Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 41: The power of publicity
Kasenter looked at the German marshal who was standing in the small submarine command tower and smiling at him in horror.
Although he hopes from the bottom of his heart that this overly young German marshal is not the one he guessed, he really cannot find another such young German marshal from his memory. He also really didn’t want to believe that he was so "lucky" that he would meet the person most feared by the Prime Minister of the British Empire, the person everyone is talking about in the streets and alleys of London now, a military that all British officers admire and fear. Genius, German Wehrmacht Reinhardt. Feng. Field Marshal Steid, the deputy head of Germany, the national leader of the German Nazi Party.
The **** of war with the German army, the apostle of God, the purged of Poland, the nightmare of the fallen, the knight among the knights, etc. countless extraordinary soldiers with dazzling nicknames have now become the nightmare of all British officers. . In fact, it’s no wonder that Carson was so panicked. All of this is actually the result of the British government’s errors in propaganda.
In Britain, the deeds of this young German marshal are known to everyone. At the beginning, in the mouth of the British government, he was portrayed as a sinister, despicable, cruel, bloodthirsty Nazi leader, and he was ready to use his evil wisdom and his cruel army to destroy the great and holy British Empire. Although in fact it does not seem to be very different from this, in order to achieve a better literary effect, the imperial literati of the British government have added a little more details, their imagination is a little full, and the wording is a little more gorgeous. As a result, the Battle of Dunkirk was written by them as a magnificent war poem like the Battle of Troy in Homer's epic.
And the mortal enemy of the great and brave soldiers of the British Empire, the commander of the cruel and evil legion, relied on conspiracy and tricks to murder Reinhardt, who had murdered countless brave warriors of His Majesty the King. Feng. In this way, Field Marshal Steid was completely demonized by them.
The most hard-working of these attackers was British Prime Minister Churchill. In order to cover up his mistakes in the Battle of Dunkirk and to shirk his responsibility for this heavy loss, he exaggerated Marshal Reinhardt even more. Performance in this 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 language to discredit the German.
In his description, this German has simply become the spokesperson of Satan in the world. He is a rare monster in the history of human evolution for thousands of years. He is a madman with psychological problems. He is the common enemy of all mankind. A concentrated expression of all evil in human history.
He used his speech talents to the fullest. He exhausted all his gorgeous rhetoric and displayed all his sensational skills in an attempt to convince the congressmen that this failure was not due to his command. What's the problem, but they encountered a relationship between an extremely powerful and evil insidious enemy that had never been encountered in history.
Churchill successfully shifted most of the responsibility to the incompetence and underestimation of the frontline commanders. It was because of their stupidity and greed that they stepped into the vicious and sinister trap regardless of the command of the command. He transferred the remaining part of the responsibility to the intelligence agency. According to him, it was the malfeasance of the intelligence agency that caused the UK to suffer such a heavy loss, because before that, they did not have a piece of intelligence to warn the Ministry of Defense to be careful. The German marshal, they didn't even have a detailed file about this man, it was simply unforgivable, etc.
As a result, Churchill finally succeeded in letting the scowling parliamentarians and the outraged British people believe his words, and he once again survived the difficulties and kept his position. But what he never expected at the time was that a serious sequelae appeared after his speech and the works of those imperial literati were circulated among the people.
In the eyes of ordinary British people, this German marshal's worth soared, and he became the target of all British people talking after dinner. After these gentlemen and ladies added extra fuel, the degree of horror and evil of this German marshal has almost surpassed the dragon in British myths and legends. He is so sinister and evil that he even **** all the well-known villains in British history. Even if he couldn't keep up with it, his terrifying wisdom would not be able to fight against it even if he gathered all the well-known wise men in British history.
This legend is even more shocking, especially in those remote villages. This man became the heir to a blood-sucking nobleman, the illegitimate child of an abyss demon in the world, and he almost said that he would eat a beautiful virgin and make a baby every day. Breakfast. The power of Reinhardt and the German army he led was exaggerated to a fabulous level.
The harm of such rumors is serious, and what is more serious is that those British people who have always been proud of their scientific and logical way of thinking actually believe these things. The stubborn character of the British makes them find 10,000 reasons to prove their choice as long as they believe that something exists, and they will use all kinds of lies and imagination to deepen this impression. Moreover, their kind of vanity and inferiority will make them desperately instill their ideas in others to prove that they are more intelligent and wise than others.
