Battle of the Third Reich
v4 Chapter 41: The power of propaganda
Cassett stared at the German Marshal who was smiling at himself in the small submarine control tower with a fearful look.
Although he hoped from his heart that the seemingly young German Marshal was not the one he guessed, but he could not find another such young German Marshal from his memory. He was also reluctant to believe that he had such "lucky" encounter with the person most feared by the Prime Minister of the British Empire. This person who is now being talked about in the streets of London, this makes all British officials respect and fear The military genius, the German Wehrmacht Reinhardt. Feng. Marshal Stadler, deputy head of state of Germany, national leader of the German Nazi Party.
This extraordinary military soldier with the German army, the apostle of God, the cleansers of Poland, the nightmare of the fallen, the knights of the knights, etc., countless dazzling nicknames have now become all British officials. nightmare. In fact, it is no wonder that Carsent will be so panicked. All this is actually the result of the propaganda mistakes of the British government.
In Britain, the story of this young German marshal is known to everyone. At first, in the mouth of the British government, he was portrayed as a sinister head of the Nazis who were dangerous, vicious, and shameless, cruel and bloodthirsty. He was ready to use his evil wisdom and his cruel army to destroy the great and holy British Empire. Although in fact it seems that there is no major discrepancy with this, but the royal writers of the British government have added a little more details in order to achieve a better literary effect, the imagination is slightly more full, and the words are slightly more gorgeous. In the end, the Battle of Dunkerque was written by them as a majestic war poem like the Homer's Battle of Troy.
And the deadly enemy of the great heroic British Empire soldiers, the commander of the cruel and evil legion, murdered the countless brave soldiers of Reinhardt by His Majesty the King. Feng. Marshal Stade was thus completely demonized by their success.
Among these attackers, the most struggling was British Prime Minister Churchill. In order to cover up his mistakes in the battle of Dunkel engraved, in order to shirk his responsibility for this heavy loss, he even exaggerated Marshal Rheinhardt in this time. Performance in the battle. In his speech in the House of Lords, he listed this man as the most dangerous and vicious enemy of the British Empire in three hundred years. He exhausted all his negative words to defame the German.
In his description, this German has become the spokesperson of Satan in the world. It is a monster that has been rare for thousands of years in the history of human evolution. It is a madman with psychological problems. It is the common enemy of all humans. It is the history of humans. The central manifestation of all evil.
He used his talents in speech to the fullest. He exhausted all his magnificent words and displayed all his sensational efforts to convince those lawmakers that this failure was not due to a problem with his command. Instead, they encountered a relationship between an immensely powerful and dangerous enemy that has never been encountered in history.
Churchill successfully put most of the responsibility on the frontline commander's incompetence and neglect of the enemy. It was because of their stupidity and greed that they ignored the command of the headquarters and stepped into the vicious Yin trap. He put the rest of the responsibility on the intelligence department. According to him, it was entirely the malfeasance of the intelligence department that caused the UK to suffer such a heavy loss, because before this, they did not have a piece of intelligence to sue the Ministry of Defense. Be careful of this German marshal, they don’t even have a detailed file about this person, which is simply unforgivable, etc.
As a result, Churchill finally succeeded in convinced the parliamentarians who were eyeing and the British people who were filled with indignation to believe his words, and he once again survived the difficulties and saved his place. But what he never thought of at the time was that when his speeches and the works of the imperial literati were circulated among the people, a serious sequelae appeared.
For a time, the price of this German Marshal skyrocketed in the minds of ordinary British people. He became the target of all British people talking after dinner. After another rendering of these gentlemen and ladies, the terror and evil of the German Marshal almost exceeded the magic dragon in British mythology. He was so evil that he even took all the well-known villains in British history. Even if it is tied up, it will not be able to catch up with it. Even if his horrible wisdom is to summon all the well-known wise men in British history, it is impossible to fight it.
Especially in those remote villages, this legend is even more appalling. This man became the heir of a blood-sucking noble, an illegitimate child of an abyssal demon in the world, and he did not say that he would eat a beautiful virgin and take a baby for breakfast every day. The power of Reinhardt and the German team he led was exaggerated to a mythical level.
The rumor of this rumor is serious. What is more serious is that those British who have always been proud of having a scientific and logical way of thinking even believed these things. The stubborn character of the British makes them find 10,000 reasons to prove their choice as long as they believe in the existence of something. They will try to deepen this impression with various lies and imaginations. And their inferior root of vanity will make them desperate to instill their own ideas to others to prove that they are smarter and more intelligent than others.
