point where it was about to be overturned by an uprising that broke out within. If history had not changed significantly, in a few days revolution would have swept across Germany.
"Okay, let's go see Her Highness the Grand Duchess together. She may become the future Empress of Russia... Then we will be prosperous, and maybe I will become the Duke of Russia." Hessman nodded with a smile. He didn't want to say anything discouraging right now.
He took Chloe on his arm and walked towards the chapel where the coronation ceremony would be held. Although he said pleasant words to make people happy, he was extremely anxious in his heart and wanted to have Grand Duchess Olga kidnapped and taken to Riga immediately.
The revolution is going to happen in a few days, and God knows how dangerous Berlin will be by then! It's okay for him and Chloe. After all, they are both agents who have seen the world, and they have arranged for Stasi agents to respond in advance. Moreover, the two of them are basically small people, their goals are not big, and they can always escape. But it's hard to say about Grand Duchess Ogaly. Maybe Albert wants to take her as a hostage.
The two quickly arrived at the church, which was already glittering with stars and filled with dignitaries wearing German and Russian military uniforms. Hersman stopped and looked around, trying to find the figure of the Grand Duchess. At this moment, a loud voice suddenly shouted: "Long live His Majesty the Tsar, long live His Majesty the Kaiser, long live the Russian-German friendship!"
Hessman followed the voice and saw that the speaker was a Russian general with a bald head, an exaggerated mustache, a short and fat body, and a beer belly. He and Grand Duchess Olga were standing next to a small open door that led to who knows where. William II and Nicholas II were coming out of the door holding hands...
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