As you can imagine, the morale of both the army and the civilians fell to the bottom, and defeatism began to spread rapidly throughout the British government. No one dared to assure the people that Britain would win this war. Everyone thinks that continuing to fight with that terrifying Reinhardt is simply sending those British boys to death in vain. It is impossible for Britain to win the final victory with that kind of terrible enemy.
Those who are still calling for Britain to fight Germany to the end and win the final victory are labelled liars, war mads, lackeys of arms dealers, war brokers, and even traitors. People think that people who are still preaching what to fight to the end are either crazy or have ulterior motives. Their claim is not to save Britain but to destroy Britain. When these poor propagandists were beaten up by angry crowds, thrown stones and rotten eggs, and finally thrown an earthen firebomb from the window when eating at home, they called on the British to stand up and fight to the end. It slowly disappeared.
The people are expecting the government to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible to appease the enraged European neighbor. They hope to end this nightmare through negotiation. In their hearts, as long as the Reinhardt is still an enemy of Britain It is their worst nightmare.
In addition to the proliferation of defeatism in Britain, a vigorous anti-Semitic frenzy has also begun to unfold in various cities. Jewish communities were banned, shops were smashed, personnel were fired and expelled, and even their homes were ransacked by the tyrannical British gangsters, while the British police stood aside and looked at him coldly, with a disgusting look. To the innocent Jews who asked for their help.
The entire British society madly shirked 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 event. Of war. It was those wealthy Jewish businessmen and societies who manipulated all this behind the scenes, and it was these people who brought disaster to the great British Empire. They are determined to make this nation that endangers Britain pay for their actions. They also hope that their actions can please the powerful enemy on the other side of the strait, and hope that they can rely on this to build a bridge of communication with Germany.
The poor Jewish nation was once again pushed to the position of victim. The treatment they received in Britain almost caught up with their compatriots on the European continent, and in some respects even more than their compatriots in Germany had suffered. The same treatment. All this is going on frantically under the nose of this country's government, but at this time the British government has no idea to prevent these things from happening. They are even unwilling to say a word of justice for those poor people. Perhaps those lawmakers felt that they were worthy of these Jewish men without writing anti-Semitic ideas into the law.
In the beginning, human compassion also prompted some government officials to express some dissatisfaction and sympathy. However, when those wealthy Jewish businessmen began to flee the UK on a large scale, and the businesses and properties they left behind were taken over by the British government under wartime laws, and the government agencies made a small fortune, no one was right. These Jews expressed any sympathy. Some people still sighed there why they only thought of opposing those Jews until now. This kind of movement is really late. It would be great if it were launched before the Great Depression.
Churchill was just watching the anti-Semitic frenzy in the UK with a cold eye. At most, he issued one or two orders to restrain the extent of this behavior. In his eyes, he still has more important things to deal with. He really doesn’t have any more energy. Deal with these jews. Although this kind of behavior may provoke criticism from other countries in the world, what are the interests of these Jews and the criticisms of these countries compared with the survival of the United Kingdom.
He also thought that because of these things, his ally, the U.S. government, might change its attitude, but this is a future thing, and now he can’t take care of it, and he also has the confidence to use his own transcendence when the United States expresses disgust. Eloquent to convince those simple-minded Yankees.
What he is worried about is 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 the war. He wants the final victory. He wants to maintain the undefeated honor of the British Empire for hundreds of years.
But what can be done to restore the confidence of these British people? In the final analysis, the problem lies with the German marshal. I did not expect that those exaggerated remarks to shirk responsibility would eventually become a tool to restrain my hands and feet. But now it is too late to change that statement. The British people have already believed in the strength of that enemy, and now they say that there is nothing great about him, that is, they are drawing their own face.
Churchill discussed with his royal literati and staff for several days, and finally they came to the conclusion that if they want to downplay the effect of one legend, they can only think of another legend. If you want those British people to have the courage to fight again, it is impossible to create a legendary hero. Those British people know the level of their generals and marshals, and it is impossible to create any effect without a brilliant victory. of. So now they can only make them believe that their enemy is not a demon but a civilized man like them. Since the German deputy head of state has been described as a demon by himself, he will simply put on him an angelic coat. At that time, these British people would be at a loss and would not know what to believe. At least they would not be as afraid of being an enemy as they are now. When the 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. It is human nature to worship the strong, even the enemy The same, not to mention that Reinhardt did not cause any substantial harm to British civilians. If the government now tells a little bit about the other side of the German marshal, people should believe it.
