While Strasser was busy settling scores with enemies in Berlin, his brother Otto Strasser was not idle. He, along with his good friend Albrecht, led a battalion of The First Infantry Division to secretly infiltrate Bavaria. Under the orders of Rom, they disguised themselves as stormtroopers and launched a night raid on the Nazi Party stronghold in Bavaria.
Under the cover of night, they easily captured the unprotected Nazi Party headquarters. They then proceeded to arrest right-wing members of the National Socialist Party, including a large number of Nazi Party leaders such as Hitler's secretary Rudolf Hess. After all these reactionary elements were arrested and brought to justice, the next task was handed over to Stresemann.
Because Strasser did not want his brother's hands to be stained with blood, even if it was the blood of the enemies of the people. Stresemann loudly read the New Twenty-Five Points of the National Socialist Party to these disheveled failures, and then listed their betrayals of the Party Constitution one by one. They originally planned to fabricate some evidence, but Rom helped a lot on this issue, so Stresemann effortlessly gathered a large amount of evidence regarding Bavaria's betrayal of the Party Constitution.
Next, the National Socialist Party temporarily held a trial at its headquarters in Bavaria, where Stresemann personally sentenced these reactionaries to death as the judge of the "People's Court." Subsequently, soldiers from the First Infantry Division dragged them into the courtyard and immediately carried out the executions. This was requested by Strasser, who believed that regardless of how heinous a person's crimes were, they should be tried first before being shot, as long as conditions allowed.
The process continued to repeat in the hall for a full three days. The large-scale riot naturally caught the attention of the government of the state of Bavaria. Governor Heinrich Herd (the man who released Hitler) intended to send the police to suppress the riot. However, Deputy Minister Stresemann of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personally appeared before Herd to express goodwill from Berlin and assured that the crackdown would only target members of the Nazi Party.
The newly appointed chief justice of Bavaria, Geauga Nenadze, made a timely appearance. With the combined persuasion of the two, Herd ultimately decided to redefine the nature of the incident from riot to street fighting, and ordered the police of Bavaria not to intervene. Due to the particularly strong influence of the Nazi forces in Bavaria, the execution process ended with the use of the STG-44 Assault rifle being replaced by the MG42 general-purpose machine gun.
Those party members who sold their integrity to the merchants have received their due punishment. Under the wise guidance of Strasser, the National Socialist Party completed its self-purification before succumbing to internal corruption. Now, the National Socialist Party has completely become the party of the workers of Germany, a party for the German workers.
They will become the most vibrant and radical new force in the future political ecology of Germany.
"Long live the Führer!"
Rom walked alone into the prison in Berlin, and the members of the National Socialist Party at the entrance saluted him with a raised hand.
The prison is now guarded by members of the National Socialist Party. Inside, many people are detained, including key leaders from the Social Democratic Party and the Royalists. Strasser is preparing to choose an opportune moment to release the faction of Royalists that supports Seeckt, while Hindenburg's faction is not so fortunate. As for the bourgeoisie, they have no chance of escaping at all.
Rom walked straight into the prison. An hour ago, a call from the prison prompted Rom to come here in person, and it was about his good brother, Hitler. In Strasser's plan, Hitler had to die. However, to consider Rom's feelings, Strasser placed Hitler's fate in Rom's hands, which left Rom feeling very conflicted.
Over the past few days, Rom has been thinking about how to deal with Hitler who is imprisoned in Munich.
Hitler has done some things for the Nazi regime, but he cannot be kept in prison or exiled indefinitely, as this would bring unnecessary attention to the reckoning at that time.
Finally, after a painful decision, Rom chose that Hitler must die.
After receiving the order from Rom, the captain of the stormtroopers, Theodore Eich (historically the administrator of the Dachau concentration camp), and his deputy, Michael Lipirk, arrived at the prison to visit Hitler.
As soon as they entered Hitler's cell, they took out loaded Browning pistols and demanded that Hitler commit suicide within ten minutes or they would do it for him. Hitler refused and told them, "If you want to kill me, let Ernst come himself!"
While waiting, they did not hear gunshots, so they returned to Hitler's cell, where they found him standing bare-chested with a dismissive gesture. They ultimately decided to report this situation to Rom.
Coincidentally, Strasser called at that moment and told Rom that if he couldn't bring himself to do it, he could carry out the task instead. At that time, Rom firmly rejected Strasser's proposal, telling him in a deep voice over the phone that he was not a coward.
