[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany":3,"chapter-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-91":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Don’t Need Nazis In My Germany",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1294836,1717,"Chapter 91:","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-91",91,"\u003Cp>March 1, 1940\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Budapest, the capital of Hungary\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please make these peace negotiations break down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words that Lieutenant General Sikorski uttered were far beyond my expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My brains, which had been spinning trying to predict what he would say, came to a screeching halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Break down the peace negotiations? What the hell does that mean? Is he saying he wants to be split in half and die by Germany and the Soviet Union?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the evidence the Abwehr brought be wrong? Was this man actually the craziest of them all? It's foreign evidence, so there could be a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps my facial expression was too obvious, as Lieutenant General Sikorski began to explain calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The current rulers of Poland, Rydz-Śmigły, and their supporting faction, the Sanation, as well as the Sejm members of the Upper House, are more concerned with protecting their own political lives than Poland's Fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikorski was unshaken by my words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is precisely why, Vice Minister. They are engaging in useless arguments to negotiate for slightly better conditions, even while the Soviet Union's invasion is being prepared. If we drag this out, Poland will have an armistice with Germany but won't even be able to prepare for a Soviet invasion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, what is it that you intend to do, Lieutenant General?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought I had a rough idea, but I wanted to hear it from his own mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They believe they can evade their responsibility, but the soldiers on the front line and the people are different. Everyone knows who started this war, and they are worried that because of them, we will be destroyed by either Germany or the Soviet Union.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lieutenant General Sikorski seemed to choose his words for a moment as he looked at me, then he opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warsaw is almost empty right now. Most of the military force has been pushed to the German front line, and the last remaining reserve force has been deployed to the border with the Soviet Union. So, if we instill a sense of crisis in the Polish people in Warsaw that Poland will eventually be destroyed because of those men, we can oust those militarists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To end a war that will lead the nation to ruin, one chooses an extreme measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is exactly like the Black Orchestra from the original history. A bitter smile almost formed on my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What an irony of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see what your plan is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're saying you'll stage a coup d'état using the sense of crisis triggered by the breakdown of the peace negotiations…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that's why he insisted on talking to me? From his perspective, I'm a man who has already ousted Hitler in a similar fashion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it's not that simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're aware that Britain has a keen interest in these peace negotiations. If we break them off, Britain isn't going to like it, are they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, of course, Britain wants to end the war between us and Poland by persuading us and humoring us, even giving us some side benefits if necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that's only because they are desperate right now. It does us no good to completely screw Britain over by breaking off the negotiations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We're not Hitler. We have to show a positive response when the other side is being accommodating so that opportunities like this will come again in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, if the peace negotiations break down, our military will immediately commence an attack. I understand you want to oust the militarists, but I hope you haven't overlooked the fact that we are in the middle of a war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Sikorski, who was staring back at me with a stiff face, and drove my point home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, if we have to wait for your country's regime change while going through the cumbersome process of coordinating opinions with Britain and our military, shouldn't we get something out of it as well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm well aware that for Poland's future, those cancerous existences, the militarists and the Sejm, need to be reined in, but from Germany's stance, it's not something we need to worry about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it coldly, if Poland is going to remain an enemy nation anyway, it doesn't matter which regime is in power in a Poland that will be destroyed after buying as much time as possible against the Soviet Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, if the coup fails and a civil war breaks out, Poland will be destroyed even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel sorry for the Poland that will be invaded by the Soviet Union, but in the end, it was their people who allowed such a regime to take power and it was they who attacked us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't cause a loss for Germany just to look after them, can I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is precisely why I came here myself, to have a prior discussion with Germany.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he had expected my negative words, Sikorski continued to speak naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, after the regime change, we will hand over the ringleaders of this war so they can be disposed of in a war crime trial in Germany.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Hah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought he was a somewhat moderate figure, but I guess not. But this is definitely effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying and punishing the high command of an enemy nation that caused a bloody incident by launching an invasion, in a German court of law, would bring considerable satisfaction to the German military and people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, we will return the government's authority to the House of Commons, as it was before Piłsudski's coup. We intend to bring about a revival of democracy in Poland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also sounds plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebuilding democracy in Poland is not a bad achievement for both us and Britain to use as system propaganda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's certainly a tempting offer, but in the end, there's no practical interest, is there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel a bit awkward, as if I keep becoming the villain, but it's bitter that I have no choice, since I will be executed if I'm taken for a sucker here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikorski showed a slight look of hesitation, then opened his mouth again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will cede Gdańsk (Danzig) and Poznań (Posen) as Germany demanded, but the repayment of the requested 10 billion Marks is impossible, even with a 10-year installment