When these rumors are accepted by everyone, then no one will fear the German army and their leaders as demons anymore. The British have never been afraid to fight against an army that is as civilized as the British army. What they fear is to fight against a brutal, irrational and conspiring army far superior to them. What they are afraid of is not seeing A battle with a little hope of victory, if they see a little hope of victory or a little balance of power, they will not hesitate to fight. This is the conclusion that Churchill and his intellectual aides reached a few days later, but no one thought at the time that they were actually making another huge mistake.
The imperial literati began to dance their pens again. An ordinary German officer, a young military genius, a warrior who regards honor as his life, a defender of the ancient and noble traditions of Europe, a fanatical A true knight who pursues and abides by the spirit of chivalry, a civilized gentleman who extremely obeys the rules of war, and a great enemy Reinhardt. Feng. Field Marshal Steid appeared in front of all the British people.
In their description this time, he is simply the rebirth of the glorious Teutonic knights in ancient times, and those cruelty and insidiousness have become a kind of bravery and strategy, and those viciousness and evil have become him for his motherland The painful sacrifice made. All his deeds engraved in Dunkirk were also brought out. He allowed British soldiers to keep their personal belongings after surrender. He allowed British officers to keep their rank marks and give them good enough treatment after surrender. He protected Those captives did not fall into the hands of the cruel SS, he gave all the wounded good treatment and medical care, etc., all of this was to show the British public that this demon is not that terrible, and that he is also a civilized man. 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 began to talk about the German marshal again in the streets.
But the results of Churchill and his staff's hard work made these wise men fall through their glasses.
The courage of the British was inspired by them. The people began to express their willingness to fight for the British Empire, but the starting point was a bit off. They were fighting to re-establish the glory of the British knights. Obviously they had already put this German The marshal served as an example. The young people also started gearing up to join the army to compete with the greatest knight in Europe and the greatest enemy of Britain. This mentality is not about going to war but about participating in religious activities. Obviously, the angel half of Reinhardt attracts the attention of the British people more than the devil, and makes them more willing to believe and accept.
But the unit that Churchill most wanted to get the effect was the only unit that had no effect. The morale of the army did not improve, but it was getting lower and lower. They understand the terrible German army better than anyone. Soldiers who have been frightened to death by the rumors some time ago are now being tortured by their conscience again, because the enemies described in the newspapers don’t look like evil. So what is it like to fight against such a "righteous" enemy, the British soldiers are even more confused about this war. Since that enemy is glorious and great, how could he defeat him, and the soldiers fell into depression.
But it’s okay. This happens only in the army. The navy and air force have finally maintained their morale, but Churchill didn’t want to know the reason, because he knew the answer would make him more frustrated. Those two The service might maintain their morale because they will not confront the German field marshal.
Now Churchill regrets it to the extreme~IndoMTL.com~ He has successfully established the heroic image of a German fallen angel in the hearts of all British people.
The marshals and generals expressed that they could not do anything about the status quo of the army. They can only mobilize the colonial army to defend Britain. It is impossible to resist the German invasion by relying on the people and army in the homeland.
The most unforgivable error in the propaganda work. According to the current situation, as long as the Reinhardt shows up on the beach, they suspect that at least half of the British army will run away, and the other half may rush to meet him. At that time, it seemed that only God could save Britain and the king.
Cassant stared at the legendary character blankly. He cursed the staff of the Admiralty in his heart, why should he be allowed to direct this operation. I originally thought that I would never have the opportunity to confront this knight, but now this person is standing in front of him alive, and he is beaten into such an embarrassing situation by this person. It seems that that person is always the same. The notion of invincibility is not a legend, it has become a proof of this legend.
But I can finally comfort myself. I am not lost in the hands of an unknown junior, but in the hands of the greatest military genius in Europe. This is not a shameful thing, and I can do that too. Tell others that he fought against that apostle. Originally, I still couldn't figure out why some pilots who were shot down by the Red Baron in the last war spread that experience as an honor. Now I fully understand.
Casent has completely lost the courage to resist. He looked at the smiling apostle, waiting for the final result.