Since he chose to sentence Hitler to death, he was willing to bear the blame for killing a friend; he would never escape reality for the sake of false comfort.
Therefore, Rom personally brought the Walther P38 pistol that Strasser had given him to the Munich prison. After passing through numerous checkpoints, Rom arrived at his destination.
The prison always seems gloomier than other places, with a few rays of lingering sunlight being swallowed by boundless darkness. No ripples appear on the broken mud walls, making it seem like a coffin sitting in this remote corner, short and oppressive.
"How is it?"
Rom asked the two stormtroopers guarding the door of the solitary confinement cell.
"The gentleman inside is very uncooperative. He refuses to commit suicide, refuses to eat, and insists on seeing you, Leader."
Eck replied, saying he was not quite sure about Rom's attitude towards Hitler, so he chose his words very carefully.
"I understand. No matter what happens later, none of you should come in, and also, don't let anyone get close to here."
Rom didn't say anything unnecessary. He opened the iron gate and walked into the room. The environment inside was not as bad as he had imagined, not unbearable, just a little cramped. The furnishings in the room were very simple, with only a bed, a table, and a chair, and nothing else.
A lean, shirtless man is facing the wall, and it's none other than Hitler.
"You're here, Ernst. I thought you wouldn't come to take responsibility for killing your brother, and instead would have your men kill me."
Hitler turned around, his hair disheveled, his body exposed, but his eyes unusually sharp and intense.
Hitler slowly took off his glasses, and Rom noticed that Hitler's left hand was trembling slightly.
"I am not a coward, Adolf, I naturally have the courage to take on the responsibility that belongs to me."
Rom had made up his mind, but still felt a little sad when it came to the crunch.
"Do you have anything else to say? Adolf."
Hitler stared at Rom as if he wanted to engrave his image into his heart.
At the last moment of his life, Hitler also had no intention of pretending anymore, and he spoke from his heart.
"Ernst, I really don't like sharing power with others. In my plan, it was necessary to remove you from your position as stormtroopers Commander-in-Chief, but that was after we seized power. I didn't expect you to strike first."
"You don't need to alleviate my guilt," Rom shook his head.
"No, I'm serious,"
Hitler became increasingly excited, his speech quickening as if he wanted to convey everything he had to say about the next decade. "I have been dreaming these past few days. I dreamed that I seized power across the nation and then sent people to kill you, as well as Strasser. However, at that time, Strasser had already been defeated by me; he was just an insignificant figure. I didn't even directly order his death; it was Himmler and Göring who killed him." Rom listened quietly to Hitler's outpouring. At this moment, Hitler began his speech again, or rather, his final soliloquy.
This is his final fantasy after experiencing ups and downs, in that fantasy world, Hitler became the master of Europe.
"I led Germany to recover Saar, the Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, and then defeated France, drove Britain out of the European continent. In that dream, I even commanded the National Defense Forces to advance all the way to Moscow, and the Soviet Union was about to be defeated by me."
"And then?"
Rom asked, and he actually found Hitler's dreams these days quite interesting.
"No, yesterday I dreamt that the National Defense Forces attacked Moscow, and then I woke up," Hitler said, still feeling unsatisfied.
"It seems I couldn't finish that dream."
"Life is always full of regrets. It's not bad to stop here. Maybe you'll be pushed back by the Soviet Union people in your dreams later." Rom joked, and at this point, he relaxed instead. "Haha, who knows, anything is possible. Maybe I'll be pushed back to Berlin by the Russians! Such dreams are so absurd, so it's normal to expect even more absurd things to happen."
Hitler laughed heartily, then asked seriously, "Can I leave now?"
Rom felt melancholic, knowing that the moment of parting had finally arrived.
"Hitler's" inquiry of "Can I leave?" certainly does not refer to leaving the prison. "Rom" gritted his teeth, picked up the handgun, and aimed it at "Hitler," who had now stood up. "I believe in the truth of natural selection; since 'Strasser' has defeated me, he is more qualified than I am to lead 'Germany' forward."
"Please be sure to tell him that he must lead Germany to victory, allowing the German ethnic group to stand at the pinnacle of the world."
"I will. I will convey your words and your dream exactly as you said."
Rom nodded and then disengaged the safety on his pistol.
"Long live the Germanic people!" Hitler raised his left hand against the wall and, with all his strength, shouted his last words of this life.
On September 5, 1926, with the sound of a gunshot in the Munich prison, the era of the formidable figure Hitler came to a complete end.
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