repayment plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I know it too, that it's an unreasonable demand. It's no different from saying we'll fill the absurd amount of MEFO bills the Nazi Regime piled up by bleeding Poland dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was a condition set by my father, not me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Realistically, it's impossible for Poland to fight a war with the Soviet Union while paying such reparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we are destroyed, Germany won't get its reparations either, will it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're not wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As we talked, I was starting to like Lieutenant General Sikorski more and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had spoken in a way that just begged for leniency for the Polish people, I was full of motivation to tear into him, but this man came with a proper sense of reality, having thought things through meticulously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he's struggling to save a dying country, even if it means causing a bloody incident, is strangely reminiscent of my own past actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What am I even thinking, towards a man so much older than me? Good grief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Germany agrees to support Lieutenant General Sikorski, Hungary is willing to provide Poland with war supplies in the war against the Soviet Union. With the justification of rebuilding democracy, I believe Britain will also support Poland to some extent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Hungarian Prime Minister, Teleki Pál, who had been listening in silence, spoke up, my thoughts grew more complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the Fourth Reich and I considered Poland a disposable card to be thrown away to buy time against the Soviet Union. But what if they could become a cooperative nation that properly serves as a buffer zone against the Soviets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the democratization of Poland and the war crime trial for the instigators of the war, the justificatory reward is already quite excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that's the case, I can be a bit more generous on the reparations issue, and if that generosity isn't wasted but used as a shield to shed blood for Germany against the Soviet Union, then it's a profitable business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was something I had to check first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lieutenant General, have the practical coup plan and the number of participating personnel been decided? It's all well and good, but if your coup fails after the peace negotiations break down, both our country and Poland will be in a lot of pain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that happens, we'll have to trample a Poland thrown into chaos by a coup with our military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's truly the worst ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, Vice Minister. Rydz-Śmigły is too busy trying to block off the German and Soviet fronts to pay much attention to Warsaw. The only thing we need is a justification that can convince the people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikorski said with confidence, as if he had been waiting for just these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might not be a benevolent leader seeking peace and freedom, but for a Polish leader who will join hands with us, this is just about right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there's one more thing I'd like to point out. I don't know when the Soviet Union will invade, but even if you stage a coup, formally conclude a peace treaty, and we liberate the Polish main force in Danzig and Posen, the time to get them under control and deploy them to the Eastern Front will be tight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also a serious problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We also suffered massive damage from a surprise attack by Poland right after our civil war ended. So what are they going to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know that Sikorski has considerable public trust within the military and the public, and that many generals follow him, but this isn't a medieval army where a general can just be appointed and say 'Follow me!' and they do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's bound to take time to take over command authority of each unit, assess the situation, and reorganize, right? No matter how good Sikorski's conditions are, it's all meaningless if their Poland seems like it will be destroyed even faster than the militarists' Poland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's more, Poland's eastern border is incredibly wide and it's all plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's a reason we never expected Poland to be able to completely block the Soviet Union in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikorski let out a small sigh and took a map out from his coat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Primarily, the Border Defence Corps currently at the border area will conduct a delaying action, but if the Soviet offensive starts early, they won't be able to hold out for long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He's showing me an operation outline map? Even I was surprised by this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he prepared this to gain my trust and persuade me, this is truly remarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, in preparation for that case, we will establish a second defense line with the main force once we have them under control. We plan to narrow the front with a defense line starting from Grodno and defend against the enemy along the Bug River.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if you do that, your country's eastern region will be…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikorski made a rather pained expression, but he soon opened his mouth again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I plan to sell off Vilno (Vilnius, the original capital of Lithuania that Poland had plundered) to Lithuania. It is our judgment that we must narrow the front as much as possible to defend Poland's core region, even if it means temporarily giving up the less industrialized eastern region.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He's insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He plans to preemptively block Lithuania from joining the Soviets by handing over occupied territory from another country that he can't defend anyway, and this is a defense plan that reflects the terrain and reality as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's only been a short while since the Soviet Union started deploying troops to the border, and it was only a few days ago that we requested peace negotiations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned this in that short time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was at a loss for words. This is on a whole different level from Rydz-Śmigły, who collapsed in vain before the German military after coming up with the absurd plan of defending the entire Polish border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had wondered why the Polish army, which had achieved victory against the Soviet Union in the Polish-Soviet War despite their overwhelming inferiority, couldn't exert its strength in World War II. To think such a famed commander didn't even have military authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was a blessing from God that he didn't have military command authority during Germany's invasion of Poland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, I had no choice but to show him my respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man isn't just someone trying to seize power and make a quick score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a person who is truly willing to accept any sacrifice to protect his fatherland, and he even has the ability and decisiveness to carry it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vice Minister, time is of the essence to execute this plan. We can no longer stand by and watch as Rydz-Śmigły gnaws away at the time that is so vital to us, at Poland's life. We need Germany's help, and we too can be of help to Germany's national interest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikorski, who had been speaking calmly, feigning composure as much as possible, finally revealed his desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think that in the original history, a man like this wasn't even properly known by name. It's bitter to think about it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Very well. I will try to resolve the reparations issue you mentioned in another way. If we proceed with it as a purchase of Germany's munitions equipment instead of reparations, Poland should be able to accept it. However, there is one thing I want to make clear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked, staring intently at Sikorski.