It is conceivable that the morale of the army and the civilian population fell to the bottom, and defeatism began to spread rapidly across the entire British government and opposition. No one dared to reassure the people that Britain could win the war. Everyone thinks that to continue fighting with that horrible Rhinehart is simply to send those British boys to death in vain. With such a terrible enemy, Britain cannot win the final victory.
Those who are still calling for Britain to fight against Germany to the end and win the final victory are crowned with crooks, war madness, arms dealers, war brokers, and even traitor hats. People think that people who are still preaching what battle is going on are either crazy or have ulterior motives. Their claim is not to save Britain but to destroy it. When these poor propagandists were beaten up by the angry crowd, thrown stones and rotten eggs, and finally even throwing in a home-made incendiary bomb from the window when eating at home, they called on the British to stand up and fight the enemy. It slowly disappeared.
The people are expecting the government to come up with a countermeasure to appease the enraged European neighbor as soon as possible. They hope that the nightmare can be ended by negotiations. In their hearts, as long as the Rhinehart is still enemies with the United Kingdom, they are the most Terrible nightmare.
In addition to the proliferation of this defeatist ideology in Britain, a vigorous anti-Semitic frenzy has also begun in various cities. The Jewish community was banned, shops were smashed, people were fired and expelled, and even their homes were ransacked by the tyrannical British native gangsters, while the British masters stood aside with a cold look, with a disgusted look Looking at the innocent Jews who sought their help.
The entire British society madly blamed the cause of the war on the Jews. They believed that the war was caused by these Jews, and the United Kingdom was also blinded by these Jews and involved in this war that should not be involved. It was those wealthy Jewish businessmen and associations who indulged all this behind the scenes, it was these people who brought disaster to the great British Empire. They were determined to let the nation that endangered Britain pay the price for their actions. They also hoped that their actions would please the powerful enemy on the other side of the strait, and hoped to build a bridge of communication with Germany.
The poor Jewish people have once again been pushed to the position of victims. Their treatment in the UK has almost caught up with those of their compatriots on the European continent, and in some ways even exceeded the same treatment that their compatriots in Germany had suffered. . All of this is going crazy under the eyes of the government of this country. At this time, the British government did not have any ideas to prevent these things from happening. They were not even willing to say a fair word for those poor people. Perhaps those lawmakers feel that these Jews are quite worthy without writing anti-Semitic thoughts into the law.
At first, human sympathy also prompted some government officials to express some dissatisfaction and sympathy. However, when the wealthy Jewish merchants began to flee the United Kingdom on a large scale, their legacy enterprises and property were taken over by the British government under wartime laws, and after those government agencies made a large sum of money, no one was right. These Jews expressed any sympathy. Some people still sighed why it was only now that they thought of opposing the Jews. This kind of movement is really late. If it was good before the Great Depression.
Churchill just watched the British anti-Semitism frenzy, and at most issued one or two orders to restrict the extent of this behavior. In his eyes, he had more important things to deal with. He really had no more energy to deal with these Jews. Damn thing. Although this behavior may provoke criticism from other countries in the world, what is the benefit of these Jews and the criticism of these countries compared to the survival of Britain.
He also thought that he might change his ally, the US government, because of these things, but this is something that will happen in the future, and he is also confident that he will use his superb eloquence to persuade the United States when he feels disgusted. Those simple Americans.
What he worried about was the spread of defeatism and anti-war sentiment in Britain. Churchill will not surrender. He is even more reluctant to negotiate with the Germans. He wants to fight this war. He wants to win the final victory. He wants to maintain the British Empire's undefeated honor for hundreds of years.
But what should be done to restore the confidence of these British people, the ultimate question still lies with the German marshal. I did not expect that those exaggerated remarks in order to shirk responsibility would eventually become tools to restrain my hands and feet. But now it is too late to change that statement. The British people have believed in the power of that enemy. Now that he has nothing remarkable to say, he is slapping his face.
Churchill had discussed with his royal literati and staff for several days, and finally they concluded that if they wanted to dilute the effect of one legend, they could only think of another legend. If the British were to have the courage to fight again, it would be impossible to create a legendary hero. The British knew exactly what their generals and marshals were, and it was impossible to create any effect without a glorious victory. of. Now they only have to convince them that their enemy is not a demon but a civilized person like them. Since the German deputy head of state has been described as a demon by himself, then simply put him on an angel coat, At that time, these British people would be at a loss, not knowing what to believe, at least not as afraid of being enemies as they are now. When a German bomb fell on the British people, they might have the courage to stand up and fight.
And now the British are full of curiosity about the German marshal. Some people have even begun to worship this evil genius, and this situation is most common in the army. Worship of the strong is human nature, even if it is the enemy, not to mention the enemy. Reinhardt did not cause any substantial harm to British civilians. If the government now tells a little more about the other side of the German marshal, it should convince people.
When these rumors are accepted by everyone, then no one will fear the German ** team and their leader as a demon. The British have never been afraid to fight an army that is as civilized as the British squad. What they fear is to fight an army that is savage, cruel, irrational, and conspiracy, and has far more power than them. If the battle is less than a little hope of victory, if they let them see a little hope of victory or a little balance of power, they will spare no effort. This was the conclusion that Churchill and his highly intelligent staff discussed after a few days, but no one thought at the time that they were actually making another huge mistake.
Those imperial literati began to dance the pen in their hands, an ordinary German official, a young military genius, a warrior who regarded honor as life, a defender of ancient and noble traditions in Europe, an avid pursuit With a true knight who abides by the spirit of knighthood, a civilized gentleman who strictly abides by the rules of war, a great enemy, Reinhardt. Feng. Marshal Staid appeared in front of all British people.
In their description this time, he was simply the rebirth of those glorious Teutonic knights in ancient times, and those cruel and yin dangers became a kind of bravery and strategy, and those spicy and evil became what he made for his motherland. Painful sacrifice. All his deeds at Dunker were also taken out. He allowed British soldiers to retain their personal belongings after surrender. He allowed British military officials to retain their military rank marks and give them good treatment after surrender. He protects the captives from falling into the hands of the cruel SS. He gives all the wounded good treatment and medical treatment, etc. All this is to show the British public that this demon is not so terrible, he is also a civilization People, at least they want the public to believe this.
As a result, these reports caused a sensation in the society as they expected, and those newspapers were swept away. People started talking about the German marshal again in the streets.
But the results of the painstaking efforts of Churchill and his staff made these wise men fall through their glasses.
The courage of the British was inspired by them, and the people began to express their willingness to fight for the British Empire, but the starting point was a bit biased. They were fighting to rebuild the glory of the British knight. Obviously they had regarded this German marshal example. Young people are also beginning to fight hard to join the army and Europe's greatest knight, Britain's greatest enemy. The mentality is not to fight but to participate in religious activities. Obviously, half of the angels in Reinhardt are more attractive to the British people than the demons, and they are more willing to believe and accept.
But the unit that Churchill wanted to get the most effect on became the only unit with no effect. The morale of the army did not improve, but it became lower and lower. They knew better than anyone that the Germans were terrible. The soldiers who had been scared to death by some rumors some time ago were now tortured by their conscience, because the enemies described in the newspapers did not look like evil. Yes, what a fight against such a "just" enemy, British soldiers were even more puzzled by this war. Since the enemy was glorious and great, how could he defeat him, the soldiers fell into depression.
But fortunately, this situation only happened in the army. The navy and air force finally maintained their morale, but Churchill did not want to know the reason, because he knew that the answer would definitely make him more frustrated. The two services might be It is because they will not confront the German Army Marshal directly to maintain their morale.
Now Churchill regrets to the extreme, he successfully established the heroic image of a German fallen angel in the hearts of all British people.
The marshals and generals said they were helpless about the status quo of the army. Now they can only mobilize the colonial army to defend the United Kingdom. It is impossible for those who are now on the mainland to resist the German invasion.
The most unforgivable mistakes were made in the propaganda work. According to the current situation, as long as the Rhinehart appeared on the beach, they suspected that at least half of the British team would run away, and the other half might rush to meet him. It seems that only God can save Britain and save the King.
Cassent stared blankly at the legendary character. He cursed the admirals of the Admiralty in his heart. Why did he let him command this operation. I thought I couldn't have the chance to confront this knight. As a result, this person was standing in front of him alive, but he was beaten to this embarrassing situation by this person. It seems that this person is on any occasion. The invincible statement is not a legend, and it has become a proof of this legend.
However, I can finally comfort myself. I am not losing in the hands of an unknown junior, but in the hands of the greatest military genius in Europe. This is not a shameful thing. I can tell others at that time. , I played against the apostle myself. I hadn't figured it out yet. Why did some pilots who were shot down by the Red Baron spread the experience as honor in the last war? Now I fully understand it.
Cassent had completely lost his courage to resist, and he looked at the smiling apostle, waiting for the final result. ;