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Danzig and Posen… in your country's language, Gdańsk and Poznań. I want to receive a permanent declaration of renunciation for that territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can't do favors for a country that we don't know when will become an enemy nation, can we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expression of Lieutenant General Sikorski, which had not wavered once until now, shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this is a very important issue for us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many times have we waged war with each other over that damn territorial dispute in Europe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can't leave it as a disputed territory forever. Of course, from Lieutenant General Sikorski's position, making such a declaration would deal a massive blow to his political standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in a situation where he has already drafted a defense plan that anticipates the fall of the eastern territories, even if temporarily, he might be treated as a traitor by the Polish people later on. Does he truly have the resolve to protect his fatherland even if it means going that far?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…It seems we all need to have a consultation with our home countries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer Lieutenant General Sikorski gave after a long silence was not a denial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just that, I wanted to give him a passing score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our positions are different, and as for whether we'll have a good relationship in the future, it will be more awkward than good, but it would be fine to show respect to a patriot of that caliber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well. I will also need to have a consultation with both my home country and Britain, so it seems this peace negotiation will have the outwardly visible meeting and the substantive meeting proceed completely separately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a grin to Teleki Pál, who was letting out a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this comes to pass, and Hungary lends its strength to Poland to block the Soviet offensive, it certainly means Germany owes Hungary a favor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for their arrangement, we were at great risk of failing to achieve the intended purpose of deciding on a peace negotiation while having a dragging talk with the damn Rydz-Śmigły.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hungary does not forget goodwill, not just grudges, Vice Minister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approving their rearmament and selling them weapons even after knowing Hungary lacked the spare capacity to attack us was indeed not a bad choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Romania issue will cause another complicated problem later, but at this point, I should probably side with Hungary at least once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook hands with Teleki Pál, then offered a handshake to Lieutenant General Sikorski.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let's hope for a mutually positive decision. It's a bit awkward to say this now, but I wish you and Poland good luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikorski gripped my hand firmly and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…We also wish the Vice Minister and Germany good luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a bit of a struggle to persuade my home country and Britain, but in the end, our secret meeting was a success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Sikorski's government succeeds in the coup, they will hand over the ringleaders of this war to us, cede Danzig and Posen, and permanently renounce their sovereignty over that territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In return, we would receive 2 billion Marks from the new Polish government, paid in installments over 10 years, and provide munitions equipment equivalent to that amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we prioritize providing Poland with the urgently needed artillery, tank destroyers, anti-tank guns, and fighter aircraft, they should be able to do something against the Soviet Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister of Defense Ludwig Beck was a bit concerned about selling weapons to Poland, with whom we had just been at war, but in the end, it was better for them to stay alive, buy weapons, and block the Soviet Union than for them to collapse in an instant and be unable to pay reparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I managed to convince him for now with the war crime trial and the renunciation of sovereignty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Britain also agreed to support Poland with tanks and munitions equipment, and for two purposes at once, Britain expressed its gratitude for our cooperation and transferred their advanced electronics engineering technology, especially radar technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, I got that after causing a bit of a ruckus, threatening to break off the talks out of anger at Poland's insincerity when Britain was reluctant, and then arranged the secret meeting with Sikorski right after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, after concluding the secret pact, we outwardly declared a breakdown of the peace negotiations, enraged by the absurd attitude of the Polish delegation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the midst of it all, Rydz-Śmigły and the Polish high command, who had been saying they couldn't pay reparations if they had to hand over both Danzig and Posen, were naturally in an uproar. At that, the Soviet Union openly declared the annulment of the Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact and requested a meeting between their Foreign Minister, Molotov, and Germany.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like they were shamelessly suggesting we tear Poland apart, even while they were at war with Finland, but we responded by not deigning to reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The date of the meeting breakdown was March 3rd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deadline we promised Sikorski was March 6th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither we nor Britain can handle the aftermath of the meeting's breakdown forever, so if he doesn't succeed in his coup by then, we have to consider it Sikorski's failure and steamroll Poland with our military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the eyes of the international community all watching Poland's fate, I was personally hoping that God's blessing would be with Sikorski.\u003C\u002Fp>",3206,"2026-06-05T17:48:35.000Z",1,"novelbin.me","491f906f207786c7b4dd52874c221131b0a52fb6915926fd6d0048dca394a877","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-92","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-90",190,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-cover.jpg"]